WEBVTT 00:00:02.260 --> 00:00:05.259 Welcome to the Life Bible Church podcast. We 00:00:05.259 --> 00:00:07.660 want to thank you for joining us today, and we 00:00:07.660 --> 00:00:10.179 hope you find today's sermon impacting as you 00:00:10.179 --> 00:00:12.699 listen to it wherever you are in your daily walk. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.960 To find service times and watch messages online, 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:20.120 see our website at lifebiblechurch .org. Now, 00:00:20.140 --> 00:00:24.579 enjoy this week's message. Well, this morning, 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:29.179 I felt like the Lord put a word on my heart about 00:00:29.179 --> 00:00:33.119 expectation. and what it means to partner with 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:39.119 God in a Kairos time or season. But before I 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:41.719 do that, we've got a couple of special things. 00:00:42.820 --> 00:00:48.100 We had and found the recording from the very 00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:53.380 first, minus the send -out service in July 15th 00:00:53.380 --> 00:00:57.060 of 2001, we found the first prophetic word that 00:00:57.060 --> 00:01:01.149 was given in August of 2001. by a gentleman named 00:01:01.149 --> 00:01:04.930 Louie Hernandez, who I pastored with years ago 00:01:04.930 --> 00:01:08.310 at Eugene Christian Fellowship. He was sent out 00:01:08.310 --> 00:01:11.870 about six years prior to our sending, and he 00:01:11.870 --> 00:01:16.310 pastored a church in Gresham, Oregon. And we're 00:01:16.310 --> 00:01:18.790 going to let you listen to that word that was 00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:21.390 given in 2001. Let's go ahead and play that. 00:01:23.189 --> 00:01:27.650 The church will be characterized with the spirit 00:01:27.650 --> 00:01:32.079 of Barnabas. This spirit is a healing and comforting 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:37.219 spirit. Barnabas was known as the son of encouragement. 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:43.099 You will help broken people. The mantle and spirit 00:01:43.099 --> 00:01:47.920 of Life Bible Church is like that of Barnabas, 00:01:47.980 --> 00:01:52.560 who was a man of wisdom, full of the Holy Spirit 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:57.099 and of faith. What type of house will you be? 00:01:57.769 --> 00:02:02.430 You will be a Jesus Kingdom of God house, a missions 00:02:02.430 --> 00:02:07.769 church. This spirit will abide in the church. 00:02:08.449 --> 00:02:11.810 You will have the Holy Spirit's anointing to 00:02:11.810 --> 00:02:16.509 go to the nations and preach the gospel. Approximately 00:02:16.509 --> 00:02:21.830 two to four years or so, the house will grow 00:02:21.830 --> 00:02:27.460 to 500. It would only remain there for a season 00:02:27.460 --> 00:02:33.259 to train and disciple. Then another burst of 00:02:33.259 --> 00:02:37.400 growth will occur. People will drive for miles 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:41.520 from all around because of the encounters with 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:45.479 Christ. You will not be just another little country 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:51.139 church. There is to be freedom with order. There 00:02:51.139 --> 00:02:55.490 is to be generosity with faith. generosity demands 00:02:55.490 --> 00:03:00.250 faith this house will be known for its music 00:03:00.250 --> 00:03:05.110 and healing you are to begin looking for property 00:03:05.110 --> 00:03:09.870 god is going to allow you to purchase a property 00:03:09.870 --> 00:03:13.650 without starting a building program or going 00:03:13.650 --> 00:03:20.069 into debt cash out cash out people will give 00:03:20.069 --> 00:03:24.860 with joy after the land and building are purchased, 00:03:25.139 --> 00:03:29.419 you are to take another offering where multiple 00:03:29.419 --> 00:03:34.639 thousands will be collected. All of it is to 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:40.979 go to missions. Oh, no man anything except love. 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:48.819 The property is to be strategically located. 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:55.560 I see. I see it close to the freeway, accessible 00:03:55.560 --> 00:04:01.659 to all local cities. I see it large with a tall 00:04:01.659 --> 00:04:08.259 tower serving as a prayer tower looking out over 00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:13.860 all the neighboring communities. I see a large 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:21.639 lit cross will be seen from the freeway. And 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:27.160 they will ask, what is happening here? Everything 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:33.199 will be done with excellence. First class. Everything 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:38.339 is to be handicap friendly to allow wheelchairs 00:04:38.339 --> 00:04:43.240 to enter. Although they will leave them there. 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:48.779 Need to keep track of the miracles of the church. 00:04:49.870 --> 00:04:54.069 for there will be many. The miracles of the house 00:04:54.069 --> 00:04:58.790 will be the glory of the Lord. As a church of 00:04:58.790 --> 00:05:03.290 faith, you need to be in faith. At times when 00:05:03.290 --> 00:05:06.670 it appears nothing is happening, that is when 00:05:06.670 --> 00:05:12.769 everything is happening. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 00:05:14.449 --> 00:05:18.769 Life Bible Church, be blessed in Jesus' name. 00:05:19.430 --> 00:05:31.310 Amen. Wow. Now that was in 2001. We didn't have 00:05:31.310 --> 00:05:35.990 a place to meet. He actually came to, met me 00:05:35.990 --> 00:05:39.649 in a parking lot. He drove down from Portland. 00:05:39.670 --> 00:05:43.250 We met in a parking, the old Burlington's parking 00:05:43.250 --> 00:05:46.990 lot on Lancaster and Salem. And he gave me that 00:05:46.990 --> 00:05:53.040 word. It was incredible. Just a very strong word 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:55.560 that came to us right from the beginning of what 00:05:55.560 --> 00:06:00.259 God was speaking over the house. Now today, 25 00:06:00.259 --> 00:06:05.319 years later, I invited Pastor Mark to come today 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:07.759 because he's going to be opening the prophetic 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.560 class on Wednesday night. We'll be teaching it 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:12.339 together, but he's going to do the opening class 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:15.420 on Wednesday. And I said, and if you can, can 00:06:15.420 --> 00:06:19.399 you and your wife and... come early so that you 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:21.560 can be here at the barbecue. Let's just see what 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:24.660 the Lord would do. Maybe he would speak. And 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:26.899 he came to me yesterday. He said, Brad, I've 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:30.040 got a word for the church. And so I said, that's 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.240 awesome. I was believing somebody would have 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:36.259 something. And so would you welcome Pastor Mark 00:06:36.259 --> 00:06:43.740 as he comes and shares. Hallelujah. Greetings. 00:06:44.060 --> 00:06:48.110 Congratulations, Life Bible Church. 25 years. 00:06:48.730 --> 00:06:54.769 Woo! Amazing. God bless you. What an honor to 00:06:54.769 --> 00:06:58.509 be here. We love this church so, so, so much. 00:07:00.310 --> 00:07:04.509 You know, I guess the theme of my prophetic word 00:07:04.509 --> 00:07:06.629 here today is this, and I could sum it up in 00:07:06.629 --> 00:07:10.810 this statement. You ain't seen nothing yet. Turn 00:07:10.810 --> 00:07:13.569 to somebody and tell them, you ain't seen nothing 00:07:13.569 --> 00:07:20.610 yet. It was just a couple weeks ago, or maybe 00:07:20.610 --> 00:07:24.490 a week ago, I was actually asleep and had this 00:07:24.490 --> 00:07:27.490 dream. And in the dream, the Lord was speaking 00:07:27.490 --> 00:07:33.189 to me about the significance of 25. And 25 is 00:07:33.189 --> 00:07:36.509 the silver anniversary. And he was speaking to 00:07:36.509 --> 00:07:39.850 me in my sleep about silver. Silver is the medal 00:07:39.850 --> 00:07:45.009 of redemption. It's the price of redemption. 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:49.379 And I believe the Lord is redeeming things that 00:07:49.379 --> 00:07:56.639 has been lost. How many are thankful God redeemed 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.680 you? Amen. I believe that God's redeeming the 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.379 time and the money that has been lost, even to 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:07.160 the river, to situations and pressings and struggles. 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:10.680 He's redeeming marriages. He's redeeming health. 