The Danger of Self-Powered Spirituality

• Spirit-Led Living vs. Natural Strength [01:15:37 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor argues that Christians are running on '3% battery' by trying to live supernaturally with natural strength, leading to exhaustion and instability.
• The Role of the Holy Spirit [01:11:36 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor clarifies that the Holy Spirit is not sent to remove trouble, but to equip and empower believers to go through it, citing Acts 1:8.
• Church Identity and Mission [01:09:43 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor critiques a 'lukewarm' church culture that checks boxes, urging the congregation to find their voice and equip the saints for the work of ministry.
• Surrender and Sovereignty [01:18:09 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor emphasizes that divided loyalty leads to powerlessness and that believers must willingly surrender to God's sovereignty rather than resisting it.
• Surrender and Sovereignty [01:18:09 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor argues that God calls the church out of compromise into full surrender, warning that believers will either willingly bend their hearts to God or be forced to their knees by His sovereignty.
• Spiritual Exhaustion vs. Holy Spirit Power [01:19:46 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor identifies spiritual exhaustion as a result of trying to do what only the Holy Spirit can do, using the analogy of standing in a long line at the motor vehicle department to describe the look of spiritually drained believers.
• Pentecost and End-Time Prophecy [01:22:50 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor connects Pentecost to Joel's prophecy, emphasizing that God's plan for the end times involves pouring out His Spirit on all flesh, regardless of age, gender, or status, to equip believers for warfare.
• Camp Ministry Charge [01:24:10 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor issues a charge to youth going to camp, clarifying that the primary purpose is not socializing or romance, but to be endowed with the power of the Holy Spirit and find their voice for their generation.
• Faith and Medical Diagnosis [01:32:46 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor distinguishes between faith and denial, stating that faith does not deny medical diagnoses but rather comes into agreement with God's power to heal, speaking the 'life-giving blood of Jesus' over the body's functions.
• Divine Healing and Alignment [01:35:37 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor declares the blood of Jesus functioning in the believer's veins to align the body with God's design, correcting medical diagnoses through faith.
• The Gift of Tongues and Prophecy Fulfillment [01:38:05 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor refutes the idea that spiritual gifts ended with the apostles, asserting that speaking in tongues is a fulfillment of Joel's prophecy and a sign of the Holy Spirit's presence.
• Waiting for Power vs. Information [01:44:27 ▶️ 📄]
  > Using a McDonald's anecdote, the pastor illustrates human impatience, contrasting it with Jesus' command to wait for the Holy Spirit because knowledge alone is insufficient for God's mission.
• Finding Voice and Confronting Gossip [01:46:54 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor urges believers to use their spiritual power to speak up against sin and gossip within the church, warning that silence allows the enemy to breed in the atmosphere.
• Holy Spirit as Guide and Transformer [01:53:29 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor emphasizes daily reliance on the Holy Spirit for decision-making, character transformation, and bold witness, moving from fear to courage.
• The Role of the Holy Spirit [01:53:29 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor defines the Holy Spirit as a person, not an experience, who empowers believers for witness and holy living, contrasting this with self-reliance.
• Prayer and Relationship with God [01:58:11 ▶️ 📄]
  > He argues that prayer is essential for building a relationship with God, using an analogy of a marriage to illustrate that lack of communication leads to problems.
• Spiritual Renewal and Surrender [02:04:16 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor calls the congregation to 'fan the flame' and surrender to the Holy Spirit rather than trying to be 'better Christians' through their own effort.
• Altar Call and Invocation [02:07:37 ▶️ 📄]
  > An invitation is given for those needing a fresh infilling, healing, or salvation to come to the altar, followed by corporate prayer and singing.
• Divine Guidance vs. Cultural Influence [02:32:12 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor contrasts living based on God's word against the influences of the world and social media, urging the congregation to seek understanding through prayer and the Holy Spirit.
• Spiritual Warfare and Victory [02:33:05 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor asserts that God is fighting for the congregation's lives and marriages, calling them to battle from a place of victory because they are seated in heavenly places.
• Evangelism and Church Identity [02:34:02 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor defines the congregation as 'that voice' in the workplace and society, commanding them to preach the gospel and reject negative behaviors like strife, envy, and gossip.

