Overnight Miracle (prayers)

[Chorus] (Singing) Hallelujah to the Lord. Hallelujah to the Lord. Hallelujah to the Lord. He's a King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah to the Lord. [Narrator] Church is a fellowship that cannot be more spiritual than the individual and families that constitute them. God will always desire a godly family. These are words of restoration and instruction in righteousness from Family Tent Ministry. May you be blessed as you listen. [Chorus] (Singing) He's alive, Amen. He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. Oh, He's alive, Amen. He's alive. Jesus is alive forever. He's alive, Amen. The mighty God, the great I AM. Hallelujah, hallelujah. He's the mighty God, the great I AM. Hallelujah, hallelujah. He's the mighty God, the great I AM. Hallelujah, hallelujah. He's the mighty God, the great I AM. Hallelujah, hallelujah. You are the mighty God, the great I AM. Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Speaker] Let's begin to thank God for today. Let's bless his holy name. Let's appreciate him. Let's thank him for all who he is. Let's thank him for all that he is. Let's thank him, let's thank him, let's appreciate the Lord. Let's appreciate the Lord. Let's appreciate the Lord. Let's appreciate him, let's appreciate him, let's appreciate him. Oh, we thank God for able to overcome the technical problem that we were having. Thank God our brethren online can now hear us. We appreciate the Lord, we give him glory. We give him glory, we give him honor, we give him adoration. Who is like unto thee? Who is like thee? Glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, always doing wonders. Hallelujah. We thank him, we bless him, we give him glory, we give him honor, we give him adoration. We appreciate our God. We thank him for all who he is. We thank him for all that he is. Who is like unto thee, our Father? Who is like thee? Glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, always doing wonders. Hallelujah. Our God, we are grateful. Our God, we worship you. Our God, we bless your name. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, our Father. Thank you, our Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, our Father. Unto you we gather this evening. Unto you we gather. Blessed be your name, oh God. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen. Our Father, we thank you that despite the delay we were able to start up. We were able to overcome the little technical hitch that we had. We bless your name, we thank you. Lord, we thank you for our brethren who are joining us on Mixlr, our brethren joining us on Telegram. We who are here physically, Lord, we are really, really grateful. Thank you for your mercies, thank you for your love, thank you for your goodness, our Father. Blessed be your name, our God, in the name of Jesus. Almighty God, as we come this evening together to pray and to also look into scriptures, Lord, we pray that God, you will meet us at the point of our need. Oh Lord our God, your spirit will work within us, among us, in the name of Jesus. Thank you, eternal Father. Blessed be your holy name, our God. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Today is our last Monday in the month of July, and usually we will have a time of prayer. We will look at the scripture and then we will take time to indeed pray. And today we would in a way have a pause on biblical concept of faith. We want to look at a scripture that will enable us to pray this evening, a scripture we want to pray around, a scripture we want to pray about. And I titled today's message "Overnight Miracle." Overnight miracle. Overnight miracle. What does that really means? What actually happened that leads to an overnight miracle? It was something that happened in the book of Numbers. There was a contention between who Aaron, who was the priest, and some other people who felt that is it only Aaron that God should be using? Why should it be him alone? And then God needed to prove that look, there is somebody that he has chosen, and that person is the person that should be the person that will be priest unto him. Let's go to Numbers chapter 17. Let's see something in Numbers chapter 17. Let's see what happened in that story that led to our focus for today. Numbers chapter 17. Let's see what happened there between Moses, Aaron, and some elders who felt that no, why must it always be Aaron? Why must it be him continually? And so let's see what happened. I read from verse 1: Numbers 17:1-8 > The Lord spoke to Moses saying, "Speak to the children of Israel and get from them a rod from each father's house, all their leaders according to their father's house, twelve rods. Write each man's name on the rod. And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi, for there shall be one rod for the head of each father's house. Then you shall place them in the tabernacle of meeting before the testimony where I meet with you. And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will blossom. Thus, I will rid myself of the complaint of the children of Israel which they make against me." So Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and each of their leaders gave him a rod for each leader according to