WEBVTT 00:00:14.570 --> 00:00:24.250 Pastor Danny, come. I'm blessed. It's an honor 00:00:24.250 --> 00:00:27.230 for me to be here and to be able to spend this 00:00:27.230 --> 00:00:30.309 weekend with you. I know my wife is desiring 00:00:30.309 --> 00:00:33.250 to be among you again. And I talked to her, told 00:00:33.250 --> 00:00:36.009 her what God is doing in your midst. And she's 00:00:36.009 --> 00:00:38.049 all excited. She's praying for these meetings. 00:00:38.390 --> 00:00:41.890 We're believing God that as we continue to travel 00:00:41.890 --> 00:00:44.530 and touch churches around the world, in different 00:00:44.530 --> 00:00:47.409 nations of the world. God would allow us to strengthen 00:00:47.409 --> 00:00:51.009 the body of Christ and cause people to see how 00:00:51.009 --> 00:00:55.689 God sees them. So it's my delight to be with 00:00:55.689 --> 00:00:57.969 you tonight. I want to use this time to talk 00:00:57.969 --> 00:01:00.390 to you about intercession because we have been 00:01:00.390 --> 00:01:03.350 talking all weekend about prophetic intercession 00:01:03.350 --> 00:01:06.430 and that's been the theme of our time together 00:01:06.430 --> 00:01:09.609 since Friday night all morning this morning and 00:01:09.609 --> 00:01:11.650 tonight I want to follow through with that. I 00:01:11.650 --> 00:01:14.769 believe that God wants to make everyone here 00:01:14.769 --> 00:01:18.230 a prophetic intercessor. Not somebody who just 00:01:18.230 --> 00:01:21.370 prays, but somebody who can hear God, somebody 00:01:21.370 --> 00:01:23.709 who has access into the presence of God, and 00:01:23.709 --> 00:01:27.870 somebody who can bring change to the world. I 00:01:27.870 --> 00:01:32.420 so thank God that he really... wants us to hear 00:01:32.420 --> 00:01:35.599 his voice. He is, God is speaking all the time. 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:37.640 We're not always listening, but he's talking 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:41.180 all the time. And if you would dare to lend yourself 00:01:41.180 --> 00:01:44.280 and to avail yourself to the Lord and say, God, 00:01:44.340 --> 00:01:47.120 do with me what you wish. I believe that you'll 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:50.760 begin to be visited by God. He will show up in 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:53.099 the morning hours, show up in the evening hours. 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:57.099 He'll meet you wherever you are so that he can 00:01:57.099 --> 00:01:59.500 build that relationship with you because he wants 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:01.819 to bring you close to him that you might know 00:02:01.819 --> 00:02:05.299 his heart and that you might have a perspective 00:02:05.299 --> 00:02:11.400 like his. So prophetic intercessors, it's my 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.840 title for tonight, prophetic intercessors are... 00:02:15.310 --> 00:02:19.189 Warriors. Prophetic intercessors are warriors. 00:02:19.629 --> 00:02:23.710 Or valley warriors. Prophetic intercessors are 00:02:23.710 --> 00:02:25.550 valley warriors. Somebody say valley warriors. 00:02:27.490 --> 00:02:30.090 They know that the journey to the mountaintop 00:02:30.090 --> 00:02:34.250 starts in the valley. That's what prophetic warriors 00:02:34.250 --> 00:02:38.430 are all about. They know about the mountaintops. 00:02:38.650 --> 00:02:43.409 But they've been trained in the valley. God. 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:46.800 Shows off his heroes on the mountaintop. But 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:49.699 he trains them in the valley. And I believe that 00:02:49.699 --> 00:02:52.979 God has been training this church. He's had you 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:56.520 going through training after training. And taking 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.120 you through valleys. That you might climb the 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:04.300 next mountaintop. I believe that God is raising 00:03:04.300 --> 00:03:10.000 a prophetic intercessory army in this house. 00:03:10.580 --> 00:03:13.000 That's going to bring change all over this land. 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:18.479 So I am convinced that God is going to do something 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:21.020 to bring you into the promise. In Deuteronomy 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:23.180 chapter 11, listen to what the scripture says 00:03:23.180 --> 00:03:26.400 concerning the promise of God. Deuteronomy 11 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.860 verse 11 through 13. But the land you are crossing 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:34.659 the Jordan to take possession of is a land of 00:03:34.659 --> 00:03:37.000 mountains and valleys. Somebody say mountains 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:40.900 and valleys. And I like the way God just threw 00:03:40.900 --> 00:03:43.759 this in. It's a land of mountains and valleys. 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:48.319 Somebody say mountains. And valleys. And you 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:51.219 and I. As we go into the promise that God has. 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.680 We're going to have to go through the mountains 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:56.960 and the valleys. And it says that drinks the 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:00.180 rain from heaven. It is the land the Lord your 00:04:00.180 --> 00:04:04.139 God cares for. The eyes of the Lord your God 00:04:04.139 --> 00:04:06.819 are continually on it. From the beginning of 00:04:06.819 --> 00:04:11.949 the year. To its end. God doesn't cease to look 00:04:11.949 --> 00:04:14.909 upon that land. So if you faithfully obey the 00:04:14.909 --> 00:04:18.189 command. I am giving you today. To love the Lord 00:04:18.189 --> 00:04:20.709 your God. And to serve him with all of your heart. 00:04:20.990 --> 00:04:25.689 And with all of your soul. If God has called 00:04:25.689 --> 00:04:29.769 us. To love him. So that we can enter into that 00:04:29.769 --> 00:04:32.949 promised land. Whatever that promise might be 00:04:32.949 --> 00:04:36.350 to you. It's the word of the Lord to your family. 00:04:36.410 --> 00:04:39.720 Or to your house. It's not just a physical landscape, 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:42.220 but it's that promise, what you heard from God, 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:45.420 what God said he would do in your life. It's 00:04:45.420 --> 00:04:47.519 a journey. Every one of us is going to have to 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:51.560 journey to that promise. And I hope that you 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:53.459 are in the mood for valleys because you're going 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:55.680 to experience valleys in the journey. It's a 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:59.339 land of mountains and valleys. God uses the mountain 00:04:59.339 --> 00:05:02.699 tops to work on our vision, to give us vision 00:05:02.699 --> 00:05:05.930 and clarity to see the future. Give us hope and 00:05:05.930 --> 00:05:09.870 strengthen our life through vision, a clear sight 00:05:09.870 --> 00:05:12.629 of the future. But in the valley, you can't see 00:05:12.629 --> 00:05:14.930 quite clear. In the valley, you have a different 00:05:14.930 --> 00:05:17.509 perspective. You can't see what you saw on the 00:05:17.509 --> 00:05:20.189 mountaintop. The valley is not for the vision 00:05:20.189 --> 00:05:22.009 purpose. The valley is for character purpose. 00:05:22.290 --> 00:05:27.750 The valley is where God works on us. So I know 00:05:27.750 --> 00:05:30.220 that God's working on your life. And tonight 00:05:30.220 --> 00:05:32.319 has been an expression of God working on people's 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.759 lives, even those that have been through the 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:38.480 valley. Listen to what Psalm 84, verses 5 through 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:42.860 7 says. Psalm 84, verses 5 through 7. Blessed 00:05:42.860 --> 00:05:45.560 are those whose strength is in you, whose heart 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:49.339 are set on a pilgrimage. Would you look at somebody 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:53.540 and say, I'm going somewhere. That's right. You've 00:05:53.540 --> 00:05:55.600 got to believe that you're on a pilgrimage. You're 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.879 moving in God. God, while you've made your home 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:01.839 here and you've established yourself here, God's 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:05.240 wanting to take you spiritually to another place 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:08.199 in him, another season that he wants you to experience. 00:06:08.379 --> 00:06:11.079 It says, whose hearts are set on a pilgrimage. 00:06:11.790 --> 00:06:15.490 As they pass through the valley of Baca. Or the 00:06:15.490 --> 00:06:18.389 valley of suffering. Which is the proper interpretation 00:06:18.389 --> 00:06:21.470 of that word Baca. The valley of tears. The valley. 00:06:21.490 --> 00:06:24.050 As they pass through the valley of tears. Of 00:06:24.050 --> 00:06:27.610 suffering. They make it. Somebody say they. They 00:06:27.610 --> 00:06:30.930 make it. It's not they're waiting on God to make 00:06:30.930 --> 00:06:34.910 it. They make it. They take authority. They step 00:06:34.910 --> 00:06:38.750 out. They make it a place of springs. The autumn 00:06:38.750 --> 00:06:41.889 rains also cover it with pools. They go from 00:06:41.889 --> 00:06:44.670 strength to strength till each appears before 00:06:44.670 --> 00:06:49.370 God inside. Somebody say they make it. Come on. 00:06:49.370 --> 00:06:52.670 Look at your neighbor and say it's your responsibility. 00:06:55.029 --> 00:06:58.750 To fill the valley with pools of water. Amen. 00:06:58.870 --> 00:07:02.250 It's your responsibility to bring the rain into 00:07:02.250 --> 00:07:05.689 your dry time. Into the valley. You can change 00:07:05.689 --> 00:07:08.629 the valley. And the valley is not a place. Where 00:07:08.629 --> 00:07:10.649 you're going to languish and die. Where you're 00:07:10.649 --> 00:07:12.970 going to park yourself. Get a t -shirt and say 00:07:12.970 --> 00:07:16.029 I live in the valley. Of tears. God has never 00:07:16.029 --> 00:07:18.529 intended for any of you. To live in a valley 00:07:18.529 --> 00:07:20.970 of suffering. God didn't call you out of darkness. 