• Sermon Illustration [01:08:18 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about having dinner with 'Patricia and her gang,' where they compared notes and realized they were teaching the same things about the gifts of the Spirit, leading to excitement about a guest speaker preaching the same message.
• Sermon Illustration [01:15:52 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses the analogy of trying to live stream a championship football game with a phone battery at 3% to describe the spiritual exhaustion of Christians trying to operate in their own strength.
• Sermon Illustration [01:20:16 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses a humorous illustration comparing the facial expressions of spiritually exhausted believers to people standing in line at the motor vehicle department for the third time.
• Sermon Illustration [01:20:16 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses an analogy of standing in a line at the motor vehicle department for the third time to describe the facial expression of Christians who are spiritually exhausted and 'running low.'
• Sermon Illustration [01:33:49 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about a doctor's visit where the doctor, surprised by the pastor's age and lack of medication, insisted he should be taking something, illustrating the tension between medical advice and spiritual health.
• Sermon Illustration [01:34:36 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor references a hypothetical scenario where a doctor diagnoses him with cancer, using it to illustrate that while one must acknowledge the diagnosis (the fact), faith involves speaking the life of Jesus over the body to align it with God's ordination.
• Sermon Illustration [01:44:27 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor recounts a personal story of going to McDonald's on a Saturday morning, being impatient in the drive-up line while waiting for the employee to serve another truck, using this to illustrate how humans are 'horrible' at waiting compared to the divine necessity of waiting for the Holy Spirit's power.
• Sermon Illustration [01:47:50 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses an analogy of setting out a bowl of water in the backyard to attract mosquitoes, comparing it to allowing gossip to enter the church atmosphere without confrontation, which creates an 'incubator' for spiritual harm.
• Sermon Illustration [01:55:08 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor references the historical memory of TV antennas with foil on the ends, used to improve reception, as an analogy for developing 'spiritual antenna ears' to detect spiritual needs while in everyday places like Walmart.
• Sermon Illustration [01:55:08 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses an analogy of old TV antennas with foil ends that needed to be held in place to get a clear signal, comparing this to needing to 'hold' onto spiritual connection or adjust one's 'antenna' to receive God's word.
• Sermon Illustration [02:00:36 ▶️ 📄]
  > He tells a humorous story about a husband who hasn't spoken to his wife in a year and is surprised by marriage problems, illustrating that one cannot expect intimacy with God without communication.
• Sermon Illustration [01:59:36 ▶️ 📄]
  > He references a personal anecdote about sitting at a table in Chili's having church, noting that he wrote his message three weeks prior, unaware that a speaker had already used similar themes, to emphasize the consistency of God's message.

• Pastoral Charge [01:07:28 ▶️ 📄]
  > Look up the definition of the word 'all' in a dictionary to understand its inclusive nature.
• Pastoral Charge [01:19:08 ▶️ 📄]
  > Willingly and obediently surrender one's heart to God now, rather than being forced to submit later.
• Pastoral Charge [01:24:10 ▶️ 📄]
  > Camp attendees are commanded to come to the altar, form a semi-circle, and stretch their hands.
• Pastoral Charge [01:28:34 ▶️ 📄]
  > The congregation is commanded to lay hands on their mothers and pray for them while the campers are away.
• Pastoral Charge [01:37:56 ▶️ 📄]
  > Clap hands in praise to the Lord.
• Pastoral Charge [01:39:01 ▶️ 📄]
  > Agree with the pastor's refutation of false doctrines.
• Pastoral Charge [01:50:27 ▶️ 📄]
  > Prepare for a humorous correction of a colleague.
• Pastoral Charge [02:34:32 ▶️ 📄]
  > Verbally share the gospel message in daily life.
• Pastoral Charge [02:34:49 ▶️ 📄]
  > Stop participating in or agreeing with negative interpersonal behaviors.

[00:32:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]
[00:32:01] walking in your true identity come on now and with water or fire because look christ in the spirit and you are seated above all of that junk it's under your feet you're not trying to in the western world place of authority you have to stand up you are seated the orange tribe amen amen amen well welcome come on church welcome to river of life give it up
[00:34:16] for jesus wow well what a great weekend we have had makes me cry i told one of the ladies i just cried all day yesterday they're all looking at are you okay i'm okay you know it just blessed
[00:34:31] my socks off because we brought in patricia and she brought in her two ladies amber and darla and they just ministered to every lady so lady give it up if you had a great time yesterday
[00:34:45] it was so so good i can't express that enough all right and ladies let's give it up for the men who came who served those that donated food let's give it up for them because we had an amazing
[00:35:01] that breakfast was ephesians 320 it was exceedingly abundantly more than we could even ask or think or imagine it was so good so thank you thank you thank you what an awesome event and my prayer is that it just wasn't an event my prayer is that every lady that came the water
[00:35:26] we washed we put down every lie on a piece of paper that has been spoken over us since we could remember since childhood and we came out of agreement with every single lie that has been
[00:35:42] spoken over us and we put those on a piece of paper and we dropped it down in the water and I was telling pastor that you could see the ink begin to rise up you could actually see the words
[00:35:53] floating if you looked real close and then all of a sudden you went down to grab it and it was gone and that's what our heavenly father does it was a representation of we give him all of those
[00:36:06] things that have been spoken over us we come out of agreement with this and he washes all of those away so do not pick up those lies again the representation of the fires we put all of our
[00:36:19] fears upon that piece of paper and we spoke scriptures over them and then we came to the altar and we lit them on fire and threw it up in the air and again it all went away and so ladies
[00:36:34] my prayer is it was not just an event but it is a transformation of taking authority of who we are in Christ right we are above and not below we we are daughters of the most high king and all of
[00:36:52] his scriptures all of his words are things that we speak over ourselves and we began to change the lies that we believe to the truth of the word of God that he has spoken over each and every one of
[00:37:05] us right and so it was an awesome event if you missed it I'm I'm sorry you missed it but you we will have other other activities like that other conferences because it truly was effective to
[00:37:19] every lady that came. Youth, are you ready? Here you go to camp on Tuesday and you are the orange tribe and the adults. Are you ready? All the adults that are going. Yes. So make sure that you have
[00:37:41] received everything from Osneth and, and you know what time you need to be here. So you don't miss the bus and the shuttle we have two we have a people shuttle and a van going so there's about
[00:37:53] 30 am i right there's about 30 31 sending to camp this week so please all of us other adults that are staying home let's please be praying over each and every one of them traveling mercies
[00:38:09] all those that are going that number one traveling mercies for protection as they get there but number two that they also will have their hearts open to receive everything that God has prepared to pour into our youth into our adults that are going amen one more announcement men there is no
[00:38:28] men's uh breakfast this month and it will adjourn in July so you guys have been working so hard that um we are going to push it back until July so nothing in June so uh just make note of that
[00:38:42] there is no meeting leaders if you got a notification about the leaders meeting this afternoon there is no meeting um so let's all stand is there anything else that i might have missed did i cover it all yes all right well how many is here to just get into the word of god
[00:39:02] this morning to be present to lean in to grab hold to catch everything that god has poured into Pastor Michael. I know that he's been excited. He's like, I just can't wait for Sunday to get
[00:39:20] here. And it's here, Pastor. So let's just go. Father, we thank you for this morning, this beautiful morning. We welcome every visitor here today. If you are new here and if you've not been greeted, if you snuck in a door or two without us noticing, you be sure that you get a hug from
[00:39:39] somebody because we love that you're here we love that you're here to receive everything that god has for you also it's not a coincidence that you're here this morning it's a divine appointment and so i just pray that each and every person here this morning would father you would just
[00:39:57] pour into us everything that you have laid out the plan that you have that we surrender our plan to you from the very beginning to the very end father god that only your word will be spoken
[00:40:10] only the things that you have laid out today will happen and father i give you glory i give you honor in the mighty name of jesus we all said amen let's get excited my church who's ready to worship this

