The Danger of Assumed Grace: Why We Must Preach the Gospel Explicitly

• Spiritual Discernment and Priestly Role 01:24:13 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor cites Numbers 23:44 to define the role of priests as those who teach the difference between holy/unholy and clean/unclean, emphasizing that this is a controversial act against worldly pressure.
• Exposing Jezebel 01:23:08 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor declares that the Lord has shown him to 'expose Jezebel,' clarifying that this refers to a spirit of accusation and gossip, not just buying books on the topic.
• Freedom from Control 01:22:50 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor asserts that God did not make people to be controlled or sit in 'dark times,' but rather to shed 'grave clothes' and experience freedom.
• Faithfulness vs. Faith 01:19:30 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor warns that mere church attendance and faithfulness can become the enemy of faith by stopping believers from expecting new moves of God.
• Spiritual Discernment and Controversy 01:24:42 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor defines the current cultural moment as a controversy where the church must judge between clean and unclean, resisting the pressure to 'bend to the world'.
• The Spirit of Apathy and Jezebel 01:25:11 ▶️ 📄
  > Identifies a specific spiritual force ('Jezebel demon') causing apathy and discouragement, linking it to Revelation 2 and the need for freedom.
• First Love and Heart Condition 01:26:08 ▶️ 📄
  > Contrasts external religious activity with internal heart condition, citing Jesus' grief over the church forgetting their 'first love' despite doing good works.
• Personal Testimony of Struggle 01:26:31 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor shares his own struggle with distraction and spiritual oppression, admitting he had to repent of laziness and that his true state is found in solitary communion with God.
• Exposing Hidden Sin 01:27:53 ▶️ 📄
  > Describes Jesus' role as exposing 'deeds of Nicolaitans' and seductive spirits that numb believers, urging the congregation to stop dressing up sin as acceptable.
• The Jezebel Spirit and Control 01:29:13 ▶️ 📄
  > Explains the 'Jezebel' spirit as one that seduces believers into thinking 'a little bit of sin doesn't matter,' leading to spiritual numbness and bondage.
• Elijah's Example of Weariness 01:31:38 ▶️ 📄
  > Uses the biblical account of Elijah, who went from fiery faith to wanting to die after facing Jezebel, to illustrate how spiritual attacks can lead to exhaustion and despair.
• Tolerance of Sin vs. Holy Love 01:35:19 ▶️ 📄
  > Concludes that Jesus is not attacking the church but its tolerance of sin, warning that mixing God's move with flesh (hidden demons) leads to death.
• Tolerance of Sin 01:34:57 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor argues that normalizing small compromises (like 'a little bit of leaven') is an infection that Jesus condemns, urging the church to stop tolerating these hidden demons.
• Spiritual Warfare and Jezebel 01:35:19 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor identifies 'Jezebel' as a spirit of seduction and control that leads to apathy, contrasting it with Jesus's burning eyes that seek to burn away this tolerance.
• Total Freedom vs. Bondage 01:38:05 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor contrasts the 'yoke of bondage' and 'dead religion' with the 'total freedom' that Christ Jesus has set believers free for, emphasizing that God's will is fire, not control.
• Repentance and Truth-Telling 01:42:02 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor calls the congregation to 'take off the mask' and confess specific sins like bitterness, compromise, and a lack of passion for prayer, rather than hiding behind religious routines.
• Revival and Prayer 01:43:12 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor describes prayer not as a duty but as a flowing river in the soul, citing a recent event where prolonged prayer led to a breakthrough against spiritual discouragement.
• Spiritual Freedom vs. Control 01:45:37 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor contrasts the path of 'freedom and revival' with 'structure, systems, control,' arguing that structure should assist the river of the Spirit, not quench it.
• Balaam and Balak Narrative 01:44:55 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor uses the story of Balaam to illustrate how leaders can be influenced by 'lascivious spirits' and control, contrasting this with God's ultimate blessing and protection of His people.
• Renunciation of Jezebel Spirit 01:54:24 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor leads the congregation in a direct renunciation of the 'spirit of control' and 'Jezebel,' commanding these influences to leave.
• Restoration of Fire and Boldness 01:52:50 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor prays for the restoration of boldness and the 'fire' of prayer life, urging the congregation to stop being apathetic and start praying with passion.

• Sermon Illustration 00:07:09 ▶️ 📄
  > The speaker shares an anecdote about a creative individual who received a divine call to create an art exhibit called 'Marked' before turning 40, demonstrating quick obedience to God's instruction.
• Sermon Illustration 01:21:00 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor shares a personal dream where he saw a dark, hairless spirit that looked like it was from 'The Matrix' telling him 'I'm gonna kill you,' which he interpreted as the antichrist spirit trying to shut down his freedom.
• Sermon Illustration 01:22:03 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor describes a vision of a black watch buried underground that turned gold in the center, symbolizing God cleaning the 'dross' off His people's souls rather than smashing them, caused by the enemy's accusation.
• Sermon Illustration 01:19:01 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor recounts a Monday service where a young man shouted that he was filled with accusation and gossip, leading 50-60 others to run to the stage to repent, resulting in a heavy outpouring of God's grace.
• Sermon Illustration 01:26:51 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about watching four hours of Netflix and feeling no spiritual warfare, only tiredness when trying to open the Bible, illustrating how distraction oppresses the believer.
• Sermon Illustration 01:29:39 ▶️ 📄
  > An analogy comparing injecting heroin and then preaching to being 'good' with it, to illustrate the absurdity of claiming spiritual validity while engaging in serious sin.
• Sermon Illustration 01:34:44 ▶️ 📄
  > A visual description of a couple in Italy where the man was secretly looking at porn on his phone during dinner, illustrating how 'normalcy' can mask deep spiritual infection and deception.
• Sermon Illustration 01:36:51 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor shares a personal story from Germany where his team felt controlled by an evil spirit; after praying for a specific woman, an evil spirit was cast out, leading to a three-hour session of crying, laughing, and hugging as the team unwrapped hidden compromises.
• Sermon Illustration 01:37:32 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor recounts returning to his church in Germany after the prayer breakthrough, where the service lasted five and a half hours with no leadership, resulting in total freedom as people jumped, shouted, and repented.
• Sermon Illustration 01:38:56 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor tells a story of a woman at Hebrews who put her hoodie over her hand to touch a door due to germophobia; upon prayer, a male spirit of fear was cast out in ten seconds, freeing her from the fear of touching others.
• Sermon Illustration 01:43:59 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor describes a recent prayer meeting where young men prayed for hours, claiming every square inch of the room, breaking through the 'watch under the ground' that had been pushing them down.
• Sermon Illustration 01:45:11 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about visiting his partner Hayley's place, noting that he couldn't see the mess clearly while living there ('in the water'), but when he returned to his own home, he immediately noticed the 'demons' (mess/chaos) he had become blind to.
• Sermon Illustration 01:48:03 ▶️ 📄
  > The pastor references a past preacher named Bill who preached that there must be 'blood on your soul,' meaning the work of the Spirit must result in healing, delivering, and setting others free.

• Pastoral Charge 01:30:12 ▶️ 📄
  > Stop rationalizing sin and allow Jesus to define the true nature of their spiritual state.
• Pastoral Charge 01:33:44 ▶️ 📄
  > Actively seek God to recover lost spiritual passion and freedom.
• Pastoral Charge 01:36:07 ▶️ 📄
  > Identify and cease tolerating specific sins or compromises.
• Pastoral Charge 01:37:20 ▶️ 📄
  > Pray for the pastor and rebuke him spiritually.
• Pastoral Charge 01:42:02 ▶️ 📄
  > Remove spiritual masks and speak truth about one's condition.
• Pastoral Charge 01:44:18 ▶️ 📄
  > Shake off spiritual deadness and renounce demonic influences.
• Pastoral Charge 01:50:49 ▶️ 📄
  > Run to the front of the church/stage.
• Pastoral Charge 01:51:15 ▶️ 📄
  > Staff leaders are to lay hands on the stage; the congregation is to stand (even on chairs) and lift their voices.
• Pastoral Charge 01:51:38 ▶️ 📄
  > Pray a specific prayer of renunciation against Jezebel, control, loss, and compromise.
• Pastoral Charge 01:53:56 ▶️ 📄
  > Continue praying, specifically for the restoration of God's move in the church.
• Pastoral Charge 01:56:56 ▶️ 📄
  > Shout the name of Jesus.
• Pastoral Charge 02:11:58 ▶️ 📄
  > Place a hand on a neighbor and pray for them.
• Pastoral Charge 02:14:29 ▶️ 📄
  > Stay up front or in the room to pray, or leave if ready.
• Pastoral Charge 02:14:58 ▶️ 📄
  > Grab a believer beside you and ask for a miracle.

[00:00:00] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[00:00:00] Happy Sunday. Welcome to Bethel Church.
[00:00:02] Good morning. Welcome to Bethel Church.
[00:00:04] Guys, we're so excited to have everyone on today.
[00:00:07] We're actually doing something really special today.
[00:00:10] We are.
[00:00:10] Actually, we have a number of really special things.
[00:00:13] It's going to be like gifts and surprises, gifts and surprises.
[00:00:16] If you're joining us, give us a little high.
[00:00:18] But we are streaming in Portuguese today.
[00:00:21] We're doing a little something new.

[00:00:23] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[00:00:23] Yes.
[00:00:24] For the first time, I walked into the sanctuary today and I got a little bit emotional.
[00:00:30] Thinking about all the people from Brazil and all over the world that can finally join our services that don't speak English are finally able to join our services.
[00:00:39] So we're also streaming.
[00:00:40] If you're watching it on our English stream, we also have a second stream that is in Portuguese.
[00:00:46] And we just feel so special for our people today.
[00:00:49] It is.

