FATHERHOOD

ELVIN VANUEL
20/06/2021
Hello people of God. How have you been? Today is a teaching feast. A Feast of INSIGHTS into
fatherhood.

Father, you predetermined the times beforehand and the boundaries of our habitation. In Jesus
name. Ameeen

In the Bible, fatherhood was first seen with the prophets then went on to the apostles. Now you see,
not every man of God is a father. Just like not every man can be a father by having kids. Having kids
doesn't make you a father. Fatherhood is so big and a sensitive area in Christianity.

Elijah and Elisha were both Prophets. But Elijah, in addition to being a prophet, had the gift of being a
father. Elisha did not. Elijah had a successor. Elisha did not. He cursed Gehazi who was next in line to
him. He cursed him when he made a mistake with money. A father's heart does not curse his only
child. Moses was a father. Joshua was not. That is why Moses had a successor and Joshua did not.

Fatherhood is measured by the ability of someone to raise another after his kind. So we can check
your fatherhood by the people who have taken after you. On the mount of transfiguration, neither
Elisha nor Joshua was present with Jesus. The FATHERS were those who appeared in the vision.
Moses and Elijah. Jesus needed FATHERS to transfigure. Instructors can never metamorphose
people. See, you can take after a man of God's anointing or mantle but you are not a father. So yes,
you will perform greater miracles but you won't father anyone. That is what was wrong with Joshua
and Elisha. Jesus ministry was a ministry that when it was about to tick the last strong, fathers had to
come.

Your final lap in life will need the grace of a father. Even your glorification.

It takes love, commitment and patience to bring up children. Fathers don't say that as for ME and my
house we shall serve the Lord. You see, I met a man of God's daughter sometime back. She didn't
have the opportunity to see her father. She then came to speak to me. I treated her exactly like her
father would because her dad is my friend. I even had to pray for her and use the grace of her father
to answer for her. Because I love fathers.

You see, if you are a father and you happen to talk to someone else's son or daughter, don't condemn
them. Don't fault find them. Don't try to make them uneasy even if they have their share of mistakes.
Believe me, if you are a father, you will understand what I am saying. To me, it is romantic to have
someone else's daughter or son come to even greet me. I usually love that gesture. I honor them too
much and even tell them more about their fathers. All the time I was with this girl, I was busy
marketing her father to her. She was shocked that she didn't know a lot about her father. That's my
role.

There's a way to behave when you have wronged a father. The word of God says that If the spirit of
the ruler rises up against you, LEAVE NOT THE place, for YIELDING pacifieth great offences. Let us do
justice on this a little then we move on.
We know first of all that fathers are rulers. Hebrews tells us to obey them that RULE over us in Christ.
Even Paul says that we should submit to governing AUTHORITIES. We are also told that they watch
over our souls. So all this comes together to confirm more than anything, that fathers are spiritual
authorities or better said rulers. We have settled that.

Now the word says that, if the spirit of a ruler is risen against you, don't leave your place. That is the
first step. Meaning, don't tell anyone FIRST. I love Brenda for this. Stay in his courts so that even
when he slays you, he will raise you back up himself.

The mistake people make even in marriage is to go to their kamukunji of ladies and tell them. This is
your first leg to break up. That kamjunji has been wishing you to break up more than giving you
advice. Why now go to cement their subtle Halloween wishes. When you have wronged a ruler, stay
there. Job said that though he slayed me I will trust him. He had that mad trust towards God. After
you have come back together, you can now tell others.

See, in ancient times, if you were called into the courts of Kings and they realised you had done
something wrong, your posture would influence whether he would forgive you or not. Or even your
quick responses. In Merlin, I saw Prince Arthur forgive his wife by just saying, "I am a servant my lord
and you are the king," and surprisingly, the King's heart melted.

Another thing is that you must yield. Accept the offence quickly without explanations or arguments
or excuses. No matter how big the offence, don't argue. Argument is what brought you to suspension
when you were in high school. Silence in the face of adversity especially when you can talk proves
maturity and the greatest strength.

