1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,800 He is glorious. 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:13,680 Behold the one who has come to us. 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,680 Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,680 To get connected or to give online, 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,480 you can go to connect.hcv.church 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,600 or give.hcv.church. 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,600 If at any time during this message 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,240 you feel called to make a change in your life, 9 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:33,040 text changeme to 970-00. 10 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:37,200 Thank you and enjoy the message. 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,520 Thank you Kelsey. 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,320 I miss the somersault, don't you? 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,960 You remember Sunday she did the somersault? 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:46,720 Wow, I was impressed. 15 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,840 I've never been able to do somersault. 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,080 Well, here I am again folks. 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,960 They've let me out of my cage again to speak. 18 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,520 Elizabeth Pointer, before the service, 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,400 she was singing right here, Elizabeth won. 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,920 She said, I'm really looking forward to what you're going to say. 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,520 I'm interested in what you're going to say. 22 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,440 And I said, I am too Elizabeth. 23 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,880 I mean, you never know what God's going to lead you to do. 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:17,760 Well, I don't know. 25 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,240 Some of you may not have been here three weeks ago. 26 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:32,960 They let me out of my cage to play the saxophone. 27 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:39,280 Oh boy, Brett's dad, Rick, said just a few minutes ago 28 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,800 when we were out in the hall, he said, I thought you're going to play 29 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,160 your saxophone again. 30 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,200 I said, that would have been cool. 31 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,120 Right at the end of the service I'd say, hey, look, 32 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:48,320 I just happened to have my sax. 33 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,800 Would you mind if I played you a song? 34 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,560 We'll do another day. 35 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:57,040 By the way, I sent a link of the service 36 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,840 where I was playing the saxophone to a friend of mine. 37 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:01,920 I knew he really liked Pink Floyd. 38 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:08,880 And yeah, and I didn't know what to expect. 39 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:15,040 He's a retired stevedore and he's living out west of Berkeley Springs, 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:19,040 way out on a mountain where he likes it a lot. 41 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,640 And so I got the response from him and this is what he said. 42 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,440 Wow, that gave me chills. 43 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,520 Great music. 44 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:30,320 Now listen to this. 45 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:32,400 Awesome sermon. 46 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:34,880 Right? 47 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:35,840 Do you hear what I'm saying? 48 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:37,360 Share the link. 49 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,080 And if you have trouble picking one out and you didn't like the sax 50 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:47,440 for any reason, I can't imagine that, but go back to July 18th 51 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,760 and send him a link of Alan doing his cool rap. 52 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:52,480 Wasn't that good? 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:59,200 And how about last week, you know, when we had the dialogue message? 54 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,760 Wasn't that good, Rhett and Carl? 55 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,880 Oh man, you know, I really appreciate everything people have been doing 56 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,720 and also our sound and video people. 57 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,160 I don't know if you realize it, but like when we do the summer jams, 58 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:18,320 a lot of times they are here for extra rehearsals. 59 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:23,280 Like sometimes instead of just Thursday, they're coming in on Saturday and so forth. 60 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:24,240 Let's give them a hand. 61 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,640 Oh, I asked one more thing. 62 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,160 Pray for John Butler and Tilly Butler and myself this coming week from 63 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:46,080 Monday to Thursday, we're going to be involved in a Zoom conference 64 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,040 of potential church planters. 65 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,600 And it goes from Monday and to Thursday. 66 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,680 That's a lot of time on Zoom. 67 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,120 So, will you pray God gives us the strength to be able to get through that? 68 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:58,480 We'd appreciate it. 69 00:03:58,480 --> 00:03:58,980 Thank you. 70 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,960 Which brings us interesting enough to our first point. 71 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,880 God strengthens us. 72 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,120 I'm going to read a scripture from Philippians. 73 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:13,600 And we share scriptures with you because they're true and because they work. 74 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,640 And God's Word works when you and I put it to work. 75 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,400 If we apply it as the Holy Spirit leads, the Lord will get the job done. 76 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:30,080 In our next screen, Philippians 4, Apostle Paul says in a practical way, 77 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:37,920 in any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, 78 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,360 both of having abundance and suffering need. 79 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:46,080 I can do all things, and that's the emphasis in the Greek, 80 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,600 all things through Christ who strengthens me. 81 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,240 And notice the all things is not just about the church. 82 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,720 It's not just about Sunday morning. 83 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,000 It's not just about kids group. 84 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,520 It's not just about, you know, our home groups. 85 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,800 It's every single part of our life, every aspect of it. 86 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:13,200 And this past year, I had the chance to put some of that to test in my own life. 87 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,440 And July, besides COVID, July, actually, I managed that fairly well. 88 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,400 But in July, I had surgery and I had a replacement hip. 89 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,120 And God has healed me in different ways. 90 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,800 Sometimes it's just sovereignly. 