WEBVTT 00:00:15.050 --> 00:00:18.609 This is a tremendous honor. Like I say, I'm overwhelmed. 00:00:19.449 --> 00:00:25.390 And Pastor Brad did not know it was my birthday. 00:00:26.489 --> 00:00:30.410 And so he gave me a tremendous birthday present 00:00:30.410 --> 00:00:35.829 by allowing me to preach the gospel of Jesus 00:00:35.829 --> 00:00:42.780 Christ one more time. I am excited. I'm really, 00:00:42.859 --> 00:00:46.740 we I should say, are really thrilled to be a 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:52.539 part of this fellowship. I don't say that lightly. 00:00:53.979 --> 00:00:59.920 And I don't want you to get the big head. But 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:08.340 Life Bible is the most complete, open, liberal 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:13.340 worship. Strong pastor, revelatory word in this 00:01:13.340 --> 00:01:18.659 whole region is the best. So if you don't like 00:01:18.659 --> 00:01:23.939 it, there's the door. Because you go to the others, 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:34.239 you'll be back. Pastor Brad and Pastor Jennifer 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:40.459 are just unbelievable people. Not got to really 00:01:40.459 --> 00:01:43.780 know them well. We've had, I think, lunch with 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:46.000 them one time in the time that we've been here. 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:49.260 But just to get to know them, to see them, watch 00:01:49.260 --> 00:01:55.200 them in their ministry. But I don't know that 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:00.879 we really know what we have in our pastors. Wow. 00:02:06.349 --> 00:02:09.330 God is using them in a tremendous way. And so 00:02:09.330 --> 00:02:14.169 I just want to take a moment to say, pray for 00:02:14.169 --> 00:02:19.050 them. Anytime you can see through history that 00:02:19.050 --> 00:02:23.969 God has used or raised up an instrument to move 00:02:23.969 --> 00:02:27.789 a church or move an area into a greater move 00:02:27.789 --> 00:02:30.710 of the Spirit of God, they're the ones the enemy 00:02:30.710 --> 00:02:34.909 is going to attack. And I've found after a lot 00:02:34.909 --> 00:02:42.849 of years of pastoring that sheep bite. Sad to 00:02:42.849 --> 00:02:47.849 say, some have not moved into love yet. But it 00:02:47.849 --> 00:02:52.069 will lift up our pastors. But another amazing 00:02:52.069 --> 00:02:56.949 thing that Terry and I have come to realize is 00:02:56.949 --> 00:03:03.150 what a tremendous... Men leadership you've got 00:03:03.150 --> 00:03:10.409 in this church. Wow. Hallelujah. And I don't 00:03:10.409 --> 00:03:12.789 know well the elders or anything. I just know 00:03:12.789 --> 00:03:15.729 that with leadership and men like this, that 00:03:15.729 --> 00:03:19.090 this church is going to continue just to move 00:03:19.090 --> 00:03:22.409 on. I have to take a minute. This lady is gorgeous. 00:03:23.449 --> 00:03:29.020 Something happened this last year. For 57 years, 00:03:29.219 --> 00:03:35.439 I had a brunette. And all of a sudden, I got 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:45.319 this gorgeous white hair lady over here. I'll 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:51.280 embarrass her. Isn't she gorgeous? The kids are 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.099 out. I kissed her the first time when she was 00:03:54.099 --> 00:04:01.900 12. She was only 18 one month when we said our 00:04:01.900 --> 00:04:05.599 vows, and so that's why we are still so young 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:12.139 and have been married so long. Praise God. Wow. 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:19.060 In the last months, what God has been speaking 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:27.019 to us prophetically, what... is going to happen 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:29.699 words that we've received in prayer meetings 00:04:29.699 --> 00:04:34.279 about the the points that are on that i guess 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:37.120 it looks like a star but it's northeast south 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:39.699 and west that that this church is going to reach 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:43.379 out in those directions i'm not sure just how 00:04:43.379 --> 00:04:46.860 but it's going to happen but the the words of 00:04:46.860 --> 00:04:48.740 prophets this is why i'm overwhelmed but i'm 00:04:48.740 --> 00:04:52.399 up here because of the caliber of of ministry 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:57.800 that pastor has has brought in and uh i just 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:02.500 sat there when pastor frank was sitting up here 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:08.300 oh my stars oh man could i sit under him for 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:11.139 a week or two and learn a whole bunch more than 00:05:11.139 --> 00:05:18.199 i know but wow and then our own pastor well pastor 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:25.189 frank said lord is saying come up here Then Pastor 00:05:25.189 --> 00:05:29.129 Brad talked to us about coming up into the upper 00:05:29.129 --> 00:05:35.910 room. Amen? And so I've got this stuff rolling 00:05:35.910 --> 00:05:41.050 through my head. And please, is 2 o 'clock too 00:05:41.050 --> 00:05:49.509 late? I'll tell you. Well, I've just plain struggled. 