00:07:21.110 --> 00:07:24.410 So that you could mope around crying. And just 00:07:24.410 --> 00:07:27.490 feel sorry for yourself. You're not here. To 00:07:27.490 --> 00:07:30.149 just live in a sorry attack. All of your life. 00:07:30.389 --> 00:07:33.540 God has called you out of darkness. marvelous 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:36.959 light to bring you to a place of strength. And 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:39.360 I like what it says. They go from strength to 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:42.139 strength until each one of them appears before 00:07:42.139 --> 00:07:45.379 God in Zion. Come on. Somebody say, I'm going 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:48.750 to go to the next level. There's another level 00:07:48.750 --> 00:07:50.569 of strength. There's another level that I've 00:07:50.569 --> 00:07:52.930 not known. There's another level of character 00:07:52.930 --> 00:07:55.910 that God wants to shape in me. Some of you think 00:07:55.910 --> 00:07:57.889 you've been around the kingdom so long you've 00:07:57.889 --> 00:07:59.970 reached the finish line. I got news for you. 00:08:00.029 --> 00:08:02.550 God moves the finish line. When you think you've 00:08:02.550 --> 00:08:05.290 arrived, God moves the finish line. And he says, 00:08:05.310 --> 00:08:07.410 no, you're still alive. I still got work in you. 00:08:07.629 --> 00:08:09.589 Some of you have been through so many valleys, 00:08:09.750 --> 00:08:12.370 you can't take another one. You're kind of saying, 00:08:12.410 --> 00:08:14.370 not another valley. Is he really going to preach 00:08:14.370 --> 00:08:16.829 on another valley? No, I'm preaching about what 00:08:16.829 --> 00:08:19.310 God wants. God shapes in the valley. In the valley 00:08:19.310 --> 00:08:22.730 God makes warriors. In the valley God trains 00:08:22.730 --> 00:08:24.889 people and takes them from strength to strength. 00:08:25.250 --> 00:08:27.589 Till they appear before God in the mountain. 00:08:27.970 --> 00:08:31.750 In Zion. In the place. But it all starts in the 00:08:31.750 --> 00:08:37.090 valley. The valley. I believe God wants to train 00:08:37.090 --> 00:08:40.470 his people in the valley. Train in the valley. 00:08:41.789 --> 00:08:44.269 Listen to it. Deuteronomy chapter 8 verses 15 00:08:44.269 --> 00:08:47.700 through 16 says it this way. He led you through 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:50.840 the vast and dreadful wilderness. That thirsty 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.960 and waterless land. With its venomous snakes 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:56.960 and scorpions. Anybody ever been through that? 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:01.299 Or you even feared for your life? He brought 00:09:01.299 --> 00:09:05.340 you water out of the hard rock. How many know 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:09.500 God can provide in the desert? He gave you manna 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:12.519 to eat in the wilderness. Something your ancestors 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:17.200 had never known. To humble. And test you. So 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:23.320 that in the end. It might go well with you. Oh 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:25.840 you have an expected end in God. But you're not 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:27.860 going to get there. Without going through the 00:09:27.860 --> 00:09:32.080 valley. The way he secures your end. You're expected 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.759 in. The God who does not want to do you harm. 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:37.320 But wants to do you good. Is that he allows you 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.059 to go through the valleys. And many of us are 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:44.340 saying. God but why me? You allow. the sister 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:46.620 who sits with me in church, send her through 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:49.659 the valley this time. And we want to send it 00:09:49.659 --> 00:09:52.419 somewhere else. We'd rather them go through it. 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:54.879 I'll support her. I'll help her through it, God. 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:58.860 But don't let me go through it again. But the 00:09:58.860 --> 00:10:01.740 valley is very needful for all of us because 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:04.820 God is training us for a great future. Because 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:07.279 your future is greater than what you have today, 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:11.720 God has to train your character. So you can handle 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:15.320 what he's going to give you in the future. Hebrews 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:18.580 chapter 12 in the New Testament verse 11. It 00:10:18.580 --> 00:10:21.740 says no discipline seems pleasant at the time. 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:25.639 But painful. Somebody say painful. Come on look 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:27.139 at somebody and say I got a feeling this is going 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:32.820 to hurt. It's painful. All of us have been through 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:35.279 the pain. All of us. There's not one person here 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.700 who hasn't been through some pain in life. We're 00:10:37.700 --> 00:10:42.190 all going to experience pain. What makes a difference 00:10:42.190 --> 00:10:43.830 in the kingdom of God is that when you go through 00:10:43.830 --> 00:10:45.710 those painful experiences, it's going to count 00:10:45.710 --> 00:10:49.190 for you. God is going to cause it to work on 00:10:49.190 --> 00:10:52.509 your behalf. It's not going to be in vain. All 00:10:52.509 --> 00:10:54.669 of your tears, all of your sorrow, all of the 00:10:54.669 --> 00:10:58.190 suffering, all of the pain will work on your 00:10:58.190 --> 00:11:01.269 behalf. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, 00:11:01.289 --> 00:11:04.830 but painful later on. Somebody say later on. 00:11:05.289 --> 00:11:08.330 Later on, however, it produces a harvest. Somebody 00:11:08.330 --> 00:11:11.629 say a harvest. A harvest of righteousness and 00:11:11.629 --> 00:11:14.190 peace for those who have been trained by it. 00:11:14.610 --> 00:11:17.289 You're trained in the area of pain. God trains 00:11:17.289 --> 00:11:20.529 you for a great harvest. Listen, you go through 00:11:20.529 --> 00:11:22.889 one thing, you might lose one thing, but there's 00:11:22.889 --> 00:11:25.750 a harvest coming with a lot more than you expected 00:11:25.750 --> 00:11:29.250 ever to have. And though you might have lost 00:11:29.250 --> 00:11:32.029 some things, get ready for a harvest. Some of 00:11:32.029 --> 00:11:33.950 you have suffered great loss. You're broken. 00:11:34.070 --> 00:11:36.009 You're hurting. And you're saying, I can't go 00:11:36.009 --> 00:11:38.110 through another trial. I don't want to go through 00:11:38.110 --> 00:11:40.769 another time of pain. But listen, if you knew 00:11:40.769 --> 00:11:43.129 what was on the other side of that wilderness, 00:11:43.289 --> 00:11:46.389 what was on the other side, the harvest of righteousness 00:11:46.389 --> 00:11:49.850 and peace that passes all understanding, you'd 00:11:49.850 --> 00:11:51.870 walk through it. You'd say, I'll do it again. 00:11:54.409 --> 00:11:59.779 And God has a reward. God wants to reward you 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:02.820 with a great harvest that cannot be compared 00:12:02.820 --> 00:12:06.460 with what you've had in the past. I believe God 00:12:06.460 --> 00:12:09.179 wants to do something greater in your life, greater 00:12:09.179 --> 00:12:11.779 in your family, and he's going to do it by his 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:14.700 spirit as he takes you through the valley and 00:12:14.700 --> 00:12:21.440 trains you. So God is doing a character. Character 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:25.460 could not be developed in ease and quiet. We'd 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:28.779 love for that to happen. Just sit back and put 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:32.559 your remote in your hand and God's going to shape 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:35.019 your character while you watch your favorite 00:12:35.019 --> 00:12:40.059 show. But character doesn't happen that way. 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:43.480 Only through experience of trial and suffering 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.720 can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, 00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:52.399 ambition inspired, and success achieved. It's 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:55.509 through those painful times. It's through those 00:12:55.509 --> 00:12:59.210 experiences of trial and suffering. You can say 00:12:59.210 --> 00:13:03.409 amen or you can say ouch. But it's the reality. 00:13:04.450 --> 00:13:07.610 You're going to suffer some things for the sake 00:13:07.610 --> 00:13:10.190 of what God has prepared for you in the future. 00:13:10.669 --> 00:13:12.909 Because he's at an end. He wants your end to 00:13:12.909 --> 00:13:15.929 be greater than your present. And I don't know 00:13:15.929 --> 00:13:17.690 about you, but I want everything God has for 00:13:17.690 --> 00:13:20.610 me. I want it to do whatever he has to do with 00:13:20.610 --> 00:13:23.860 me so that I can reach. that future that he has 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:26.259 planned for my life. I've served the Lord for 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:28.559 43 years now, been through a number of valleys, 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:32.340 but I'm ready. I'm ready to say, God, whatever 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:35.179 you need to do, but don't leave me here. I'm 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:37.899 glad, I'm satisfied with what I have now, but 00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:39.480 I know there's more. Somebody say, there's more. 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:42.480 There's more influence. There's more authority. 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:44.539 There's more blessing. There's more prosperity. 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:46.480 There's more that God wants to bring on your 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:49.460 life. And I believe you and I, if we want more, 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:52.379 we've got to be able to dare to walk through 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:54.700 the valley of suffering. We've got to be able 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:57.899 to get the wisdom to turn it around. And prophetic 00:13:57.899 --> 00:14:00.519 intercessors can walk through the valley. They're 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:05.299 trained warriors, valley warriors. And I believe 00:14:05.299 --> 00:14:09.860 that God will cause vision. To come into the 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:14.000 lives of his people. Man character cannot be 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.240 developed. But vision. If you go to the next 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:21.279 slide with me. Vision. Vision comes from God. 00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:26.139 To inspire us. To show us our destiny. The fulfillment 00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:29.080 of our purpose. Character comes from our disciplines. 