Faith in Survival Mode: Finding Renewal and Strength // GET OUT OF SURVIVAL MODE

- Hallelujah, people of God,

you are welcome in the presence of God.

Time with Jesus is time
with prayer, time with life,

time with renewal.

Time with strength in His presence.

Fullness of life, fullness of joy.

Thank you for being here today.

Thank you for being part of the family

of the University of God.

Today as I stand here in
this place of wilderness,

in this place of nature, I'm
here to speak to your heart,

to speak to your soul.

When you look around, you
see the beautiful scenery

of nature, the sea, the
waves, the mountains,

the hills, and look at the sandy ground,

the sand of desert.

We have wilderness, we have
sea, we have mountains.

We have vegetation around,
signs of life everywhere.

First and foremost, before we
go into this time of message

and prayer, let me take you

to the Book of Romans 1:20.

"For since the creation of the world,

His invisible attributes are clearly seen

being understood by the
things that are made,

even His eternal power

and Godhead so that they
are without excuse."

What is Paul saying?

When we look at nature in
the light of God's word,

we see the mighty hand of God at work.

When you see the beautiful
things of nature around you,

nature teaches us that there is a God.

The Bible says in the book
of Hebrews 11:3, we understand

by faith that nature
and the world's visible

and invisible were created
by the living word of God. (Hebrews 11:3)

When you look at this nature, look around,

there seems to be no life.

When you look closer, you
see the ants, animals,

a lot of life around us,
unnoticed by the eyes of man

but full of life.

King Solomon in quest for the truth,

checked nature and life to find out

what is the vital principle of life,

what's the purpose of life?

He ended up in the book
of Proverbs, chapter 30,

which will lead us as a proof
text of this message today.

I will start from Verse 24.

There are four things which
are little on the earth,

but they are exceedingly wise.

Verse 25, the ants are
a people not strong,

but they prepare their food in the summer.

The rockbadgers are a feeble folk,

yet they make their homes in the cracks

in the rocks of the mountain.

The locusts have no king

yet they all advance in
ranks, in group, in formation.

The spider skilfully grasps with its hand

and is in king's palaces.

What does this mean to you and me?

He saw that nature teaches
us the manifold wisdom

of God. In the midst of plenty.

When everything is fine,
when the supply is plenty,

it is time to remember
the times of scarcity.

When you are in good health,
remember the times of sickness.

Why? To know how to maintain good health.

In times of great harvest of plenty,

the ants remember the
difficult times ahead

and they store food.

When the limited supplies become scarce.

The trees teaches us the wisdom of God.

When you look around the trees,

you see today, we are in spring.

You see new herbs coming from the ground.

New leaves that are full of life,

but immediately we enter fall.

You see the transformation
of nature in the trees.

The leaves begin to dry

and very soon the tree
will be empty of leaves.

It looks dead. Why?

The tree is entering survival mode.

What is survival mode?
Difficult time to come.

If the animals, if the
trees can teach us the law

of nature because they
understand, they respect

and they adjust to the process
of nature for their survival.

What about we?

The bear in summer and
fall begin to store food

in preparation for the winter coming.

Why? Because the bear knows that times

for survival are coming.

He prepares.

Jesus said to you and me, watch and pray.

If animals, if the ants

can have such level of
understanding, of recognition

of intelligence to prepare
for difficult times

because they respect
the process of nature,

what about we the humans?

What about we, who are
the greatest product

of the Holy Spirit?

Why man should not understand
the times and seasons?

Why could we don't read the
signs where we are in today,

so we can enter survival mode
when difficult times come?

Jesus say, look around you.

The harvest is plenty,
but the labourers are few.

If we do not recognise the times and seasons,

how can't we recognise the times we are in?

While we stand up, let us
remember that God never promised

to keep us away from difficult
times, from hard times,

but He promises to see us through.

Are you in survival mode? What do I mean?

What is your situation?

Are you in a situation of
sickness, where there is no hope?

Are you in a situation of sickness

where there's no hope for healing?

