I'm so grateful to the Lord that I could be with
you this morning. This morning when I got up
and I was praying, one of the songs that went
through my heart, yes, Jesus loves me. I know
it's a kid's song. I know children sing it at
Sunday school. But I thought of the cost that
he paid because he loved me. Sometimes we just
sing it for the sake of singing. And we forget
how much cost he had to pay. I pray that you
will never forget the cost that Jesus paid for
us. Even if you have kids and you sing with them,
yes, Jesus loves me. Just think, a filthy sinner
like me was saved by his grace. Because he was
willing to pay the cost for me. I didn't deserve
it, but he was kind. How many people tell the
Lord, I love you, Lord? That should be coming
all the time from the bottom of our heart. God,
I love you. You are everything to me. I'm willing
to give up everything. Pastors, thank you for
having us. It's always a joy to be here with
you. There are some people you can say are friends.
I have learned in 28 years of my ministry life,
you have very limited friends. You have friends,
but you don't have covenant friends. And thank
you. Thank you to this church for being part
of our lives. I'm your own missionary. I know
you got other missionaries. You can forget them
all, but do remember me in your prayers. I need
your prayers. But I want to say thank you. Thank
you. Came to know Dennis and Linda 24 years ago
in Poland, and they connected us here. And it's
a blessing. So thank you for the friendship.
Thank you for the love. This morning before I
preach, can we just sing that song, Yes, Jesus
Loves Me? I know, I just feel like a kid. I just
feel like a kid. Jesus said, you know, be like
a child. Be like a child. Some of my favorite
songs have started to change. One of the songs
I sing wherever I go around the world. God is
so good. I have seen the goodness of God. When
you have been in the prison. When you have been
shot. When you are away from your family. You
still taste the goodness of God. So I just want
you to stand up on your feet. Knowing that he
loves you. You are precious to him. I just want
you to worship the Lord. And tell him I love
you. And let the worship come from within. How
many of you know the Bible says living sacrifice?
Yeah. Living sacrifice. There's a difference.
You can worship from your mouth or you can worship
from your heart. A living sacrifice is what comes
out of your heart. So let this morning, let it
be a worship unto the Lord. It was amazing. Pastor,
this is what I want to say. As you were worshiping,
I was sitting over there and the Lord started
to say to me, there's been a shift in this ministry.
There has been changes. But the Lord says your
season is shifting for something different. It's
like stepping up. And the Lord would say to you
very clearly, son, I raised you for this time,
for such a time as this, to do great and mighty
things. You both are called and appointed of
the Lord. And you're raising up a generation.
The Lord says you're not only looking for older
folks. The Lord says you're even looking for
the next generation. And you will impart into
them the spirit that has been laid upon you.
And the Lord says he will use you mightily in
the coming days. Both of you will be a vessel
of honor, the Lord says. The devil will try to
disturb, but the Lord says, no, my covering shall
be. Upon you. And I will carry you forward. The
presence of the Lord will fill this place. Many
times. You will know. Tangible presence will
be here. And the Lord would say to you. And I
will start to do mighty things. A season has
shifted. And the Lord would say. It's a season
of seeing signs and wonders. In this house. The
Lord would say. Your signs and wonders will not
be just limited in this house. It will go out.
Touch and change lives. Father, we give our life
into your hands. Do your work in this place.
Let your glory be revealed. In Jesus' name. Yes,
Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible
tells me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, I love you,
Lord. I love you. Yes, Jesus loves me. Oh, yes,
he loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Lord, thank
you for loving us. Thank you for choosing us.
Thank you for appointing us. And I thank you,
Lord, for all the good things you have done in
our life. Lord, people have walked away, but
you promised you will never leave us nor forsake
us. We thank you for that great love. I bless
your saints. Speak to us today. Lord, I pray
our time will not be wasted in your presence.
May your glory be revealed. In Jesus' name I
pray. Amen. Amen. You may be seated. Thank you
once again. Thank you. I really appreciate what
you're doing for the Lord. I believe it's a new
season. I had prepared a message and I had come.
The problem with God is he messes it up. Yeah.
I thought I had everything in order. And when
I got up this morning at 4 .30 to pray and seek
the Lord, God started to say to me something.
And when the songs were being sung, I do not
know most of the songs. I'm still, I'm not that
old. But I still like the old songs. I like the
hymns. There's something in me. You know, when
you sing that song, old rugged cross. When you
sing, then sings my soul. You're commanding your
soul. I know your soul doesn't want to sing.
How many of you had that this morning? You didn't
want to come to church. Some of you have been
watching soccer. Actually, it's not soccer. It's
called football. Let me just correct you over
there because something you play with foot is
called football. I love you and I know you guys
love me so you won't beat me up. It's a joy to
be here. Open your Bible to the book of Exodus.
We are celebrating 250 years of freedom. We cannot
take it lightly. I was just sitting over there
and I thought there must be something about this
250. A year of Jubilee is after how many years?
50 years. Multiplied by five times. 250. Five
is the number of grace. So God would say to you,
This year onwards is a year of seeing his grace
with power in your life. To walk in freedom and
liberty. Those who are bound are called to be
set free. We are going to see God's glory in
this nation. As I have been praying for this
nation. The Lord has put burden in our heart.
Me and my family. I know my family is watching.
I love you guys. I still have the same wife.
We've been married for 23 years. You know, I
just love her. She's a blessing. She's a backbone
for my ministry, for my life. She stood with
me. My kids paid the cost. There were days when
kids have cried. Daddy will be back. But God
is good. So what I'm going to speak today to
you is related to your independence. Your freedom.
In Exodus 3 onwards, if you study very carefully,
I started to wear glasses from two days ago.
And all the people who complain or make fun of
us, the people who wear glasses, You got to realize
one thing. We pay more money to see you clearly.
So don't do that. Chapter 3, verse 1 onwards.
