How y 'all doing? Shouts out to Collective Worship,
right? I was like, you know, today's message,
we're coming out of Ezekiel, so we got to speak
about some dry bones living. And so if you're
ready to speak to some dry bones, just give the
Lord a shout of praise in the house. Look at
your neighbor and say, look, find you a good
neighbor. Find you a good neighbor and say, hey,
neighbor. Say open up that grave I'm coming now.
I'm gonna live live live again Well, I'm incredibly
grateful to be here with you this morning you
guys sound amazing and so I'm gonna get into
the word, you know, we've been declaring it all
year long that there will be what? New life.
And we're going from graves to glory. That's
the story that when we speak about resurrection
power, it's acknowledging that even if it's dead,
if God didn't say it's done, it's not over yet.
And we're going to speak to those things and
those dry bones are going to come alive again.
You know, in this sermon series, I had a time
last Sunday. Y 'all had a time last Sunday, and
it was about us not running away from the places
God has called us and declared us to be. But
no, here is home, and these dry bones are gonna
live. We're gonna speak to the situations and
watch God move. Y 'all ready to speak to some
things? Well, amen. Father God, I thank you for
today and I thank you for this opportunity to
come and to minister to your people. I pray that
today we feel a fresh outpouring of your spirit.
I pray that today we leave here stirred up, encouraged,
and on fire for you, Father God. I pray that
all crooked ways are being made straight. I pray
that light is shining into darkness. I pray that
your wisdom is invading all just information.
And I pray that you are ruling and reigning in
every area of our lives. We take this moment
to lift you up, acknowledge you, and ask you,
God, to lead and guide us as we open up your
word, for your spirit to illuminate the truth
you have for us today. And we just thank you,
God, for being such an incredible, loving God
that we can read this word today and receive
it as ours, not because we've been good, because
you're just that. good thank you for thank you
for inviting us into these precious promises
we we are grateful that you loved us so much
that you set us up from victory that we are not
living to fight for victory we're living from
victory that we are in christ jesus we have already
overcome and we will spend the rest of our days
right expecting good good The Bible tells us
that I would have fainted had I stopped believing
that I would experience the goodness of the Lord
right here in the land of the living well father
God we will not faint but we will continue to
believe that we will see the goodness of the
Lord right here in the land of the living In
your precious name, I pray the name above all
names y 'all say with me Jesus Amen We'll turn
to Ezekiel chapter 37. We'll be there today.
The title of my message is speak to it again.
Speak to it again. You know, speak to it again.
And none of us are absent from having to, you
know, speak life to situations that have no life
in them. You know, I know God wouldn't have brought
this word to our church if there wasn't going
to be opportunity to use it and So many of us
have come face to face to the very thing that
you know May have sounded strange in January
that we're speaking new life and we're going
from grace to glory What are you talking about
pastor? But I think many of y 'all have vivid
Image of exactly what needs new life right now
And so we know that God has been with us and
he has truth for us and it's not the time to
lose heart, cave in or quit, but time to stand
firm on what he's been building this whole year
that we will speak to the things that aren't
looking like there's much life, but declare that
it's going from, look at him say, it's going
from graves to glory. Graves to glory. And so
we took another step in that right in this Hear
His Home series. It's more than a sermon title.