00:05:51.670 --> 00:05:56.459 But I think I have. A word for today that is 00:05:56.459 --> 00:05:59.720 going to allow some of you to walk out those 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:11.660 doors. Different. Free. Whole. Healed. In Jesus' 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.980 name. I don't know who put this worship package 00:06:14.980 --> 00:06:22.459 together. But wow. Fabulous. But do we know what 00:06:22.459 --> 00:06:26.040 the words we're singing? Do we grasp the truth 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.860 of those words? And I know who took charge in 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:31.899 the prayer room this morning. It was the Holy 00:06:31.899 --> 00:06:36.480 Spirit talking. Oh, man, just kind of really 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:41.000 brought this word together. So I better get going 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:43.459 and quit rambling here because I don't have a 00:06:43.459 --> 00:06:46.319 whole lot of time. And I've got to get this word 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:50.019 out to you. Okay, we've heard come up higher. 00:06:50.180 --> 00:06:56.240 We've heard come to the upper room. And yet in 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:58.939 the middle of all of this, the Lord speaks to 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:07.720 my heart the word satisfied. That doesn't fit. 00:07:11.779 --> 00:07:17.139 Satisfied, content. pleased with oneself, complacent, 00:07:17.139 --> 00:07:22.680 fulfilled. And if you have been in other churches 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:26.959 and then come to this church, then that's a possibility 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:30.560 in the middle of all of this that we could become 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:34.420 satisfied with what we have because we're about 00:07:34.420 --> 00:07:39.459 the best around. But in the middle of all of 00:07:39.459 --> 00:07:47.019 this, he is saying to us, come up higher. Come 00:07:47.019 --> 00:07:50.660 up into the upper room. I think of the disciples 00:07:50.660 --> 00:07:57.259 when they were walking with Jesus and they just 00:07:57.259 --> 00:08:00.459 fed the 5 ,000 with a few loaves and a few fishes. 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:04.949 Then they get into the boat. And they go out. 00:08:04.949 --> 00:08:07.910 He's up praying. He shows up on the water, scares 00:08:07.910 --> 00:08:12.310 them to death. And then he says, it's me. He 00:08:12.310 --> 00:08:19.209 gets into the boat and he says, peace. And it 00:08:19.209 --> 00:08:23.250 all settles down. And what is their reaction? 00:08:23.290 --> 00:08:29.170 Now, they just saw loaves and fishes feed 5 ,000 00:08:29.170 --> 00:08:33.090 men plus women and children. I think that would 00:08:33.090 --> 00:08:36.990 be a little bit of a miracle for me to see. But 00:08:36.990 --> 00:08:44.029 they say, who is this? That even the waves and 00:08:44.029 --> 00:08:47.529 the winds respond to his voice. They still didn't 00:08:47.529 --> 00:08:52.389 grasp the truth, the whole thing about it. And 00:08:52.389 --> 00:08:56.990 I believe, and I have, they don't have a deal 00:08:56.990 --> 00:08:59.210 up there. I didn't know if they would put it 00:08:59.210 --> 00:09:02.409 up there or not, but it's. My title this morning 00:09:02.409 --> 00:09:07.509 is Let Faith Arise. Did you hear any of that 00:09:07.509 --> 00:09:13.389 faith stuff in these songs today? I'm going to 00:09:13.389 --> 00:09:18.870 ask you to do a crazy thing. I'd like for you 00:09:18.870 --> 00:09:22.529 to stand. I'd like for you to take your Bible 00:09:22.529 --> 00:09:29.679 if you've got it or any... or whatever you use 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:33.200 to read. And I would like for you to turn, if 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.120 you have a phone, I'd like for you to pull up 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:39.159 any scripture, doesn't matter. I want it to be 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:49.500 on the Bible. I was in prayer worship this morning 00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:54.259 and this just overwhelmed me. So I said, okay, 00:09:54.340 --> 00:09:57.379 Lord, I'm going to do that in the service. Got 00:09:57.379 --> 00:10:00.659 it? You got your Bible? Okay, now I want you 00:10:00.659 --> 00:10:04.320 to take that, and I want you to lay it right 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:13.019 here. And I want you to hug it tight. Father, 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:20.720 we've read this book through some of us many 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:32.679 times. We know it by reading it. But today you 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:36.480 want to show us and help us to see what John 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:40.159 1 says, that in the beginning was the Word, and 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.299 the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:49.440 And now we hold this book. Jesus' words, his 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:55.000 own words, we hold it to our breast. And we say, 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:59.659 Father, God, would you help us to grasp a hold 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:03.580 of the fact that what we are holding are actual 00:11:03.580 --> 00:11:07.519 words that have been sent down to us through 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.639 the inspired word of God, through these men who 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:14.440 have written to us, and we have it, and the same 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:18.279 power and authority that was there on that day 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.320 when