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:13.910 Come on. You need a miracle in your body. He's 00:08:13.910 --> 00:08:16.889 gonna redeem your health back unto you in the 00:08:16.889 --> 00:08:20.410 name of Jesus. This silver anniversary is something 00:08:20.410 --> 00:08:23.589 powerful and significant. In Philippians chapter 00:08:23.589 --> 00:08:27.129 three, verses 13 and 14, it says this. This is 00:08:27.129 --> 00:08:29.930 a prophetic verse I feel is related to this moment 00:08:29.930 --> 00:08:32.190 in this season of the house. The one thing I 00:08:32.190 --> 00:08:35.870 do, forgetting what lies behind, we thank God 00:08:35.870 --> 00:08:39.330 for the last 25 years, amen? But it's not about 00:08:39.330 --> 00:08:44.740 that. It's about what's in front. Forgetting 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:49.019 what lies behind, straining forward to what lies 00:08:49.019 --> 00:08:55.080 ahead. Press on toward the goal of the prize 00:08:55.080 --> 00:09:00.480 of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. And 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.980 I just felt the Lord just stir in my heart. He's 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:06.120 calling you and I hear the Holy Spirit saying 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:12.340 unto you today that you will go. From glory to 00:09:12.340 --> 00:09:19.179 glory and from strength to strength, new levels 00:09:19.179 --> 00:09:23.960 of growth and new levels of influence. I heard 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:26.480 the Spirit of the Lord say that the Jehovah Jireh 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.779 is going to manifest His blessing and His provision 00:09:30.779 --> 00:09:34.860 in this house. The Lord will even add to you 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:39.039 lands and buildings. And even in other regions 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.779 and nations, God will give you lands and buildings. 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:46.759 The Lord will open up his treasuries unto this 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.480 house. He will begin to provide and he will begin 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.779 to abundantly supply. The Lord said unto me that 00:09:54.779 --> 00:09:59.320 the campus will expand and the vision will be 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:03.919 accomplished. Even within a short time, the Lord 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:07.399 is going to bless you. and cause you to become 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:12.899 debt -free. I heard the Lord clearly say Jehovah 00:10:12.899 --> 00:10:16.100 Jireh is going to show up and provide this $2 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:18.759 million thing that you got going on. This is 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.220 a distraction. God's going to pay it, and you're 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:24.320 going to move on in what God has for your future. 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:30.419 The Lord, your provider, will do it. I even had 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:34.460 a vision of a tower on the campus. with a burning 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:37.320 fire atop it. It was like a medieval lighthouse. 00:10:38.059 --> 00:10:41.220 And on top of the tower was this altar of fire 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:44.299 and flame, the fire of prayer and intercession, 00:10:44.419 --> 00:10:47.840 like a spiritual lighthouse of spiritual fire 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:51.159 and anointing and warfare and worship that at 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:55.019 special times and seasons would be open 24 hours 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:57.899 a day to pray down the kingdom and the purpose 00:10:57.899 --> 00:11:00.600 of God, not only in the region, but in the earth. 00:11:01.870 --> 00:11:04.210 The Lord is going to raise up educational and 00:11:04.210 --> 00:11:07.649 recreational places and buildings upon even the 00:11:07.649 --> 00:11:10.330 campus that you own where the kingdom influence 00:11:10.330 --> 00:11:13.289 of this house will be seen and felt in the region. 00:11:13.889 --> 00:11:16.629 You will even train up leaders and teachers, 00:11:16.850 --> 00:11:20.409 pastors and prophets and ministers to lead this 00:11:20.409 --> 00:11:23.450 house into the future and to extend its influence 00:11:23.450 --> 00:11:27.750 among the nations. The Lord is going to change. 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:31.360 the adversarial relationship with the governmental 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:35.899 authorities and powers. And we'll raise up Daniels 00:11:35.899 --> 00:11:38.820 and Josephs and Esthers in your midst who will 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:41.460 advocate for you. And the Lord will cause you 00:11:41.460 --> 00:11:44.299 to become favored with the regional and state 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:46.840 authorities. And you will have a unique voice 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.120 of advocacy for the body and church of Jesus 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:52.620 Christ in this region. And the Lord will give 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:59.480 you favor and give you favorable decisions. As 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:02.100 I began to even wait on the Lord, the Lord dropped 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:05.679 Proverbs 4, 18 into my spirit. It says this, 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:10.480 the path of the righteous is like the light of 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:17.519 dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:21.440 full day. Your brightest days are in front of 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.830 you, Life Bible Church. The strongest days are 00:12:24.830 --> 00:12:26.909 in front of you. The most glorious days are in 00:12:26.909 --> 00:12:29.970 front of you. This is a time where God is revealing 00:12:29.970 --> 00:12:32.750 his purpose. Finally, at that moment, the Lord 00:12:32.750 --> 00:12:34.590 showed me a vision, much like in the book of 00:12:34.590 --> 00:12:40.529 Ezekiel, a wheel had seven spokes to it. I called 00:12:40.529 --> 00:12:42.269 up your pastor. I said, man, I just had this 00:12:42.269 --> 00:12:44.129 incredible vision. I wanted to share it. He said, 00:12:44.169 --> 00:12:47.259 come on over. I want to hear it. But in this 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:50.279 vision I saw in the hub was the, I saw the logo, 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:52.840 Life Bible Church, and out of the seven spokes, 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:58.299 one of the spokes was healing and miracles. The 00:12:58.299 --> 00:13:01.080 other spoke was deliverance. People were being 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.659 set free. Another spoke was worship. Of course, 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:06.720 on Saturday night, or Friday night, we just had 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:11.299 such an amazing time. Prophetic ministry. Apostolic 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:14.860 leadership is another spoke. Ministry Training 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:17.539 Center, where leaders and ministers are trained 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:20.340 up to go into the world. And finally, Marketplace 00:13:20.340 --> 00:13:24.919 Ministry. Those seven spokes is not limited to 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:26.620 that, but I just feel like those seven things 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:29.100 God is releasing in a powerful and incredible 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:32.759 way. Your best days are in front of you. No eye 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:36.120 has seen. Nowhere is heard, nor is it entered 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:38.799 into the heart of man, the things that the Lord 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:42.039 has prepared for Life Bible Church in this season. 00:13:42.100 --> 00:14:00.080 God bless you. Wow. Wow. Lord, we receive that 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:07.259 word. Lord, strengthen every spoke. Bring them 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:13.519 into the fullness of what you want to do. God, 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.980 we're contending for that spoke this month of 00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:22.779 healing and miracles. We're asking, Lord, significant. 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:28.279 Lord, of streams of healing. Lord, that would 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.779 be granted and released that a permanent well. 00:14:32.809 --> 00:14:37.690 Lord, would come to this house. Lord, releasing 00:14:37.690 --> 00:14:42.190 the gifts of healing to your people. Lord, as 00:14:42.190 --> 00:14:45.490 you said, even Friday night, bringing a supernatural 00:14:45.490 --> 00:14:50.110 authority by your presence and by your sovereignty. 