[00:00:50] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[00:00:50] If you're on this chat and you're listening to me and you're like, wait, wait, is it translated right now?
[00:00:55] Yes.
[00:00:56] Okay.
[00:00:56] So if you're listening and you're like, I want to listen to her in Portuguese.
[00:00:59] go to our other stream. So we're streaming side by side, same exact time in Portuguese right now.
[00:01:06] We'd love for you to join that. If you speak Portuguese, if you don't speak Portuguese, then stay right here. Don't leave. But today's going to be really special. Last week we hosted Open Heavens and we had incredible speakers from different movements that we feel super connected
[00:01:22] to as a house. And our leaders have really, I mean, my goodness, God moved in such a powerful way during Open Heavens. Last week, Ben Fitzgerald stayed and he actually was speaking in school for
[00:01:32] BSSM. He was speaking at Young Saints for our staff teams. And we feel so grateful. But we actually as a house really feel like he has something to deposit to our church. And so we're
[00:01:44] super excited. He's going to be preaching this morning. We're expecting for what God's going to do. It's been so powerful watching him minister and just bring what the Lord's been speaking to him to our body and I'm expecting if you're looking to get touched today if there are things
[00:01:59] that the Lord's been talking to you about and you're expecting freedom deliverance um and just

[00:02:03] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[00:02:03] a fresh touch from the Lord I believe today's our day yes I went to I think it was the last night of open heavens when he was speaking and I just came into the room with this hunger I was like Lord if
[00:02:15] you're gonna touch someone touch me I want to be touched tonight and the Lord really touched me that night and just want to encourage you I had this deep sense of the Lord asking me for my yes
[00:02:26] once again and just reminding me of the things that that he has asked of me and in saying just will you say yes again will you say yes again and is your yes for me and I just felt the Lord
[00:02:40] breaking uh many lies uh in my life in my head but also just really uh purifying the the motives in my heart so today as as Ben is speaking I really want to encourage you I feel like there
[00:02:56] the Lord has been taking us all into this journey of the purification of the bride and there is such a beautiful message that Ben is carrying that I really feel like it's for Bethel Church and for
[00:03:09] you guys our community online community that have been with us through all of this I really feel like today is going to be a morning of encounter. Be ready. Don't be surprised if you end up really
[00:03:24] encountering the Lord in your living room. If you're crying, if you are, I don't even know what else you could be doing, but just brace yourself and be ready to receive from the Lord. Because
[00:03:34] Ben, as Cassie said, he's really sharing something that feels very meaningful for this moment that we

[00:03:42] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[00:03:42] are living as a house that's right I loved getting to talk to him before open heavens about how the Lord is actually maturing the bride and that's what we want we want to grow in maturation with
[00:03:53] him we want to grow deeper and so if ever there's a moment to respond respond if you were in this room and he says run to the front run to your you know a little area in your living room
[00:04:02] respond however you need to respond it's not I don't know how it all works but I do believe that radical obedience prompted by faith leads to radical breakthrough. And so we're just expecting for what the Lord wants to do. We've actually, we've got a guest worship leader in
[00:04:21] today. We've got Peter Mattis, our worship pastor, and then Joel Figueroa from Upper Room leading us in worship. I just have a lot of expectation. It's not about the person leading necessarily, but when there's people who love the Lord, who've been cultivating such deep, I don't know,
[00:04:37] beautiful moments in the secret place and they lead us into these places. I just can't help.
[00:04:41] I'm like, oh, I'm just drawn to him. I'm drawn to the Lord. I just, I feel expectant. And so, yeah, I love someone saying, Willie said, joy will break out. I'm with you so many times after
[00:04:53] freedom comes in and people get radically touched by the Lord. Joy is like, I don't know. It's always a part of that equation. Like you just can't help. Like when the spirit starts to move
[00:05:04] and break out and freedom comes uh yeah joy comes with it and so we're expecting for that as well

[00:05:10] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[00:05:10] anything else you're feeling for today yes i just feel such an expectation of what the lord is going to do in the room uh and with all of you guys that are joining us we have almost 500 people
[00:05:21] coming to reading this week as our online students from english online espanol and portuguese it's also elections day in brazil we're launching the portuguese service just feels like so many things culminating into this one day and I just have such an expectation of what the Lord is going to do
[00:05:39] uh God I wore this shirt today Cass and I were talking about it God loves Brisbane God loves the nations of the earth I have such a deep um uh just a cry for the nations and what the Lord
[00:05:49] wants to do so I just feel today as Ben is ministering as we are deep in worship together I feel like the Lord is going to be really inviting people into this calling for the nations
[00:05:59] And you're just going to feel it in the room today as we will feel it.
[00:06:04] You're feeling your homes.
[00:06:05] You're going to feel this invitation from the Lord to just say yes to Him and to go to the nations and disciple the nations in Jesus' name.

[00:06:14] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[00:06:14] It's so good.
[00:06:15] So good.
[00:06:15] You know what's so interesting?
[00:06:16] Today is October 4th.
[00:06:18] In the U.S., when we say dates, we say like 10, 4.
[00:06:22] I know in other nations, you all say like 4, 10.
[00:06:25] But in America, in the U.S., we say 10, 4.
[00:06:28] And I was thinking about 10-4, like when people say like 10-4, like I got it.
[00:06:32] And I felt like God is actually bringing alignment to people and that there was going to be this ease in receiving like the assignment from the Lord.
[00:06:40] And so God, we just thank you that you're releasing assignments today, that you're releasing alignment, that you're actually going to begin to speak to people and confirm the things that you've spoken.
[00:06:50] I feel like there are people out there you've been watching and you've been asking God, God, would you confirm?
[00:06:54] Would you confirm that this is what I'm supposed to do?
[00:06:56] I even feel like some of you are inventors, you're entrepreneurs, you've been wondering about things that you're supposed to start.
[00:07:03] I actually just met with a creative last week and he did an art exhibit in Reading called Marked.
[00:07:09] And he said that God basically gave him this idea and said to do this exhibit before he turned 40 years old.
[00:07:16] And so in 120 days, he actually put together, he created every piece for it, created the storyline, put together this incredible exhibit, found the place, installed it and had people walk through multiple weekends in a row, but it was quick obedience to something that God had
[00:07:31] called him to do. And I felt like there was a call for entrepreneurs, makers, creatives, people who feel like God's giving you ideas. He's asked you to start things and that this is the season to do
[00:07:41] it. I feel like the Lord's saying 10-4, go for it, go for it, go for it. And if that's you and you're responding to that, I just bless whatever the Lord's asked you to build, whatever he's asked
[00:07:52] you to go for whatever he's put inside your heart, God, that you would bring it to maturation.
[00:07:57] That we have no clue what we're doing, but God, that you would anoint our steps, that you would lead us exactly where we're supposed to go and do what exactly you've called us to do. So God,
[00:08:05] we bless what you're doing in these ones and that you would bring favor, that you would bring grace

[00:08:10] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[00:08:10] and that you would bring alignment in Jesus' name. In Jesus' name, yes. We just pray for every person watching today we declare deep encounters with the Lord we say yes to you once again King Jesus
[00:08:24] we declare freedom freedom in their homes freedom in their families we ask for restoration we say yes to you Lord we say yes to what you want to do today we declare every heart to be open to receive
[00:08:36] what you have for them we pray right now Lord for people in America people in Brazil all over the If we say purify your bride and mature your bride, we want to say yes only to you, King Jesus.
[00:08:49] So this morning, we declare our hearts open to receive from you and what you have for us in Jesus' name.
[00:08:56] I just ask for deep, deep encounters as we worship together and as we receive from Ben this morning in Jesus' name.
[00:09:02] Come on.

[00:09:03] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[00:09:03] And if you're out there and you've got a tumor in your body, benign or malignant, whatever it is, we were listening to testimonies this morning of people who've had tumors in their bodies.
[00:09:12] and tumors dissolving in their breasts.
[00:09:16] It was in their right breast.
[00:09:18] And so if there's anyone out there and you've been struggling in that same way, God, we just command all tumors to dissolve in Jesus' name, whether it's benign or malignant, God, that pain would cease
[00:09:27] and that people would actually experience a relief and a lifting off in Jesus' name.
[00:09:32] Guys, we're about to go into worship.
[00:09:34] We're so excited for what the Lord wants to do.
[00:09:36] Receive whatever is going on in this room.
[00:09:38] Receive by faith.
[00:09:40] Lean in.
[00:09:41] it's for you too guys we love you we'll see you after service oh good morning good morning let's