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his
father -in -law, the priest of the Midian. And
he led the flock to a far aside of the wilderness
and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flame
of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that through
the bush. There was a fire and it did not burn
up. So Moses thought, I will go over and see
the strange sight. Why the bush does not burn.
When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look,
God called to him from within the bush, Moses,
Moses. And Moses said, here I am. Verse five,
do not come any closer. God said, take off your
sandals for the place where you are standing
is holy ground. Verse six. Then he said, I am
the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. At this,
Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look
at God. Now we know the story of Moses. He was
called to take the people of God into freedom.
If you ask me to, Put a title for this sermon.
Let me put it like this. God has a plan and a
purpose for your life. And if you put him first,
your priorities are right. You will see the fulfillment
of his kingdom being established. Where you will
bring people into freedom to worship the Lord
in freedom. That was a statement Moses made to
Pharaoh. Let my people go for worship. We are
called to see freedom in the life of others who
do not know Jesus as their Savior. If you study
the life of Moses carefully, I do not know how
many of you know what was Moses' life. Like,
in Exodus chapter 2, it says he was born in a
Levite family. So he's from a priestly line.
His parents had to hide him for some time, keep
him aside, because they knew there was something
different. Turn to your neighbor and say, there's
something different about you. Yeah. God uses
some crazy people. I know that from my own life.
You're different because God wants to use you
differently. Otherwise, he would have made us
all look alike. Just look around carefully. You
don't look like a photocopy. Of the person near
you. Even if you have been married. Or you got
kids. There may be some resemblance. Somebody
came and said to me. Oh your son looks like you.
I said thank God. Uh huh. Then they said. Oh
he has the other side. He looks like your wife.
I said thank God for that too. We know now for
sure. So that's why the book of 2 Chronicles
chapter 7 verse 14 says, If my people who are
called by my name will humble themselves, seek
my face, turn from the wicked ways. Let me explain
that in a better way. I thought, God, we got
to seek your face and then turn from the wicked
ways. I thought we have to turn from the wicked
ways and seek your face. But God never writes
anything wrong. If my people who are called by
my name, my father's name is Virgis. That's why
I carry that name, Virgis. The family name. Because
I'm born in that family. If you are part of the
family of God, you will carry his name. And the
Bible says, humble yourself, seek my face, turn
from the wicked ways. That means, when you start,
let me explain in my way. I'm married, like I
said, 23 years. I come home, my wife looks at
me and says, what do you want, coffee or tea?
I've been married 23 years. And you still haven't
got it, whether I like coffee or tea. Hang on.
So if you seek his face, you will know what he
likes and what he doesn't like. That's why he
says, if you seek my face, you will turn from
the wicked ways because you will know what he
likes and what he doesn't like. In our mind,
we think we need to become holy and then, no,
no, no, no. He's saying, just come to me, love
me. And as you love me more and more, you will
start to see what I like and what I don't like.
And you will avoid. So Moses is born in this
house. And I don't know how many of you understand
his life was not an easy life. As he's growing,
he can't be kept quiet. How many of you know
kids? They're difficult. I have realized one
thing in my life. If there are kids who are two
years old, the best gift... I don't want anybody
doing, thank God my kids have grown up now. But
if I find anybody having a kid and has a two
-year -old kid, I'll make sure I'll buy them
drums. Oh, hallelujah. I would love to see. I
told my kids, if you don't behave, then your
kids are born. And they come to visit me. I will
feed them chocolate. I will give them sugar right
before they come back to your house. That is
my way of revenge. Moses could not be kept quiet,
so the mother made a basket. And she put it in
the Nile River. I looked at that word basket
because it fascinated me. Because I thought,
you're putting a basket with a baby in Nile River
that's full of crocodiles. So how can a baby
survive in that river? So I thought there must
be something to that basket. And when I looked
at that word basket, the Hebrew word is tebah.
T -E -B -A -H. That means ark. The ark of protection.
She just didn't put him in a basket. She put
him in a... ark. And I want you to get one thing.
Once you get into the ark of God, you will be
protected. See, the devil has a lot of plans
about this nation. The devil may have a lot of
plans about your life, but when you are covered
by the blood of the Lamb, let me say, America
does not belong to the devil. We have come to
declare openly that we are going to see a revival.
We are going to see the move of God because we
are covered by the blood of the Lamb. The devil
is going to have a nightmare. Because America
is going to see the glory of God. It may be a
Nile River. It may have crocodiles. But we got
God on our side. We got God covering us. So we
don't have to worry. The terrorists can plot
whatever they want. I'll tell you right now.
God will spoil all their plans in Jesus name.
This nation belongs to God. It was started with
a statement, in God we trust. And we as believers
who have been washed by the blood of the Lamb
still believe in God. And we are going to see
God's glory. So he's floating in Nile River,
in Theba. As he's floating, his sister, how many
of you have heard about his sister? She had a
job, a simple job to watch. Let me challenge
you as brothers and sisters in the Lord. Watch
for your brothers and sisters that they will
not fall. Now, I know some of us want to know
what is going on in people's life. Because We
think we are hired by the CNN. So we need to
know so we can share it with others. No. Your
job or your calling is to watch over your brothers
and sisters that they will not fall. There are
crocodiles. There are demonic forces that will
come against them. There may be a believer or
a brother or sister in the Lord who has a weakness
in their life. Let me give you a free advice.
Knowing the weakness of your life is the strength
of your life. Can I say that again? And this
time I promise I won't take an offering. Knowing
the weakness of your life is the strength of
your life. And if you know your weakness, find
a man of God. Or go to your man of God and say,
I struggle in that area and I promise they will
help you because accountability will help you
rise above that weakness. So he's floating, the
sister is watching. So let's watch out for our
brothers. Let me ask you, do you know each other?
In this house, do we know? How are you doing?
Put your arms around them. Are you okay? Yeah,
I'm okay. No, no, no, no. Are you really okay?