00:14:50.149 --> 00:14:54.549 Lord, that would do wonderful things in the outpouring 00:14:54.549 --> 00:14:58.330 of your grace and presence. We're believing that 00:14:58.330 --> 00:15:02.120 this is the time. Lord, all of the spokes, but 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:06.179 specifically starting with that one. In Jesus' 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:16.720 name, amen. Amen. All right. I'm just telling 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:19.080 you, this feels weird, preaching this far away 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:22.940 from everybody. It's great that you're here. 00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:25.620 I want to just remind us of our, you can see 00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:28.000 it up on the new banners over here. We talked 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:30.320 about it a couple weeks ago, what the Lord has 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.919 given us as a new mission statement, to do his 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:38.659 will in his power for his glory. Can you say 00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:43.720 that with me? To do his will in his power for 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:47.600 his glory. Hebrews 13, one says it this way, 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:52.179 may the Lord equip you with all you need for 00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:56.860 doing his will. And may he produce in you through 00:15:56.860 --> 00:16:01.159 the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:04.960 is pleasing to him. All glory and honor be given 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:06.980 to him forever and ever. Can you agree with that? 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.460 Now, as we're talking about that, I want to, 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:15.120 in the time that we have and there still is a 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:17.340 clock. I think they gave me a rip cord that I 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:19.379 had to be done by a certain time. So someone's 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:21.659 going to be my handler to get me off the stage 00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:26.720 when that happens. But the reality is I can't 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:29.340 have a gathering like this as I was praying and 00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:32.179 thinking about it. And just, I said, Lord, I 00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:36.820 need a 25 year message, a celebration message. 00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:39.220 I know I'm in a series. I know you've given me 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:42.019 thoughts and keep going and I've got set of notes, 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:47.179 but I just, break out of that a little bit and 00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:51.799 try to ask God, okay, how can I speak to your 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.679 people with what you're doing right now? First, 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:57.879 I got to know what you're saying to me so that 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:01.519 I can say it to the people. And I felt like the 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:05.500 Lord highlighted something about the right now 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:11.049 season, the right now season. When vision comes 00:17:11.049 --> 00:17:13.210 to people, wherever you're at, whatever your 00:17:13.210 --> 00:17:16.170 vision is for your family, vision is for your 00:17:16.170 --> 00:17:19.309 career, your job, your business, the ministry, 00:17:19.450 --> 00:17:24.069 vision for the church, there has to come something. 00:17:24.509 --> 00:17:27.970 And as being a church planter and starting several 00:17:27.970 --> 00:17:30.910 things and being part of several church plants 00:17:30.910 --> 00:17:34.490 and overseeing things, when there is vision, 00:17:34.589 --> 00:17:40.740 with vision comes expectation. So part of the 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:44.980 reason that we're saying do his will in his power 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:48.599 for his glory is that you would begin to catch 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:52.460 the vision and expectation would begin to rise 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:56.180 in your heart that it's not just about the pioneering 00:17:56.180 --> 00:18:00.799 team of 25 years ago. You now are the team. You're 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:05.180 the team. And there has to be expectation for... 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:09.680 Not only yourself in the house, but outside of 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:13.519 the house. There is a vision to do his will in 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:16.480 his power for his glory for every single one 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:21.140 of us to move in the region and move in the sphere 00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:25.000 of where God has placed us. Now, to understand 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:28.500 that, we have to understand our right now season. 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:32.660 Right now is our... present time. It's present 00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:36.180 circumstance. It's the present moment. And as 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:39.299 you can tell, if you listen to anything that 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:42.539 has three letters behind it, whether it's Fox 00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:47.740 News, CNN, you name it, ABC, NBC, I'm telling 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:51.180 you, your right now vision is we're going to 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:55.619 hell in a handbasket. But that's not where we 00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:59.460 should be getting our vision. I mean, literally, 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:01.819 that's part of the issue that's affecting the 00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:04.960 Christian church is that we have actually spent 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:10.299 hours listening to three -letter agencies, not 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:12.599 only just news agencies, government agencies, 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:16.859 reports, and not actually allowing our eyes to 00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:19.839 be fixed on what God has spoken to pull down 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:24.450 expectation of what he's actually saying. And 00:19:24.450 --> 00:19:29.809 the reality is, in order to get expectation from 00:19:29.809 --> 00:19:32.609 the vision that God has just released in part 00:19:32.609 --> 00:19:35.289 and parcel, if you heard it Friday night, by 00:19:35.289 --> 00:19:38.450 the way, it was incredible. It was one of the 00:19:38.450 --> 00:19:41.609 breakthrough atmospheres and the prophetic words 00:19:41.609 --> 00:19:45.130 that came and the atmosphere, what God was saying 00:19:45.130 --> 00:19:48.829 he was doing, connected us, not just in Harrisburg, 00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:52.210 but to nations of the world that he spoke over. 00:19:53.630 --> 00:19:57.670 And in order to get that expectation, I must 00:19:57.670 --> 00:20:01.950 understand expectation and that I must be ruthless. 00:20:02.549 --> 00:20:05.650 I know that's a hard word to hear among Christian 00:20:05.650 --> 00:20:08.710 people, but there is a ruthlessness that has 00:20:08.710 --> 00:20:12.150 to come to your spirit. And it's not about evil. 00:20:12.349 --> 00:20:19.160 It's about the ruthlessness of removing. pessimism, 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.880 negativity, and any outside voice that would 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:25.160 keep you from what God's word is actually saying. 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:28.319 And you actually have to be ruthless about it. 