[00:10:04] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[00:10:04] stand together good morning anybody come ready to honor jesus yeah i'm gonna honor the lord we can do that together we've got we've got uh i don't know 400 500 international students here this week and we have from brazil and ecuador and puerto rico from all over if you're in one
[00:10:36] of our online schools and you're visiting today, would you put a hand up so people around you can see? Look at this. My goodness. Well, we're going to have a wonderful, wonderful week. We're glad
[00:10:48] that you're here. And I'm sure there's others in overflow and all that. But just welcome. Welcome to all of you. And we're also broadcasting in Portuguese today for our online students in Brazil. So welcome to all you Brazilians in Brazil. In fact, Linda and I go to Brazil on
[00:11:07] Tuesday of this week. That's going to be good, yeah? So we'll see some of you then. Grab your Bibles, if you would. We want to start with the Scripture, and I want you to open, if you would,
[00:11:16] to the 20th Psalm, Psalms 20. I don't know if you have places that you just like to return to in Scripture to read over and over and over again, but this is one of those that I
[00:11:29] really enjoy feasting on. It starts off with this statement. May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble. How many of you have ever had a day of trouble? A couple of you, two or three, yeah,
[00:11:49] yeah. How many of you, you didn't get the answer the day of trouble, you got it later?
[00:11:56] How many of you would like to have this prayer answered that he answers you in the day of trouble? Amen. I love that prayer so much. And if it's in here, it means it's legal and we get to
[00:12:06] contend for it. May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob defend you. May he send you help from the sanctuary. Can you imagine the sanctuary in heaven
[00:12:20] where they cry, holy, holy, holy. He wants to send you help from there. What is that going to look like? May he send you help from the sanctuary and strengthen you out of Zion. Zion was the place of
[00:12:33] the manifested presence of God. May he remember all your offerings and accept your burnt sacrifice.
[00:12:43] Verse four, may he grant you according to your heart's desire and fulfill all your purpose.
[00:12:51] Now just think with me for a minute.
[00:12:53] The Lord is working deeply in you and in me so that he can, he's refining us.
[00:13:02] He's purifying us.
[00:13:03] He's teaching us.
[00:13:04] He's putting his heart in us.
[00:13:06] Why?
[00:13:07] So that when we pray, we pray something that he's moved by.
[00:13:11] what would it be like if the revelation of God's nature was actually released through the earth through your answers to prayer what if it was your answers to prayer that actually showed everybody around you what he was like I want to read that verse again because I he says may he
[00:13:29] grant you according to your heart's desire and fulfill all your purpose do you understand that part of your purpose is to get answers to prayer John 15 actually talks about the fruitfulness of the believer's life as being those answers to prayer. And I just want to encourage you today.
[00:13:50] God's doing a great work in you and in me so that we can pray and have things yield before us as we cry out in the name of the Lord. Well, today is going to be an outrageously great day. We already
[00:14:02] had a taste of it first service. We're going to do it again. It's going on at Twinview right now.
[00:14:07] I'm sure they've already put on their seatbelts. You might want to put on yours.
[00:14:10] it's going to be a good day we've got such a a great time ahead of us i want you to take a couple minutes find out who you're close to the great people around you bless them really good in jesus

[00:14:22] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[00:14:22] name and then we'll turn our hearts in worship begin to just bless them just a fresh touch of

[00:58:46] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_13]
[00:58:46] the holy spirit fresh and filling lord we're asking for more today lord we're asking for more worthy you are jesus worthy you are oh come holy spirit jesus you made a way god you made a way
[00:58:59] that your spirit would be poured out on all flesh lord we are asking holy spirit come holy spirit lord you know every need in this room you know every desire in this room you know
[00:59:09] every longing in this room god you alone stands on one another who verse 15 men of judea all who dwell in jerusalem let the spirit and give ear to my words for these people as you suppose since it
[00:59:43] is only the third on this day it was uttered through the prophet joel that will see visions and old men dream dreams male servants and female sons shall be to everyone who calls on the name
[01:00:27] of the Lord today we beautiful name of the Lord we just honor him just thank you Jesus we honor you God we praise you Jesus we thank you Lord we thank you for what you're doing we thank you for
[01:03:16] the stirring God in our spirits we thank you God we prepare our hearts for what you're about to do what you are doing and what you're increasing Lord we ask for more in Jesus name amen
[01:03:28] Amen. Amen. You can give the Lord a hand. Hallelujah. So honored to have Joel here as a guest. Thank you, Joel, Elissa and Flora for coming. Please hug someone as you make your way to your seats. We'll probably have a full house today. So if you have an open seat next to you,
[01:03:51] just raise a hand. Our junior hires, just so you know, junior hires, you're staying in the room today. If you didn't see the email, your pastor, Mr. Rory Hillott has requested you stay because we have a guest today that he feels that you need to receive from. And so just as you make your
[01:04:06] agency, just raise your hand if you have a seat next to you. Otherwise, we do have the overflow

[01:04:11] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[01:04:11] in the great room open. Praise God. Wow. It's a good day to be in God's house. Amen. Well, we are God's house. So everywhere we go, he's there. Amen. But it's good to gather together
[01:04:27] as the body of Christ.
[01:04:29] Welcome online as well.
[01:04:31] That was powerful.
[01:04:33] Woo.
[01:04:35] Hallelujah.
[01:04:36] If you still need a seat, go ahead and quietly make your way.
[01:04:40] We're going to welcome guests in just a moment.
[01:04:43] We also have a couple overflow rooms, the great room where you will watch a huge, massive screen.
[01:04:49] It'll feel like you're in the room.
[01:04:51] It's really big.
[01:04:52] God bless you.
[01:04:53] Well, I want to take just a moment here.
[01:04:55] If you are visiting or you're a guest, for the very first time here with us at Bethel.
[01:05:01] We want to welcome you.
[01:05:02] We're not going to embarrass you.
[01:05:03] We're not going to call you out.
[01:05:04] We're just going to have you slip up your hand in just a moment.
[01:05:07] And our ushers have something they want to give you.
[01:05:08] So if you're visiting for the very first time, will you raise your hand with us?
[01:05:12] Wow, wow.
[01:05:13] Welcome, welcome.
[01:05:14] Keep your hands raised.
[01:05:15] Ushers have something they want to give you.
[01:05:18] Keep your hands raised.
[01:05:19] And then after this service, in our South Lobby, we have an entire team who want to bless you, pray for you, minister to you.
[01:05:27] There's a banner out there that says, First Time Guest.
[01:05:29] Go to that banner.
[01:05:30] A team wants to meet you and greet you and actually inform you also how you can get plugged in and how we can stay connected.
[01:05:36] So Bethel family, can we welcome our first time guests and make them feel at home here with us?
[01:05:42] Thank you for choosing to worship the Lord with us this morning.
[01:05:46] We know you're going to get rocked even more.
[01:05:49] Come on.
[01:05:50] My first announcement is how many know that this fall we are launching Bethel Home Groups?
[01:05:57] We're really expectant for what the Lord is doing in our body.
[01:06:01] We're doing it not just here in person, but online as well.
[01:06:04] And so across the whole environment, we are going to walk through the book of Matthew together, where we are going to study the ways of Jesus, his teachings, and his life.
[01:06:15] And then on the last week, we're going to invite the lost to our homes.
[01:06:20] Come on.
[01:06:20] Tom and I have been doing this for over two years now, and it's been an incredible adventure of watching people get to know each other in a home and overflow like the book of Acts, amen.
[01:06:33] And the Lord added daily those who were being saved.
[01:06:35] It's not even us, it's the Lord adding in.
[01:06:38] So the pressure's off.
[01:06:40] It's the presence is on, pressure off.
[01:06:42] But he will add to our number daily those who are being saved and discipled.
[01:06:47] And we now really have an incredible way that you as a family, We have 152 home group leaders ready to disciple and walk through the book of Matthew together.
[01:06:57] If you're a home group leader, raise your hand in this room, all over this place.
[01:07:00] Let's go.
[01:07:01] Exciting, exciting.
[01:07:02] And this afternoon, right after this service, we're having just a casual meet and greet.
[01:07:07] Maybe you've never actually joined a home group.
[01:07:09] We're asking just for six weeks that you study the word of God together with one of these amazing leaders.
[01:07:14] We've developed a leader's guide for each of them to walk us through the book of Matthew together.
[01:07:19] So come meet us in the great room.
[01:07:22] We'd love to see you plugged in as we walk together this fall, amen?
[01:07:26] So right after this service.
[01:07:27] The second announcement I have before church news is Immersion Week.
[01:07:31] You saw that big sign in all the different languages.
[01:07:34] We have Portuguese.
[01:07:36] I knew you were in the room.
[01:07:41] Espanol, English, humans.
[01:07:47] All of our schools in all the different languages are gathering this week.
[01:07:51] So this Friday night, we're going to have a multicultural worship night, 6 p.m. here in the Sanctuary. Join us. We'd love to have you with us. God bless you, church. How many know that God is moving and we are
[01:08:03] joining with what He is doing? So check out our church news as well. Hi, Bethel family. I'm Adam

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[01:08:19] O'Neill. I serve as the Outreach Support Pastor here at Bethel Church. And I'm Ashley Hills,

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[01:08:24] Church Life Pastor. We want to give a special welcome to our BSSM online students who are here for Immersion Week. We're honored to have you with us in person. We've got some great things coming up, so let's take a look at this week's church news. Bethel Women, we're gathering for
[01:08:38] Wonder Night on October 8th at 6.30 p.m. in the College View Sanctuary for a refreshing time of connection and worshiping Jesus. As we step into fall, come lean into His presence and hear what's on God's heart for us. Kids ministry will also be available for ages zero through kindergarten.

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[01:08:55] Fall is here, and we're excited to celebrate together on our Fall Harvest Night on October 20th at our College View campus.
[01:09:03] Bring the whole family and invite your friends for an evening of food trucks, fun activities, including line dancing inside the main sanctuary.
[01:09:10] Kids Ministry will also be joining the fun outside, so there will be no Kids Ministry available during the event itself.
[01:09:16] Come enjoy a night of laughter, make some great memories together as a church family.

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[01:09:21] It's always a joy to surround and support families as they dedicate their little ones to the Lord.
[01:09:26] Join us on Sunday, November 8th, during the 10.30 a.m. service as we celebrate baby dedications.
[01:09:32] Registration opens today and space is limited, so be sure to sign up soon.

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[01:09:36] We have some exciting news.
[01:09:38] Our new apparel line, The Promise Collection, is now available for purchase.
[01:09:42] Check it out today at the Bethel store.
[01:09:45] If you've missed any of these announcements, you can find them at Bethel.com slash church news.

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[01:09:50] Have an amazing week.