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:33.419 And our choices in life. Character has the power 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:37.100 to take us to our future. The lack of character 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:40.539 has the power to sabotage our future. What if 00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:42.779 I told you that every problem in your life is 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:46.460 due to a lack of character in you or in somebody 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:51.200 that's close to you? So character is important. 00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:55.960 And for those of you who are married, don't think 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:57.659 your wife is going to go through the desert and 00:14:57.659 --> 00:15:00.659 you're going to stay out singing Kumbaya somewhere 00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:03.620 waiting for her to get through her desert. You're 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:05.159 married. You're one. You're going to go through 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:08.320 it together. I hope you can strengthen each other 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:11.059 during that time because God is shaping the two 00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:14.600 of you to make the kind of decisions that come 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:17.179 from a character that's been forged in the fires 00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:22.980 of God. Vision. Vision. Character comes from 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:25.820 our disciplines and our choices in life. Character 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:30.080 has the power. Character has the power to take 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:32.379 us to our future. There'll be people that'll 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:34.799 come into your life. Someone said people are 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:36.940 like the buttons in an elevator. They can take 00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:40.279 you up or can take you down. You gotta know which 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:42.580 one you're gonna press. You gotta know who you're 00:15:42.580 --> 00:15:46.059 gonna relate to because people can make a difference 00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:50.000 in your life. Vision. Let's talk about vision 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.440 just for a moment. Vision is not what you see 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:56.100 in the present. Vision, what you see in the present 00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:59.720 is your now. But vision is a fast forward image 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:02.379 of the future. It's God giving you a glimpse. 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:04.720 You know what happened prophetically here? That 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:06.679 tonight God showed people a glimpse of their 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.340 future. If you do this, I'm going to do this 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:11.679 with you. If you submit, I'm going to take you. 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:13.340 I'm going to make something out of you. I'm going 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:15.620 to do it. I thank God for the glimpse of the 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:17.100 future. How many thank God for those glimpse 00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:20.960 you caught? God wants to show us those visions 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:24.620 of the future so that we can stir ourselves up 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:27.500 and believe God for great things. We can learn 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:30.830 to just submit to God and say, God, I want that. 00:16:30.830 --> 00:16:34.049 It looks good. I want it in my life. Vision is 00:16:34.049 --> 00:16:36.970 different than perspective. Perspective is not 00:16:36.970 --> 00:16:41.690 what you see, but how you see it. Amen? You might 00:16:41.690 --> 00:16:44.190 see something one way, but it's not the right 00:16:44.190 --> 00:16:46.330 perspective. How many of you have ever had the 00:16:46.330 --> 00:16:50.149 wrong perspective? And you were embarrassed when 00:16:50.149 --> 00:16:52.090 you found out it was not what you thought it 00:16:52.090 --> 00:16:56.629 was. Perspective can mess you up. A young couple 00:16:56.629 --> 00:17:00.240 moved into a new community. and had a lesson 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.000 in perspective. They moved next to a lady who 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.420 was raising rabbits, and they had a large dog 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:09.460 with them. They didn't have kids. They were youngly 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:12.039 married, but here this lady had rabbits, and 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:15.700 there where he was, our dog, we got to hold on 00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:17.420 to him, make sure he doesn't get a hold of those 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:19.380 rabbits. He's a good dog, but he's liable to 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:21.519 kill one. He's big and strong, and he'll play 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.099 with them. Lo and behold, one day he walked in 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:26.519 with the rabbit in his mouth, and it was dead, 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:30.490 bloody, and dirty. And they wrestle the dog for 00:17:30.490 --> 00:17:32.950 the rabbit, pulled it out, and it looked terrible, 00:17:33.049 --> 00:17:37.190 like a rag. So they said, we can't talk to this 00:17:37.190 --> 00:17:39.230 lady like this. This is her prized rabbit. This 00:17:39.230 --> 00:17:42.009 is her favorite of all the rabbits. And they 00:17:42.009 --> 00:17:44.619 took the rabbit and that couple. Began to shampoo 00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:47.480 it and wash it. And they shampooed its fur. And 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.779 took all the blood out. All the stains out. Made 00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:52.019 it look clean. They blow dried it. And gave it. 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:55.640 Just made it look all fluffy again. So they decided. 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:57.460 Fluffy looks so good. They said let's not even 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:59.559 tell her he's dead. Let's put him back in the 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.859 cage. And let her find him in the morning dead. 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:06.339 So they went through all this trouble. Hours 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:11.140 combing a dead rabbit. Then they put him back 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:13.470 in the cage that night. In the morning, they 00:18:13.470 --> 00:18:15.210 heard the screams of this lady screaming, my 00:18:15.210 --> 00:18:17.890 rabbit, my rabbit. She's jumping up and down. 00:18:17.990 --> 00:18:19.990 She can hardly contain herself. And they run 00:18:19.990 --> 00:18:21.589 out like if they didn't know what had happened. 00:18:22.130 --> 00:18:24.369 And say, what happened? She says, my rabbit, 00:18:24.390 --> 00:18:27.650 my rabbit. And so he looked into the cage and 00:18:27.650 --> 00:18:30.049 pulled the rabbit out from the cage and said, 00:18:30.069 --> 00:18:32.450 it is dead. And she said, no, it's not that. 00:18:32.670 --> 00:18:35.569 He died three days ago. I buried him in the backyard 00:18:35.569 --> 00:18:44.430 and now he's back in the cage. Perspective. What 00:18:44.430 --> 00:18:46.490 you see is not always the reality of what you 00:18:46.490 --> 00:18:51.509 think. Well, that couple had to learn a good 00:18:51.509 --> 00:18:55.049 lesson and that poor dog suffered for the wrong 00:18:55.049 --> 00:18:58.789 perspective. The moral of this story is don't 00:18:58.789 --> 00:19:04.269 spend your life combing a dead rabbit. Some people 00:19:04.269 --> 00:19:06.910 just don't let it go. They just got to comb it, 00:19:06.910 --> 00:19:08.650 got to make it look good. I know it's thin, but 00:19:08.650 --> 00:19:12.420 I got to comb it. It's got to look good. Well, 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:15.460 don't spend your life thinking about something 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:17.279 that's happened in the past. Release yourself 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:19.859 from the past. Get a fresh perspective on God. 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:22.980 Get the perspective that God has about your life. 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:25.710 If you're looking at the past, You've got the 00:19:25.710 --> 00:19:28.170 wrong perspective about your future. But if you're 00:19:28.170 --> 00:19:29.869 looking to the future. You're looking at what 00:19:29.869 --> 00:19:33.390 God's looking at. Listen. God is not dependent 00:19:33.390 --> 00:19:36.049 on your future to create. Or dependent on your 00:19:36.049 --> 00:19:38.930 past to create your future. God has a future. 00:19:39.049 --> 00:19:41.950 And he's the maker of your future. He will create 00:19:41.950 --> 00:19:44.210 a whole. He'll write a whole new history. About 00:19:44.210 --> 00:19:45.970 your life and your family. I don't care what 00:19:45.970 --> 00:19:47.869 you've been through. I don't care how you drug 00:19:47.869 --> 00:19:50.650 your face in the mud. How much you've messed 00:19:50.650 --> 00:19:53.829 up. How many mistakes you've made. The God who 00:19:53.829 --> 00:19:57.710 we serve. is the God who saves. The God who redeems. 00:19:57.710 --> 00:20:01.009 The God who restores. He'll lift you up. Clean 00:20:01.009 --> 00:20:05.029 you up. And get you on track. And put you on 00:20:05.029 --> 00:20:07.910 the right focus so you can steer out the future 00:20:07.910 --> 00:20:12.089 that he has for you. Somebody ought to give God 00:20:12.089 --> 00:20:18.349 a clap offering. Perspective. And that comes 00:20:18.349 --> 00:20:20.990 through prophetic insight. Prophetic insight 00:20:20.990 --> 00:20:24.210 is the discerning ability to know. What to do 00:20:24.210 --> 00:20:27.930 and when to do it. In order to arrive at the 00:20:27.930 --> 00:20:32.230 next mountaintop in your life. You got to know 00:20:32.230 --> 00:20:34.910 what to do and when to do it. Some people know 00:20:34.910 --> 00:20:37.630 what to do but don't know when to do it. And 00:20:37.630 --> 00:20:40.349 they mess things up in life. Some people think 00:20:40.349 --> 00:20:43.789 they know what to do but are out of timing. And 00:20:43.789 --> 00:20:45.990 they mess up as well. So you need to know what 00:20:45.990 --> 00:20:48.490 to do and when to do it. Timing is very important 00:20:48.490 --> 00:20:52.119 to God. And sometimes we hear a prophetic word 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:54.740 and we want to run with that prophetic word without 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:58.079 being able to discern the right time of our lives. 