Are you in a dry season

where there's no life supporting material

as if you are in the wilderness
of life, no money, no food,

no help, and you begin

to doubt the goodness of God in your life?

Where is your faith?

When you look at your situation today,

what is your situation?

Are you facing a life threatening situation?

Are you facing hopelessness?

The life of so many people
around the world today,

their faith is in survival mode.

Today, I'm here to tell you no matter

what your circumstance looks
like, no matter the times

and seasons you are in,
God is whom you need Him

to be in that situation.

No matter what the signs

and situation are saying today,

they cannot determine your future or tomorrow

because there is a way out.

How do you stand the test of time today?

How do you prepare for what is to come?

The Bible says, my righteous
shall live by faith.

Romans 1:17,

what does this mean to you and me?

Many of us today, we have
allowed our situation

to stifle our faith.

It is time to go back to the root

and remember the words of Jesus.

He said to you and I that

you will have trouble in
this world, but cheer up.

I have overcome the world.

When the disciples were around
him, Peter and others,

they were seeing Jesus every day.

They asked Jesus, "Why they do not fast?"

Jesus say, "No. Why should they fast?

They have Me, but times are coming

when they will have Me no more

in the physical, then they will fast."

Are you overwhelmed by
your situation today?

Does it seem as if your faith has failed

or do you think God has failed you?

God never fails. Never.

Jesus prayed for Peter
, "Simon, circumstances

and Satan are trying to stifle your peace,

but I pray your faith will not fail."

I'm here to tell you my dear

brother and sister, listen to me.

Your faith will not fail,
a look of faith to Jesus

will give you a slot of faith

to stand the test of time.

Jesus is the same yesterday,
today, and forever.

You can count on God's word being true.

It can never fail without God failing

and God's word never fail.

Jesus said in Mark Chapter 13:31:

Heaven and earth will pass away,

but my words will never pass away.

One has stifled your faith.

To the extent you say, I've lost my heart,

Jesus said, take heart.

Take heart because he's alive.

When the disciple was scattered

and Jesus was crucified, their
faith and the survival mode.

What do I mean survival mode?

When you are in a situation

where the natural resources
are dwindling to nothing

and there's no life supporting material,

tap into the inward resources of God.

When there's no food, the
bear has to prepare himself

For the situation to come,

watch and pray so that situation will

not catch you unaware.

They enter their den and what happens?

Their body temperatures come down.

The pulse of their heart reduces.

They begin to tap on the fat they have

to survive the harsh condition

of winter and they survive.

What about the trees you see on winter?

No leaf, no fruit.

It appears dead, but deep
inside there is survival mode.

That's faith, root and the leaf

and they survive the
harsh condition of winter.

At spring, a new life comes out.

At spring, the trees come out.

At spring, new life starts to emerge.

Jesus entered the grave
and came out the third day

and life began to spring.

For all who believe in Him, he said

they will never thirst again.

They will never hunger
again. Rivers of living

Waters will flow. Hallelujah.

Remember His words today.

In John chapter 15, He said,

"I am the vine and you were the branches."

When the tree is facing
hard, difficult conditions,

the leaves may die.

No more fruit, some branches
may break away and wither

These are those who lose their faith

and venture out of Christ, (John 6:66)

but some branches remain
in Him no matter the time,

no matter the seasons, they
remain in Him by the gift

of righteousness in the
power of the Holy Spirit.

Why? They're sustained
by the root of faith.

Faith is our root in God. Faith
is the anchor of our soul.

Hebrews 6:19

Christ hope is the anchor of our soul.

Jesus said, "If you remain
in me, I remain in you.

No matter the wilderness,
no matter the time,

you will leave, you will
stand the test of time."

We don't run away from situation.

We stay put and get used to it

and abide in Christ, the One who overcomes

dwells in you and dwells in me.

That's why we are alive today.

That's why we overcome obstacles daily

by acting on the word of faith.

Where are your resources today?

Are you short of life
supporting materials?

No food at home, no money
in the pocket, no job?

Barrenness, unworthiness?