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[01:09:54] That's a good word right there.
[01:09:55] Well, it's offering time. Why don't you stand? I'll tell you this quick story. When the first year we, Kathy and I came here, we were really broke, told the story many times. And I was doing,
[01:10:07] I was still doing counseling with people and a couple came in and they were having all kinds of struggles. But one of the struggles they were having is that they had rent to pay and they had,
[01:10:18] they were $200 short. And so I'm listening to them and actually the wife is sobbing about all they've been through. And, and I remember I have $200 in my pocket. So I'm like, okay. And we were
[01:10:30] really broke. So usually I would call Kathy and say, are you okay with this giving? Cause I know this is going to affect our situation, but I didn't do that. I just gave him the 200 bucks and
[01:10:40] said, here, this is for your rent. Thank you so much. So cool. And I'm like, yeah, now I have to talk to Kathy. So, uh, she was paying all the bills and I, I knew that was for our rent. So I
[01:10:52] said, hey, I gave away the $200. And she's like, okay, well, our rent's due. I'm like, okay. She didn't sound very happy. So I left her office and I'm like, Lord, you need to give this money right
[01:11:04] back to me. And literally, literally about maybe an hour later, someone came in and gave me $200.
[01:11:13] And I'm like, thank you, Jesus. So, okay, make my wife happy. Happy wife, happy life. Then I'm sitting in church and I'm reminded like when you get money, you give 10%. So I'm like, Lord, you
[01:11:27] owe me 20 bucks. Now I have to pay tithe on that. And I literally said, I said, Lord, you owe me 20 bucks. We were taking it. We were doing offering. And so I walk out there to go to the restroom and
[01:11:40] a man standing there, he goes, I don't know what this means, but the Lord told me to hand you this 20 bucks. Then I told Bill the story. He goes, well, he owes you two dollars more because you
[01:11:51] got to pay a tithe on the 20 bucks. Anyway, it's cruel and unusual punishment working here.
[01:11:57] Put it, put up the first offering. I just want to encourage you. The Bible says, give and it shall be given to you. Press down, shaking together, running out all over. Okay, let's do this one. I like the first offering because it's the only one I memorized.
[01:12:09] As we receive today's offering, we are believing the Lord for jobs and better jobs, raises and bonuses, benefits, sales and commissions, favorable settlements, estates and inheritances, interest and income, rebates and returns, checks in the mail, gifts and surprises,
[01:12:34] finding money, debts paid off, expenses decreased, blessings and increase.
[01:12:40] Thank you, Lord, for meeting all my financial needs that I may have more than enough to give to the kingdom of God and promote the gospel of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. That's awesome.
[01:12:54] Okay. You can go ahead and sit down as we pass those baskets. There's another way to give right there. And I get the opportunity to introduce our, you know, guest speaker means they don't, they're not part of your family, but I get to introduce a man who's become a father in our
[01:13:13] house and in our movement, Ben Fitzgerald. Before I do, I want to just say something.
[01:13:18] You know, about two and a half, three years ago, I had this prophetic word. Other people had the very similar word that we were going to enter a righteous revolution. And God was making the
[01:13:29] crooked places straight and the rough places smooth. And I said, judgment begins with the house of God I thought we were clean so that's a really good word and uh yeah anyway and and I was
[01:13:44] reminded that the Lord you know sent John the Baptist before Jesus can you imagine God had to send a man before the Lord to make the crooked places straight so that they would be ready for
[01:13:58] the for the move of God and I I really believe that Ben is like John the Baptist he looks like Jesus, but he's actually John the Baptist. And he's been with us now for over a week. And how many of you got to hear Ben
[01:14:13] already once? Oh, awesome. Maybe half the congregation. Very good. And Ben's coming. You know, Blake Haley, about a year ago, he said this, he said, you can have quite a few things wrong with your car and still drive it. You can have less
[01:14:29] things wrong with a plane and still fly it. But if you're in a rocket ship an o-ring can keep you from your destiny and i believe that we are in a righteous revolution and the lord really is doing something in all of our hearts and obviously globally too
[01:14:44] would you welcome ben fitzgerald god bless you just for a second would you stay standing

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[01:15:02] can we just pray what what um what i want to see the lord do we just came from twin view they're still somewhere with god they have to jump they dive right in and this this session i just
[01:15:15] pray the Lord would mark us heavily if you came to church this morning to have a genuine meeting with God and you want him to do whatever he needs to do in order to bring you into the fullness of
[01:15:25] freedom would you lift your voice just for a minute and just pray pray with freedom father come father come let your glory come to us today father mark us today uproot and plant your will
[01:15:48] yes we are born for freedom is anybody hungry for more praise you father in heaven i pray that your words yes just take the lid off you're free you are free pray with boldness mark us mark us today

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[01:16:26] mark us today mark us today mark us yes we are we are hungry jesus jesus be magnified

