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Let's open up our Bibles to the book of Ezekiel

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chapter 47, verse number 1 to verse number 5.

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The prophet Ezekiel, God gives him a prophetic

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vision of a river. And listen, we cannot stay

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the same. Once the Holy Ghost grabs a hold of

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your life, listen, we got to go deeper. We have

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to grow. Amen. We can't remain the same as last

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Sunday or the year before. We have to grow. We

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have to grow in our knowledge of Christ. We have

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to grow in our relationship with God. Ezekiel

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chapter 47, verse number 1 to verse number 5.

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The Bible says, then he brought me back to the

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door of the temple. And there was water flowing

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from under the threshold of the temple toward

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the east for the front of the temple faced east.

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The water was flowing from under the right side

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of the temple, south of the altar. What does

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that mean? The water was even running through

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the altar. The place of sacrifice. How badly

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do you want to go deeper with God? Verse number

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two, he brought me out by way of the north gate

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and led me around on the outside of the outer

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gateway that faced east. And there was water

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running out in the right side. Verse number three.

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And when the man went out to the east with the

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line in his hand, he measured 1 ,000 cubits and

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he brought me through the waters. The water came

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up to my ankles. Everyone say ankle deep. Came

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up to my ankles. Verse 4, again he measured 1

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,000 and brought me through the waters. And the

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water came up to my knees. Everyone say knee

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deep. Again he measured 1 ,000 and brought me

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through. The water came up to my waist. Everyone

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say waist deep. Now we're struggling to stand.

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Verse number 5, again he measured 1 ,000 and

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it was a river. My God, it was a river that I

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could not cross, for the water was too deep.

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That was a deep river. Water in which one must

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swim. A river that could not be crossed. Now

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move over to the Gospel of Luke, chapter number

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5, verse number 4. Jesus commands Simon to go

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out into the deep. Luke chapter 5, verse number

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4. When he, Jesus, had stopped speaking, he said

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to Simon, launch out into the deep. Everyone

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say into the deep. Launch out into the deep and

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let down your nets. Somebody help me. For a catch.

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Listen, where's your expectation today? Let down

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your nets. Listen, you're going to catch something.

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Now move over to Acts chapter 2 verse 38. I'm

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getting somewhere. That same Peter that launched

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down into the deep. Listen, he gets up and he

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preaches. They said, well, what do we do? In

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Acts chapter 2 verse 38. Come on, we know this

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verse. Then Peter said to them, repent. Everyone

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say repent. And let every one of you be baptized

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in the name of Jesus Christ. For the forgiveness

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of your sins. And you shall receive the gift.

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Of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Can I tell you that

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this is the agenda today. That God wants all

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of us to repent. That God wants all of us to

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go down in the water. And be baptized in the

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name of Jesus Christ. And the Bible says that

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you shall. Not if. Come on. Don't wait until

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next week. You shall receive the gift of the

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Holy Ghost. I still believe. That's for us David.

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I still believe. That's for the church today.

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Come on, would you lift up your hands? Let's

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pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, this is your

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word. Help us, God. We give you glory. Would

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you move? Come on, would you lift up your voice?

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Let's just begin to pray. Connect with the Holy

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Ghost. Connect with his presence. Come on, we

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need the Holy Ghost. Come on, we don't need artificial

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intelligence. We need apostolic intelligence.

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We need a touch of the Holy Spirit. Come on,

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we need the river of God that would flow in this

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generation. Come on, just a little bit longer.

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Jesus, would you speak to my heart? Jesus, would

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you speak to me? Come on, ask God to speak to

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you today. The mighty name of Jesus, amen. You

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may be seated. Now, there is a great difference

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between standing in water and being carried by

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water. In shallow water, a person can stand.

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But when it comes to deep water, listen to me,

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when it comes to deep waters, that person can

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no longer stand. In the book of Ezekiel chapter

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47, the prophet Ezekiel, he's given this prophetic

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vision, such a powerful vision of a river flowing

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from the temple. And as the prophet walks through

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the water, listen, that water begins to progressively

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deepen. That water that started in the temple.

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That water that started at the altar. Listen,

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and all of a sudden it came up to his ankles.

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And all of a sudden it came up from his ankles

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up to his knees. And from his knees up to his

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waist. And finally the water becomes so deep

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that the prophet can no longer stand. Somebody

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say surrender. He can no longer stand. He can

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no longer rely on his human strength. He can

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no longer rely on the comfortability of shallow

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waters. Amen. But now he must be carried by the

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current, by the flow of the river. I'm here to

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tell you that it's time that we're carried by

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the flow of the Holy Spirit. Amen. It's time

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to step out of the shallow waters and allow the

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power of the Holy Ghost to begin. To take you.

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That began to flow within you. Somebody magnify

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the name of Jesus. Come on somebody give him

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glory. In Ezekiel chapter 47. Verse number 5.

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The Bible says again. He measured 1 ,000. And

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it was a river. It wasn't a reservoir. It wasn't

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stagnant. It wasn't a swamp. It was a mighty

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river. It was a river that I could not cross.

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For the water was too deep. Listen, not only

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are we supposed to go far in the kingdom of God,

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we need to go deep with God. We need to establish

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roots in his presence. It was too deep. Water

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in which one must swim. He couldn't stand. Now

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he got to swim. A river that could not be crossed.

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What began as a trickle of water, listen, it

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became a torrent. What became a stream of water,

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listen, it became a mighty river. Ezekiel mentioned

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earlier in this chapter, he calls it water. But

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by verse number five, he calls it a river. What

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does that mean? That the water began to grow.

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The water began to grow into a deep river. Amen.

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A river that is beyond your human comprehension.

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A river that is beyond your human ability. The

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river that is beyond human measurement and beyond

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human ability. This is the picture of what the

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Holy Ghost does when it takes over your ministry.

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And it takes over your marriage. And it takes

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over your family. And it takes over your life.

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What starts as an encounter must become a lifestyle.

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one touch could change everything in your life.

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Can I tell you that I did not grow up in the

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apostolic church, but when the Holy Ghost grabbed

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a hold of my life, everything had to change.

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Can I tell you that one touch of the Holy Ghost

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needs to change everything in your life? Somebody

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say river of God. Somebody say Holy Ghost. Somebody

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say Holy Spirit. Second Peter chapter number

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one. Verse number 5 to 9. Now listen, we can't

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remain the same. We have to grow. We have to

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go deeper with God. And the Apostle Peter, he

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writes to the early church in 2 Peter chapter

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1, verse number 5 to verse number 9. He talks

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about seven characteristics that we as Christians,

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listen, where we need to grow. We're not adding

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to the word, we're adding to our faith. And these

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are important characteristics that we need in

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order to go deeper with God. 2 Peter 1, verse

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5 -9, the Bible says, but also for this very

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reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith.

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Not subtract. Add to your faith virtue. Somebody

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say virtue. What is that? Supernatural ability.

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The power of the Holy Spirit. Peter is saying,

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add to your faith. I need you to add the power

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of the Holy Ghost. I need that to grow within

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your life. Add virtue. To virtue. Then he says,

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add knowledge. Listen, we need to grow with our

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knowledge in Christ. Doctrine is so important.

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We were in India and all we did was teach on

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doctrine, doctrine, doctrine. Because listen,

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when you grow in the knowledge of Christ, you

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grow roots that are deep. So that any time when

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there's a storm and you're going through a storm,

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you're not going to drift. Because you're anchored.

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A ship without an anchor will drift. But what

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happens when that ship begins to let down its

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anchor, it's not going to drift. That's why we

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need to grow in our knowledge of who Christ is.

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We need to grow in our knowledge of who Jesus

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is. Virtue, knowledge. Then he says, verse number

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six, to knowledge, self -control. This is not

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self -reliance. This is redirecting your focus

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as God as your source, as your strength, so that

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God can give you the strength to resist temptation.

