In this sermon, the speaker discusses the importance of radical conversion and absolute surrender in the Christian faith. He emphasizes the need for concentration and focus in one's relationship with God. The speaker also mentions the story of David and Goliath, highlighting David's courage and faith in facing his enemy. He encourages the audience to have a strong connection with God and to think and act with a mindset of expansion and growth in their faith.

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Verse 11 On hearing the Philippians words, Saul and all Israel were dismayed and terrified. Saul and all Israel were dismayed and terrified. Goliath used to threaten them. And he had a king who was no king. You can bring the church leader. But you lack a determinant ingredient. In chapter 16, verse 18. He speaks well and he is kind looking. But the crucial thing. The crucial thing about David. The Lord is with him. Now when you look at your shattered relationship with God. Your lack of sustained intimacy. Your lack of unceasing hunger for God himself. Your lack of abiding sense. The absence of abiding in his presence. The absence of abiding in his presence. Then you see where the central problem is. The Lord is with him. The Holy Spirit comes on the man with whom the Lord is. Without sustained intimacy. Without sustained pursuit of God. Without being totally aslamed for God. Without yearning, waiting, emerging after him. There is no being on whom the Holy Spirit can fall. So JT had a son. Not only brave. Not only able. But the Lord was with him. The Lord was with him. The Lord was with him. In chapter 18, verse 14. Chapter 18, verse 14. In everything he did, he had great success. Because the Lord was with him. The Lord was with him. The Lord was with him. Oh, brethren. Could those be the crowning works of your life? The Lord is with him. In chapter 17, verse 12. Now David was the son of an Israelite named Jesse. Who was from Bethlehem in Judah. He had 8 sons. And in his whole time he was old and well advanced in years. And in his whole time he was old and well advanced in years. In chapter 14, verse 14. David was the youngest. And the 3 elders went after Saul. But David went back and fought with Saul to turn his father's ship to Bethlehem. But David, sick of Saul and wine, went after his father's ship to Bethlehem. Yes, David and his father. Each time he could be released from Saul, he returned to his father to turn the father's ship. Each time he could have a little break from Saul's service, he went back to his father to turn his father's ship. This bond between father and son. This bond between a righteous father and a son with whom God was determined. Verse 17. Now, first of all, when can Saul ask for this? Chapter 15, verse 20. So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread. And a tin of wine. And a young goat. And sent them with his son David to Saul. They were asking their son. He said yes. He wants to take my son. Yes. So they took him. Grumblers against leaders are in trouble. Jesse was not like that. They asked their son. They asked how much would they pay him. He was not gain oriented. Gain oriented people in trouble. He took a donkey loaded with bread. He knew he was sending it to the king. So he could not just send anything to the king. Because the gift tells you the estimation of the person you are sending the gift to. Oh, he was sending the gift to the king. So it was a donkey loaded with bread. A tin of wine. And a young goat. He said my son cannot go empty handed to serve the king. Jesse had a noble heart. He was a noble heart. He knew who his father was. Who? Obed. Who was Obed's father? Boaz. Who was Boaz's wife? Obed means come from great vagrants. Criminals come from criminal vagrants. Criminals come from criminal vagrants. This Jesse. Had a daughter called Zuria. Each time she said. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. The first one. Commander Adishah. Again. Yes. Yes. It's our kind. It's in our command. The commander of the army, Joab. A new kind of infantryman. It's our command. Commander Sahel. The women. It's our command. A downed robber. A prostitute of prostitutes. A criminal atheist. Your children will resemble you. And resemble your father. What is in your heart will come from the first generation. It says that Levi was in Abraham's loins when Abraham offered the sacrifice to Machiavelli. Was Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Levi. So when Abraham was acting, four generations were involved in that act. That's why it was argued that the Levitican priesthood was inferior to the priesthood of Machiavelli since Abraham gave the tithe to Machiavelli. The Levitican priesthood was inferior to the priesthood of Machiavelli since Abraham, who is the origin of the Levitican priesthood, offered a sacrifice to Machiavelli. You support a fourth generation. Occupy the world. For your progeny. When you lie, you lie for four generations. People