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[01:17:03] Jesus be exalted we love your presence Jesus we want your fire this morning yes yes Lord yes God thank you Father we thank you Lord for every Sunday we have met here and every Sunday you've met us
[01:17:29] in small ways in great ways but today Lord Jesus we ask you to meet us with your holy fire we ask you to meet us God in freedom thanks Father we are ready turn to your neighbor and say Jesus is going to mark you amen you may be seated
[01:17:49] it's such an extreme extreme honor for me to be speaking here with heroes of the faith my life was transformed through the teachings of Bill Chris and the rest of the executive team my life was transformed in that second row right there I owe this house my life cannot be I know
[01:18:06] this is amazing because right now we're in a season where people are looking at faults of ministries but we have to understand fruit Jesus when he addresses the churches in Revelation does both he addresses fruit and he addresses where the problem is but he never just says
[01:18:20] problem problem problem problem he doesn't live that way with us he loves his bride and my life has been transformed and one of my favorite things that I've been here under the last maybe 10 days
[01:18:31] one of my favorite things that I've seen God do is in the Monday service in the school I was just talking about we have to be fully free that God called us to full freedom and we cannot be
[01:18:42] pointing at the plank in the other man's eye and yet and going the leaders need to do this and that and be controlled by a narrative of our accusers but instead be controlled by the Word of God
[01:18:51] and by what the Lord Jesus is saying now we have to know yes it was a season where God plucked out things but I have to share with you when we were praying and preparing and again like this was one
[01:19:01] of my favourite moments the whole week because when I said that a young man stood up here at the back of the service on Monday and he shouted he said that's me he said I'm filled with that
[01:19:09] accusation and gossip and he ran up the front and behind him 50 to 60 people ran up onto the stage just randomly they started repenting giving themselves more to the Lord and the grace of
[01:19:19] God fell heavily that service I think we started that around 11 or so that lasted till 3 34 p.m underneath the weight of God's hand today I love business as usual I love going to church but let
[01:19:30] me tell you something we cannot let just attending church being faithful stop our faith faithfulness can be the enemy of faith it can stop you from expecting God because it's just the same as always
[01:19:42] today is not going to be the same as always the Lord wants to mark us I'll start with this I give you greetings from beloved Germany that's where I live I was sent out there I'm half German half
[01:19:53] Australian now and I love schnitzel and I love Vegemite together you know that kind of thing thank you for pastor chris for introducing me saying i look like john the baptist i get accused all the time wherever i go people are like you look like jesus i use it as an open door to preach
[01:20:06] the gospel i went with my friend jonathan roomie who's an actor in the chosen we went to the vatican together last year and as we went there people couldn't tell who was who that's pretty
[01:20:15] cool but from the back so guys i'm growing my hair out until the lord returns until his church is fully free it's a nazirite thing maybe i'm just joking it's not now now i feel so much
[01:20:27] compassion for women I used to be like why do women take so long to get ready now I know um guys I want to tell you we prayed for hours I have my Egyptian team here with me my
[01:20:37] these two brothers here they are amazing men of God Jeremiah and Benjamin Ben and Jerry we um we they live with me in Germany and we were seeking the Lord for you the whole week we've
[01:20:49] been doing that now I want to say something to you I have never I've been traveling 15 years I have not had as many strange experiences within preparation and within one like 10 day period 12
[01:21:00] day period over your over a house that I've had here I had literally a spirit appear in my dream after Friday night I saw it it had no hair it looked like something from the matrix no hair like
[01:21:10] a like something just dark it looked at me it was like I'm gonna kill you and I knew what that meant that spirit was that antichrist thing something that wants to shut you down from being fully free
[01:21:20] And I preached about this in the first service and just at Twinview now.
[01:21:23] And the good thing was, right, I just came from it.
[01:21:25] I just saw these people just respond to what they were made for.
[01:21:28] So when we were praying yesterday, we had no mind in the day before of what we're gonna share.
[01:21:33] I was thinking, you know, I know what to share in my heart, what burns in my heart, the cross, the reasons for the blood, why we came out of the wrath of God under the righteousness of Christ,
[01:21:42] what it means to be a new creation, eternity, souls.
[01:21:45] But the Lord had me very specifically go after something and he showed me yesterday in prayer as we sought the Lord for hours.
[01:21:51] I'm not boasting in that.
[01:21:52] I'm just saying, we're not coming to you with our word.
[01:21:55] I am coming to you with what I feel the Lord showed me.
[01:21:57] I will stand in account and give a judgment to this one day.
[01:22:00] And I believe the Lord showed it clearly to me for you.
[01:22:03] And it was a black watch, very dark black, but it was buried underground.
[01:22:08] And I saw this thing covered in just total black.
[01:22:11] And I said, God, what is that?
[01:22:13] And around 10 minutes later, he answered me.
[01:22:15] And he said, Bethel and my people had been through a dark time.
[01:22:19] But then I saw from the middle of the watch, the very centre where the time is, it starts to turn fully gold.
[01:22:26] And I believe the Lord came and He took that watch and He looked into your lives and said, because it was always gold, and He took it and He wanted just to clean the dross off it.
[01:22:36] But the enemy came through the door of accusation, the door of trying to fix everything.
[01:22:40] And He went, thank you, I'll take the watch.
[01:22:42] And He started to stomp it under the ground.
[01:22:45] And that's your soul.
[01:22:46] and that's your freedom and that's what God has birthed you for.
[01:22:50] God didn't make you to be controlled.
[01:22:53] God didn't make you to sit under this place of like, it's a dark time.
[01:22:56] It's been such a dark long time.
[01:22:58] No, it's the time of shedding the grave clothes because the Lord is turning a page.
[01:23:04] He is spiritually turning a page.
[01:23:05] It is a landmark week for Bethel.
[01:23:08] I'm telling you and I feel the fire of the Lord but the fire of the Lord came to us in prayer and so what I felt the Lord said was to expose Jezebel, expose it.
[01:23:18] So what that means is don't go out there buying books on Jezebel.
[01:23:21] The Lord was also clear when I started praying in tongues over this, He said, don't emphasise the Spirit.
[01:23:26] It's not time to get into like, oh, this is the 50 spirits from Babylon and whatnot.
[01:23:30] He said, emphasise another J, Jesus, the Lord of the church.
[01:23:34] The Lord came to His church.
[01:23:36] But before I read this, we're gonna go to Revelation 2.
[01:23:39] But before I read it, you must understand this today.
[01:23:41] We are not in this church service to hear a great message, three points, go home. I'm not sure what changed. This is the moment where you can respond to God.
[01:23:48] We have the live stream on. People can respond to God at home. This does not have to be the same old thing. We do not have to keep ourselves under that dirt. We can be vulnerable. We can let
[01:23:56] go. And the Lord is coming, as you'll see in a moment, with eyes of fire for the freedom of His people, for His bride. Let me start with Numbers. You don't have to turn that. I just want to read
[01:24:06] it to you. Numbers 23, sorry, 44, 23 says this.
[01:24:13] a minister to the Lord a Bill a Chris a Joel this morning the priests stand before the Lord they are not just meant to worship and meant to just tell you what's good the role of a priest a proper
[01:24:23] shepherd says this they shall teach my people the difference between holy and unholy they shall cause them to discern the difference between so it's not just he is holy he is unholy it's also turning the spiritual discernment of your mind and heart on they'll teach them to discern the
[01:24:42] difference between unclean and clean and in controversy they shall judge as judges it is a controversy because the human psychology is pressing against the doors of the church saying bend to the world so it is a controversy when they say no don't bend to the king bend to the one who
[01:25:01] set us free but I want to share with you this morning this is where I'm coming from it is not at some one individual blah blah blah this is at the thing that is choking some of you and I felt
[01:25:11] this week there has been a spirit of apathy fighting you a spirit of discouragement but I found we found in prayer that this is actually the Jezebel demon so go to Revelation chapter two with me real quick and this is going to get a little wild in here today so you're okay with
[01:25:27] that what about this side you okay with that try again this side God's second chance second chances all right all right good it's going to get wild because we need to be free that watch was not
[01:25:39] meant to be smashed underground it's meant to be lifted up next to Jesus because he holds the times and seasons in his hand and it had gold remember God came take dross not smash watch
[01:25:51] not bury things take dross it's different okay revelation 2 I give you context here Jesus speaks to three churches you know what he speaks first love his eyes are burning loving please please you're good you're faithful you do all this stuff good good good ticks boxes if we were to describe
[01:26:08] a church like that they're benevolent they even hate false teaching they have everything going for them except the main thing going for them which is their heart and their burning love for Jesus has gone low and Jesus is grieved he doesn't care about all the stuff he's like it's good you
[01:26:22] do this this isn't this but you've forgotten the main problem the main point the point is that your heart is supposed to be with me and I had a conversation two days ago with a man and he's
[01:26:31] like Ben you're so biblical you know a lot of Bible and you're on fire I said I am on fire and I am biblical but I tell you God has had to increase that in me and he's had to cause me to
[01:26:40] repent of laziness and of things where I can be very distracted when I would open my Bible I'd felt I would sit in my couch kick the thing up watch there at my mom's house four hours of Netflix
[01:26:51] and feel no warfare at all I'd watch four hours of TV receive receive receive go to open the Bible within five minutes I feel tired there was something oppressing me to come underneath the full freedom of the teachings of Christ okay so I'm not coming at you like oh you big spiritual
[01:27:07] man no I told my friend I said listen to me you know me on the stage but God has seen my struggles I am the man that I am the true man that I am is the man I am alone when I sit there with no
[01:27:20] scrolling when I sit there and I'm just alone under his teaching or saying God I'm here I want to know you that's the true state that I'm in let's say you need to hear that because sometimes
[01:27:30] what we can do is we can subtly numb ourselves to sleep by going cool I attended church that ain't cool it's good but it's not the fullness God did not call us to 52 events a year he called us to
[01:27:41] be filled with glory so here Jesus says I want your first love I'm longing for it next church he comes to and he literally like a sword he just exposes Satan and I love that he does what a
[01:27:53] priest does unclean and he says these things are stopping you they're trapping you and he just exposes he says the deeds of Nicolaitans I hate him he doesn't say it's a kind of okay he doesn't
[01:28:03] dull down your consciousness he brings it back to life and that's the kind of okay thing is the whole problem and so Jesus does not do that he's a jealous God and he says I hate those deeds but
[01:28:14] then he comes to the final one in this chapter he comes to Thyatira verse 18 chapter 2 to the angel of the church in Thyatira write these things says the son of God who has eyes like a flame of
[01:28:29] fire eyes like a flame of fire what does that mean burning with jealousy holy love for you individual burning jealousy I want all of you I paid for all of you I want to give you full freedom
[01:28:41] burning eyes not judgment eyes it's a flame of love it says feet like brass what is the brass the sanctification the holiness the stability your life's stable place is the man it is Jesus it is his burning eyes so he's looking at his bride then he says this I know your works I know
[01:29:00] your service faith and patience as for those works the last are more than the first so he commends them nevertheless I have this against you because you allow that woman Jezebel who calls herself a
[01:29:13] prophetess to teach and to seduce my servants was it a woman yeah obviously he's saying that it is but I believe he's correlating from Kings he's correlating what happened with Elijah and he's saying there is a spirit that is numbing your Christian walk that is seducing you that a little