their father's house, twelve rods. And the rod of Aaron was among their rods. And Moses placed the rod before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. It came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds. Overnight miracle. A rod was placed before the tabernacle of testimony. You know what I mean by rod, the staff that they normally work with? They placed that rod there by the following morning. The rod has sprouted, that is, it has brought out fresh leaves. It had brought out buds. It had produced blossoms, brought out flowers. The flower dropped, brought out fruit. The fruit was not just coming out, the fruit became mature, not only mature, it had become ripe that you can eat it overnight. How do you explain that, brethren? How do you explain it? Is there something God cannot do? Why is this that God did this? Why was this done by God? God wanted to prove that Aaron is the person that God has chosen. That is what God wanted to prove. There was contention. There was contention. "No, is it only Aaron that God will be using? Is it only Aaron?" And God wanted to prove that Aaron is the man that God has chosen. And so in proving that, God said, "Okay, everybody contending with him, all of you bring rod from your father's house." They placed it before the Lord. They placed all the rods before the Lord. They placed them before the Lord. And God wanted to prove that this is the man I've chosen. He said the rod among them that brings forth fruit, that is the rod of the man that I've chosen. And God wanted to prove that it is not just a green fruit. The things sprouted, a rod, not a rod that was planted, a rod sprouted, brought out leaves, sprouted, went ahead to blossom, brought out flowers. The flower dropped, brought out fruit. The fruit matured to the point that it became ripe overnight. Overnight miracle. And that is the focus of what we want to pray. That sometimes when God want to prove a point with your life, God can run a miracle. God can fast-track a miracle. God can fast-track a blessing. God can do the unusual. God can do the impossible when God want to prove a point in the life of his own. God want to prove a point. Of course, normally when you want to eat almond, you don't place a rod before the tabernacle of witness and say, "Yeah, God expect you to go and plant." Is that not correct? You are supposed to sow, you are supposed to wait for the harvest. That is the normal thing. But the reason why this happened was that God wanted to prove a point. What I'm saying is this, when God want to prove a point in the life of his own, God can do the impossible. God can do the unusual. When God want to show that, "Look, this person is my man. This person is my elect. This person, I'm with him. This person, you cannot stop him. This person, you cannot harm him. This person, you cannot." When God want to prove a point in the life of his children, God can do the impossible. God can do the unusual. And the matter of overnight miracle is something I want to use the life of two people to show you. Two people in the scripture that I want to point you to to see that God can do what I call overnight miracle. The first one I want to point you to is the man Joseph. There was a vision from his father's house. I want to summarize all of this so that we can have time to pray. There was a vision from his father's house. What was the vision? His brothers and the sun and the moon representing his parents, they would bow down to him. That vision became a matter for his brothers. They tried to frustrate it. In a bid to frustrate it, they betrayed him and sold him. He was sold into slavery. He got into Potiphar's house. In Potiphar's house he began to prosper. But again, there was somebody, Potiphar's wife, that wanted to go to bed with Joseph. Joseph was not ready to do that. And then there was an action point. The woman blackmailed Joseph when Joseph refused to sleep with her. Joseph was inside the prison. In the prison again, God was with Joseph. And things began to go on. The butler and the baker, they had their dream. Joseph interpreted the dream. He interpreted the dream. Joseph told the butler, "Remember me when you get to Pharaoh." The man forgot Joseph. And he was just there inside that place. Nothing could happen to him. And then because God must prove a point, the vision must not die. The vision is for an appointed time. The vision is for an appointed time. The vision must speak at its time. That is what God wanted to prove. The time for the vision to speak has come. What happened? That night, Pharaoh had a dream. That night, I'm talking about overnight miracle. Why? Joseph is now 30. And by 30, God had ordained that Joseph must become the Prime Minister. Everything around Joseph cannot make that happen. But the vision must speak. The Bible says, "Wait for the vision. At its time it will speak." It will speak. Even though it tarry, what did he say? "Wait for it." And when the time came, what did God use to make that vision to speak? It was an overnight miracle. Joseph slept. He slept a prisoner. He slept not just a prisoner, I'm putting the other adjectives. He slept a single prisoner. He was a single person, a prisoner who was single. Not only that, Joseph was a