The Myth of Earned Power: Why Grace Precedes Pentecost

• The Baptism of the Holy Spirit [00:40:26 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor refutes John MacArthur's view that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is over, asserting it is still active and necessary for believers today.
• The Power of the Holy Spirit [00:42:16 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares personal testimony of how the Holy Spirit provided comfort, guidance, and discernment, sustaining him through life's struggles.
• Biblical Foreshadowing of Pentecost [00:43:08 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor connects the story of Noah's dove, the Tower of Babel, and the giving of the Law to the event of Pentecost, showing a consistent pattern of God's Spirit moving.
• Waiting on God [00:46:28 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor explains that 'suddenly' moments in scripture follow long seasons of silence and waiting, encouraging the congregation to endure without losing heart.
• Waiting Seasons [00:51:12 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor argues that waiting is not denial but a period of internal preparation, using the analogy of water boiling where temperature rises invisibly before the breakthrough occurs.
• Divine Interruption [00:55:46 ▶️ 📄]
  > The sermon posits that true revival is not manufactured by humans but is a 'sound from heaven' that interrupts earth, changing the atmosphere and breaking chains.
• Church Worldliness [00:57:32 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor critiques the modern church for lowering standards, adopting worldly behaviors (profanity, immodesty), and losing the 'sound of heaven' due to a lack of holiness.
• Audible Before Visible [01:01:41 ▶️ 📄]
  > The speaker explains that God announces movement through 'sound' (praise, conviction, hunger) before the visible 'fire' of revival appears.
• Ordinary People [01:05:43 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor emphasizes that the Holy Spirit falls on ordinary, imperfect, and available people, not just the elite or perfect, citing the 120 disciples at Pentecost.
• Availability of the Holy Spirit [01:06:30 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor argues against the idea that the Holy Spirit is only for the 'elite' or 'perfect,' asserting instead that God looks for available vessels rather than perfect ones.
• Personal Testimony of Reception [01:08:01 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares his personal experience of receiving the Holy Spirit despite not being perfect, noting how it changed his moral compass and conviction.
• Moral Conviction and Holiness [01:08:53 ▶️ 📄]
  > He discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in convicting believers of sin, urging them to avoid 'carnal' leadership and to stay far from the 'line' of sin.
• Urgency and No 'Plan B' [01:10:08 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor emphasizes that there is no 'Plan B' other than hell, urging the congregation to keep serving God and walking with Jesus without complacency.
• Authenticity vs. Worldly Attraction [01:17:37 ▶️ 📄]
  > Using an analogy of fake silver coins, he explains that being filled with the Holy Spirit makes a believer 'real' and immune to the 'magnets' of worldly lust and pride.

• Sermon Illustration [00:41:10 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares his personal journey of 44 years, noting that while he faced tears, sorrows, and unanswered prayers, the infilling power of the Holy Spirit kept him from quitting.
• Sermon Illustration [00:43:35 ▶️ 📄]
  > The story of Noah sending out the dove three times from the ark: first returning without rest, second returning with an olive branch, and third not returning because it found rest.
• Sermon Illustration [00:44:14 ▶️ 📄]
  > The story of the Tower of Babel where God confused languages, presented as a precursor to Pentecost where God reversed the confusion by enabling all languages to glorify God.
• Sermon Illustration [00:51:44 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor describes a personal night of insomnia and anxiety over the church, feeling the burdens of people in 'waiting seasons,' leading to his message about God's timing.
• Sermon Illustration [00:52:49 ▶️ 📄]
  > An analogy comparing the spiritual preparation during waiting seasons to waiting for water to boil, where the process feels slow but is necessary for the result.
• Sermon Illustration [00:51:44 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about being awake at night, burdened by anxiety for the congregation, and asking God what He was saying, leading to the realization that God is working internally while people wait.
• Sermon Illustration [00:53:09 ▶️ 📄]
  > An analogy comparing spiritual waiting to boiling water: the water gets hotter and changes composition internally before bubbles appear, illustrating that invisible internal change precedes visible breakthrough.
• Sermon Illustration [00:59:07 ▶️ 📄]
  > A critique of modern gospel music culture, contrasting old saints with modern performers wearing 'wife beater' shirts and tattoos, suggesting this lack of holiness contributes to the church's depression.
• Sermon Illustration [01:06:30 ▶️ 📄]
  > A personal testimony of feeling unqualified for the Holy Spirit baptism, thinking it was only for the elite, until realizing he needed to be 'available' rather than 'perfect' like the ordinary fishermen of Pentecost.
• Sermon Illustration [01:17:37 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares a personal story about buying silver coins online that looked and felt real but were attracted to a magnet, using this as an analogy for how being filled with the Holy Spirit makes a believer 'real' and immune to the attraction of worldly sins.
• Sermon Illustration [01:10:48 ▶️ 📄]
  > He references the historical account of Acts 2, contrasting the fear and hiding of the disciples before Pentecost with their bold preaching and miracles afterward, illustrating how 'one moment' with God changes everything.
• Sermon Illustration [01:19:54 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor mentions the recent death of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch at age 41 to illustrate the uncertainty of life and the need to be ready for Jesus, as no one is promised tomorrow.

• Pastoral Charge [00:46:55 ▶️ 📄]
  > Continue serving God despite current lack of visible change.
• Pastoral Charge [00:50:45 ▶️ 📄]
  > Prepare spiritually for an imminent divine intervention.
• Pastoral Charge [00:54:43 ▶️ 📄]
  > The congregation is commanded to verbally thank God for His internal work and to praise Him in the moment.
• Pastoral Charge [01:02:42 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor urges the congregation to increase their practices of praising, magnifying, and rejoicing in the Lord.
• Pastoral Charge [01:14:09 ▶️ 📄]
  > Pray for the pastor regarding his upcoming speech at the state camp meeting
• Pastoral Charge [01:20:04 ▶️ 📄]
  > Stand physically in the sanctuary

[00:00:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]
[00:00:01] Donnie wants me to read the scripture and open up in prayer concerning the day of Pentecost.
[00:00:28] The scripture I'm going to read this morning is in 1st Acts, 1st chapter, verse 8.
[00:00:35] But ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
[00:00:51] Now we're going to pray.
[00:00:53] Most gracious heavenly Father, as we come before your holy throne this morning, we come boldly.
[00:00:59] Father, you see our needs today and we need a stirring in the spirit in our souls.
[00:01:04] And God, David said, Lord, will that not revive us again?
[00:01:09] Lord, we need a refreshing in the spirit of the living God.
[00:01:14] And Father, you see each and every need in the house today, Father.
[00:01:17] And God, we proclaim your word that you said you'd never leave us nor forsake us, but you would be with us always.
[00:01:25] Father, we ask you to do a refreshing in the spirit in your people today.
[00:01:29] Stir us, God.
[00:01:30] Lord, let us be a liveness stone.
[00:01:32] Let us be a light upon the hill that people may see you in us, that you may receive the glory.
[00:01:37] Father, we ask you today to bless this service, to anoint every song, anoint this sermon today, Father, and anoint our ears to hear what thus says the Lord.
[00:01:47] For, Father, we need a touch.
[00:01:49] We need a stirring.
[00:01:50] And, Father, bless this service today, God.
[00:01:52] Give us a fresh-out point of the Holy Ghost, God.
[00:01:56] Let people go out of this house today differently than how they came in.
[00:02:00] Father, we know when we come into the presence of the King, there is going to be a difference in our lives.
[00:02:06] So move in this service, and we will give you praise and glory.
[00:02:10] In Jesus' name, amen.

[00:02:12] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:02:12] Come on, church.
[00:02:14] If you could stand, let's worship this morning.