91 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,800 I asked Lord to heal me and I'm healed. 92 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,480 Other times he says, go to the doctor and he does work through the doctors. 93 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:40,800 So anyway, I had surgery on my hip and extremely well, got home the same day. 94 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,840 And two days later, I could not boy it. 95 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:47,600 And for those of you who need that translate, it means I couldn't go to the bathroom. 96 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:54,160 And so they gave me a catheter and I had the joy of having seven of them doing that in December. 97 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:02,400 Now, I am going through rehab, trying to get, you know, leg swings and side swings and back swings. 98 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,400 And with a catheter. 99 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,360 And I want to tell you, it's hard to rehab like that. 100 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:20,960 And so anyway, I'm going to tell you how I got through it when I started, you know, into the serious part of being rehabilitated and getting back in shape to the point where we even played tennis this past spring. 101 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:26,880 But it's kind of a microcosm because this happened over and over and over. 102 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:35,280 For example, I would walk down to get the mail, go down the hill about, we're talking about a length, maybe, you know, something like a football field. 103 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:43,920 And then go down the hill and I get the mail and I start back up and I get about a fourth of the way up and I stop. 104 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,440 And I don't know if I can get up the hill. 105 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,240 I mean, that's where I was. 106 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:55,040 And so I started, I said, God, I'm going to get up the hill. 107 00:06:55,040 --> 00:07:07,760 And I started, I said, God, now you told me, Lord, you told me this and you say it in your word that in my weakness, you're going to show your strength. 108 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:18,960 And so, God, I asked you to show your strength and Lord God, you said those who wait on you, who bind together with you, who intertwine with you, who expect you. 109 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:24,480 Lord God, you said we would mount up with wings like eagle, that you would renew our strength. 110 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:29,840 Lord God, you said that I will be able to run and not get weary. 111 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,160 You said I will be able to walk and not faint. 112 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,400 And I'd be at the top of the hill. 113 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,680 You see, God's word works when we work it. 114 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:50,720 He will give us strength to be able to do things that we can't do in our own natural strength. 115 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:59,360 And when you tell me that, when I tell you that story, and it's true, it was repeated a number of times, it sounds violent, doesn't it? 116 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,320 And I never thought of myself as a violent person, but I am. 117 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,920 I'm a Christian warrior. 118 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,400 You guys are Christian warriors. 119 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,120 And there's times when we become violent. 120 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:24,000 Because what we're doing is that we're invading the kingdom of darkness and we're bringing the kingdom of light. 121 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,440 That becomes violent. 122 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,320 Now Matthew 11, I want to make sure you know I have a biblical basis for this. 123 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,520 Matthew 11 puts it in an interesting way. 124 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:44,080 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and violent men take it by force. 125 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,160 Sometimes you and I have to seize the kingdom. 126 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:50,880 We have to go after it. 127 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,880 We have to grab it and not let it go. 128 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,960 And there's a certain amount of violence, of force in doing that. 129 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,160 I want to read to you the Amplified Version. 130 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:05,760 Because when it translates, it gives you a fuller idea of what it's saying. 131 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:13,280 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violent assault. 132 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:19,840 And violent men seize it by force as a precious prize. 133 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,080 Well, you might say, I could never talk to God like that. 134 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,600 I could not express my...why not? 135 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,880 God likes it when we're real. 136 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:38,400 Years ago, I got to tell you, years ago, I had heart trouble for about four years. 137 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:44,720 And I said, Lord God, now I'm being very calm about this, okay? 138 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,000 Because it was certainly a lot louder. 139 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,920 I said, Lord God, the least you could do is heal all of us. 140 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:56,240 Things like my heart. 141 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:01,760 And the next morning I woke up and my heart was perfect. 142 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:13,680 So, don't be afraid to be real with God or being angry with God or being sad with God. 143 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:15,840 I believe that He likes it. 144 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:23,840 I'm going to...in our next point, it says, God strengthens us for battle. 145 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,640 I'm going to read from Ephesians 6, 10 to 11 and 13, 14. 146 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:33,520 In conclusion, in other words, He's summing up. 147 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:35,360 This is important. 148 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,760 Be strong in the Lord. 149 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,320 Draw your strength from Him. 150 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,320 He's saying, you're not enough and I'm not enough. 151 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:49,760 Draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him 152 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,960 and in the power of His boundless might. 153 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:00,480 The next screen says, put on the full armor of God, for His precepts are like the splendid armor 154 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:09,040 of a heavily armed soldier, so that you may be able to successfully stand up against all the schemes 155 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:14,480 and the strategies and the deceits of the devil. 156 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:22,560 Therefore, put on the complete armor of God so that you will be able to successfully 157 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,720 resist and stand your ground in the evil day of danger. 158 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,120 And having done everything else that the crisis demands, 159 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:38,720 to stand firm in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious. 160 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,400 So stand firm and hold your ground. 161 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:44,800 I mean, that's all in Ephesians 6. 162 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:52,880 And God gives you, has given you a brave heart since you and I are Christian warriors. 163 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:58,400 And when you read that chapter, and I hope you do this coming week, Ephesians 6, 164 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,800 he talks about us putting on the armor. 