single, house-slave prisoner. That was how he slept. He woke up the following morning to be married. He woke up the following morning to be the Prime Minister. He woke up the following morning with a befitting accommodation. Everything done for him within a moment. A man can sleep yesterday and by the following morning it was completely something else. Why? God wanted a vision to speak. God might have been asking you to wait for something. God might have been asking you to tarry for something. God might have been testing your faithfulness over something. Something might have been going on and about your life. And you have been remaining steadfast and faithful. And it looks like nothing will happen. You might have been a worker and people are saying, "Look, you better compromise to make it move on." And you choose to remain faithful. You choose to be there. You have said that, "God, I will rather wait for you." And it looks like nothing will happen. It looks like everything around you cannot make what God is saying about your life come to pass. When God want to work, there is what God called overnight miracle. God has overnight miracle. God has a way of turning things around in a way that you'll not be able to understand it, in a way that you'll not be able to think it. That is why the Bible says eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, it have not entered into the heart of man what God can do for those who love him. I want to tell you, if you're a lover of God, if you're somebody who loves God, you're somebody who is true to God, somebody who remains faithful and tenacious in obeying God and his instruction, one thing you need to know is that God can change your story overnight. God can turn things around about your life in a way that you'll be wondering. You'll be looking here, you'll be looking there. It is not a new thing with God. I will tell you what God did again in the life of another man. The name of that man was Mordecai. His name was Mordecai in the book of Esther. What happened with Mordecai? What happened? The previous night, the previous day, there was a plan. What was the plan? Build a gallows, make it very high. Is that not? On it Mordecai would be hanged. Are you getting the point I'm making? The following morning was the appointed time for Mordecai to be hanged. God brought again what I call the overnight miracle. That night, the king could not sleep. I'm talking about overnight miracle when God want to prove a point in the life of those who love him, when God want to prove a point in the life of those who are true to him, when God want to prove a point in the heart of those who are loyal to him. When somebody is faithful, I want you to note all these people we are talking about. They are people who are faithful. You will notice for Joseph, he had been faithful from his father's house. He was faithful to Potiphar. That was why he entered that prison. Men who are faithful, men who are consistently loyal, who keep following God, they are men whose life qualify for overnight miracle. Look at Mordecai again. Look at what happened with Mordecai. That night the king could not sleep. What happened? What happened? The king said, "Please, they should be opening records." Is that not? They should be opening records. They were opening records. They were opening records. They now found a place where Mordecai had been faithful to the king. Some people conspired to kill the king. Mordecai reported it. It was investigated, those people they were caught, and they were executed. And a reward was not given to a man who was faithful. But that night, the king could not sleep. And he began to open the books. They opened the books. They now found the place where Mordecai did something in faithfulness. He was not rewarded. Then the king asked, "What was done to this man?" And they said nothing had been done. I'm talking about overnight miracle. Somebody had been faithful. Somebody had been true. God has overnight miracle. Somebody had been faithful. Somebody had been true. Somebody was planning somewhere to execute that man who had been true. What must God introduce? Overnight miracle. Overnight miracle. When Haman came to see the king, he was to come and discuss with the king. What? What was he to discuss? He wanted to discuss to make a request that Mordecai should be hanged. The king, too, was running with a vision, the overnight miracle of God. Hallelujah. He was running with a vision. Before Haman could say his own, the overnight miracle was fresh. The king said, "Please, Haman, me, I'm coming with a miracle. I'm coming with a burden. What can be done to the person that the king want to honor?" And Haman thought in himself, "Who else can the king want to honor if it is not me?" And because Haman was eyeing the throne, he said, "Aha, let them take the man, put on the king's robe. Let the highest minister that the king appreciate, let that person go before that man. He will be on the king's second chariot, and they will be shouting, 'This is how they want to honor the person that the king want to honor.'" He said, "Oh, that's very good. Haman, what you said is very good. Go and take Mordecai. Don't let anything fail. Wear that robe for him. Go, proclaim before him, 'This is what is to be done.'" Overnight miracle settled the case of Mordecai. I'm talking about when men have been faithful, when men have been true, when men have been consistent with God, been true in following God. Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, it have not entered the heart of men what God can do for this kind of people. The way God will show up for them, it have not entered the heart of men. Even they themselves, they cannot imagine it. Joseph did not imagine that in one day he would be married, he would be employed, he would have residence in one day. Joseph was just- what was the expectation of Joseph? The expectation is that, "Please, help me tell the king so that at least they can free me from this prison." That was all he was trusting God that will happen. What I'm trying to say, when God want to come with overnight miracle, God begin to act beyond what you can ask, beyond what you can imagine, beyond what you can think. That is where God come. When this miracle want to come, when God want to visit a man who had been waiting for him, the way God comes with overnight miracle is something that is mind-blowing, is something that you'll not be able to imagine, is something you'll be wondering, "From where to where?" That is why the Bible says, look at Psalm 126. It is not a new thing with God. Overnight miracle is not a new thing with God. Psalm 126:1 > When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Why were they like that? If you see, when God did it, it was like I was dreaming. It was like I was dreaming. Please, was it something you were expecting? Was it something that entered your mind? Was it something that came in a way that you have prayed? Was it something like that? Was it something like that? No. I'm trying to make you see that overnight miracle is not a new thing with God. God had done it in the life of people before. That is why some people could proclaim, what did they proclaim? They said when God turned away, turned around the captivity of Zion, we were like who? It means when it was happening they thought, "No, it cannot be true. Maybe, maybe." I want you to imagine how Joseph could feel that morning. Can you just imagine how Joseph could feel? Will it be like it is- it was- will it be like it was Joseph? Joseph just be wondering, "Me? And they say, okay, bring a wife. So." I'm talking about overnight miracle. Overnight miracle. Overnight miracle. And I'm showing you something very, very important about overnight miracle. That one, it is not just about prayers. It is one about faithfulness. Overnight miracle, overnight miracle, number one thing, it is not just about prayer. It is not just shouting, "Let there be miracle! Let there be miracle! Let there be miracle! Let there be miracle!" No, no, no, no. It's not just shouting, "Let there be miracle!" No. Overnight miracle is first about what? Faithfulness. Are you somebody who is faithful? If you look at- if you look at these people I have made mention of to you, Joseph and Mordecai, God would have intervened in that overnight miracle by sending a particular angel to go and deliver Mordecai. Is it not possible? Is it not possible? But you see, God did not work that way. How did God work? They went to check the records and there was a place where he had been faithful to the king. Are you understanding me? Are you understanding me? Overnight miracle is for men who are true. It is for men who are faithful. It is for men who live a life of faithfulness. It is not just so much about praying. It is not just about praying. Yes, we pray. Yes, we ask. And God does miracle. I give you something that happens today. We pray and God- don't think I'm undermining prayer. Something happened today. It was a- for me, you know, it was something that shook me to my marrow. You know what happened? I'm talking about God answers prayer. So don't think I'm undermining prayer. No. No. We want to pray this evening. So I'm not undermining prayer. That's why we set aside a particular Monday to pray every last Monday. This afternoon, I'm- through the morning, I was making arrangement because work is going on on life camp- in life camp here. Work is going on. So I'm making arrangement. The electrician will need to come around. The thing they need to bring and all of that, what he need to work with. So the bricklayers, I'm making arrangement. So I've loaded the car with everything I'm to bring. I went to the car. I started the car. It started. It started. Oh, but I remembered that I've not done something, so I off the car engine again. I now went to check the radiator and all of that. By the time I came back to the car, I started, it did not start. Oh, I was wondering what was the problem. What was the problem? So I went and I removed the fan. I tried to start and I noticed that the battery'd run down. The battery's completely down. And I've loaded the car with everything I needed to bring to life camp. How- that was wondering what do I do? What do I do? I tried again, I tried and tried, I did all I could do. The car did not start. I started thinking, "Do I call my wife to come home with the other car so I can use the battery to start the car?" I was wondering, that would not work. Oh, I now remember my