[00:40:26] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_11]
[00:40:26] morning i know we're low high right now sing this with us that was my cue isn't isn't god good

[00:58:22] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[00:58:22] Doesn't it feel good to be in an atmosphere?
[00:58:25] A kingdom atmosphere?
[00:58:27] Amen?
[00:58:28] God is so, so good.
[00:58:33] Well, church, you know me.
[00:58:34] I put people on the spot.
[00:58:37] And this morning's no different.
[00:58:39] The Word of God says give honor where honor is due.
[00:58:43] Okay?
[00:58:43] That's biblical.
[00:58:44] Okay?
[00:58:45] I'm not going to let the devil...
[00:58:47] Listen, ladies.
[00:58:49] You need to find your voice.
[00:58:58] Because if we remain silent Then the devil prevails Ladies you've been poured into You have been enriched You have been endued with power from on high In this season In this time Ladies you need to find your voice
[00:59:22] And you need to begin to speak Of his power Of his authority why because if you remain silent the enemy will prevail the enemy will prevail men come here greg and cory that's your pastor talking i'm not asking come on give my hand as you know greg was elected
[01:00:03] as a deacon this year hallelujah cory went to the women's ministry or the women's conference in springs and the holy spirit told her you need to go invite that lady to alamosa and it was patricia and cory was obedient and she said i want you to just come speak at one
[01:00:31] of our women's event and because they have such a heart for souls and such a heart to pour into people it it morphed into what we had yesterday friday and saturday a powerful powerful powerful
[01:00:47] powerful conference thank you for your obedience no no no no you did the work you did the work you received that god's all over you i know that but you did the work and thank you for that
[01:01:02] thank you for your obedience amen give him a hand hallelujah thank you guys and we got mom back there in full support our sister Deanna she she's our uh she's our first uh uh i member
[01:01:30] she watches us online she says pastor i want to be a member of the church i said come on we'll figure what we'll figure it out so next sunday father's day is that father's day next sunday
[01:01:47] right got a guest speaker coming in don't miss it ladies don't miss it dads bring your family to church then they can wine and dine you after church but we're going to we're going to do a
[01:02:04] baptismal next sunday right i know there were some of you that asked hey next baptismal will you let me know i know this is fast but we can handle it right so next sunday morning we're
[01:02:19] going to be baptizing some people if you want to be baptized uh call the office give them your name and if you if you're not sure just bring a change of clothes and a towel okay so that if you decide
[01:02:33] at the last minute to jump in you can jump in with us come on church come on it's time for the church to find its voice you know i i was reading in judges just before prayer because the lord brought
[01:02:48] to my memory that Samson said I will shake myself as before he said I will shake myself as before and I will rise up read it but he was laying in the lap of Delilah and he was deceived and Delilah
[01:03:05] had cut his hair but you know what Samson's confidence Samson's trust was in his hair you see it's time for the church to shake themselves and rise up in the power of the holy spirit and begin to find our voice and begin to speak to this generation
[01:03:32] because we have a generation of non-christians we have a generation of young people that are looking for genuine moves of god they're not just looking for the good feelings they're not looking for the, amen. God is so good. God is so good. Come on, give him a hand clap of praise. Tell him
[01:04:02] he's a good, good God. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Amen, amen, amen. I'm gonna let you be seated or I'll start preaching and I'll miss everything we got to do first. Amen. So have a seat. Amen. Ushers or deacons, if you'd come, let's pray for this offering represents us in a different
[01:04:18] form. Listen, church, I want to thank you for being so generous. I know lately we've been asking, we've been asking, we've been asking. You've given to support you to go to camp who are leaving
[01:04:30] Tuesday. You've given for the women's ministry. You gave in the offering. You paid for the conference. You've done all of these things. And then Sunday morning, we put the baskets out and ask you to give again. Listen, I believe that we serve a big, big God. Amen. And I believe the God
[01:04:45] that sits on that throne will honor our giving. Amen. And I just praise God for it. Amen. So stretch your hands. Father, we lift up this giving. We lift up this offering that represents us in a
[01:04:55] different form, Father God. It represents us coming into covenant, Father God, with you.
[01:05:00] So Father, we praise you. We thank you for the opportunity and the ability to give, Father God.
[01:05:05] Lord, I praise you and I thank you that you're going to bless it to build the kingdom of heaven, father god and lord we will oh father god we will storm the gates of hell we will plunder hell and
[01:05:16] populate heaven father god and lord i praise you and i thank you father god in the name of jesus amen and amen thank you gentlemen hallelujah give the lord a hand clap of praise amen amen amen amen
[01:05:27] is there anything else we're good uh nursery we fish that way uh kids net upstairs be nice to your teachers. Amen. They are people too. Amen. Amen. Open up your Bibles. We're going to be in
[01:05:44] the book of Acts this morning. The book of Acts. This is the book that is written about the acts of the apostles. Amen. It's not an axe that you chop wood with. It's spelled A-C-T-S. Amen.
[01:06:01] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You read, Brother Sergio? Where are you going? All right. Go ahead. Go ahead.