Maybe you can take them for a coffee. We have
a shop. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can just, I'm not
advertising, okay? Just to let you know. But
just sit down. How much do we care? That's what
people want to know. Do you really care? And
I'll say like this, in this community, we are
going to see God's glory in a greater measure.
Because this church cares. Thank you for your
amen. I did not know you were so excited about
it. And I'll tell you the truth because I know
where your church is going. I can see in the
spirit realm. That's why I'm saying that. We
are going to see God's glory in a greater measure.
And the baby is floating. And the Pharaoh's daughter
picks up. Bought out of the water. Moses. His
name Moses bought out of the water. In a way
symbolizing baptism too. Bought out. See, that's
why we don't leave you underwater. Matthew 3
says, and Jesus came up from the water. There
was a pastor. In India, when we baptize, at the
end, when we finish baptism, we ask openly and
loudly, is there anybody else to be baptized?
The pastor is here, the water is here. And if
you're ready to be baptized, just walk in. So
there was a pastor who did that. And he saw a
drunk man sitting on the other end. And he started
to shout loudly, is there anybody else? The drunk
man kept on looking at him. He's looking at the...
The pastor is looking at the drunk man and he's
calling again. The third time the drunk man thought,
okay, let me go. And he just goes in. The pastor
says, I baptize you in the name. He didn't even
ask him whether he was saved or not. Dipped him.
Pulled him out and he says, did you find Jesus?
He said, no. He dipped him again. Extra 30 seconds
underwater. And he pulled him up and he says,
did you find him? He said, no. He thought, let
me dip him again. Last time was 30 seconds. We're
going to make it a minute. He pulls him up and
he says, did you find Jesus? Now the drunk man
is confused. Already he's drunk and he's been
going underwater. When he comes out, he's shaking
his head and he says to the pastor. Because the
pastor asked, did you find Jesus? He said, are
you sure he was lost here? That's why we want
you to be saved before we baptize you. He was
pulled out of the water. And the mother is brought
back into the scene to take care. But then after
some time, he's back in the palace. He's growing
in the palace. Now you have to think of his.
Because I know many people will say, you know,
pastor, I've gone through so much. I'm not trying
to downplay you. But I want you to think of his
life. Put in front of crocodiles. Abandoned in
a way. Picked up by somebody else. Adopted by
somebody else. When he was at home, Aaron and
Miriam. See, Miriam had a bit of a problem. Because
you can see with his wife, he had a bit of an
issue. They must have said, who does he think
he is? Yeah, royal treatment he gets. Some of
you may have gone through things in your life,
but I want you to understand your purpose is
greater. So don't sit in your pain. This nation,
this church has a purpose. We may have gone through
things in our life, but don't let it stop us
from fulfilling the call of God. Because it's
a holy call from heaven above. And he's being
raised, and one day he kills an Egyptian. Next
day he's trying to sort out between two Hebrew
brothers and then he has to run because the Pharaoh
is going to kill him now. He runs off. Think
of it. One day in the palace, now in the wilderness.
Hang on. I was abandoned by my mother first.
Now I'm running from where I was being raised.
I'm losing everything in my life. He in the wilderness
is hungry. Thirsty. And he helps a family. The
family takes him in. He marries the daughter,
Zephora. Watch carefully. The secret of greatness
in your life is in gratefulness. I hope you will
remember that. The secret of greatness in your
life Is gratefulness. It's easy to complain.
That's why we say don't live in the complaining
street. Live in the thanksgiving street. Some
of us complain because there was no meat. It
was only broccoli. As kids we always said one
thing. God doesn't like vegetables. I hope there
are no kids here. Because he refused to take
Cain's offering. He doesn't like vegetables,
we used to say to our dad. We can complain about
everything. I have seen it. We have all that.
It's time to get out. Now he's watching chapter
3 verse 1. Now I want to get into my message
to understand. to make you understand the power
of the call on your life. Because God's plan
and purpose is greater so that you can see the
manifestation of his glory. So knowing the background,
chapter 3 verse 1, it says, Now Moses was tending
the flock of Jethro. Now, I started to think
of this. He was taking care of not his own sheep,
but his father -in -law's sheep. This church
is not your pastor's church or the leader's church.
This is God's house. We are only called to take
care of it. This nation, let me ask you. Many
of us, our parents came from different parts
of the world. Europe. Settle down here. We are
just called to be stewards. The freedom that
has been given to us 250 years ago, if we don't
take care of it, we will lose our freedom. If
we don't take care of this house, we will lose
the house. And I'll say like this, we are not
going to shut down any more churches in the name
of Jesus. And Moses is taking care of Jethro's
sheep, even though it is not his sheep. And I
found it very fascinating that he's very attentive.
He's not like, putting his hand through his nose
and checking out what is there. He was very careful.
He knew wild animals are around. This is why
I said to you, what has been given in your hands,
you got to be a good steward. He's picked up
a rod and he's sitting over there and watching
and taking care of sheep. And I thought for this
for a long time. As he's attentive, he sees a
fire. Hang on. If you are a good steward, I hope
you can remember this. If you are a good steward,
of the things that God has given in your life,
you will see God's glory in a greater measure.
Sometimes it can be tiring. I'm just taking care
of the sheep. No. Because I start to understand
when I looked at the 250, I don't know, how many
of you have looked at that word 250 in your Bible?
Because Korah turned up one day with 250 people
in Numbers chapter 16, verse 2. He turned up
with 250 people. But in verse 30, at the end
it says 32, 33, it says 250 got dealt, God dealt
with them. They were gone. If you're not a good
steward of what God has given, you'll be taken
off. How old is this church, Pastor? 1932, before
I was born. Now my question is, it has been passed
down. How are we going to finish the race? Are
we going to drop the baton? Are we going to become
rebels? I have a sermon called, Nine Spirits
That Destroy a Church. One of them is Korah.
One of them is Miriam. They'll challenge leaderships.