165 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:06,640 And I want you to read because, I mean, he gives us a helmet, he gives us a breastplate of armor, 166 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:13,440 he gives us a belt of truth, he gives us things to shot our feet with, he gives us, 167 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:19,840 he gives us what do you call it, a shield of faith, he gives us, you know, the sword of the spirit. 168 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:22,240 And what do you think that's for? 169 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,280 That's for battle, because we're warriors. 170 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:30,560 Our third point is, who is our battle against? 171 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,920 And our next screen is going to tell us. 172 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:42,800 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, contending only with physical opponents, 173 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:49,440 but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this present darkness, 174 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:55,440 against the spiritual forces of wickedness, and the heavenly supernatural places. 175 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,880 Folks, the battle is not against your spouse. 176 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,040 Women, the battle is not against your husband. 177 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,560 But I have to say now, women, amen, your battle is not against your wife. 178 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,600 Your battle is not against your children. 179 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,600 Your battle is not against your children or your parents. 180 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,840 Your battle is not against your co-workers. 181 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,280 Your battle is not against your schoolmates. 182 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:32,400 Your battle is against the enemy of our souls, who wants to break you down and tear you down 183 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:33,520 and demolish you. 184 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:40,880 Now, in our Vineyard Movement, this next screen says we have keys to our battle, 185 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,760 keys to our battle in the Vineyard Movement. 186 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:45,760 Well, what are they? 187 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:51,680 They're worship, preaching and teaching the Word, Bible study, small groups, mission, 188 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:59,200 everybody plays, healing, prayer and intercession, church planting. 189 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:04,160 You know, the enemy does not like any of these things. 190 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,840 And as an example, take our worship, like the worship we did this morning. 191 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:11,280 That's not just singing. 192 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:16,960 We're striking out against the enemy and we're making a road for God. 193 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,520 We're stepping into the kingdom and we're seizing the kingdom. 194 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:27,840 One of the marks about our Vineyard Movement is that we don't just sing about God. 195 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:34,720 We sing to God because we want a more intimate relationship with Him. 196 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,520 And that's what we foster through our worship. 197 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:42,080 And I guarantee you, it's taking territory away from the enemy. 198 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,080 And we do that in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. 199 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,800 Another key to Vineyard Warfare is church planting. 200 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:57,840 You know, when we plant churches, we establish battle fronts. 201 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,040 That's what we're doing. 202 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,160 We're going into the enemy territory. 203 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:03,360 We're invading. 204 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:05,440 What do you think we're doing in this church plant? 205 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:10,560 We're invading the kingdom of dark and we're bringing the kingdom of light. 206 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,560 That's what you and I are all about. 207 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:18,720 Now, do you think that the enemy is happy with us? 208 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:20,960 What was that? 209 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:23,760 Absolutely not. 210 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,600 The enemy is not going to be happy with us when we're doing these things. 211 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,280 He's going to try to come against us. 212 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,600 And the Lord gives us the opportunity to destroy the enemy's kingdom. 213 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,600 And bring God's kingdom to earth. 214 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:43,280 Some of you here and some of you online are future church planters. 215 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:51,120 Now, notice I did not say that you're going to plant a church tomorrow. 216 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,440 You're future church planters. 217 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,440 Some of you had to express that to me. 218 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,440 You said, God's tugging at my heart. 219 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,560 Now, when I say future, that means don't rush into the future. 220 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:08,480 Don't rush out tomorrow and sell your house, buy a mobile home, and take off. 221 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:10,480 Okay? 222 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,080 You need to wait on the Lord. 223 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:16,400 And one of the things He will do is train you as you go through a process. 224 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:23,120 One of the things that the Lord has been saying is that we have the potential 225 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,720 to plant five to ten churches in the next ten years. 226 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,400 And when you think about things, just think about 227 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:36,800 the number of musicians and good musicians that we've had. 228 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,200 Excellent musicians that we have here. 229 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,640 You know, we have an abundance. 230 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,160 God is putting people here for a purpose. 231 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,440 And that purpose is to invade the kingdom. 232 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,960 So, at the end of the service, I'm going to ask the Lord, 233 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,480 and Rudy's going to come join me. 234 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,000 I'm going to ask the Holy Spirit to identify people, 235 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,160 to come upon people who are church planters. 236 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,600 And people who are called to pray and intercede. 237 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,920 And one of the reasons that we're doing with intercessions 238 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:17,040 is that I believe that intercessors are at the forefront of the battle. 239 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:21,120 In other words, they go ahead of us in a sense to part the way. 240 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,480 Now, when you're thinking about church planting, 241 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:30,720 you might say, well, I'm not Chris, and I'm not Jessica. 242 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,280 And folks, that's true. 243 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,040 They're unique people. 244 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,240 You're unique people. 