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That God can give you the strength to not feed

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into that worldly temptation. Self -control.

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Then he says, to self -control, add perseverance.

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Amen. You know, what is that? The World Cup.

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I don't watch soccer, but I see all the jerseys

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going. Listen, they didn't just show up on the

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soccer field overnight. They didn't eat french

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fries and then just show up on the soccer field.

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They had to prepare. How much more us was running

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the spiritual race that we need to prepare and

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grow and add stamina to our walk with God. Some

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people don't want to pray, but let me tell you,

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prayer still works. Fasting still works. Getting

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to the word of God still works. We need to prepare

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ourselves so that we can persevere. Somebody

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say perseverance. We need perseverance. Then

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Peter says to perseverance, godliness. That's

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an unpopular topic nowadays. But we need to grow

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in godliness. Godliness, not just in how we look

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on the outside, but listen, in our character.

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Anybody could be gifted with a nasty attitude.

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We need God to mold our character. We need to

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become more like Christ. The way we steward things,

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the way we live our lives, we need to grow in

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godliness. Then he says, from godliness, brotherly

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kindness. Can I tell you that we need to love

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our brothers and sisters? We got to be united

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in the church. It wasn't until in the upper room

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when they became one accord that the Holy Ghost

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came upon them. Come on. There's something so

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powerful that when everybody in the church gets

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on the same page and they start agreeing, come

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on, and they get becoming one accord, the power

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of the Holy Ghost will begin to flow. Come on,

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I'm prophesying to this youth group that if you

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get together and you become one accord, that

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the power of the Holy Spirit is going to begin

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to increase, increase, increase. Increase, increase.

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Praise God. Brotherly kindness. And then it says,

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love. Everyone say love. For if these things

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are yours and abound, listen, you will be neither

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barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our

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Lord Jesus Christ. What is Peter saying? Listen,

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you're going to begin to bear fruit because of

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the deafness of your faith. Verse number 9, for

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he who lacks these things is short -sighted.

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What does that mean? They're blind. Even to blindness

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and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his

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old sins. Listen, if we don't grow in this, listen,

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we're going to lose our vision of the mission

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of the church. If we don't grow, listen, we're

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not going to take the great commission seriously.

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Listen, we need to get out of the shallow, and

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we need to go and grow in our knowledge with

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God, grow in our brotherly kindness, grow in

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our love, grow, come on, grow in God, grow in

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our faith, and allow God to use us. Listen, because

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once we forget about that, we lose sight of our

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purpose in God. All of a sudden, we don't see

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it important to open up a Bible study. We don't

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see it important to talk to that person at your

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workplace about Jesus Christ because, listen,

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you put that vision to your peripheral side.

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But listen, once Jesus becomes so evident in

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your life that you begin to grow deeper with

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God. God, let your will be done in my life. It's

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no longer about my desire, but it's about God's

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will in my life. Somebody praise the Lord. Would

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you magnify the name of Jesus? Bless the name

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of Jesus. So it's time to get out of the shallow.

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Get out of the shallow faith and get out of the

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shallow trust. And it's time to go deeper with

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God. Somebody say deeper with God. Now in Ezekiel,

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we read about the river. But in Luke chapter

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5, Jesus is standing beside another body of water.

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And he finds Peter cleaning his nets, which means

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that it's like he's clocking out of work. They

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were fishing all night. And all of a sudden,

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Jesus tells Peter to give him his boat so that

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he can teach. And so Peter, listen, Peter surrenders

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his boat. He surrenders his platform so that

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Jesus could teach. But little did Peter know

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that what he was surrendering, Jesus was going

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to return much more than what he surrendered.

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Let me tell you something. Whenever you surrender

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your platform so that Jesus could be exalted,

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so that the gospel, come on. If you surrender

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the platform of your Instagram account, of your

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TikTok account, come on, so that Jesus could

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be magnified, God is going to return much more

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than what you surrendered. He surrendered his

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boat. And Jesus was teaching. I was wondering

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why did he do that until I went fishing. And

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all of a sudden I can hear how sound travels

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on water. It was like their speakers back in

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the days. And he was teaching. And after he was

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teaching, he tells Peter who was fishing all

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night, go out into the deep. That doesn't make

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sense. If you've ever been fishing before. You

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don't put a net in the deep end. That doesn't

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make sense. And Jesus tells Peter, verse number

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4, launch out into the deep. And let down your

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nets for a catch. But we've been fishing all

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night. We've been teaching all night. We've been

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doing our Bible studies. Launch out into the

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deep. And let down your nets for a catch. That

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same Peter, listen, Jesus told him, follow me

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and I will make you fishers of men. That he leaves

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his career. He leaves everything behind. Because

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he realized that the creator of heaven and earth

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was in his boat. And he leaves everything behind.

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Even Jesus shows up to our workplace. And he

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leaves that behind and he follows Jesus and he's

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discipled by Jesus for a couple years. And after

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Jesus' death and burial and resurrection, Jesus

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tells his disciples to wait in Jerusalem until

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you're endued with power from on high. And then

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in Acts chapter 2, after they get the Holy Ghost

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and the Holy Ghost falls upon the 120, Peter

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gets up and he says, hey, this is that which

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Joel was talking about. That in the last days

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I will pour out of my spirit on all flesh. That

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river of God that's going to flow. Listen, it's

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right now. That's what you're hearing right now.

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Why do we speak the way we speak? Listen, that

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sound that they heard, he was saying, this is

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that which Joel was talking about. That in the

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last days I will pour out of my spirit on all

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flesh. That your sons and daughters shall prophesy.

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That your young men shall see visions and your

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old men shall dream dreams. The river of God.

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And he tells everybody, you know that man that

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you guys crucified? That was the Messiah. They

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felt that conviction. They felt that conviction

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in their heart that they just crucified the Messiah.

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And they said, well, what? What do we do? See

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that's the question that this world is asking.

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Can I tell you that every person that you come

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across, there's a void in their heart. Even Ecclesiastes

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talks about it, that God put eternity in man's

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heart, which means that every single one of us

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has been designed in such a way to long for something

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greater than ourselves. And some people are looking

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to their careers. Some people are looking to

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relationships. Some people are looking to money.

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Some people are looking to drugs. But listen,

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that void can only be satisfied with the Spirit

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of God. That's why we got the answer. We got

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the Holy Ghost. And if you carry the Holy Ghost,

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you got what this world needs. This world still

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needs Jesus. This world still needs to repent

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and be baptized in the name of Jesus for the

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forgiveness of your sins. And you shall receive

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the gift of the Holy Ghost. We still need Jesus.

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We still need Jesus. That river in Ezekiel. That

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deep place that Peter went to. And that spirit

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that was poured out in the book of Acts. Listen,

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they're all pointing to the same reality. God

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is calling his people deeper. We have to go deeper.

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We can't stay on the ankle level. We can't stay

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on the knee level. We can't stay on the waist

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level. We must be walking in the spirit of God.

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The spirit of God. Walk in the spirit of God.

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The flow, the current of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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According to Luke chapter 5 verse 4, Jesus challenged

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his disciples. Jesus challenged, especially Peter,

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three different things. Three areas that I believe.

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Where the Lord is challenging us today. In Luke

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chapter 5, verse number 4, Jesus tells Peter,

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launch out into the deep. What was Jesus doing?

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He was challenging him where to go. Let me tell

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you something. God, if you want to go deeper

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with God, he's going to challenge you where to

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go. You want me to go where? You want to go deeper?

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God is going to challenge you where to go. Where

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to open up a Bible study. Where to pray for somebody.

