WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.259 Welcome to Burning Lamb Podcast. A daily refresh 00:00:05.259 --> 00:00:09.859 for your life. Jesus is the center of everything 00:00:09.859 --> 00:00:14.859 we do. Burning Lamb Church. Burning Lamb Church. 00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:16.980 Thank you for always listening to our podcast. 00:00:17.219 --> 00:00:19.660 We hope they are a blessing to your life. Burning 00:00:19.660 --> 00:00:27.519 Lamb Church. Wow, you may be seated. What a tremendous 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:32.259 honor it is to be here tonight. I just want to 00:00:32.259 --> 00:00:36.299 say it's been a long time since I've been in 00:00:36.299 --> 00:00:42.380 a room like this. And I miss it. My assignment 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:44.420 takes me into a lot of different environments. 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:49.560 But man, there's so much hunger in this room. 00:00:51.539 --> 00:00:54.000 And I can tell you that God can do anything with 00:00:54.000 --> 00:01:00.710 hunger. I've been in stadiums full of people 00:01:00.710 --> 00:01:04.950 without a drop of the presence of God because 00:01:04.950 --> 00:01:08.909 there was no hunger. But then I walk into a Saturday 00:01:08.909 --> 00:01:15.269 night service with a hungry group of radicals 00:01:15.269 --> 00:01:20.950 and I feel moved. These are the kind of services 00:01:20.950 --> 00:01:30.459 as a 17 year old kid. that I grew up in. These 00:01:30.459 --> 00:01:36.319 fires of revival and the devotion in the room, 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:40.540 it is truly sacred. And I think that it's because 00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:42.879 of your heart that God meets with you like he 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:49.340 does right now. But I also believe it's a pure 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:55.219 reflection of quality leadership with Pastor 00:01:55.219 --> 00:01:59.459 Daniel and the whole team here. Come on, one 00:01:59.459 --> 00:02:03.260 more time, can you thank God for my friend Pastor 00:02:03.260 --> 00:02:07.250 Daniel and his life? I know we don't celebrate 00:02:07.250 --> 00:02:12.449 a man, but we are called to honor our leaders. 00:02:12.830 --> 00:02:15.389 And just hearing how you have stewarded your 00:02:15.389 --> 00:02:19.870 leadership in some of the high points and the 00:02:19.870 --> 00:02:24.569 valleys. And I really sense that the man and 00:02:24.569 --> 00:02:29.020 the message are the same. And I want to honor 00:02:29.020 --> 00:02:31.099 you. Thank you so much for carrying what you 00:02:31.099 --> 00:02:35.659 carry And I'm looking forward to being able to 00:02:35.659 --> 00:02:38.000 say man I remember burning lamp when it was just 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:42.860 Saturday night Because I can sense it's gonna 00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:47.219 be not just Sunday It's not just going to be 00:02:47.219 --> 00:02:51.340 in America. I can't wait to say, oh, that's that 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:54.159 one campus from Burning Lamp in this nation or 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:59.919 in that city. They have a delegation going to 00:02:59.919 --> 00:03:07.659 this palace or going to this boardroom. And I 00:03:07.659 --> 00:03:10.259 believe that's what's being birthed here tonight. 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:17.159 And so I did not come alone. I brought my closest 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:24.219 ministry friend that I've had for 21 years. His 00:03:24.219 --> 00:03:27.879 name is Pastor Bondu from Sri Lanka. Pastor, 00:03:29.020 --> 00:03:31.099 would you stand up please and wave it to the 00:03:31.099 --> 00:03:36.819 people? I'll be honest with you, he is a definite 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:43.169 general in his nation. He leads the pastors association 00:03:43.169 --> 00:03:46.009 with hundreds of pastors looking to him for leadership. 00:03:48.849 --> 00:03:53.400 He does not carry himself that way. He's more 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.719 proud to just be married to his wife, Angel, 00:03:55.900 --> 00:04:01.639 and a happy father to his two daughters. And 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:05.460 now a grandfather to his grandson, Caleb. They 00:04:05.460 --> 00:04:09.949 live in Toronto. But he's wearing a jacket. because 00:04:09.949 --> 00:04:12.469 he truly is cold, not trying to be trendy, he 00:04:12.469 --> 00:04:17.829 is truly cold. But then I have two of my kids 00:04:17.829 --> 00:04:21.870 here tonight. My two oldest, would you guys stand 00:04:21.870 --> 00:04:25.189 up? This is my son Elisha. This is my daughter 00:04:25.189 --> 00:04:28.629 Jasmine. And then we have a friend of ours, his 00:04:28.629 --> 00:04:30.509 name is Braden. Braden, would you wave at everybody? 00:04:30.670 --> 00:04:35.509 Say hi, this is Braden. So thank you guys for 00:04:35.509 --> 00:04:38.410 bringing us. into your home and into your family 00:04:38.410 --> 00:04:42.430 tonight. But I came with the Word. And I don't 00:04:42.430 --> 00:04:46.930 do no quiet church. I may not speak Spanish, 00:04:47.029 --> 00:04:51.269 but I am too Hispanic for a quiet church. And 00:04:51.269 --> 00:04:55.290 I believe a quiet church is a dead church. Because 00:04:55.290 --> 00:04:57.449 I believe the Word of God deserves a response. 