[01:06:20] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]
[01:06:20] But I'll get with you when you get back.
[01:06:22] Amen.

[01:06:24] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[01:06:24] Acts.

[01:06:25] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]
[01:06:25] There we go.
[01:06:31] How many of you love technology?
[01:06:33] I love technology.
[01:06:37] Thank you, Jesus.

[01:06:40] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[01:06:40] Hallelujah.
[01:06:40] I should have done this before.
[01:06:44] Amen.
[01:06:46] You read a scripture this morning in prayer.
[01:06:53] The something of the believers is many.

[01:07:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[01:07:01] Hang on.

[01:07:01] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[01:07:01] this is not in my message but it's a good word and i want you to listen psalms 34 18 the lord is near to those who have a broken heart and have such as have have a contrite spirit
[01:07:21] many are the afflictions of the righteous come on but the lord delivers him out of them all all

[01:07:28] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[01:07:28] Amen. All. I want you to go look up the word all. That's not my message. In Webster's Dictionary, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, and go look at the definition. It says all-inclusive.
[01:07:44] All means all. God says that the, what is it? What's the word? The blank of the righteous?
[01:07:53] The afflictions. I was going to say iniquities. That's not what it says. The afflictions of the Righteous are many, right?
[01:08:02] Job said it this way, life is full of trouble, then you die, amen?
[01:08:07] But God didn't leave you in the midst of your afflictions, amen?
[01:08:11] God did not leave you in the midst of your afflictions, amen?
[01:08:15] I've been talking about spirit-led living.
[01:08:18] I had an awesome dinner with Patricia and her gang Friday night, and we started comparing notes and found that many of the things that she was going to share Saturday morning and Saturday were many of the things that I had already been sharing.
[01:08:36] She said, Pastor, how receptive is your church, or how open are you to the gifts of the Spirit, in particular the Holy Spirit and the evidence with speaking in tongues?
[01:08:47] I said, girl, I've been teaching on it for a couple of weeks now, and I've done in-depth studies before.
[01:08:53] I said, we're very open to it.
[01:08:55] she said okay um she said i know how to how to proceed and we just conversed and i told her i said you're preaching my message sunday morning and and so i'm excited about that why are you
[01:09:06] excited about that i'm excited about that because i'm talking to different people and i'm preaching some things and i'm sharing some things and you can hear it in my voice i'm already fired up and
[01:09:15] ready to go um and uh and and and they're telling me that god's doing this in my life pastor and God showed me this in my life, and it's the same thing that you're preaching, and it's not a deal
[01:09:26] of where I don't need to preach it. It's a deal where God is doing something in the body of Christ.
[01:09:31] God is doing something in the kingdom, amen, and he's trying to wake up his church to begin to find our voice, to begin to find what he's called us to do, for us to begin to put our hand to the plow
[01:09:43] and not look back, amen. He's tired of a church that is lukewarm. He's tired of a church that lives one way and comes to church on Sunday morning just to check off a box. God is looking
[01:09:54] for a people that will find their voice and will begin to stand up and preach the gospel wherever they find themselves. Amen. Hallelujah. We don't just bring in these speakers. We don't just put them up in hotels just to have a conference, to say we've had a conference. We bring them in to
[01:10:12] equip the saints, right? That's the job of the church. That's the call of the church is to live by the great commandment is to fulfill the great commitment, right? And it is to equip the saints
[01:10:24] for the work of the ministry. Hallelujah. You're a little fired up. Yes, I am. I haven't even read the scripture yet. Acts chapter one, slow down, calm down, right? As we would say in Hispanic,
[01:10:46] calmate, bro, calmate. I'm going to get fired up, church. I'm just getting started.
[01:10:55] Acts chapter six, or I'm sorry, Acts chapter one.
[01:10:59] Acts chapter one in verse six.
[01:11:03] So when they had come together, they asked him, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
[01:11:10] Listen to what the disciples are asking.
[01:11:14] Lord, will you get us out of our oppression?
[01:11:17] Will you rescue us from our troubles?
[01:11:20] You see the same thing in the church today.
[01:11:22] We got a church that is asking god That they can live their lives without any troubles That's why I had brother sergio read that scripture because the afflictions of the of the believer the the affliction afflictions of the church
[01:11:36] Are many amen God did not send the holy spirit to pull you out of your trouble God brought the holy spirit to equip you to be able to be empowered to be able to go through your trouble. Hallelujah
[01:11:48] It is not for you to know It is not for you to know the times or the season.
[01:11:57] The Father has fixed his, by his own authority.
[01:12:01] Somebody asked me, does the Holy Spirit and Jesus know everything that God knows?
[01:12:05] No, they don't.
[01:12:06] Says it right there.
[01:12:08] Jesus is speaking.
[01:12:09] It's not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
[01:12:15] Hallelujah.
[01:12:16] But you will receive.
[01:12:19] Oh, come on now.
[01:12:21] That's it.
[01:12:22] That's all you got.
[01:12:25] You got people out there dying of cancer.
[01:12:26] is that all you got because they're coming to you they're coming to you because you're the one that's wearing the sign around your neck that says i got jesus you're the one that's got the