[00:02:18] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[00:02:18] I pray into the atmosphere, Spirit of God, you're here, you have all the glory.
[00:02:34] I pray over my heart and mind, I am healed by your stripes of blood, declares that I am free in the mighty of Jesus.
[00:02:55] The beautiful thing about our Lord and Savior

[00:12:22] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:12:22] Is not that He just won't fail It's that He can't fail So this morning we have got to trust in Him with all that we have because He'll never leave you and He will never forsake you.
[00:12:36] He says to seek Him and you will find Him.
[00:12:40] When you find Him, He has all the answers that you're seeking for this morning.
[00:12:44] I encourage you this morning at this moment on Pentecost Sunday that you begin even now to posture your heart before Him, to just love on Him a little bit.
[00:12:56] Can we just do that?
[00:12:58] If you love your Lord and Savior, Can you just love on Him for a second?
[00:13:03] Can you just raise your hands in adoration to Him?
[00:13:07] Just speak Him on how much you love Him.
[00:13:10] Because He's never left you and He has never forsaken you.
[00:13:13] And if He does nothing else in your life, everything that He has done up until this point proves that He is a good God to you.
[00:13:23] Hallelujah.
[00:13:26] You are worthy.
[00:13:28] Hallelujah.
[00:13:29] hallelujah jesus blessed assured that jesus is mine because he's been my fourth man in the fire

[00:13:51] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[00:13:51] time after time i'm born of his spirit i've been washed in his blood and what he did for me on Calvary. It's more than enough. Come on, church. I trust in God. My Savior, the one who fixed
[00:14:37] submission, has ordered my steps. Oh, do you trust Him this morning? That's why I was healed.
[00:16:33] I trust Him. And He heard and He answered. A miracle from God. The Word says that He will

[00:18:41] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:18:41] give you peace. There is no peace to be had. He says that there is unspeakable joy when all you feel is sadness. He says that there is healing when the doctor says there is no possible way
[00:19:01] that you will ever be healed. He is the peace speaker. He is our healer. He is our judge.
[00:19:12] He is a living God this morning. And I know there is every single person in this building that is needing something in your life because we've not reached perfection yet so this morning if you feel
[00:19:25] comfortable we feel the holy spirit up here he is stirring the waters in this house you could raise your hands this morning whatever you need from him i speak this morning that that anxiety is under the blood of jesus christ this morning that fear is under the blood of jesus christ this
[00:19:47] morning of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus Christ this morning. Hallelujah.
[00:20:02] This morning, raise your hands as a testimony that you believe that he will do the impossible this morning. Sing this one more time and you believe and make it personal in your life

[00:20:20] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[00:20:20] this morning. I trust in God. My Savior, the one who will never fail. I say I saw the Lord and he heard. I saw the Lord and he heard. That's why I, and he heard. I saw the Lord.
[00:21:28] Come on, church.

[00:27:17] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:27:17] Praise the Lord this morning.
[00:27:21] The graduates can go put on your cap and gowns for the graduate ceremony.