When it seems to be over,

it is still not over
because Christ is alive.

Begin to tap on the inward resources.

Oh my Lord, what are the inward resources?

Step into faith.

If your faith seems to be weak,

a little faith is far
from being the reason

why you should not pray.

When we enter survival mode,
through the valley of the shadow

of death, we begin to pray the more.

We begin to fast the more.

When you enter survival mode,

your focus go on the essential.

Your focus remains on God,
not on that situation.

You begin to feed on God's word.

You begin to feed on God's life

and that's the life that sustains you

and helps you to overcome
whatever you face on the outside.

What is the food that will help you

to survive when you're walking
in the wilderness of life?

What is the food for your
spirit, for your soul?

That is the bridge to
cross over your situation,

to step into God's promises.

How do you feed your soul in the winter?

How you feed your soul in the summer

Determines how you feed
your soul in the winter.

Right now, whatever happens to
you, make sure the store room

of your heart is filled with
the resources of heaven.

Make sure you have enough
resources of heaven

to sustain difficult times.

What are the resources?
Faith, the heavenly currency

to tap on God's resources.

How do we have faith

to say glory be to God
when times are difficult.

How do we have faith in
the midst of sickness

to glorify the name of the Lord?

How do we have faith to
cross difficult hard times

and venture into faith life victoriously?

Faith that's the means of victory,

the only means of victory.

That's why God say, my
righteous shall live by faith.

Are you ready? Are you ready
to prepare for the future?

Are you ready to prepare for tomorrow?

When the times are good,

when the times are difficult,
you remain the same.

A man of faith can be happy
whether there's nothing

to be happy about on the outside.

Your faith will stand in Christ Jesus.

When the times are good,
when the times are difficult,

you remain the same in Christ Jesus.

Victorious life, contented
life, nothing on the outside

can take your mind from God.

When you hear bad rumours,

difficult times come, you
will stand your solid ground

and overcoming spirit will take over you.

That's the promise of heaven today.

The Bible says, man is
spirit, soul, and body.

We know how to take care of this body.

We know how to take care
of our hair, our body,

but how do you take care of your heart-

The store room of the embodied resources.

The only store room that can help you

to survive in difficult
times, the only store room

that can feed your soul,
your spirit, and your body

when there's no life supporting
material on the outside.

Allow God's word in the
midst of your heart.

If you want to be an overcomer,

begin to believe God's word
in the midst of your heart.

Begin to store the word of God
in your heart like the bear,

and when the harsh conditions
of life comes in the winter,

you will stand the test of
time in the presence of Jesus,

in peace of heart.

Begin to fill your heart, your soul

with the living word of God.

So when the enemy come
to attack your mind,

you'll resist him with the
weapons of righteousness

and send him to where he belong

and stand in faith in
Christ Jesus and drill deep

and move on and overcome.

It's that word that produces the overcoming

spirit in your life.

It is time for you to grab onto faith.

When you run out of rope,

it is time to grab onto faith.

When you run out of natural
resources, it is time

to tap into God's inward resources.

They are available. They're already there.

Lodged in the store room of God.

For those who see, for those
who descend, those know how

to apply them in their lives.

When the enemy comes with the thoughts,

with the circumstances

to derail you from your
natural focus, it is too late

to look for the Bible verse to apply,

but the sword is in your heart.

Faith is already there, ready
to use as occasion demands.

So today are you in winter

where everything is dried?

No help from anyone, no help,

no money, no future.

How do we stand the test of time?

How do we respond in
the world we live today?

No one can stand the test of time

if you don't stand on the solid rock

of the living word of God.

Remember, in times of hardship,
in times of difficulty,

in times of winter,
there is a seed planted.

Jesus said, nobody can break you. Why?

Because your seed
remained. What is the seed?

Our faith, our belief in
Christ Jesus stands forever.

When they were in the upper
room threatened by life,

the Apostles began to pray, begin to fast.

