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Be Filled with the Knowledge of His Will

February 4, 2026·1 hr 3 min·5 clips

Bishop Richard introduces a sermon on being filled with the knowledge of God's will, starting with a prayer and turning to Colossians chapter one.

1. Bishop Richard Aryee preaches a Sunday sermon at the Escatosh Church in the United Kingdom from Colossians 1:9 on being filled with the knowledge of God's will. 2. Bishop Aryee is the pastor of Escatosh Church, a denomination founded by Prophet Dag Heward-Mills; he frequently addresses the congregation directly and checks for engagement throughout. 3. The sermon's central thesis is that Colossians 1:9 calls Christians to saturate every area of their life — prayer, relationships, sexuality — with an active knowledge of what God wants, not just devotional feelings. 4. Bishop Aryee opens by distinguishing three zones of any person's will: the perfect will (what one truly wants), the imperfect will (what one tolerates), and rebellion (what one opposes entirely), using a parent-child household analogy. 5. He applies this framework to God: just as a parent allows but does not bless the child who ignores their advice about a spouse, God permits but does not bless choices made outside his perfect will. 6. Romans 12:1-2 is read to establish that God's will is described in three words — good, acceptable, and perfect — and that transformation comes through renewing the mind rather than conforming to worldly patterns. 7. The first main point is prayer: Bishop Aryee argues that Christians often ask wrongly (James 4:3) because they do not know what God will answer, and recommends a book titled '100% Answered Prayer' for study. 8. He performs an extended comedic mock prayer to illustrate carnal-minded petitions: asking for a nice lunch sandwich, for 'Frank' to call, for Senegal to win the Africa Cup of Nations, and for a father to check his phone messages so he will buy burgundy shoes. 9. The comedy resolves into the teaching that Romans 8:26-27 describes the Holy Spirit making intercession 'according to the will of God' on behalf of believers who do not know how to pray as they should. 10. Bishop Aryee discloses that 95-98% of his own prayers are in tongues because Spirit-led prayer bypasses the carnal mind's limited and self-serving requests. 11. He urges anyone who does not yet speak in tongues to hold a pastor's hand at the end of service and request prayer for this, framing it as essential to effective prayer. 12. The second point is relationships: using 2 Corinthians 8:5, he argues that relationships should serve the purpose of drawing both parties closer to God, not just satisfy emotional or romantic desires. 13. He warns against treating every person of the opposite sex as a potential spouse, and specifically against the pattern of assuming that anyone who texts a greeting has marriage potential. 14. He applies this to the pastor-congregation relationship, arguing that a good pastor will rebuke and correct the congregation, and that the appropriate response is gratitude rather than offense. 15. He references 1 Corinthians 1:11 and Chloe's household as biblical precedent for members reporting problems within a congregation, normalizing accountability. 16. The third and final point is sexual life: 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 is read establishing sanctification and abstinence from sexual immorality as explicitly God's will. 17. He reads a translation of 1 Thessalonians 4:4 encouraging husbands to 'respect and honor your wife,' which draws audible congregation response and leads to a brief humorous tangent about husbands waiting outside fitting rooms. 18. The sermon's tone is warm, participatory, and comedic, with frequent cultural references to African food, British life, and contemporary social media behavior; the bishop is clearly comfortable improvising. 19. Best suited for English-speaking Pentecostal or charismatic Christians who respond to expository preaching combined with contemporary cultural humor and direct personal challenge. 20. Listeners who prefer liturgical, academic, or quieter devotional styles of teaching, or who are not comfortable with tongue-speaking theology, will find the sermon's expectations demanding.

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A direct sermon on prayer, direction, and living inside God's will.

Richard Aryee's sermon stays focused on a single question: what it means to be filled with the knowledge of God's will. It returns again and again to prayer, guidance, and the need to learn what God wants, while everyday examples, including a child asking for a purchase and the…

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