4 WAYS TO TRAIN YOURSELF TO PRAY FOR LONG AND ASEND TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD|| APOSTLE MIKE OROKPO

0:00 That's the easiest way to begin the journey of training yourself. So, spend time worship, worship. If you open my phone now, you're going to see different playlists. There are those that are called hymns. They are high praise. There is There are some I call floating realm. There are others I call transitions. It depends on the I I select the music that have those dimensions and I align them. So, I move from one to the other. I move from one So, there are times when I'm just on my earpiece and my eyes are closed. I'm floating. With people who have opened the gangway in the spirit, and they are carrying me. They are carrying me. They are carrying me. At the point God I begin to hear God. And I can do that for 3 hours >> [music] >> before I start praying. That's the easiest way to transition. You are using somebody else's energy. You are riding on somebody else's anointing. You are entering a door that somebody else opened. >> Welcome to The Encounter Room TV. It's a

0:47 sacred place where the word of God comes alive and the spirit of God moves [music] freely. Here we bring you the raw, unfiltered anointed ministry of Apostle Mike Oropeau. Sermons that will shake [music] your foundations, prayers that will shift your atmosphere, and prophetic declarations that will rewrite your story. This is The [music] Encounter Room TV. >> So, there are three basic areas you need to begin to train yourself in order to become everything the Bible says you are. The first area is to train yourself to gain acquaintance with the presence of God. You must learn to bring yourself [music] not just into awareness but into participation with God's realm and God's reality.

1:33 >> [music] >> This is one area that is deficient in our Christianity. In Proverbs 23:29, the Bible said, "To whom belongeth redness of eyes?" That's a negative scripture, but it gives you an idea of what interaction does to a man. You see, "They that tarry long in the wine." [music] That means your eyes have the potential of becoming red. But that potential can be realized if you stay in the wine long enough. As you continue to ingest wine, [music] a point will come when the impact will begin to reflect even in your natural body and your eyes will become red. >> [music] >> So, tarrying long in a place has the potential of making you [music] to be acquainted and that acquaintance will affect even your morphology. That's what the scripture tells us. >> [music] >> And that's why he quoted from Isaiah

2:19 chapter 40. From verse 28. The Bible said, "Have you not [music] heard? Has it not been said to you that the everlasting God fainted not, neither is he weary?" So, he's talking to you about the prowess, the capacities of God. He said, "He giveth power to the faint. Unto them that has no might, he increases strength." So, what God has, he doesn't want to keep for himself [music] alone. He's liberal enough to want him to share. He said, "But for those who will partake of that which God has, are they that wait upon the Lord." So, you must train yourself to stay long enough in God's atmosphere until you gain acquaintance. You know, for those of you who watch football, the moment it is Saturday, as you wake up, even without knowing the match, there is a feeling. Your body, the anatomy, the physiology of your body begins to respond to Saturday. So, even if you

3:04 don't know the calendar, when it is Saturday, there is a way your disposition is because you have acquainted too long with football that it has it has your body that's a response to a particular day because it's the day of football. Those who watch all kinds of drama online, some of these movie dramas, from 6:00, they watch one episode to 7:00, they watch another episode to to 8:00, they watch another episode to The moment evening is coming, their whole body is agitated. Anything they need to do, they quickly stop it. I have a sister and another sister that was addicted. The moment you come home, when it's evening, you start hearing [music] Hindu. They're speaking India because she's watching one series. And they you she Hindu A point came we started knowing some language Even we who were not watching.

3:49 So, when When hear Namaste, you know they are greeting somebody. When it was we knew it. It's not like we went to read Indian language. But the activity was so consistent that you could begin to invent things. When you hear Pia, you know that talking love because the Pia was much. Every time you are here is acquaintance. They She brought the atmosphere to our realm until the thing began to impact on us. So, even if you are going upstairs sometimes even you hear yourself say Namaste. >> [music] >> The thing has bombarded you to a long So, it became normal. A point even came in the house when people greet they do like this. They don't even know when the hands gather together. The thing had dominated. It's called acquaintance. The Bible said they that wait upon the Lord something happens to them. He said they mount up with wings. Where

4:35 does the wing come from? You never You didn't know when the metamorphosis took place. You didn't know you had wing. Those potentials were there. You know, before God told you that you are like him, he installed something [music] in you. He was not He's not just speaking by his sovereignty. He's also speaking by the activity of the Holy Ghost. And what the Holy Ghost did like he mentioned was that certain things were installed on your inside. Eternal life was installed. The nature of God was installed. But it is your participation in his realm that will energize it. So, when God is talking, he's talking because of what he has installed. So, he expects you through the Holy Ghost to participate until [music] those things are animated. So, the realization of what God says is a function of the animation of the things that are on your inside. This is why you are called a witness. You are to confirm and to prove that what God said is true. But you see, you have a journey