[01:12:38] jesus teacher at on right i wore my jesus in the street t-shirt yesterday i wear my shirt the my three favorite shirts jesus in the streets prayer is my superpower and jesus is my superhero right
[01:12:50] and i wear them all the time and people look at me and they're like hey i love that shirt thank you Do you know Jesus?
[01:12:56] Well, I don't want to talk about religion.
[01:12:58] Okay.
[01:13:00] But they're looking to you.
[01:13:02] They're looking to you.
[01:13:04] Right?
[01:13:05] It says, but you will receive.
[01:13:08] Let's try it one more time.
[01:13:10] Thank you.
[01:13:11] When the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all of Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.
[01:13:20] To the ends of the earth.
[01:13:21] Father, we praise you.
[01:13:22] We thank you, Father God.
[01:13:23] Lord, I just ask that you would just speak through my mind.
[01:13:26] Father God, think through my mind, I'm sorry.
[01:13:28] Speak through my lips those words that lift in courage and edify your people, Father.
[01:13:32] Lord, we're not interested, Father God, in the opinions of men, but we're interested in a rhema word, Father God, from your very throne.
[01:13:39] So, Father, I ask the Holy Spirit to come to lead and guide my words today, to guard my tongue today, Father God, that nothing would come out that is not of you, Father, but that the Holy Spirit would flow through me and in me, Father God,
[01:13:53] to bring about the message for this season. Father, Lord, I praise you and I thank you in Jesus' name. Amen and amen. You may be seated. It's a good thing I didn't wear a jacket because
[01:14:03] I'd probably sweat right through it today. So last week, last week we learned that God is still in charge. God is still in charge. Even today, God is still in charge. The world may change.
[01:14:19] Culture may change, but God does not because he is a never changing. Thank you, brother.
[01:14:24] He is a never-changing God, amen?
[01:14:27] Yet that raises an important question.
[01:14:30] It raises an important question.
[01:14:32] And the question is a question of why.
[01:14:35] Why or how?
[01:14:37] How?
[01:14:37] How do believers actually live faithfully in difficult times?
[01:14:41] How do we do this, pastor?
[01:14:43] It's a valid question.
[01:14:46] How do I do this?
[01:14:47] I got all this knowledge rattling around in my head like marbles.
[01:14:50] What do I do with this?
[01:14:51] How do I do this?
[01:14:52] When I walk out of a service and a weekend like we had, and all of a sudden the enemy attacks, how do I do this?
[01:15:01] How do we navigate confusion that we're battling, Father God?
[01:15:06] How do we stand for truth in the midst of a world that will rip you to shreds?
[01:15:14] How do we do this?
[01:15:16] How do we love people who disagree with us?
[01:15:19] How do we remain joyful when the world seems increasingly anxious?
[01:15:25] How do I do this, Father, when at times I feel overwhelmed?
[01:15:29] At times I'm shaky because I'm anxious.
[01:15:33] How do I navigate that, Father?
[01:15:37] You see, the answer is not found in trying harder.
[01:15:41] The answer is not found in being a better Christian.
[01:15:46] It's not up to you.
[01:15:48] Oh, my goodness, come on.
[01:15:52] It's like we're trying to live stream.
[01:15:56] the championship football game and our battery on our phone is at 3% that's the way we're living as Christians today I believe it with all of my heart we're running around exhausted on 3% battery
[01:16:13] we're running around overwhelmed and anxious it doesn't work eventually you're going to run out of power and when you run out of power from God when you run out of power from the Holy Spirit
[01:16:28] all of a sudden you step into the flesh and you begin to operate in the flesh.
[01:16:39] You see, many believers today are attempting to live supernatural lives with natural strength, with natural strength.
[01:16:56] But see, scripture is clear.
[01:16:58] And it says a double-minded man is unstable in all of his ways, in all of hers ways.
[01:17:05] A double-minded man, woman, is unstable in all of his or her ways.
[01:17:14] You see, you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of the world.
[01:17:18] You cannot set your affection on things above while your heart is changed to this present age.
[01:17:23] God does not pour out his power upon life that clings to lukewarmness.
[01:17:27] The spirit of God is holy and he calls for holiness of his people.
[01:17:32] If you sow to the flesh, you will reap corruption.
[01:17:35] But if you walk in the spirit, you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
[01:17:40] Do not be deceived.
[01:17:46] The devil is a liar.
[01:17:55] Divided loyalty will leave you barren, weak, and powerless.
[01:18:02] But I got good news.
[01:18:04] God's not mocked.
[01:18:07] God is not mocked.
[01:18:09] He is calling his church out of mixture, out of compromise, out of lukewarmness, out of carnality into full surrender you see that's where it's at obediently surrendering those are the keys obediently surrendering men we struggle we struggle with that because all
[01:18:48] of a sudden we act like we're from espanola and we say you're not the boss of me oh no no no no no sir. No, bro. No, bro. It don't work that way, bro. Because he is a sovereign God. You're either
[01:19:08] going to willingly, obediently bend your heart towards him, or when Jesus shows up, he is going to force you on your knees. But you're going on your knees. Because it says, every knee shall bow. You see, shall is a legal term. It's an absolute. That'll hold up in the court of law.
[01:19:46] You see, believers, we're spiritually exhausted because we've been trying to do what only the Holy Spirit can do.
[01:19:55] We've been trying to do what only the Holy Spirit can do.
[01:20:01] You know how you can tell if Christians are running low spiritually?
[01:20:05] You don't want them to tell you how you can tell?
[01:20:07] Next time you come into church, look at their faces in the middle of worship.
[01:20:16] And if they look like they're standing in the line at the motor vehicle department for the third time,