00:04:57.689 --> 00:05:03.350 Hello. So you better not go quiet on me. Or you're 00:05:03.350 --> 00:05:05.269 going to see this half -breed Mexican with a 00:05:05.269 --> 00:05:11.339 mic get real insane. And I will throw it at myself. 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:15.540 I need you to talk back to me tonight. Can you 00:05:15.540 --> 00:05:18.819 do that? Listen, if you like your church quiet, 00:05:19.699 --> 00:05:24.139 you do not want to go to heaven. Because there's 00:05:24.139 --> 00:05:25.980 going to be one Mexican making as much carne 00:05:25.980 --> 00:05:31.139 asada as possible. And worshiping as loud as 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:34.399 possible. So we might as well have heaven on 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:40.279 earth in here tonight. Are you with me? Can you 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:45.199 talk back to me? Somebody shout yes. Say come 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:50.339 on somebody. Say some old come body. I don't 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:52.079 know how to spell that. That's a big word like 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:53.160 mayonnaise. I don't know how to spell that one 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.319 either. But are you ready for the word church? 00:05:56.860 --> 00:05:58.680 Burning lamp, I said are you ready for the word? 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:02.620 I believe it. Do me a favor turn on your Bible 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:08.740 and go to Matthew 14, Matthew the 14th chapter 00:06:08.740 --> 00:06:16.149 and for the sake of time Find Mark chapter 6. 00:06:16.310 --> 00:06:18.389 We're going to begin eating tonight in Matthew 00:06:18.389 --> 00:06:24.410 14, but we are going to snack on something in 00:06:24.410 --> 00:06:29.110 Mark chapter 6. We're going to read about the 00:06:29.110 --> 00:06:31.350 same encounter but from two different locations. 00:06:34.189 --> 00:06:37.649 And I'm only going to pull one verse out of Mark's 00:06:37.649 --> 00:06:43.240 gospel. Because I feel like he adds something 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:49.079 extra that would benefit us tonight. In Matthew 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:53.579 14, Jesus has just finished feeding the 5 ,000. 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.220 And how many of you know this is a miracle that's 00:06:58.220 --> 00:07:03.060 impossible? We serve a God that can do the impossible. 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:07.540 He is not bound by stats, facts, and history. 00:07:10.339 --> 00:07:12.600 The odds don't apply to God, so therefore they 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:18.379 don't apply to us either. So He does the impossible. 00:07:19.819 --> 00:07:21.720 And how many of you know when God gives you a 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:27.740 breakthrough, He's not done. He is now moving 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:32.060 you in from glory to glory. Victory to victory. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:36.220 You're going to go from one victory to the next 00:07:36.220 --> 00:07:39.139 one. I know a lot of people that want victory, 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:41.980 but they don't want to go through a battle to 00:07:41.980 --> 00:07:46.639 get one. And this is why it's so important that 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:51.399 you recognize that the disciples see this miracle. 00:07:53.300 --> 00:07:58.019 They distribute this miracle. And God being a 00:07:58.019 --> 00:08:03.360 wise master builder Immediately puts them in 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:09.019 another lesson, in another challenge, in another 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:14.399 moment, where they can only live in risk. Now 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.220 have you know, God is very intentional with everything 00:08:17.220 --> 00:08:22.160 about your life. If God is doing something, He 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.560 is doing something on purpose. And if God is 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.879 doing nothing, He is doing nothing on purpose. 00:08:30.529 --> 00:08:33.649 So whether he's doing something or doing nothing, 00:08:33.889 --> 00:08:39.269 he's doing it all on purpose. So whether he's 00:08:39.269 --> 00:08:41.429 active or inactive, we ought to not lose our 00:08:41.429 --> 00:08:47.269 faith or our heart. And so here he finished feeding 00:08:47.269 --> 00:08:52.009 the 5 ,000, and now he is about to do something 00:08:52.009 --> 00:08:57.429 intentional and unusual. Would you read verse 00:08:57.429 --> 00:09:00.200 22? Matthew 14, verse 22 through 24, please. 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:20.220 Matthew 14, verse 22 through 24. Keep going, 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:33.399 verse 22 through 24, please. Now watch this. 