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God is going to challenge. Listen, he's going

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to challenge your college degree. He's going

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to challenge us. He's going to take us deeper.

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Peter was comfortable near the shoreline. The

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shoreline represents familiarity. The shoreline

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represents routine. The shoreline represents

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comfort. But the miracles were not waiting in

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the shoreline. The miracles were not waiting

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in the shallow waters. But the miracles were

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waiting in the deep end. Praise God. Miracles

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are not waiting in the shallow waters. Miracles

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are waiting, come on, in the deep ends. Jesus

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told Peter to leave what was comfortable and

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move into deep waters. My God, it challenged

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him. It challenged him. As a fisherman, it challenged

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him. Ezekiel could have settled for ankle -deep

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waters. He could have stopped at that part of

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the vision. Ezekiel could have stopped at the

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knee -deep waters. He could have just stopped

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there and said, this is good enough for me. Ezekiel

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could have stopped at the waist. He said, I don't

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know if I can swim on the next level. I'm just

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going to stay here. But God was not finished

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with Ezekiel. Eventually, that river became so

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deep that Ezekiel lost his footing. Listen, what

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does that mean? He had to surrender. He couldn't

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stand on his feet anymore, pastor. He needed

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to get to a level where he needed to yield to

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the current of the river. He lost his footing.

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He lost the comfortability of shallow waters.

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And he gets to the dimension, man, I feel the

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Holy Spirit, where the river starts flowing.

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And all of a sudden, the only option that he

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has is just to swim and go with the current of

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that river. Listen, God never intended for us

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to remain where we can control everything. Amen.

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Many believers want enough of God, come on, to

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be blessed, but not enough God to surrender.

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Can I tell you that if you want to go deeper

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with God, you're going to have to surrender something.

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You're going to have to let go of that ungodly

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relationship. You're going to have to let go

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of that addiction. You're going to have to let

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go of certain things in order to go deep with

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God. Amen. Praise God. The shoreline of attending

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just Sundays after Sundays after Sundays. Come

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on. We got to progress. We got to go deeper in

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our walk with God. We got to get away from the

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shoreline of just sitting and warming up the

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church pews. We got to go further than the shoreline

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of just religion. Come on. God is calling this

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young generation deeper. God is calling us deeper

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in consecration. God is calling us deeper in

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prayer. God is calling us deeper in ministry.

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God is calling us deeper in the word of God.

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He's calling us deeper. He's calling this generation

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to go deeper with him. Somebody say, I have to

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grow. We need to move into the dimension of the

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river where we surrender and trust in God. Matthew

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chapter 28 verse 19 says, go. Someone say go.

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Go therefore and make celebrities. no no no make

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disciples of all the nations black white chinese

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indian come on japanese tongue whoever you are

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jesus says go and make disciples of all nations

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baptizing them in the name of the father and

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of the son and of the holy spirit my god the

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name of the father is jesus the name of the son

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is jesus the name of the holy spirit is Come

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on, say his name. When I got that revelation,

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everything changed in my life. I grew up Trinitarian.

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I grew up in the Methodist church. But all of

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a sudden when I was reading the book of Acts

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and I realized that they were baptized in the

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name of Jesus, I began to realize I got to get

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deep into the water and bury my life. And when

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I got into that water, I'm telling you, something

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happened in my life that never happened in my

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life before. I went under that water, came up,

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and God filled me with his Holy Spirit. I've

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never been the same anymore. I can never talk

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the same anymore. I can't dress how I used to

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dress because the Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy

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Spirit began to change me. That Holy Spirit,

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listen, it's holy. That's the Spirit of God.

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It's going to change everything about us because

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it's a Holy Spirit. Somebody magnify the name

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of Jesus. Oh, yes. God is going to challenge

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us on where to go. God is going to challenge

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us where to go. About a month ago, I just came

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back from India. A pastor, Bishop Joe Prado,

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sent me to India to go and teach at a youth conference.

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Listen, the first generation of messengers of

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peace were sent out. It was, they just wanted

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teachings. They weren't into the fancy, you know,

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services. They just wanted to, they wanted teaching.

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There's no hallelujah. They're just taking notes.

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They're hungry for teaching. And I went there

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to teach at a conference in India, a three -day

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conference. And it was all -day conferences,

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teaching, teaching, teaching. And I went with

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Brother Moises Jimenez, who's the national treasurer

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for National MOP, and with Bishop Moran. And

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the first day we got there, the first day we

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got there, you know, we were. Teaching back to

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back. And it wasn't until we left that I was

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held up by immigration. And I'm like, oh, my

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God, I'm going to get arrested. I need to make

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it home back to my wife. I almost texted her.

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I said, I love you, baby. I walk up to the immigration.

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And the man is taking, you know, when you travel,

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you need to go on a visa for tourism. And out

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there they have a lot of rules, they have a lot

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of laws regarding preaching the word of God.

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And so I go up and they ask for my passport.

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And all of a sudden, the man that was processing

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my passport started asking a lot of questions.

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He said, why are you here in India? And I was

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telling him, I love India. Come on now. This

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is the place to go. Hyderabad, India. That's

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where I was living it up. You know, I was trying

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to be like a tourist or something. You know?

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And he looked at me. He said, I don't believe

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you. And I'm like, oh, my goodness. I got to

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try something else. And I was like, I just came

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here to visit. And he was like, where's your

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reservation for your hotel? And I give my reservation.

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And all of a sudden, he finds out that I'm a

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Christian. Because he swiped out of my page and

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started looking at my notes. Oneness of God,

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baptism in Jesus' name. Oh, my God, this guy

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is. And I'm standing there for ten minutes and

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he says, you come here. And I step out of the

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line and he takes me into an office. And he says,

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you're not here to tour. You're here to teach.

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What's your real occupation? You were here to

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teach the word of God. And I looked at him, I'm

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like, what do I do? Thousands of miles away from

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home. My wife doesn't know what's going on right

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now. And he takes me into the room. And God knows

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I'm telling the truth. There's three officers

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in there. And he takes my phone. And he goes

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to the first officer. And he's trying to bring

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up my case to them so that they can, you know,

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they can detain me. And in that room, me and

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Brother Moises, we begin to pray. Jesus' name.

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We begin to pray and take authority in that room.

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I say this for the honor and glory of God. The

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first officer, he said he was too busy to take

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that case. And we were watching him in the room.

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He goes to the next desk over to the next officer.

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And he tries to tell the officer that, you know,

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our situation. That officer ignores him. Goes

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on to the next officer. That officer ignores

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him. This guy becomes so frustrated. He pulls

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us out of the office and he looks at us and he

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says, what makes you think you can reach India

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with that teaching? And I told him, I said, no,

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it's not me. Because we already sent out the

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messengers of peace out to make, come on, to

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make disciples of all nations. Then he said,

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do you believe us Hindus believe in demons? I

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looked at him. All of a sudden the Holy Spirit

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quickened me and I said, I believe God loves

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India. And I believe God loves you. And he looked

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at me and he said, okay, come to the front. We'll

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check you. Took my passport, stamp, stamp, stamp,

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go on and go. God, come on now. There was a time

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where I lost my footing. I had nowhere to turn

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but to trust God in the deep end. God is going

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to send you places, come on, where you just got

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to swim and trust in the leading of the Holy

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Ghost. Even God will confuse your enemies, come

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on. Even God will protect you when God sends

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you places that make no sense. I never thought,

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India? But listen, God is faithful. God will

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challenge you. Where to go? God will challenge

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you where to go. We went knocking on doors to

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evangelize. Door to door, knocking on doors.

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And East Palau has a lot of Espanol speakers.

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I don't speak Espanol. I don't. Amen. Muy bien,

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gracias. Amen. And so we came to this apartment.