One time, Lorraine did a huge mistake to me. And now I love this girl so much. I told her stop texting.
She was typing trying to apologise and I immediately told her akiendelea nitakasirika nifanye vitu
mbaya. I am serious. She stopped texting immediately. After about 30min or so nikaresume back to
the laughing me. She then said something so profound because she noticed that I had closed up
because what she did was too big. Even me, I couldn't forgive that easily and give her back the access.
She said many things but what captured my heart was this. She said, "Elvin you can step me down
from every leadership role you have given me. You can stop me from doing anything. It's okay. But
Elvin don't close up. It will kill me."

Wooow I felt that. I had truly chosen to close up on her but looking at how far she could go for my
Access, I opened up immediately. You see, what she did was yielding. That is the definition of yielding.
Lorraine knows what massive access from me means. She can know when to step down for anything.

You see, I had gone to meet Safari. So we agreed on the time and unfortunately he arrived mbele
yangu. Many factors made me late but I hate excuses. He called 5 times nasikupick. The sixth time he
called I picked and akanigombeza. I was just there kwa call zile za, "Am so sorry Sir. Is there
something I can do. It will never happen again. Sir sorry. I admit I have been careless." Na yeye
ananigombeza tu. Sasa vile niliingia kwa gari nikarelax. I texted him nikiapologize. It was so brief. Do
you know what he said?
He said, "it's okay bro. Everything is alright." Nikashangaa hiyo mgombezo yote yaani kumbe
haikukua fr. Then after the meeting akaanza kusema apo vile ananipenda. I am telling you, YIELDING
pacifies GREAT offences like that verse says.

Now, what are signs of a son or a daughter:

Resemblance

I once asked a lady, "what made you think I am your spiritual father?" Then she answered something
very beautiful. Alisema mfanano. Wooow. I loved that one word's accurate answer. Jesus Christ said
that he that hath seen me hath seen the Father.

John.14.9 - Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long with you, and yet hast thou not known me,
Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

If you find a true son or a true daughter, you will find a lot of mfananos with their fathers. The way
they minister or work miracles have resemblance. You cannot say you have a father and there is no
DNA between you and them. There must be a lot of resemblance either in workings or personality
or voice.

A son is forever

The word of God says that the servant abideth not in the house forever but the son abideth ever. Sons
don't leave their fathers come rain come sunshine. They stay with their fathers and don't submit
while looking outside.

John.8.35 - And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

You know, there are people who submit to me or even a father and they keep checking for more
gifted people. If it is gifted people you want, then my sister, my brother you are going to have a
million spiritual fathers. I have warned you from this danger by telling you that not all men of God
are fathers. John chapter 2 verse 18 of his second book talked about some people leaving his church
because they were not of them. They were of the world. If you are the kind that goes from one father
or covering to another, you have an identity crisis. This is not chocolate you are tasting. Why are you
becoming a hopper? What is so hard about being loyal with youths nowadays?

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even
now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 2:19 They went out from
us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us:
but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

You see, a relative asked me when I joined ToT, "so are you going to leave RGC just like that?
Hautawai rudi tena. You will go to ToT just like that." She was saying it as though it was so hard.
Nonsense. What is so hard about submitting to your father? That girl herself had a problem with
Loyalty. You see, I have a girl I know won't go far. She says she is my daughter. I assigned her the duty
of praying for me, she hasn't done it till date for over a week now. This girl keeps apologising yet it is
her that came to submit to me as her father. She doesn't know how to submit. I haven't told her yet
but deep down, I know she will run around this world but she won't cross the status quo of her life
because she is too jumpy. She doesn't know who a father is.

A son honours his father

On this, I want to spend quite some time. There are levels of HONOUR. I want all of you to master and
inundate what I am about to teach in your bone marrow because I won't repeat.

The first level of HONOUR is when you are recognized.

When someone recognizes me before people or before a gathering, that is the first level of honor.
The first RANK. Unfortunately, some believers don't even do this yet kuna levels kadhaa huku mbele.
People need deliverance. Some people who have majored in this and keep making me even shy in
their presence are Waithaka and Andy. Ooh God, remember these ones.

The second level of honour is when people listen to you gladly.

The word of God says that David therefore calleth himself Lord:and whence is he then his son? and
the common people heard him gladly. You see, one of the major things that will pull you to be a
partaker of my grace is to listen to me gladly.