It's truthfully a declaration. It's an intent
to say, you know what, this is home. And there
will be, last we talked about, there will be
order in this house that this will be what God
says it's going to be. And so now we get to start
the journey of going through, to every promise
there's a path. So we get to talk about the path
to seeing, to seeing things. raise up from the
dead to seeing new life come and you know that
is what I'm incredibly excited about today because
Ezekiel 37 is planted in the moment where it
was death all around yet and still God called
the prophet at that time to speak life to what
was dead. So y 'all ready? Amen and I want to
say this up front and you know, it's important
for us to realize this right Proverbs 29 and
18 says right where there is no vision the people
perish right and it's letting us know that there
is divine revelation that there is Insight we
talked about last week wisdom from God for people
to actually live that it's not just simple desire
that we have, but it's important that there's
vision present for life to come back. That there
must be a vision. from God, that breaks down
there is a redemptive revelation from God for
life to come again. What does this mean? We're
not asking for life to come so that we can have
our own needs met. We're not asking for life
to come so that we can get our own desires met,
but we're asking for life to come back to dead
things so God's will can be performed. That it's
not about me, it's about what God wants to have
happen. A lot of things have found their place
in to drive places and dead places because we've
been serving it selfishly we've been we've been
Stewarding it selfishly and so a lot of things
are dead on purpose so that now we can be resurrected
in the life God intended for it to have and So
when we talk about speaking and we talk about
Life and we talk about resurrection talk about
graves to glory It's important for us to realize
that vision vision wisdom is the first step in
that process y 'all rocking with me Verse 37
starting at verse will chapter 37 started verse
1 it says the hand of the Lord was upon me He
brought me out in the spirit of the Lord and
set me down in the middle of the valley It was
full of bones and he led me around Among them
and behold there were many very many on the surface
of the valley and behold they were very very
Dry and what is Ezekiel? I'm speaking of at this
moment God Has Ezekiel in a visionary dream right
that this is a visionary dream that um God took
Ezekiel in this moment and he had him view Through
a vision through a dream. I'm just want to make
sure this wasn't something he physically saw
This is a moment that was in the dream and in
this dream He took him to a valley and this valley
was filled with bones, but not just bones very
dry bones. The reason for it's important for
us to realize that this was a visionary dream
because every layer of what he's seeing actually
has death to what was happening at that time.
So at this moment, the reason why he's in a valley,
right, a valley season, not a mountaintop season,
because the people of Israel at that moment were
not succeeding. They were in a valley. They were
in between two places, right, of victory. You
know, mountaintops represent victory when we
read them in the Bible. Valleys represent. fight,
struggle, where we walk through the valley of
the shadow of death. I shall what? Fear no evil.
So when it's speaking of valleys, they're in
between two things. It's not a good place, but
it's a place that God is still with them. And
that's important for us to realize as believers
that even though you're in a valley, God is with
us in valleys as well. God doesn't retreat from
valleys. Oftentimes like Ezekiel, he visits us
in the valley. Oh, that's such a good thing for
y 'all to realize that God doesn't wait to visit
you on the mountaintops. He's the God who comes
in the valley. And so Zeke, God's showing him
this like, no, I'm the God of the valley too.
And so he's showing him through the valley and
he says the drone, the bones were very, very
dry. And what he's alluding to is that now it
wasn't that they were were barely, barely without
life. They were. dead and gone and When you look
through it those very dry bones actually represent
the the the Attitude of the people that represented
their outlook that they were not just without
hope that they were Hopeless they had no thought
that anything good could happen at all. They
were very dry bones y 'all rocking And he said
to me, son of man, can these bones live? This
is such an incredible question that's being asked.
So now you have this moment, God has taken Ezekiel
the prophet through dream into this moment where
he's given him an understanding of what he's
about to do. And in this dream, he asked him
a question, can these dry bones live? That is
a question that many of us have to answer today
Concerning whatever dry bones we're looking at
Is do you believe they can live What's amazing
about this is God already knows what he's about
to do God's will isn't dependent upon Ezekiel's
response to the question that God has already
ordered and orchestrated for life to come. The
question is, are you gonna co -sign on what's
already been predetermined? Are you gonna allow
yourself to change your perspective and align
it up with God's able to do? He was asking him
a question not to get permission to do something.
He was asking him a question so that he can align
himself with God's plan. Amen. Oftentimes we
get that same question from the people around
us, do you think it can change? You gotta remind
yourself, it ain't what I think can happen, it's
what God wants that's going to happen. Like I
don't think you realize that there are places
in our life that are above our pay grade. And
so it's not about what I want what I wanted left
a long time ago Well, I desire ain't been around
for a good little minute But I've been choosing
to serve to the will of my father for quite some
time So if it if it be his will let these dry
bones live Y 'all hear what he's saying That
he's trying to he's trying to wake him up Look
at your neighbor, hear your neighbor say, wake
up! He says, so, son of man, can these dry bones
live? And I answer, oh, Lord God, you know. Then
he said to me, prophesy over these bones and
say to them, Old dry bones hear the word of the
Lord. And so he's sitting in the middle. Once
again, this is a visionary dream and he's in
this valley and these bones are there. They actually
represent the people of Israel, their outlook,
their disposition, how they feel about what's
going on. And the one of the reasons why they
were very dry is this actually is a moment after
judgment had came. And so they were in a moment
of judgment. God had judged them. They had been
defeated by the Babylonians. So it wasn't just
a theoretical defeat. It was an actual defeat.