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:39.039 It says immediately, after feeding the 5 ,000, 00:09:39.179 --> 00:09:43.120 Jesus makes them get in a boat. While he sends 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:47.379 the multitudes away, but he gives them a prophetic 00:09:47.379 --> 00:09:51.919 word. You are going to go to the other side. 00:09:53.710 --> 00:09:56.289 He's not saying you might make it to the other 00:09:56.289 --> 00:10:00.789 side. He's not saying if you behave correctly, 00:10:00.950 --> 00:10:04.789 you'll make it to the other side. He is saying, 00:10:05.110 --> 00:10:10.049 I watch over my word to perform it. And I will 00:10:10.049 --> 00:10:12.870 do everything in my power to ensure you get to 00:10:12.870 --> 00:10:17.970 the other side. I feel a prophetic edge on the 00:10:17.970 --> 00:10:21.950 message for this house tonight. There is a other 00:10:21.950 --> 00:10:27.519 side to your pain. It's called healing. There's 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:32.200 a other side to your confusion. It's called clarity. 00:10:33.419 --> 00:10:36.179 There's a other side to your blurred vision. 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:42.539 It's called prophetic accuracy. But let me help 00:10:42.539 --> 00:10:45.500 you out. You can't bring everyone with you to 00:10:45.500 --> 00:10:49.570 the other side. He tells the side, you're going 00:10:49.570 --> 00:10:52.490 the other side, I'm sending all this crowd away 00:10:52.490 --> 00:10:57.669 from you. In other words, when I was in the world, 00:10:57.769 --> 00:10:59.909 I could find 10 people to go get drunk and high 00:10:59.909 --> 00:11:04.529 with. But I couldn't find one person to go to 00:11:04.529 --> 00:11:08.450 church with. When I was in the world, I could 00:11:08.450 --> 00:11:13.070 find 20 people to go to the club with. But I 00:11:13.070 --> 00:11:15.950 couldn't find one person to pray me through. 00:11:16.590 --> 00:11:22.659 To pray me through If that is your story, it's 00:11:22.659 --> 00:11:26.100 time to go to the other side. If that is where 00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:28.440 you are at, it is time to go to the other side. 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:34.480 You cannot bring everyone with you to the other 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.759 side. Listen, you can't bring everything with 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:41.940 you to the other side. We have no business bringing 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:44.519 our failures, our fears, and our insecurities 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:51.200 into our new season. We also have no business 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.659 bringing our successes, our wins and our trophies 00:11:54.659 --> 00:12:01.259 into our new season. The titles you have now 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:06.860 will not work in the next season. Because I have 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:10.580 watched trophies turn to anchors real quick. 00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:15.799 And then we get people stuck in a certain style 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:20.879 or preference of ministry. And they only want 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:26.340 to do things this way because they had a high 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:30.480 point in their life then and they spend their 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:32.720 whole life trying to get back to that point. 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:38.519 I am honored by the fathers and mothers whose 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:44.289 shoulders I get to stand on. But I don't want 00:12:44.289 --> 00:12:48.549 an outpouring that happened 40 years ago. I want 00:12:48.549 --> 00:12:50.629 the fresh outpouring of the Holy Ghost today. 00:12:53.470 --> 00:12:57.769 And the only way I do that is by letting God 00:12:57.769 --> 00:13:03.190 get a little wild in my life and prophetically 00:13:03.190 --> 00:13:07.750 tell me it's time to go to the other side. Burning 00:13:07.750 --> 00:13:11.049 lamp, you're going to the other side. You're 00:13:11.049 --> 00:13:14.889 going to the other side of where you've been. 00:13:15.129 --> 00:13:18.210 Can I tell you the last 15 years were just practice? 00:13:20.529 --> 00:13:26.039 And now you are coming into season. and God seated 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:31.340 so much in you so that it would shake you to 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:36.679 go to the other side and we thank God for Pastor 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:43.990 Carolina who lived a life worthy of standing 00:13:43.990 --> 00:13:50.809 in God's presence today. But her life is a seed 00:13:50.809 --> 00:13:55.970 to make sure that you go to the other side. Can 00:13:55.970 --> 00:14:01.090 we thank God for what He's done in Burning Lamb 00:14:01.090 --> 00:14:02.970 up to this point? That there is blessing not 00:14:02.970 --> 00:14:07.529 curses in this church. That there is breakthrough 00:14:07.529 --> 00:14:12.620 not strongholds in this church. going to the 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:18.240 other side. But then he says, he says, I'm going 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:21.879 to send the multitudes away. Then he goes and 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.759 prays. And it says, and the disciples get in 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:30.559 the boat. And in verse 24 it says, and now the 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:36.679 boat is in the middle of the sea. What is in 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:40.950 the middle of the sea? Talk to me. The boat. 00:14:42.350 --> 00:14:45.580 What? Where is the boat? It is in the... Middle. 