[00:27:33] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[00:27:33] Man, amen.
[00:27:34] One more time, let's give Jesus a hand of praise.
[00:27:39] Amen.
[00:27:41] Praise the Lord.
[00:27:43] Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
[00:27:46] Amen.
[00:27:47] Father, we just love you right now.
[00:27:49] I want us to pray.
[00:27:50] I want us to pray just right before we do anything else.
[00:27:52] The Bible says they gathered for 10 days and they prayed together.
[00:27:56] You came into a Pentecostal church this morning, so you will hear about Pentecost.
[00:28:01] I don't think you can claim yourself being Pentecostal if you don't talk about the moving of the Holy Spirit.
[00:28:06] But I want us just to pray.
[00:28:08] And I want us to pray corporately together.
[00:28:11] Sometimes we just pray, you know, one's praying and somebody else is listening.
[00:28:14] but I want every voice in this place that believes in the Lord that believes that God is a God that hears a God the God that speaks a God that answers and a God that listens to us I want us to pray
[00:28:28] right all over this place and I just want us to say father fill this house with your glory I want that to be our prayer father right now in the name of Jesus we thank you today for all that you have
[00:28:40] done and all that you are doing father we know that without you nothing is possible breathe again afresh on ours oh god move again upon our lives in a fresh way lord move in our families and our
[00:28:57] homes and our communities and our our loved ones lives father fill this earth with your glory god let the holy spirit rise up lord and let your people be blessed let us feel the touch of heaven
[00:29:12] god upon our soul let us feel the spirit of god stir our hearts and our minds lord let us gather today and fill this house with tongues of fire fill this place with presence of your spirit
[00:29:24] remove every demonic hindrance that would try to come against the work of your spirit father let there be freedom of worship freedom of liberty in this house that the dead lord can come alive the sick can be healed the blind can see lord and the deaf can hear we believe that even these
[00:29:43] things shall greater that you shall do father feel our hungry hearts today god we are thirsty and hungry for more of you remove anything out of our life that doesn't need to be there and lord let us
[00:29:57] continue to pursue after you father come on all over this place just tell him you love him lord we love you today god and we praise you and magnify you and exalt you and lift you up in
[00:30:10] this house god we glorify you come on it's all right to praise the lord it's all right to lift up holy hands it's all right to magnify the king of kings and the lord of lords now put those hands
[00:30:23] together. Come on and give Jesus a hand of praise. Amen. Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
[00:30:35] He is good, isn't he? He's so good to us. We just love him today. Amen. Turn around and shake your neighbor's hand and say, it's good to be in God's house. Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. Praise the
[00:30:49] Lord. You may be seated. Amen. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. He's worthy to us. He is worthy. He is worthy. Amen. We're going to do something a little different right here. We're going to take a
[00:31:07] transition in our service. We're going to honor some students and some people that have given of themselves and have taken time to finish, uh, what God had started in their life. Uh, and I am just
[00:31:23] want to say that I am proud, uh, of all of these that are coming to present themselves, uh, in this time. Uh, I want to ask, um, Victoria Hartzell, they're ready to walk in. Let them all walk in.
[00:31:39] Hey, here we go. Give our graduates a big hand.
[00:31:57] Victoria Hartzell, Skyler, Callie, Breezen.
[00:32:04] Praise the Lord. Amen.
[00:32:08] Come on, give them a hand. They did it.
[00:32:10] Hey, awesome, awesome.
[00:32:17] You may be seated. I want to just honor these.
[00:32:19] Come on up here, sweetheart, if you will help me.
[00:32:23] Victoria graduated from South Iredell.
[00:32:26] so did Skyler, and Callie graduated from Mitchell, and Breezy graduated from UNC Wilmington with her master's degree. Yay! Hallelujah! Two of them just finished their high school and going on to other and bigger and greater things, and others are still working and figuring all those things
[00:32:48] out. You know, one of the great things about an accomplishment of our graduation is something that we have to do.
[00:32:54] I'll never forget when I stood there on the stage and someone gave the commencement speech of it and they gave me three things and I just want to say it to you.
[00:33:03] You might have, you've heard some beautiful speeches.
[00:33:04] I heard the outdoor boys give a great speech at his college that he graduated from the other day.
[00:33:11] But he said, there's three things in life you got to know.
[00:33:13] It's who is your God.
[00:33:16] You got to know that.
[00:33:17] You got to find that.
[00:33:18] You're leaving the nest and you're growing up.
[00:33:20] You got to know who your God is because there will be a God in your life and you got to choose the right one. The second thing is you need to know who you're going to marry. Choosing the right spouse, the right partner in life is
[00:33:31] critical for success. And God brings that right person in your life. And then your number three, you got to know what you're going to do. I don't know if it's in that order or how, but in that
[00:33:41] place, you, those are the three most important decisions that you've got to learn in this life.
[00:33:47] and I believe that there's nothing but blessings ahead of y'all and I am proud of each of y'all and what God's done in your life what a great honor what a great uh I I think the parents
[00:34:00] should be up here as well the dragging us out of bed and uh look at Victoria she's looking it's Kyler now they know uh they had a drag I remember my mom and they fought us to get us to
[00:34:12] go to get out of bed to go to school but I don't want to honor them today again we want to just say thank you. We got some gifts for them. Uh, we want to bless them, give you a little piece of
[00:34:20] money to go do something and also something else. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations.
[00:34:28] Congratulations. I'm proud of y'all. Proud of y'all. Give them a big hand. I want to pray for them. Will you stand up and let's pray for them. Father, I just pray Lord right now over these
[00:34:42] young ladies father i pray blessings upon them i pray god that the steps that they walk in front of them will be ordered by your word father let them find you as a god that is a god of love a
[00:34:55] god of grace and a god of mercy let them find that person lord that they're supposed to spend if they not already found them let them find that person to grow deeper in their love with them and father
[00:35:05] i pray that they will find out that calling and that purpose and that job that career that that that calling that you have on their life father i pray blessings on them i pray god that the future
[00:35:17] for them is so bright lord that god they continue to shine and and reach for the stars and everything that you've purposed inside of their hearts we thank you for the accomplishment the commitment that they've made and lord we give you thanks in jesus name amen praise the lord hey let me get a
[00:35:34] picture with y'all. Y'all, congratulations. Amen. If y'all want to let me borrow one of them robes, I can breach in it this morning. I want to ask our ushers to come and help us receive an offering.
[00:36:02] Let's give to the Lord this morning. Let me just say thank you for all that you do for the Lord.
[00:36:06] Thank you for your faithfulness to God. Let me just encourage you that the Lord loves a cheerful giver.
[00:36:13] I want to encourage you that as you give to the Lord, say, God, I want to see the harvest and the blessing that you've promised in my life. Thankful for the rain that He has given to us. There will be seasons
[00:36:23] of hard times, dry times, but there's seasons of blessings. And I want to tell you, those who planted seed in the ground are going to reap the harvest of the rain.
[00:36:33] But those who have not put nothing in the ground will only get upset because nothing came forth. So I want you to know something, continue to sow, continue to be faithful. It's good to have Sister Janice with
[00:36:45] us this morning. Amen. God is faithful. Glad to have Erica up here helping us out with the drums today. And Bailey just keeps amazing us on the keyboard and I'm so proud of her. Amen.
[00:37:03] Father, bless this offering. Use it for your glory. Meet every need that we have and we'll give you things in jesus name amen and amen god bless you as you give to the lord this morning
[00:37:14] as you get turned in your as you give i want you to grab your bibles and turn with me to the book of acts chapter 2 the book of acts chapter 2 gentlemen if you're wanting to go on
[00:37:25] the fishing trip there's a sign up sheet they'll be out there on the uh thing it's in the back right now on the sound booth but uh if you're wanting to go in september uh the 20th 20th to
[00:37:35] the 25th, please let us know. We always go to the Outer Banks, have a great time. Not only do we fish and eat, but we study the word and pray with each other, laugh and have a good time.
[00:37:45] We've got room for you if you want to go. It will not only build your relationships with one another, but it will build your relationship with the Lord. And it's always a good time.
[00:37:56] And I think the guys always enjoy it. Look forward to it every year. I want to share this morning on the subject of suddenly suddenly let me just tell you as your pastor real quick before we start the
[00:38:07] word we do have church on Wednesday night and I want to see you and your families here and I want to see your kids here on Wednesday night we it is not time to pull away it is time to get ourselves
[00:38:16] in here even more and so let me invite you to bring your children there is even some things that we're talking about changing some stuff up on that so please make sure you're here Wednesday
[00:38:26] night make sure you have a good weekend we want to honor all of those men and women who have lost their lives. We remember that this weekend and remember those who have given the ultimate
[00:38:36] price of their life to serve this great country. And we want to pray for those families who not will be cooking out, but will be mourning the loss of those who have, that have gave and paid
[00:38:47] the ultimate price. Grab your Bibles, Acts chapter 2, verses 1 through 4. Let's stand for the reading of God's word. Today is this day that we're reading about, 50 days after Passover. This is the day. So you're getting a biblical day right here. And when the day of Pentecost was fully
[00:39:06] come, they were all with one accord and in one place, just like us today. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind. And it filled all of the house where they
[00:39:22] were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire. It sat upon each of them and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
[00:39:39] I want us to pray.
[00:39:40] Father, help us to let the work of the Spirit to move and flow through our midst today.
[00:39:46] Bless everyone in this house.
[00:39:47] And Lord, when we leave here, let us know that it was good to be in Your place and we give You thanks.
[00:39:52] In the mighty name of Jesus we pray.
[00:39:54] And everybody said, Amen and Amen.
[00:39:57] God bless you as you are seated.