5:20 as a witness to embark upon. And that journey begins with participation in God's realm. And so, the first thing about participation >> [music] >> is to stay until you gain acquaintance. When you stay long enough even humans when you stay long enough with people, you can perceive the aura from them. You can perceive their body, you know, aroma. The moment they are around, you know. If you pick any shirt that they wore, you will know who wore it. You can tell. When they speak, you can discern their voice from among a million people. The reason is because you've been around. And most times it's not just the ability to discern. When they speak, there is an emotional trigger that comes out of you. When you are around people who are kind to you, anytime you remember their name, you smile. You don't even know where the smile comes from. That smile is an effulgence. It's a response of who they are as you have

6:07 perceived them. This is what must happen to every believer. But you see, participation is a warfare. Because when you want to stay, >> [music] >> you will now discover that many things will want you to be an alien of that civilization. Distractions begin to come. Even your body at first will rebel to that atmosphere because you are not used to that environment. If you enter the water now, you are not a fish. After a few seconds, you'll start struggling to come out. You know why? Your system is not used to that environment. But if you begin to dive, begin to dive, after a while, you'll discover that your capacity to stay will begin [music] to increase. There's a those who are Navy SEALs. They can stay under the water for about a minute plus. Because they have trained for a long time. So, they are now used to the environment. If you [music] begin to stay, you will discover that the rebellion in you will break.

6:55 But that is one thing that you must teach yourself >> [music] >> if you will ever become what the Bible says you are. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:27, he said, "I beat my body. I bring it under subjection because when I go to worship, my body wants to watch a movie. When I go to pray, my body wants to sleep. When I want to fast, my body wants to eat. But I understand that for [music] me to become what God said, I must condition this body to stay in that presence because I must be taught by the presence because the presence itself has a language. And that language, although inaudible, but its impact cannot be denied. >> [music] >> When you stay in God's presence, a point comes like radiation. The presence of God begins to alter even your molecular structure. And a point will come when you can discern God's voice. You can perceive God's presence. And you will see that certain dimensions in you that

7:40 were dormant will begin to be activated. Those are the things the Bible calls your wings in the spirit. The things that [music] make you ascend from your realm into God's realm. So, you begin to function not by the energy of the flesh, but I by the abilities >> [music] >> of the spirit. That's why I said they that wait upon the Lord, they mount up with wings like the eagles. When they run, they are no longer weary. When they walk, they are no longer faint. Meanwhile, he told us already that even the youth shall faint, the young men shall utterly fall. So, you are functioning by an energy that is now divine. But, for you to get to that level, you must have [music] stayed for a while. And so, the ability, the first training that a Christian must build is the ability to compel himself to stay in God's atmosphere. If you don't train yourself to stay in God's realm, you will discover that you will be frustrated even when you read the Bible

8:25 because you will be seeing [music] what the Bible says that you cannot confirm in your own lifestyle. You cannot confirm in your own experience. This is where the first warfare of victory and transition begins from. The capacity to beat yourself to stay. See, when you get there and distraction comes, stay there until the distraction dies down. If you feel like sleeping, sleep and wake up. The Bible say while men slept, the enemy [music] sold. So, if the devil works while men slept, God will work even much more. There's no nothing wrong in sleeping in God's presence. When you are done sleeping, stand up, continue because you are trying to cultivate something. If you don't If you don't know this, mhm, you will run in and run out and your life will remain the same. >> [music] >> They will impact you, it won't change your story. You will quote scriptures, it won't change anything because you have not been cultured to function in the civilization that God brings to you.

9:11 And so, the first type of [music] training that everybody must develop is the training of staying. The way God taught me because when I started, staying straight was a bit difficult. So, God taught me to break it into hours. [music] And so, I would stay for 30 minutes and do what I want to do for 2 hours, come back, stay 30 minutes. In a day, I discovered I've been able to stay for 3 hours. And as I mastered it after a while, God increased the duration. I would stay for 1 hour in 3 hours, 1 hour in 3 [music] hours. And God kept building. A point now came I can lock my door and stay there for 3 days. [music] And I don't even know it's 3 days. As I came to London now, this is the first time I'm coming out of the room since [music] yesterday. I don't need to go anywhere. There's stamina in God's presence. I have trained myself. So, even if the noise is going on outside, I'm more fused to what is happening inside than what is happening outside. I will go out when I

9:58 have business. I don't go to wander around. There's nothing out there that satisfies more than what is inside here. I'm telling you the visible visible world was crystallized from the invisible world. If you think there's beauty in the world, search God's presence. He said what eyes have not seen, what ears have not heard, they dwell in that realm. And as you begin to stay after a while, your senses will be activated. >> [music] >> God will begin to show you things. God will begin to whisper things to your spirit. And even dimensions in you will begin to wake up. And you will now discover that the Bible is not a lie. The first training that you must give to yourself. Listen, this is different from Bible school. This is your own journey with God. You must beat yourself. Master the presence. It could be prayer. It could be meditation. It could be worship. It could be fasting. I don't WANT TO WHICHEVER GOD BEGINS with you, just make sure you are able to subdue your flesh.