That they had been defeated. They had sinned.
They had fallen out of line with God. Everything
they had were. intended to do. They had not did.
And it just was a very, very druid scene. And
right there, he asked Ezekiel to speak to the
bones to hear the word of the Lord. What I love
so much about this is although God doesn't need
Ezekiel to speak in order to do what he's going
to do. He involves Ezekiel because God loves
for us to respond to dead situations. That he's
asking him to speak to it, not because he needs
his words in order to perform, but in the process
of him performing, he's reshaping his outlook.
He's reshaping his attitude. He's reshaping how
he view things. He's remaking his what he thinks
is possible That he's asking him to speak because
when you start to speak there's something on
the inside of you that starts to change That
when you allow your your words to align with
God's will it starts to it starts to change you
on the inside Right that Satan loves for you
to stay silent because in the silence you can
hide But when you start to open up your mouth,
you get a little more confidence. And so he's
telling me, you're going to need to speak the
word of the Lord to these dry bones. Why are
you saying this, Pastor Brian? Because one thing
we have to realize about where we are in our
situations, sometimes Satan will have you thinking
that your speech is irrelevant. But sometimes,
I love what my mama said, sometimes you got to
talk to yourself. Talk to yourself. I'm gonna
I'm gonna do it. She be doing she be doing it
so well, but Brian hear the word of the Lord
This shall live and it shall not die I Love what
she says. I said Deborah get yourself together
Sometimes you got to get yourself together you
have to speak to yourself About what God has
shown you what God said is going to be and God
said they shall live and not die So dry bones
hear the word of the Lord It was an exercise
of a dream because he had this dream, but he
would have to physically go out and do it So
in this moment God is taking him on this vision
Giving him the confidence through this vision
to do what he was gonna actually have to do in
reality Y 'all rocking with me. Whoo He says
that says the Lord to these dry bones Behold
I will cause breath to enter you and you shall
live and I will lay sinews upon you and will
cause flesh to come upon you and I will cover
you with skin and put breath in you and you shall
live and you shall know that I am the Lord so
right he's sitting here and what he's doing is
is he's prophesying what God said before what
happened even occurred that he's answering this
question of can these dry bones live in chapter
36 God breaks a covenant says these are my people
they shall live and not die. That's what chapter
36 covered. Well, by time chapter 37 rolls around,
these folks has lost all they hope. And he say,
no, no, no, I've already spoken what is going
to be. Dry bones, you hear the word of the Lord.
Y 'all hear what he's saying, that he's using
the word of God to declare in a dead situation
what God has already said. There's a way I like
to say this, like, you don't have to worry about
what's being said if you know what's. Been said
when you know what's been said you don't have
to worry about what's being said so Ezekiel's
having a been said moment a Been said moment
you ever been in a place in your life. You just
got to remember what was been said That this
is what God said I know what we see but then
there's what God Said and in those seasons when
what you see doesn't match up with what God said,
you know what you're supposed to do speak again
Speak again Dry bones hear the word of the Lord.
This is the word that I have That you shall live
and not die God's word wasn't contingent upon
your behavior It was confirmed through his covenant
God had made a covenant promise to the people
of Israel that they shall be his people and he
should be there God and he did not put conditions
on it about how this was going to work. It was
his word You are my people. I am your god now.
They had a rough relationship We in one of the
rough patches But yet and still the rough season
didn't undo his covenant promise And that is
What God is showing Zeke you and that is what
we must stand firm on no rough season cancels
God's promise You shall I shall be your God and
you shall be my people Dry bones hear the word
of the Lord. What's also powerful here is You're
seeing Ezekiel perform what we know is the word
of God is a what? An incorruptible seed. What
does that mean? That means the word of God cannot
return void. Once the word of God is sown, a
harvest is going to come. It doesn't matter the
condition it was sown in. Dry bones hear the
word of the Lord. He was speaking the word of
the Lord to a situation that wasn't even receptive
to life. Y 'all got to rock with me a little
better than that. That he was speaking what God
said to something that wasn't even receptive
to life Why are you saying this pastor Brian?