[00:39:58] look at your neighbor and say suddenly suddenly amen suddenly hallelujah pentecost i've prayed about this and i've asked the lord pentecost what the share um one of one a great scholar preacher of the gospel but he's quite wrong in his beliefs his name's john macarthur he writes
[00:40:26] a book called strange fire in that book he said that the days of the baptism of the holy spirit are over he is sensationalist he believed that that the work of the holy spirit died out with
[00:40:40] the apostles 100 years after christ had rose from the dead he states that there is no longer use for the work of the spirit and how that it is not necessary for the believer i want to tell you
[00:40:57] this morning that john macarthur says a lot of things that is right but he said a lot of things that's wrong right here and that belief that it is over or done with i want to just be truthful
[00:41:10] to you this morning yesterday i got to celebrate 44 years of circling the sun 44 times and And through that, I don't regret a mile that I've traveled with the Lord.
[00:41:28] I've had many tears and sorrows.
[00:41:32] I've had many pain.
[00:41:34] I've had friends that have let me down.
[00:41:36] I've had dreams that did not come true.
[00:41:39] I have had prayers that have seemed not to be answered.
[00:41:43] But in all of that, I've had a God that has stayed with me through every up and every down.
[00:41:52] that he's told me to keep on praying when some didn't come to pass because I've had enough of my prayers that were answered.
[00:42:00] I've had enough of my dreams to come true.
[00:42:02] I've had enough friends that have walked away, but I've had enough that stayed by my side.
[00:42:07] And I've learned that through this life that I wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for the infilling power of the Holy Ghost.
[00:42:16] I probably would have quit a long time ago, but something got a hold of me as a young man in a church and fire fell down in my soul and it changed me and i've never been the same since then yes i speak in tongues but my holy ghost baptism
[00:42:34] is more than a language it is a comforter that is with me every day of my life he leads me he guides me he gives me discernment he gives me wisdom that i do not have praise god when the
[00:42:50] world walks away he's still there with me i'm thankful for the power of the holy ghost amen amen amen amen thankful for the work of the spirit the bible tells us in genesis chapter 8
[00:43:08] that the scripture says that when there was a great there was a great man named noah and he He preached 120 years of one message and it was telling people to get right.
[00:43:17] Rain's coming.
[00:43:20] He preached the message, same message.
[00:43:22] No one listened to him, but his family got in the ark.
[00:43:25] His family got in the ark and they floated around the boat for 370 something days out there.
[00:43:30] Rained for 40 days and 40 nights.
[00:43:32] Floated out there in the water for over a year.
[00:43:35] Then all of a sudden one day he let a dove out.
[00:43:37] The dove came back, didn't have nowhere to put his feet.
[00:43:40] Came back and rested on the ground.
[00:43:42] The Bible tells us that we look at that at Christ.
[00:43:45] Christ, he came, he come, the glory of God, Jehovah, El Elyon, Jehovah Shalom, Jehovah Nisi, that he was there.
[00:43:52] Then all of a sudden, the dove, he let him out one more time.
[00:43:55] The dove found the place and he grabbed the olive branch.
[00:43:58] He come back with him and we'll see Christ that was there.
[00:44:01] Then all of a sudden, he said, I'm going to let the dove free one more time.
[00:44:04] The dove left again.
[00:44:06] The dove, then he set him free.
[00:44:08] The dove never came back.
[00:44:10] He was gone.
[00:44:10] He found the place for the sole of his feet to rest upon.
[00:44:14] In Genesis chapter 11, a few more chapters later, there was a great group of people that said, we're going to build a tabernacle up to God.
[00:44:23] They become rebellious and full of arrogance.
[00:44:26] And God said that he sent down confusion among them, and he turned their languages.
[00:44:32] He gave them a different language.
[00:44:34] He changed it, and something took place.
[00:44:37] God changed the language of men.
[00:44:39] It was just the precursor of what he was going to do.
[00:44:42] We see the story continuing to go.
[00:44:45] All of a sudden, Jesus shows up, 400 years of silence.
[00:44:48] Moses walks with the Lord.
[00:44:50] God brings a great deliverer out of Egypt, brings him out of bondage.
[00:44:55] He stamps him up to the mountain.
[00:44:57] He brings him through the place.
[00:44:59] Fifty days later, after Passover, they walk him up to the mountain.
[00:45:02] God takes his finger and writes stones in the stones and tells them the law of man 50 days after Passover on the mountain of God fire descends then all of a sudden we look 400 years of silence nothing takes place after that place in your Bible
[00:45:18] after Malachi then Jesus shows up all of a sudden the son of God shows up in this world he comes and he finds his place and he finds that purpose that he's called to do to die on the cross he dies on
[00:45:31] Passover they put him to death they crucify him as they did in the in the scriptures then 50 days later something happened the dove showed back up but the dove was different this time the dove was
[00:45:45] on fire the dove came back and landed upon the people and guess what happened what was foreshadowed in Genesis chapter 11 with the changing of the language now he changed it again and he changed
[00:45:58] every language of man where they could understand it and hear them glorify god i want to tell you today that same holy spirit that is moved and foreshadowed from the book of genesis all the
[00:46:12] way to the very end of the scriptures he is the same god that is with us that is working in us and through us for his glory hallelujah hallelujah have you ever noticed this in life that sometimes
[00:46:28] God often stays silent before he moves powerfully man there are seasons that nothing changes seasons that prayers seem unanswered seasons that doors stay closed and heaven feels quiet anybody ever found one of themselves in one of them seasons the ones that ain't raised your hand
[00:46:55] keep serving God a little longer you'll find yourself there but then suddenly one moment with God changes every all the years of struggle all the years that you could not change has now been transformed disciples knew this feeling they had been waiting they had been praying they had been
[00:47:26] gathering and they had been hoping and yet Jesus said wait for the promise 40 days nothing happened 48 days nothing happened 49 days nothing happened but then in Acts chapter 2 there's a word that
[00:47:53] says and suddenly god can change everything suddenly in a season of waiting faithfully did you hear me when the day of pentecost comes they were all with one accord and in one place and suddenly something took place don't miss out on this suddenly only comes after obedience
[00:48:21] suddenly only comes after unity suddenly only comes after waiting suddenly only comes after prayer suddenly in scriptures are usually connected to seasons of surrender well i'm waiting for my suddenly but you ain't praying i'm waiting for my sunday but you're not in unity
[00:48:49] I'm waiting for you on a Sunday, but you're not in prayer and waiting for that promise.
[00:48:54] See, I want you to understand something.
[00:48:56] Number one, God moves suddenly after seasons of waiting.
[00:49:00] Isaiah says, but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
[00:49:07] Waiting is not weakness.
[00:49:09] Weakness, waiting produces strength in your life.
[00:49:13] Habakkuk chapter 2, verses 3.
[00:49:15] Though it tarry, the vision, what does he say to it?
[00:49:20] Wait for it, because it surely will come.
[00:49:27] God promised what God promised may feel delayed in your life, but it's never forgotten by God.
[00:49:36] Do you hear me?
[00:49:37] Psalm says, 27 and 14 says, Wait upon the Lord and be of good courage.
[00:49:45] Waiting builds courage and season of trust.
[00:49:48] Galatians 6.9 says, let's not grow weary while doing good.
[00:49:55] For in due season you shall reap if you do not lose heart.
[00:50:01] Due season follows fateful endurance.
[00:50:05] You've got to learn how to wait upon God.
[00:50:08] Ecclesiastes says he has made everything beautiful in its time God's timing creates human striving that could never bring change You strive, you've done what you want to do and it never changed But when it's God's timing, he does something you could never do in your own
[00:50:31] Acts says and suddenly there came a sound of heaven suddenly moments follow long seasons of silence so some of you say well pastor i'm in a difficult place right now i don't know where god's at get ready for suddenly pastor i feel heaven's brass
[00:50:54] and i feel that my prayers aren't hitting the ceiling then get waiting for suddenly because understand this. Elisha prayed continually and then rain fell. Just because you see a small cloud doesn't mean heavy rain
[00:51:12] isn't coming.
[00:51:14] See, Romans chapter 8 says if we hope for what we do not see, we will eagerly wait for it with perseverance. Noah waited for it to rain. Abraham waited for the promise.
[00:51:28] I said, Joseph waited for the promotion.
[00:51:31] David waited for the kingship.
[00:51:33] The disciples waited for power.
[00:51:35] And suddenly, from God, all of a sudden, visible evidence takes place in their life in seasons of waiting.
[00:51:44] I was up last night.
[00:51:46] I couldn't sleep.
[00:51:48] I said, Lord, what are you trying to say to me?
[00:51:49] I need to sleep.
[00:51:51] I had a lot of things on my mind.
[00:51:54] I had a lot of burdens.
[00:51:55] I felt like people are caring in the church.
[00:51:58] I felt anxiety and fear over what people are walking through I felt discouragement on some of the people that attend this church I felt it upon my heart as a pastor and I said Lord there's people in waiting seasons right now
[00:52:23] that are struggling that are saying God where are you even at in all of this and i want you to understand something this morning god knows where you are waiting does not mean denial delay does not mean denial just because you're waiting you need to understand
[00:52:49] doesn't mean that something is not spiritually happening in your life waiting seasons so feel frustrating they feel slow and uncertain but God is preparing something bigger that he could see it's like it's like waiting for water to boil anybody ever waited for the water to boil
[00:53:09] you put it on there and you look at it and it just sits there and somebody's told me one time water won't boil while you're looking at it I'm like if I wait here long enough it will
[00:53:20] but you know what this is the reality of it you know what's happening before water boils the water's getting hot but nothing sister seems as though it is happening see some of you scott are looking at water and wondering why nothing's happening but water's getting hotter every moment
[00:53:49] something's changing in the composition of what's happening internally temperature is rising but then suddenly breakthrough takes place little bubbles of air sharp flowing from the bottom and then rolling ball takes place you suddenly may be already in motion even that you can't see it
[00:54:18] you're suddenly maybe already happening somebody needs to hear me some of you thinking that you're in a dead place and you actually are in a place that god's starting to do it but you ain't seen
[00:54:29] it yet but God said I'm about to do it suddenly I'm going to change it right before your eyes because while you can't see it externally I'm doing it internally but you're mad because of