245 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,400 God's going to use your gifting and your talents 246 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,400 in the way that He wants to use it. 247 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,960 You know, some of you may take out the trash. 248 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,400 Some of you may be praying. 249 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,720 Some may be leading groups. 250 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,480 Some may be the givers. 251 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,440 Some may be on a worship team. 252 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,920 Some may be knocking on doors. 253 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,840 Who knows what God may call you. 254 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:00,880 God may call you to. 255 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:07,520 But just look around here in the multitude of giftings and talents that we have. 256 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:12,400 And God's using them all to establish His kingdom. 257 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,080 So as you gain experience here, 258 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,840 you will find as you try different things, 259 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,880 as you volunteer for different things, 260 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,720 as you walk into different things, 261 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:33,120 that we want to help you if you're identified as a church planter or as an intercessor, 262 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:36,320 because we want to support you in what you're doing. 263 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:37,920 So let us know. 264 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:46,400 I know that I'm here and you're here because there have been people that 10 or 12 years ago 265 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:54,080 said, I'm going to pick up my bat and I'm going to step up the plate and I'm going to take a swing. 266 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,120 Now, they may not have known what they were doing at the time, 267 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,200 but they begin to learn. 268 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:00,400 And that's how we do it. 269 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,600 We all gain experience. 270 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:02,880 We all go through things. 271 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,520 I think about myself. 272 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:09,760 I think about the different steps and I'm not going to go into all of them, 273 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,440 but when you begin to walk in the prophetic, 274 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:18,480 he starts out with you give someone one little word like balloon, 275 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,240 and you just trust and you give them a little word. 276 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,120 And you just trust and you go for it. 277 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:29,280 And little by little he brings you into it and helps you to develop. 278 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,080 And that's what he will do with each one of you. 279 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:36,640 Now, in our fifth screen it says, Our Decision. 280 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:37,760 What do I mean by that? 281 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,560 We, each one of us here, are faced with a question. 282 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:50,080 Am I going to do all things through Christ who strengthens me? 283 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,600 Or am I going to try to do it in my own strength? 284 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,440 I don't know about you, but my own strength is just not enough. 285 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:03,200 The question is, am I going to fight the good fight or not? 286 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,560 Am I going to seize the kingdom of heaven and bring it to earth? 287 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,760 And through the messages this month, I've been hearing over and over. 288 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:16,720 It's not a question of when. 289 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:22,320 I mean, a biff, but it's a question of when you will face trials and tribulations. 290 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,800 Every one of us goes through trials and tribulations. 291 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,000 But here's the thing. 292 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,760 When we go through them, we know that Jesus Christ is with us. 293 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:35,600 He's in our hearts. 294 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,920 And He carries us through us and supports us in these crises. 295 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,040 We don't go it alone. 296 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,120 And that makes a big difference. 297 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:51,760 In our sixth screen, it says, and this is a very important thing for you and I here at the Vineyard. 298 00:20:51,760 --> 00:21:00,480 It says, I am doing exceeding abundantly beyond what you ask or think. 299 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:03,440 Now, that's not the exact Scripture. 300 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,560 And I want to give you the exact Scripture now. 301 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:16,800 And it says, Ephesians 3 20, the Father is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond what we ask or think 302 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,080 according to the power that works within us. 303 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:27,440 Now, the reason I wanted to put that down is because, you know, I've said that to the Lord. 304 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,040 I said, Lord, you are able. 305 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,520 I know that's not the exact Scripture. 306 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:38,320 You know, I've said that to the Lord, I said, Lord, you are able. I know you're capable of doing, 307 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,120 you know, exceeding abundantly beyond what I ask of you. 308 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,200 But for the last six months, what I've been hearing, 309 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:52,320 I am doing exceeding abundantly beyond all you ask or think. 310 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,880 He's saying that to us. 311 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,000 And I want you to connect with it. 312 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,200 And I've been thanking Him, you know, for doing that. 313 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:07,200 He is giving us a new release of favor in our church. 314 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:14,880 And not just in here on Sunday mornings, but also in our personal lives outside of church. 315 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,440 We've been seeing that already. 316 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:23,760 And we may not even understand how it happens except it's God. 317 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,240 We cannot take credit for it. 318 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,800 We cannot walk in pride about it. 319 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,600 We cannot make it happen. 320 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,480 God makes it happen. 321 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:41,440 And in this church, every Sunday, we've been seeing people invite Jesus into their heart. 322 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:48,480 And sometimes people are reclaiming things that they have lost in the past. 323 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:58,560 So you will see Him doing exceeding abundantly outside in your personal life as well as here in the church. 324 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,240 I want to give you several examples. 325 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,520 I give them from my personal life because I, you know, walk through them. 326 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:16,640 And we had a family get-together of one side of the family down in Riceville Beach, North Carolina. 