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:32.579 That's why the scripture says the violence. take 00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:36.099 it by force. The kingdom of God, right, is apprehended 00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:39.019 and the violent take it by force. It's not violence 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:42.839 in the natural. It's the violence of the ruthless 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:47.579 nature of faith that removes the doubt, removes 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:51.519 the pessimism, removes everything that tries 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:54.440 to bring a veil and a canopy so that you stay 00:20:54.440 --> 00:21:00.089 only in hope rather than active in faith. There's 00:21:00.089 --> 00:21:05.049 a big deal there because hope means that it's 00:21:05.049 --> 00:21:10.170 going to happen someday. But faith moves it to 00:21:10.170 --> 00:21:16.329 it's coming into my now. Romans 15, 13 says it 00:21:16.329 --> 00:21:21.029 this way. Now may the God of hope fill you with 00:21:21.029 --> 00:21:26.890 all joy and peace in believing that you may abound 00:21:26.890 --> 00:21:30.210 in hope. In the power of the Holy Spirit. Amplified 00:21:30.210 --> 00:21:33.569 says it this way. May the God of your hope so 00:21:33.569 --> 00:21:36.910 fill you with all joy and peace believing. And 00:21:36.910 --> 00:21:40.150 then he adds this. Through the experience of 00:21:40.150 --> 00:21:43.670 your faith. That by the power of the Holy Spirit 00:21:43.670 --> 00:21:51.769 you may overflow and bubble up with hope. Romans 00:21:51.769 --> 00:21:57.779 13, 11 says this. And do this. Knowing the time 00:21:57.779 --> 00:22:02.339 that now, can you say that with me? That now, 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:07.660 one more time, that now is high time to awake 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:12.220 out of sleep for now our salvation is nearer 00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:15.599 than when we first believed. So what is expectation? 00:22:16.430 --> 00:22:19.670 If expectation has to accompany vision, vision 00:22:19.670 --> 00:22:22.589 is what God puts in our heart through the word 00:22:22.589 --> 00:22:25.509 of the Lord, through his written word, and through 00:22:25.509 --> 00:22:28.269 the very spoken word that he begins to encourage. 00:22:28.369 --> 00:22:30.650 All through the scriptures, what did prophecy 00:22:30.650 --> 00:22:34.549 come to do? Prophecy's goal was what? To encourage 00:22:34.549 --> 00:22:37.990 people in the pursuing and in the building of 00:22:37.990 --> 00:22:40.769 the things of God. The whole goal of prophecy 00:22:40.769 --> 00:22:44.069 is to move you from the place that you're in 00:22:44.069 --> 00:22:47.569 into what God has is destined for you and to 00:22:47.569 --> 00:22:50.690 apprehend it. As we've heard the last couple 00:22:50.690 --> 00:22:52.470 of weeks, and we're going to hear more over the 00:22:52.470 --> 00:22:55.049 next weeks of various words that have been prophesied, 00:22:55.049 --> 00:22:59.009 how those things just didn't sovereignly happen. 00:23:00.089 --> 00:23:03.230 It was God's perfect will that they would happen, 00:23:03.329 --> 00:23:06.369 but there had to be people that would grab onto 00:23:06.369 --> 00:23:09.869 it and pull it and partner with it and take the 00:23:09.869 --> 00:23:13.279 vision and live it. Because see, when we move 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:16.000 from the Old Testament, the Old Testament, God 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:20.220 did things by himself. That was one of the issues, 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:23.039 whether you recognize whether they were a true 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.059 prophet or a false prophet. If what they said 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:30.140 did not come to pass because God was singularly 00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:34.059 responsible for moving it and making it happen, 00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:37.420 then not only was the prophet a liar and to be 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:41.390 removed, but... God alone was sovereign to do 00:23:41.390 --> 00:23:44.609 it. In the New Testament, it changed. He reveals 00:23:44.609 --> 00:23:47.589 his sovereign will and then he decides, and I'm 00:23:47.589 --> 00:23:49.950 not gonna do it for you, I'm gonna do it through 00:23:49.950 --> 00:23:53.289 you. And that's why partnership in the spirit 00:23:53.289 --> 00:23:56.210 and with his word is so important because now 00:23:56.210 --> 00:24:00.529 he's expecting us by faith. Everything in his 00:24:00.529 --> 00:24:03.990 kingdom moves by faith and partnership with him. 00:24:04.569 --> 00:24:08.720 So expectation must arise. What is expectation? 00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:14.720 Expectation is a strong desire to be filled with 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:19.380 anticipation and confidence in obtaining what 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:24.000 you've believed for and have been promised. Let 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:26.799 me read that again. Expectation is to have a 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:31.200 strong desire to be filled, a strong desire from 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:34.559 God to be filled with anticipation and confidence. 00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:38.259 in the hope of obtaining what has been promised 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:41.900 and what you've been believing for. Abraham Lincoln 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:46.500 said it this way. Determine that the thing can 00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:51.960 and shall be done, and then we will find a way. 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:55.960 Now that was a natural thinking, but it is a... 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:01.420 Core understanding, not that we name it, claim 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:04.140 it, blab it, grab it, fake it till we make it, 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:07.700 not that, but the reality of the declaration 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:11.799 of what God has promised by taking those words 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:15.960 and laying them up now in the present season 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:20.240 of the now. You see, that's why the now time 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:23.720 is so important. Because if you don't move into 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:27.279 the now, you've actually spoken to the spirit 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:32.599 of delay. Let me say that again. I'm kind of 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:34.859 just coming at us a little bit this morning by 00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:39.099 faith and encouragement. When we don't take the 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:42.359 word and apply it to our now, we actually partner 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:49.859 with the spirit of delay. You see, the word now 00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:52.900 means what? Present time. Under these present 00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:57.799 circumstances. And now means absent from delay. 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:02.619 We have hindrances in our hearts that we must 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:06.799 remove. Remove the delay by changing our heart 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:10.779 attitude, right? What is delay? Delay means to 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:16.470 be stopped, detained, hindered for a time. caused 00:26:16.470 --> 00:26:20.609 to be slower, to occur more slowly than normal, 00:26:20.769 --> 00:26:24.210 being late. Oh, my Lord, there's a big spirit 00:26:24.210 --> 00:26:27.190 of delay coming to church on Sunday morning. 00:26:27.269 --> 00:26:28.609 Hallelujah. We got to break that. All right. 00:26:30.190 --> 00:26:35.450 Being late or behind in movement, holding back, 00:26:35.769 --> 00:26:40.430 interference, and postponement. Any of those 00:26:40.430 --> 00:26:47.170 ringing a bell? Think about it. Delay. The Greek 00:26:47.170 --> 00:26:52.430 definition of delay means to extend time unduly 00:26:52.430 --> 00:26:56.829 with the implication. Are you ready for this? 00:26:56.890 --> 00:26:59.289 This is the hard one because this is Bible. With 00:26:59.289 --> 00:27:04.509 the implication of a lack of a decision. Every 00:27:04.509 --> 00:27:06.930 time you hear the word delay from the scripture 00:27:06.930 --> 00:27:10.950 perspective, I quoted you what Noah Webster and 00:27:10.950 --> 00:27:13.109 a few of the Websters thought about delay in 00:27:13.109 --> 00:27:17.109 the English. But when you get to the When you 00:27:17.109 --> 00:27:21.750 get to the biblical definition, delay means there 00:27:21.750 --> 00:27:24.329 can be outside forces, of course. Paul talked 00:27:24.329 --> 00:27:26.589 about that Satan hindered, which is a form of 00:27:26.589 --> 00:27:30.369 delay. But at the core of what God is dealing 00:27:30.369 --> 00:27:33.630 with is our delay of a lack of decision based 00:27:33.630 --> 00:27:43.630 on our heart. Hmm. 2 Peter 3, 9 says, and the 00:27:43.630 --> 00:27:47.740 Lord is not slack, kerning. concerning his promise. 