[00:54:43] what you're facing externally but you need to say God thank you for what you're doing internally can somebody praise God right here what does that mean some of you've been praying some of you've believing some of you've been faithful some of you've been obeying god and you're wondering
[00:55:04] when's it going to happen understand the disciples had no idea they were sitting in a room and they were waiting for revival but you understand what it's all about the birthplace of the church revival on the day of pentecost the bride of christ the wife of christ called echiclesia
[00:55:27] the church God had a plan and a purpose number two heaven knows how to interrupt earth did you know that heaven knows how to interrupt earth see suddenly there came a sound from where heaven
[00:55:46] it didn't start on earth it started in heaven real revival is not manufactured by people it is released by god hallelujah you can't force revival but you can prepare for revival see some people are trying to manufacture spiritual moments fake passion and produce
[00:56:19] only what heaven can send but when heaven moves listen to me this morning everybody knows about it. When heaven moves, it ain't something hid somewhere. It ain't something in some quiet place afraid to be shown. When heaven moves, everybody knows when God steps in the room, the atmosphere
[00:56:47] changes. What does that mean? Fear changes. People change. Broadness rises and chains break off of people's lives.
[00:57:00] It's more than just emotional moments.
[00:57:05] See, I feel that we're at a crossroads in the church.
[00:57:11] And I need to hurry because I'm already about time and I'm wanting to quit.
[00:57:14] And I'm only on point two.
[00:57:15] God help us.
[00:57:16] We've got three more to go.
[00:57:18] It's all right.
[00:57:19] You're off tomorrow.
[00:57:20] You ain't got nowhere to go.
[00:57:25] I didn't get to preach this week so I guess that's got to feel it inside of me.
[00:57:29] Can I just tell you something?
[00:57:30] There's a problem.
[00:57:32] There's a problem in the Pentecost.
[00:57:34] So what has happened in the church, can I just preach this?
[00:57:37] Can I just tell you what I feel that has taken place in the church world?
[00:57:41] So there has become this movement of people that profess Jesus and the world is following after them.
[00:57:50] I just want to say this.
[00:57:51] I don't care what singer gets up and sings about all the ungodliness of the world and then they say Jesus in the middle of their set list, they are not Christians.
[00:58:03] I don't care what politician you love and you're ready to bleed and die for, they can't be using F words and cuss words and calling themselves a Christian.
[00:58:12] It don't work that way.
[00:58:14] It's not a believer.
[00:58:16] They're not a child of God.
[00:58:18] The standard has been set so low and the bar has come down so low that we think that anything can come.
[00:58:26] But Jesus said there's a straight way and a narrow way.
[00:58:31] And few be there that find it.
[00:58:33] I want to tell you the church is looking too much like the world.
[00:58:36] And we wonder why we ain't got the sound of heaven moving anymore.
[00:58:40] It's because heaven comes, glory comes from heaven.
[00:58:44] And not a man, not Hollywood, not the American Music Association.
[00:58:50] It comes from God.
[00:58:52] Hallelujah.
[00:58:52] my soul has been drawn back to some old gospel singing lately I don't know why but it has I've been going back to the McKinney's some of y'all don't know who I'm talking about I've been going back to some of the old saints
[00:59:07] and I was looking at them and I was watching some of the videos and I told my wife I said this gospel music now has got a man up there in a little wife beater ace shirt on
[00:59:17] ain't got no clothes on got chains all over his neck tattoos from here all the way up to his head tight so tight of jeans on you see everything god gave them come on and they get up there singing
[00:59:35] about a holy god and we wonder why half the church is depressed on pills and ready to give up god help us now this ain't popular you go down the road and find you a popular message today
[00:59:50] but i'm gonna tell you something when the holy ghost filled me with the baptism he gave me more than a language he gave me a holiness that i had to walk in and he said you can't be like the world
[00:59:59] because there's something different on the inside of you and all of a sudden i look and now we got you can go to baptist churches they and they're singing and they're crying and they got their
[01:00:13] hands raised but they don't have power i'm going to tell you something it's more than an emotional song pentecost is it's life transformational power it it's more than just being emotional know in a service but tell you something the devil's thrashed and carried on every time they
[01:00:36] got around jesus just because somebody flips and flops don't mean it's the holy ghost it bothers me i have had to delete so many posts lately because i see christians and pastors and pastors wives warring with each other over stupidness and i'm like do you not realize that you're causing
[01:01:00] more damage to the body of Christ than you are helping yes he releases our tongue but he also shuts our mouth hallelujah there's a difference being full of the spirit of God sound came before fire
[01:01:20] number three there came a sound from heaven before they saw fire they heard a sound this is simple stuff guys just read it The Bible says that God often announced movement before we fully see it.
[01:01:41] The sound represented arrival.
[01:01:44] The sound represented movement.
[01:01:47] The sound represented divine interruption.
[01:01:51] It was heaven saying something is about to change.
[01:01:56] Before revival becomes visible, I wish somebody would hear me, it becomes audible first.
[01:02:10] Before revival becomes visible, it becomes audible.
[01:02:17] God's not going to pour His Spirit out on a church that can't worship Him, that can't praise Him, that can't magnify Him.
[01:02:30] but if we can get a sound we'll start seeing something see the problem is is we don't know how to we can open our mouth to everything else but we don't know how to open our mouth to God
[01:02:42] I want to tell you we need to start praising the Lord more we need to start magnifying the Lord more we need to start rejoicing in the Lord more some of you are hearing well see let me tell you what you're hearing
[01:02:53] and I believe this is happening because I'm hearing it you're hearing conviction there's a sound of conviction coming there's a sound of a stirring coming i feel it ain't the same as it always is
[01:03:08] there's a sound of hunger you know how your belly growls my wife will look over at me sometimes she's like man are you hungry i'm like i don't know she's i just heard your stomach growl over
[01:03:16] here i'm like well i felt it but you heard it there's a spiritual awakening happening Did you know there's actually more Gen Z people, kids, coming to church?
[01:03:31] And there's more older people, baby boomers, that are leaving church?
[01:03:39] Did you know that?
[01:03:40] Did you know that the saints of God that used to be faithful to the church are now not faithful to the church anymore?
[01:03:49] Oh, don't let me preach on that a little bit, right?
[01:03:51] Because I know we've got some older people here.
[01:03:53] But I want you to hear me.
[01:03:55] hear me the reason we don't have it like we used to have it is because we ain't like we used to be ball games and lakes and hobbies and work wasn't priority some of y'all know what I'm talking about
[01:04:18] some of y'all new to this stuff and y'all don't know we went to church seven days a week doing revival and it went on weeks at a time and never took a Sunday or a day off
[01:04:31] and I started evangelizing we went from Sunday to Friday gave everybody a Saturday off now we've gone from Sunday to Wednesday now they've just gone to Sunday because nobody can come to God's house no more
[01:04:43] and we wonder where revival's at see there is a sound before there is a seeing it happening in our life see we gotta understand there may be a sound before the fire the sound is a sign hear me
[01:05:01] that God is closer than you think.
[01:05:04] All of a sudden, you're in a struggle in your life.
[01:05:06] You're in a pain in your life.
[01:05:08] You're in a dark place.
[01:05:09] But all of a sudden, something starts changing inside of you.
[01:05:11] You start singing.
[01:05:12] You start magnifying God.
[01:05:14] Man, before, you've been complaining, grumbling, griping about everything.
[01:05:17] But then you just said, you know, something started stirring inside of you.
[01:05:20] You left.
[01:05:20] You started listening to some music.
[01:05:22] It started changing.
[01:05:23] You started singing about the Lord more.
[01:05:25] Listen to me.
[01:05:25] If you hear the sound, get ready because it is coming in your life.
[01:05:31] Praise God.
[01:05:35] Let me move on to number four.
[01:05:38] Fire fell on ordinary people.
[01:05:43] Sometimes we think that I'm not good enough for God to do anything in my life.
[01:05:50] Tongues of fire appeared and sat upon each of them.
[01:05:54] not just apostles not just leaders but each of them who the 120 that had been praying that's who it fell on god's spirit is not reserved for the elite god's spirit is available to surrendered people i used to think boy only the elite could get this when i was seeking it
[01:06:30] It felt so far from me that I'll never receive the Holy Spirit.
[01:06:34] I'll never receive the baptism.
[01:06:35] I had a desire for it, but it seemed like it was unattainable.
[01:06:39] I guess I'm one of those that will never receive it.
[01:06:42] And you know what I had to do?
[01:06:43] I had to get out of myself.
[01:06:45] And I had to push beyond who I thought I was and said, Lord, your word says this for everybody.
[01:06:53] And I'm everybody.
[01:06:55] And I need what you have for my life.
[01:06:57] See, God's Spirit.
[01:06:59] See, these were ordinary people.
[01:07:00] these were fishermen these were former doubters these were broken people these were imperfect people and God filled them with supernatural power Pentecost proves to us that God uses ordinary people and fills them with extraordinary power in our life
[01:07:25] some people think this is what they say I'm not qualified God I just didn't I'm not qualified to receive what He has for me.
[01:07:31] Well, I'm not spiritual enough or God can never use me like that.
[01:07:37] But guess what?
[01:07:38] Fire fell anyway.
[01:07:39] Because God is not looking for perfect vessels.
[01:07:43] He's looking for available ones.
[01:07:47] Some of you think that I've got to be perfect before God.
[01:07:51] God said, I'm just looking for you to be available.
[01:07:53] And I'll wash you.
[01:07:54] I'll cleanse you.
[01:07:56] I'll fill you with my presence and with my anointing and my power.
[01:08:00] See, I want you to understand something.
[01:08:01] When God filled me with the Holy Ghost, I was a good kid.
[01:08:04] I was a good person.
[01:08:05] I was a good teenager.
[01:08:05] I tried to do my very best.
[01:08:06] Was I perfect?
[01:08:07] Absolutely not.
[01:08:09] But you know what happened when I received the Holy Spirit?
[01:08:11] Things that I used to not think was wrong, all of the sudden, sister, became wrong.
[01:08:20] And see, some of you were letting some carnal, unspiritual, half-saved Christians lead you.
[01:08:32] I wouldn't be following somebody that wants to stay as close to the line that they can fall off into hell.
[01:08:43] I'd be following somebody that's staying as far away from the line as they can.
[01:08:48] See, the problem is we want to get to the line and say, well, is it a sin? Is it not a sin?