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:50.139 I need you to remember that. Let's pray. Holy 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:55.539 Spirit, I ask for the spirit of wisdom and revelation 00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:59.059 in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. I speak to 00:14:59.059 --> 00:15:02.299 this atmosphere and I thank you, God. It's full 00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:06.559 of faith and it's full of hope and it's full 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:10.679 of peace and it's full of joy. And I come against 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:15.519 every limit, every restriction. every barrier 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:20.669 and every lie. I declare every demonic harassment 00:15:20.669 --> 00:15:25.169 is cancelled right now. And I call your men and 00:15:25.169 --> 00:15:29.230 women into their season. I call them into strength. 00:15:31.289 --> 00:15:34.809 And I call them into their rhythm. And I establish 00:15:34.809 --> 00:15:40.289 them in your word. And I establish them in your 00:15:40.289 --> 00:15:43.889 presence. In the mighty name of Jesus. And everyone 00:15:43.889 --> 00:15:49.500 shout it. Amen. Amen. Amen. I want to call this 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:57.139 message born for the storm. Born for the storm. 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:03.419 You do realize you were born for greatness. You 00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:07.899 were born for destiny. You were born to be loved. 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:14.519 You were born to be blessed. were born to have 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:19.159 victory in your life. But you were also born 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:23.440 for challenges. And there are certain giants 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:28.500 you are assigned to take down. And there are 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:31.059 strongholds that your anointing will tear down. 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.519 And you have to recognize that you weren't just 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:40.080 born for the good days. You weren't just born 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:44.700 for the mountaintops. You were born for every 00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:49.840 day. You were born for good weather and bad weather. 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:53.179 You were born for the expected and the unexpected. 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:56.720 And because God builds His people like this, 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:00.799 we should not feel overwhelmed by challenges. 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:07.279 We should feel activated by opposition. We should 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:12.660 feel triggered by resistance. I am not responding 00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:18.539 to earth, I am responding to heaven with my life. 00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:23.079 God is so good, he knows how to create the right 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:29.440 circumstances that will squeeze you and strengthen 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:34.500 you so that you will take risks. One time we 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:38.000 were hosting this massive conference. It was 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:40.720 coming out on one of the Christian TV stations. 00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:44.599 And I asked the founder, I said, how many people 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:50.200 does this conference reach? He said, when we 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.660 put this on the channel, it'll reach 700 million 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:54.599 homes. That's a billion people on planet Earth. 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:03.660 I was like, dang, that's some reach. So I remember, 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:06.480 you know, like I had our whole team, we had to 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:12.660 be dialed and on point. The week long conference. 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:17.059 And in the middle of the conference, one of my 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:22.440 daughters comes to me and says, Dad, I miss you. 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:27.019 I have four kids. I have two daughters, two sons. 