Because that is a vivid picture of many of our
worlds right now To where you're having to speak
to something that doesn't even show signs of
life But dry bones hear the word of the Lord
I don't care how dead you look how dry you look
how confused you look how you don't understand
a word that's coming out of my mouth The word
of God is an incorruptible seed. Dry bones hear
the word of the Lord. Speak and keep speaking
what thus says the Lord. We're not speaking because
we see something good. We're speaking because
God said something good. Y 'all hear what I'm
saying? Dry bones hear the word of the Lord Many
of y 'all have become hopeless because they haven't
started changing yet dry bones hear the word
of the Lord I'm not speaking because I see progress
I'm speaking because he's already declared what
is going to be so I'm gonna keep speaking what
God says knowing that what God says is incorruptible
see so dry bones Hear the word of the Lord Now
I would start to use some other adjectives to
describe some of your situations, but you know
who your dry bone is Here's the word of the Lord
you're gonna live You're gonna live you're gonna
live Because here's truth is the God who creates
is the same God who recreates And sometimes we
forget that. That the same God who created what's
now jacked up is the same God who recreates what's
jacked up. It's the same God. The same God who
started it is the same God who can remake it.
The same God who formed it is the same God who
reforms it. It's the same God. If he did it before,
he can do it again. I know it's not second service
yet. But we sing about it now. It's time to live
like we have learned about this. That is the
same God You're not having to reconvince another
God about what he said You just looking at the
effects of we talked about this Ephesians chapter
6 that there is a world I'm not going back to
But I've been looking in the people I'm like
did you we just went through the whole book of
Ephesians to help us reconcile that there are
people who are not alive to God. They are not
alive. But guess what? Drop on. Hear the word
of the Lord. You're going to live. And I will.
Love this and I will lay the sinews upon you
and I will cause flesh to come to you and cover
you with skin And breathe breath into you shall
live again and she'll yours shall know that I
am the Lord First seven so I prophesied as I
was Commanded and as I prophesied there was a
sound and behold a rattling in the bones came
together, bone to its bone. It's important for
us to see this because it's also given imagery
that they were broken into pieces, right? That
when you hear dry bones, sometimes you could
think that, man, they were just dry together.
But the Bible wants us to be very clear that
they were not only dry, but they were dismembered,
that they had lost their connection. They had
lost their place. They had lost where they belong.
So this wasn't just speaking for something to
come back to life. It was reorganizing what once
was that it was saying like, no, things are scattered.
Things are broken. Things are dry. It's wanting
us to realize that this was far from hopeful.
Yet. He spoke. It's wanting us to connect with
the fact that nothing in our world is too far
gone, nothing in. your life is to dismember.
If God has declared it to be, it shall be." He
said, and the bones came together, bone to his
bone. And I looked and behold, there was sinews
on them and flesh that came, come upon them and
skin had covered them. But there was no breath.
This is such a beautiful piece because, and I
love this. I love when there's just those visionary
dreams, right? So Ezekiel is in a visionary dream.
God is taking him on this journey before he has
to live it out in life. I say that because it
means that, man, we really should pay attention
greatly to the nuances that are on display. And
at this point, we're seeing that there was a
process to the recovery. That first the bones
came together, then the bones had flesh come
to them. That even though it was a miracle, it
didn't overlook that process was necessary. That
even though he had prophesied for life to come
there was a structure needed so life could be
formed y 'all rocking with when we talked about
structure last week that they didn't just get
back up and Instantly it wasn't no and suddenly
he was speaking sound rattling bones coming together
bones didn't have flesh come to them that there
was a process even when God was present. Oftentimes
we believe, but when God does it, process ain't
involved. That if God shows up, it must have
all came together at once. No, God is a God of
process. And so what are we to get out of this?
That we cannot be discouraged when the first
step doesn't look like it got all the way done.
We cannot discredit the first step the first
step is still necessary The bones had to be brought
back together because they were greatly dissembled
before flesh could come the bones had to be reassembled
There's an order to what's happening here that
he couldn't bring the flesh while the bones was
still dismembered The bones have to come together.