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You were there, brother. We came to this apartment

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and we were knocking on doors. And the first

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:24.529
door, Espanol. They said, okay. We just gave

00:31:24.529 --> 00:31:26.309
them a flyer pointing at the Spanish translation.

00:31:26.549 --> 00:31:30.269
Move on to the next. Español, Español, Español.

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I said, man, this whole apartment is Spanish

00:31:33.630 --> 00:31:36.630
speaking. And all of a sudden, this kid was observing.

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Remember that kid? Young 12 -year -old kid was

00:31:39.369 --> 00:31:40.970
looking at us. What are you guys doing? And so

00:31:40.970 --> 00:31:43.190
we're inviting people to the park. We believe

00:31:43.190 --> 00:31:46.670
God wants to reach people. All of a sudden, one

00:31:46.670 --> 00:31:48.509
of our brothers, he prays for that young kid.

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And that young kid, he says, I want to translate

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:55.099
for you guys. That kid, come on, 12 years old.

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:57.640
He goes to the front first door. He starts knocking.

00:31:57.799 --> 00:32:00.140
He says, hola, como estas? And he starts speaking

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:02.319
in Spanish. And he starts translating. And he

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:04.759
began knocking on door after door after door.

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:07.240
That 12 -year -old probably knocked on more doors

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:10.740
than an apostolic. Come on, that 12 -year -old,

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:13.619
come on. One prayer changed his life. As he was

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:16.240
knocking on doors, he was translating. That young

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:19.450
kid started preaching the gospel. of Jesus Christ.

00:32:19.670 --> 00:32:22.549
I will never forget that man that had pain in

00:32:22.549 --> 00:32:24.609
his back got healed. And that young kid that

00:32:24.609 --> 00:32:26.650
was translating, he was like, wow, this is awesome.

00:32:26.849 --> 00:32:32.049
It was better than video games. Listen, God is

00:32:32.049 --> 00:32:34.130
going to challenge you where to go. But listen,

00:32:34.190 --> 00:32:37.609
God is a faithful God. You see, he will take

00:32:37.609 --> 00:32:40.710
us places that might not make sense. But if you

00:32:40.710 --> 00:32:44.730
just obey, if you remain submitted under your

00:32:44.730 --> 00:32:48.519
spiritual authority, under Your parental authority

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:50.960
under your pastor. Come on. I still believe in

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:55.079
parental authority. Because listen, in order

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:57.220
to activate the supernatural, you got to walk

00:32:57.220 --> 00:33:01.000
in obedience. And the more you obey the Holy

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:03.720
Ghost, the more you obey the leaders that govern

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:06.740
over your life. Listen, spiritual authority and

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:09.200
influence in the spiritual realm. Listen, even

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:13.000
the devil started to take notice. Paul, I know.

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:15.980
Jesus, I know. Who are you? Let me ask you a

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.579
question. Do you got some influence in the spiritual

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:20.980
dimension or what? But we need to go deeper with

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:24.680
God. We need to show up to meetings like God

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:27.779
sent us on an assignment. We need to step into

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:30.440
rooms and not conform to the things in this world.

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.299
But we need to step in this room and take apostolic

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:36.740
authority. Somebody magnify the name of Jesus.

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:45.680
Oh, somebody give him glory. Number two. The

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:48.559
second thing that Jesus challenged Peter, he

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:54.279
says, launch out into the deep and let down your

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nets. What did he challenge him to do? Jesus

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:05.720
challenged Peter on what to do. Not only where

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:10.039
to go, but what to do. I'm going to tell you

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:12.940
something. God will challenge you. If you want

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.480
to go deeper with God, he's going to challenge

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:18.960
you. On what to do. You want me to pray for who?

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:24.159
You want me to give a Bible study to who? What

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:27.719
do you want me to do, Jesus? He's going to challenge

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:33.559
you on what to do. Peter was a fisherman. Jesus

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:36.820
was a carpenter. From Peter's perspective, that

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:40.860
instruction might not have made sense. And they

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:43.679
had fish, you know, they fished all night. You

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:45.639
know, there were. toiling all night, and they

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:49.099
caught nothing. No results. And it's probably

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:51.300
his fishing logic probably told him to quit.

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:53.340
And his experience as a fisherman probably said,

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:56.219
well, hey, just wash the nets, clock out, go

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:58.059
on with your life. And maybe fatigue started

00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:01.579
to settle in. But when he got through doing all

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:04.639
what he was doing, Jesus said, let down your

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:09.900
nets. Go into the deep. Let down your nets. But

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:13.889
Jesus, we've been fishing all night. The miracle,

00:35:14.070 --> 00:35:18.429
listen, it wasn't in his college degree. It wasn't

00:35:18.429 --> 00:35:22.090
in his expertise as a fisherman. Listen, that

00:35:22.090 --> 00:35:26.250
miracle was in his obedience. Are you going to

00:35:26.250 --> 00:35:30.289
trust God in the deep? My God, are you going

00:35:30.289 --> 00:35:34.469
to obey even if it doesn't make sense? Are you

00:35:34.469 --> 00:35:36.710
going to obey even if it doesn't make sense with

00:35:36.710 --> 00:35:39.789
your human comprehension? Because God is spirit.

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:42.099
And oftentimes when he speaks to you, listen,

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:45.340
he's going to speak to your spirit man. But your

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:48.260
human logic says, I don't know, things are not

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:53.440
lining up. But once you begin to yield to the

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:57.460
flow of that river, my God, heaven invades earth.

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:04.159
Miracles, healings. When you begin to obey the

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:06.760
leading of his spirit. Peter had to choose between

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:11.489
trusting his expertise. Or obeying God's voice.

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The deeper God takes you, listen, the less your

00:36:16.230 --> 00:36:19.389
natural understanding will be sufficient. The

00:36:19.389 --> 00:36:22.289
deeper God takes you, listen, the less your college

00:36:22.289 --> 00:36:24.110
degree is going to be relevant in that situation.

00:36:24.730 --> 00:36:27.710
In the deep, God will challenge your human logical

00:36:27.710 --> 00:36:32.090
thinking. In the deep, God is looking for obedience,

00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:36.690
not perfection. He's looking for faith, not intelligence.

00:36:36.849 --> 00:36:40.349
Come on. He's looking for faith, not... Artificial

00:36:40.349 --> 00:36:44.230
intelligence. Come on. He's looking for faith

00:36:44.230 --> 00:36:47.070
and obedience. He's looking for a surrendered

00:36:47.070 --> 00:36:50.469
vessel. Amen. One of the greatest temptations

00:36:50.469 --> 00:36:53.550
in our generation is that we consult with artificial

00:36:53.550 --> 00:36:58.050
intelligence instead of the Holy Ghost. Come

00:36:58.050 --> 00:37:02.190
on. Come on. Come on. Artificial intelligence

00:37:02.190 --> 00:37:05.280
cannot pray you through the Holy Ghost. Come

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:08.239
on. Artificial intelligence cannot lay hands

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:11.179
on the sick and they shall recover. Come on.

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:14.639
We got to get a hold of the Holy Ghost now more

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:18.340
than ever in this generation. Get away from the

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:20.900
superficial. Get away from the artificial and

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:26.150
step into the flow of the river of God. Because

00:37:26.150 --> 00:37:29.510
that's where God is going to speak. That's where

00:37:29.510 --> 00:37:32.829
his word is going to become clear. That's where

00:37:32.829 --> 00:37:35.769
God is going to give you direction. God is going

00:37:35.769 --> 00:37:38.030
to give you vision. God is going to speak to

00:37:38.030 --> 00:37:43.210
you, listen, through his spirit. Anybody can

00:37:43.210 --> 00:37:47.750
download a sermon off of chat GBT. But listen,

00:37:47.829 --> 00:37:52.849
we need the anointing. We need the power of the

00:37:52.849 --> 00:37:56.639
Holy Spirit. We're surrounded by so much information,

00:37:56.900 --> 00:38:01.019
so much information. We need the Holy Ghost in

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:05.739
our ministry. The Holy Spirit every second of

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:09.920
our lives. To magnify the name of Jesus. Praise

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:15.780
him. Give him glory. At ankle deep, you can rely.