One of them is Absalom. The sons will rise up
against the fathers. Then you have a spirit of
Ahab. Then you have a spirit of Jezebel. You
know what is the difference? Ahab will never
stand up. Jezebel will never sit down. Ahab will
never speak up. Jezebel will never shut up. They
are spirits. And we need to know. That's why
we are called to watch over. See most of you
when you pray. You pray with both your eyes closed.
I don't pray with both my eyes closed. I keep
one eye open. Because the Bible says watch and
pray. That's why if any man comes near my wife.
Watch and pray. You need to watch out because
this has been given in your hands. This is precious
because this is a house of God. This nation was
given in your hands. You got to watch out for
it and take care and be a good steward. And he's
walking up. Now, I don't know how many of you
have thought of the walk that he had to walk.
It was not, he saw there, ah, all plain. No,
no, no, no, no, no. He had to climb mountains.
He had to climb. And when he's climbing, think
how difficult. How many of you have climbed mountains?
Your pastor loves all this outdoor stuff. God
bless him. My wife tells me, if you need to go
for a walk, you can. But because I love her,
I go for a walk once in a while. You know, it's
not easy climbing a mountain. Because when you
start to climb a mountain, think of Abraham,
an old man climbing with his son, Isaac. We who
are young, I'm only 50 now. But we'll still...
We're breathing hard. Let's go for a run, one
mile. I learned because of... all the beatings
I got. My physiotherapist has told me one thing.
Blessing, your mind is so powerful. Even if you
can imagine that you're exercising, your body
starts to think it's exercising. I thought, wow.
Now I know what to do. So every time your pastor
goes out, I see the Facebook picture. I imagine
myself too. And my exercise is done. Now, here's
the thing. He's climbing up with a stick and
a rod in his hand. He comes in front of the fire.
Now, it says, I like that verse. It says, verse
3. So Moses thought, I will go over and see.
It's a strange fire. It's a strange fire, but
he has a desire. Let me say, the things of God
will be strange. But do you have a desire to
go deep and see what is going on? Deep only calls
to the deep. Somebody asked me, pastor, your
prophetic gifts, you know, are you happy? No,
no, no, no, there's more. There's more. We are
happy with what we have. No, no, no, you can't
be. You need to desire, God, there's more. You
need to push yourself. What is push? P -U -S
-H. Pray until something happens. You need to
start pushing and say, God, I need to push into
the things of God. I need to know you. Like Paul
says, that I may know him. Paul never walked
with Jesus. Peter did. John did. But Paul says
that I may know him. He's spending three years
in Arabia. Galatians says he spent three years
in Arabia that he may know him. That's why he
was able to write two -third of the New Testament.
Your relationship will create revelations in
your life. Let me say in another word. Your sacrifice
will create revelation. Many people are not ready
to give up. Many people ask me, Pastor, do you
fast? Because they usually look at my stomach.
But I let them know I do fast. And every time
I fast, one thing I have realized, I see the
same vision every time I fast. 28 years of my
ministry, I've seen the same vision the first
three days whenever I fast. It's a big chicken
flying saying, eat me. But you say no to it.
So let me give you a definition of sacrifice.
Write it down. I promise it'll help you. Sacrifice
is something that pains your body when separated
from your body. This is my own definition. I
have a copyright over it. And the word copyright
for an Indian or a Chinese means the right to
copy. Okay? So you can copy it. Sacrifice is
something that pains your body when separated
from your body. So he's willing to sacrifice.
Willing to let go of the sheep to go and see
the fire. Hang on. He was attentive, but now
he's willing because there's something strange.
That's weird. Are you willing to give up your
food? Wednesday night prayers. Uh -oh. Pastor
should have made the announcement after I had
preached. But pastor just said it. You know,
7 .30, 8 .30 is my sleeping time. Really? If
there's something important going on. For parties.
We'll keep a match sticking between our eyelids.
To stay awake. I was driving. A few years ago
I was driving from Lincoln. To Chicago. And I
started to get tired. As I was coming closer.
And I was like. God give me the strength. And
my daughter is sitting next to me. She's sleeping.
She's feeling the anointing. That's why the eyelids
went down. And so she's, and I'm like, what do
I do? What do I do? And I stopped for a coffee.
And I can't drink coffee and stay awake because
if I drink coffee, I'll go to sleep. Because
when I was young, I drank so much of coffee,
the effect is gone. I used to drink close to
14 cups a day. So I went and got a coffee from
the gas station and my daughter wakes up and
she said, Dad, are you okay? I said, yeah. I
said, I'm feeling sleepy. So she said, you're
going to drink coffee? I said, no. Then she was
like, what are you going to do? And I put my
finger into the hot coffee. I was awake the whole
journey because it was burning. How much are
you willing to give up to see God's glory? Are
you willing to give up one time meal? Let me
challenge this church because I still remember
when I came the first time, I was sitting over
there and the Lord reminded me the first time
when I came into this house, the Lord told me
very clearly, this house shall be called a house
of prayer. That was the word I gave to this house.
So I'm going to challenge you. If you, it may
not be Wednesday, it may be Monday, but can you
take 30 minutes, 15 minutes just to pray that
God's glory will be revealed? And it says like
this, he came up and then verse four, when the
Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called
him from within the bush. What did God call him?
Come on. What does it say in your Bible? He called
him Moses, Moses. Does it say that in your Bible?
Okay, just checking. Why does God call him twice?
God calls Abraham, Abraham, Abraham. Jesus is
verily, verily. Why does God say twice? Go to
Psalm 62, 11. Psalm 62, 11. He has spoken once,
but I heard it twice. Let's see. Does it say
that in your Bible? Psalm 62, 11. Verse 11. He
has spoken once, I heard it twice. What God speaks
in heaven. It's not only heard in the heavenly
realms, it's even on the earthly realms because
there's an echo of the sound from heaven. That's
why you hear it twice. Oh, you won't get this
in a Bible school, I promise you, or on your
bookstore. Are we hearing the voice of God? Hmm.
