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Lamb Church. Wow, you may be seated. What a tremendous
honor it is to be here tonight. I just want to
say it's been a long time since I've been in
a room like this. And I miss it. My assignment
takes me into a lot of different environments.
But man, there's so much hunger in this room.
And I can tell you that God can do anything with
hunger. I've been in stadiums full of people
without a drop of the presence of God because
there was no hunger. But then I walk into a Saturday
night service with a hungry group of radicals
and I feel moved. These are the kind of services
as a 17 year old kid. that I grew up in. These
fires of revival and the devotion in the room,
it is truly sacred. And I think that it's because
of your heart that God meets with you like he
does right now. But I also believe it's a pure
reflection of quality leadership with Pastor
Daniel and the whole team here. Come on, one
more time, can you thank God for my friend Pastor
Daniel and his life? I know we don't celebrate
a man, but we are called to honor our leaders.
And just hearing how you have stewarded your
leadership in some of the high points and the
valleys. And I really sense that the man and
the message are the same. And I want to honor
you. Thank you so much for carrying what you
carry And I'm looking forward to being able to
say man I remember burning lamp when it was just
Saturday night Because I can sense it's gonna
be not just Sunday It's not just going to be
in America. I can't wait to say, oh, that's that
one campus from Burning Lamp in this nation or
in that city. They have a delegation going to
this palace or going to this boardroom. And I
believe that's what's being birthed here tonight.
And so I did not come alone. I brought my closest
ministry friend that I've had for 21 years. His
name is Pastor Bondu from Sri Lanka. Pastor,
would you stand up please and wave it to the
people? I'll be honest with you, he is a definite
general in his nation. He leads the pastors association
with hundreds of pastors looking to him for leadership.
He does not carry himself that way. He's more
proud to just be married to his wife, Angel,
and a happy father to his two daughters. And
now a grandfather to his grandson, Caleb. They
live in Toronto. But he's wearing a jacket. because
he truly is cold, not trying to be trendy, he
is truly cold. But then I have two of my kids
here tonight. My two oldest, would you guys stand
up? This is my son Elisha. This is my daughter
Jasmine. And then we have a friend of ours, his
name is Braden. Braden, would you wave at everybody?
Say hi, this is Braden. So thank you guys for
bringing us. into your home and into your family
tonight. But I came with the Word. And I don't
do no quiet church. I may not speak Spanish,
but I am too Hispanic for a quiet church. And
I believe a quiet church is a dead church. Because
I believe the Word of God deserves a response.
Hello. So you better not go quiet on me. Or you're
going to see this half -breed Mexican with a
mic get real insane. And I will throw it at myself.
I need you to talk back to me tonight. Can you
do that? Listen, if you like your church quiet,
you do not want to go to heaven. Because there's
going to be one Mexican making as much carne
asada as possible. And worshiping as loud as
possible. So we might as well have heaven on
earth in here tonight. Are you with me? Can you
talk back to me? Somebody shout yes. Say come
on somebody. Say some old come body. I don't
know how to spell that. That's a big word like
mayonnaise. I don't know how to spell that one
either. But are you ready for the word church?
Burning lamp, I said are you ready for the word?
I believe it. Do me a favor turn on your Bible
and go to Matthew 14, Matthew the 14th chapter
and for the sake of time Find Mark chapter 6.
We're going to begin eating tonight in Matthew
14, but we are going to snack on something in
Mark chapter 6. We're going to read about the
same encounter but from two different locations.
And I'm only going to pull one verse out of Mark's
gospel. Because I feel like he adds something
extra that would benefit us tonight. In Matthew
14, Jesus has just finished feeding the 5 ,000.
And how many of you know this is a miracle that's
impossible? We serve a God that can do the impossible.
He is not bound by stats, facts, and history.
The odds don't apply to God, so therefore they
don't apply to us either. So He does the impossible.
And how many of you know when God gives you a
breakthrough, He's not done. He is now moving
you in from glory to glory. Victory to victory.
You're going to go from one victory to the next
one. I know a lot of people that want victory,
but they don't want to go through a battle to
get one. And this is why it's so important that
you recognize that the disciples see this miracle.