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:19.460
On yourself and on knee deep, you can still maintain

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:22.280
some balance. And even at waist level, maybe

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:24.019
you're probably struggling a little bit. But

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:26.820
once the river becomes, come on, a level where

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:30.019
you can swim in, self -sufficiency is no longer

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:33.139
an option. You must trust the current of the

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:36.679
Holy Spirit. I said you must trust the flow of

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:39.400
the Holy Ghost. And you must trust the one who

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:42.420
even led you into the river to begin with. Come

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:45.500
on. The deeper God takes you, the less control.

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:50.659
I have. The deeper God takes me, the more dependence

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:54.099
I need on the Holy Ghost. Come on, spiritual

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:56.639
maturity. It's not about mastering Christianity.

00:38:57.059 --> 00:39:01.340
It's about surrendering. Where I lose my footing

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:06.219
and I trust in God. Oh, would you magnify in

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:08.639
the name of Jesus. Would you give him glory,

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:10.920
give him honor, give him praise. Come on, lift

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:12.940
up your hands. Just begin to connect with the

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:26.150
Spirit of God. Saul, the persecutor of a church,

00:39:26.329 --> 00:39:30.130
was crucifying and he was persecuting Christians.

00:39:30.409 --> 00:39:33.590
And he said, praise God. He thought he was serving

00:39:33.590 --> 00:39:37.030
God. But even on his way to Damascus, he knocked

00:39:37.030 --> 00:39:41.449
off of his, of what was it, a beast or animal,

00:39:41.730 --> 00:39:45.389
some big animal. And he was blind for three days.

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Who are you? I am Jesus. Why are you persecuting

00:39:54.570 --> 00:40:02.030
me? He was blind. Ananias. The Bible says there

00:40:02.030 --> 00:40:06.429
was a certain disciple named Ananias. You know

00:40:06.429 --> 00:40:08.369
what I love about him? There's no book named

00:40:08.369 --> 00:40:12.889
after him. He's a disciple just like me and you.

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And God tells him, I need you to go pray for

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:23.539
Saul. You want me to do what? He's a chosen vessel

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:25.380
of mine. I need you to go and knock on his door

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:29.539
and evangelize to him. You know. Go pray for

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:33.860
him. Go speak to Saul. The Bible talks about

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:36.340
how Ananias was trying to reason with God. Isn't

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:39.500
this the guy that was persecuting Christians

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:44.150
and killing your servants? God is going to challenge

00:40:44.150 --> 00:40:50.289
you what to do. Even Saul was won by a door knocker.

00:40:51.130 --> 00:40:55.429
He knocked on his door. He didn't say Saul. He

00:40:55.429 --> 00:41:00.639
said, Brother Saul. Brother Saul, the Lord sent

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:03.300
me here. The Bible says that he laid his hands

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:06.119
on him. He got healed and he got baptized in

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:08.980
the name of Jesus Christ. Come on. God is going

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:11.559
to send you to uncommon vessels. God is going

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:14.260
to send you to wind souls. They might not look

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:16.719
like it. Come on. They might not make sense to

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:19.139
your logical thinking. But God is going to send

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:22.280
you to open up a Bible study at your school campus,

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:25.219
at your workplace. Come on. And some people are

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:27.059
going to walk. Come on, they're going to come

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:29.019
in with different colored hair and piercing.

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:31.420
I know that's all all right, but hey, God is

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:34.300
going to use you, come on, to reach people that

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:38.920
might seem like they're not all there yet. Brother

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:44.480
Saul, my God, that encounter, he ends up being

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:47.900
a powerful man of God. I wonder how many Saul's

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:50.440
are behind each door in the city of Mountain

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:55.690
View. I wonder how many encounters that you would

00:41:55.690 --> 00:41:58.429
have like a Saul situation, Saul to Paul situation

00:41:58.429 --> 00:42:04.750
by just one knock on somebody's door. How many

00:42:04.750 --> 00:42:07.929
marriages will be restored behind each doorknob

00:42:07.929 --> 00:42:11.769
in this city? I believe that when we grow deeper

00:42:11.769 --> 00:42:14.349
with God in this generation, nothing's going

00:42:14.349 --> 00:42:17.269
to be more important than fulfilling the will

00:42:17.269 --> 00:42:21.769
of God in your life. There's nothing more satisfying

00:42:21.769 --> 00:42:26.170
than being in the will of God. That's why Jesus

00:42:26.170 --> 00:42:28.710
told his disciples, man, I'm not hungry. I got

00:42:28.710 --> 00:42:30.949
food that you don't even know about. My food

00:42:30.949 --> 00:42:33.710
is to do my father's will. There's something

00:42:33.710 --> 00:42:37.750
so satisfying about being in the will of God.

00:42:38.769 --> 00:42:42.829
But you need to go deeper. Listen, you got to

00:42:42.829 --> 00:42:45.960
grab a hold. God's heart. All of a sudden, your

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:48.099
prayer is no longer about what I need, what I

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:50.239
need, what I need, what I need. All of a sudden,

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:54.619
it's God, let your will be done. God, send me.

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:58.980
I believe God is calling a young person here

00:42:58.980 --> 00:43:02.980
today. Who's going to go for me? Who's going

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:05.099
to go into the deep? Who's going to get out of

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:09.780
the shallow pews and into the flow of this river?

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:14.409
Because wherever that river goes, listen, Fruits.

00:43:16.070 --> 00:43:19.510
Disciples. Bible studies, man. Wherever that

00:43:19.510 --> 00:43:23.510
river touches, listen, miracles break out. But

00:43:23.510 --> 00:43:26.769
listen, you need to yield to that Holy Spirit.

00:43:26.989 --> 00:43:29.869
What a gift that we have as the apostolic church.

00:43:30.570 --> 00:43:34.349
To be connected to the river of God. That's why

00:43:34.349 --> 00:43:36.610
in Psalms chapter 1 it says, blessed is the man

00:43:36.610 --> 00:43:39.409
who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

00:43:39.469 --> 00:43:42.570
nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in

00:43:42.570 --> 00:43:45.679
the seat of the scornful, but his delight, listen,

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:49.619
it's in the laws of the Lord. His words treasured

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:55.280
so much that in his laws, he meditates day and

00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:58.900
night, day and night, day and night, day and

00:43:58.900 --> 00:44:00.900
night. I wonder if you can surrender the video

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:03.840
games day and night, day and night. Day and night.

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:05.920
I wonder if you can just let go of what you're

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:07.780
not supposed to be watching. Come on. Day and

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:09.599
night. Day and night. Day and night. Meditate.

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:12.139
Meditate. Meditate. Listen, yoga is all about

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:14.400
emptying your mind. But Christianity is about

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:16.579
filling your mind with the word of God. That

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:19.599
the word of God would dwell so richly in your

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:22.659
heart, in your mind. That listen, look at the

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:25.219
results. That in his laws he meditates day and

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:28.420
night. He shall be like a tree planted by the

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:33.239
rivers of water. You will be like a tree planted

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:37.539
by the rivers of water who bears fruit in its

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:39.340
season. What does that mean? You're going to

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:43.820
become fruitful. You're going to begin to produce.

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:49.019
Why? Because, brother, you're connected to the

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:53.280
current of the river of God, that Holy Spirit.