Romans 8, 16. It says, my spirit shall bear witness
with your spirit. How sensitive are we to hear
the voice of God? He's standing over there and
God is calling him. See, God is calling us in
this time, in this season. Faith Church, let
me declare boldly that God is calling your church
in this land. There's going to be a move of the
Holy Spirit. There's going to be a shift in this
church for something great and mighty. So the
Holy Spirit would say, be attentive to my voice.
Listen to what I'm speaking to you. Don't miss
the call that I have for your life because I'm
going to spread you. The Lord says to this house,
I'm going to spread you to the east, west, north.
and south. You are going to become an example
for many. Many young people will come and get
trained in this place to see the glory of God.
So the Lord would say, prepare yourself for what
I'm about to do through this house. He's standing
in the presence of the fire and God calls him.
And the next verse says, verse 5, do not come
any closer. Take off your sandal. I had to ask
the Lord, why are you saying take off the sandal?
He came looking for you. He desires for you.
You called him by name, but now you're telling
him take off your sandal. Because the place that
you stand on is holy ground. Now, I want you
to understand there was a statement. I don't
know who made it. I don't know if pastor made
it before. The place that you're standing on,
if that was still holy, we all should be going
there to worship. It is not about the place,
it's about the position that we are in. So I
don't know who said that this morning about the
position. But I believe many of us need to understand
the position that we are in. And God is saying,
take off the sandal. I thought, why take off
the sandal? Sandals were made out of dead animal
skin. So God says, when you come into my presence,
don't come with something dead. Many people,
see that was a problem with Cain's offering.
He had to cut it, it was dead. But Abel's offering,
he would come at the altar and then cut it. Many
of us give to the Lord our giving. Recently,
somebody asked me, Pastor, we have a lot of debt.
I said to them, write down the word debt. And
they wrote the word debt, D -E -B -T. I said,
let me give you a full form of it. Doing everything
but tithing. Good morning to all of you. It may
have hit you like a lightning. That's okay. Because
God doesn't want you to live in sickness. God
doesn't want you to live in debt. God wants you
to live in freedom. So the dead things have to
go when you come into his presence. He says,
take of the sandals. For the ground that you're
standing on is holy ground. The position that
you have, do you take God for granted? Isaiah
6 says about the fear of the Lord. I was preaching
in a church in London. After preaching, I walked
out of the church. And I'm a simple guy. I don't
have bodyguards, by the way. I know some preachers
need it because they don't believe in Jesus,
so they need bodyguards. No, I don't need one.
I've been shot, so I don't care. And here's the
thing. God bless them all. They can have. My
choice is to be a normal person, go to people,
shake hands with people, talk to people. That's
how I am because God called me for people. So
I just was like walking down the church and going
because my wife was pregnant and she asked me
to get one of the dish, Indian dish where we
lived. We didn't have any Indians over there.
So she wanted that one because she was pregnant.
And you know, when women become pregnant, they
have some demands. To have happiness in your
life, I have learned, happy wife, happy life.
Sad wife, miserable life. So I thought, let's
keep her happy. So as I'm walking out of the
church, I turn around, and I see one of the members.
In Indian culture, we show a lot of respect to
our pastors. Indian culture teaches you respect.
So as soon as I turned, he looked at me. Every
time an Indian will greet another pastor, this
is how they say, praise the Lord, pastor. So
he folded his hands behind and he said, praise
the Lord, pastor. And I said, praise the Lord.
And I started to talk to him. As I was talking
to him, I realized one thing. That smoke started
to come from the backside. Now. That's the time
I realized why he put his hands behind. And I
say funny things. So I just turned around and
said to him, I have seen people smoke from the
front, never from the backside. And I thought
he had a fear of pastor, but he had no fear of
God. I want you to have the fear of the Lord
in your life. Because this nation, like I said,
belongs to God. You people, you saints belong
to God. You're his child. Walk in the fear of
the Lord. The present generation will not understand.
The older generation will understand. When your
father spoke to you and you mumbled back at him,
they believed the scriptures. When a believer
shall lay hands on the sick, they shall recover.
They not only laid hands, they laid holy belt.
They laid shoes and every demon came out of us.
Yeah. Whenever I said something, I would walk
back to my room. But I will be very careful to
hear if I hear footsteps following me. Because
I knew if he was following, I'm in trouble. By
the way, when I was a pastor, I became a pastor
of the church. My parents were attending the
church. And I answered back when my mother asked
me something. I just told her something back.
I shouldn't have done. She didn't say anything.
She went to the kitchen. Came out with the kettle
electric wire. And I was lying in bed. And I
felt happening something down south. I just felt,
shh. And you could feel the pain. I didn't speak
in tongues, I promise you that time. And your
mother is standing in front so you can't even
say other words. And I'm already past by then.
And I got more mad and I said, here's a car key,
you do what you want. She gave me one more. I
picked up the car keys and said, what vegetables
do you want me to buy? It changed me very fast.
Some of us have escaped that. All parents, those
who are struggling with your kids, send them
with me to India. We will take care of them.
And we promise we will do everything in the name
of Jesus. So he's standing over there and God
is talking to him. And God says, I want to use
you, son. See, this is what, when you're in the
presence of the fire, when you're in the presence
of God, God will give you a mission. Remember
that. God always gives a mission when you are
in his presence. The mission may be to reach
your neighbor. The mission, it's not just India.
It's not just Afghanistan. It's not just Iran.
It's not just these nations. See, God uses us
in these nations. But some of you, God wants
to use you here in Jerusalem. It starts from
here. So God says, I have a mission for you.
And he says, you know, God, you picked up the
wrong guy. How many of you felt that God picked
up the wrong guy? Yeah, I felt that too. Because
I have dyslexia. I'm not highly qualified. In
my family, everybody has a PhD. PhD does not
stand for permanent head damage. But they have
a doctorate degree. I used to say before, PhD
stands for permanent head damage for this. Because
they always look down on you in an Asian culture
when you don't have much education. I just had
a bachelor's degree, bachelor's in business administration.