00:20:58.619 --> 00:21:00.619 Did you learn everything you need to learn before 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:03.240 you get out there and try to fulfill that great 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:06.079 word of God that will put a great responsibility 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:09.200 on you? Well, some great things have been prophesied 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:11.400 in this church over the course, not just tonight, 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:13.700 but over the course of the history of this church. 00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:16.259 But God has had to take this church through the 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:21.140 valley. Taking families. Men and women through 00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:22.960 the valley. Couples going through the valley. 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:26.559 Women through the valley. Some people didn't 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:30.339 survive that valley. Some of you are alone today 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:33.559 because those who you were walking with didn't 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:40.119 survive the training in the valley. But the valley, 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:42.920 the valley. Let me tell you about the valley. 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:46.200 The valley is a dark place, limited vision. It's 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.400 a place of limited vision. Days seem shorter 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:50.839 because the foliage of the trees and the mountains 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:55.180 around it. It's a place of uncertainties. And 00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:57.880 that's a hard place. Every time we're in that 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:00.279 place is where God wants to know what we're going 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:04.519 to do. Will we trust Him in that season of uncertainties 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.920 in our life? Well, we don't know where God's 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:09.599 going to provide from. Well, we don't know how 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:11.640 it's all going to work out. But you don't have 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:14.420 all the answers. The valleys are that place. 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.940 Some of you might be in that valley right now. 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:20.140 And maybe this word is for you. Some of you are 00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:22.420 just getting ready to go into the valley. I hope 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:27.660 you remember this word. The place where God works 00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:30.420 on our character, that's the valley. A place 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:32.460 where your friends are confirmed and your enemies 00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:36.019 are revealed. That's the valley. Somebody say, 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:38.799 that's the valley. Some of you have been there. 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:41.200 You've already had the revelation of who's your 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:45.900 friend and who's not. It's the place where we 00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:48.660 overcome strongholds. It's the place where heroes 00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:51.900 are made. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joshua, Deborah, 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:55.900 Barak, Gideon. The list goes on. Even David overcame 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:59.339 Goliath in the valley of Elah. The place where 00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:02.240 you wait on the word from God is the valley. 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:05.240 The place where you wait on the word of God to 00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:08.079 make your next move. The valley is not the place 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:10.740 where you make life decisions to change the course 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:13.250 of your life. Some people get so frustrated and 00:23:13.250 --> 00:23:15.869 fearful because of the uncertainties of the valley 00:23:15.869 --> 00:23:18.029 that they want to make life -changing decisions. 00:23:18.109 --> 00:23:20.430 I'm leaving this church. And they'll pick up 00:23:20.430 --> 00:23:22.250 because they're going through the valley. Little 00:23:22.250 --> 00:23:24.210 did they know that God had them in the test. 00:23:24.410 --> 00:23:27.089 God was testing their character because he was 00:23:27.089 --> 00:23:30.140 about to promote them to something greater. But 00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:32.240 they stepped out and they missed the visitation 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:35.019 of God. They stepped out and didn't see the provision 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:38.480 of God come to them. And they won't get what 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:40.519 God had for them until they come back to the 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.839 place where they stepped out of it. Until they 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:45.339 come back to the place where they missed God. 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:49.059 Some of us haven't learned. We go from one valley 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:51.359 experience and if you don't learn from your valley 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.599 experience, you'll just repeat the valley. And 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:56.940 God's got all the time in the world. You might 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:59.640 not have it. You'll run out of time. You'll grow 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:03.039 old going from one valley to another and not 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:05.980 learning. It was Moses in the desert going around 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:09.900 because the people didn't learn. 40 years in 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:13.980 the desert. Well, I hope your valleys don't last 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:17.079 that long. I hope you can get through it. I hope 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:19.019 you can walk. Through the valleys, I believe 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:20.859 God wants to strengthen you. I believe God wants 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:23.279 to empower you as a prophetic intercessor that 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.720 can turn your valleys into something positive. 00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:29.559 That can cause water to come to you in the valleys. 00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:32.140 That you can fill your valleys with pools of 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:34.519 water and turn them into strength in your life. 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:39.519 Are you with me? The valley. The valley is the 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:43.700 place where you wait on the word of God. In 2 00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:47.130 Chronicles chapter 20, there is a... a king by 00:24:47.130 --> 00:24:49.410 the name of Jehoshaphat, and he's in a tight 00:24:49.410 --> 00:24:52.150 place. There's some armies that have gotten together, 00:24:52.289 --> 00:24:54.569 and they're wanting to make war against him, 00:24:54.609 --> 00:24:57.450 and they're praying and interceding. Actually, 00:24:57.630 --> 00:25:00.369 he gets all the people of Judah together, and 00:25:00.369 --> 00:25:02.470 they start praying and going before the Lord 00:25:02.470 --> 00:25:04.869 to pray, and they start interceding. The kids, 00:25:04.950 --> 00:25:07.710 everybody was in intercession, and as that was 00:25:07.710 --> 00:25:10.109 happening, the Spirit of the Lord came on a man 00:25:10.109 --> 00:25:13.980 by the name of Jehaziel. Listen to it in chapter 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:18.000 14. Then the Spirit of the Lord. This is 2 Chronicles 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:21.119 20, verse 14 through 17. Then the Spirit of the 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:24.099 Lord came on Jehaziel, the son of Zechariah, 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:26.599 the son of Benaniah, the son of Jeel, the son 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:29.720 of Methaniah, a Levite, a descendant of Asaph. 00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:33.779 So he's a descendant of a Levite. He's a descendant 00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:37.700 of musicians. He's also a descendant of Benaniah, 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:43.799 who is the firstborn of Samson. So he comes with 00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:47.019 a prophetic legacy. Samson was an intercessor. 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:50.720 A prophet who would intercede. And here is this 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:54.460 descendant of him now generations later. As he 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:58.559 stood in the assembly. In verse 15 he says. He 00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:01.880 said listen King Jehoshaphat. And all who live 00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:05.779 in Judah and Jerusalem. This is what the Lord 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.880 says to you. Do not be afraid or discouraged. 00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:12.319 Because of this vast army. For the battle is 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:15.599 not yours but God's. Tomorrow march down against 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:18.500 them. They will be climbing up by the pass of 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:22.299 Ziz. And you will find them at the end of the 00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:26.519 gorge. In the desert of Jerel. You'll find them 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:28.539 at the wilderness. You'll find them in that valley. 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:31.380 You'll find them in that place. And you will 00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:34.480 not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions. 