[01:08:53] If you ask yourself, is it a sin? It is a sin.
[01:08:57] I'm not going to quit hell over an if in my life.
[01:09:06] Is it? Is it not? If it could be, I don't know.
[01:09:09] If you feel convicted by it That's the Holy Spirit's job Telling you it is wrong Listen to me I don't care how much we got the Holy Ghost If he don't tell us to turn some stuff off
[01:09:26] That's in front of our eyes Tell us to turn some stuff off That's in our ears Because the Holy God Ain't going to listen to anything That is sinful And defiles his name Amen Let me move on
[01:09:43] I feel old time getting to me and I need to make sure I I feel that I feel that double barrel broke open putting two shells in it ready to go but can I just be honest
[01:09:57] can I just be frank with you guys the church is going to have to get it together can I just tell you this this loose living is not pleasing to God that the Holy Spirit come
[01:10:08] to lift us up to a higher plane of living that we're not falling off the bandwagon listen to me people act like serving the lord there's a there's a plan b there ain't no plan b plan b is hell i
[01:10:19] gotta keep serving god i gotta keep walking with jesus i gotta keep praying i gotta keep showing up i gotta keep believing his word well i gotta there is no plan b in this thing peter said how
[01:10:33] shall i go you've got the words of eternal life when everybody left he said where are we going you're the one that has it let me close one moment changes everything one moment changes everything
[01:10:48] everything before Acts 2 they were hiding before Acts 2 they were fearful they were uncertain after Acts 2 they preached boldly miracles happened thousands were saved One moment changed everything.
[01:11:15] Can I just say this?
[01:11:17] You are one encounter away from a completely different life.
[01:11:27] Ain't it right, Travis?
[01:11:30] One encounter is completely different.
[01:11:35] You know what our young people need to be seeking to do?
[01:11:38] If they have not yet been, they need to be seeked to be filled with the Holy Ghost.
[01:11:45] Why?
[01:11:45] because there's a devil out there that's trying to kill, steal and destroy and you need power to overcome that the one moment changed everything suddenly from God guess what happens it breaks fear this one moment with God
[01:12:00] suddenly takes place and ignites purpose suddenly takes place and releases boldness and changes direction and the same God who moved in Acts chapter 2 is still moving today Somebody ought to praise God for that
[01:12:18] Bailey help me close Somebody came in here tired today Somebody came in here discouraged Somebody came in here wondering If God still moves Somebody came in here today waiting But I came to tell you
[01:12:43] That heaven still has suddenlies One touch from God Can change your family One touch from God Can change your future One touch from God Can change your hunger One touch from God Can change your calling
[01:13:09] And your life You know I think about this in my life I think about it in the church's life And I think about the course And the direction that God Changed my life Because I felt the power of God
[01:13:25] You know the Lord reminded me And it's a moment I am privileged and honored in a few weeks I get to speak at our state's camp meeting it's an honor, it's a privilege to me
[01:13:37] something that is not afforded to many people and I'm honored that they asked to do that I've been praying and I've been asking the Lord since they called what do you want me to say, what do you want me
[01:13:57] to communicate to these pastors, to these leaders to those that are there I feel heavy about that I really do I want you to pray for me over that but I've been praying and the Lord has really
[01:14:09] been speaking to my heart to encourage the church to stop putting all of their attention in being influencers and talent people that search for talent and start searching for God see church has become Americans got talent
[01:14:41] church has got talent it's been full of social media influencers when God is calling men of God and women of God to touch heaven because souls aren't being changed by likes and by talent but it's been changed by the anointing of God I had a moment a couple weeks ago and I've shared
[01:15:16] with you about that trip up there in the mountains. It was a moment that took me back to some places in my life of where I felt God at. Places that weren't shiny and beautiful, but places that were
[01:15:35] humble. Places that were hungry for God. And that moment, those moments that I had in those moments when I left, has changed my course. You know, I'm praying. I came here at 26 years old as your
[01:15:51] pastor. 44 now. 18 years in a couple months that I'll be your pastor. I have felt, let me just be honest, being honest. I have felt at times that my time is over. I have felt at times that it was
[01:16:09] time to go. I have felt at times that it's time to dig in. I have felt times it is time to quit altogether I have felt at times that I could I was walking with angels I felt that I have been
[01:16:30] in a room with the witnesses from the old testament and moments of glory and so I have asked God I'm coming up again another year I need fresh vision fresh thoughts fresh ideas because I
[01:16:49] can't live off of what that little 26 year old kid came here with. And so the Lord has just been speaking to my heart to tell this church that we need his spirit. Can I tell you why? Because I
[01:17:07] believe there's such a delusion, a strong spiritual delusion of deception that has crept over this world. And there are people that are deceived and they think that they are a part of something that they really ain't a part of. My wife, I bought some silver a few months ago and
[01:17:37] it was before it got up too high and I bought some, I found some online and I bought it and my wife said, why'd you buy that? She said, it's probably not real. And I said, well,
[01:17:44] it's supposed to be real. I shared this with the people. I got it. I looked at it. I'm like, it looks real feels real it's got all the real markings but you know what happened so I said I'm
[01:17:53] going to check this to make sure it's real because I don't know how I could get $400 worth of silver for $80 so you know what I did I got a magnet and I put the magnet on top of the coin and you know
[01:18:16] what's supposed to happen if it's real nothing guess what happened when I pulled the magnet off of the refrigerator that was holding little Luke's artwork and I stuck it to the coin I said you've
[01:18:34] got to be kidding me it looks like it it feels like it but there's something on the inside that's different can I tell you this when you're full of the Holy Ghost the world don't have an attraction
[01:18:49] to you no more you can get around the magnets of the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life and guess what it ain't gonna pull on you because you're real you're pure
[01:19:08] you may look like everybody else you may have the markings of everybody else but listen to me if your desires is for the things of the world there's a problem God refill us remove from us
[01:19:26] anything that's not pleasing to God. Thank God on those silver, I had a return that I could take it and send it back for my money back. And I put it right in the mail and send it right back.
[01:19:40] And guess what? There's no sending back once you finish this life. Kyle Busch, 41 years old, passed away, sick, pushed through it and then took his last breath. You are not promised tomorrow.
[01:19:54] I don't care how much money you got I don't care how much success you got I don't care what you have your life is not promised tomorrow you may not even be it you die
[01:20:04] it may be Jesus might show up but let us be ready will you stand with me so this is my heart I'm wanting to build a church I'm wanting to build the bride of Christ
[01:20:14] I'm wanting to build the called out ones the one that's spotless and pure that's who I'm looking for I'm wanting to say God fill us again with your fire and your power I want the testimony of those who come here to say man
[01:20:30] I thought that I had been with it. But once i've came and felt the touch of god whoa It's different than what I realized it was It's the real thing It's life-changing It's spirit transforming
[01:20:47] It's hope given Some of you're waiting and you're waiting and you're waiting God knows you're waiting. He woke your pastor up with tears in his eyes last night heaviness of heart and told me to pray god cares about you and he sees what you're facing
[01:21:05] in this life every head bowed every eye closed right now in the name of jesus this sunday peter preached a message and thousands got saved i want to ask pentecost is the beginning of the church i want to ask do you know jesus as your lord and savior this morning if you don't
[01:21:21] know him today's the day of salvation not tomorrow not next week not next month but today is the day of salvation you say pastor i'm not sure where i am with god today is the day to make
[01:21:33] it right with every head bowed every eye closed i want to ask you right now is everything good between you and god if it's not let's make it right let's get it under the blood let's go forward
[01:21:43] you ain't got nothing to be ashamed of your sin is be washed away your shame and guilt will be removed and he makes all things new that's you this morning i want you to raise that hand and
[01:21:55] Say, Pastor, I want to give my life to Christ.
[01:21:57] Hands rolling up.
[01:21:58] Is there anybody else that says, that's me today, Pastor?
[01:22:01] I want to make my life before Christ.
[01:22:04] I want to ask this question.
[01:22:05] Those who put their hands down, I want to ask this question.
[01:22:07] Is there anybody here today that says, I've been waiting?
[01:22:10] I've been waiting on something.
[01:22:11] Maybe it's your marriage.
[01:22:12] Maybe it's your family.
[01:22:13] Maybe it's something that's been coming against you.
[01:22:15] Maybe it's an attack that you feel that has been coming, and it seems that heaven is silent.
[01:22:19] You say, Pastor, I'm waiting, but I'm praying for my suddenly.
[01:22:23] I'm praying for my change.
[01:22:25] I want you to raise your hand up right now there's hands going all up all over this place I'm ready I'm ready for the change I'm ready for the turnaround how many of you not this morning
[01:22:36] if you're ready put your hand down how many of you number three says I'm not waiting but I want more of God's spirit in my life I'm hungry I want to be refilled I want to be full of his fire and his spirit
[01:22:50] I want to burn for God I don't want my best days to be in front of me, but behind me, but I want them to be in front of me I want to be full
[01:23:00] I feel that one of those no should have touched everybody in this church I want you right now if you raise your hands and you're part of this group Let's do what they did in acts chapter 2
[01:23:11] Let's all get together in unity And let's pray to god and let's ask god to give us a suddenly moment in our life will you step out of your seat and come right now I want to pray for those who've been sick
[01:23:23] I want to pray for Janice, I want to pray for Brother Scott, I want to pray for those who've been struggling in their life, I want to pray for those who need miracles I want to pray for those who are hungry
[01:23:33] for more of God that's awaiting on the Lord, just come come on, get out of your seat and let's come Father in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus Jesus, come on come on let's let God's spirit move afresh
[01:23:54] if you need to be filled with the Holy Ghost I want you to get out of your seat come down here I want to pray for you nothing to be ashamed of