have to tremble about their hearts. Nobody may know them. They may be locked up in your heart. But they will come out. Levi committed immorality with the granddaughter, with the wife of his. With the granddaughter. Of Ahitophel, his advisor. Of Bathsheba, who was the granddaughter of Ahitophel. So you can see how young Bathsheba was. The granddaughter of the advisor. In her insanity, you go and destroy them. You go and kill the husband. That's why, when Apsalom rebelled, Ahitophel sided with Apsalom because of the sin of David against his granddaughter. And the Lord told David, and the worst thing is that he hid the sin. Then he killed Uriah to cover his sin. How many people have you killed to cover your sin? How much have you killed your conscience to cover your sin? And the Lord said to him, the swords shall not depart from their house or wherever I am. There are killings in Israel every day, isn't it? Israel can't stop the killings, killings, killings, killings. Israel is at war. It's now four thousand years. The swords have not departed from David's house. Four thousand years. Do you know how far your sin can go? Do you know how far your sin can go? Four thousand years. Do you know how far your divided heart can go? Four thousand years. Do you know how far your lack of consecration to the Lord can go? Four thousand years. Exactly. He turned a family man and took the money and the things that the property, the livelihood. And he said, the left portion of Naaman shall be upon thee and thy people forever. The left part in Israel today, the descendants of each act is for generations to come. It's a frightful thing. When my father was a young believer and just finished school, the administration gave him a job The administration gave him a job. On a salary of 18 pence. Pence. A month. On a salary of 18 pence a month. And the missionary told him, come and preach the gospel. Come and preach the gospel. Come and preach the gospel. I'll give you three pence every three months. I'll give you three pence every three months. That was one pence alone. I tremble about it. I tremble about it. Because my father chose this one penny. By God's grace. By God's grace. He chose one penny. By God's grace. And he lived a radically complicated life. And he lived a radically complicated life. He believed and carried out He believed and carried out In fact, he caused his political enemies and made peace with them on his dying bed. He was of the government party. He was of the government party. Of course, everybody in the opposition. He was war. My sister My sister She was evangelist. She was trying to get into her house. Sixty-seven women gathered in her house in the morning to pray. Of her seven children All of them, I believe, accepted one. One is a principal, one is a senior magistrate, and so forth. My junior sister, she started fasting three years ago. I left her on her tenth 40-day fast. She did four 40-day fasts last year. This year she wants to do five. This is the third one. She did two the year before. Our little brother is a missionary in Uganda. Pastor Calvin, for me, would be here as soon as he is. And I am in the gospel. Last year, my wife and I gave God 61 million. Those who know African traditions know that it in a way comes from from this church. He said the Lord has asked us to give him 100 million. I don't know how it happened, but but it will happen. Our granddaughter in London has been called by the Lord to do a mission in Scotland. She decided to go to Scotland for university education so as to begin to master her mission field. If my father had chosen the 18th, he would have baptized him. We would all be lost. But he made the right choice. I know a man who serves the Presbyterian Church. And towards the end of his life, he baptized and went on to serve Scotland. And all his friends, but one, have baptized with me. They believe I am baptized, they believe I am baptized, they believe I am baptized. Your life does not end with you. Are you weighing your choices? Have you weighed the secret motivations of your heart? When the Australians will make their own decisions as I have made, will it be glorious history? Will it be glorious history? Saint Samuel 17, 17 Isaiah said to his son David Take these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. Take these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. It is a journey of broken grain and ten loaves of bread. He baptized three sons, three loaves of bread. He knew that his sons had companions. May God deal with the selfishness of their hearts. May God deal with the selfishness of their hearts. He knew that his sons had friends. He sent grain, roasted grain, and ten loaves of bread. And hurry to their camp. Take along these ten cheeses to the commanders of their units. He knew that his sons had commanders in their units. He didn't send them bread. He sent them cheese. Something more expensive, of greater value. He sent bread and grain to his