327 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,400 Over the July 4th weekend. 328 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,880 And we gathered there for a couple of reasons. 329 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:33,920 One was we, on the Friday, we had a service in the morning for one of the members of the extended family. 330 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,920 He's a 32-year-old man. 331 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:40,960 And he died of a drug overdose right here in Agra town. 332 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:45,760 And, you know, people didn't even know he was in Haggardstown. 333 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:52,480 And since I was here, I was able to go and be with the family at Barrettus Hospital. 334 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:57,680 And then on Saturday, we, you know, celebrated another person's birthday. 335 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,680 And so it was that kind of weekend. 336 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,080 We hung out at the beach and so forth. 337 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,800 Now on Friday night, we went out to eat. 338 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:10,240 And we went to a place that does not take reservations. 339 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,240 And there were 16 of us. 340 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:19,600 And Raymond, one of the guys in our group, went up to the wait staff and said, you know, we would like a reservation. 341 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,600 This is 6 p.m. 342 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:26,240 And at 6 p.m., I start getting a little hungry. 343 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:32,240 And so she said, we asked how much of a wait for 16 people. 344 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,200 And she said, an hour and a half. 345 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,920 I didn't feel completely comfortable with that. 346 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,920 But I stayed. 347 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:54,320 And so being the patient guy I was, about 40 minutes into it, 20 minutes to 7, I walked over to the two people with their iPads, putting down people's names. 348 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:59,920 And I said, hey, you know, the Raymond reservation, about how long do we have? 349 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:09,760 And the one person said, it looks like an hour to an hour and a half. 350 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,760 Well, that made me real happy. 351 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:26,480 And so anyway, I had already asked one of our daughters, I said, and by the way, we have another one of our daughters here this morning, which I'm glad, with one of our granddaughters. 352 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:35,440 And I walked over and I'd already talked with her and I said, would it make any difference if we did not stay? 353 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,440 And she said, absolutely not. 354 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:44,000 And so Lynn and I went around, my wife Lynn, and we said our goodbyes quickly. 355 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:53,680 And I turned to leave, and a young woman walked up to me and she said, your table will be ready in 10 minutes. 356 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,680 I said, 10 minutes? 357 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,680 Because I was thinking we were going to eat about a quarter of nine. 358 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:07,680 And so five minutes later, we were at the table. 359 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:15,680 I had been to that restaurant, I don't know how many times when I was growing up, and through my adult life, that has never happened. 360 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,680 There's always a wait. 361 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:27,680 And so I knew that God was doing exceeding abundantly beyond anything I could conceive, you know, for that restaurant. 362 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,680 And that's going to happen more and more in our lives. 363 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:40,680 Now, on July 10th, I was driving to, there's another example of it, because I want you to get this, and I want you to start looking for it. 364 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:48,680 I was driving out to Illinois, we were doing a prayer ministry school that I'm a part of and helped to direct. 365 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:56,680 And I spent the night in Indiana, got into the motel maybe 8.30, 20 of 9, checked in. 366 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,680 Around the corner was a Taco Bell, I went to the Taco Bell. 367 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:05,680 And I, you know, made my order. 368 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,680 I waited and the order came out, and the young man gave me the order, and I reached for my billfold. 369 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,680 He said, there's no charge. 370 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:20,680 I don't know about you, I have never been in a fast food restaurant where they said, hey, there's no charge. 371 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,680 I mean, hey, I'm ready for it. 372 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,680 I wasn't ready for it that night. 373 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,680 I said, what are you talking about? 374 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,680 And he said, there's no charge. 375 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,680 And I said, why is that? 376 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:39,680 And he said, well, he said, I get free dinners here, and I don't like the food. 377 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,680 It doesn't agree with me. 378 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,680 That made me think, I guarantee you. 379 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,680 When I took that first bite, he said, uh-oh. 380 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,680 And he said, so I'm giving it to you. 381 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,680 That has never happened to me. 382 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:01,680 All right, so August 8th, I take my old grab floor with, 383 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:09,680 it has a, on the front, in front of the sunroof, it has a deflector, one of those plastic gray things, you know. 384 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:17,680 It goes out, stands up like this, and it had begun to come apart, and it was whistling under the, you know, I'd be driving along, 385 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:25,680 you know, if you start going at higher speeds, like 45, it starts whistling. 386 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,680 I wanted to do away with the whistles, so I went up to Steve's Auto Body in Berkeley Springs, 387 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,680 and I told them what the deal was. 388 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:43,680 And so Steve and a guy named Mike came over, they took it off, stripped off that old double-faced sticky tape, 389 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:49,680 put new stickum on there after they cleaned off the, you know, the adhesive from the top of the vehicle, 390 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:56,680 put the whole thing back down, and I said, how much is that going to be? 391 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,680 And Steve said, no charge. 392 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:09,680 I don't know about you, but I love going into an auto body place and tell me there's no charge for this, right? 393 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:14,680 But I believe it was God's favor, and I told him, I said, look, I want to pay for this. 394 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:19,680 You guys did the work. He said, nah. He said, we'll make it up. 395 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:28,680 Oh, okay. So now, oh, I left there and I went to get some eggs. 396 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:35,680 Stopped by a friend's house where I get them and got three dozen eggs, 250 a piece, da-da-da-da, 750. 397 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:42,680 And I had it in my pocket, and his wife said there's no charge for it. 398 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:48,680 Folks, this doesn't happen. You know what I mean? It's a rarity. 