[01:24:03] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[01:24:03] come on

[01:24:05] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:24:05] in the name of Jesus

[01:24:12] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:24:12] come on believe he's not going to fail you

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[01:24:17] I trust in God I say any hurt any yes that's why I say have some people come help me pray for some that are down

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[01:27:13] here i want us to pray come on in the name of jesus if you got faith get down here let's pray

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[01:27:18] father i trust him that's why i trust him i sought the lord and yes that's why i place lift those hands father in the name of jesus come on lift those hands let the spirit of the lord give you
[01:31:14] a suddenly moment i want to pray for brother scott cassandra come here come up here cassandra

[01:31:34] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:31:34] you're gonna pray for your husband me and philip get up here i want you to help us pray babe come on over here. Kevin, I committed to this man that we were going to put oil on his head and pray for
[01:31:46] him every Sunday that he's here. Because while we're waiting, we're believing that God's going to give us suddenly a change. I want some people to stretch their hand. Where's Cassandra? Right

[01:32:04] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[01:32:04] here. Come on. Family, let's put our hands together and let us pray. Come on. Let's believe for it.
[01:35:04] Let us believe for it in the name of Jesus. High your stripes were healed. Now we're sick.
[01:36:05] Jesus in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus can you lift your hands up

[01:36:25] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:36:25] right where you are come on let's just be of one mind and one accord again Lord

[01:36:31] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[01:36:31] you believe it he's big God there's nothing too hard for the Lord nothing too hard thank you Lord

[01:38:29] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[01:38:29] thank you Lord thank you Lord feel this place oh God can I have the saints just lift your hands

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[01:38:40] and I want you right where you're at I want you to pray say God refill me again Refill me afresh with the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

[01:38:48] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:38:48] Come on, if you ain't received it, say, God, fill me right now.
[01:38:51] Fill me with the Holy Spirit.
[01:38:54] Come on, right where you are.
[01:38:55] I'm hungry, Lord.
[01:38:56] I'm thirsty.
[01:38:58] Fill us, oh God.
[01:39:00] Breathe a freshness again on us, oh God.

[01:39:03] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[01:39:03] She called over.
[01:39:05] As the Spirit was moving over the water.

[01:39:09] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[01:39:09] Fill us, oh God.

[01:39:14] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[01:39:14] Come rest on us.
[01:39:16] Come on, fresh, fresh, fresh, oh, God.
[01:39:35] Come rest on us, oh, God.
[01:39:38] As the spirit was over the water, spirit, as the spirit over the water, spirit, come move over us.
[01:40:02] Fresh, refuel, refuel, fire.
[01:40:08] Let there be a sound Come on, you're worthy Set us free, oh God Free, oh God Come on, do you believe it?
[01:42:02] In a fresh fountain Come on, do you believe it?
[01:44:29] Fill us again, oh God Be the pen on us, oh God

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[01:44:34] Fill us with freshness, oh God

[01:44:36] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[01:44:36] Fill us with power Open up Chains in Jesus' name Come on, he's old Come on, I feel him I just want to take and just share this for a moment as we're worshiping.