[01:20:21] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[01:20:21] they're running low.
[01:20:22] how long you been here about an hour your first trip no it's my third and i'm in church worshiping

[01:20:35] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]
[01:20:35] thank you jesus jesus never shows up this is my worship i'm not talking about any of you guys all right that's just me i i that was i let you into my brain that was my imagination
[01:20:56] because i've stood in that line i've been out of gas i've been at the end of my rope i've been

[01:21:07] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[01:21:07] completely empty spiritually. But you see, God never intended, God never intended me to live apart from the Holy Spirit. But I do that. I get away. I wander. I drift.
[01:21:34] And I get empty. In the middle of crisis, I come running back. God, help me, help me, help me.
[01:21:46] right the christian life you as a believer were never intended to live apart from the power of the holy spirit i love that i love all the visuals that patricia did i love it getting up
[01:22:12] on a table because that's what the word of god says about you as a christian as a as a daughter that you were seated in heavenly places with him that you were above and not beneath that you were
[01:22:27] the head and not the tail. That you are blessed coming in and blessed going out. That he is your Jehovah Jireh. He is your Jehovah Rohe. But yet we walk around with this face. You see, Pentecost
[01:22:50] was God's plan. Pentecost was God's plan for the end times. Oh, you got to hear this, church.
[01:23:00] I need you to listen. We didn't just bring Patricia in just to have her because she's a great person. We brought her in to equip you. And if you leave your weapons of warfare right where
[01:23:13] you found them, they're not going to do you any good because the devil is relentless. He's not giving up. Some of you, he's already attacked and it hadn't even been 24 hours, right? Pentecost was
[01:23:30] God's plan for the end times. Joel chapter two, verse 28, 29. And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour my spirit out on all flesh.
[01:23:40] Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.
[01:23:43] Your old men shall dream dreams.
[01:23:46] Your young men shall see visions.
[01:23:48] Even on the male and female servants in those days, I will pour out my spirit.
[01:23:55] God is not a respecter of persons.
[01:23:59] Young people, youth.
[01:24:03] I did forget something.
[01:24:08] Can I do it right now?
[01:24:10] I want everybody that's going to camp, come to the altar.
[01:24:13] move quickly, everybody, quickly, come on, I want you to kind of stand in a semi-circle looking at me, don't look at them, because they'll scare you, hallelujah, oh, we're scurrying, come on, stretch your hands, church, listen, here's my charge as pastor, young, old, I don't care,
[01:24:43] okay, you're not going to camp for a hookup, right, you're not going to camp to make new friends, You're not going to camp to get away from your mom and dad.
[01:24:57] You are going to camp to be endued with the power of the Holy Spirit.
[01:25:04] Because God needs you as young people, as Generation Z, as Generation X, as Generation whatever you are, to find your voice and begin to speak to your generation.
[01:25:17] Now you may find your next husband.
[01:25:23] You may have a good time.
[01:25:26] That's okay.
[01:25:27] But that's not the priority.
[01:25:29] So when you're in those services, I need you to pay attention I need you to listen Because the word of god is going to be preached There is going to be an anointing to receive the baptism in the holy spirit
[01:25:45] And if I find out I was gonna say i'm gonna take my belt off and You know what i'm talking about, right?
[01:26:08] Sometimes sometimes mom just in the car just starts swinging it She never hits the person that did it stretch your hands church come on father we lift these these people up these people are you people brothers and sisters
[01:26:28] lord leaders father god men and women anointed the father god i call him anointed father i call him blessed coming in and blessed going out father oh i call him healed in jesus name healed in jesus name i praise you and i thank you father that you're going to fill him up father god
[01:26:54] this week. Every single one of them, Father. We anoint them, Father God. We call their names before you, Father God, that you're going to do a great and mighty work, Father God, in them. And Lord,
[01:27:05] you're going to bring them back with a voice, Father God. You're going to bring them back with a voice for their generation, Father. A voice for this nation, Father God. A voice for River of Life,
[01:27:16] Father God. A voice for Alamosa, Father God. Lord, I praise you and I thank you, Father God, That you are going to anoint them You are going to give them gifts and abilities And talents Father God
[01:27:28] You are going to prepare them Father God For this season of warfare Father God That no weapon formed against them Shall prosper But everything Father God Everything that they set their hand to do Father God
[01:27:40] Everything Father And Lord we declare We decree that they will be blessed We declare and decree That they will be anointed We declare we decree Father God that they will come back equipped for the battle father i praise you i thank you father in jesus