Why? They get out of survival
mode when they begin to pray,

when they begin to log into
the new realm above the senses,

They looked beyond their circumstances

and the power of the Holy Spirit
came upon their lives

and their lives changed forever.

Looking at life, its storms

and adversities is a trap of Satan

to derail you from your natural focus.

When satan comes upon you with
his weapons like Goliath,

with his terror, with
his intimidation and fear

and situation, go into survival mode,

step into faith and stay
there, like David did.

Oh my Lord, David has a weapon.

Where was his weapon?

The sword of the Spirit in his heart.

What defeated Goliath was not
the stone, the word of faith

David said, "You come to me
with spear, with javelin,

with weapons on the outside, I
stand against you in the name

of the Lord.

Today, the birds of the air
will feed on your carcasses."

That's what he said, "And
I will cut your hair."

The word of faith that
sprung for his spirit

opened the door to success and victory

and David stepped on the footprints of his confesssion.

Oh my Lord, the issue of the battle

Went according to the footprints of his confession.

All you need is to hear the Word of God.

Say, I am here with you.

When God is with you, who
can be against you? Nobody.

When situation rises against you,

they can never take away your faith.

We overcome by tapping
into God's resources.

A man of faith lacks nothing

even when everything is necessary.

Are you in the wilderness?

Look deeper than you.

You will realise there
is faith deep within you.

There are resources deep within you.

All you need is to tap on
God's resources embedded

in your spirit, in your heart by faith.

They're already there for
those who recognise it,

how do you recognise it?

Remove the veil of trouble.

Stop concentrating on your problem.

Stop looking over the situation look like

and change your focus.

Look inwardly and you will
discern that you are not alone.

That will renew your mind

and the peace of God will
take over your heart.

That will renew you to
know that you are not alone

and your emotion will be settled.

No matter the situation you are in now,

God is whom you need him to be for you.

I asked you one question,

why the Lord God took his
people in the wilderness

where there's no food,
where there's no water

because there are inward
resources that only a man

of faith can discover.

Ask Joshua, ask Caleb.

Ask Moses, ask Joshua.

They never lacked in the
midst of the wilderness

because their heart was anchored in God

and they tapped on God's resources

and stand to overcome the wilderness

and they entered the promised land.

So to you, my brother, my sister,

what is the condition of your heart today?

What is the state of your faith today?

If you are in survival
mode, let me tell you,

the One who overcomes is
closer to you than ever before.

What do you need?

Just a slot of faith is enough

to revive your situation.

What a means of blessing is a look of faith

to Christ, to the cross.

What you are looking for is
closer to you than ever before.

Victory, victory, life full and abundant

is already there for
those who recognise it.

I'm here to pray for you today

and I do believe a look of faith

to Jesus Christ will
give you a slot of faith,

and you will get out of your
desperate situation today.

So my dear brother, no one is hopeless.

Hope is in Christ. No one comes
to Jesus Christ in comfort.

So don't see your situation as strange.

The overcomer is closer
to you than ever before.

The One who took them by
the wilderness is with you

through the valleys of
the shadow of death.

He's with you closer to
you than ever before.

Therefore, take care of your heart.

Take care of the store room,

where the heavenly resources
are in your heart, your spirit.

Victory starts inside of you.

The means of survival are inside of you.

The means of victory are inside of you.

The day you become aware that He

who overcomes dwells in you,
you will overcome all obstacles

of life by stepping in
faith in God's word,

embedded in your spirit, in
your heart, in Jesus' name.

Thank you. So I'm gonna
pray for you today.

You whose faith is in survival mode,

you who has lost all hope,

listen to my word, listen
to the word of my mouth.

Faith comes by hearing

and hearing comes from the
message of the word of God.

Join me in prayer.

I stand today in agreement
with your faith to pray for God

to turn your situation around.

I'm here to pray for the
Lord, to open the eyes

of your faith so you can see
those who are with you today.

I want to pray just like Hagar did.

Hagar was in the wilderness
with his son, no water,

no life supporting material.

Hagar sat at the distance not
to see the death of his son,

but the Bible says that God
who sees the wilderness,

opened the eyes of Hagar,

and she saw a well.