he spoke it, when he said, let there be 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:27.799 light, and there was light. Oh, every one of 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:32.059 them. And man, hallelujah in our image. Lord, 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:36.120 the same power and authority is there. So I would 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:40.720 ask this morning, and your word says, if we ask 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:43.899 anything in your name, it'll be done. So I'm 00:11:43.899 --> 00:11:50.600 expecting that as we hold this word, your words 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:55.779 to our breasts, that you will. Give us a fresh, 00:11:55.960 --> 00:12:05.279 a fresh, a fresh determination to make sure that 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:08.500 we not only read this book, but know the writer 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:12.620 of it. Know the one that has been written about, 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:18.279 who has spoken words that have power. within 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:21.720 themselves for their own fulfillment. That we 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:25.299 would grasp this and not be satisfied with anything 00:12:25.299 --> 00:12:28.600 that we have received yet because what is before 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:31.519 us is greater than anything that we have received 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:35.419 to this point. And so we thank you. Thank you 00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:41.460 for your word. We receive it now, Lord. A fresh 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:47.159 desire, hunger, not only to read it, but to know. 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:52.980 You, like we've never known you before. In the 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:56.759 name of Jesus, I pray. And I thank you for it. 00:12:57.779 --> 00:13:19.360 Hallelujah. Oh, glory to Jesus. Just lift your 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:23.100 hands. You're filled with the Spirit. Speak in 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:26.159 your language, that heavenly language. Give Him 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.399 praise this morning. Let the Spirit flow through 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:33.559 you and give praise. Hallelujah. To the Father, 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:46.659 the Son, and the Spirit. Oh, thank you, thank 00:13:46.659 --> 00:13:51.919 you, thank you. Thank you for it, Lord. We rejoice 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:56.720 in you, Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, hallelujah. 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:01.139 It's an amazing thing that through history we 00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:05.759 find that darkness that we sang about a little 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.980 bit ago, of course we know who darkness is, but 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:17.879 do we know that ignorance is darkness? There 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:22.379 was a time when only the priests in church history 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:26.320 had a Bible. Nobody knew anything but what the 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:30.659 priests said. That's the way it is in Indonesia 00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:36.120 with Islam. The language is so weak that they 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:39.700 do not even have the Koran in their language, 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.879 and yet it's the largest, quote, Muslim country 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.899 in the world. But they don't know what the... 00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:51.000 They're just born that way. They don't know what 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:54.460 the Quran says. And so I want you to know, God 00:14:54.460 --> 00:14:57.080 is moving by his spirit in such a phenomenal 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.120 way in Indonesia because truth is coming in. 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:04.059 Four years ago, a man started a church. Today, 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:10.240 he's running 6 ,000. Four years. When my brother 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:12.879 was over there in Indonesia back in the 70s, 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:16.620 three or five percent, they said, were Christian. 00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:24.399 Today, they're claiming 34%. Oh, God is doing 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:29.740 a tremendous work. But Satan is darkness, and 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:33.120 he's been trying to keep us from it. And statistics 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.980 show us that out of the millions of believers 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:41.139 that attend Sunday morning regularly, only 19 00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:47.899 % read the Word every day. only once a week. 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:54.320 How can you know, how can faith arise when faith 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:57.240 comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God? 