10:43 Let the rebellion of your flesh die. The Bible said the flesh wars against the spirit. And they said the spirit against the flesh. And they said the two are one against the other. But you must make sure that your spirit win the battle. [music] And the place you win the battle is not when Christ has come. IT'S IN THE PRESENCE. THAT'S WHERE the battle begins from. I'm telling you, when you get home now, try to pray for 30 minutes. You will see the ancient battle that ex- [music] exists between spirit and flesh will wake up immediately. The arena for that warfare is in the presence. It doesn't happen anywhere else. But for you to become what God says you are, you must fight that battle there and make sure the spirit [music] has supremacy. This is the first training that every spiritual man must undergo. The ability to win the battle over the flesh in the presence of God. And that's the only way the only place flesh can be mortified.

11:29 He said, "And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces in the presence of God. Agag is a type of the world system. It's a type of the flesh. It was in the presence that Samuel tore him apart. That is how you decimate flesh. And that is how you become a spiritual man. I'm telling you the dimension most of you carry, if they wake up, you'll be afraid of yourself. [music] Most of the things we try to force, they are not supposed to be forced. They are supposed to be gracious. They flow out of us. They flow. Healing should flow out of you. Wisdom should flow out of you. Favor should flow out of you. But they are locked. Those chambers are not opened up because you have not mastered how to give the spirit man supremacy. The first way and the first training of a spiritual man is the ability to tame [music] the flesh. And insist that the civilization of the

12:15 spirit will not be alien to you. You'll be there. When you are there for a while, if you walk past the market, [music] if God's presence is in any location, you can discern it. People are not singing. They are not playing keyboard. >> [music] >> But if you pass, you will know that something happened here. If an angel is standing in a place, if you come there, you will know that an entity from another dimension is here. You know, those days I'll be in church. The pastor will be preaching and say, "Ah, the angel is here." I'll say, "Ah, how the angel? When did he come here? Ogad it is you." How did the angel come here so quick? And supernatural things will begin to happen. And then I'll be shocked. Could it be that what this man said is true? And I will just live in that confusion. You can't discern it because you are using emotion. You are using suspicion.

13:01 Those things can't work in that realm. You have [music] other senses that are dormant. If you train yourself long enough, you'll wake up. When I came into the UK, let me even give you what happened today. I went I came into the room. My friend came. And he said, "Ah, this is the right temperature room temperature." I said, "What do you mean room temperature? I'm wearing three garments. You say this is the right temperature." I don't know. Look at it. I said, "You came here barely a year ago. What's going on? Some months ago, you and I were wearing khaki. You know what happened? He's even the brain The brain is not sending signals that this guy is in a new territory. So, the physiological processes have been altered. Now, for him, 7° is normal. But not for me. Because I've not been here long enough. But if I stay here for 5 months, you'll be shocked. You'll see me with

13:46 polo. And I'll be strolling. How you doing? YOU YOU WHAT HAPPENED? I STAYED. As I stayed, things began to happen. That's what happens to you in God's presence. When you stay long enough, you will know that you too can see angelic [music] beings. You will know that when the Holy Ghost speak, you too can tell. You can discern when the power of God is flowing, and you can channel it. It's called the [music] training of the spiritual man. This is what makes us become mighty representing God anywhere we find ourselves. Begin to [music] train yourself with the presence of God. The easiest way to start is worship. I'm giving you a formula now. You know why? Worship is you >> [music] >> taking advantage of the strength that others have got. You know, when somebody worships, he's worshiping from a realm. When you come into that space of that sound, what has happened is that that

14:32 person has deployed his own strength to you as an advantage. It's like somebody giving you a ladder to climb the building. Or somebody's up and he's trying to pull you up. It's not your labor. He's the one bringing you to that realm. That's what worship does. >> [music] >> The guy fasted. The guy prayed, and he caught his song in the spirit. And he sang that song, and that song became a ladder. So, you now So, some of you you even finished quarreling with your husband. And then as you were going to the bathroom to shower, you now start hearing, "I need thee every hour." And you start crying. You start saying, "God, I love you." Your space was You you were hijacked. >> [music] >> You are Your world is currently contention, but they brought another atmosphere into your space and hijacked you. You didn't know when you transitioned from animosity and anger into brokenness and weeping. That's because you are