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:38.599 Stand firm. Somebody say stand firm. See the 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:41.490 deliverance of the Lord will give you. Judah 00:26:41.490 --> 00:26:44.130 and Jerusalem, do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. 00:26:45.049 --> 00:26:48.970 Go out to face them tomorrow and the Lord will 00:26:48.970 --> 00:26:52.029 be with you. If you dare to confront your enemies 00:26:52.029 --> 00:26:55.589 in the valley, God will be with you. Because 00:26:55.589 --> 00:26:59.950 God wants to use even your enemies to train you 00:26:59.950 --> 00:27:04.329 into a mighty warrior. In 1 Kings chapter 20, 00:27:04.450 --> 00:27:07.599 listen to this. 1 Kings chapter 20, and we'll 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:10.660 move along here with the scriptures. 1 Kings 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:14.079 20, verse 22 through 23, and then we'll jump 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:16.920 into verse 28. It says, Afterwards the prophet 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:19.940 came to the king of Israel and said, Strengthen 00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:22.059 your position. This was after a great war that 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:26.319 they had had. Strengthen your position. Strengthen 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:30.500 your position and see what must be done. Because 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:33.279 next spring, the king of Aram will attack you 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:38.799 again. Here's this prophet giving the king instructions. 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.539 Next spring is coming and that's the time when 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:44.220 kings go to war, the Bible says. You better get 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:46.339 ready because the enemy is going to come back 00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:49.900 to attack you. Meanwhile, the officials of the 00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:53.539 king of Aram advised him, their gods are gods 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:57.279 of the hills. That is why they were too strong 00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:01.660 for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:05.390 we will be stronger than day. And listen to what 00:28:05.390 --> 00:28:09.549 God answered. The man of God came up and told 00:28:09.549 --> 00:28:11.990 the king of Israel. This is what the Lord says. 00:28:12.430 --> 00:28:16.549 Because the Arameans think the Lord is the God 00:28:16.549 --> 00:28:18.890 of the hills and not the God of the valleys. 00:28:19.349 --> 00:28:22.049 I will deliver this vast army into your hands 00:28:22.049 --> 00:28:26.609 and you will know that I am the Lord. Come on. 00:28:26.609 --> 00:28:28.309 Can somebody say he's the God of the valley? 00:28:29.730 --> 00:28:32.690 Can I tell you it's easy to fight in the mountaintops. 00:28:33.450 --> 00:28:35.470 When everything is going great and when you're 00:28:35.470 --> 00:28:38.589 on the top of the hill, man, the enemy tries 00:28:38.589 --> 00:28:40.750 to come at you and you have the advantage because 00:28:40.750 --> 00:28:43.029 you're sitting on the top of the hill. It's hard 00:28:43.029 --> 00:28:45.049 to take you when you're on the top of the hill. 00:28:45.109 --> 00:28:47.289 But when you're on the same plane, when you're 00:28:47.289 --> 00:28:49.509 in that valley place, that's a whole different 00:28:49.509 --> 00:28:52.490 story. You've got to be trained to fight in the 00:28:52.490 --> 00:28:55.490 valley. And I believe that God is wanting to 00:28:55.490 --> 00:28:58.769 raise prophetic intercessors who are experts 00:28:58.769 --> 00:29:02.049 of the valley. Experts in being trained. They've 00:29:02.049 --> 00:29:04.319 walked through the valley. It's the very things 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:06.940 of the valley that have made them sensible to 00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:09.960 hear the voice of God, who have honed their senses 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:13.400 in fine -tuning them, synchronized them with 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:17.079 the voice from the throne room of God. The valley 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:19.900 is going to teach you a few things. If you're 00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:24.079 there, learn it. God will speak to you and train 00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:27.940 you in the valley. I believe that God wants to 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:30.660 do a powerful thing in this church, but he's 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:32.890 training you. He's training and he's speaking. 00:29:33.190 --> 00:29:35.230 The valley is the place where you wait for that 00:29:35.230 --> 00:29:38.849 word from God. Thank God, Jehaziel had a word 00:29:38.849 --> 00:29:41.490 for King Jehoshaphat. It was King Jehoshaphat 00:29:41.490 --> 00:29:43.069 in that same chapter, you'll find him saying, 00:29:43.250 --> 00:29:45.609 believe God and be established, believe in his 00:29:45.609 --> 00:29:48.869 prophets and so shall you prosper. Verse 20, 00:29:49.029 --> 00:29:53.509 you'll find it later. But it is the Lord. So 00:29:53.509 --> 00:29:55.670 the man of God came and said, hey, the Arameans 00:29:55.670 --> 00:29:58.470 got this idea that he's the God of the hills 00:29:58.470 --> 00:30:01.200 and that you won the last war because... They 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:04.980 fought you on the hills. And God who hears everything. 00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:09.420 He heard the king's advisor tell him. If you 00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:11.339 fight them in the valley. He's not the God of 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:13.980 the valleys. Their gods are the gods of the hill. 00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:18.119 God said watch this. He said word get ready. 00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:20.559 Because he's going to fight in the valley now. 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:24.799 Man I'm telling you. He's the God of the valleys. 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:27.779 He's the God of the hills. And he's the God of 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:29.720 the valley. He's the God of the whole earth. 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:32.339 Can you say amen? Can you give God a praise offering 00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:35.559 in here? Can you clap your hands to the God of 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:39.200 the valley? When you're in the valley, he's not 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:41.920 left you. Well, you can't see him. You can't 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.900 feel him. You don't know where he's at. But he's 00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:46.839 there with you. He's in the valley. He's accompanying 00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:49.799 you. He's training you. He's watching you as 00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:52.480 a warrior. You're just entered boot camp when 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:54.950 you're entering to the valley. But that's where 00:30:54.950 --> 00:30:58.809 God shapes the greatest warriors. That's where 00:30:58.809 --> 00:31:01.509 he fights. And he fights for you. He'll show 00:31:01.509 --> 00:31:05.509 up in the valley and deliver you. If you learn 00:31:05.509 --> 00:31:08.869 what he needs you to learn. He'll come through 00:31:08.869 --> 00:31:11.549 for you and bring you into a place of victory. 00:31:12.269 --> 00:31:16.490 So the prophet came and said strengthen your 00:31:16.490 --> 00:31:21.180 position. Get ready. And I believe that. God 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:23.339 wants to give a strategy to this church in this 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:27.279 new season. Even to the leaders of this house. 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:31.220 I believe God's going to speak because you can't 00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:34.200 do things the way you used to do them. I believe 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.099 God has a whole new level for this church to 00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:39.819 go to. And there's a new strategy that God wants 00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:43.180 to give. Don't be afraid to implement. Prepare 00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:45.319 yourself. Position yourself. Look at your neighbor 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:48.319 and say, position yourself. Come on, get ready 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:52.039 for a fight. Position yourself to defend. Position 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:55.500 yourself to fight in the valley. So we're going 00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:57.119 through the valley, but we're going to fight 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:59.900 our way out of the valley. And I believe that 00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:03.240 prophetic intercessors know that the valley is 00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:10.980 a prophecy of yet another mountaintop. Listen, 00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:13.319 a valley isn't a valley without its being surrounded 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:17.079 with mountains. When you're in the valley, you 00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:19.480 need to remember. I'm coming through out of here 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.920 and there's another mountain waiting for me to 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:24.960 scale it. This is training so I can climb the 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:27.220 next mountain where my vision is going to expand 00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.799 it again and I'm going to see further than I've 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:30.920 ever seen because I've come through some things. 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:34.740 My perspective is going to change. And I believe 00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:37.819 that God wants to cause every valley in your 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:39.940 life to be a prophecy, an announcement of God 00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:42.839 that says to you, get through this valley because 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:45.839 I'm taking you to a higher plateau. I'm taking 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:48.180 you to a higher place. I'm going to show you 00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:50.279 some things you've never seen. This mountain 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:52.680 is higher than the last one you went through. 