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:04.080 Some of us here this morning have read this book, 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:08.980 but I believe that the Holy Spirit is here to 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:14.179 put a new desire and hunger for you not only 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:23.460 to Read it, but to know Jesus. He is the power 00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:26.639 and the authority of that word. Let me give you 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:33.139 an example. The angel of the Lord comes to Mary 00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:42.639 and says, I have a word from the Father for you. 00:16:44.909 --> 00:16:49.230 You will conceive and bear a son. His name will 00:16:49.230 --> 00:16:53.730 be called Jesus. She's confused, as you and I 00:16:53.730 --> 00:17:03.490 would be, and then all of a sudden, she catches, 00:17:03.730 --> 00:17:06.309 whether she understood or not, and she says, 00:17:06.490 --> 00:17:15.769 as thy word is, so be it unto me. And instantaneously, 00:17:15.769 --> 00:17:21.890 she conceived. Okay, don't get excited. We've 00:17:21.890 --> 00:17:27.190 got Jesus. Because she accepted the word and 00:17:27.190 --> 00:17:32.329 said, I receive it. Some of us, maybe many of 00:17:32.329 --> 00:17:35.450 us, are having a difficult time getting free 00:17:35.450 --> 00:17:39.329 from past because we don't know what the book 00:17:39.329 --> 00:17:43.720 says. We haven't allowed that word to become 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:48.220 our word. When he says whom the Son sets free 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:53.519 is free indeed, he means you are free. When the 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:56.920 word says that you are complete in him means 00:17:56.920 --> 00:18:00.759 everything that he purchased on that cross, when 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.079 you believed and accepted him as Savior, everything 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:09.799 possible that he could do is in you. Hallelujah. 00:18:11.849 --> 00:18:15.349 And we have to come to the place and grasp the 00:18:15.349 --> 00:18:18.569 truth of this word to release what's already 00:18:18.569 --> 00:18:22.970 there. So that we can become who he has destined 00:18:22.970 --> 00:18:27.650 us to be. And to move in his power and his authority. 00:18:28.369 --> 00:18:33.309 My wife was, maybe it was somebody here too here 00:18:33.309 --> 00:18:37.470 recently. In the word, I know my wife said it 00:18:37.470 --> 00:18:41.839 this last week or maybe even this morning. The 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:45.799 word of the Lord come, speak to these dry bones. 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:55.319 Hear the word of the Lord. Arise. Boy, you are 00:18:55.319 --> 00:19:00.279 not an excited people. Hallelujah. It was the 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.599 word of God that came and when the prophet spoke 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:07.000 it, all of a sudden the dry bones begin to move 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:10.660 and things begin to happen. Hallelujah. There's 00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:14.900 nothing about satisfaction that fits this old 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:18.660 man, I'll tell you that. I am so excited about 00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:22.420 what God is doing in my heart. I come to every 00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:26.380 service. I'm not bragging, but I wanted to be 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:30.420 in service so bad. Last Sunday, I drove an hour 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:32.640 and a half to get here for service from Newburgh, 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:36.759 Oregon. Oh, man, and I'm glad I did because wasn't 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:40.819 last Sunday a powerful, whoo! Oh, man, I don't 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:43.759 want to miss any of those times. Hallelujah. 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:50.240 I have prayed almost every day for three years 00:19:50.240 --> 00:20:00.579 for my family. It's in Ephesians chapter 1. He 00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:04.359 said, I don't cease giving thanks to you, making 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:08.579 mention of you in my prayers. That the God and 00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:11.599 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:14.740 glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:17.619 revelation and the knowledge of him. That the 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:20.099 eyes of your understanding would be enlightened, 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:23.259 that you may know what is the hope of his calling 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:26.579 and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:30.039 in the saints. What is the exceeding greatness 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:34.500 of his power to us who believe according to the 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:37.279 working of his mighty power, which he worked 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:39.920 in Christ when he raised him from the dead, seated 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:42.039 him in his own right hand in heavenly places, 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:45.319 far above all principality and power and might 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.680 and dominion and every name that is named in 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:50.519 this age and in the age to come. He put all things 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:54.640 under his feet. Gave him to be the head over 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:58.160 all things to the church, which is his body. 