[01:48:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:48:01] Say, Pastor, you're talking about receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
[01:48:04] What does that mean?
[01:48:04] How does that even happen?
[01:48:06] What takes place in those moments?
[01:48:08] The Bible tells us that He fills everyone who's hungry.
[01:48:13] The only qualification you have to have to be filled with the Holy Spirit is you need to be saved.
[01:48:21] So how do you receive the Holy Spirit?
[01:48:23] Let me just tell you.
[01:48:25] You just begin to pray.
[01:48:27] Say, Father, I'm thirsty.
[01:48:29] I'm hungry for you.
[01:48:31] I desire you, Lord, more than anything in this world.

[01:48:35] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:48:35] And then what you do is you start praising the Lord.
[01:48:39] You just start lifting your voice in praise, and you say, Father.

[01:48:43] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:48:43] Just tell them, don't look for tongues.
[01:48:45] Don't look for a language.
[01:48:48] Just start loving on Jesus.
[01:48:50] And all of a sudden, in some place of that, you're going to start feeling an overwhelming, like, warm, honey.

[01:48:58] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:48:58] I don't know, just something coming over you.

[01:49:02] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:49:02] And then you're going to hear a language.
[01:49:03] it's not a language you know it's just words utterances he's not going to make you say it you're going to have to say it he does not take control of your tongue it is still yours
[01:49:16] but as you begin to hear that heavenly language you just start speaking it out it may sound like

[01:49:25] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:49:25] a word a phrase it may sound like just a syllable what you just let it flow through you and you just

[01:49:31] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:49:31] begin more just love on jesus more just pray love on jesus more and love on him and and as you continue to worship him they don't have to be in these altars it can be at home it can be in the
[01:49:45] bed it can be driving down the road it can be in the kitchen it can whatever but whenever you get your heart fully on jesus he'll feel your spirit what happens is he pours so much inside of you
[01:49:58] that it just starts overflowing, starts running out of you. Tears may start falling. You may feel something inside, but you just say, Lord, I'll surrender. I yield myself to you. And as you yield yourself to him, more of him starts filling you up. Don't look for a tongue. Look for Jesus.
[01:50:24] he is the baptizer just look to Jesus and then as you feel him don't stop just keep going just keep flowing just keep worshipping and just allow the Holy Spirit Hallelujah

[01:50:48] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[01:50:48] Thank you Jesus Hallelujah

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[01:50:53] Thank you Father right where you are let's just do that I have had no intention of prolonging or shortening this service i said it's yours oh god father fill us again as they begin to sing that close your
[01:51:11] eyes open your heart and just begin to sing unto the lord open your heart father we love you come

[01:51:30] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[01:51:30] on let them feel you right with your own feel us again god refresh us again god hallelujah

[01:51:43] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:51:43] come on right where you are hallelujah come on you don't know how much you need him until you get him When He fills you, you realize, whoa, I couldn't do it without you.
[01:51:59] Come on, it's supernatural.
[01:52:02] Your eyes are open to the spirit world like never before.
[01:52:07] Discernment.
[01:52:08] The gifts are in operation in your life.
[01:52:12] The gifts of faith and wisdom, knowledge starts operating.

[01:52:24] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:52:24] Come on, let's sing it.

[01:52:33] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:52:33] Come on, you're all we want.
[01:52:34] Come on, just lift them.

[01:53:12] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[01:53:12] Come on.
[01:53:14] Come on, if you start feeling that language, let it flow.
[01:53:17] Fill these people, Lord, with your spirit today.
[01:53:23] Fill us, O God.

[01:53:30] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[01:53:30] Come on, if you're filled, let the gift of God flow through you.

[01:53:46] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:53:46] Unclog that well in your life.
[01:55:17] Come on, just love on them.
[01:55:19] Come on.
[01:55:20] Open that mouth.

[01:56:11] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[01:56:11] Philip, come here.
[01:56:12] Come here, Philip.

[01:56:24] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[01:56:24] It's my job as a shepherd to identify when the hand of the Lord is on somebody.

[01:56:36] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[01:56:36] The hand of the Lord is on you.
[01:56:37] there's a bigger purpose and a call than you could ever imagine God's got something amazing I don't mean that I don't I'm not going to tell you what those things are because that's not my place
[01:56:56] but the Lord has already been speaking to you God don't pull us out of stuff to leave us but to take us into and I'm just pleading and praying that the Lord just does something
[01:57:19] radical in your life there's it's not a second place man that God's moving you to the front of the line to do something that's moment a moment father in the name of Jesus where's that oil

[01:57:43] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:57:43] give me that oil Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus fresh oil Philip I don't do nothing to embarrass you

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[02:01:12] I do it because I feel the Lord has spoke to me you've been with me long enough to know I don't don't do stuff, but I feel the Lord's got something amazing. The favor of God is upon your life. I feel
[02:01:24] that. I feel that with everything inside of me. It's different. The Bible says that David was anointed above his fellows with the oil of gladness. There was an anointing that put him above others because of the power of God upon his life. Can we just lift our hands, Father,
[02:01:40] right now we just love you today we thank you today for your goodness i pray father that this closing of the day that the spirit of god will continue to speak and move our souls oh god in
[02:02:01] such a way father that we are forever transformed and changed surely the presence of the lord has been in this place today surely the glory of god has been in this house we saw it we felt it we
[02:02:20] experienced it lord and we ask you to help us to keep walking in it let us be world changers oh god difference makers father for the glory of god i thank you father for all that you've done today
[02:02:36] I thank you for the words of life that we was able to read from the pages, Lord of heaven.
[02:02:43] We thank you for everything that's done.
[02:02:46] We thank you for the lives that changed today.
[02:02:49] That suddenly showed up.
[02:02:53] That I'm not the person that I walked in here.
[02:02:56] The waiting has ended.
[02:02:58] And the dawn has broke forth in darkness.
[02:03:02] Life has come from the depths of the cold ground.
[02:03:07] And fruit is about to be shown.
[02:03:11] Thank you, Father, for the power of the Spirit.
[02:03:14] Thank you for the working of the Holy Ghost.
[02:03:17] Thank you for the stirring, oh God, the unfeeling, Lord, of your presence.
[02:03:23] Father, thank you for the holiness of God that draws us to the beautiness of who you are.
[02:03:30] Bless every family, every home, every man, woman, boy, and girl.
[02:03:34] Let us remember, Lord, what you have done for us.
[02:03:37] And let us go forward in power and authority.
[02:03:42] Father, not just a feeling, but an authority to cast out devils, to lay hands on the sick and see them recover, to tread on serpents.
[02:03:53] Oh God, nothing shall by any means harm us.
[02:03:58] Every demonic attack to sit by an assignment, we renounce it and curse it in the name of Jesus.
[02:04:04] and we thank you that the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Ghost is upon our life we praise you, we magnify you we exalt you Lord in this place signs and wonders follow them that believe
[02:04:22] Father let us be a church that is biblical in all of our ideas and beliefs let us be a church that follows you wholeheartedly truthfully and faithfully Lord until we show back up again God
[02:04:38] we will give you praise we will give you thanks and we will give you glory in the mighty name of Jesus we pray and everybody come on all of God's people

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[02:04:50] say it amen and amen praise the Lord God bless you