399 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:58,680 So, last Sunday, I finished, we finished here, and my wife and I went over to Lowe's. 400 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:06,680 I was returning a part, and I go up to the cashier to return the part, and six feet away, 401 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:13,680 there was a guy, he was returning something, and I'm standing there and he says to me, 402 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:21,680 there's money at your feet. I looked over at him, and I looked down. 403 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:28,680 There's a $10 bill. I'm thinking, I don't think I took a $10 bill out of my pocket. 404 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:34,680 And so I reached down and picked it up, and I said, here, you want it? 405 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,680 And he said, no, I don't want it. 406 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:43,680 I mean, you know, folks, this is sort of unusual, right? 407 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:47,680 And so I gave the cashier my telephone number and my name, and I said, 408 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:53,680 look, if someone is missing $10, please give me a call. 409 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:59,680 Now, I'm saying this to you because God is giving us favor. 410 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:07,680 He is doing exceeding abundantly above, beyond all we can ask or think. 411 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,680 And there's other people here that's happening to you. 412 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,680 I mean, I've heard some of your stories. 413 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:19,680 I have one buddy here who was in the First Service, but he told me, you know, 414 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:27,680 his company closed down and he didn't have a job to go to, but after a couple weeks, 415 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,680 somebody said, hey, why don't you come do this? 416 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:35,680 And he started, and pretty soon he's got his own business, and he's doing so well 417 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:40,680 that now he's thinking about expanding. 418 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:47,680 I talked with someone on the phone Friday morning, and she said that, she said, 419 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,680 you know, I went for an interview this morning and I got the job. 420 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:58,680 And I got, she got a phenomenal bonus, and she got more than she thought she was going 421 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:03,680 to make per hour, and she gets a monthly bonus on top of it. 422 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,680 I'll tell you, folks, this is a time of favor. 423 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:18,680 We go through seasons, and I believe this is a time of favor for the Vineyard. 424 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:25,680 I would like you to look again at this last screen, and I'd like you to say it with me. 425 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:31,680 It's the screen that says, I am doing exceeding abundantly beyond all you think or ask. 426 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,680 Would you say that with me? 427 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:34,680 Here we go. 428 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:42,680 I am doing exceeding abundantly beyond all you think or ask. 429 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,680 And sign it, God. 430 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,680 I'm going to have a prayer here in a minute, and don't leave because there's two more things 431 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:54,680 we're going to do afterwards, and I'm going to invite Rudy to come up and join me, 432 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:59,680 Rudy Rudisill, and after I pray the prayer, he'll be up here. 433 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:06,680 I found out, by the way, that there is a possibility that Rudy and I are related. 434 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,680 Wouldn't that be wild? 435 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:16,680 We both have someone called Mamie Rudisill in our family lines, so we're trying to check 436 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:21,680 that out to see if we're, you know, if we are really distant cousins. 437 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,680 Let's pray, folks. 438 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:35,680 Lord, we are so thankful for Your life, and we're thankful for Your life in us and through 439 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:41,680 us, and we thank You for the favor You've given us, are giving us, and will give us, 440 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:49,680 and we thank You, Lord, that You are doing exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think, 441 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,680 in Jesus' mighty name. 442 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,680 And everybody said, 443 00:33:53,680 --> 00:34:02,680 Now, what I'm going to do is I'm going to invite the Holy Spirit to come upon us, 444 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:07,680 and for two particular groups, and hi, Rudy. 445 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:12,680 Everybody say, hello, Rudy. 446 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,680 He's a good guy, isn't he? 447 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,680 In spite of what you heard. 448 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:25,680 All right, come on. So, the first group is people who are called to pray, and every one 449 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:31,680 of us prays, but some of us have an unusual unction. 450 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:36,680 We're more driven about it, and we don't step in that role overnight. 451 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,680 Again, it's a process. 452 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:44,680 So, I'm going to ask you to bow your head, and we're going to ask the Holy Spirit to come, 453 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:49,680 and we're going to ask the Holy Spirit to be upon you, especially those who are upon 454 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:55,680 intercessors, and then Rudy and I are going to pray over them. 455 00:34:55,680 --> 00:35:02,680 So, Holy Spirit, we love you, dear Holy Spirit, Spirit of God, 456 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:07,680 and we invite you to come and rest upon your people. 457 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:14,680 And Lord, we ask you to stir up on the inside, not the intellect, that'll come. 458 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:20,680 Don't let our minds interfere with what you're speaking into, our spirit person. 459 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,680 And we ask you to stir us up. 460 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:30,680 Lord, if you're calling us to be prayer warriors, we ask Lord God that you let us know 461 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:36,680 personally, individually, come Holy Spirit, come. 462 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:41,680 And Lord, people online, too, don't let them get away. 463 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,680 This is for you all online as well. 464 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,680 Come Holy Spirit. 465 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,680 And what I'm going to ask, and if we can bring the lights up a little bit, 466 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:58,680 you know, just as the Holy Spirit is coming, if you sense the Holy Spirit is tugging at 467 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:03,680 your heart about praying for people and praying on their behalf, I'm just going to ask you 468 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:08,680 to stand so that we can pray for you. 469 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,680 Will you stand as the Holy Spirit comes on you? 470 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,680 Thank you. 471 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:14,680 Thank you. 472 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,680 Thank you. 473 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:17,680 Thank you. 474 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:18,680 Okay. 475 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,680 Thank you. 476 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,680 Thank you. 477 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:23,680 Thank you. 478 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,680 Hallelujah. 