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:58.219
Somebody praise the name of the Lord. Somebody

00:44:58.219 --> 00:45:02.320
give him glory. Somebody praise him. Somebody

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:09.340
praise him. God is going to challenge you. He's

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:11.480
going to challenge you on what to do. He's going

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:13.000
to challenge you. He's going to challenge you.

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:15.780
He's going to challenge you. When we were in

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:19.280
India, the first day we stayed at a hotel, there

00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:22.219
was a young lady that was working in the restaurant.

00:45:22.730 --> 00:45:24.849
Me, Bishop Moran, and Brother Moises, we were

00:45:24.849 --> 00:45:27.170
in the lobby. We were sitting down in the lobby.

00:45:27.210 --> 00:45:29.489
And all of a sudden, that young girl, listen,

00:45:29.590 --> 00:45:33.969
this young girl. What happens in India and a

00:45:33.969 --> 00:45:36.230
lot of in the city, a lot of people that come

00:45:36.230 --> 00:45:37.929
from poor neighborhoods, they come to the city

00:45:37.929 --> 00:45:40.150
looking for employment. And this young girl came

00:45:40.150 --> 00:45:42.090
from a faraway village and she's been working

00:45:42.090 --> 00:45:44.050
at this hotel for seven months. But listen to

00:45:44.050 --> 00:45:46.150
me. Listen to this story. Because what happens

00:45:46.150 --> 00:45:48.369
to this girl's life, it's amazing. Because what

00:45:48.369 --> 00:45:50.329
happened was when we went back up to our room,

00:45:50.610 --> 00:45:53.050
Brother Moises was ordering coffee at 11 at night.

00:45:55.110 --> 00:45:59.360
And here she comes. And she serves. Brother Moises,

00:45:59.380 --> 00:46:04.079
and she sees the logo, Messengers of Peace. And

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:07.360
she looks around, and she said, are you Christian?

00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:11.280
Brother Moises says, yes, I'm Christian. All

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:14.639
of a sudden, she begins to cry. She said, I grew

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:17.280
up in a Presbyterian church, but I've been far

00:46:17.280 --> 00:46:19.880
away from my family for seven months. I haven't

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:22.480
been able to. Have a Bible or go to a church

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:25.719
service. My boss took my Bible. I haven't been

00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:28.500
able to read my Bible. Could you give me a Bible

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:32.960
study? And Moses says, okay, let me call, you

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:34.420
know, my colleague. He's going to come back down.

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:37.219
He calls me up and says, hey, there's this girl

00:46:37.219 --> 00:46:40.659
here, young lady. She wants a Bible study. And

00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:42.159
we asked her what time did she get up. She said

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midnight. We waited until midnight to give a

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:51.420
Bible study to this young lady. She gets off

00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:54.400
of work, and she comes up to us, and she says,

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:58.320
I cannot sit down with you guys. I have to pretend

00:46:58.320 --> 00:47:02.659
taking order. I pretend taking order. You pretend

00:47:02.659 --> 00:47:07.880
ordering food. You give me Bible study. All of

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:12.059
a sudden, she's there. Matthew 28, verse 19.

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Acts 2 .38. Mark 16. John 3. Born of water. Born

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of spirit. All of a sudden, she just begins to

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:25.400
weep as she's standing there. She begins to cry.

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And all of a sudden, we can't take it. That river

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:30.920
is just now flowing. I grabbed her by the hand.

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I said, can we pray for you? She said, yes. We

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:35.840
said a prayer for her. And after that prayer,

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:38.639
we asked her one simple question. Have you been

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:42.480
baptized? She said, yes. I've been baptized as

00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:45.719
a baby, sprinkled with water. And we said, well,

00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:48.019
praise God. But do you want to be baptized the

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:52.440
Bible way? She said, what way is that? We said

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:56.360
Acts 2 .38, repent, be baptized in the name of

00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:59.059
Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins. She said,

00:47:59.119 --> 00:48:02.820
I want to be baptized. My God, we went back to

00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:04.800
the conferences and listen, we got to find a

00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:08.630
baptismal tank. Praise God. The next day we came

00:48:08.630 --> 00:48:11.690
to pick her up to get baptized. She evangelized

00:48:11.690 --> 00:48:14.409
to her co -worker. And her co -worker came with

00:48:14.409 --> 00:48:17.090
her. And now we're driving with these two individuals

00:48:17.090 --> 00:48:21.619
to go and baptize them. When we get to the baptismal

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:24.079
tank, there was a man that we hired to record.

00:48:24.380 --> 00:48:26.780
And all of a sudden, he was impacted so much,

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:29.360
he puts his camera down, he gets into the water,

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:32.119
and the cameraman gets baptized in the name of

00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:35.199
Jesus. Come on. They come to their first apostolic

00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:37.619
conference service, and the Holy Ghost begins

00:48:37.619 --> 00:48:41.340
to take over. Come on. What started as a trickle

00:48:41.340 --> 00:48:44.460
of water started to increase into a mighty river.

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:48.719
I'm telling you, if you can let the Holy Spirit

00:48:48.719 --> 00:48:52.239
flow, something powerful is going to break out.

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:57.460
She got baptized. And here's my favorite part.

00:48:58.079 --> 00:49:00.940
They told Bishop Zion, they said, could you take

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:03.440
a team to my home village? My dad is a Trinitarian

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:07.800
pastor. My uncle is a Trinitarian pastor. Could

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:09.880
you give them Bible study on the name of Jesus?

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And Bishop Zion said, yes, we will go. The river

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of God. The last thing, number three. The third

00:49:23.469 --> 00:49:26.789
area that Jesus challenged Peter. He says, launch

00:49:26.789 --> 00:49:34.789
out into the deep. Let down your nets for a catch.

00:49:36.829 --> 00:49:39.750
God is going to challenge your expectations.

00:49:41.590 --> 00:49:44.889
God is going to challenge on what to expect.

00:49:46.380 --> 00:49:50.380
I wonder if we come to church services Sunday

00:49:50.380 --> 00:49:53.860
after Sunday after Sunday with great expectation.

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:57.900
If we know God is a miracle working God. If we

00:49:57.900 --> 00:50:00.920
know that he's a deliverer. If we know that he's

00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:03.719
a provider. What's stopping us from coming with

00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:06.420
high expectations that God is going to do something

00:50:06.420 --> 00:50:10.280
very special in service today? Come on, I believe

00:50:10.280 --> 00:50:14.179
God wants us to raise our expectations. Come

00:50:14.179 --> 00:50:17.880
on, raise your faith. Increase your faith. Increase

00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:20.420
the expectations. Come on, that when you step

00:50:20.420 --> 00:50:22.880
into the house of God, my God, somebody's going

00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:25.260
to get delivered. Somebody's going to get healed.

00:50:25.699 --> 00:50:27.460
Somebody's going to walk out of that wheelchair.

00:50:27.980 --> 00:50:29.780
Somebody's going to get delivered from anxiety.