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:58.059 Are you ready? Come on. Listen, in 1 Samuel chapter 00:32:58.059 --> 00:33:03.460 7 speaks about Samuel the prophet who was a judge 00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:05.839 in Israel but he was also a prophet and he was 00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:08.680 an intercessor. In 1 Samuel chapter 7 verses 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:11.619 5 through 6 says. Then Samuel said assemble all 00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:16.119 Israel at Mizpah. And I will intercede with the 00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:20.759 Lord for you. I will what? Intercede with the 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:23.900 Lord for you in Mizpah. And when they had assembled 00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:26.740 at Mizpah. They drew water and poured it out 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:30.220 before the Lord. On that day they fasted a day. 00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:33.259 And there they confessed. We have sinned against 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:36.039 the Lord. Now Samuel was serving as a leader. 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:39.559 Of Israel. At Mishpah. And I think it's important 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:43.019 for us to look at that. Because. And this is 00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:44.859 not on the slide. So if you can take it down. 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:48.559 That word Mishpah. The name of that place. Is 00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:53.859 Watchtower. Interesting. It's a city. In the 00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:58.160 district. Of Shephah. In the lowlands of Judah. 00:33:58.420 --> 00:34:02.519 It was in the plains. It was in the valley. Mishpah. 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:05.279 And it was there when Samuel said. I'm going 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:08.460 to go intercede at Mizpah. Meet me there. He 00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:12.960 knew exactly where intercessors do their best 00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:17.800 work. It's in the valley. Anybody can pray when 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:20.400 they're in the mountaintop. But can you intercede? 00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:22.780 Can you still stand in the gap? Can you still 00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:25.960 believe God? Can you still break through in intercession 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:29.679 in the valley? It's when you don't want to pray 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:32.019 because you can't see the other side. You can't 00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:34.739 see the light. You can't see what's coming. Discouragement 00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:38.320 wants to set into your life because you're in 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:41.139 the valley. But I want you to know that in the 00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:44.400 valley is where God shapes you so that you know 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:47.000 how to overcome discouragement so you don't become 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:49.659 a victim of discouragement. It's one of the tools 00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:52.619 of the enemy. If he can discourage you, he will 00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:56.599 keep you distracted. He will mess you up every 00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:59.659 time. And you'll set your attention on other 00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:01.280 things. You'll get tired. You'll throw in the 00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:03.260 towel. You know how many leaders. How many pastors 00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:06.239 never make it to the end. How many men with great 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:08.440 callings of God. How many women who have been 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.960 called to do great exploits for God. Have never 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:13.659 accomplished their will. As a pastor of 28 years. 00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:16.340 I can tell you. I've got prophecies still in 00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:18.599 my files. Of people who never made it. People 00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:20.719 who never fulfilled what the prophet said. Was 00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:23.059 God lying about them? Were the prophets wrong? 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:25.739 When two or three prophets among them. Prophet 00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:28.269 Bob Isabel. Who build our house with the word 00:35:28.269 --> 00:35:30.789 of the Lord. And came off into our church and 00:35:30.789 --> 00:35:33.329 prophesied. While others heard it. And learned 00:35:33.329 --> 00:35:35.849 what they needed to learn. God went through the 00:35:35.849 --> 00:35:38.570 valley. God put them through the test. Listen 00:35:38.570 --> 00:35:40.309 the word of the Lord is tried in the furnace 00:35:40.309 --> 00:35:42.809 of the earth seven times. How many think that's 00:35:42.809 --> 00:35:45.449 a valley experience? You get a word. And you 00:35:45.449 --> 00:35:47.929 cry when you receive it. But that's the beginning 00:35:47.929 --> 00:35:52.199 of your crying. You're going to go through. the 00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:53.719 test. You're going to go through the valley. 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:57.320 God's got to purify his word in you. He's got 00:35:57.320 --> 00:36:02.739 to make it flesh out in your life. And now you're 00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:05.659 going to have to be walking in the word. Not 00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:09.300 just thinking about it, memorizing it. But you're 00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:12.619 going to have to become that word. You're going 00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:16.440 to have to live like what God said. And that 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:19.420 happens at Mishma, at the watchtower, at that 00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:22.510 place of intercession. At that place where God 00:36:22.510 --> 00:36:25.849 wants to meet you. 1 Samuel chapter 7 verse 7 00:36:25.849 --> 00:36:27.909 through 9 continues. And when the Philistines 00:36:27.909 --> 00:36:31.090 heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah. The 00:36:31.090 --> 00:36:33.949 rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. 00:36:34.409 --> 00:36:36.449 Came up to attack them. And when the Israelites 00:36:36.449 --> 00:36:39.070 heard of it. They were afraid because of the 00:36:39.070 --> 00:36:42.469 Philistines. They said to Samuel. Do not stop 00:36:42.469 --> 00:36:46.389 crying out to the Lord our God for us. That he 00:36:46.389 --> 00:36:49.690 may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines. 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:55.179 And then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed 00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:59.079 it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:02.440 cried out to the Lord on Israel's behalf and 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:07.840 the Lord answered him. Intercession will call 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:12.420 for you to sacrifice, for you to expend yourself. 00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:17.099 And he put a sacrifice before the Lord and called. 00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:20.440 Some people just want other people to pray them 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:24.000 through. But I believe God's in the New Testament 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:26.800 church, in this New Testament era, era of grace, 00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:29.760 where you now need to come through. He's not 00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:32.460 just sending a prophet that will pray you through 00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:35.179 and prophesy you through your storm. I believe 00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:37.800 God wants to shape your character and turn you 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:41.300 into a prayer warrior, turn you into an intercessor 00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:44.099 that's trained in the valley so that you can 00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:46.400 come through and you can break through. Come 00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:50.599 on. Look at your neighbor and say to them, are 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:54.340 you learning something? Because God wants to 00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:57.480 train you how to break out of your desert. How 00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:00.880 to get through it and learn everything that you 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:03.760 must learn. So Samuel offered that sacrifice 00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:06.099 and listen to what happened. Verse 10, while 00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:09.400 Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. While 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.340 he was offering it up to God, I want to tell 00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:14.659 you, when you become that prophetic intercessor 00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:18.480 in the valley, you're in the valley, don't stop 00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:21.000 your worship in the valley. Keep worshiping God. 00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:24.639 As you offer up worship, God will go to fight 00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:27.539 for you. Even in that story of Jehoshaphat, you 00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:29.880 know who was sent first? It was the singers and 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:32.179 the musicians that went first. It was the choir. 