479 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:26,680 Thank you. 480 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,680 Thank you. 481 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:30,680 Yes. 482 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:32,680 Thank you. 483 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,680 Now, there's some of you that may not feel comfortable standing. 484 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:36,680 That's okay. 485 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,680 I don't want you to feel bad about that. 486 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:44,680 But as Rudy and I pray, will you please receive the prayer for yourself? 487 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:48,680 And, you know, if you're led to just extend your, you don't have to touch, but you can 488 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:52,680 extend your hands out toward these people, and we're going to pray. 489 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,680 Rudy, do you want to start it? 490 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,680 Do you all want to say no? 491 00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:58,680 Am I on? 492 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,680 Am I on? 493 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,680 I don't want to, but the Holy Spirit told me I had to, so. 494 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:05,680 Oh, good. 495 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:06,680 I'm sure glad for that. 496 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:07,680 Go ahead. 497 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,680 All right. 498 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:11,680 Holy Spirit come. 499 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,680 Yes. 500 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:27,680 You, Holy Spirit, have given us everything we need to pray on other people's behalf. 501 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,680 And most of us don't even know that we have all the tools. 502 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:37,680 And I just pray right now that you make those tools evident. 503 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,680 Yes. 504 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,680 To everyone who's standing and all those who have not yet stood. 505 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,680 Yes. 506 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:51,680 And Lord, we ask that you keep these safe and protected. 507 00:37:51,680 --> 00:38:00,680 And we ask Lord that because they are tenderhearted people, and intercessors many times have very 508 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:07,680 tender hearts and they feel beaten up a lot, we ask Lord God that you help them to guard 509 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:11,680 their hearts in every possible way. 510 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,680 Show them how to guard their hearts in you. 511 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,680 Be everything they need. 512 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:21,680 And help them, Lord, when they walk out of the closet to be able to walk in your fun 513 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,680 and joy in their daily lives. 514 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,680 In Jesus' name. 515 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,680 And everybody said amen. 516 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:29,680 Okay. 517 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:30,680 Be seated. 518 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,680 Let's give the Lord a hand for that. 519 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,680 Hallelujah. 520 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:42,680 So the next group we're going to pray for are those who are called to church planting, 521 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:46,680 to be a church planter in some form or fashion. 522 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:50,680 And so, Holy Spirit, come. 523 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:55,680 We ask that you come, bow your head if you will, and just, you know, you and God, it's 524 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,680 between you and God right now. 525 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:03,680 And Lord, we ask that you come upon people who are future church planters. 526 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:08,680 That people you're going to teach through their involvement here and other places who 527 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:13,680 are going to gain experience that they're going to be able to go out and invade the 528 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,680 enemy's kingdom and bring your kingdom. 529 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:17,680 Holy Spirit, come. 530 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,680 Stir the people up. 531 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:26,680 And as you feel the Holy Spirit moving on you or in you, will you just stand? 532 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:27,680 Because we're going to pray. 533 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,680 Thank you. 534 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:34,680 Yes, thank you. 535 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,680 And just stand and thank you. 536 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:44,680 You may not be able to analyze this, by the way, because it's in your spirit person. 537 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:45,680 Thank you. 538 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,680 Is there another person over here? 539 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:49,680 Thank you. 540 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:50,680 Two more over here. 541 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:52,680 Yes, thank you. 542 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:53,680 Thank you. 543 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:54,680 Hallelujah. 544 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:55,680 All right. 545 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,680 We're going to pray for you. 546 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:05,680 Lord, right now, we just extend your blessings upon these lives. 547 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:11,680 Lord, you've already called them to be leaders in their lives. 548 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:16,680 And they know that in some respect, whether it's here at work or out in their community 549 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,680 or in their families, they are leaders. 550 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:26,680 And we ask, Lord, that you bless them, help them every step of the way, help us to support 551 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:32,680 them in the way they need to be supported, help us to give them the experience that they 552 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:36,680 need in the coming years in Jesus' mighty name. 553 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:40,680 And, Lord, we thank you for that. 554 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:45,680 If anything else? 555 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:55,680 So Rick asked me to speak and then I forgot because usually I would want to prepare something. 556 00:40:55,680 --> 00:41:02,680 But as I was thinking about it, like I got up and got dressed and forgot, right? 557 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:08,680 But I think that I need to speak to – you guys can sit down. 558 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:17,680 I need to speak to everyone in here that has been coming for the last couple months. 559 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,680 Or maybe today is your first day. 560 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:25,680 And you've heard Chris or John or Reg or any of the speakers that we've had on stage, 561 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,680 you've heard them say, hey, if you feel called, raise your hand. 562 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,680 If you feel called, stand. 