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:32.380
Somebody's going to get delivered, come on, from

00:50:32.380 --> 00:50:35.559
depression. I wonder if we can just believe God

00:50:35.559 --> 00:50:38.940
for what he says he is. If he's a miracle working

00:50:38.940 --> 00:50:42.940
God, he's a miracle working God. If he's a deliverer,

00:50:42.940 --> 00:50:46.079
he is a deliverer. If he's a provider, listen,

00:50:46.260 --> 00:50:49.840
he is a provider. Come on. With God nothing shall

00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:56.699
be impossible. My God. Jesus told Peter to expect

00:50:56.699 --> 00:51:00.000
a catch. Peter probably expected another empty

00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:04.400
net. But instead he received an overwhelming

00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:08.920
catch. And even the nets began to break. I want

00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:11.539
to get to that dimension that we have no more

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:18.320
space to take people. My God, you see what's

00:51:18.320 --> 00:51:22.739
happening on the second harvest? I declare that's

00:51:22.739 --> 00:51:27.460
going to be for this church. You see those cars

00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:31.039
lined up waiting for their food? Come on. I know

00:51:31.039 --> 00:51:33.880
that's second harvest. But we worship and praise

00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:36.760
the Lord of the harvest. Come on. I'm speaking

00:51:36.760 --> 00:51:40.019
that over this church. That cars, pastor, that

00:51:40.019 --> 00:51:42.559
cars are going to line up. That we're not going

00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:45.860
to have room enough to handle the people that

00:51:45.860 --> 00:51:49.980
are going to come into this church, pastor. But

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:52.900
listen, that's going to come with the flow of

00:51:52.900 --> 00:52:00.250
his river. Oh it's going to happen. It's happening

00:52:00.250 --> 00:52:04.389
already. Oh, I feel the Holy Ghost on this one.

00:52:05.090 --> 00:52:07.929
Come on, cars are going to line up. There's not

00:52:07.929 --> 00:52:09.909
going to be enough room to contain the blessings

00:52:09.909 --> 00:52:13.489
of God. I prophesy over this church. Come on,

00:52:13.570 --> 00:52:15.849
that God is going to open up the floodgates of

00:52:15.849 --> 00:52:18.829
heaven. Come on, that there's going to be an

00:52:18.829 --> 00:52:22.289
overflow of the river of God. Come on, that Mormons

00:52:22.289 --> 00:52:24.130
are going to step in here. And they're going

00:52:24.130 --> 00:52:27.570
to be baptized. That Catholics are going to step

00:52:27.570 --> 00:52:29.969
in here. There's something different about the

00:52:29.969 --> 00:52:32.110
apostolic. church. There's something different

00:52:32.110 --> 00:52:34.909
about what they have. We got the river of God.

00:52:35.110 --> 00:52:38.250
We got the spirit of God. We got the river of

00:52:38.250 --> 00:52:40.690
God. Everywhere that river goes, listen, there's

00:52:40.690 --> 00:52:42.949
going to be healing. Everywhere that river touches,

00:52:43.070 --> 00:52:45.949
listen, a marriage is going to be restored. Families

00:52:45.949 --> 00:52:48.050
are going to be restored. Come on. There's going

00:52:48.050 --> 00:52:50.269
to be people that's going to walk in here. They're

00:52:50.269 --> 00:52:52.090
going to feel something different. Like, man,

00:52:52.150 --> 00:52:54.389
I've never felt this in the Catholic church.

00:52:54.570 --> 00:52:56.690
I've never felt like this in the Mormon church.

00:52:56.869 --> 00:52:59.690
There's something that they have that I want.

00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:03.300
And I'm prophesying over this church that there's

00:53:03.300 --> 00:53:06.239
not going to be enough room to contain all the

00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:08.300
families that are going to come through those

00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:11.659
doors. Come on, would you lift up your voice.

00:53:12.280 --> 00:53:20.000
Come on, pray in the spirit. I feel the Holy

00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:34.139
Ghost on this one. Listen, that river, that river,

00:53:34.280 --> 00:53:37.079
that river, that river. Listen, everywhere, the

00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:39.400
Bible says that everywhere that river went, listen,

00:53:39.519 --> 00:53:43.300
there was healing. Where was that river going?

00:53:43.440 --> 00:53:48.119
It was going to the Dead Sea. There's Dead Seas

00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:53.469
in the city that needs that living water. Everywhere

00:53:53.469 --> 00:53:56.369
that river went, listen, everywhere that river

00:53:56.369 --> 00:54:00.929
touched, listen, somebody got healed. Everywhere

00:54:00.929 --> 00:54:04.409
that river went, listen, there was revival. There

00:54:04.409 --> 00:54:09.010
was growth. There was fruit. Listen, that river,

00:54:09.070 --> 00:54:14.789
that river, we carry that river inside. The Pharisees

00:54:14.789 --> 00:54:17.389
were like, where's the kingdom of God? Jesus

00:54:17.389 --> 00:54:18.630
said, it's not going to come by observation.

00:54:19.489 --> 00:54:21.289
You can't say it's right there, it's right there,

00:54:21.309 --> 00:54:23.400
it's right there. The kingdom of God is within.

00:54:25.219 --> 00:54:29.159
And the river flows from within this temple.

00:54:30.219 --> 00:54:34.699
Not made by human hands. But God who takes residence.

00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:41.139
God who takes residence in this vessel. He wants

00:54:41.139 --> 00:54:44.900
to flow not like a stagnant reservoir. He wants

00:54:44.900 --> 00:54:48.789
to flow like a river. And you become a blessing

00:54:48.789 --> 00:54:52.449
to the person next to you. I wonder if you could

00:54:52.449 --> 00:54:56.250
walk in such a way that the river of God is flowing

00:54:56.250 --> 00:54:59.170
so much that people next to you are going to

00:54:59.170 --> 00:55:04.269
get blessed. That even, oh my God, that even

00:55:04.269 --> 00:55:07.530
people that are dealing with demonic spirits

00:55:07.530 --> 00:55:09.670
are going to get delivered just by you sitting

00:55:09.670 --> 00:55:13.829
next to them. Because listen, us as apostolics,

00:55:13.869 --> 00:55:16.650
listen, we're filled. With the spirit of Christ.

00:55:17.550 --> 00:55:20.309
And if we're filled with his spirit, listen,

00:55:20.369 --> 00:55:23.690
everywhere we go, listen, there should be growth.

00:55:25.130 --> 00:55:27.710
That's where God is taking this youth group.

00:55:29.309 --> 00:55:35.050
Something small turns into a mighty river. And

00:55:35.050 --> 00:55:43.960
that river, when it runs. People are going to

00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:47.159
experience the power of God. Would you stand

00:55:47.159 --> 00:55:53.840
to your feet? Would you stand to your feet? Jesus

00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:59.340
says in John 7, 38, he who believes in me. Do

00:55:59.340 --> 00:56:02.179
you believe in Jesus? Say it like you mean, do

00:56:02.179 --> 00:56:05.480
you believe in Jesus? He who believes in me,

00:56:05.559 --> 00:56:11.639
as the scriptures has said, out of his heart.

00:56:13.420 --> 00:56:20.679
will flow rivers of living water. Out of his

00:56:20.679 --> 00:56:28.820
heart will flow rivers of living water. That

00:56:28.820 --> 00:56:30.539
means every time when you open up your mouth

00:56:30.539 --> 00:56:33.119
and you give that Bible study. You might not

00:56:33.119 --> 00:56:35.199
be a theological student. You might not have

00:56:35.199 --> 00:56:37.860
a college degree. But listen, if you just get

00:56:37.860 --> 00:56:39.739
with the vision of your pastor, the vision of

00:56:39.739 --> 00:56:42.900
your church, and you start participating in discipleship,

00:56:42.940 --> 00:56:45.360
you start participating. You start winning souls.

00:56:45.420 --> 00:56:47.699
You start opening up your mouth. Listen, you

00:56:47.699 --> 00:56:51.219
carry something that the world needs. Such as

00:56:51.219 --> 00:56:56.219
I have, I give unto you. That at the name of

00:56:56.219 --> 00:57:00.340
Jesus, get up and walk. Listen, what are you

00:57:00.340 --> 00:57:07.449
carrying today? Such as I have, I give unto you.

00:57:07.909 --> 00:57:10.789
That even John and Peter who was walking to the

00:57:10.789 --> 00:57:12.889
hour of prayer. That man that was begging for

00:57:12.889 --> 00:57:17.949
money. Day after day after week after week. Finally,

00:57:18.010 --> 00:57:21.630
some vessels with the living water walks by.