In the midst of the wilderness,

there's a well of life.

In the midst of darkness, there's a light.

In the midst of poverty,
there is embedded wealth.

In the midst of death,
there is resurrection.

There is Jesus.

Right now, give me your
heart and let us pray.

Remember the Bible says in
the Book of Proverb, 4:20,

my son, in the wilderness of life

pay attention to my words.

Do not let them depart from your eyes.

Keep them in the midst of
your heart for there are life

for those who find them,
for out of your heart,

spring the wealth of life.

In the name of Jesus Christ.

Right now to the timid soul,

to the one who is heavily
burdened by life vestiges,

by troubles, by situation.

You whose faith seems to be stifled today

because you're overwhelmed in your mind,

overwhelmed in your soul,
overwhelmed by your situation.

You can't pray anymore,
you can't talk anymore.

There's no hope anymore.
Let me tell you something.

Open your heart.

I ask Jesus Father, open the heart to see,

to discern the inner
voice of the Holy Ghost.

Open the heart to see the
light shining in the dark.

Open the eyes of his faith

to see the vision of those around him.

Open his heart as he did for Hagar

to see the inward resources of heaven.

Open the eyes to see when
it seems to be no end,

there is an end to all situation.

Look of faith to Jesus.

Look to the cross where the price was paid

for the blessings you're looking for.

Look to the cross, where
abundant provision has been made.

When Jesus died for you,
arose again from the death

to give you a life that is full and free

in the name of Jesus.

Right now, I stretch my hand
and speak to your heart.

I say to you, whatever veil,

whatever situation has hurt us,

clouded your faith so you
cannot see, whatever trouble,

whatever trouble in your health,

whatever trouble in your
soul, in your marital life

that take you to a place
of depression, to a place

where you are physically
stressed and oppressed.

When you are mentally
stressed and oppressed,

when the light of hope is off,

I pray, let there be light in your heart,

in the name of Jesus.

Let there be light in your
soul, in the name of Jesus.

Let there be light in your
body, in your circumstances,

in the name of Jesus.

As Elisha prayed in
Second Kings Chapter 6,

for the eyes of the servant to be opened.

I pray, oh God, open
the eyes of your faith.

Open the eyes of the faith to see

what is stored in the heart.

The opening of the eyes

of our faith is a silencing of our fears.

I pray in the name of Jesus,

let that veil be removed
in the name of Jesus.

Whatever spirit is oppressing you,

whatever spirit is bombarding
your heart, that spirit,

that spirit I command it to
live in the name of Jesus.

I speak to that situation.

I say, be still in the name of Jesus.

Be still in the name of Jesus.

Be still in the name of Jesus.

Whatever weight is upon your soul,

what weight of bondage upon your soul,

I say that weight be broken
in the name of Jesus Christ.

Be broken in the name of Jesus.
Be released in your heart.

Be released in your mind.
Be released in your body.

Be released. Be released.

Be released. Be released in
the name of Jesus Christ.

I speak the peace of
Christ into your heart,

into your mind, into your conscious

in the name of Jesus.

Let the rivers of life from your spirit,

from your heart begin to
illuminate your mind to know

that God is truly with you.

Let your mind be renewed,

but knowing that God is with
you in the name of Jesus,

in the name of Jesus,
in the name of Jesus.

No matter what stands between
you and God's promises,

I say give way in the name of Jesus.

Give way in the name of Jesus.

Give way in the name of Jesus.

Lord, open the eyes to
see the promise of heaven.

Open the heart to the living
word of God to focus on

what God's word says and
not on what situation says.

Open their heart to see
God's opinion in the matter.

Let them discover the world
of life in their heart.

Oh Lord, I pray Holy
Spirit fall afresh on them.

Fall afresh of them. Enter their heart.

Enter their soul in the name of Jesus.

Let the weary soul say, I am
strong in the name of Jesus.

Let the sick say I am
healed in the name of Jesus.

Let the poor say I am
blessed in the name of Jesus.