neighbor. I went to my neighbor's place. I said, "Please, let me use your battery." He now said, "Ah, the two cars have one battery. Daddy have gone out with the other car. They use one battery for both car." So there was no battery. Wow. I left that neighbor, I came to the second neighbor. When I got there, as I was about to knock, I discovered that the neighbor was not around. He had gone out. She had gone out. So I went back to the house and I stood. Didn't know what to do. Something just occurred to me. God can start the car. God can start the car. God answers prayer. God works miracle. I went to the car and I stood by the car. I said, "God, start this car for me." I went into the car and I ignited the car. The car started like the battery was overcharged. The car started! I shouted, "God!" I mean, it started like the battery was fully charged. You know when a battery is fully charged, you move the car, it will just ignite- no. The car started working. I said, "Jesus." So don't think I'm saying that God doesn't answer prayer. So prayers are- I'm saying that for you to know that what happened today, God answers prayer. But I'm talking about overnight miracle and I'm showing you how God works. I'm showing you how God works. Men who have been faithful, men who have been true, men who have been consistently with God, been true in following God. Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, it have not entered the heart of men what God can do for this kind of people. The way God will show up for them, it have not entered the heart of men. Even they themselves, they cannot imagine it. Joseph did not imagine that in one day he would be married, he would be employed, he would have residence in one day. Joseph was just- what was the expectation of Joseph? The expectation is that, "Please, help me tell the king so that at least they can free me from this prison." That was all he was trusting God that will happen. What I'm trying to say, when God want to come with overnight miracle, God begin to act beyond what you can ask, beyond what you can imagine, beyond what you can think. That is where God come. When this miracle want to come, when God want to visit a man who had been waiting for him, the way God comes with overnight miracle is something that is mind-blowing, is something that you'll not be able to imagine, is something you'll be wondering, "From where to where?" Maritally, you have been faithful. It looks like things are not coming up. Academically, you have been true and it looks like, "No, I will not cheat, I will not cheat." And you are wondering, "How will I be able to graduate?" You're a worker, you choose not to steal government money. Now you've not been able to build your own house, and everything is now so expensive and you are wondering, "Will I ever be able to build again?" I am telling you overnight miracle is coming. You have been waiting on something. It looks like, "Oh, let me just compromise." You said, "No, I will wait for God." And I tell you today by the word of the Lord, everywhere you have been waiting faithfully, trusting the Lord and waiting, and standing right with the Lord, you shall experience overnight miracle in the name of Jesus. Brethren, we want to start to pray. We want to start praying. Take whatever position that is comfortable for you. Overnight miracle. Number one thing, it's about faithfulness. Number two about overnight miracle, it is about loving the Lord. It is about loving the Lord. He says, "Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, it have not entered into the heart of man what God can do for which people? For those who love him." You are faithful. Number one, you are faithful. Number two, you love the Lord. Number three about overnight miracle, is that you love righteousness and you hate wickedness. You love righteousness and you hate wickedness. There must be a love for righteousness and hatred for wickedness. You love righteousness and every time you see what is contrary, you challenge it. You speak against evil. You stand against evil. You stand against. You are ready to endure persecution. You are ready to go through whatever. You love righteousness and you hate iniquity. Men who experience overnight miracle, number one, you must be faithful. Number two, you must love the Lord. Number three, you must love righteousness and hate wickedness. Qualifying your life for overnight miracle. Living a life that will result in overnight miracle. Living a life that will result in this thing. It's a life of faithfulness, a life of loving the Lord, a life of loving righteousness. Loving righteousness and hating wickedness. And lastly, a life of obedience. A life of obedience. A life of obedience. I'm going to show you what I'm going to show you about that. That comes from obedience. David was a youth in the house of his father. He was a youth in the house of his father, a youth, a youth. And there was a champion somewhere that was challenging Israel. Who was that champion? That champion was Goliath. The whole army of Israel fled from him. Even Saul could not do anything. Saul was running. Saul could not stand Goliath. Now, David was taking care of the sheep of his father. Mind you, there was an anointing upon David. Don't