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:10.279 Hang on. The fullness of him. Oh, my word. The 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:21.400 fullness of him who fills all in all. Now, if 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:28.680 we're the body, then if all the powers of authority 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:31.380 are under his feet, then they're under our feet. 00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:38.160 Prayer meeting the other night, it came to me. 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:44.880 All of this, and then that Jesus said, all authority 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.119 is given unto me. Some of us in this room, and 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:53.130 you have friends. that are struggling with the 00:21:53.130 --> 00:21:58.210 fact that the enemy is beating you up about something 00:21:58.210 --> 00:22:02.849 that took place. Well, I guess we could, what 00:22:02.849 --> 00:22:07.970 was it with the new judge that we got that they 00:22:07.970 --> 00:22:09.789 were trying to pin something that happened 35 00:22:09.789 --> 00:22:12.589 years ago on him or 36 years ago. That's what 00:22:12.589 --> 00:22:19.400 the devil does to God's children. But he said, 00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:22.500 he said, I'll never remember that against you 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:26.299 again. You come to the altar the 15th time and 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:32.539 he said, what are you talking about? I don't 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:36.259 remember that. How could God forget? He said 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:42.039 he did. He said, you're free. You're whole. But 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:45.220 it's so important that we grasp and see what 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:48.730 it says in here that this word. This word, folks, 00:22:48.869 --> 00:22:53.170 this word, it's from him that we receive it. 00:22:54.349 --> 00:22:59.730 Oh, can I pray a prayer over you? Another one 00:22:59.730 --> 00:23:02.930 from the book of Ephesians. I put it in the first 00:23:02.930 --> 00:23:05.089 person so it won't sound like it's in your Bible, 00:23:05.130 --> 00:23:09.269 but it's in Ephesians 3, 16 and 21, and I put 00:23:09.269 --> 00:23:13.670 it over for us. Let me pray it over you. Shut 00:23:13.670 --> 00:23:15.910 your eyes. Would you do that? Just shut yourself 00:23:15.910 --> 00:23:21.759 in. Father, I pray that you would grant us, according 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:25.819 to the riches of your glory, to be strengthened 00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:29.660 with might through your Spirit in the inner man, 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:33.839 so that Christ may dwell in our hearts through 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:37.519 faith, that we, being rooted and grounded in 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:40.799 love, may be able to comprehend with all the 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:43.640 saints what is the width and length and depth 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:48.670 and height. of your awesome greatness and power 00:23:48.670 --> 00:23:52.910 and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge 00:23:52.910 --> 00:23:58.190 that we may be filled with all the fullness of 00:23:58.190 --> 00:24:02.349 God. Now unto him who is able to do exceedingly 00:24:02.349 --> 00:24:05.890 abundantly above all that we would ask or think 00:24:05.890 --> 00:24:11.609 according to the power that works in us. In us. 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:17.440 Help us realize the power, the Holy Spirit present 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:22.259 power with knowledge of the word, with power 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:26.619 of the word that has its power for its own fulfillment. 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:31.599 We speak it. And to him be glory in the church 00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:34.599 by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:39.200 ever. Amen. God, let it be done. Let it be done. 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:42.839 Let it be done. We're here in your presence, 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:47.160 Lord, because we need you. We desire you. We're 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:54.900 desperate. Oh, sorry to get a little bit. I'm 00:24:54.900 --> 00:25:09.500 just overwhelmed. It'll be nine years next March. 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:21.240 I died of cardiac arrest. 95 % die within the 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:27.339 first five minutes. Of the other 5%, 3 % become 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:33.140 vegetables, total brain damage. I did not have 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:39.059 a pulse for 40 minutes. And through the prayers 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:43.059 of my sweetheart and people around the world, 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:47.019 Sometime in that time I was in the hospital. 