563 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:37,680 And I believe that there are a number of people in here that have felt like they need to raise 564 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:42,680 their hand and they haven't. 565 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,680 I'm not going to make you raise your hand. 566 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:48,680 You know who you are. 567 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,680 I didn't. 568 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:51,680 Can I add something to that? 569 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,680 I've raised my hand. 570 00:41:54,680 --> 00:42:00,680 There are some people – Elizabeth Pointer, before we started, gave a prophetic word and she said, 571 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:04,680 there are some people here who at one point in your life you've accepted Christ. 572 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:09,680 Well, I don't know where that might be or how old you were, 573 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:17,680 but you are not in the same place you were then and He's calling you back. 574 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,680 So we invite you, too, to be a part of this. 575 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:21,680 Go ahead. 576 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:27,680 So, again, I had no idea what I was going to say, but the Spirit gives you the words you need. 577 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:30,680 A young lady named Anna shared this with me today. 578 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:32,680 It's lyrics from a song called Gloria. 579 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,680 I'll share the band if you want to know later. 580 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:39,680 And one of the words or one of the lines says this, 581 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:44,680 I just want to be something more than the mud in your eyes. 582 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:48,680 I want to be the clay in your hands. 583 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:53,680 And I believe that most everyone in here has had a Jesus experience. 584 00:42:53,680 --> 00:43:02,680 We all have been blind and Jesus spit in some mud, right? 585 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:09,680 Some of us are still living on that experience and now we need to become the clay. 586 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,680 And that means stepping out. 587 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:18,680 Because Rich talked about Chris and Jess and he said, You aren't Chris or Jess. 588 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:19,680 Guess what? 589 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,680 Chris wasn't Chris when he started. 590 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,680 Not the Chris we know. 591 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:26,680 And Jessica wasn't Jess. 592 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:27,680 Not the Jessica we know. 593 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:29,680 They stepped out. 594 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:40,680 And being molded by Jesus doesn't mean I sit in my bedroom or in my safe, quiet place reading the Bible. 595 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,680 Although you do need to do that. 596 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:46,680 Being molded is when you take that step out. 597 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:51,680 So I believe that some people in here are being called for something. 598 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:56,680 And Rich also talked about a lady giving him eggs. 599 00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:01,680 That lady was being molded by Jesus. 600 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:08,680 And Steve that fixed his car was being molded by Jesus because they were being Jesus. 601 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:18,680 And those of you that were afraid to put your hand up, you were already being molded because you were already being a light of Jesus in whatever way that looks for you. 602 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:24,680 But as you walk this walk, you're going to continue to be molded. 603 00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:35,680 And I just want to pray for everyone who, even if you have raised your hand, if you are that person that has felt that tug on your heart, I'm being called. 604 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:43,680 Because listen, there's a couple people in this crowd that know the knucklehead Rudy before Hub City Vineyard. 605 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,680 Right? 606 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,680 And they know I'm still really that knucklehead. 607 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:54,680 But they know the knucklehead that is being guided by the Holy Spirit. 608 00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:56,680 And you may be thinking, I'm that knucklehead. 609 00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:58,680 I can never do it. 610 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:05,680 You won't do it by yourself, but the Spirit will give you the words like he did to me just now. 611 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,680 So if you want to raise your hand, raise your hand. 612 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:14,680 But if not, put your hands out like this in front of you. 613 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,680 Come Holy Spirit. 614 00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:27,680 I know that there are people in here that want to step up and be your light. 615 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:35,680 I know that there are people that have been leading through your light in the workplace. 616 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:49,680 I know that there are people that have you have been molding, and they are now ready to step up and take control and be the statue that you have molded them into. 617 00:45:49,680 --> 00:46:02,680 Whether it's lead a small group or lead a team here at church or all those people that raise their hand for church planning. 618 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:09,680 God's not going to give you all the answers right now, but Holy Spirit, just give them that seed that they need to take the next step. 619 00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:14,680 Yes. 620 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:29,680 Lord, right now in your hearts for those who want to invite Jesus into your heart and those who did at one time but need to reclaim that and come back to him. 621 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,680 I'm going to pray the prayer in your heart. 622 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:37,680 Will you pray and agree with me? 623 00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:45,680 Heavenly Father, we come to you in the name of Jesus Christ. 624 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:53,680 And we ask Lord that you come into each of our hearts here this morning. 625 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,680 And Lord that you forgive our sins. 626 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:59,680 We claim Jesus as our Lord and Savior. 627 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:03,680 We thank you that he died for us. 628 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:13,680 We thank you that he made possible for us to be a part of the new covenant in his blood. 629 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:23,680 And we thank you Lord for forgiving our sins and the mistakes and the mishaps that we've made in the past. 630 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:34,680 And we ask your Holy Spirit that you come and fill each of our lives, fill our lives with your life. 631 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:48,680 Give us that abundance of your spirit so much so that it pours over to other people that we're able to do things we simply cannot do in our flesh. 632 00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:50,680 And we give you the honor. 633 00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:55,680 We give you the glory. And we thank you in Jesus' name. 634 00:47:55,680 --> 00:48:02,680 And Lord, right now, I speak your safety and protection on each person here. 635 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:12,680 And I speak your peace on each person to be go in front of them, go behind them, surround them at all times. 636 00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:19,680 And help them to walk the walk that you want them to walk in Jesus' mighty name. 637 00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:25,680 And everybody said, Amen. Go God. 638 00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:31,680 Now, wait a minute. I taught you better than that. Go God. 639 00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:53,680 All right. See you next Sunday.