forget. Who anointed him? Samuel had anointed David. An anointing is upon David. Yet, nobody in Israel knows about that anointing. He was just there taking care of his father's sheep. Nobody knows. Nobody knows that there was a giant somewhere that can deal with the giant of the nation. Nobody knew. Nobody knows that story. But you know what happened? I'm talking about obedience. Jesse came to David and he said, "David, by tomorrow morning- I'm talking about overnight miracle- by tomorrow morning, what are you to do? Take this provision to your brothers who were in the field and bring reports to me." David was not going there to be announced. He wasn't going there to become popular. He was just going there in obedience to the instruction of his father. His father said, "Go and do this thing." Instruction. Obedience. He just went on that instruction. It was when he got there and he was giving everything to his brother, following the bidding of his father, that the Bible says that champion also came out. It looks like coincidence, but it was not coincidence. It was an overnight miracle. The anointing in David must be announced. God wanted to announce David that there is somebody who is not just taking care of sheep, must become an armor-bearer, must become a prince in Israel, must become a king in Israel. God needed to announce him. God needed to make him known. God needed to proclaim him. It was an overnight miracle. But how did it happen? By simple obedience. I tell people, when God asks you, "Do this," please don't joke. If God say, "Jump three times and it'll be okay," please jump three times. If God say, "Work with your head for you to be normal," just don't ask questions. Don't say, "But God, my head can break." Just go ahead. I'm talking about obedience. Remember Naaman. "Wash yourself seven times, you'll come out like a baby." He obeyed. What happened? He came out exactly like that. Overnight miracle. Men of obedience. Brethren, as we begin to pray this evening, I want you to talk to the Lord. Talk to the Lord. God, grant me a faithful spirit. Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. A spirit that is faithful. A spirit that is faithful. Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. A spirit that is faithful. A faithful spirit. Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. A spirit that is faithful. A spirit that is faithful. Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. A spirit that is faithful. It takes faithfulness to experience overnight miracle. Faithfulness! Faithfulness! Overnight miracle is actually a visitation of God. Overnight miracle normally come as a visitation, a visitation for a man who has been consistently faithful, a man who has been consistently faithful. Joseph had been consistently faithful. Joseph had been consistently faithful. Mordecai had been consistently faithful. And overnight God changed their story. I want you to pray to the Lord, Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. Grant me a faithful spirit. Grant me a faithful spirit. Grant me a faithful spirit. Lord, grant me a faithful spirit. Faithfulness as a husband, are you faithful to your wife? As a worker, a civil servant, are you faithful to the government? As an employee, are you faithful to your employer? As a wife, are you faithful to your husband? As a student, are you faithful? Are you faithful or you cheat in exam? As a Christian, are you faithful for other Christians? What do you do as a minister of God? Are you faithful? As a believer, do you live a faithful life? How do you relate to other believers? Are you sincere? Are you true? Are you consistently faithful? Are you a man like Joseph, a man who is true, a man who is faithful? Are you a man like Mordecai, a man who is faithful? Number two, I want you to ask the Lord, Lord, incline my heart to your love. He says eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, it have not entered to the heart of men what God will do for them that love him. Ask the Lord, Lord, incline my heart to your love. Incline my heart to your love. Incline my heart to your love. In Jesus' name. Lord, incline my heart to your love. The love of the Lord. Number three you need to pray, Lord God Almighty, overnight miracle. I want you to pray, Lord, that I may love righteousness and hate wickedness. Lord, that I may love righteousness and hate wickedness. Oh, you remember Phinehas. You remember Phinehas. Overnight, Phinehas got a covenant, an everlasting covenant. Before that day, Phinehas was just a priest. But that day, the Israelite they had sinned, and somebody entered the camp of Israel. He entered the camp of Israel with a lady when God was busy rebuking the Israelites. Phinehas was angry. This cannot be. He took a javelin, he went after the man, he struck the man with the javelin. He struck them both dead. And God said, "Ah, Phinehas, you have taken my anger away. And I am telling you, I am doing something with you from today. Overnight miracle." He said, "I am doing something with you from today. From today, I am giving you an everlasting covenant. I will not take the priesthood away from you." Overnight miracle. Somebody loves righteousness. He hated wickedness. I want you to ask the Lord, Lord, that