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:52.839 My room was just like I was in the midst of the 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:57.359 sun. I didn't realize what it was until I read 00:25:57.359 --> 00:26:01.140 in Revelations 1 and his countenance was as the 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:04.880 strength of the sun. And I realized at some time 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:09.470 during that hospital time that... Jesus walked 00:26:09.470 --> 00:26:13.829 into my room, and somehow he put life back into 00:26:13.829 --> 00:26:17.670 my being. He cleaned my mind, and I'm here. My 00:26:17.670 --> 00:26:20.430 wife says I'm not quite a little better than 00:26:20.430 --> 00:26:23.490 I used to be, or a little worse than I used to 00:26:23.490 --> 00:26:37.170 be. You see, folks, this is the God that we serve. 00:26:38.269 --> 00:26:42.930 Terry's grandfather had a stroke years ago. When 00:26:42.930 --> 00:26:46.930 we left him, his right side was completely limp 00:26:46.930 --> 00:26:49.769 and he couldn't speak. We came back the next 00:26:49.769 --> 00:26:51.789 morning and he's sitting up on the side of the 00:26:51.789 --> 00:26:54.410 bed and says, good morning. He said, what happened 00:26:54.410 --> 00:26:57.789 to you? He said, just about dawn, Jesus came 00:26:57.789 --> 00:27:08.319 in and touched my foot. are selling ourselves 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:14.920 short. God is bigger than what we see him. And 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:18.039 I'm not going to be satisfied with anything until 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:22.559 I begin to see Mark chapter 16 fulfilled in and 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.599 through my life. And that will happen because 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:29.279 he said these signs are going to follow them 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:33.279 that believe. And I believe. But it's so important 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:36.700 for me to grasp what this word is speaking to 00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:39.700 my heart. They are not just words that I read. 00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:42.839 It's not just that I come and I worship and I 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:45.619 enjoy great fellowship. But it's the fact that 00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:53.059 God, oh, is in those words. His authority is 00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:56.960 in those words. And when those words are spoken, 00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:00.759 it shall be. Scripture is standing out to me. 00:28:01.869 --> 00:28:04.970 Those who ask receive. Those who seek find. Those 00:28:04.970 --> 00:28:10.349 who knock it will be opened. Those who ask they 00:28:10.349 --> 00:28:16.369 shall receive. Those who seek they will find. 00:28:17.670 --> 00:28:22.609 Those who knock it will be opened. So it's put 00:28:22.609 --> 00:28:28.390 back into our lap this morning. Everything is 00:28:28.390 --> 00:28:38.700 there. You are so special. If I could go... If 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:45.519 I could come down and hug every one of you, I'd 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:49.359 do it. Kelly, I know you're not the hugger. Get 00:28:49.359 --> 00:29:06.359 up here. I would hug every one of you. And I 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:09.319 believe with all of my heart because how I feel 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:13.500 this morning in my being that he is so in me 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:17.700 that you would feel and sense the presence and 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:23.660 power of the Spirit of God. He loves you and 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:27.220 he wants to put his arms around you this morning. 00:29:28.589 --> 00:29:30.950 I'm going to share something with you that God 00:29:30.950 --> 00:29:34.250 shared with me about three, four weeks ago in 00:29:34.250 --> 00:29:39.309 pre -service prayer. Because he sees this church. 00:29:39.549 --> 00:29:44.809 He loves you so much. One main reason, you give 00:29:44.809 --> 00:29:50.150 opportunity for God to work. Whether it's in 00:29:50.150 --> 00:29:53.190 the middle of a worship service, whatever, the 00:29:53.190 --> 00:29:56.190 leading of the spirit, different people, hallelujah. 00:29:56.190 --> 00:30:06.079 Isn't that exciting? But, oh, in the book of 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:17.660 Luke, he shared with me that he is going to do 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:24.420 this in this church. Let's see, I've got to find 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:36.339 it here. A little slower in my age. It was brought 00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:42.099 up in pre -service prayer this morning. I went 00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:45.680 up and told pastor after that prayer meeting 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:53.160 that God is going to, because you allow the Spirit 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:57.579 of God to work, He's going to come and He's going 00:30:57.579 --> 00:31:06.740 to bring these people from Isaiah 61. Also in 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:10.259 Luke 4, 18, the spirit of the Lord is upon me 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:13.740 because he has anointed me to preach the gospel 