[01:29:30] bit of sin doesn't matter because it's just a little struggle if I injected heroin last night and said I just had a small bit of chemicals and I injected it but I'm going to preach to you in
[01:29:39] the morning. You good with that? You would say, get off the pulpit. You wouldn't trust it. The problem is we call that so evil. Those leaders, blah, blah, blah. But in our own lives, the
[01:29:49] seducing spirits numb down the sins that we live in. They're like, oh, you're on a journey out of this dark, you know, darkness. I'm not saying don't go on a journey. I'm not knocking the journey.
[01:29:59] But I am saying this, don't dress up sin. Don't dress up apathy. Don't dress up anything. Let Jesus speak about it how it really is so he says the seductive spirit tells you it's okay it's okay
[01:30:12] to be a bit apathetic it's okay to have oh I just want to reach my friends so I've had seven shots of whiskey and again my conscience has gone down my heart feels numb I'm not against alcohol have
[01:30:22] a glass go to Michelin I'm for it but the problem is this when you seduce yourself or there's a spirit or there's something burning against the burn of God and saying just come just calm down
[01:30:34] and it's trying to divide your fire and put you to bed, then we must call it what it is.
[01:30:40] And Jesus, as a loving shepherd, with the burning jealous love in His eyes, says, I know your brokenness.
[01:30:48] And when we were praying, I felt like I could feel that woman, like a woman trapped underwater, like crying out, you know, underwater, trapped.
[01:30:55] That's how some of you are, in discouragement.
[01:30:59] No one sees it, but when you're alone, the burning eyes king sees it.
[01:31:03] and you're underneath things.
[01:31:05] Some of you underneath lust and underneath deception and other things.
[01:31:08] And some of you have gravitated over here to teachings where someone can validate your own unforgiveness because of teachings.
[01:31:16] But your heart got hard because the Bible says, if you allow a bit of root, every evil work and thing will come.
[01:31:23] And Jesus warned the church.
[01:31:25] It's like you do good in so many areas, but there's things that aren't good.
[01:31:29] And there's things that you need to see this Jezebelic spirit.
[01:31:32] You've got to see it.
[01:31:33] If you feel controlled, if you feel tired all the time, let me tell you what happened to Elijah.
[01:31:38] The guy's like this.
[01:31:39] He's standing in the midst of flames.
[01:31:41] Thousands of people, 700 prophets, bang, bang, bang.
[01:31:45] They're all dying and God is coming out of heaven with a pillar.
[01:31:48] A woman steps off and goes, you're a dead man.
[01:31:50] And she speaks into his soul.
[01:31:53] His soul believes it.
[01:31:54] He goes so much under this that he flees the opposite direction of his calling.
[01:31:59] And then what's the next thing it says?
[01:32:00] He wearied himself of life.
[01:32:02] death some of you feel like you're dying inside you feel it Netflix Netflix and then Bible it's like a death that's happened it's an apathy that's crept in that is Jezebel that is control and it doesn't matter how it came in some of you it came in because literally the devil went
[01:32:19] I'm getting out their fire God hates sorry the devil hates Bethel he hates his church he doesn't like you at all the the revelations of worship the kingdom the revelations of freedom he hates it you you've got it you'd be ignorant to think he's not fighting it he is fighting it
[01:32:35] he doesn't want you in this yoke he wants you in total freedom he doesn't want you sitting around coffee shops Bethany and not see that the own the the heart the blindness Jesus is burning at you
[01:32:46] lies going come to me you're mine I'm jealous for my bride I am jealous so some of it's an attack it's the enemy trying to stomp you under that ground and take away the freedom and liberty
[01:32:56] like that devil tried to take away the prophet's power, Elijah's anointing.
[01:33:01] And then he says he cried out and was weary.
[01:33:03] He wanted to die.
[01:33:05] How do you go from having a flame of heaven to wanting to die?
[01:33:08] Jezebel spirit, control spirit, witchcraft spirit, anything that will put you back in a box.
[01:33:15] Jesus wore a crown of thorns that you would have a sound mind.
[01:33:18] He has a burning heart.
[01:33:19] He was pierced in the side that your heart would always have a flame for Him.
[01:33:22] Do you think Jesus has a season for you called apathy and backsliding?
[01:33:25] No, that's the devil's prescription.
[01:33:28] That's the devil's stuff.
[01:33:30] The devil doesn't want this church to burn.
[01:33:32] So he took a little open door, didn't he?
[01:33:33] There's a bit of correction happening.
[01:33:34] Like, I'll get in there.
[01:33:35] I'll get in there, I'll correct them all.
[01:33:37] No, you take the dross.
[01:33:38] You don't stomp all the fruit of the Spirit.
[01:33:41] You don't stomp what God was doing.
[01:33:42] You pick it back up.
[01:33:44] You pick it back up and you say, God, where is this flame gone?
[01:33:47] I'm distracted.
[01:33:49] Where is my heart that used to be burning for you?
[01:33:51] Where did this freedom go?
[01:33:53] I used to come to services so hungry for God.
[01:33:55] And now I'm like, who's preaching?
[01:33:56] I'll see if I want to go.
[01:33:57] We've become optional.
[01:33:59] We've become used to normals that aren't normal actually.
[01:34:03] They're not normal.
[01:34:03] Chris and Kathy don't go, let's go on a date and let's see if I want to sit there with you.
[01:34:07] It's not like that.
[01:34:08] They go with passion.
[01:34:10] I've been, I remember I was in Italy recently and I sat there across the table.
[01:34:13] It was one of the, just the worst pictures.
[01:34:16] I thought, this is not right.
[01:34:17] It was two couples.
[01:34:18] They were like 55, 60 and they were like this.
[01:34:21] And I saw the man on his phone and I just saw them go like this.
[01:34:25] do you like this flavor of this it's different isn't it to last you and they were just sitting there just talking but it was like this how are you how do you like it I like it and then nothing
[01:34:33] for 10 minutes next bit this is a nice place isn't it yeah it's nice nothing and I watched the death on them and then I could see him and he doesn't know I saw this but he was looking at porn
[01:34:44] while he's sitting there and I was like this is wrong all of us don't we don't call it out for what it is this normalcy is actually an infection and it's wrong and and I saw and I felt sorry for
[01:34:57] the man I'm not saying he can't be healed but this is how some of us are we've just become normal I'm not saying we've committed adultery but that spirit seduces us to sleep and says a little
[01:35:07] bit of leaven's okay and Jesus came and said no it's not okay he's for burning eyes of fire and he's not coming against the church what's he coming against the tolerance of the devil he's
[01:35:19] saying, I want you church. But he's saying, you've got to understand your enemy and you've got to stop tolerating Jezebel. He goes on to say this, this is the end of the verse. He goes on to say
[01:35:28] that, I'll cast her children into a sickbed and kill them with death. Anytime you mix a move of God with the flesh, it is destined to be killed. You think the devil's killing it. Jesus is killing
[01:35:39] it because He's killing what is not planted in Him. How can that live? How can I give you a bottle of water with a little bit of arsenic and say, there's a move of God. You won't drink it. You
[01:35:51] can't have these hidden demons controlling your life and be in a move of God at the same time.
[01:35:57] One of them takes you out. The other one takes you into bondage. And so Jesus says to them, you tolerated. And I ask you this morning, what are you tolerating? What are you tolerating as
[01:36:07] normal? Are you tolerating an okay, occasional prayer life? We do so much of this. We're like, we encourage you, that's good. I know. I want to encourage you too. I pastor a church, believe it
[01:36:16] or not. I pastor, we have like 15 churches now. And I'm always thinking like, how do I build the body? How do they get the right nourishment? I'm thinking long-term, not altar call, long-term.
[01:36:26] Chris and I had a wonderful conversation about that. Because today, when God rips open things and exposes that demon, now it's time to go and plant, plant, plant, plant, plant, freedom. It's not just a moment, it's a transforming path. Vulnerability, depth, go after this, a Bible
[01:36:40] revival. That's what we need. But I want to tell you something that I've had this in my own soul as well. We had this in our team. We felt something was controlling us in Germany. I went away. We
[01:36:51] started praying for people. We didn't even call it control immediately. We just said, if there's anything going on, one of these precious ladies that works for me, someone prayed for her. All of a sudden, an evil spirit comes out of her violently. And next minute, there's people
[01:37:02] repenting. I was jealous of you for years. And we're starting to unwrap all the hidden things where that Jezebel had seduced us into apathy and compromise.
[01:37:12] And next minute, the whole team, it was like three hours, we're crying out to God, laughing, crying, hugging.
[01:37:17] I got it too.
[01:37:18] I said, don't pray for me as your leader.
[01:37:20] Pray for me as a brother in Christ.
[01:37:21] Rebuke me.
[01:37:22] I need it.
[01:37:23] I need to be awoken.
[01:37:25] I don't need to just hear, yes, you're amazing, man of God, man of God, man of God.
[01:37:28] I need to hear truth.
[01:37:29] And we came back to the church the next day in Germany.
[01:37:32] German culture is not exactly the same as here.
[01:37:35] We came back the next day.
[01:37:37] our services. I said, God is taking off the lid of control. And I said, the Lord wants to set you free. The service blew out to five and a half hours. For two and a half of the hours, no one
[01:37:47] was leading. People were going like this, jumping, shouting to God. Yes, it was just shouting. Total freedom hit the whole campus. It hit everybody. I couldn't lead. It was too free. The Spirit of the Lord began to lead. People began to repent of small and great sins and say, we are not built and
[01:38:05] born for a yoke of bondage. Do not be born for that. It is for freedom that Christ Jesus has set us free. It's not for bondage. It's not for dead religion. It's more than just attending church.
[01:38:16] God wants Bethel in the fire of His will. Your enemy should not dictate your fire.
[01:38:23] So what does Jezebel do here? Seduces, minimalizes. Oh, it's okay. I can listen to a little bit of this or watch a bit of that. It's okay. I only do that three, four hours a week. I'm not trying to
[01:38:34] be religious. But let me tell you some of the things that I felt this week as I prayed for people. I put my hands on their head and said, there's something in your house that is actually
[01:38:41] dedicated to Satan. Get it out. And the guy's like, yes, that's true. There's records, there's music, there's stuff we've watched. I'll never forget out here seven years ago at the doors of Hebrews, I went to take the door, to grab the door. A girl came in front of me. She got her hoodie,
[01:38:56] put it over her hand and went to grab the door. As she went to touch the door, I'm like, why did she put that over her hand? I said, I'll get it for you. I opened the door and I asked her like
[01:39:03] this walk with it why did you put your the thing over your hand she goes oh I hate germs I hate them and I said okay okay and she I said why and she goes oh they're just disgusting to me and she
[01:39:13] washed her hands all day and she won't hug people and I said to her I said oh no worries and as I'm looking in her eyes I saw something flicker a little bit a little bit of Jezebel is a lot of
[01:39:24] bondage a little bit of tolerance a little bit that was the biggest problem Jesus had you tolerating it he wasn't saying you evil people you're tolerating he's like don't you see don't you see what this thing can do don't have a little demon have none of it and so I said to her I said
[01:39:41] can I ask you a question the Holy Spirit drops the thought of me do you like horror movies by any chance you know what she said to me I love horror films and then I said to her those films
[01:39:51] are about murder of God's creation and I believe it brought a spirit of fear into you can I pray for you and she was a bit confused like okay I prayed for in Hebrews lobby and all of a sudden
[01:40:00] in a male voice bang she falls to the floor I get down down with her and to get out of her in the name of Jesus only took 10 seconds comes out her eyes clean like crystal clear she comes out she's
[01:40:12] like thank you so much she starts crying out to God worshipping God I saw her months and months later down here near the bookstore I saw her months and months later she said Ben she came up
[01:40:22] and grabbed me no fear of touching anybody anymore no tolerance of Jezebel no fear and I know it's a journey but my TV shouldn't have more of me than Jesus it's okay to watch for three two three hours
[01:40:38] I'm not don't take this the wrong way but the order what did John the Baptist do he ordered things things must be ordered in order for us to live in revival I can't just go to church hardly
[01:40:50] read Bible, smoke an occasional cigarette and go, it's cool. I'm under grace. Can't do it. Can't go to church, lust after people. It's okay. God forgives me. Can't live there. It's all chains, yokes and bondage. And so the burning eyes, just looking at you going, you were not born for this.