Worked in accounting for airlines. So they never
thought you're worth anything. Listen to me.
You were worth it. That is why he shed his blood
for you. I want you to hug yourself and say,
I'm precious to the Lord. Yeah. You are precious.
Maybe you heard the words, you're hopeless. Maybe
you heard the word, you're useless. Maybe you
heard the word, you will never make it in life.
I want you to know, you're not hopeless. You
just had less hope and Jesus is the hope giver.
And he tells you, you can make it in Jesus' name.
Let me prove it to you. The book of Romans 8
says you are more than a conqueror. Now some
of you, how many of you have heard the word you
are a failure? Anybody? Nobody? Maybe one person.
Thank you for being truthful. Yeah, we have heard
all these negative words. But when he says you're
more than a conqueror, I started to look at it
and understood. If Mike Tyson and Holly Field
had a fight for $10 million and a championship
belt, they're punching each other. At the end,
Holly Field wins it. Mike Tyson is on the floor.
He picks up the belt. He's a champion. He's a
conqueror. Takes the $10 million, walks home.
His wife is waiting at the door. She takes the
$10 million without giving a single punch. She's
more than a conqueror. Jesus fought the battle
for you. And he gives it to you. And he calls
you more than a conqueror. So Moses, you were
a failure. You had a lonely life. You were betrayed.
But now, I'm changing your destiny because you're
in the presence of the fire. When you're in the
presence of God's fire, I promise you, Your life
will be changed completely. This fire is an unusual
fire. It burns, but it does not burn. What kind
of fire is that? It's a fire that will consume
what is not right. But it will set alight what
is right by God. So God is trying to put things
right in his life. That's why the fire is not.
finishing off the whole tree, the bush. So God
is talking to him over there. And he says, God,
I'm not ready. How many of you know that Moses
made an excuse at the end? I'm a man who stutters.
I asked the Lord, was he really a stutterer?
Did he stutter? No, he did not. Go to Acts chapter
7, verse 22. I want you to look over there. What
does it say? Somebody can read it for me. Acts
7. 22. Let me give you the mic. You have a good
voice. Because people won't believe if I said
something. Moses was educated in all the wisdom
of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and
action. You have heard all your life he was a
stutterer. He was a powerful. Some other versions
will say he was eloquent in speech. So how come
he become a stutterer? Have you ever thought
of that? Because somewhere along the way, he
lost the gift that he had. He's taking care of
the sheep. He's talking to the sheep. And the
sheep are talking back to him. Moses is going
on for years. He's losing his ability because
all he's communicating is with an animal. Be
careful where you communicate. Be careful you
will talk to people who will set you on fire,
not take the fire out of you. So here you can
see, he is a person who's going to complain later,
but God says to him, I want to use you. He says,
use me? God says, yep. He says, how can you use
me? He says, what is in your hand? God is always
looking for what's in your hand. Now, Moses says,
God, I have a rod that I picked up. It was on
the side. I picked it up. I carved it, cut it,
made it a good rod that I can walk like a shepherd.
So he had made it a good rod so it won't poke
into his hands or anything. He took care of it.
And God says, Put it to the ground. Whatever
giftings you have. Listen to me very carefully.
Whatever talents you have. You may have done
it in your own strength. But the moment you lay
it in the presence of God. You will see the glory
of God. That rod turned into a serpent. And the
Bible says Moses jumped. Because he knew that's
not the right thing. Yeah. How many of you will?
I went to a house to preach in New York many
years ago. And they said, oh, we have a pet snake.
I just looked around and I said, if it comes
out, it's dead. Because I know in the Garden
of Eden, where Adam and Madam lived, they got
into trouble because of the snake. So Moses looks
at this and he thinks, uh -uh, that created problem
over there. And then God says to him, hold the
snake by the tail. Hang on. Have you any time
asked God why to hold the snake by the tail?
You don't hold the snake by the tail. You have
to hold it by the head. Why is God saying, to
hold it by the tail. Because it was in the presence
of the fire. In the presence of the fire, everything
that's deadly, anything that is not right, will
lose its power. Let me explain it to you in a
different way. Moses got kicked out of Egypt.
The crown that the Pharaoh is wearing on the
crowned as a serpent. That was their God. So
God was saying, son, in the presence of the fire,
I'm giving you new authority. Even if you hold
it by the tail, it will not be able to strike
you and kill you. Because it has been in the
presence of the fire. You have been in my presence.
That's why the Bible says, no doubt. Deadly poison.
No snakes. You shall trample upon snakes and
scorpions. So don't worry. Some of us believers,
we are very good in worrying. We Indians believe,
don't worry, eat curry. So let me ask you a question.
How much time have you spent in the presence
of God that you understand the authority that
God has given you over demonic forces? The demonic
forces don't have authority over you. The Pharaoh
may say, hang on, I rule. I am the one. The God
of this world may say, I rule. I have authority.
But when you have been in the presence of God,
God will say, pick it up. Don't be scared. He
is still not sure. He is like God. Thank you
very much. God says take your hand. Put it. Under
your armpit. Take it out. Leprosy. He says put
it back. Healed. Let me explain it. What you
have lost. What has become like leprosy in your
life. God says I will restore it back. Because
you have been in the presence of the fire. I
am going to send you back. to Egypt. The one
that sent you out that looked like a problem
in your life and I'm going to send you back.
Last time you came by yourself but this time
you're not coming alone. You're coming with a
bunch of people whom you're going to take them
into freedom and liberty to worship the living
God. Whatever you have lost in your life, whatever
is speaking to you that you will not make it,
I want you to know one thing in your life, that
God is restoring that power to go back and take
the blessing of the Lord and bring people into
freedom. God is giving us authority. Some of
us need to learn how to dance. See, the problem
is many of us have become chosen, frozen Christians.