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:20.900 to the poor. Listen to this one. He's going to 00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:24.900 start bringing brokenhearted people into this 00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:30.579 fellowship because you allow him to come and 00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:36.519 do what he's anointed to do. Hallelujah. And 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:42.220 he's going to heal them. He's going to proclaim 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:46.960 liberty to the captives through the power of 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:49.940 the blood, through the power of the word. He 00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:55.500 is bringing liberty. It's your choice. You receive 00:31:55.500 --> 00:32:00.460 Jesus Christ. He'll heal. You're captive to whatever. 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:10.019 Drugs, alcohol, lust, food, cars, work. Who wants 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:14.779 to be captive to that one? But whatever he's 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:19.180 bringing us. Liberty. Hallelujah. Abilities to 00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:23.200 be free. Oh, recovery of sight to the blind. 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:37.579 Set at liberty those who are oppressed. If the 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:40.920 worship team would come, he's here this morning 00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:46.059 to do that, that very thing. I believe with all 00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:50.319 of my heart that if you will grasp hold of the 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:54.460 truth of God's word, that he's here to do that 00:32:54.460 --> 00:33:01.339 this morning, it will take place. If you are 00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:06.539 here this morning and you're broken at heart, 00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:12.539 He doesn't want you to be. He's here to heal 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:21.240 you. He's here to make you whole again. If you're 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:26.259 captive to whatever, he's here to release you. 00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:29.579 He's given the power through the blood, through 00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:33.940 his resurrection power. He has come to set you 00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:38.359 free if you'll receive it. You're struggling 00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:41.279 with illness, sickness, blindness, whatever. 00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:47.000 He's here this morning. The power of the word 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:55.579 is of its own fulfillment. He can fulfill. Do 00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:59.720 we believe it? Is it God's word? If you're here 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:04.099 this morning, he wants to do it. Will you bow 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:23.309 your hearts with me? Lord, we just pause right 00:34:23.309 --> 00:34:30.570 here to let you love on your people, to let you 00:34:30.570 --> 00:34:33.230 put your strong arms around them and let them 00:34:33.230 --> 00:34:37.530 know if they're broken, that you're here to heal 00:34:37.530 --> 00:34:42.849 them today. If they've been oppressed for one 00:34:42.849 --> 00:34:46.250 reason or another, you came to bring liberty 00:34:46.250 --> 00:34:53.219 to them. If they're captive, Any form that takes 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:57.360 the place of you that keeps them from being who 00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:00.320 you want them to be or who they want to be in 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:07.599 you. Liberty is here for them. Healing is here. 00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:17.280 If you can raise me up from a deathbed, there's 00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:21.849 nothing in this room that you can't do. For nothing 00:35:21.849 --> 00:35:30.349 is impossible with God. Saints of God, I want 00:35:30.349 --> 00:35:33.230 you to begin to pray and breathe with me. Release 00:35:33.230 --> 00:35:36.869 the power of the Spirit of God to draw, to begin 00:35:36.869 --> 00:35:43.449 to heal, to bring a love. Oh, that those who 00:35:43.449 --> 00:35:46.610 are broken need, those who are oppressed need, 00:35:46.869 --> 00:35:51.030 those who are captive need. Those who are sick 00:35:51.030 --> 00:36:05.530 and need healing. We receive from you this morning 00:36:05.530 --> 00:36:10.829 because it is your word. We do not come in our 00:36:10.829 --> 00:36:14.769 own power and authority, but we come in the power 00:36:14.769 --> 00:36:18.579 and the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. And 00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:23.780 as Peter and John said, arise, arise and walk. 