sons. And sent cheese to their commanders. And he sent ten. That's a noble. You know Amasa also came from Egypt. Could I see people pray? By what God is saying. It will be written on hearts here. God bless the Lord. We pray that our holy spirit will grip our hearts about the smallest choices that we make. And their impact on the future. Could I pray that through the Lord they go down on us Lord. That large doors swing on small hinges. Oh Lord I pray that our eyes be open. That our eyes be open. To the consequences of our choices. To the consequences of our choices in small matters. To the consequences of our choices in big matters. Father I pray that this will lead us to repent. To take a fresh look at what we choose. At the way we behave. At the way we interact with others. Father we pray that we will take a new look at our choices. At our decisions. At our daily lives. So as to guarantee a glorious future. A future that honors the Lord. We ask this in Jesus. Lord and I want to thank you. Lord now I have a job. Lord in the United States. We have the greatest impact with your kingdom Lord. I thank you for this. The person has a short life, Lord, has a short life, Lord, and we see that in the long term. May we live in glory in the long term. I beseech you in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. You know, if you don't want to be a liar, you decide that you will never sing a song that is not true in your life. Because to lie is a trove. Secondly, if one stanza is true in your life, and the second one is not true, you don't sing that. Let it be said to forever. Praise is the greatest honor you can bring to God. Thanksgiving and worship. But to bring falsehood in thanksgiving, praise and worship, it's a domination beyond feeling. A man of 39 told me, I've never told a girl I love her. Because I've never loved any woman. But he also told me, I've never sung a lie to God. Matching truth with action. Truth corresponds to words with truth. A song that corresponds to where we are. So that the spirit of the message may be maintained. I think it is 63 messages from him to me. Oh, 63. He says 63. Why do you want to come up to what some of us, everybody says? In my life for thee, my precious Lord, I share. That all my plans from thee are quick and stronger than I gave my life for thee. What have thou given for me? I gave my life for thee. What have thou given for me? Heal the weary and the poor. Heal your troubles now I can do. Heal the sick and the poor. I gave my life for thee. What have thou done for me? I left it all for thee. I loved thee more than I loved thyself. A preacher that you need to rescue me from hell. I saw thy might for thee. What did I know my hope was lost? Heal my heart and heal my lungs. I praise the Lord because they bled. The sad thing is that David was the last king upon whom the Holy Spirit was in power. The others could continue without the Holy Spirit. The others could continue without the Holy Spirit. After that the royalty of the Holy Spirit did not fall on any of them. All the others were kings. They could do without the Holy Spirit. And God let them. They just found out that it was a sad day. The day I discovered that it was a sad day. What you don't want, God will not force it upon you. Solomon could continue without the Holy Spirit. And all of them. But the mass of the Holy Spirit came upon those who disappeared. God will oblige nobody. He chose to continue without winning souls. And God has let you continue. He chose to continue without a passing life. Without a life of long fasting. And God has allowed you. There are no long fasts in your church. When man stops, God stops. When man stops, God stops as well. You have decided to run your life without a supreme goal. You have decided to run your life without a supreme goal. Just because your life scratched the surface of the little things in the sky. You know Solomon had those 200 shields of gold. Solomon had those 200 shields of gold. All of them were taken. And he stole the whole of them and made his own of bronze. And he was walking between the gold and bronze things. His father's own were gold. To that he judged, there was no difference between gold and bronze. To that he judged, there was no difference between gold and bronze. When you have a bronze king instead of a gold king. When you accept to run your life without the power of the Holy Spirit. When you accept to run your life without the power of the Holy Spirit. And you earn 500 people instead of 500,000. And you say, I am the big chief of 500 people. Whereas you could have gotten 50,000. Whereas you could have gotten 50,000. You have chosen. God cannot force anyone. Elijah said, Elijah was the king of prophets. He prayed, the heavens were shut for three and a half years. He prayed, the rain came. He prayed, the heavens were shut for three and a half years. He prayed, the rain came. The heavens were his to command. And his servants. The one who was pouring water