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.960 Habakkuk 2 .3, you know it, for the vision is 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:56.960 yet for an appointed time, though it tarries, 00:27:56.960 --> 00:28:02.359 wait, because it will surely not tarry. We have 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.819 to remove what are some of the things that causes 00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:09.420 us to One of the major sticking points that actually 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:12.480 cause us to not make a decision to believe the 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.240 word of God and to look at our present circumstances 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:19.859 and stay in that place is what? Kind of the poor 00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:25.960 me attitude. Now listen, to say, if anybody is 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:28.019 to tell you that they've never had a poor me 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:33.099 moment, they're a liar. They're a liar. All of 00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:37.140 us have had poor me moments. In fact, let's just 00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:38.720 get it out of our spirit. Just turn to somebody 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:42.460 and say, oh, I'm so sorry. Just go ahead and 00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:45.220 just kind of just, okay. All right, that's done. 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:47.579 That's done. Now that's it. That's your poor 00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:52.460 me moment. Come on. Let me just quote Psalms 00:28:52.460 --> 00:29:00.430 40 verse 17. I am poor and needy. Yet. I love 00:29:00.430 --> 00:29:02.509 how David does this. He gets right down into 00:29:02.509 --> 00:29:08.789 the poor me category. I am poor and needy. Yet. 00:29:10.210 --> 00:29:15.809 Yet what? Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are 00:29:15.809 --> 00:29:20.089 my help. You are my deliverer. And then he moves 00:29:20.089 --> 00:29:30.109 to this. Do not delay. Notice he was in a. stink 00:29:30.109 --> 00:29:34.069 of a situation. I need help. I mean, if you, 00:29:34.170 --> 00:29:37.430 I mean, come on, look at David's life and look 00:29:37.430 --> 00:29:40.849 at the stuff. I mean, you talk about in -law 00:29:40.849 --> 00:29:46.930 issues, son issues, wife issues, every issue, 00:29:47.009 --> 00:29:49.750 wife issues, employer issues, I mean, employee 00:29:49.750 --> 00:29:53.930 issues. You know, you give your life to these 00:29:53.930 --> 00:29:56.990 people, then they want to stone you at the end. 00:29:57.049 --> 00:30:00.109 And not that kind of stone. I'm talking about 00:30:00.109 --> 00:30:07.789 picking up one and death. David experienced every 00:30:07.789 --> 00:30:13.569 aspect of the poor me. And we should ask ourselves, 00:30:13.609 --> 00:30:15.609 if we're gonna break off the spirit of delay 00:30:15.609 --> 00:30:18.230 and we're gonna break off poor me, we should 00:30:18.230 --> 00:30:20.529 ask, if we're really gonna get serious about 00:30:20.529 --> 00:30:22.369 it, and we're gonna say, we're gonna embrace 00:30:22.369 --> 00:30:24.309 the word of the Lord of what he's spoken over 00:30:24.309 --> 00:30:26.789 the house, what he's spoken, because those words 00:30:26.789 --> 00:30:31.509 over the house include every aspect that affects 00:30:31.509 --> 00:30:35.769 your life and your part of that. Then you have 00:30:35.769 --> 00:30:39.779 to ask yourself, all right, If I've been experiencing 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:43.460 delay, I need to ask a question of some people 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:47.000 that I trust around me. Number one, do I have 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:51.859 a reputation to get people to participate in 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:57.859 my circumstantial misery? Ask that question. 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:06.250 Am I always looking? to bring you into the misery 00:31:06.250 --> 00:31:09.569 that I have been and have walked and have lived. 00:31:10.410 --> 00:31:15.430 And when you see me, do you want to go, oh no. 00:31:18.509 --> 00:31:22.890 Does that come out of me? That I keep rehearsing 00:31:22.890 --> 00:31:27.769 where I'm stuck, what's failed, what's delayed. 00:31:28.750 --> 00:31:33.690 Next thing, do I blame outside forces? for everything 00:31:33.690 --> 00:31:39.650 that's beyond my ability to navigate. Number 00:31:39.650 --> 00:31:43.970 three, do I let other people's choices keep me 00:31:43.970 --> 00:31:47.609 from what has actually been given to me to receive 00:31:47.609 --> 00:31:52.670 from the Lord? This is a big one. Do I actually 00:31:52.670 --> 00:31:56.470 allow other people's choices to affect what God's 00:31:56.470 --> 00:32:00.720 promised me? I'm not talking about moving outside 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:03.140 of wisdom and outside of the Bible and outside 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:06.619 of godly counsel. I'm talking about I just come 00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:10.180 under the cloud of somebody else's poor me and 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:13.440 I come under the spirit of delay and just say, 00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:19.539 well, maybe it's for another time. Or do I just 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:23.700 simply look at my life and go, well, I just don't 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:26.460 have the ability to keep my word. I don't have 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:30.019 the ability to follow through. I guess I'm inadequate 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:33.039 and I don't live up. And what does it do? It 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:37.819 digs me into a pit of self -pity and into further 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:42.819 delay. I got to remove this pessimism. I got 00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:47.460 to remove this spirit of delay. Here's the definition 00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:52.960 of a defensive pessimist. There's a pessimist 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:56.789 and then there's a defensive pessimist. One who 00:32:56.789 --> 00:33:01.529 sets the bar of expectations so low while in 00:33:01.529 --> 00:33:04.349 a continual state of worry, rehearsing all the 00:33:04.349 --> 00:33:06.410 negative things that are going to happen for 00:33:06.410 --> 00:33:10.329 them even crossing that bar. I'm pessimistic 00:33:10.329 --> 00:33:12.210 that what is going to happen is going to be bad, 00:33:12.329 --> 00:33:15.650 but I'll set the bar of faith so low and then 00:33:15.650 --> 00:33:19.190 I'll find reasons to not step over it because 00:33:19.190 --> 00:33:26.630 I could lose something by risk. Church, you realize 00:33:26.630 --> 00:33:32.549 that in 2012 and 13, when we moved from the Wyatt 00:33:32.549 --> 00:33:38.369 campus to what we built, it was a huge risk. 00:33:39.549 --> 00:33:41.710 And those of you that are here with us that have 00:33:41.710 --> 00:33:45.410 run that journey, it cost everything. And I'm 00:33:45.410 --> 00:33:49.730 not here to rehearse all the negative, but the 00:33:49.730 --> 00:33:53.970 issue is we had newspapers come against us. I 00:33:53.970 --> 00:33:59.710 was called the Bhagwan Rajnoosh. You remember 00:33:59.710 --> 00:34:03.730 that? The reality is because we were fighting 00:34:03.730 --> 00:34:08.789 the two and three time planning commission of 00:34:08.789 --> 00:34:11.389 what they were doing at that moment was illegal. 00:34:11.690 --> 00:34:14.969 We had to hire attorneys. We had articles in 00:34:14.969 --> 00:34:18.590 the paper. everything. You remember the whole 00:34:18.590 --> 00:34:24.010 Bhagwan Rajneesh thing up there in Oregon was 00:34:24.010 --> 00:34:27.010 just coming to a close. And so now we were the 00:34:27.010 --> 00:34:30.829 group that was now taking over the city of Harrisburg. 