Mar 12:37 KJV David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the
common people heard him gladly.

Let me give you that secret. Don't listen to me to correct me or fault me. Save yourself that labour. I
laboured enough to make my doctrine faultless. The great men and women of God you are seeing
around me today, all of them have become who they are by listening to me gladly. They celebrate my
teachings from dot to stroke.

I love Wanja. I love teaching around her because her heart's posture makes me flourish while
teaching. She listens to me with a supernatural gladness! I really love that kind of honor. I am the
kind of person who can't teach you with a staunch face. I would rather save my teachings for the
right audience. I had rather saved my sermons for the correct people. When you pay attention to
what someone is saying, you are honoring the person.

The third level of honor is when you change your behaviour for someone.

You see, in a relationship, when your woman suggests something, she wants corrected or your man
suggests something he wants corrected even in a joke, you have to take it like they were serious and
adjust to change towards it. I am telling you these small things make her or him feel that he matters.

There are certain ways people speak to me that I dislike. I can't tell you or maybe I can just suggest
but to be honest I dislike your character. Either partially or wholly.
One time I was speaking to Felicia and she said something, I had to remind her I am an executive. I did
that jokingly but I was pissed off by her tongue. When someone speaks to me and I notice they failed
to see who I am, I might never correct you, but me avoiding you is a curse in itself. I love Felicia. When
you change at the instance of a mistake being given, it points to the third degree of honor.

The fourth level of honor is when someone receives your agents, your messengers and your
delegated servants.

God said that, "I will send my beloved son it may be they will receive him when they see him."
Respect for someone is shown by the respect you show to the servant he sends you. It is impossible
to respect me and you can't respect Ruth Praise or Felicia or Moureen or Mumo or Waithaka or
Shilima. It's nonsense. You are lying. I won't even hear you. You lost the case. No matter who stands
on your side.

Matthew 21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

I am a person who tests your honor by sending someone inferior to you sometimes to be above you.
Just for a while. I do this intentionally to see if honor is truly in you ama nikumasquarade tu kwa
inbox yangu apo and you don't honor me. I once told a guy to go to Praise asubmit reports kwake si
akajiona prophet. I just said wooow. Nikasema pia mimi nitangoja siku utanihitaji if this is the game
you want us to play. I noticed. I just kept quiet. That time even Ruth Praise wasn't prophesying. But I
did this for my own reasons. This guy came to me later to ask me to deliver him, pray for him. Mara
teach him. I clearly told him I cannot do that. I don't have the power. Praise has it and I stopped him
also from going to Praise. Nilimwambia nisiskie alienda uko. The guy kept crying until five months
passed then I attended to him. This time round more sober and mature.

The fifth level of honour is when people honour you when you are not present

Joseph of Arimathea went to Pilate and begged for the body of Jesus who was dead and was not even
aware that someone wanted to honor him!

Matt.27.57 - When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who
also himself was Jesus' disciple:

Matt.27.58 - He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to
be delivered.

Matt.27.59 - And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

Matt.27.60 - And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a
great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

Matt.27.61 - And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

Most people give honor when it can be seen. I dare you to try this level of honor. It is the most sure
way to cultivate honor for someone you truly love. I usually come to read teachings za Praise later
and I notice the girl literally taught me the whole subject.

You see, it takes a lot to confirm to the heart of a man of God that you love them.

When I was in patch, I talked about PFA mpaka watu wakasema Elvin sasa basi tunaona question 1
CRE itakua prophecies of PFA about the Messiah. That was how much I honored this guy. No one
would stay around me and not know PFA. I am sure all of you know that I talk about PFA from
morning to evening if you stay around me. He is my father and the much he has done in my life even
by just observing him I can't help. Everywhere I go, you will notice people must have some crazy
loyalty towards PFA. It's my job. You see, you can't stop me from doing it, unless you want to kill me.
Afasali mninyongee. When I hear someone talk against PFA, I add a new enemy.

Learn to honor people when they can't see it, especially your spiritual father, I assure you, no father
can resist it. They will grow more tender and more favorable towards you! Dare it and see.