on him. Listen then. I want you to know whom God appoints. So that you may change your attitude for your own good. Moses was 40 years taking care of the ship of Jethro. If the ship increased in number, the praise went to Jethro. If any was lost, the blame went to David. Down to Moses. That's what a servant is about. When things go well, praise goes to another. When they go badly, he receives the blame. And the Bible says that he was content. In that situation. If you seek praise for yourself, you will not have it. God will ensure that you don't have it. In fact, if you are a pastor and you don't pray, God will remove all parts you can pray for themselves. You will suffer. Because now there are different goals. You have the goal of the church. This is why you seek His own glory. It will become a center of conflict. The servants. Like Moses. When the flock increased in number, I was 30. They said, Jethro, you are doing very well. When one was lost. Moses, what's the servant? And he was in that condition for 40 years. Then God made him the leader of his flock. Joshua. He was a servant of Moses. For 40 years. He was a very able man. The commander in chief of the army. But he was his most famous title. He was the servant of Moses. After 40 years of serving Moses. He became the next leader. God removes the servants of men. And pulls down the servants of God. Elijah. Had Elijah as a servant. If Elijah had asked for half of the anointing that rested on Elijah. They would have paid him as much. But he asked a double portion. What does he believe has asked? When eagles behave like fat cocks. Fat cocks. Looking down. Instead of looking up. Are you an eagle behaving like a cock? Are you an eagle cock? Are you an eagle cock? Born for height. But you settle. To be scratching the ground. Do you know whose son you are? God's son. You have been taken like a goat. The son of the Lion of Judah. Listen. I see believers without goats. And they say I see with goats. I've done that with goats. So that they may be fed extremely. On the 13th of June when I spent 50 years in the Lord. I think the next 10 years. I must do what I did in the last 50 years. So the goals have been set along those lines. Give the check and write 125 books. I'll write another 125 books. In France we are tackling two major problems. Recently there were three articles in Cameroon Tribune about my work. Better put it, our work. Cameroon Tribune about the work of our research team. We will appear on the cover page of Time magazine or Newsweek magazine. Or Nature magazine. It is part of the objectives. When do you represent the King of Heaven? We are just catching. Yes, we've been in 100 countries. We've been million. In every area of our life. I've even got 300 million. If you don't give me a deal in the next 10 years. It will be very sad. You conquer the world with a gun of money. Stop speaking like a chicken. Now you are talking more time. The defeat is very high. Give God an opportunity to fail. There, there, there. Always sharing so that it fails. You always sharing. The genre goes. So that you cannot fail. There is nothing with God must intervene. Something with your brain is too small. For which you need brain expansion. In order to grasp and handle. You are expandable. When I went to China. I said to God. I said you will believe in you. Rivers of living water will flow through me. I said oh Lord. Cause the Nile to flow through me. Cause the Ganges to flow through me. Cause the Amazon to flow through me. Cause the Yangtze to flow through me. Cause the Thames to flow through me. It's too difficult. So tell me. Where do rivers flow through you? Tell me where do rivers end? Tell me where do rivers end? I told him oceans. He told me. Ask me that your heart may be an ocean. So I'm taking you to do this act. To ask that God will expand my heart to the level of an ocean. What are rivers compared to an ocean? What are rivers compared to an ocean? God is not in for limited giving. No. God is not in for limited giving. What is it like to be in your small stream? With your small canoe? So that you are in control. No risk. Yeah, that's what people fear, the risk. You can't drown there. A river already contains risk. It is dishonest. To pay small price. And want a lioness. No. Yes. To pay a small price. And they say so good. Give me a nation. If nations were obtained that way, there would be no nation left. When Elijah asked for a double portion of the spirit that dressed her upon Elijah. When Elijah asked for a double portion of the spirit that dressed her upon Elijah. Elijah, Elijah. Elijah asked for a double portion of the spirit that dressed her upon Elijah. You have asked a difficult thing. No, let's have one verse. Verse nine. Elijah said to Elijah. Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken from you. Then in her a double portion of your spirit, Elijah replied. You have asked a difficult thing. Elijah said. Yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours, otherwise not. The great gifts of God are conditional. The ordinary things everybody can take them. But the higher things. Are conditional. There was a price to pay. And there was the position of not having it. And there was the possibility of not having it. It was that the eyes of Elijah would be fixed on him. So that he might see him go. Listen. He didn't say look at God. He said to see God. To see me. So much of the divine. Is tied to the relationship with man. Independent men have lost the competition. And they will continue to lose it. They may get somewhere. But they cannot get to the height. That height of relationship with man. That was a difficult thing. Yet if you see me when I am taken from you. It will be yours. Otherwise not. Earlier on was the testing. That's true. Elijah said. Stay here. The Lord has sent me to better. Elijah said. As long as the Lord lives. And as you live. I will not leave you. So they went to better. That's true. Elijah said to him. Stay here Elijah. The Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he replied. As long as the Lord lives. And as you live. I will not leave you. So they went to Jericho. That's six. Then Elijah said to him. Stay here. The Lord has sent me to Jordan. And he replied. As long as the Lord lives. And as you live. I will not leave you. So the two of them walked on. Hallelujah. But the story did not begin there. 13th 19th 19th. So Elijah went from there. And found Elijah son of Shabbat. He was playing with twelve yoke of oxen. And he himself was driving the twelve. There is no hope for the lazy. There is no hope for the lazy. Twelve yoke of oxen. Twelve oxen of oxen. You do this. I can see this over here. You do that. You do that. He himself was driving the twelve pair. A hard working man. A hard working man. When I touched Ruth's hands. When I touched Ruth's hands. They were hard. For the years of scrubbing the floor. For the years of scrubbing the floor. In order that they may have money to make their ends meet. My children these are glory hands. Lady Jones have long nails. Soft hands. No woman should marry a man like that. It's a sick generation. You're Nazi men with earrings. With their hair. When a woman has to marry another woman. He himself was driving the twelve pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. That was the beginning of the relationship. That cloak, that cloak was the cloak that was to fall upon him. He was thrown on his talent. A hard-working man, a hard-working man. A man involved in practical issues. Lazy people will not welcome. Not possible. God cannot promote a lazy man. God cannot promote a lazy man. Because he will become the leader of the lazy. Elijah then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. Ran into something. The servant ran after the master. Begging to serve. Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, he said. Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, he said. When he saw by his father and mother. Elijah replied. Go back, go back. What have I done to you? Go back. Go back. He wanted to trouble him. So Elijah left him and went back. The servant ran. He took his yoke of oxen. He burned the prior equipment to cook the meat. And gave it to the people and they ate. He terminated anything he could count on. He cooked the oxen. He burned the prior equipment. He gave the meat to the people. Then he set out to follow Elijah. And became his attendant. Little did he know. Little did he know. He did not know. That day he crowned himself the next prophet. When he became the servant of Elijah. How God causes eternal issues to come to the kings of nations to remain. You have asked a difficult thing. Have you asked difficult things of God? Are you prepared to pay the price for them? If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours. Otherwise not. Who determines the issues? Not God. Man. Three days ago. God said to me, it depends on you, it depends on you, it depends on you. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Elijah must have fixed his eyes as never before. Already his heart was right. He does not sit close all the time. Not because of anything. Because he loves him. Because he loves him. Ha! Verse 11. As they were walking along and talking together. Suddenly a cannon of fire and a hose of fire appeared. And struck one of the servants. And Elijah went running in a whirlwind. Hallelujah. And cried. And cried. My father. My father. The chariot and horsemen of Israel. And Elijah saw it no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them apart. I said to Sam, end it. My own part is ended. My part. Anything depended on me. He picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah. And went back and saw on the back of Jordan One more thing and we will close In chapter 3 Verse 10 What? exclaimed the king of Israel Has the Lord called all three kings together? Then the king of Israel exclaimed And there, the Lord called all three