[01:27:59] mighty name amen and amen you may be seated hallelujah pray for them church this week they leave tuesday morning at eight they'll be back friday hallelujah your mom and dad aren't here when you get home i want you to lay hands on your mom pray for her what i just prayed
[01:28:34] word for word pastor you're too much hallelujah hey i don't know what god's doing it's different but are you ready right so so watch this so joel prophesies the holy spirit the day of pentecost
[01:29:13] was fulfilled prophecy so every day that you walk with the holy spirit you are walking in a prophecy, in a fulfilled prophecy, in a fulfilled prophecy. You see, for centuries, Israel had anticipated the coming Messiah. Many had failed to understand. What they'd failed to
[01:29:42] understand was that God also promised a coming, an outpouring of his spirit, right? They're simply, they're like us. They're simply looking for a God to rescue them out of their oppression, for a God to rescue them out of their fears
[01:29:56] and out of their anxiety.
[01:29:58] They're just like us.
[01:29:59] That we want God to give us a trouble-free life.
[01:30:04] But I'm sorry, church.
[01:30:05] God never promised that.
[01:30:09] Never promised that.
[01:30:11] And if you've had a man of God, a pastor say, come to Jesus and your life will be a bowl of cherries.
[01:30:17] He lied to you.
[01:30:21] Because nowhere in the word of God does it promise that.
[01:30:23] But God says, I will send the comforter.
[01:30:32] I will send one who will walk alongside you every day, who is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel that says that God is not a respecter of persons, that God is going to pour himself out,
[01:30:44] his Holy Spirit out on the young.
[01:30:46] God's going to pour his Spirit out on the old.
[01:30:49] God's going to pour his Spirit out on the servant, right?
[01:30:53] God's going to pour his Spirit out on the lowest of low.
[01:30:56] so I don't know where you're at in life I don't know what the devil sold a lie to you but if listen if you're beat down and without hope this morning the Holy Spirit is for you
[01:31:06] hallelujah but we do this in our society we get up in years and we think we're done and we and we and we relegate ourselves to the sideline God never said that there is no retirement plan in the Bible
[01:31:24] God says be endued with power from on high Let your mortal body be quickened the same power that raised christ from the dead dwells in me. Hallelujah Come out of agreement Wasn't that good to hear that word?
[01:31:45] Come out of agreement Come into agreement With who god says you are Come out of agreement with the lies of the devil and come into agreement With who god says you are You see, God promised them a day that it would come when the spirit would be poured out on all
[01:32:18] flesh, on sons and daughters, on young and old, on men and women, every social class. There was nobody excluded. And they did not realize, they did not recognize, like us today, that it wasn't just to set them free, but it was for them to live their lives every single day. Because the
[01:32:46] afflictions of the righteous are many but God will deliver you from all every affliction that you're facing every battle that you're going through every spirit of infirmity that comes upon you listen quit talking it right I understand faith let me let me say this faith does not deny
[01:33:07] the fact that the doctors they have this knowledge and they have this ability to to to diagnose what's going on in your body through running, hallelujah, through running blood tests.
[01:33:19] The life is in the blood, hallelujah. The life is in the blood. They take blood samples. Why?
[01:33:26] Because they need to know what's going on in your life because the life is in the blood.
[01:33:31] And they look at your blood and they say there's something abnormal going on in the blood.
[01:33:38] And they tell you, oh, I know it gets a little crazy. I went to one of those crazy doctors.
[01:33:49] for a physical. Pulls out his notepads. He says, now what medications are you taking?
[01:34:00] I mean, I said, what do you mean? He goes, well, what prescribed medications do you take? I said, I don't take any. He said, how old are you? I said, I'm 40 something. He said, you should be
[01:34:12] taking something. I said, no, no, no, no. You don't understand. I don't need to be taking anything and I don't want anything. How's your blood pressure? I said, I'm not really sure how to read that thing, but I think it's fine. I've been to those doctors. Faith does not deny the fact
[01:34:36] the doctors have diagnosed me with cancer. Oh no, you don't, you don't have cancer. No, no, no. You don't understand. This guy went to school for 20 years. This guy knows what he's talking about. He's diagnosed me with cancer. Okay. Right. All right. You got a diagnosis. I say this all
[01:35:04] the time. That's why I'm so glad that they gave COVID a name for this very reason, because my word says I may have been diagnosed. That's the fact. But my word says that the name of Jesus is
[01:35:20] above every name. I might be sick. I might have whatever they say I have. It's got a name. But you know what? I'm going to speak the life giving blood of Jesus Christ because the life is in the