00:34:32.710 --> 00:34:38.099 What? I'm okay with the taking over. And I thought 00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:40.800 it was, actually, I thought it was, I almost 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:42.679 got offended at it, but I thought, but if somebody 00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:45.599 was that clever to call me the Bhagwan Rajnoosh, 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:48.519 that article is going to go in my archives. That 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:59.860 is amazing. We fought city hall. We fought permitting, 00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:03.849 every single thing. And on top of it, We didn't 00:35:03.849 --> 00:35:06.750 have any building plans because of the parameters 00:35:06.750 --> 00:35:10.170 they put on us would not allow us to actually 00:35:10.170 --> 00:35:14.570 take time to build plans and to properly get 00:35:14.570 --> 00:35:18.630 bids from contractors. They gave us a year and 00:35:18.630 --> 00:35:21.760 it was, quote, there must be significant improvement, 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:25.019 which meant the moment we left that meeting, 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:27.619 within one week, we were moving dirt by faith 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:31.280 and building as we go. And Steve and Maureen 00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:33.860 Dorman, thank you so much for coming and helping 00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:39.800 us do that. That was incredible. Guys, there 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:43.780 had to be what? A willingness to not say, poor 00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:47.849 me. And we've done it in our history. If I look 00:35:47.849 --> 00:35:50.289 through the 25 years of where we've been, we've 00:35:50.289 --> 00:35:55.409 faced significant things that we in our natural 00:35:55.409 --> 00:35:58.989 had the right to go. We just got to bow out. 00:35:59.210 --> 00:36:01.289 Maybe it's not the right season. It's not the 00:36:01.289 --> 00:36:05.329 right time. But God has always come along and 00:36:05.329 --> 00:36:10.099 spoken to us to strengthen our faith. and to 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:12.800 cause us to move through barriers and challenges 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:15.320 that we didn't even know were going to be there. 00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:20.139 I cannot get away from the fact that this river 00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:22.579 thing, even though I do believe it was a great 00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:26.380 distraction and it was a great hindrance of delay 00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:29.949 and even the cost of it. I mean, to think of 00:36:29.949 --> 00:36:33.650 it, I mean, we've got greater places than 2 .7 00:36:33.650 --> 00:36:36.789 million to go on just a steel wall in the ground 00:36:36.789 --> 00:36:40.920 trying to get things back to where we were. prophetic 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:43.179 word said it. Mark doesn't know this, but the 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:45.639 next stage of phase number two that we've been 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:48.300 praying about and contending for as an eldership 00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:51.400 is gymnasium and classrooms for our younger, 00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:54.380 the next generation, younger kids, a whole wing 00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:57.199 that would include both a gymnasium on the property 00:36:57.199 --> 00:37:01.570 and classrooms. And it's incredible. Then all 00:37:01.570 --> 00:37:03.429 of a sudden, out of the blue, two and a half, 00:37:03.429 --> 00:37:06.190 three years ago, this thing happens and takes 00:37:06.190 --> 00:37:09.570 all of the seed money and the potential. How 00:37:09.570 --> 00:37:11.969 many know that's a spirit of hindrance and delay? 00:37:12.989 --> 00:37:16.170 And what we've got to begin to do this morning 00:37:16.170 --> 00:37:18.769 is something has to come into our spirit and 00:37:18.769 --> 00:37:22.550 say, okay, I am going to get off the fence with 00:37:22.550 --> 00:37:26.349 my faith. And I am going to get out of the pit 00:37:26.349 --> 00:37:30.539 of self -pity. Now listen. We have lots of examples 00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:33.760 in the scriptures. I gotta hurry. We got lots 00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:36.940 of examples in the scriptures. Listen, Genesis 00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:40.400 37. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they 00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:43.179 stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors 00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:46.000 that he wore, and they took him and cast him 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:50.880 in the pit. Listen, Joseph didn't ask for that 00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:54.440 robe. The father made it and gave it to him. 00:37:55.800 --> 00:38:01.550 You're a Joseph. We're a Joseph. Ones that have 00:38:01.550 --> 00:38:05.070 dreams, ones that operate in the prophetic, ones 00:38:05.070 --> 00:38:07.429 that know times and seasons. Let me tell you 00:38:07.429 --> 00:38:10.489 something. There is always going to be an application 00:38:10.489 --> 00:38:13.610 to put people in the pit that actually have favor 00:38:13.610 --> 00:38:18.170 placed upon their lives. And the mantle of favor 00:38:18.170 --> 00:38:22.190 does not just mean blessing of material things. 00:38:22.329 --> 00:38:25.730 It actually means responsibility for the kingdom 00:38:25.730 --> 00:38:29.389 because God is actually moving a group of people 00:38:29.389 --> 00:38:32.690 who will believe to open doors in another season 00:38:32.690 --> 00:38:35.929 for another generation. That's what Joseph was 00:38:35.929 --> 00:38:40.719 born for. How about Jeremiah? And they took Jeremiah 00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:43.000 and they cast him in the dungeon or what we would 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:48.340 know as a cistern pit. It means a man -made pit 00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:51.719 to hold water. And they let Jeremiah down into 00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:54.500 the pit. And when Jeremiah went into the pit, 00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:59.159 there was no water, only mire. And Jeremiah sank 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:04.019 in the mire. I'm talking about getting out of 00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:07.760 the mire. But you've got to recognize if you've 00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:13.690 been in the pit. You've got to recognize. I could 00:39:13.690 --> 00:39:17.230 say our church for the last season or two, at 00:39:17.230 --> 00:39:19.429 least in the last year or two, has been in a 00:39:19.429 --> 00:39:24.329 pit. Spirit of hindrance, spirit of delay, spirit 00:39:24.329 --> 00:39:27.809 of trying to make us what? Irrelevant, even trying 00:39:27.809 --> 00:39:33.190 to move us off the map. How about Daniel? Because 00:39:33.190 --> 00:39:35.269 of his prayer, because of his faithfulness to 00:39:35.269 --> 00:39:38.670 God, he was brought out and thrown into the pit 00:39:38.670 --> 00:39:43.699 of the lion's den. Remember the words of an evil 00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:46.639 king that hadn't totally given himself to God. 00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:50.699 He said, oh, Daniel, may the God of whom you're 00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:55.730 serving continue to deliver you. Let me tell 00:39:55.730 --> 00:39:57.389 you something this morning. The word of the Lord 00:39:57.389 --> 00:40:01.070 comes to break off a spirit of delay, a spirit 00:40:01.070 --> 00:40:03.929 of hindrance, a spirit of self -pity, a spirit 00:40:03.929 --> 00:40:08.230 that has put you or me, our faith, our mindset 00:40:08.230 --> 00:40:11.409 out of the pit. And from the words of an evil 00:40:11.409 --> 00:40:16.190 king, may the Lord who you serve deliver you 00:40:16.190 --> 00:40:21.210 continually. On the road of 25 years to 25 more. 00:40:22.030 --> 00:40:25.710 May the God of who we serve deliver us continually. 00:40:26.269 --> 00:40:30.710 Now here's the great part. I researched this. 00:40:30.730 --> 00:40:33.670 This is amazing and you should do the same. After 00:40:33.670 --> 00:40:36.449 every person that was thrown in the pit that 00:40:36.449 --> 00:40:40.530 we have, Joseph, Jeremiah, Daniel, and the list 00:40:40.530 --> 00:40:45.679 goes on. Every pit experience. When those who 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:48.440 were tested through the pit were eventually came 00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:51.739 out of the pit, they were approved by God, and 00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:55.139 by God's approval, they always ended up with 00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:59.099 what? New authority, new territory, and new opportunities. 00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:04.000 I'm declaring to you this morning by the word 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.960 of the Lord and what has been prophesied in the 00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:09.619 last three days that God is extending to us new 00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:13.719 territory, new authority, and new opportunities. 