kings And delivered them into the hands of Moab But Joseph said Is there any sign of any prophet of the Lord By whom we can consult the Lord? Then the servant of the king of Israel answered He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah Pouring water for him to wash his hands That was the qualification Joseph said The word of the Lord is with him The man who was pouring water on the hands of Elijah The word of the Lord is with him Verse 15 Now bring me a happy While the happy was praying The hand of the Lord came upon Elijah And he said This is what the Lord says Have you seen something of God's ways? God's methods What God is looking for in a man What God is looking for in the person he is using You can ask God for anything For anything Provided you are able and willing to pay the price What is the price? A man's all Anything less than a man's all will not do How can I offer a lesser sacrifice when Jesus gave his all? That was the Lord's way to the throne He purchased the throne because of his all To hold back part of the price and expect great things from God is immoral God cannot ask you what you don't have But he will demand all that you have God cannot ask you what you don't have But he will demand all that you have And your all Would move him to give you his all Let the people pray and don't move Father, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus That you bring an end to all seeking of grace for oneself I pray for myself And I pray for this work that we've been so privileged to be part of Here in North America I pray for our work in North America, Lord I pray that you bring an end to all seeking of grace for ourselves That you tear it down, Lord That you tear it down And that you replace it With a deep and continuous burden for the lost A genuine, unpainted, unmixed burden for the lost That will prompt us to seek for the power of the Holy Spirit Father, we pray that you replace the seeking of grace for oneself With a genuine, uncontaminated burden for the lost That will prompt us to put in our all All that we have in our natural strength And after we put in our all Ask for the power from on high Father, I pray that you do this In everyone's heart here Father, I repent For not having this kind of burden For the lost in Boston Lord, I have had a burden for the lost But it has not been the continuous weeping That brought us out of Boston last night It has not been the constant, the continual Weeping, breaking Father, I pray that you give me the grace To enter into this To know what it is to weep and weep and weep And weep and weep for the lost So that the power can come upon us Through the words that you We pray that you write upon us Oh God, if you pick people up for God In Jesus' name, Amen Before we leave tomorrow, what is the desire of your heart? To love What is the desire of your heart? So that we may touch the pathway to it tomorrow Who wants to say what is velvet habits? Who wants to express his velvet habits? Qui veut exprimer le désir de son coeur? Qui veut gagner tout mon souffle? Que les autres personnes expriment le désir de leur coeur. You are not saying anything. Nobody is telling you. You are not even committed enough to speak. What? You need to choose the worst way forward. Huh? What is this work? Quelle est ton oeuvre? How much time are you putting into it now? Combien de temps investis-tu là-dedans maintenant? Deux heures par jour. What have you accomplished so far? Qu'est-ce que tu as accompli à date? People have been saved. Why are more not saved? Pourquoi est-ce qu'il n'y en a pas davantage qui sont sauvés? Do you know? Do you know what is... Why more are not saved? C'est-à-dire pourquoi il n'y a pas davantage qui sont sauvés? Hmm? Because he has not yet given her all. Then what do you need? It's not the Holy Spirit you need to give your all. Dans ce cas, ce dont tu as besoin, ce n'est pas du Saint-Exupéry, mais c'est de donner ton tout. There are four experiences. Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? Four crises. First of all, the crisis of radical conversion. Hier, il y a eu ce que j'ai remarqué. Most of all, they became religious. They did not convert. La plupart des gens en fait... Then the crisis of absolute surrender. Ensuite, il y a la crise de l'abandon. Then there is the crisis of consecration. Puis, il y a la crise de la... Then there is the crisis of... I can't hear you with the voice. Maintenant, il y a la crise de l'abandon. And then... Et ensuite... ...crise of consecration. La crise de l'abandon. La cinquième crise, c'est la crise de la consecration au permis du Seigneur. And normally... Et normalement... For each... Pour chacune... There is a process. Hier, le processus. Then the crisis. Puis la crise. And then the process. Puis le processus. And the person should know exactly when it happens. Et la personne devrait savoir exactement quand ces choses se produisent. When the crisis occurs. Quand la crise se produit, a eu lieu.