You need to learn how to rejoice. Rejoice, and
again I say, rejoice. The joy of the Lord is
mine. See, if you don't have strength, you can't
fight battles. That's why you need the joy of
the Lord. That's why you need to learn how to
rejoice. That's why after I preach on Mondays,
I sit and watch Tom and Jerry. I watch Charlie
Chaplin. And suddenly I'll get a reminder from
my wife. There's a prayer meeting going on on
Facebook. Your pastor gets up and I'm just sitting
and watching. But she'll let me know. I have
text from her. Hey, pastor is online. See, your
authority comes only in the presence. The joy
of the Lord comes in the presence of the Lord.
Let me go a bit fast and finish it. It says like
this, God is saying to him, go back. Now see,
when you have been in the presence of God, God
will send you back. What you lost, what the canker
worms ate, what has destroyed, the locusts has
eaten, God wants to restore it. But God wants
you to go back, to take it back. We used to sing
the song in the olden days called, I went to
the enemy's camp and I took back what he stole
from me. The problem is he comes and steals from
us and then we go and steal from him. Then he
comes back and steals from us and we go back
and steal. So we go to another conference and
we get recharged and we go back and steal back
from him. And he comes back after three months
and steals from us. Hang on. Until you don't
tie the strong man. You need to get in and make
sure he's finished. Pharaoh and his chariots
and all his men were drowned in the water. We
need to make sure that this time when we go,
we are coming back as an army. It may look like
dry bones, but we are coming back as an army.
Because God has a promise for this land. God
has a promise for this church. God is not done
with this house. God says there are certain things.
The Shekinah glory is going to rise up in this
house in a greater way. And you're going to see
the glory of God in a greater way, the Lord would
say. So he says, go back. And they turned back.
Now, he must be scared of his own life. Think
of this. Moses going back to Pharaoh's palace.
But when you have been in the presence of God,
you'll have boldness. You're not a sissy. Lion
of Judah rolls through you. I'm going to challenge
you. Be bold. Don't be ashamed of the gospel
of Jesus Christ. My son, who's a young man, started
to preach. And a few months ago, he said, listen,
can I do a YouTube show? And you know what? He
started to preach on YouTube and started to share
with all his schoolmates. His sermons. Okay,
he gets booked on Sunday mornings in some places,
sometime. But his friends who do not know Jesus,
I asked him, recently I asked him, I said, hey,
does anybody bully you because of the gospel
you share? He said, no. Huh. The fear in us will
tell us what is fear. F -E -A -R, false evidence
appearing real. Even though I walk through the
valley of shadow of death, it's a shadow of death,
not reality. He goes around like a roaring lion,
like, not a real lion. But you need to have faith.
Your church is called faith. Let me give you
a definition. I have a copyright over it. Faith
is father all in thy hands. F -A -I -T -H. Have
faith. The one who has called you is faithful.
He will not abandon you. See, God does not take
you to the Pharaoh's palace and runs away. How
many of you had friends who ring the bell and
they run off and you're stuck at the door? Did
you do that as a kid? We did it. We knocked.
We didn't have bells that time. We knocked. And
suddenly your friends run. God does not do that.
He said, I will never leave you. Nor will I.
Having that assurance, let there be boldness
in you. Let me say like this, Lincoln should
see the glory of God. I pray when I come back
next time, I pray that we will have double service.
I pray that we will grow and become bigger in
the name of Jesus because God has called us to
be fruitful and to multiply. Going to the enemy's
camp, don't be scared. I'm going to challenge
you. Those who feel ashamed, every Sunday after
you hear the sermon, go back and send your friends
the link and say, hear it. It'll help your life.
Don't be ashamed. What will they think? Their
opinion don't matter. God's opinion matters.
So be bold. And it says like this. He turned
up in front of the Pharaoh and they turned. He
says, let my people go. And suddenly, there's
a rod on the ground and there's a serpent over
there. Now my question to you is, Aaron went
with Moses to the palace. Whose rod was thrown
to the ground? I know most of you are thinking
Moses' rod. But in Exodus chapter 7, Verse 8
and 9, it says, and it was Aaron's rod. Huh.
Have you ever thought Moses had the experience,
but it's Aaron's rod being thrown in front of
the Pharaoh? Does that say in your Bible the
same? Does it say? Just see. Same? Okay. Just
checking. Because I don't want you to think I'm
making up stories. Some of us have watched too
much of movies. That's why we think it's the
apple in the Garden of Eden. No, it doesn't say
it was an apple. It can be a banana too. It just
says fruit. So here's the thing. How come Aaron's
rod is being used when it was Moses' rod? In
the presence of God. Let me explain it to you.
Who you walk with. That anointing will transfer
on your life. Anointing is transferable. Moses.
And Aaron walked together. And in that process
of walking together. There was a transfer. of
the anointing. The Lord told me recently, son,
I want you to come into the fatherhood ministry
and teach churches, teach leaders, speak into
their life, be a father figure. And I said, okay.
And God took me to the life of Elijah and Elisha.
Every prophet in 1 Kings chapter 2, it says,
every prophet said to Elisha, Your master is
going to be taken. Hang on, hang on. The prophet
said, the ones who were being trained by Elijah
are speaking to Elisha. How come they not say
our master? Huh. They're saying your master is
going to be taken up. But when the time of being
taken up comes, Elisha never says, my master.
He says, my father. Anointing is always transferred.
That's why the last miracle of Elijah was parting
of the Jordan River. The first miracle of Elisha
is parting of the Jordan River. Where the father
leaves is where the son picks up. So if you walk
with the man of God, the anointing will be transferred
into your life. Who are you walking with? Psalm
1 says, Blessed is the man who walks not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way
of the sinner, nor sits in the... That means
your fellowship. What is fellowship? Two fellows
in one ship going in the same direction. How
many of you know one doesn't go this way, one
doesn't go that way? I was flying recently and
one lady asked me in the plane, where are you
going? I just looked at her. I thought, both
our seats go to the same destination. Huh. Where
are we going? Are we walking with the man of
God? Are you connected with the spirit of this
house? So that the anointing can be transferred.