They distribute this miracle. And God being a
wise master builder Immediately puts them in
another lesson, in another challenge, in another
moment, where they can only live in risk. Now
have you know, God is very intentional with everything
about your life. If God is doing something, He
is doing something on purpose. And if God is
doing nothing, He is doing nothing on purpose.
So whether he's doing something or doing nothing,
he's doing it all on purpose. So whether he's
active or inactive, we ought to not lose our
faith or our heart. And so here he finished feeding
the 5 ,000, and now he is about to do something
intentional and unusual. Would you read verse
22? Matthew 14, verse 22 through 24, please.
Matthew 14, verse 22 through 24. Keep going,
verse 22 through 24, please. Now watch this.
It says immediately, after feeding the 5 ,000,
Jesus makes them get in a boat. While he sends
the multitudes away, but he gives them a prophetic
word. You are going to go to the other side.
He's not saying you might make it to the other
side. He's not saying if you behave correctly,
you'll make it to the other side. He is saying,
I watch over my word to perform it. And I will
do everything in my power to ensure you get to
the other side. I feel a prophetic edge on the
message for this house tonight. There is a other
side to your pain. It's called healing. There's
a other side to your confusion. It's called clarity.
There's a other side to your blurred vision.
It's called prophetic accuracy. But let me help
you out. You can't bring everyone with you to
the other side. He tells the side, you're going
the other side, I'm sending all this crowd away
from you. In other words, when I was in the world,
I could find 10 people to go get drunk and high
with. But I couldn't find one person to go to
church with. When I was in the world, I could
find 20 people to go to the club with. But I
couldn't find one person to pray me through.
To pray me through If that is your story, it's
time to go to the other side. If that is where
you are at, it is time to go to the other side.
You cannot bring everyone with you to the other
side. Listen, you can't bring everything with
you to the other side. We have no business bringing
our failures, our fears, and our insecurities
into our new season. We also have no business
bringing our successes, our wins and our trophies
into our new season. The titles you have now
will not work in the next season. Because I have
watched trophies turn to anchors real quick.
And then we get people stuck in a certain style
or preference of ministry. And they only want
to do things this way because they had a high
point in their life then and they spend their
whole life trying to get back to that point.
I am honored by the fathers and mothers whose
shoulders I get to stand on. But I don't want
an outpouring that happened 40 years ago. I want
the fresh outpouring of the Holy Ghost today.
And the only way I do that is by letting God
get a little wild in my life and prophetically
tell me it's time to go to the other side. Burning
lamp, you're going to the other side. You're
going to the other side of where you've been.
Can I tell you the last 15 years were just practice?
And now you are coming into season. and God seated
so much in you so that it would shake you to
go to the other side and we thank God for Pastor
Carolina who lived a life worthy of standing
in God's presence today. But her life is a seed
to make sure that you go to the other side. Can
we thank God for what He's done in Burning Lamb
up to this point? That there is blessing not
curses in this church. That there is breakthrough
not strongholds in this church. going to the
other side. But then he says, he says, I'm going
to send the multitudes away. Then he goes and
prays. And it says, and the disciples get in
the boat. And in verse 24 it says, and now the
boat is in the middle of the sea. What is in
the middle of the sea? Talk to me. The boat.
What? Where is the boat? It is in the... Middle.
I need you to remember that. Let's pray. Holy
Spirit, I ask for the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. I speak to
this atmosphere and I thank you, God. It's full
of faith and it's full of hope and it's full
of peace and it's full of joy. And I come against
every limit, every restriction. every barrier
and every lie. I declare every demonic harassment
is cancelled right now. And I call your men and
women into their season. I call them into strength.
And I call them into their rhythm. And I establish
them in your word. And I establish them in your
presence. In the mighty name of Jesus. And everyone
shout it. Amen. Amen. Amen. I want to call this
message born for the storm. Born for the storm.
You do realize you were born for greatness. You
were born for destiny. You were born to be loved.