Once the bones are together, now the flesh can
come to the situation that there was an order
even when God was present. There was a process
even while God was present. Why? Because we'd
be looking for so many and suddenly we forget
that he's a God of order. He's a God of structure
and we cannot become sad when the first step
doesn't get us all the way to the top of the
staircase. Just take the first step. Is what
I'm trying to get you to hear it's okay to take
the first step Just take the right step going
towards what God said. Sometimes you can only
go so far What are you saying the truth is your
obedience may look pointless until God performs
what looked impossible At this point, all right,
phones rattling, sound. What does this look like?
This looks like that. Let me go ahead and send
that text. Let me go ahead and make that phone
call. Let me go ahead and do this. And nine times
out of 10, you ain't gonna get back what you
was looking for. A lot of times you can get the
direct opposite of what you're saying. God said,
this is gonna live. And I can't be adverse to
the process of life being restored. Look at him
and say, every step matters. He says, and their
bones came together, it was bone to bone, and
looked, and behold, there was sinews on them
and the flesh that came upon them and the skin
covered them, but there was no breath. So they're
together. Breath here is not just talking about
air to breathe, speaking of the spirit of life.
That they lacked the spirit of God, that they
lacked life from God. They were together, they
were assembled, yet they had not received the
spirit's filling. Then he said to me, prophesy
to the breath, prophesy son of man and say to
the breath, thus says the Lord, God come from
the four winds of breath and breathe on these
slain that they may live. So I prophesy as he
commanded me and breath came to them and they
lived and stood on their feet in an exceedingly
great that we see this process, right? We see
first Ezekiel speak to something that is dead.
Then we see him speak again for them to come
together. They're assembled. The bones come together.
Sinus come together. Flesh is coming to these
bones. But here they are still without life,
present. That's what we talk about. They're positioned,
but they ain't postured. That they are visible
standing But aren't postured yet towards God
I Say this because a lot of times this is right
where we stop We get so happy That they're not
yelling at us no more That we forget that they
like black breath from God for what needs to
happen And so he's like, no, you gotta keep speaking.
We're going all the way this time. That we want
them to receive the Spirit of God. We're not
just okay with looking good in the photos. We
want God's breath on this. We want God's way
on this. That yeah, we could stop right here
and have a good time. But if we want God's will
to be done, we need his spirit to inhabit these
people. Y 'all gotta rock with me. Because right
here is where a lot of us, we get so tired of
fighting that once we get everybody together,
this was victory. No, this ain't victory yet.
We still need God's hand. We need God to consume
this. We need God's breath on what happens next.
Verse 11, then he said to me, son of man, these
bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold,
they say. Our bones are dried up and our hope
is lost. We are indeed cut off. So now, when
we get to this spot, we're seeing the attitudes
and the words of the people he's speaking to.
That they have no hope for God's involvement
in their lives. truly believe that God is done
with them. That they don't believe that God has
a care nor concern for who they are. They see
themselves as cut off from God. It's important
that we see this because a lot of times we speak
about getting to the root of a matter. And we
have to realize a lot of times we get caught
up in the symptoms people present. But a person
who is filled with God always has hope in God.
We spoke about, I have a reason to praise. That
praise isn't just an outward expression. It's
it's an inward conviction that God's still on
my side That he isn't forsaken me he hasn't forgotten
me so no matter what the despair looks like I
still have hope Why are you saying it's pastor
Brian because many of the people In many of the
situations that we're having to speak to, we
have to realize the level of desperation that's
ahead of us. But also how simple the solution
of how powerful the acknowledgement of God being
with you is on your outlook of life. That once
you have a true conviction, that it is God who
is with you. There truly isn't many things that
can steal your hope away. I like to say it like
this, is that we don't have a big enemy, we have
a small view of God. Doesn't matter what the
enemy is doing. Have you seen? God Have you gained
a revelation of who God is I I I know you are
very Articulate about your issue, but are do
you have a vivid picture of what God can do?
And so when you speak at this moment, and this
is why I love so much already for this I believe
Ezekiel takes the word vision to a whole nother
level. That what Ezekiel is truly experiencing
is a vivid picture of God's power. He doesn't
just have a plan. He doesn't just have a strategy.
