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THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM WITH APOSTLE JOSHUA SELMAN 01 | 08 | 2021

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Wellness and Self-Improvement

Summary

The video is a church service/teaching emphasizing that spiritual growth and life results come from encounters with God’s presence and from practicing God’s Word—especially through the “spirit of wisdom,” which enables excellence, supernatural solutions, and correct decision-making. It also includes multiple testimonies about healing, deliverance, finances, insomnia, job breakthroughs, protection, and family restoration.

Key wellness, self-care, and life-practice strategies (and productivity-like methods)

1) Build expectation + seek a genuine encounter (spiritual self-care)

  • Pray with intention: “Lord, I want to encounter You… reveal Yourself to me more personally.”
  • Don’t approach church casually—treat presence as life-giving and transformational.
  • Maintain hunger and expectation so the atmosphere doesn’t become routine/boredom.

2) Be a “doer” of the Word (turn input into results)

  • Core idea from James 1:22–23: hearing alone can deceive you; results come when you engage/understand and apply the Word.
  • Prayer focus:
    • “Grant me grace to be the doer of Your Word.”
    • “Let the Word from this platform enable me to engage it.”

3) Cast down anxiety/thought barriers; align thinking with obedience

  • Emphasis on controlling thoughts:
    • “casting down imaginations… bringing every thought into obedience of Christ”
  • Practical effect: reduces mental noise, enabling clearer decisions and faith.

4) Practice “spiritual tools” that unlock wisdom (productive decision-making)

The teaching presents wisdom as the secret behind uncommon exploits and success across ministry, business, governance, relationships, and leadership.

How to access/activate the “spirit of wisdom”

  • Ask God for wisdom (not just a man as the source)
    • If you lack wisdom: “ask of God.”
  • Passionate love for God and His agenda (Solomon model)
  • Sincere desire to be a blessing (wisdom flows to help others, not self-only ambition)
  • Sacrifice (time, resources, surrender of ego/reputation)
  • Sustain the “mind of Christ” (replacing thinking with Scripture so the Holy Spirit can use it)

Outworkings/delivery mechanisms of wisdom

  • Meditation (described as a “sacrifice”)
    • Time-based: wisdom often comes after stillness (“be still and know”).
    • Example cited: Daniel’s time/meditation before receiving counsel.
  • Speaking by faith
    • When you open your mouth in faith (e.g., boardroom situations), wisdom/utterance can be provided.
  • Creative/innovative thinking
    • Creative incubation away from noise; ideas can be drawn from the spirit realm.
  • Dreams and visions
    • Respect and document partial revelations (“write the vision”), then continue in prayer for the next part.

Wellness-related testimonies highlighted (what changed for people)

The service repeatedly confirms outcomes such as:

  • Insomnia relief (after prophecy + taking off reliance on sleeping pills)
  • Protection and accident avoidance (word of knowledge; harm turned to good)
  • Deliverance from spiritual oppression/night visions
  • Job breakthroughs (supernatural employment via prophecy)
  • Financial intervention/timelines (breakthrough during meetings)
  • Emotional restoration after loss (joy restored, ability to feel genuinely returned)
  • Family restoration (rent, depression lifted, deliverance from harmful influences)

Presenter/source list (named in the subtitles)

  • Apostle Joshua Selman
  • Apostle Salman (referenced as the ministry leader/presenter)
  • Reverend Akila
  • Apostle Goodheart
  • Reverend Akila’s wife (mentioned as “and his dear wife”)
  • Pat Robertson (mentioned as testimony/illustration source)
  • Kenneth Copeland (mentioned in teaching comparison)
  • Papa Hagen / Bishop David Oyedepo (mentioned in teaching comparison)
  • Bishop David (referenced as “our father in the Lord Bishop David”)
  • Theophilus (scripture figure referenced: Luke 1)
  • Moses, Joshua, Solomon, Daniel, Elijah, Jacob (scriptural figures used to explain wisdom/encounters)

Testifiers mentioned (as captured in the segment)

  • Christiana
  • Tuga Amanda
  • Titi li/Precious
  • Noah Adams
  • Dorcas Wire
  • (Lagos testifier, name not clearly captured)
  • Gloria
  • Seraphina Christopher
  • Oro Sarafina
  • Christopher Williams
  • Kingsley
  • Jeremy Benoit

(Names appear in the walking-to-testify segment.)

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