00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:35.480 Send the choir first. Send the singers. The Lord 00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:38.199 is good and his mercy endures forever. They were 00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:40.780 empty. the valley against a surmountable army. 00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:44.000 But God said, it's my fight. Just sing. Just 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:46.559 praise. I'm going to show up in the valley and 00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:50.320 bring your victory. I thank God for a worshiping 00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:52.480 church that I'm preaching to tonight. I pray, 00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:55.579 I believe God that you're going to worship. The 00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:58.500 presence of God is going to come down and fight 00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:01.280 your fights. God will show up in your valley. 00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:04.059 He'll show. I don't care what you're going through. 00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:06.500 I don't care what people are saying about you 00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:09.659 personally, about you corporately. What counts 00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:12.860 is what God has said about you. What counts, 00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:16.139 what makes a difference is not that you hear 00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:19.099 the discouraging words that the enemy is trying 00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:22.099 to send, the accusations and the false things 00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:25.400 that he's trying to raise. What did God say? 00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:31.269 What has God spoken? Did you hear what God had 00:39:31.269 --> 00:39:34.590 to say? Did you put more emphasis on the words 00:39:34.590 --> 00:39:39.010 of man than the words of God? Did you treat the 00:39:39.010 --> 00:39:42.650 word of God like the word of God? Almighty. Or 00:39:42.650 --> 00:39:46.349 do you just think it's just another man? God 00:39:46.349 --> 00:39:48.889 sovereignly moves here prophetically and he uses 00:39:48.889 --> 00:39:50.650 men that you don't even know. They don't know 00:39:50.650 --> 00:39:53.090 you. And they call you out and give you a word. 00:39:53.809 --> 00:39:59.030 Read your mail. And tell you about the future, 00:39:59.090 --> 00:40:01.590 tell you about your past, your present, and your 00:40:01.590 --> 00:40:04.550 future. Because it all comes together in the 00:40:04.550 --> 00:40:07.710 throne room. And when you can ascend through 00:40:07.710 --> 00:40:10.750 prophetic intercession, you can bring a word 00:40:10.750 --> 00:40:13.289 that will change people's lives. While Samuel 00:40:13.289 --> 00:40:15.289 was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines 00:40:15.289 --> 00:40:19.210 drew near to engage Israel in battle. I don't 00:40:19.210 --> 00:40:21.650 care how close your enemy gets, get ready, because 00:40:21.650 --> 00:40:24.860 God's going to rescue you. But that day... The 00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:28.059 Lord's thunder with loud thunder against the 00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:31.980 Philistines. And threw them into such a panic. 00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:34.519 That they were routed before the Israelites. 00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:39.760 The man of Israel rushed out of Mizpah. Somebody 00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:43.139 say out of Mizpah. Come on are you ready to rush 00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:45.739 out of the desert. Out of the wilderness. Out 00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:47.920 of the plain. Out of the valley. There's a time 00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:50.239 when God shows up. That's the time when you rush 00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:52.599 out. I'm going to break out. Somebody say I'm 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:55.800 breaking out of my wilderness. Then the men of 00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:58.500 Israel rushed out of Mishpah and pursued the 00:40:58.500 --> 00:41:00.659 Philistines, slaughtering them along the way 00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:05.519 to the point below Bethkar. They rushed out. 00:41:05.949 --> 00:41:08.269 Of the wilderness. And I believe God will show 00:41:08.269 --> 00:41:10.650 up every time in the wilderness. He'll allow 00:41:10.650 --> 00:41:12.769 the enemy to get so close. You'll look like you're 00:41:12.769 --> 00:41:15.170 going to lose it all. Your disaster is pending 00:41:15.170 --> 00:41:18.250 on you. The enemy is laughing at you. But God 00:41:18.250 --> 00:41:20.909 get ready for the thunder of heaven to come. 00:41:21.070 --> 00:41:24.429 God will show up. He'll use all of heaven. Will 00:41:24.429 --> 00:41:27.289 work on your behalf. Angels will be dispatched. 00:41:27.449 --> 00:41:30.670 And before you know it. You're breaking out of 00:41:30.670 --> 00:41:38.179 Mishpah. Chasing your enemy. Get ready to break 00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:41.139 out. Listen, give somebody a high five and say, 00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:45.500 get ready to break out. Get ready to break out 00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:48.000 of Mishpah. Get ready to break out of the valley. 00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:53.699 Get ready to chase your enemy. Verse 12 through 00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:57.119 13 of the same chapter. Samuel took a stone and 00:41:57.119 --> 00:42:00.260 set it up between Mishpah and Shem. And he named 00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:05.579 it Ebenezer. Saying, thus far the Lord has helped 00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:10.610 us. So the Philistines were subdued and they 00:42:10.610 --> 00:42:13.889 stopped invading Israel's territory throughout 00:42:13.889 --> 00:42:17.630 Samuel's lifetime. And the hand of the Lord was 00:42:17.630 --> 00:42:22.030 against the Philistines through his entire lifetime. 00:42:23.289 --> 00:42:28.869 How many think Samuel was a tough dude? He was 00:42:28.869 --> 00:42:32.590 an intercessor, a prophetic intercessor who knew 00:42:32.590 --> 00:42:37.050 what to do. He knew when to do it. He waited 00:42:37.050 --> 00:42:39.849 till the enemy was there and then he began to 00:42:39.849 --> 00:42:42.329 sacrifice. He said, let's meet them in the valley. 00:42:42.369 --> 00:42:44.469 I want you to meet me in the valley. That's where 00:42:44.469 --> 00:42:46.630 God fights the best. That's where God wants to 00:42:46.630 --> 00:42:49.829 train us in faith. I believe God wants to raise 00:42:49.829 --> 00:42:52.849 your faith to another level in him. I believe 00:42:52.849 --> 00:42:56.630 that he's doing a work so deep in your life that 00:42:56.630 --> 00:43:01.050 he wants to bring you into a place, into a place 00:43:01.050 --> 00:43:05.619 where you understand. That you've gotten here 00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:08.679 not by your own strength. But because he has 00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:11.460 helped you. He's helped you through the valley. 00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:14.500 You've got through the valley. Some of you are 00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:16.440 just coming in. But this is not going to last 00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:19.219 forever. Though they walk through the valley 00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:23.320 of shadow and of death. Your rod and your staff 00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:25.820 shall comfort me. That's what the psalmist said. 00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:27.480 Though I walk through the valley of shadow and 00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:30.940 death. Somebody say walk through. That's right. 00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:33.980 Don't camp there. Don't live there. You were 00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:36.360 meant to walk through it. You were meant to get 00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:38.940 to the other side with a declaration that says, 00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:45.019 God has brought us this far. God did not bring 00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:48.599 you this far to leave you alone. He didn't bring 00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:51.719 you this far to take you back again. He used 00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:54.739 to sing a song like that at the church. He hasn't 00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:57.940 brought us this far to take us back again. He 00:43:57.940 --> 00:44:01.880 brought us in. He took us out to take us in to 00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:05.469 the promised land. Amen? I believe God has brought 00:44:05.469 --> 00:44:10.190 you this far. I believe you're here at this place. 00:44:10.250 --> 00:44:13.250 Don't make light of it. Look around you. Look 00:44:13.250 --> 00:44:15.789 at the blessing that God has blessed this church 00:44:15.789 --> 00:44:20.269 with. He's brought you this far. You need to 00:44:20.269 --> 00:44:23.469 raise a memorial. These are memorial times. That's 00:44:23.469 --> 00:44:26.250 what Samuel did. He put a stone to be a memorial 00:44:26.250 --> 00:44:28.829 at Benazel and he named it a prophetic name. 00:44:28.889 --> 00:44:32.920 God has brought us to this point. He was testifying. 00:44:32.920 --> 00:44:35.159 I'm not here by my own strength. I didn't get 00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:37.920 here. Listen, I never would have made it through 00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:39.840 that desert. I never would have made it through 00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:42.059 that hard time and that experience. Some of you 00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:44.340 arrive tonight thinking that. You're thinking, 00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:47.380 I can't make it. I can't have somebody else hurt 00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:49.139 me. I can't have another disappointment. I'm 00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:53.079 broken. I can't take another wound. The hand 00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:55.539 of God met you tonight. I believe there was strength. 