He has a vivid picture of God's power. What do
you mean Pastor Brian? That he is through this
vision He is seeing that God can speak to dry
bones, reassemble them, bring flesh to them,
bring his spirit back to them, that something
that is hopeless, dead, and gone isn't too far
away from God. He's not walking away from this
vision with a good plan. He's walking away from
the vision with a conviction of how powerful
God is. Y 'all gotta work with me. I'm trying
to turn something, stir something up in you,
because I know many of y 'all have had dreams,
you got plans, you got strategy, but do you have
a vivid image inside of you of how powerful God
is? Are you carrying a testimony that inclines
your heart to say, if God said it so, it shall
be so? Like, greater than the plan, greater than
the strategy is my belief in his power over all
things. Like, Ezekiel walks away knowing if God
be for you, who could be against you? Because
the first thing he would encounter is the people
who think they're too far gone, too cut off.
dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. I love
this. Because I believe God has a vision. He's
gonna restore many of you. Because Ezekiel was
that one brought out of that tribe. You may be
the one in your tribe That has to be That steady
voice of what God has said even in the valley
where no hope can be found But y 'all shadowed
me new life. Behold, they say our bones are dried
up and our hope is lost. We are indeed cut off.
Therefore prophesy and say to them, thus said
the Lord, behold, I will open your graves and
raise you from your graves, O my people. and
I will bring you into the land of Israel and
you shall know that I am the Lord when I open
your graves and raise you from your graves, oh
my people." Right? They thought they were cut
off, yet God is continuing to use words that
let them know you are not lost. My people, my
people, my people. I will open up your graves.
What is this? This is a picture of a resurrection
that was to come, right? That the Old Testament's
filled with types and shadows of a coming savior.
And so when he's speaking of those graves opening
up, he's speaking of resurrection power that
is to come. And God is going to not only open
up their graves, but open up the graves of all
people through resurrection power that come to
him. Why are you saying this, Pastor Brian? Because
I want you to have a vivid understanding of the
power that you have. That resurrection power
lives on the inside of you. Resurrection power
lives on the inside of you. You have the power
to speak to graves. They open up and what was
considered dead walk right back out But pastor
Brian I try speak again If you have heard from
the Lord there's nothing else to consider if
God said it shall live it shall live and not
die They may just still be trying to get their
bones together You may even see a little flesh
right now But we don't stop until the spirit
of god takes a hold of the whole situation And
submits to what god says shall be done. When
do I stop speaking? You don't stop speaking until
god is done Y 'all rocking with me look at them
say neighbor resurrection power lives on the
inside of you look at me and say hey neighbor
are you waiting on somebody to declare what you
have the power to speak Says and raise you from
your grave, old people, and I will put my spirit
within you and you shall live and I will place
you in your own land. Then you shall know that
I am the Lord. I have spoken and I will do it,
declares the Lord. That we see. This three part
structure, right? Vision. That was his dream,
a vivid picture of God's power. Then we see structure,
how it comes together. Then we see God breathe
on them again. What are you saying, Pastor Brian?
I want you to set that expectation for your life.