You were born to be blessed. were born to have
victory in your life. But you were also born
for challenges. And there are certain giants
you are assigned to take down. And there are
strongholds that your anointing will tear down.
And you have to recognize that you weren't just
born for the good days. You weren't just born
for the mountaintops. You were born for every
day. You were born for good weather and bad weather.
You were born for the expected and the unexpected.
And because God builds His people like this,
we should not feel overwhelmed by challenges.
We should feel activated by opposition. We should
feel triggered by resistance. I am not responding
to earth, I am responding to heaven with my life.
God is so good, he knows how to create the right
circumstances that will squeeze you and strengthen
you so that you will take risks. One time we
were hosting this massive conference. It was
coming out on one of the Christian TV stations.
And I asked the founder, I said, how many people
does this conference reach? He said, when we
put this on the channel, it'll reach 700 million
homes. That's a billion people on planet Earth.
I was like, dang, that's some reach. So I remember,
you know, like I had our whole team, we had to
be dialed and on point. The week long conference.
And in the middle of the conference, one of my
daughters comes to me and says, Dad, I miss you.
I have four kids. I have two daughters, two sons.
One of my daughters says, Dad, I miss you. I
said, baby, I miss you too. I said, why don't
you come with me? Be with me all day. At the
end of the night, you end up on TV with me. And
we're going to pray for some people. But listen,
I can't have you be messing around. This 700
million homes is a billion people that are going
to be watching your baby TV. tonight. She said,
Dad, I'm ready. I said, you sure you're ready?
She's like, Dad, I'm so ready. I was ready yesterday.
That's how ready I am. I was like, all right,
bet. So then the next, we're in the car. I said,
now listen, this 700 million homes is a billion
people. So I need you to get something clear
in your heart. She said, dad, chill, I'm ready.
I said, all right, we get in the room behind
the stage, the green room. I said, now listen,
this 700 million homes, a billion people. And
I need you to come strong tonight. She said,
dad, I'm ready. I said, okay. So I remember we
get in the studio, the producer shouts 90 seconds.
I said, now listen, this is 700 million homes.
This is a billion people. A billion with a B.
And I need you to pray with accuracy. She said,
daddy, I'm ready. I said, 60 seconds. I said,
now listen, this is 700 million homes, a billion
people. nervous. You shouldn't be nervous. I'm
not nervous. But you're an astronaut. And you
don't pray no weak prayers up in here. And she
said, Dad, I'm ready. They said, 10 seconds.
I said, hey, you ready? She goes, Dad, I don't
want to do this anymore. Dad, please don't make
me do this. Daddy, please don't make me do this.
Daddy! screaming, shouting. I've got a director,
I've got our PR team, I've got producers, and
she's sitting there crying, Daddy, please don't
make me do it. Now I'm the type of parent Then
if you say you're going to do something, then
you're going to do it. Because my Bible says
let your yes be a yes and your no be a no. And
I don't care how overwhelmed you feel. And you
need a fidget spinner all of a sudden just to
reconnect with the earth. No, trying to grow
up little girl. If you said you're going to do
something, you're going to do it. Daddy, please,
I beg you. And they're counting down. Five, four,
three, two, one. And the light comes on. I said,
hey everybody, thanks for watching. I guarantee
you're going to see something you've never seen
tonight. I said, we just finished a great service.
Man, I've got someone real special with me in
the studio. I have one of my daughters here and
I said, man, hasn't tonight been powerful? And
my daughter goes, oh my gosh, dad, it's been
so good the whole night. This is my favorite
service of the whole week. I said, hey, there's
some people need a touch from heaven. Why don't
you pray for them? She goes, okay. She's like
five, okay? She goes, Father, in the name of
Jesus, I command the peace of heaven. And I said,
whoa, that was strong. And she said, yeah, dad,
that was really powerful. That was a good release.
Somebody totally received it. Somebody totally
got it. I said, hey, thanks for watching. We'll
see you guys tomorrow night. The camera goes
off. And she goes, I can't believe you made me
do that! She was so mad at me, she didn't talk
to me for two days. This is a true story, for
two days. Why, what was going on? She was learning
what we've all had to learn. What I've had to
learn many times is that God, our loving Father,
will not set us up to fail. But He has every
right to stretch us. And He will challenge you.