00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:21.960 You see, in order to actually move with the spirit 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:26.869 of expectation and in this... this new territory 00:41:26.869 --> 00:41:31.429 or these new opportunities or this new authority, 00:41:31.590 --> 00:41:34.750 you've got to understand that there has to be 00:41:34.750 --> 00:41:41.590 a go point. A go point is a decision time. It's 00:41:41.590 --> 00:41:45.690 that point of, all right, go, execute it. Execute 00:41:45.690 --> 00:41:50.449 the plan. The go point. If new horizons are going 00:41:50.449 --> 00:41:53.460 to come, And we're going to get those from the 00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:55.880 life that God's promised us. The truth is we 00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:59.500 must lift our expectation and choose to decide 00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:03.579 to go with God's vision, live the mission, and 00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:06.039 stretch for the goal. Now, I had these notes 00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:09.639 written before Mark came to me and said his scripture 00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:12.179 was in Philippians about forgetting what was 00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:15.639 behind and stretching forth to the high calling 00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:23.059 of God. If you understand this, God works with 00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:27.000 not just Kronos time, which is our calendar, 00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:29.840 our tracking of time, which I'm doing right now, 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:37.980 which is evil. But God works with another time. 00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:41.500 God works with what we would call Kairos time. 00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:45.579 And Kairos time, please hear me, Kairos time 00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:52.340 for the most part is relegated. to seasons. Kairos 00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:55.940 time isn't just about, there are times where 00:42:55.940 --> 00:43:00.960 it was the month, the day, the year, God moved 00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:04.460 in that way. But when we look to the New Testament, 00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:09.900 most of Kairos, most of God's overwhelming sense 00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:13.639 of his calendar, of his nature partnering with 00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:20.039 his people, always comes down to a season. Why? 00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:26.800 Because he moves it past our ability to shoot 00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:32.219 just simply for a day. Usually when a day, like 00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:36.820 there was a day Jesus chose out of all the days, 00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:39.519 or God the Father chose out of all the days in 00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:41.940 human history, the governments that were on the 00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:45.119 earth, the timing of the Jews, the timing of 00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:47.659 the Roman culture, how the scriptures would be 00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:49.480 written, and those that would be born for that 00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:53.679 day, that's the day Jesus was chosen to be birthed 00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:56.539 and sent. There's those sovereign days that God 00:43:56.539 --> 00:44:00.369 has chosen. But now in the New Testament, the 00:44:00.369 --> 00:44:03.909 Bible gives us the hint that there are seasons 00:44:03.909 --> 00:44:09.190 of days. Now, we have to have a go point. That 00:44:09.190 --> 00:44:12.250 go point needs wisdom and prayer. It needs the 00:44:12.250 --> 00:44:15.530 weighing of the cost. But it must translate into 00:44:15.530 --> 00:44:20.170 what? Forward movement into influence and history 00:44:20.170 --> 00:44:24.889 of changing something for the greater. Think 00:44:24.889 --> 00:44:28.989 about Moses. Exodus 14, fear not, stand firm, 00:44:29.070 --> 00:44:32.070 see the salvation of God. He will work for you 00:44:32.070 --> 00:44:35.309 today. The Egyptians who you've seen, you shall 00:44:35.309 --> 00:44:38.690 not see anymore. Folks, that's called a go point. 00:44:40.369 --> 00:44:43.840 Deuteronomy 20. Hear, O Israel, today your drawing 00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:46.400 near for battle against the enemy. Let your heart 00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:49.679 not be faint. Do not panic. Do not fear. Do not 00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:52.440 dread them. For the Lord your God, he goes with 00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:54.980 you to fight against your enemies and to give 00:44:54.980 --> 00:45:00.329 you the victory. Deuteronomy 9. Chapter 9, verse 00:45:00.329 --> 00:45:04.670 1. You're crossing over the Jordan today to dispossess 00:45:04.670 --> 00:45:07.210 a nation greater and mightier, cities that are 00:45:07.210 --> 00:45:10.190 fortified to heaven, people great and tall, sons 00:45:10.190 --> 00:45:13.230 of the Anakim. Know therefore today that he who 00:45:13.230 --> 00:45:16.309 goes before you is a consuming fire. He will 00:45:16.309 --> 00:45:19.150 destroy them, subdue them. You shall drive them 00:45:19.150 --> 00:45:22.489 out and make them perish quickly as the Lord 00:45:22.489 --> 00:45:25.920 has promised you. That's a go point. How about 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:30.179 this one in the New Testament? Luke 19, 5. When 00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:33.320 Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said 00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:37.860 to Zacchaeus, hurry and come down. I must stay 00:45:37.860 --> 00:45:40.920 at your house. There was a decision Zacchaeus 00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:48.199 had to make at that very moment. Now, 2 Corinthians 00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:51.960 6, 2. He says, in an acceptable time, I've heard 00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:56.380 you. Now is the accepted time. That's a kairos, 00:45:56.380 --> 00:46:02.760 season. The clearest one is 1 Thessalonians 5, 00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:06.760 verse 1. But concerning times, which is the Greek 00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:13.559 word chronos, and seasons, kairos. What's God 00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:16.199 saying? You have to recognize the time you're 00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:20.650 in in a natural present now. and be aware of 00:46:20.650 --> 00:46:24.269 the Kairos season that is awaiting your decision. 00:46:25.989 --> 00:46:31.349 Kairos designates the content and the quality 00:46:31.349 --> 00:46:36.869 of time. It's a moment made significant by a 00:46:36.869 --> 00:46:41.469 God encounter for a specific season, for an appointed 00:46:41.469 --> 00:46:47.159 time, or here it is, an opportune time. kairos 00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:52.000 means what it's a period of divine opportunity 00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:56.500 galatians 6 10 puts it this way therefore as 00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:59.039 we have opportunity you know what that word opportunity 00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:01.820 there our english word is opportunity therefore 00:47:01.820 --> 00:47:07.579 as we have kairos let us do good to all especially 00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:11.170 those of the household of faith How about Philippians 00:47:11.170 --> 00:47:14.849 4 .10? I rejoiced in the Lord greatly. Now your 00:47:14.849 --> 00:47:17.550 care for me has flourished again, for you surely 00:47:17.550 --> 00:47:20.650 did care, but you lacked opportunity. The word 00:47:20.650 --> 00:47:24.610 opportunity, kairos. You lacked the season of 00:47:24.610 --> 00:47:29.010 divine opportunity. Opportunity then what? Is 00:47:29.010 --> 00:47:32.230 what? A favorable juncture in circumstances, 00:47:32.369 --> 00:47:38.829 a good and divine opening for advancement or 00:47:38.829 --> 00:47:42.679 progress. Are you hearing what I'm saying here? 00:47:43.099 --> 00:47:49.360 It's a favorable juncture of circumstances for 00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:54.019 an opening of advancement or progress. Noah Webster 00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:57.500 says it this way. Fundamentally, favorable timing 00:47:57.500 --> 00:48:00.440 combined with supporting circumstances converge 00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:04.079 to suitable conditions that enable actions toward 00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:08.949 desired goal. basic definition of opportunity 00:48:08.949 --> 00:48:13.309 is what? It operates as a dynamic force shaped 00:48:13.309 --> 00:48:18.170 by what? Preparation, perception, and initiative. 