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:30.980 One of my daughters says, Dad, I miss you. I 00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:34.039 said, baby, I miss you too. I said, why don't 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:38.200 you come with me? Be with me all day. At the 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:42.019 end of the night, you end up on TV with me. And 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:45.059 we're going to pray for some people. But listen, 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.839 I can't have you be messing around. This 700 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:50.920 million homes is a billion people that are going 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:55.519 to be watching your baby TV. tonight. She said, 00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:58.660 Dad, I'm ready. I said, you sure you're ready? 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:02.220 She's like, Dad, I'm so ready. I was ready yesterday. 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:05.759 That's how ready I am. I was like, all right, 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:11.160 bet. So then the next, we're in the car. I said, 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:13.119 now listen, this 700 million homes is a billion 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:17.900 people. So I need you to get something clear 00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:22.640 in your heart. She said, dad, chill, I'm ready. 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:25.279 I said, all right, we get in the room behind 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:28.839 the stage, the green room. I said, now listen, 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:33.380 this 700 million homes, a billion people. And 00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:36.920 I need you to come strong tonight. She said, 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:41.559 dad, I'm ready. I said, okay. So I remember we 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.700 get in the studio, the producer shouts 90 seconds. 00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:49.779 I said, now listen, this is 700 million homes. 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:54.619 This is a billion people. A billion with a B. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:20:02.079 And I need you to pray with accuracy. She said, 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:05.779 daddy, I'm ready. I said, 60 seconds. I said, 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:09.400 now listen, this is 700 million homes, a billion 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:13.900 people. nervous. You shouldn't be nervous. I'm 00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:20.039 not nervous. But you're an astronaut. And you 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:25.180 don't pray no weak prayers up in here. And she 00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:30.200 said, Dad, I'm ready. They said, 10 seconds. 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.359 I said, hey, you ready? She goes, Dad, I don't 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:35.759 want to do this anymore. Dad, please don't make 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:39.700 me do this. Daddy, please don't make me do this. 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:49.259 Daddy! screaming, shouting. I've got a director, 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:53.420 I've got our PR team, I've got producers, and 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:57.619 she's sitting there crying, Daddy, please don't 00:20:57.619 --> 00:21:01.859 make me do it. Now I'm the type of parent Then 00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:04.380 if you say you're going to do something, then 00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:07.160 you're going to do it. Because my Bible says 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.579 let your yes be a yes and your no be a no. And 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:15.819 I don't care how overwhelmed you feel. And you 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:18.839 need a fidget spinner all of a sudden just to 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:21.519 reconnect with the earth. No, trying to grow 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:24.619 up little girl. If you said you're going to do 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:28.420 something, you're going to do it. Daddy, please, 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:35.119 I beg you. And they're counting down. Five, four, 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:39.700 three, two, one. And the light comes on. I said, 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:41.700 hey everybody, thanks for watching. I guarantee 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:43.500 you're going to see something you've never seen 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:48.779 tonight. I said, we just finished a great service. 00:21:49.210 --> 00:21:51.069 Man, I've got someone real special with me in 00:21:51.069 --> 00:21:55.910 the studio. I have one of my daughters here and 00:21:55.910 --> 00:22:00.089 I said, man, hasn't tonight been powerful? And 00:22:00.089 --> 00:22:02.029 my daughter goes, oh my gosh, dad, it's been 00:22:02.029 --> 00:22:05.309 so good the whole night. This is my favorite 00:22:05.309 --> 00:22:12.029 service of the whole week. I said, hey, there's 00:22:12.029 --> 00:22:13.430 some people need a touch from heaven. Why don't 00:22:13.430 --> 00:22:19.089 you pray for them? She goes, okay. She's like 00:22:19.089 --> 00:22:23.710 five, okay? She goes, Father, in the name of 00:22:23.710 --> 00:22:31.730 Jesus, I command the peace of heaven. And I said, 00:22:31.769 --> 00:22:35.089 whoa, that was strong. And she said, yeah, dad, 00:22:35.250 --> 00:22:37.309 that was really powerful. That was a good release. 