[01:41:07] I paid blood on that cross. My crown of thorns is bleeding over. So your mind could be free.
[01:41:11] So you could be whole. So you wouldn't be smashed down by the enemy, but you would live in the freedom of the Spirit. You'd live in the fullness of God. And the fullness of God doesn't look like
[01:41:19] I have to pray. The fullness of God looks like I get to pray. The fullness of God looks like, is there another service? Is there another service? It looks so different. I have to, I can read the Word. It looks different. It looks like hunger. It looks like passion.
[01:41:34] But the enemy wants to come in and has come in. He has. But today in Twinview, I said one sentence.
[01:41:41] I said, I feel it right now. The Lord is fighting the Spirit of control with the sword of His mouth.
[01:41:46] As I said it, the whole room changed.
[01:41:49] And then something happened and then boom, and they're still in it now.
[01:41:52] Because he's fighting, the Lord is fighting anything that is hindering you from freedom.
[01:42:00] What's our response?
[01:42:02] Our response is take off the mask.
[01:42:05] Tell the truth.
[01:42:06] Tell the truth, like take off the mask.
[01:42:09] Tell the truth, I am bitter.
[01:42:10] Tell the truth, I've been living in compromise.
[01:42:13] Tell the truth, my heart is not burning.
[01:42:14] I don't love that book like I used to.
[01:42:16] don't keep attending and let a seduction come let me show you how serious this is go to the book of numbers 23 i'm going to pray in a second i know i shout a bit you should see me at home i don't
[01:42:28] shout even i'm i'm i'm just sent in this case i'm not sent here i'm sent here as your brother in love i'm sent here as this is my family i'm sent here to honor these leaders they changed my life
[01:42:40] when i came here people were so hungry to pray the other night we said let's pray remember that some of you were here I said let's pray and the kids came up to me like 20 year olds sorry not
[01:42:49] kids men people they came up to me I'm 44 I know yeah okay they came up to me and said because I said guys pray it was like this every time the key keyboards go up we pray keyboards go down stop
[01:43:01] I was like what what is going on here what is happening here what is putting you to sleep I was like what is happening there I said prayer is like a normal pillar that's not a substitute
[01:43:12] of something we should do.
[01:43:13] This is something that should be like flowing like a river in our soul.
[01:43:16] So I said, let's pray again.
[01:43:17] We prayed and then I said, it's only been, and people like praying, pushing through.
[01:43:21] I said, it's only been 14 minutes.
[01:43:22] 14 minutes felt like four hours because Jezebel, tired, discouraged, cap on you.
[01:43:32] You need to be careful.
[01:43:34] You need to watch what you say.
[01:43:35] You go to dance on this checkerboard.
[01:43:37] I shouldn't say this.
[01:43:38] I shouldn't do that.
[01:43:39] You're not called kick the checkerboard in half.
[01:43:42] You're not called to live dancing around the fear of everyone's opinion.
[01:43:46] You are called for total freedom.
[01:43:48] Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there isn't partial freedom, 13% freedom, or denominational freedom.
[01:43:53] There is total freedom.
[01:43:56] And so we preached into this, and then I said, pray again.
[01:43:59] They prayed, and that prayer meeting lasted.
[01:44:01] I think Hayley was there, and Les and Tom, and these guys were there.
[01:44:03] That lasted.
[01:44:04] Everyone just was walking up and down the stage and claiming every square inch of this room and saying, God, give it to your glory, give it to your...
[01:44:09] And they just prayed for like hours.
[01:44:10] They stayed for hours in hunger because they passed through this thing that was pushing the watch under the ground.
[01:44:18] And this is time to shake those grave clothes off, to get your wild back, to renounce any demon spirit that has influenced you, whether it be lewdness, lust, apathy.
[01:44:29] Why don't we just call it what it is and say, I don't pray much anymore.
[01:44:33] My heart is dying because then he looks at you, flaming fire.
[01:44:36] He looks at you with love and says, come here.
[01:44:38] He's jealous.
[01:44:39] He's not condemning.
[01:44:40] he's jealous so different so different numbers 23 this is the story of Balaam even the baby's replying amen cry out to the Lord child Balaam and Balak this is numbers 23 I know I'm not the
[01:44:55] same sandwich you get usually okay I know I'm pickles and eggs and all sorts of weird things here but guys you need this because when I come back I have a bit of a meter when you're swimming
[01:45:06] in the water you feel the water when you come back to the water you feel the different water I can tell.
[01:45:11] When Hayley comes to my place, she goes, Benny, Ben, she goes, there's some things here you've got to see.
[01:45:15] I'm like, you're right, because I'm in the water.
[01:45:17] I can't see it all clear.
[01:45:18] But when I came here, it was like, bang, I bumped into demons.
[01:45:21] I'm like, why am I bumping into demons?
[01:45:23] These guys don't have demons.
[01:45:24] They're amazing leaders.
[01:45:25] Stop condemning them.
[01:45:27] They're amazing.
[01:45:28] Stop judging.
[01:45:29] What about your own yokes and strongholds?
[01:45:31] We need to come out of this nonsense.
[01:45:33] We need to really think about what we're going to build.
[01:45:37] Where is this going to go?
[01:45:38] Into freedom and revival?
[01:45:39] fire souls and glory or is it going to go into structure systems control and let me quench everything out of this no no no no we can have some structure but structure assists the river
[01:45:50] it isn't the river so here numbers 23 Balaam basically to give you the understanding here Balaam is trying to curse Israel and he's negotiating with the devil he's negotiating with his enemy because he can make money he can get fame favor and whatever else I reckon I'm
[01:46:07] going to say this boldly please forgive me front row please it's not about anyone here at all this is really not I felt this when I was praying yesterday you've had people cross this pulpit
[01:46:15] with lascivious spirits they cross the pulpit just to convince you how amazing they are and their ministry is they didn't come to feed you you've had people cross I prayed into that yesterday God clean it all because these leaders are clean and I said clean it all are false teachings
[01:46:28] unclean doctrines stuff that is rubbish it's humanism rubbish it's just nonsense I felt that yesterday. There was a lascivious preacher. I don't know who they are. Didn't see their heads, faces. It's not about that. It's not about making a YouTube video about who they are.
[01:46:41] It's about just praying and saying, Jesus, deliver, make it all pure, a pure stream.
[01:46:48] You feel me? So Balaam was impure. Balaam was partial pure. And then Balak, he kept shifting Balaam. That's that lascivious control. Let me shift you here. Let me control you there. Oh, you prayed a little bit too much in that prayer meeting. You should be careful how you pray.
[01:47:04] people can, let me shift you, let me push you back down, let me control everything. And Balaam was under it. He was under the influence of Balak, but God took over. We're going to catch it up here,
[01:47:14] chapter 23, verse 24. And then he says this, he starts to bless Israel in front of Balak. He blesses them. And he says to Bethel, your accusers are not the voice of the Lord. God may have used
[01:47:27] some people here and there, but that's not the future. The watch must be cleansed. Yes, but there's gold and the Lord sees gold too. Yes, there's got to be fixes here, there, adjustments, yes, but God sees beauty also. And then he says this, he goes, look, verse 24, a people rises
[01:47:43] like a lioness. They rise. He's like, Israel is rising like a lioness. And then he says, and like a lion. So he's not saying Israel's just going to try and fix it all. He's saying, no, God's
[01:47:56] blessing them back to life. She's rising from the ground. And then it says, they shall not lie down until they devour their prey.
[01:48:03] Bill used to preach it.
[01:48:04] There needs to be blood on your soul.
[01:48:06] There needs to be the work of the Spirit coming out of your life, affecting, healing, delivering, setting free.
[01:48:11] Some of us stopped even praying for people.
[01:48:13] We can't pray without a keyboard.
[01:48:15] We must leave that.
[01:48:16] We must come back into this river.
[01:48:19] And then he says this, and they shall drink the blood of the slain, which means they had victory over demonic forces.
[01:48:25] Not living in tension, but living in full, complete victory.
[01:48:29] Victory should be over your house.
[01:48:30] the burning one with jealous eyes is like come to me husband wife you should be looking at each other going honey we watch these series it's four hours a night let's do this tomorrow night we are
[01:48:40] reading two hours bible let's go together bible we're going to watch our one hour series but we're going to go deep in this river again the man you are is the man you are alone the person you are
[01:48:50] is the person you are alone and God wants to set that one free of the control of control and so here he says then this is the crazy part God revealed to me look at verse 25 this is pretty
[01:49:02] simple but it's wild then Balak and I'll put it in Ben version Balak says this Balak says okay no all cool all cool all cool you can't curse them no worries he says neither curse them at all then
[01:49:13] nor bless them at all what's he saying your normal way that is still a curse just leave them to themselves just let that Jezebel tolerate just keep the tolerance okay you can't bless them no
[01:49:27] worries. Just leave them where they're at then. That's as much of a curse in your life than a curse itself. Just keeping you underneath the influence of apathy or of control. It is as much
[01:49:41] control and we don't need it and we don't need lascivious spirits. We don't need to shut down our fire. We need boldness to return. We need the fire and passion of our prayer lives to return
[01:49:51] and wherever we tolerate Jezebel, tolerate too much gossip, tolerate TVs, it just fills my head.
[01:49:59] Reorder everything.
[01:50:01] Say, Jesus, you will come first.
[01:50:03] Flaming eyes captivate my eyes until they are also aflame.
[01:50:07] This is what He is doing today and I feel it now and I'll say it again, what I said in Twinview.
[01:50:13] The Lord is against and is fighting on your behalf for your total freedom and now is the moment to respond and when I say respond, I don't mean like, I pray.
[01:50:22] No, I mean, respond.
[01:50:24] I mean, forget who's in the room.
[01:50:26] Forget the things you need and don't need.
[01:50:28] Forget where you've got to go.
[01:50:29] Isn't lunch, can't we get lunch another time?
[01:50:31] Can't we do it at two instead of one exactly?
[01:50:34] Can't we be free here?
[01:50:35] And God wants you to repent.
[01:50:37] And if you are in this room and you know, I've been crowded in, it's not even sin.
[01:50:41] I've just become apathetic.
[01:50:42] I've slowed down.
[01:50:44] I'm tired.
[01:50:45] And the spirit of Jezebel has taken over.
[01:50:48] I want you to run.
[01:50:49] Don't walk.
[01:50:49] Run as fast as you can up here.
[01:50:51] young and old we're going to pray come come and we return to the eyes of fire come some of you come up on the stairs come up on the steps because there's going to be people behind you everywhere
[01:51:01] come come on the steps all the way to the top please just not the musical equipment but come here pray pray young and old we are going to leave behind any control and guys what would you rather
[01:51:15] in this moment would you rather five seconds of ah or five more years of bondage what do you want come come lay on the stage just not on the musical equipment please lay on the stage can I have the
[01:51:27] keys player and Joel and yeah can I have them up here if they're here pray now the rest of your church if that's not you in that group I want you to lift your voice and stand on the even if you
[01:51:38] have to stand on those chairs awakening can pay for the chair cleaning just stand on the chairs let go of all control would you pray this with me pray this with me say Lord Jesus eyes of fire
[01:51:50] burn away Jezebel burn away control burn away the loss burn away the compromise and set me free again okay lift your voice we should begin to pray team staff can you go Ben Jerry can you go team in the name of Jesus right now right now freedom freedom freedom total
[01:52:17] Keep praying, keep praying.
[01:52:28] It's Peter and Joel, if they could come up.
[01:52:34] We're going to say something all together.
[01:52:36] Lord Jesus, say this with me.
[01:52:37] Lord Jesus, we renounce the fear of man.
[01:52:41] We renounce that invisible spiritual cap.
[01:52:46] Restore your fire today.
[01:52:50] Restore my boldness.
[01:52:53] Now just begin to pray.
[01:53:00] Team, I need you to go lay hands.
[01:53:04] In the name of Jesus, right now.
[01:53:05] Right now, let it all go.
[01:53:07] we command any hidden demon of lies every demon of fear get out now get out now every demon of fear we break it let it all go let it all go that's it keep praying keep praying
[01:53:28] keep praying keep praying we will not have a cap on us we want the fullness of the spirit lift your voice guys lift your voice pray into this pray through it any any interns or team
[01:53:56] Pray for them.
[01:53:57] Quickly go pray for them.
[01:53:59] The rest of us, let's pray that God restores a move of God to this house.