00:44:56.929 --> 00:44:58.969 ministered to you by the spirit of God as he 00:44:58.969 --> 00:45:01.489 was hovering over the worship through the songs 00:45:01.489 --> 00:45:03.789 that were sung through the ministry of the word 00:45:03.789 --> 00:45:05.590 the spirit of the Lord has been strengthening 00:45:05.590 --> 00:45:08.570 your life he's brought you to this place and 00:45:08.570 --> 00:45:10.849 he's not brought you here to fail he's not brought 00:45:10.849 --> 00:45:12.989 you here to die he's brought you here to take 00:45:12.989 --> 00:45:15.590 you all the way in to the fulfillment of your 00:45:15.590 --> 00:45:18.409 future if you believe that give God a hand and 00:45:18.409 --> 00:45:24.389 stand to your feet come on look at somebody and 00:45:24.389 --> 00:45:29.579 say it's your night You can break out. I know 00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:32.340 you've cried. I know you've wept. But it's your 00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:34.900 night. If you can believe God, you can break 00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:40.179 out and chase your enemies out. Out of the very 00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:45.440 wilderness. There'll be such strength that you'll 00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:49.980 run your enemies out of that land and show that 00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:52.719 God is the God of the mountains and He's the 00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:56.320 God of the valleys. The world needs to know that. 00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:59.179 They need to know when you're down and out and 00:45:59.179 --> 00:46:02.179 when things are not working out, that God is 00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:05.059 still God in your life. And that He's still worthy 00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:08.420 of praise. And that you still believe that things 00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:11.360 are going to change. Are you ready? Could you 00:46:11.360 --> 00:46:13.539 raise your hands to heaven and say, I'm ready. 00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:18.480 I want to be trained. I want to be a prophetic 00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:22.860 warrior. A valley warrior. I want to learn how 00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:26.539 to fight in a valley. Oh, David said, he trains 00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:30.119 my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He's 00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:33.659 the worshiper who is trained by God to do battle 00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:36.280 with worship. Listen, I believe that God wants 00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:39.840 to train you for war. He wants to train you not 00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:42.659 against flesh and blood, but against principalities 00:46:42.659 --> 00:46:44.699 and powers of the earth. And there are spirits 00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:47.119 over this region, over Harrisburg, that have 00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:51.820 held Harrisburg down. Principalities of... Darkness 00:46:51.820 --> 00:46:55.260 that have come and depleted families for ages. 00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:59.159 History after history to years after years. Just 00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:02.420 because it's a plane. Demons have thought this 00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:04.920 valley belongs to the enemy. But I'm here to 00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:08.400 say it does not. He's the God of Harrisburg. 00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:11.519 He's the God of the valley. He's the God who 00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:14.559 will show up in this plane. Show off with his 00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:18.360 power. Raise families and great men. Some of 00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:21.079 the greatest men of God can be born in this city. 00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:23.119 Some of the greatest women, some of the greatest 00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:26.719 songwriters might be on this platform right now. 00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:29.280 Some of the greatest prophets will be raised. 00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:33.000 Some of the greatest leaders will take cities. 00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:36.519 Missionaries that the world has not seen. Full 00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:39.739 of compassion and mercy. Broken people who have 00:47:39.739 --> 00:47:41.480 been there and who can minister on the broken 00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:45.119 people. Who have answers for the hurting and 00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:48.079 the downcast because you know what it is to be 00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:51.639 downcast. Because you experienced the pain. You 00:47:51.639 --> 00:47:54.139 made the mistakes. You failed. But you got up 00:47:54.139 --> 00:47:57.019 again. God brought you out. Come on, somebody. 00:47:57.639 --> 00:48:01.440 Somebody say, that's me. He restored me. I was 00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:03.440 down and out. I didn't think I could get back 00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:06.159 up again. But he raised me up again. I'm here. 00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:08.960 I made my mistakes. But I'm here, God. I'm ready 00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:12.619 to worship. I want to be trained up in valley 00:48:12.619 --> 00:48:14.639 warfare. I want to learn how to fight in the 00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:17.159 valley. I want to fight my way out of the valley. 00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:19.079 I want to chase my enemies out of the valley. 00:48:20.380 --> 00:48:26.099 Show that God is the God of the valleys. Listen. 00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:29.500 We've opened up this altar over and over again. 00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:31.719 And I so thank God that you're a people of the 00:48:31.719 --> 00:48:34.820 altar. That you just come up seeking for God. 00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:37.960 Some of you have been going through some real 00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:42.699 deep waters. Some valleys. Some dry places. Step 00:48:42.699 --> 00:48:44.889 out of your aisle for a moment. Give God a few 00:48:44.889 --> 00:48:47.250 more minutes to work on you. Would you just come 00:48:47.250 --> 00:48:50.949 and worship him here? Come to the front and just 00:48:50.949 --> 00:48:53.929 for a moment, just thank him. In the midst of 00:48:53.929 --> 00:48:56.690 your trouble, maybe you haven't been broken out 00:48:56.690 --> 00:48:59.230 yet. Maybe you're still there. Maybe there's 00:48:59.230 --> 00:49:01.449 some real trouble lurking over you, some menacing 00:49:01.449 --> 00:49:06.530 words of the enemy, financial distress on your 00:49:06.530 --> 00:49:15.420 life. The bankers are menacing you. Just come 00:49:15.420 --> 00:49:19.559 on. Say, God, take up. Take up. Lord, take up 00:49:19.559 --> 00:49:21.900 my fight. Lord, I'm here to worship you. I'll 00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:25.059 worship you. I'll position myself. I believe 00:49:25.059 --> 00:49:27.780 it's the greatest position you can take. At the 00:49:27.780 --> 00:49:31.179 feet of Jesus. At the presence of the Lord. The 00:49:31.179 --> 00:49:33.119 worship team is going to lead us in a song. And 00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:35.159 as you're here, just worship right here in this 00:49:35.159 --> 00:49:38.070 place. Watch what God will do. I believe there's 00:49:38.070 --> 00:49:40.230 a release of the Holy Spirit. I believe there's 00:49:40.230 --> 00:49:43.090 a healing that's going on right now. I believe 00:49:43.090 --> 00:49:45.409 that right now by the Spirit, you're going to 00:49:45.409 --> 00:49:48.329 find a victory. Come in your spirit. You're going 00:49:48.329 --> 00:49:50.650 to leave in a different way than you came. You're 00:49:50.650 --> 00:49:52.369 going to leave with a spirit of victory and power. 00:49:52.590 --> 00:49:55.030 You're going to say, God, I'm a survivor. I'm 00:49:55.030 --> 00:49:57.590 not dead. I might be going through it, but I'm 00:49:57.590 --> 00:50:00.090 a survivor. You brought me this far. I'm not 00:50:00.090 --> 00:50:02.409 going to die. I'm going to live. Devil, watch 00:50:02.409 --> 00:50:05.670 out. I'm still alive. Somebody's going to have 00:50:05.670 --> 00:50:11.840 to cry out. I'm a survivor! Come on, is there 00:50:11.840 --> 00:50:56.949 somebody out there? will be released to this 00:50:56.949 --> 00:51:02.190 house. The Lord will cause honor to come. Even 00:51:02.190 --> 00:51:05.829 when the enemy says, I will dishonor you. I'm 00:51:05.829 --> 00:51:08.590 going to honor you. Even when the enemy has said, 00:51:08.610 --> 00:51:11.650 I'll dry your provision up. The Lord says, I'm 00:51:11.650 --> 00:51:14.230 going to multiply your provision. I'm going to 00:51:14.230 --> 00:51:17.510 cause your provision not to cease. I'm going 00:51:17.510 --> 00:51:20.170 to create pools of water in the desert. In the 00:51:20.170 --> 00:51:22.929 hard time, I'm going to cause rain to come down 00:51:22.929 --> 00:51:25.010 in this place. I'm going to rain blessing. I'm 00:51:25.010 --> 00:51:27.670 going to open the heaven on you. And I'm going 00:51:27.670 --> 00:51:29.969 to rain blessing on your family. I'm going to 00:51:29.969 --> 00:51:32.090 rain blessing on your children. I'm going to 00:51:32.090 --> 00:51:34.710 rain blessing on this house. I'm going to cause 00:51:34.710 --> 00:51:37.210 my spirit to come upon you and strengthen you. 00:51:42.170 --> 00:51:46.329 You need a financial miracle, raise your hand. 00:51:46.750 --> 00:51:49.449 You just need a financial miracle. I mean, all 00:51:49.449 --> 00:51:51.429 of us can use finance, but you need a miracle. 00:51:51.570 --> 00:51:53.710 Not just the finances to get you past another 00:51:53.710 --> 00:51:57.309 week. You need a miracle from God. Lord, I release. 00:51:57.429 --> 00:51:59.889 You see the hands of people all over this place 00:51:59.889 --> 00:52:02.530 who are standing as a testimony. You're the God 00:52:02.530 --> 00:52:06.949 of heaven. Lord. You speak and you do. I prophesy, 00:52:06.969 --> 00:52:09.849 oh God. You do nothing unless you reveal it to 00:52:09.849 --> 00:52:12.369 the prophets. Lord, you're going to open up heaven 00:52:12.369 --> 00:52:14.809 on this family. You're going to see provision. 00:52:15.369 --> 00:52:19.110 Finances pour out. Heaven opened up. Buckets 00:52:19.110 --> 00:52:22.250 of blessing be poured out in the name of Jesus. 00:52:22.989 --> 00:52:26.110 Financial restitution. Financial restoration. 00:52:26.949 --> 00:52:46.119 Financial liberty. your people. If they have 00:52:46.119 --> 00:52:49.079 need of Lord, provide for them. Provide beyond 00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:51.840 that which they need of. Lord, and take them 00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:56.619 to that next place. Save their businesses. Save 00:52:56.619 --> 00:53:00.139 their investments. Save. Lord God, that which 00:53:00.139 --> 00:53:01.739 you've given. If you've brought them this far, 00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:04.719 you're not brought them this far to dishonor 00:53:04.719 --> 00:53:06.760 them. You brought them this far to take them 00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:10.840 in all the way. Somebody say all the way. Come 00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:13.219 on. Look at somebody and say I'm going all the 00:53:13.219 --> 00:53:17.510 way. Let's worship the Lord.