And He will grow you. And He doesn't care about
how comfortable you are. And He doesn't care
if you had it planned. And He doesn't care if
you have all the money or the training. God has
every right to put a demand on us whenever He
wants. So if that means bring on the giants,
bring on the challenges, bring on the storms.
Baby, you were born for the storm, and you might
as well recognize that God Himself is with you
tonight. you are not orphans you are children
of God and God will watch over your life to make
sure that you perform what he wants you to perform
but if all you ever do is bless God when it's
nice and easy then you have begun to stall your
spiritual growth And you will never rise of past
certain levels Because God is trying to stretch
you and grow you But too many are fighting to
stay the same It's as if our comfort or our normal
has done more of the discipling in our life now
Than his word and his voice But let it be said
at Burning Lamp Church that it didn't matter
the assignment or the giant. What mattered more
to this house is that we were faithful and we
trusted God even when we weren't aware and it
was unexpected. We were born for storms. And
if we're going to be born for storms, let me
give you three things. Number one, walk where
he tells you to walk. Walk exactly where Jesus
tells you to walk. I don't care if you went to
school or you've been trained for it. Do what
he asks you to do. I don't care if you've seen
it done or haven't seen it done. Do what he asked
you to do. I don't care if you've tried 10 times
and failed. Do it again. I don't care how young
or how old. Walk where he tells you to walk.
If you are so outside your qualification, you've
probably hurt God. You probably heard God. I
can't tell you how many times God has asked me
to do something I didn't go to school for. I
was never trained for. I was never built for.
But by God's grace and the move of His Spirit,
I just followed that cloud. And I watched God
perform miracles in my deserts and bring me into
the promised land, the fulfillment of a prophetic
word. And I feel like somebody needs to know
that tonight. That you just need to walk where
he's telling you to walk. My job as a parent
is to create storms in my kids' lives. My job
is to put certain challenges in front of them
just to stretch them enough where they don't
have an idea of what to do. All they have is
a goal or a vision. So one year at Christmas,
I walked into our living room. I said, hey, we're
canceling Christmas. And one of my kids was like,
are we broke? And I was like, you are, I'm not.
And I said, no, I said, mom and I feel you need
a faith financial challenge. So. we want to ask
you, instead of us buying gifts for you, the
money we save for Christmas presents, would you
be willing to pick missionaries or ministries
or pastors to bless? And then we would take pictures
of them and put it in picture frames, and that's
what we unwrap. And so my kid said, okay, we'll
do it. It took some of them seven days to convince,
but yes, they did it. And that's why we did that
Christmas. No presents, just knowing that we
sowed. The next year, around the same time I
walk in the lunar. I said, guys, we're gonna
have Christmas. All my kids were like, oh, thank
God. Oh, thank God. These materialistic kids.
These are materialistic kids. Anybody got one?
You know you got at least one, right? So I remember,
I said, but your birthday's this coming year.
Instead of people buying you birthday presents,
ask people to donate money. to the orphanage
that mom and I just signed the four of you up
to build. We didn't use our names, we used your
names. And you have to raise $38 ,650. Oh, and
you have to do it in 10 months. They were like,
what? So they, they were like, fine, challenge
accepted. All I'm doing is creating storms. And
they got through a couple of birthdays and realized,
I can't, I don't think we're gonna be able to
do it. Well then finally they came to me, and
they said, Dad, They said, you know someone who
designs for all these major artists? All these
icons? He designs for every major designer label
out there? Would you contact him and ask him?
Could he make t -shirts after mom's messages
and your messages? And then we would sell those
and the profit would be given to this orphanage.
I said, that's a dope idea. And my kids... ended
up raising $38 ,650 in six months. And in March
of this year, our family flew to India, did the
building dedication and the prayer service for
25 kids taken off the street who will not be
sex trafficked or put into child labor And it
all started with four kids saying, I'll take
on a storm. I'll take on a giant. I'll take on
the assignment. Walk where he tells you to walk.