When you speak the word of
life over your situation,

over your life, you
have released your faith

and brought God's power in your situation.

When Jesus comes, your life
will never be the same.

I speak blessing in your spirit.

In the name of Jesus, I
speak peace in your heart.

In the name of Jesus, I
speak life in your heart,

in the name of Jesus and I command,

and I command all the negative
circumstances on your life

to bow down in the name of Jesus.

Let all the mountains of
situation, of trouble,

of despair be levelled in
the name of Jesus Christ.

In the name of Jesus Christ,
in the name of Christ,

in the name of Jesus Christ.

Whatever stopped your life,

begin to move in the name of Jesus.

Begin to move in the name of
Jesus. Let there be new life.

Spring has come, a new dawn has come.

A new life has come in the name of Jesus,

in the name of Jesus.

Let your faith begin to rise.
Let your faith begin to rise.

Let your faith begin to speak.

Let your faith begin to
speak in the name of Jesus.

I speak about faith.

There is a seed in your
life, that seed remain.

The tree may seem dead on the outside,

but there's life on the inside of you.

What do we need? Begin to
meditate on the word of God.

Begin to allow God's word
in the midst of your heart.

When you meditate, what happens?

The seed embedded begin to take
life. Begin to receive life.

Begin to receive life.
Begin to receive life.

Begin to receive life. Life in your heart.

Life in your soul, life in your mind.

Life in every aspect of your life

in the name of Jesus.

In the mighty name of Jesus, I speak

breakthrough to your life.

I speak breakthrough to
your spirit, your life.

Breakthrough to your spirit in life.

Breakthrough to your emotional life.

Breakthrough, breakthrough, breakthrough,

breakthrough, breakthrough
in the name of Jesus.

Step outta the situation.

Step out of darkness. Step out.

Step out, step out in the name of Jesus

and walk out in liberty,
walk out in freedom,

walk out in peace in the
name of Jesus Christ.

In Jesus Christ's name.

Those who are living in
the season of blessing.

You're blessed, everything seems good.

Please don't forget when times are good,

when blessings overflow
begin to store in your heart,

they involve resources of faith.

Begin to meditate on the word of God.

When you face difficult times
one day, begin to meditate.

Begin to engage your heart
like the animal that ruminates,

that brings out into his mouth the food

he swallowed in his stomach.

The resources of heaven.

The word of God in your heart
will produce the strength,

will produce the life you need

to overcome every situation
in the mighty name of Jesus,

in the mighty name of Jesus.

Allow the spirit of faith
to take you to the extreme,

in the mighty name of Jesus.

Begin to meditate, begin to
confess the word of faith

and God will meet you at
a point of essential need

and your life will never be the same

in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

In the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

No matter what your situation looks like,

no matter how desperate,
how frightening it looks,

take heart and look inwardly.

The way out for you, the
way out for you has come.

It is closer, closer, closer
than you have never thought.

Begin to engage your heart

and the store room will be
open, begin to engage your heart

and God's store room will
open, heavenly currencies,

heavenly wealth begin to
tap on God's resources

to endure whatever
situation comes your way.

When they begin to meditate
on the word of God,

just like the animal,

the cow ruminate the food in his stomach.

He will bring it out in his mouth.

The food swallow and begin to ruminate.

Life will begin to manifest

and when you meditate,

the Holy Spirit will meet you
at the point of essential need

and you cross over the wilderness.

Water will flow in the wilderness.

Life will manifest when
it seems to be no life.

Strength will manifest in your weaknesses.

God's word will refresh your mind.

God's spirit will renew your
strength. There is a way out.

In whatever situation you face today,

you can revive that situation.

How? Speak the word of
faith over that mountain.

Speak the word of faith in the wilderness.

Speak the word of faith
to that barren situation.

Speak the word of faith to that sickness.

Speak the word of faith

and you will release
God's power on the scene

and you will see behind

that situation lies victory.

Behind poverty, there is blessing.

Behind trouble, there is
peace when Christ is involved.

In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.