00:48:20.550 --> 00:48:26.730 Preparation, perception, and initiative. That 00:48:26.730 --> 00:48:32.010 is what gets us set up for a divine season. And 00:48:32.010 --> 00:48:34.489 opportunities present themselves in our life. 00:48:35.530 --> 00:48:38.630 From the scripture perspective, an opportunity 00:48:38.630 --> 00:48:45.210 is what? It's a window or a door. It's not actually 00:48:45.210 --> 00:48:50.889 something that is guaranteed. It's guaranteed 00:48:50.889 --> 00:48:55.269 if you'll actually see it, move into it, and 00:48:55.269 --> 00:48:59.469 take action. Now listen, this happens almost, 00:48:59.690 --> 00:49:02.670 not every Sunday, but close to every Sunday. 00:49:02.969 --> 00:49:07.179 Why? What happens when we get into the presence 00:49:07.179 --> 00:49:09.199 of the Lord? Let me just say how this plays out. 00:49:09.260 --> 00:49:11.739 When we move into the presence of the Lord and 00:49:11.739 --> 00:49:15.500 we create by your worship and prayer and calling 00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:17.559 on the presence of the Lord and honoring him, 00:49:17.679 --> 00:49:21.800 what happens? The atmosphere of the... Presence 00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:24.539 of God comes into the room. And what happens? 00:49:24.659 --> 00:49:28.960 Doors and windows open are there. And when we 00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:34.960 see him by faith, we do what? We move then musically. 00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:38.760 We move then prophetically. And what we didn't 00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:41.920 know when we first came to the service now presents 00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:45.739 itself as an opportunity to hear about a divine 00:49:45.739 --> 00:49:50.179 word that God is releasing. It happens every... 00:49:50.570 --> 00:49:52.809 Let's just say every other Sunday for the sake 00:49:52.809 --> 00:49:57.550 of not exaggerating. But the principle is that 00:49:57.550 --> 00:50:02.630 also happens in your life. That God has set divine 00:50:02.630 --> 00:50:06.590 opportunity. He set a Kairos season. I believe 00:50:06.590 --> 00:50:11.010 that God is setting a Kairos season for this 00:50:11.010 --> 00:50:14.289 next time frame. And I'll tell you why this is 00:50:14.289 --> 00:50:25.420 significant. I don't adhere to the Jewish calendar 00:50:25.420 --> 00:50:31.960 as something that I ardently follow. But I follow 00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:35.400 it because I believe in the principle of what 00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:40.820 God does. This is what's significant to me. Friday 00:50:40.820 --> 00:50:44.320 night was the beginning. Friday night at sunset 00:50:44.320 --> 00:50:48.320 was the beginning of Rosh Hashanah. That festival 00:50:48.320 --> 00:50:52.760 lasts two days. It ends tonight. So between Friday 00:50:52.760 --> 00:50:55.619 and Sunday, it was what? It was the beginning 00:50:55.619 --> 00:51:00.099 of the new year. It was the beginning of the 00:51:00.099 --> 00:51:05.179 Jewish calendar of a new season. It was now followed 00:51:05.179 --> 00:51:09.199 by 10 days of repentance to move to the place 00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:12.260 of the atonement to celebrate God, setting off 00:51:12.260 --> 00:51:15.099 what was done. the year before, and moving on 00:51:15.099 --> 00:51:17.579 a fresh slate. Now we know that Jesus fulfills 00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:20.239 all of it, but the reality of it, I thought it 00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:23.579 was so significant. The reality that Friday night, 00:51:23.699 --> 00:51:25.860 the beginning of the beginning of the year, we 00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:30.599 started with what? We started with two hours 00:51:30.599 --> 00:51:35.639 of worship. no interruptions, just honored to 00:51:35.639 --> 00:51:38.739 God for 25 years and saying, Lord. And God began 00:51:38.739 --> 00:51:43.099 to speak out of that about a new season and new 00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:45.900 things that were coming, not just by Pastor Mark. 00:51:46.059 --> 00:51:49.880 It was popping up all over in the church. Here 00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:54.039 we are now celebrating the last day of Rosh Hashanah. 00:51:54.099 --> 00:51:57.679 What are we saying? We're saying, listen, I don't 00:51:57.679 --> 00:51:59.659 know about you, but I'm going to ask you to do 00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:01.579 something this morning. Yeah, come on up team. 00:52:02.219 --> 00:52:04.780 This is the, the handlers are coming to get me. 00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:11.679 So I'm going to ask you to do something in the 00:52:11.679 --> 00:52:16.900 spirit of 10 days until the atonement. I'm not 00:52:16.900 --> 00:52:19.039 asking you to fast. We're here to celebration, 00:52:19.380 --> 00:52:24.860 but I'm asking you to pick up this spirit of 00:52:24.860 --> 00:52:28.820 repentance and fresh expectation that you would 00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:31.420 guard your heart and your mind for the next 10 00:52:31.420 --> 00:52:34.760 days. that you would actually say, I am not gonna 00:52:34.760 --> 00:52:37.800 allow a spirit of negativity. I'm not gonna allow 00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:40.840 poor me. I'm gonna move into the preparation 00:52:40.840 --> 00:52:43.780 of my heart to take these words, to take the 00:52:43.780 --> 00:52:46.019 word of the Lord that came today, and I'm going 00:52:46.019 --> 00:52:49.280 to build that, and I'm gonna focus on what God 00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:52.340 is saying to our house, to our region, to the 00:52:52.340 --> 00:52:55.159 nations that we're to affect, and I am going 00:52:55.159 --> 00:52:59.550 to contend for 10 days to break the cycle. of 00:52:59.550 --> 00:53:02.210 actually not moving into self -pity and into 00:53:02.210 --> 00:53:05.429 any form of delay. Those habits, those things 00:53:05.429 --> 00:53:08.590 that have stuck me, Lord, I'm asking you to forgive 00:53:08.590 --> 00:53:12.090 me, and I'm choosing through preparation, initiative, 00:53:12.269 --> 00:53:15.550 and action to break those off, and we're going 00:53:15.550 --> 00:53:20.570 to move into a new Kairos opportunity and season 00:53:20.570 --> 00:53:23.969 together as the church, Life Bible Church. Can 00:53:23.969 --> 00:53:26.650 we do that? I'm going to pray for us. Let's do 00:53:26.650 --> 00:53:32.070 that. Father, in Jesus' name. Lord, we come today 00:53:32.070 --> 00:53:34.949 and we are so grateful for the word of the Lord 00:53:34.949 --> 00:53:39.070 that came. Lord, the prophetic words and the 00:53:39.070 --> 00:53:42.329 words right from Scripture that you give us kairos 00:53:42.329 --> 00:53:45.869 seasons. I'm reminded in the book of Acts in 00:53:45.869 --> 00:53:50.630 chapter 3 when it says that times and seasons 00:53:50.630 --> 00:53:53.630 from the presence of the Lord would bring refreshing. 00:53:53.829 --> 00:53:57.860 Those seasons actually is the word kairos. that 00:53:57.860 --> 00:54:02.239 times and seasons, opportunities, divine opportunities 00:54:02.239 --> 00:54:07.360 to have refreshing. Lord, this is about us contending. 00:54:07.900 --> 00:54:10.880 For the filling, as we read in our new verse, 00:54:11.039 --> 00:54:13.519 Lord, that is our mission statement, that the 00:54:13.519 --> 00:54:16.119 God of all hope would fill us with everything 00:54:16.119 --> 00:54:20.219 we need. We begin to reach into the filling power 00:54:20.219 --> 00:54:23.659 of the Holy Spirit. We begin to reach in to the 00:54:23.659 --> 00:54:26.860 conquering power of faith to contend for the 00:54:26.860 --> 00:54:29.440 promises that have been given to us individually 00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:33.659 and corporately. And God, we ask now as we... 00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:37.960 Enjoy one another's fellowship and food and the 00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:41.079 celebrations like you have always designed with 00:54:41.079 --> 00:54:45.840 your people. Days of celebration. Lord, that 00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:49.159 this would be a marking day. Not just a day of 00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:53.429 feasting. but a day that would bring an impartation 00:54:53.429 --> 00:54:57.449 of truth and the spirit of faith that would cause 00:54:57.449 --> 00:55:01.409 our expectation to rise. I ask that now over 00:55:01.409 --> 00:55:05.409 every person. Let faith arise. Let expectation 00:55:05.409 --> 00:55:09.510 arise. For the building, Lord, of the wells of 00:55:09.510 --> 00:55:13.150 healing and miracles and every spoke that you 00:55:13.150 --> 00:55:16.690 have shown that we are to steward as a regional 00:55:16.690 --> 00:55:20.489 hub, Lord, sending these truths, around the world 00:55:20.489 --> 00:55:24.469 for your glory. Let expectation come and let 00:55:24.469 --> 00:55:28.690 indecision and delay be broken in Jesus' name. 00:55:28.769 --> 00:55:32.590 We love you and we bless you, Jesus. Let us do 00:55:32.590 --> 00:55:36.250 this all for your glory, not ours, in Jesus' 00:55:36.409 --> 00:55:39.309 name. Amen. Come on, just give the Lord a praise 00:55:39.309 --> 00:55:44.420 this morning. 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