The sixth level of honor is when people give you sacrificial sacrifices.

The word of God says that If I then be a father, where is my honor.

Mal.1.6 - A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine
honour? and if I become a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests,
that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

You see, the reason why people don't give gifts to their mentors or fathers or coverings, is because
they are obsessed and indifferent(uninterested)to the greatness of another. This even happens
among friends. You want to be jealous when someone gets promoted. Why don't you celebrate
others while they are being promoted, so that they will also celebrate you during your season?

Another reason is because people feel like they don't have disposable income so they cannot present
a sacrifice or a gift. This is so embarrassing. See, One time the members in Kenneth Hagin church
took together all their rugged and torn suits and used clothes and put them in a suitcase then gave
them to Kenneth Hagin. It was his wife that received it so when they opened it at home, he was so
hurt and disappointed and asked why they thought he was that cheap. He told his wife to burn all
these clothes and for a year and half relocated to minister in Texas.

Some people have gifted me and even prophetic allies, I am seeing they just gave me their
disposables. They had no honor whatsoever. Obviously, I will receive it but you don't want to know
how I used it.

You see, one time, Praise sent me money. I think it was 300 or something. It was way back. When I
received this money, I saw how much alikuwa amestruggle kunipea from her heart and sacrificially. I
just looked at the sacrifice and forwarded it to PFA. You see, I can discern HONOUR from even the
smallest you give.

Some people are so self absorbed they can't see the need for prizing wisdom or rewarding greatness.
You need to allow your seed to leave your hand now so that you can meet it in the future.

Another level of honor is Honoring someone by thinking properly.

Jesus entered his home city and people started questioning him, not believing him, doubting him and
being offended at him. Jesus could not do miracles or even teach with power in his own home city.
People would perceive wrong things about him in his hometown.

Mark.6.2 - And when the sabbath day came, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing
him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this
which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

Mark.6.3 - Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Judah,
and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

Mark.6.4 - But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and
among his own kin, and in his own house.

Mark.6.5 - And he could do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and
healed them.

Questioning an anointed person, suspecting a person, doubting a person and disbelieving his
prophecies mean you don't honor him. Obviously, people also develop stereotypes sometimes
because of their own untold fears. Most often, the people who think evil against you are noticeable.

You see what I do, I don't tell them. It doesn't help. I actually pray for them and promote them. I give
them platforms because many times, people who think wrong it's not their fault. If they would be
brought under the same circumstances as you, they would do the same thing you are doing.

I don't know why people fight simply because you perceive someone is thinking wrong about you. A
mere thought or heart posture should not make you scared surely. Grow up. You need maturity. You
know you are thinking wrong about someone else as well. It's only that that other person never had
the chance to explain to you as well. You can't live life trying to know who is thinking wrong or
fighting you in their heart. Use discernment and prophetic energy for other things. It will save you
from abuse of God's resources. Go study the account of Paul at Malta in Acts 28. The barbarians saw a
great venomous viper on his hand and started thinking that Paul was a murderer, but when they
discovered his hand wasn't swelling and he was okay, they changed their mind! The bible says that
they thought he was a god and honored him with many honors.

The last level of honor is honoring someone by adapting to them.

There is a verse that really excites me in the word of God. It says that Then Pharaoh sent and called
Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon and he shaved and changed his raiment and
came in unto Pharaoh. That verse literally means Joseph entered Pharaoh! He came into him! That is
a high level of adaptation. You see, it was not just shaving and changing clothes that Joseph did.
Actually in Egypt, for you to stand before Pharaoh you must have known 72 different languages.
Imagine Joseph learnt them overnight!

Genesis 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the
dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

Now you see why greatness demands a lot. Greatness has a menu that is too expensive for an
average human. It proposes things next to impossible. If you are interested, you can subscribe.

Vashti did not adjust herself to her husband that is why she lost the throne. She wanted to run it
parallel to her husband. She forgot that she was only queen because she married a king. Esther
adapted to her new husband for 6 months, imagine.