I may love righteousness, that I may hate wickedness. That I may love righteousness and hate iniquity. Number four. Take fast hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep instruction, instruction is your life. Take fast hold of instruction. I want you to pray, Lord God every- help me to be a man of obedience. Help me to be a woman of obedience. A woman who don't joke with God's instruction. A man who don't joke with God's instruction. It was overnight that Adam lost that paradise. God said, "Do not eat this thing." He just went there one day, they ate, and that one day was the end. Everything was gone. Everything was gone. Everything was gone by just one disobedience. Everything was gone. God told Saul, "Wait for Samuel to do the sacrifice." Saul waited till the seventh day. On that seventh day, he disobeyed. He said, "I forced myself to do the sacrifice." God said, "You have done foolishly. If you have waited for me, I instructed you to wait for me." And by that one, one disobedience, God said, "I'm taking the kingdom from you." At another point again, God said, "Go and destroy the Amalekite. Utterly destroy them. Don't let anybody remain." Saul got to the place. He went, but he did not obeyed fully. He did not obeyed fully. He killed the Amalekite, but he spared the sheep. He spared the king. Ah, Samuel said, "Oh, stubbornness is as witchcraft. Disobedience, disobedience. Does God have pleasure in sacrifices as in obedience? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken more than the fat of ram." God said, "Because you have rejected me, me too I have rejected you." Oh, overnight the kingdom was lost because somebody did not fully obey God. God said utterly destroy. God said, "Follow me. Follow me." Oh, I want you to pray to the Lord, oh God, make me a man of obedience. Make me a woman of obedience. Lastly, I want you to begin to pray, oh Lord God Almighty, Father, Father, Father, qualify my life for overnight miracle. Lord, my life await your visitation. My life await your visitation. Lord, my life await your visitation. Lord, you can change my story overnight. Lord, you can change my story overnight. Lord, you can change my story overnight. Lord, visit my marriage. Lord, visit my life. Lord, visit me academically. Lord, visit my business. Lord, visit my children. Lord, visit my home. Lord, visit me. Lord, visit me. Lord, visit me. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Father. In Jesus' name we pray. Almighty God, as we close this evening, we look up unto you, we pray. Lord our God, you are a specialist in miracle. You can do what men describe as completely impossible. You can turn stories around. You can change our stories. You can turn around our life by a 360-degree overnight. Lord, the Bible shows how you have turned the life of men around, how you fought for your people, how you justified your people, how you showed up for your people. Lord, we pray this day, show up for us in the name of Jesus. Lord, justify us in the name of Jesus. Prove a point with our life in the name of Jesus. Show up your miracle with our life in the name of Jesus. Turn our stories around, oh God, in the name of Jesus. Meet with us in a way that will be like men that dream in the name of Jesus. Lord, we long beyond all that we can ask, beyond all that we can think, beyond all that we can imagine. Lord, do in our lives. Lord, do in our lives. Lord, do with our lives. Lord, we pray this day, for everywhere any of us would have been waiting, and we have been waiting faithfully, we have been waiting patiently. Lord, I pray, let there be overnight miracle. Let there be a rain of overnight miracle. In our lives, let there be a rain of overnight miracle. Let us come next month to give testimonies of how God did things overnight for us, how God turned around long-awaited expectation, how God proved a point with our lives, how God justified us in a situation, how God lifted us out of a situation, how God provided miraculously, how God turned our stories around. Let there be testimonies in our lives in the name of Jesus Christ. And Lord, for our nation we pray, magnify Jesus over Nigeria. Magnify Jesus over Nigeria. Magnify Jesus over Nigeria. Thank you, eternal Father. In Jesus' name we pray. [Narrator] This message is coming to you from Family Tent Ministry, a Christian ministry involved in reaching the lives of singles and married through preaching and teaching of God's word, discipleship, family life enrichment, social and community development, and mission help. Our regular activities are: Discipleship class, every Monday, 5:00 PM; Adolescent and Singles club, every first Saturday of every month at 10:00 AM; Marriage forum, second Saturday of every month at 10:00 AM; Family life seminars, regular school outreaches, and everyday counseling. For further counseling, you can reach out at our location: Life Camp, by the first bridge, Ilere community, opposite Verajoy filling station, along Ije-Are road, Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria. You can also reach us through our social media handles: familytent@yahoo.co.uk, familytentministry01@gmail.com, www.familytentministry.org. Our phone numbers are: 08033861136, 07033613848. God bless you all.