00:57:23.989 --> 00:57:26.130
Silver and gold I don't have. I don't have money.

00:57:27.769 --> 00:57:30.769
But what I have, I give it to you. What was that?

00:57:31.110 --> 00:57:35.460
The river of water. That river. of the Spirit

00:57:35.460 --> 00:57:39.940
of God took him by his hand, and that man received

00:57:39.940 --> 00:57:45.699
strength in his ankles. He was healed by that

00:57:45.699 --> 00:57:49.659
river. Imagine that river running through the

00:57:49.659 --> 00:57:56.980
city. When we were in India, this young kid walks

00:57:56.980 --> 00:58:01.880
up to the front. His arm stretched out like this.

00:58:01.940 --> 00:58:06.300
He's walking up like this. Looks impossible.

00:58:07.239 --> 00:58:09.860
You do one of those. Let me just warm up with

00:58:09.860 --> 00:58:12.960
people with headaches. Start praying. Anybody

00:58:12.960 --> 00:58:19.099
has a headache? Has a bone sticking out like

00:58:19.099 --> 00:58:24.599
this. In India, they're so desperate for a move

00:58:24.599 --> 00:58:26.679
of God that they will travel days just to get

00:58:26.679 --> 00:58:31.139
to church. The desperation. Some of them don't

00:58:31.139 --> 00:58:33.260
have access to. You see, here in the United States,

00:58:33.340 --> 00:58:37.739
we're so busy by a lot of things. But some people

00:58:37.739 --> 00:58:40.820
in India, they would travel. They would have

00:58:40.820 --> 00:58:44.039
no access to like the hospital. They only come

00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:46.179
to church with one expectation. God has to move.

00:58:47.159 --> 00:58:51.719
The level of faith is so heightened that people

00:58:51.719 --> 00:58:55.139
just a wave of the river. You can see it visually.

00:58:55.980 --> 00:58:58.699
People just would just get healed and fall under

00:58:58.699 --> 00:59:00.840
the. The unction of the Holy Ghost, it's not

00:59:00.840 --> 00:59:02.380
a different Holy Spirit. That's the same Holy

00:59:02.380 --> 00:59:04.820
Spirit. The question is how hungry are we in

00:59:04.820 --> 00:59:07.199
the United States? I'm praying that God will

00:59:07.199 --> 00:59:10.940
send that wind here to the United States. Come

00:59:10.940 --> 00:59:12.920
on, we're behind. We actually got to catch up.

00:59:13.219 --> 00:59:15.579
Ethiopia is baptizing people more than the book

00:59:15.579 --> 00:59:19.420
of Acts. 100 ,000 baptized in Jesus' name. Come

00:59:19.420 --> 00:59:22.539
on, in India, 70 ,000 baptized in Jesus' name.

00:59:24.659 --> 00:59:29.739
Flow of the river. Here's the last thing. that

00:59:29.739 --> 00:59:33.039
I don't want us to miss today. That river came

00:59:33.039 --> 00:59:37.719
from the temple. That trickle, that stream of

00:59:37.719 --> 00:59:40.920
water that turned into a river, listen, it came

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:45.000
through the altar. And you see, the altars were

00:59:45.000 --> 00:59:49.260
places of sacrifice. You probably think it's

00:59:49.260 --> 00:59:50.980
a murder scene because of all the blood that's

00:59:50.980 --> 00:59:55.219
around that altar. But listen. If you want to

00:59:55.219 --> 00:59:58.260
go deeper in the river of God, listen, something

00:59:58.260 --> 01:00:03.340
has to die. You want to go deeper with God, listen,

01:00:03.420 --> 01:00:10.300
your pride has to die. Even our schedule. Something

01:00:10.300 --> 01:00:14.780
has to die. When pastor calls for prayer meetings,

01:00:15.000 --> 01:00:19.360
come on. We have to sacrifice something. You

01:00:19.360 --> 01:00:21.400
want to go deeper with God, something has to

01:00:21.400 --> 01:00:24.489
die. Maybe it's your video games. Maybe it's

01:00:24.489 --> 01:00:26.110
something that you're watching that you're not

01:00:26.110 --> 01:00:27.769
supposed to be watching. Maybe it's a relationship

01:00:27.769 --> 01:00:30.050
that we're not supposed to be in. Come on, something

01:00:30.050 --> 01:00:33.469
has to die. If you want to go deeper with God,

01:00:33.570 --> 01:00:36.429
where you enter into the dimension where there's

01:00:36.429 --> 01:00:41.010
no footing, and all you can do is trust in the

01:00:41.010 --> 01:00:44.090
one who carries you. All you can do is just,

01:00:44.150 --> 01:00:48.170
my God, trust in the current of the Holy Spirit.

01:00:48.449 --> 01:00:53.199
I wonder how much are we willing. To die today.

01:00:53.260 --> 01:00:58.360
Not physically today. But surrender. What are

01:00:58.360 --> 01:01:01.679
we willing to surrender? Because 2 ,000 years

01:01:01.679 --> 01:01:06.519
ago, Jesus, who loves you so much. Jesus, who

01:01:06.519 --> 01:01:08.760
loves me so much. Who created heaven and earth.

01:01:08.840 --> 01:01:10.780
Why did he create it? Because listen, he loves

01:01:10.780 --> 01:01:14.630
us. As a father, he loves us. He's the creation

01:01:14.630 --> 01:01:17.909
of this world of heaven and earth. But it's sin

01:01:17.909 --> 01:01:21.369
that separated us from a holy God. It's my sin

01:01:21.369 --> 01:01:24.030
that separated me from a holy God. And because

01:01:24.030 --> 01:01:26.610
God is a loving God, listen, brother, he's also

01:01:26.610 --> 01:01:29.570
a just God. And so just like a parent who holds

01:01:29.570 --> 01:01:31.769
their son or their daughter accountable if they

01:01:31.769 --> 01:01:33.909
make a mistake, it doesn't mean that their parent

01:01:33.909 --> 01:01:35.570
hates them, but they want to bring correction

01:01:35.570 --> 01:01:37.730
because they love them so much that they don't

01:01:37.730 --> 01:01:42.550
want them to make the same mistake. so much that

01:01:42.550 --> 01:01:46.050
the price for sin the wages of sin is death that

01:01:46.050 --> 01:01:48.989
he even has to hold our sin accountable but the

01:01:48.989 --> 01:01:53.369
gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus

01:01:53.369 --> 01:02:00.030
God stepped into this world and he paid the debt

01:02:00.030 --> 01:02:03.809
that you and I were supposed to pay and he died

01:02:03.809 --> 01:02:08.000
on the cross of Calvary And on the third day,

01:02:08.079 --> 01:02:10.300
even the cross couldn't hold him. The grave couldn't

01:02:10.300 --> 01:02:13.139
hold him. That he rose with the power of his

01:02:13.139 --> 01:02:15.980
resurrection. Come on. And he has given us the

01:02:15.980 --> 01:02:20.599
power of the Holy Spirit. So if God moved 2 ,000

01:02:20.599 --> 01:02:25.840
years ago, he's waiting for us to move. He's

01:02:25.840 --> 01:02:29.880
waiting for us to step in. Because Jesus paid

01:02:29.880 --> 01:02:33.409
it all on the cross. That blood. That was shed

01:02:33.409 --> 01:02:37.969
on Calvary. By his stripes, we are healed. By

01:02:37.969 --> 01:02:41.250
his sacrifice, that's where that stream begins.

01:02:41.389 --> 01:02:44.590
That's where the Holy Spirit began when Jesus

01:02:44.590 --> 01:02:48.369
was crucified on that cross. Come on. That God

01:02:48.369 --> 01:02:51.670
sent his Holy Spirit to fill us today.