I want you to set that expectation for what God
is calling you to do. This is such a message
for leaders. Because oftentimes, as leaders,
you are that Ezekiel that's having to continue
to speak although things don't seem as though
they're moving. And I would just say, man, realize
that what you see isn't simply a plan. What you
see is a display of God's power. That oftentimes,
as a visionary, we keep thinking of the thing
we see. as we have this vision and we don't leave
understanding no you just got a clear display
of God's power this is what God can do what you
saw is what God can do and start seeing that
vision not as a plan not as an outcome but as
evidence that God's power can bring it together
y 'all rocking with me not my will, your will
be done. If this starts with a step that don't
even look like we moved, I will not faint, I
will not quit, cave in, lose heart, because we
will see the goodness of the Lord right here
in the land of the living. Father God, we thank
you for today. I just thank you for this opportunity
to come and to minister to your people. Father
God, I pray that they leave here understanding
the power you've deposited in them. I pray that
they leave here with a hunger and thirst to experience
your power made present in their lives. I pray
that they leave here understanding that they
haven't been forgotten. They haven't been forsaken,
but you are the God that will not leave them
nor forsaken, but be with them. Father God, I
pray they leave your understanding that no one
is too far gone, that no one is too removed,
that God, you, you have a plan, you have a purpose
and wisdom for every situation we may seem as
too difficult. But Father God, we will leave
here relentless about your truth. Committed to
your word. There's some things that you've been
said. We know what we are seeing, but there's
some things that you've been said. Renew us again,
God. Stir us up. Rekindle that fire about what
you are capable of doing. Amen. There's anybody
here today and like Pastor Brian Adam heard all
of that and I have yet to even give my life to
Christ Listen, we would love to be the church
and the people The Bible says best profession
of your mouth and a belief in your heart that
Jesus died and rose again that you shall Say
and so in this moment, I'm going to say a prayer
if you want to receive Jesus in your heart Repeat
this prayer and know that, whoo, you have a father
who will never leave you nor forsake you. But
Father God, I come to you with belief that you
died and you rose again. But when you rose, you
rose with my forgiveness. You redeemed me. Place
your spirit inside of me, and you have sealed
me to the day we meet. Heaven is my home. Earth
is my assignment. And I'm thankful to be called
a son and a daughter of yours. If you said that
prayer for the first time, let's give it up.
Let's cheer for them. Let's celebrate those who
said it for the first time. I'm so excited today,
y 'all. Y 'all have a good time in church today.
Amen. But I tell you, we'll receive today's offering
before we go. Here at Revealing Truth Ministries,
we believe in cheerful givers. What does that
mean? We believe in people who have communication
with God around their giving. They're not being
forced or coerced, but they believe that God
has given them instructions to give and in response
to what God has instructed them to do, they act
in obedience. And so they're cheerful about it
because God is a just God that He will never
leave us forsaken, that God... is a god who always
always makes sure that we have more than enough
he's exceedingly abundantly above god so god
asks you to sow it trust and believe that there
is a harvest for you amen and so um as you give
do so cheerfully this morning amen week two look
at neighbor say here is home right Don't let
nobody kick you out your house. No, you dry bones.
You hear the word of the Lord. Well. Stand to
your feet. Y 'all looking at me like, is he really
done? I am. Y 'all should see the looks on y
'all faces. Like, that brother, I know he got
something more to say. I don't. I don't. Y 'all
can walk out of here and be like, boy, that was
a miracle in service today. Oh, wait a minute.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So like, so
did she go? Everyone has them. All right. So
they should have gave you a card when you came
in, right? You guys get a card when you came
in. Yep. So check this out. Not like y 'all be
writing anyway in a law. There are cards somewhere
around here. Vera just showed me one, they exist.
They're out on the table. They are on the table,
so there are cards in the house. And so one of
the things that God had placed on our heart to
do is to join with you on this journey, right?
That this is something we're all walking through
together, but we do. We believe in the power
of prayer. We believe that God, man, he has a
will and a purpose, and Satan is no match with
his schemes. And so what we have, look, there
they go, is some cards, right? And on these cards,
right, maybe you have an image, maybe you don't
have an image of what God is. What you're standing
in faith for God to bring resurrection life to
But what we want to do is give you an opportunity
to join with your family your church family and
say hey This is what I'm standing in faith for
you write it on that card. You don't got to put
your name on the card our intercessory team is
gonna be praying over them and We're gonna spend
this this this here is home series just awaiting
and hearing the testimonies as God goes through
brings new life to our families, our situations,
relationships, and so that's what those cards
are for, right? And if you don't know what that
thing is today, spend this week, right? Spend
this week getting a, check this out, a vivid
image of God's power. Like what can God do? Not
what you think, not what they say, not what you
want, they want, but what can God do? Be bold.
My father always would say, the government can
tax a lot of things, but they haven't figured
out how to tax your dreams. So be bold, be courageous.
Amen. All right. What do we want them to do with
the cards? Put them at the altar. Amen. And you
oughta service early, so you don't take five
minutes, you know? But I love you, I thank God
for it. Now I want to him who is able to keep
you from falling and to present you faultless
for the presence of his glory with exceeding
joy to the only wise God, our savior. Glory and
majesty, dominion. both now and forever. Amen.