[01:54:08] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_11]
[01:54:08] Yes, Lord.
[01:54:10] Yes, God.

[01:54:14] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_12]
[01:54:14] In the authority of Jesus' Name, we renounce you spirit of control.
[01:54:18] Any hidden demon in this room that is controlling individuals, we bind you.
[01:54:22] Get out of this room now.
[01:54:23] Tell it with me.
[01:54:24] Say, get out, Jezebel.
[01:54:25] Get out, Jezebel.
[01:54:27] Get out, control.
[01:54:28] We renounce you.
[01:54:30] Get out now.
[01:54:31] we bind you spirits trying to hinder our fire we bind you distractions now fire fire fire fire

[01:54:45] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_11]
[01:54:45] fire pray for him man more more we break this spirit no more fear no more fear no more fear

[01:54:51] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_12]
[01:54:51] keep praying father god would you come to the whole church would you come lord jesus and mark us in a fresh way a fresh wave keep praying keep praying keep praying keep praying keep praying
[01:55:11] keep praying just a little longer don't wait for the keyboard just lift your voice we want our watch back we want that revelation back of pure gold and pure fire some of you literally need to stand on your chair
[01:55:38] and begin to shout because you've been in so much fear you've been in such an apathy you need to shout the name Jesus

[01:55:45] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_11]
[01:55:45] keep praying, keep praying

[01:56:08] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_12]
[01:56:08] there's another service coming in soon but keep praying Father we ask You to come with great glory we renounce and we rip off the cap off our own thoughts, our own soul we ask you Father deliver us
[01:56:23] of hidden snakes, crush the snakes crush the serpents eyes of fire yes, dance again you can be free again we are not victims, we are victorious come on

[01:56:56] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[01:56:56] shout the name of Jesus with me lift your voice Jesus Jesus, Jesus, the Lord of the church. Jesus, the Lord of freedom. Yes, that's right. Yes,

[01:57:18] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[01:57:18] that's right. Some of you need to just dance. You need to shout. Oh man. Over the water, spirit come move in. That's why we shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing. There's
[02:08:53] going to be power and majesty. All over this room, let's just raise our hands to the Lord.

[02:10:55] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_13]
[02:10:55] Let's just lift our hands to Him. Jesus, we honor You today. It's You who gives us freedom.
[02:11:07] Jesus, today we just raise our hands in surrender. We raise our hands saying, Lord, we're lifting our hands off of control. We lift our hands off of all the things, Lord God. We lift our hands
[02:11:20] like a roller coaster. We raise our hands, Lord, saying, God, it is You that is directing. It is You that is steering. It is You we adore. It is You we love. It is You we worship. It is You we
[02:11:32] magnify. It is You we live for. Jesus, today we lift up our holy hands and we say, purify our We are here to ascend the mountain.
[02:11:44] We are here to come to the holy place.
[02:11:47] We are here to meet with you.
[02:11:53] Presence.
[02:11:53] We are your possession.
[02:11:56] We bless you, Jesus.
[02:11:58] Just put your hand on a neighbor.
[02:12:00] Let's just pray for one another.
[02:12:01] Thank you, Lord.
[02:12:02] God, we just ask, Lord, that what you've done today, that it wouldn't be a moment, Lord God.
[02:12:07] God, we pray for wisdom, Lord Jesus, to steward a move of your Spirit.
[02:12:13] Lord God, we ask, God, that today we would all take ownership, Lord God for what you're doing that what has been uprooted Lord that we would be a people to come in behind it to plant the seeds to plant the truth to be a people to tend to the garden of our heart
[02:12:28] Jesus we thank you you are the best gardener you are moving in the garden of our heart Lord and you're tending to the soil would you just pray right now for seeds to be sown in the hearts of
[02:12:37] our people seeds of his truth seeds of his word thank you Lord Jesus thank you Father and Lord we pray that you would mark us with your glory you would mark us with your presence Lord God we thank
[02:12:52] you that with the promise Lord of when we come and we turn to you Lord you promise great and glorious rain God you say you will rain upon the land and we will produce fruit God we ask for the rain of
[02:13:04] your spirit not just today but God we ask Lord that the rain of your spirit would fill our homes would fill our workplaces would fill our families Lord Jesus yeah thank you Lord God we thank you
[02:13:22] for what you're doing here.
[02:13:24] We thank you, God, for the gift that you have sent to us, Lord Jesus, this week.
[02:13:27] We thank you, Lord, for the Word of the Lord coming to us, Lord, that separates soul from spirit, joint from marrow.
[02:13:33] We thank you, Lord, that when your Word pierced it, it also heals.
[02:13:38] We thank you, Lord, that you don't pierce us to harm us.
[02:13:41] You pierce us to heal us, Lord God, that you are healing us, Lord Jesus, that you have healed us, that we are healed, that we are restored, we are free in you, Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.
[02:13:57] We thank You, Lord.
[02:14:00] In Your name we pray this.
[02:14:03] Amen.
[02:14:05] Hallelujah.
[02:14:06] We can give the Lord a hand.
[02:14:16] For some of you, you're like, God has done the work.
[02:14:19] You feel good.
[02:14:20] You're ready to head out.
[02:14:22] You are welcome to do that.
[02:14:24] But some of you are in this room, you're like, I actually want to, I just feel like I'm supposed to stay and pray and sow in.
[02:14:29] We do have another service coming in.
[02:14:30] but if you want to stay and pray and just pray for pray into this you need some more time with the Lord we invite you to stay up front to stay in the room and to pray but if you are ready to
[02:14:40] head out you are free to do that we love you for those you're just feeling to sow and pray we're just going to ask the band just to stay up for a little bit longer and just play and we're just
[02:14:48] gonna um just sow into what the Lord is doing but other than that we love you if you do need a miracle in your body today we're not going to have the team come forward grab a believer beside you
[02:14:58] and say, I need a miracle in my body.
[02:15:00] They're all equipped with the power of the Spirit to see those that are sick healed.
[02:15:05] But otherwise, we love you guys.
[02:15:07] Make sure you hug someone.
[02:15:09] And those of you staying to pray, just let's just go for it.
[02:15:11] Let's just lean in.
[02:15:12] Amen.

[02:15:20] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[02:15:20] What a powerful moment we're in.
[02:15:21] We're not going to try to depart from here.
[02:15:23] We will have ministry teams in just a minute for those who speak English and we'll have our Portuguese ministry rooms as well.
[02:15:29] We'd love to pray for you.
[02:15:30] But right now we're just going to pray.
[02:15:32] God, we just pray that you would take us deeper, Lord, that you would continue to take us deeper as a body, that this is what we want.
[02:15:38] We want freedom.
[02:15:38] We want total freedom.
[02:15:40] God, any areas where it feels like, oh, we've let that thing slide, anything, God.
[02:15:44] I just, I urge our brothers and sisters, like myself, I'm just asking God if there's anything, if there's anything in me, God, if there's anything in me, search me and know me, God.
[02:15:53] If there's any wicked way, God, would you show me, God?
[02:15:57] I want to be quick to repent, quick to forgive, quick to ask for forgiveness.
[02:16:01] And I pray, God, that our body would experience that same level of conviction, God, that would turn them towards repentance, that would allow them to be fully forgiven, fully set free from our Jesus.
[02:16:12] And so, God, we're just praying.
[02:16:14] We want to go deeper, God.
[02:16:15] We are not done.
[02:16:16] We're not satisfied.
[02:16:16] We don't want to stay here.
[02:16:18] We don't want to stay in a place where we're just complacent with how things have been.
[02:16:22] And so, God, we're praying for our brothers and sisters, our community all across the world that they would get radically touched by you, Jesus, that you would bring freedom and life and joy

[02:16:31] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[02:16:31] in your presence, God.
[02:16:33] we're hungry and we're looking for more yes yes King Jesus thank you King Jesus thank you for what you're doing this morning we say yes to you once again Lord purify us Lord purify us Jesus we say
[02:16:45] yes to you we say purify our families purify our homes our churches Lord purify our cities our nations we pray right now Holy Spirit come come Holy Spirit pour out your blood over your bride
[02:16:58] and purify us once again make us white as snow we want the whole Christ we don't want half of Christ we want the whole Christ we want all of you Jesus we don't want to live half lives of truth with you
[02:17:12] Jesus we want to live fully for you Jesus fully for you we want the whole Christ we declare that this morning come and purify us each person watching us online we say Holy Spirit do a deep
[02:17:24] work into their hearts into their lives into their families Lord come and touch them today Father that what is happening here today that it will leak into their week that they will feel your Holy Spirit ministering to their hearts and ministering to them throughout the week in Jesus
[02:17:40] name in Jesus name we pray in Jesus name we pray amen guys we're so grateful what the Lord is doing

[02:17:45] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[02:17:45] we want everything that Jesus has for us not just a little bit God I pray that you would go deep deep deep into our hearts if you're in a moment with the lord we bless what god is doing in you
[02:17:55] right now if you're laid out on your floor if you're uh just giggling in joy whatever it is that the holy spirit is doing yes bless it we bless it we bless it we ask for more in jesus name
[02:18:06] we love you so much we're so grateful that we get to do this um together the link for ministry rooms will be right below join us our teams would love to pray for you we would love to pray for you
[02:18:16] yes as you go into the week yeah we bless you guys we'll see you next week love you all