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:34.760 As Peter said to Dorcas, arise. Oh, we say, Father, 00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:38.340 let our faith arise this morning. It is your 00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:41.739 word and we believe it. And we will not leave 00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:45.639 here without giving you opportunity to complete 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:51.909 what you came to do. Thank you for it, Lord. 00:36:54.389 --> 00:37:03.809 We thank you for it, Lord. And those who need 00:37:03.809 --> 00:37:14.070 that fresh desire and hunger to know you. Lord, 00:37:14.230 --> 00:37:17.929 you reminisce me from the time I got saved clear 00:37:17.929 --> 00:37:26.639 through to my death. Oh, I knew you. You knew 00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:33.599 me. I loved you. I spent time with you. But Lord, 00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:43.059 now I know you. I don't just know about you. 00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:47.739 I know you. And I pray that there would be that 00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:52.900 determination in every person in this house who 00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:58.139 believes because God has some special things 00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:02.579 ahead of us that we can't even imagine. But it's 00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:06.179 according to the power that works in us. So we 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:09.119 need to move into that place in the Word. Faith 00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:12.320 comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God. 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:18.619 great worship, prophetic gifts of the Spirit. 00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:25.380 They are God's plan, but they only come with 00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:31.300 relationship. They only come when we grasp hold 00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:35.300 of truth that you are the living Word of God 00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:40.079 with power for its own fulfillment. We thank 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:48.900 you for it. We thank you for it. Could I ask 00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:54.539 those prayer team, whoever you are, that usually 00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:58.199 come down after everybody gets here, I'd like 00:38:58.199 --> 00:39:01.760 to reverse that. Could I bring you down? Would 00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:05.260 you come down? Now, you are those workers around 00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:07.699 the altars. I want you to come and I want you 00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:13.480 to face the congregation. These are men and women 00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:17.079 who have been chosen. Because of their faith. 00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:22.320 Because of their obedience. Now if you're here 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:33.500 this morning. Whatever it might be. You can walk 00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:40.519 out of here changed. Even if it's a fresh. determination 00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:43.119 that you're going to know Jesus through the word. 00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:47.000 I want you to come down and I want you to express 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:51.980 it to one of these people. If you come broken 00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:55.519 this morning, if you have been oppressed, you're 00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:57.780 determined you're going to be free. This is your 00:39:57.780 --> 00:40:01.840 day. Whether you're captive to some area, this 00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:05.099 is your day. I want you to just to come and come 00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:07.710 right down. Come on. Let's just do it quickly. 00:40:07.809 --> 00:40:10.929 Just stand up. Come on. Come on. He's here to 00:40:10.929 --> 00:40:14.210 do it. Why sit there if you can go home different 00:40:14.210 --> 00:40:18.269 and free? Come on. Come on. Let God come. Let 00:40:18.269 --> 00:40:23.150 God come and minister to you. You just need a 00:40:23.150 --> 00:40:27.070 refreshing desire to grasp the truth of the Word 00:40:27.070 --> 00:40:31.170 as it is spoken. Just come on down. Let Him pray 00:40:31.170 --> 00:40:33.550 with you. Walk out of here with a new vigor, 00:40:33.610 --> 00:40:36.550 a new excitement. with a healing, with a deliverance, 00:40:36.570 --> 00:40:40.030 whatever it is, in the name of Jesus. Everybody 00:40:40.030 --> 00:40:42.809 stand with me. Will you do that? It'll make it 00:40:42.809 --> 00:40:44.849 easier for them to get out. If there are others, 00:40:44.909 --> 00:40:49.449 a lot easier. It's not so obvious. Oh, yes. I 00:40:49.449 --> 00:40:52.789 believe there's still some more. I believe there's 00:40:52.789 --> 00:41:00.429 still some more. Oh, we wait in your presence, 00:41:00.550 --> 00:41:12.309 Lord. Holy Spirit. We want to see them be free, 00:41:12.469 --> 00:41:17.130 Lord. We want to see them be free, Lord. Let 00:41:17.130 --> 00:41:21.210 your spirit fall fresh upon these across this 00:41:21.210 --> 00:41:24.929 hall with this morning, Lord. Victory is mine, 00:41:25.010 --> 00:41:29.489 says the Lord. The enemy cannot take it. He's 00:41:29.489 --> 00:41:34.389 a liar. The truth, the light has taken the darkness, 00:41:34.710 --> 00:41:37.809 dispelled the darkness. The lies of the enemy 00:41:37.809 --> 00:44:48.159 be gone in Jesus' name. here, so if you have 00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:50.579 not yet responded out of reverence for what's 00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:52.860 going on up here, I just want to give a second 00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:55.679 call to that. 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