00:22:37.710 --> 00:22:39.170 Somebody totally received it. Somebody totally 00:22:39.170 --> 00:22:44.390 got it. I said, hey, thanks for watching. We'll 00:22:44.390 --> 00:22:48.869 see you guys tomorrow night. The camera goes 00:22:48.869 --> 00:22:52.230 off. And she goes, I can't believe you made me 00:22:52.230 --> 00:22:56.890 do that! She was so mad at me, she didn't talk 00:22:56.890 --> 00:23:00.569 to me for two days. This is a true story, for 00:23:00.569 --> 00:23:07.079 two days. Why, what was going on? She was learning 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:09.859 what we've all had to learn. What I've had to 00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:13.440 learn many times is that God, our loving Father, 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:17.299 will not set us up to fail. But He has every 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:21.240 right to stretch us. And He will challenge you. 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:24.900 And He will grow you. And He doesn't care about 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:28.220 how comfortable you are. And He doesn't care 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:32.049 if you had it planned. And He doesn't care if 00:23:32.049 --> 00:23:36.609 you have all the money or the training. God has 00:23:36.609 --> 00:23:39.549 every right to put a demand on us whenever He 00:23:39.549 --> 00:23:44.210 wants. So if that means bring on the giants, 00:23:45.549 --> 00:23:49.789 bring on the challenges, bring on the storms. 00:23:49.890 --> 00:23:53.630 Baby, you were born for the storm, and you might 00:23:53.630 --> 00:23:58.269 as well recognize that God Himself is with you 00:23:58.269 --> 00:24:02.500 tonight. you are not orphans you are children 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:08.079 of God and God will watch over your life to make 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:10.839 sure that you perform what he wants you to perform 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:16.779 but if all you ever do is bless God when it's 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:22.839 nice and easy then you have begun to stall your 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:28.410 spiritual growth And you will never rise of past 00:24:28.410 --> 00:24:34.430 certain levels Because God is trying to stretch 00:24:34.430 --> 00:24:39.470 you and grow you But too many are fighting to 00:24:39.470 --> 00:24:45.130 stay the same It's as if our comfort or our normal 00:24:45.130 --> 00:24:48.130 has done more of the discipling in our life now 00:24:48.130 --> 00:24:55.559 Than his word and his voice But let it be said 00:24:55.559 --> 00:25:00.019 at Burning Lamp Church that it didn't matter 00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:04.579 the assignment or the giant. What mattered more 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:08.279 to this house is that we were faithful and we 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:12.160 trusted God even when we weren't aware and it 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:18.940 was unexpected. We were born for storms. And 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:20.559 if we're going to be born for storms, let me 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:25.369 give you three things. Number one, walk where 00:25:25.369 --> 00:25:29.890 he tells you to walk. Walk exactly where Jesus 00:25:29.890 --> 00:25:34.410 tells you to walk. I don't care if you went to 00:25:34.410 --> 00:25:38.750 school or you've been trained for it. Do what 00:25:38.750 --> 00:25:42.720 he asks you to do. I don't care if you've seen 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:44.980 it done or haven't seen it done. Do what he asked 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:49.559 you to do. I don't care if you've tried 10 times 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:54.400 and failed. Do it again. I don't care how young 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:58.759 or how old. Walk where he tells you to walk. 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:08.119 If you are so outside your qualification, you've 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:12.480 probably hurt God. You probably heard God. I 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:14.380 can't tell you how many times God has asked me 00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:18.079 to do something I didn't go to school for. I 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:21.819 was never trained for. I was never built for. 