15:18 tapping [music] from somebody else's energy. That's the easiest way to begin the journey of training yourself. [music] So, spend time. Worship. Worship. If you open my phone now, you're going to see different playlists. >> [music] >> There are those that are called hymns. They are high praise. There is There are some I call floating realm. There are others I call transitions. It depends on the I I select the music that have those dimensions and I align them. So, I move from one to the other. I move from one So, there are times when I'm just on my earpiece and my eyes are closed. I'm floating with people who have opened and are going in the spirit >> [music] >> and they're carrying me. They're carrying me. They're carrying me. And a point comes I begin to hear God. And I can do that for 3 hours before I start praying. That's the easiest way to transition. You are using somebody else's energy. You are riding on somebody else's anointing. You are entering a door that

16:05 somebody else opened. But, you can't remain there because you may not be very strong. The reason is because when you come to a place where you don't have those access points, you can't journey. So, when you start that and the rain begins to draw you, there are certain impartations you will receive. On the strength of that impartation, move to the next level. Begin [music] to pray in tongues. WHEN YOU PRAY IN TONGUES, YOU THINK YOU HAVE PRAYED. YOU NOW CHECK. It's 10 minutes. It shows how rusty you are. It's like a fat man going to run. When he's breathing breathing and you come, you may think, "Ah, this guy have gone 10,000." No. He ran 20 m. [music] >> [laughter] >> The flesh is much. He is breathing. You say, "AH, HAVE YOU BEEN RUNNING ON THE MARATHON?" THEY Marathon for him is 20 m. >> [music] >> If he runs 100 m, he will faint.

16:50 But, you see, if he continues, he will do 100 m for 2 weeks. After a while, when he runs 100 m, he won't be tired again. You know why? Cholesterol has been burnt off. The volume of oxygen supply have increased. It's at 400, he will now pant like that. After a while, it's after 2,000 m, he will pant like that. A point will come if he's consistent, you will see him going for cross country. And then you're wondering, "When did you become like this?" They say the elders told us in consistency lies the power. So, when you do worship where you are aided, enter tongues too. You too pray your way into that realm. Pray your way there. As you are tonguing and tonguing and tonguing, when you are tired, add some music, receive support, and then continue tonguing. A point will come you discover

17:35 your bandwidth in that realm will increase. So, your tiring capacity will grow. Now, your focus is not time. Your focus focus is transition. But, time is something you can't do without because we're a creature of time joining into eternity. So, every time you come back there'll be a reference, but your idea is where you are going to, not where you are coming from. That's why you won't benchmark with time. Make sure transitions are happening. And as you are doing it longer and longer and longer, you will see that you are becoming more and more like him. [music] And then add fasting. Because fasting will help you sustain the atmosphere even when you go out from the place of prayer. Because the propensities you have in the flesh, they are strong when you are in order. If you eat well, you you you want to have fresh air. If you eat well, you want to visit a

18:21 friend. Sometimes the reason we fast, that's why the Old Testament calls it humbling yourself in fasting. >> [music] >> Those many ideas you have, you want to watch football, you want to go and visit a friend. When you are hungry, they won't be much. So, what you are doing is that you are limiting the capacity of flesh so that you can stay in the spirit. >> [music] >> You are limiting the capacity. Have you seen hungry people running around? No. When people are hungry, they are sober. They want to think. So, what fasting will do is that the atmosphere you have built in order not to dissipate it, fasting will help you to be be be be be you you'll be organized. >> [laughter] >> You'll be circumspect in your dealing. So, put fasting in your weekly manual or menu. >> [music] >> Begin with one one day fast in a week, then make it two, then make it three.

19:07 So that periodically you are exercised [music] onto godliness. And then meditate on scriptures. Carry verses of scripture, be talking it to yourself. Be talking it to yourself. The Hindus know this better. You need to enter some monks. People chant for 16 hours. Because they know the power of these things. When you talk certain things to yourself, a point comes those things alter your your frequency, your solid frequency. They can alter you. This is what [music] falling beings know. But in light, we have not understood those things. When you are talking the word of God to yourself, you will enter the frequency of the rhema word. >> [music] >> That's why I say this book of the law, Joshua 1:8, shall not depart out of thy mouth. He said meditate upon it day and [music] night. He said see that you observe to do what is written therein. He said you will make your way prosperous and have good success. So master [music] those things,

19:52 these four things. They are the trainings of the presence. >> This is the Encounter Room TV.