Esth.2.12 - Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had
been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their
purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours,
and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

Esth.2.13 - Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to
go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

You see, there are people who come to me and ask for cover, then after that they do nothing. They
don't learn from my pdfs. Don't even dare attend my teachings or come to my meetings or even be
present when I need them. I am telling you the truth, they are not my sons nor my daughters. You
cannot be this indifferent and careless towards fatherhood. No. Not on this planet. And you expect
grace to work for you? Impossible!

By the way, the best yardstick to measure honor is adapting to new environments and people's
patterns or even philosophy of life. I honor and love people who strive day and night to do this.
When I see someone striving to take on them my philosophy of life, I get addicted to them. The
security of a father is to have people who surround you and have taken your doctrine as theirs and
are ready to die for it because of its workability.

So with the jealousy of a father, I will always stay around people who want to protect and guard my
philosophy of life notwithstanding the ones who want to advance their ministries. I won't fight them.
I will love them equally but since I want my security to be intact, I will stay around people who
protect what I know to be true and trumpet it. This is why people get uncomfortable when I say I love
Brian, ama I love Jacob or Grace Njeri ama Moureen etc. Because I can't just love you for nothing yet I
have Lorraine who is striving day and night to convert my 8hr audios to pdfs for you. No. It doesn't
work that way. So I will keep staying around people who can protect what I know for legacy purposes.

See, Jacob recently called me. His dad is a Bishop. Alikua ametoka shule I don't know why. His mum is
a musician. She does gospel songs. So akikuja nyumbani, I didn't know the guy had colonised the
whole family with my teachings and my grace. He had talked about me big time. So his dad asked me
to pray for his ministry, and his mum asked me to pray that her career opens up countrywide. You
know we are talking about a Bishop here. I prayed for them surely. I couldn't say no regarding the
level of submission he had. But deep down I knew this was too much honor. The whole family was
dying to talk to me. You see Jacob is a true son. He went as far as his school and career to just protect
my legacy of teachings. Then there is you who doesn't even know the name of one pdf Elvin taught.
Alafu ati nipende watu equal. Tuache jokes. Hiyo tuachie Mungu.

Sign number 5 of true sons:

Sons have absolute TRUST in their fathers

Real sons are filled with lots of trust. Have you ever heard of children going on strike or
demonstrating against their parents? He said, "Our Father, give us our daily bread." So as a servant
or as an employee you can strike because of trust issues. But families don't have trust issues.

There is a verse in the bible that really moves me. When Jesus Christ was about to die, he said,
"Father, into thine hands I commend my spirit." Do you know you can trust your spiritual father till
you commend your spirit into his hands? You can have a blind trust in your father that you say my
father, I commend my spirit to you.

Luke.23.46 - And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend
my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

This is a dangerous spiritual posture because your father now assumes total authority over you and
you are under complete influence of his anointing. I have never taught this but this is a code. I use it.

Last year, I was too sick. Too sick and knew I would die if I don't do something about it. So on my bed
the last night I knew I was going I just said, "Father, I give my spirit to PFA, if his grace can save me,
let it be so." I sweated that night like a baboon and woke up completely well. The only person who I
have seen who did this was Grace Njeri. There was a time she was too deep into something, she didn't
know how she could come out of it. She came to my inbox and said, "My father, save me from myself,
I have tried it and I have failed all the time, nimegive up." Now you see, this posture was the posture
number 5 of sonship. The highest spiritual posture of a son.

The last statement of Jesus on the earth was the greatest revelation of sonship. That the son can
actually commend his spirit to his father! That is a great mystery. You see, Jesus knew what it really
meant to have his Father when the whole world was crushing on him. He knew the power His Father
had so He chose to invoke it in his last breath. Jesus Christ showed us something beautiful, that a
man can snatch his soul from the claws of death by commending his spirit to his father.

I will stop there. Nawapenda sana.Thank you so much for your time. People, you are engraved in my
heart. You mean the world to me.

Then Moureen, Mumo na Waithaka muombee watoto wetu. Goodnight lovelies

Father, By your Word, our worlds are framed. May we conceive this Word the way Mary did it. Amen

Father in heaven, you have blessed us beyond what we imagined or thought. You have answered us
and showed us great and marvelous things we've never heard of or imagined. In Jesus name. Amen.

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