Because here you cannot have your own agendas.
Because God gives a vision and a mission for
the house and we need to connect with that. So
we can become effective. Aaron walked and he
became effective. You know he became the high
priest. There's a reward for the price that you
pay. There's a reward when you walk with the
man of God. I worked as a driver in my father's
ministry. Even now, I still drive people. Recently,
a man of God came. I drove him around. He was
like, you must be tired. I said, don't worry.
I said, as long as you're comfortable. Six hours.
I'm not preaching. Driving. Two weeks ago. Why
do you do that? Because I know when I walk with
a man of God, when I sit with a man of God, when
I talk to a man of God, the anointing that is
upon them will be given. When I'm discouraged,
these voices are the voices that speak to me
still. And it says like this, he brought people
into freedom. But at that fireplace is where
the snake, I thought in the New Testament, is
there a snake anywhere else? In Acts 28, you
see the life of Paul in the island of Malta.
Now, he brings some stick, puts fire, hang on,
wherever there is fire, if it is a real one,
where God is showing his manifested glory, nothing
will happen. But when it's not a real, The fire
will make it jump out. Your prayer life has the
power to bring every demonic force out of your
life. The curses that has held your family, you
have the power because of prayer life to bring
it out. You don't need to live with your generational
curse. The devil and his mother -in -law both
are liars. Don't ask me if he has a mother -in
-law or not, but it just sounds good. you to
know, you need to break that in prayer life.
When your prayer gets into that hot moment, it
gets heated up. Every snake is going to come
out. It comes out and bites him. Hang on. What
has spent time in the presence of the fire cannot
kill you. It bites. The whole village is excited.
Now, hang on. He's going to die. He's going to
die. They're waiting for him to die. But he has
been in the presence of God. It's not going to
kill him. Because of his testimony, the whole
island gets saved. Now, I thought of this. Acts
stops in Acts 28 with a snake. Now, my question
to you is, can you become Acts 29? That the fire
of God will burn every snake out of Lincoln you
will chase out in the name of Jesus. Every witch
doctor you will chase out. Every hex will be
destroyed. Every generational curse. Listen to
me, God, hang on, Abraham Lincoln, where was
he born? Kentucky. But where did he live? Now
my question to you is, for you, you had the freedom
because of some great men. Who paid the cost.
Now will you carry that fire. That will burn
and destroy every demonic force. Because demonic
forces are rising up. But they have no authority
over us. So become Acts 29 where the fire burns.
And whatever rises up. And it may try to strike
you. But it cannot destroy you. It cannot destroy
you. So this question arises to you. This morning.
As we celebrate 250 years of God's goodness in
this land. And I'll say this. God's goodness.
The land of the free. And the home of the brave.
We are the soldiers of Jesus Christ. And we are
brave. And we will bring people into freedom.
That they can live in this land in freedom. So
let's become Acts 29, where the fire of the Holy
Spirit will burn through us. Where the glory
of God will be revealed. This day I'm going to
challenge you. Don't give up. Don't shut up.
Don't sit down. But get into the presence of
God. And say God more of you. I need. It may
look strange to other people. It may look weird
to other people. But I want my flesh to be dead.
Watch carefully. In Genesis 22. I'm going to
finish with this. Just two minutes. It says like
this. And Abraham and Isaac are on the mountain.
Isaac is laid on the wood. I can't go into the
whole explanation. It's a beautiful. message
I have on that Abraham's life. It says like this,
he picked up the knife to kill him before the
fire fell. The body had to die. If your flesh
can die, if your agendas can die, God can put
his fire upon you that he can use you greatly
in this nation. I'm going to challenge all of
you right now that fire of God may fall. Every
eye closed. Let's get into the presence of God
and ask God to touch you. Ask God to touch you.
Ask the Holy Spirit to move in your life. Say,
Lord, my agendas are dead. My fleshly desires
are dead. Lord, it's all about you, Lord. It's
all about you, Lord. More of you in my life,
oh Lord. I'm not happy. where I am. I need more
of you, Lord. I need that power to flow. That
power that Moses experienced. The power that
Paul flowed in, oh Lord. Do you know Paul was
one of the most boring preachers? His preacher
was so bad that man fell asleep and then he fell
down and died. But he had so much of power to
raise the man from the dead. You may be boring,
you may not be eloquent in your speech, but if
you have the power of God, That'll do great things.
This day, surrender yourself in the hands of
the Lord. All to Jesus, I surrender. Take me,
use me the way you want. Father, I pray for my
brothers and sisters. I thank you for this house,
your house. I thank you for the leadership. Pastor
Darren and Pastor Cammie and the other leaders,
oh Lord. I thank you for the branch church. I
thank you for what you're going to do more coming
up. I thank you for your faithfulness. But I
pray each and everyone in this house may experience
the tangible presence of the Lord. Lord, if they're
sick in their body, I rebuke that sickness. And
I say, get out in the name of Jesus. Right now,
I take authority from heaven above. And I speak
healing and deliverance. In the mighty name of
Jesus, may God be glorified. Do your work in
them. Let their life become a testimony in the
name of Jesus. Lord, let Lincoln be saved through
this church. As they call themselves, Faith Church.
Let faith be revealed through them. that signs
and wonders will happen in this house use everyone
use everyone Use everyone. I thank you for what
you're going to do. I thank you for what you're
going to do. I thank you for your faithfulness.
I thank you for your goodness. I thank you for
your power that will flow. The call of God is
so strong on your life. The call of God is so
strong on your life. The Lord says, you can't
run anywhere. I'll hold you and I will use you
because I have called you with a plan and purpose
the lord says i will use you in such a way young
people's lives will be changed through you the
lord says i will do great and mighty things through
your life for my hand shall rest upon you i have
not given upon you the lord says i'm taking you
into a greater glory and i'm taking you into
greater things the lord would say to you for
the lord says i will use you in an unusual way
come holy spirit come holy spirit take over