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:26.319 But by God's grace and the move of His Spirit, 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:31.420 I just followed that cloud. And I watched God 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:36.299 perform miracles in my deserts and bring me into 00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:38.380 the promised land, the fulfillment of a prophetic 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:42.299 word. And I feel like somebody needs to know 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:45.900 that tonight. That you just need to walk where 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:53.099 he's telling you to walk. My job as a parent 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:58.440 is to create storms in my kids' lives. My job 00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:02.859 is to put certain challenges in front of them 00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:07.180 just to stretch them enough where they don't 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:11.839 have an idea of what to do. All they have is 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:16.019 a goal or a vision. So one year at Christmas, 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:20.680 I walked into our living room. I said, hey, we're 00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:24.220 canceling Christmas. And one of my kids was like, 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:29.420 are we broke? And I was like, you are, I'm not. 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:35.680 And I said, no, I said, mom and I feel you need 00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:40.960 a faith financial challenge. So. we want to ask 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:44.980 you, instead of us buying gifts for you, the 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:49.500 money we save for Christmas presents, would you 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:52.039 be willing to pick missionaries or ministries 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:57.759 or pastors to bless? And then we would take pictures 00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:59.799 of them and put it in picture frames, and that's 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:04.960 what we unwrap. And so my kid said, okay, we'll 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:09.680 do it. It took some of them seven days to convince, 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:13.720 but yes, they did it. And that's why we did that 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:17.660 Christmas. No presents, just knowing that we 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:22.660 sowed. The next year, around the same time I 00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:25.500 walk in the lunar. I said, guys, we're gonna 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:29.400 have Christmas. All my kids were like, oh, thank 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:32.579 God. Oh, thank God. These materialistic kids. 00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:34.900 These are materialistic kids. Anybody got one? 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:37.519 You know you got at least one, right? So I remember, 00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:39.880 I said, but your birthday's this coming year. 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.140 Instead of people buying you birthday presents, 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:52.869 ask people to donate money. to the orphanage 00:28:52.869 --> 00:28:55.430 that mom and I just signed the four of you up 00:28:55.430 --> 00:29:01.390 to build. We didn't use our names, we used your 00:29:01.390 --> 00:29:10.849 names. And you have to raise $38 ,650. Oh, and 00:29:10.849 --> 00:29:14.509 you have to do it in 10 months. They were like, 00:29:14.910 --> 00:29:18.069 what? So they, they were like, fine, challenge 00:29:18.069 --> 00:29:21.829 accepted. All I'm doing is creating storms. And 00:29:21.829 --> 00:29:26.009 they got through a couple of birthdays and realized, 00:29:26.210 --> 00:29:27.329 I can't, I don't think we're gonna be able to 00:29:27.329 --> 00:29:32.930 do it. Well then finally they came to me, and 00:29:32.930 --> 00:29:36.400 they said, Dad, They said, you know someone who 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:40.880 designs for all these major artists? All these 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:44.880 icons? He designs for every major designer label 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:50.380 out there? Would you contact him and ask him? 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:54.000 Could he make t -shirts after mom's messages 00:29:54.000 --> 00:30:01.059 and your messages? And then we would sell those 00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:07.039 and the profit would be given to this orphanage. 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:12.259 I said, that's a dope idea. And my kids... ended 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:22.200 up raising $38 ,650 in six months. And in March 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:28.240 of this year, our family flew to India, did the 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:32.000 building dedication and the prayer service for 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:37.019 25 kids taken off the street who will not be 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:42.380 sex trafficked or put into child labor And it 00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:45.339 all started with four kids saying, I'll take 00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:48.680 on a storm. I'll take on a giant. I'll take on 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:57.660 the assignment. Walk where he tells you to walk.