[01:35:37] blood. I'm going to call and I'm going to begin to declare a decree that my blood began to function as God ordained it to function and that the blood of Jesus Christ began to flow through my veins
[01:35:49] and my body began to come into alignment with the way that God ordained it to be. Hallelujah.
[01:35:55] He knitted me together in my mother's womb and he didn't make any mistakes. Hallelujah.
[01:35:59] you see how that works this is not my notes right you had a diagnosis you stood in faith right you followed the plans of the doctors and in that plan the Holy Spirit got in there
[01:36:26] and corrected things and you rang that bell and it's not ever coming back it's not ever coming back amen And when you start to feel that way, you say, no, no, no, no, wait a minute.
[01:36:45] I've been healed.
[01:36:47] You're not allowed.
[01:36:49] I come out of agreement with infirmity in my life.
[01:36:52] I come out of agreement.
[01:36:55] You're going to completely and totally recover.
[01:36:58] You're going to look back in just a few years and it's going to seem so foreign to you because God's going to have done so much in your life.
[01:37:11] Find your voice.
[01:37:14] Find your voice in this because there's young ladies that need to hear it.
[01:37:19] And if you remain silent about what God did in your life, that the enemy wins.
[01:37:28] Then they're dependent on the doctors.
[01:37:30] Then they're dependent just on medicine.
[01:37:32] Does that stuff work?
[01:37:33] Absolutely, it does.
[01:37:35] But God is the healer.
[01:37:37] God is the one that has inspired the minds that have invented all of that stuff.
[01:37:42] God is the one that's given doctors knowledge.
[01:37:45] So it all comes from God.
[01:37:46] Come on, give the Lord a hand clap of praise.
[01:37:56] Hallelujah, because he's a living God.
[01:37:58] You see, people, churches, they want you to believe, oh, God's not a healing God.
[01:38:03] There are no miracles anymore.
[01:38:05] That was just for them.
[01:38:06] The gift of the Holy Spirit speaking in tongues ended when the last apostle died.
[01:38:11] That is a lie.
[01:38:14] Because your word does not say that.
[01:38:16] Oh, sure, you can twist it and turn it and make it say.
[01:38:20] But that's not the God that I serve.
[01:38:23] Because I know what the Holy Spirit inside of me does.
[01:38:25] I know what it is that when I break out praying in my heavenly prayer language all of a sudden things begin to move Why because it is in my it is in my speaking in tongues in my holy spirit gift
[01:38:38] That mountains begin to move that I pray a perfect prayer to a perfect god And he hears me and he begins to move on my behalf. Why because I am a child I am a son of the king of kings
[01:38:51] Come on now So much for that message, huh?
[01:39:01] and how many of you how many of you here right carissa with your two new little ones wouldn't do anything right wouldn't do anything for them jump in front of a car zach right and the word of god says you being evil how much more a god who is perfect and loves us
[01:39:44] perfectly would do far more. You see, it's not about an experience. I said this Wednesday night, Pentecost was a fulfillment. The coming, the infilling, the endowment in the upper room was for the fulfillment of prophecy. So those that speak in tongues, ladies, those of you that came
[01:40:19] forward Saturday and spoke in tongues, you are a fulfillment of prophecy. You are fulfilling biblical prophecy that was written thousands and thousands that God gave that God said I know I know that there's going to be a woman's conference and I know that there's going to
[01:40:36] be some ladies that need to find their voice and I am going to fill them up with the Holy Spirit and Joel says your sons and your daughters oh hallelujah you are a fulfillment God knew the
[01:40:54] church would need supernatural endowment God knew that we would be battling with the things that we're battling with in 2026 and he said i'm going to send i'm going to send jesus said i need to go
[01:41:06] so that i could send another hallelujah because jesus could only be in one place at one time but the holy spirit can be everywhere at the same time hallelujah he can be with carlos on the other end of the state and he can be with me in my prayer closet at the same time
[01:41:31] and dealing with two different individuals, but dealing with them perfectly, perfectly the way that God designed them.
[01:41:42] You see, God doesn't come to me with Adrian's plans and try to apply them to me.
[01:41:47] God comes to me with the plans that he has for me, and he applies it to me in my life as an individual.
[01:41:55] He's not a cookie cutter.
[01:41:57] He's not the same Holy Spirit to Andreas that he is to Sergio.
[01:42:02] what are you talking about I'm talking about finding your voice I don't care how old you are I don't care how young you are I don't care if you if you have no hope today
[01:42:17] the Holy Spirit wants you to find your voice Jesus didn't send a program he sent the Holy Spirit he sent the Holy Spirit right notice what Jesus did not say right in verse 8 He did not say you will receive a better strategy.
[01:42:41] He did not say you will receive a stronger personalities.
[01:42:45] He did not say you will receive a greater political influence.
[01:42:50] He didn't say those things.
[01:42:55] What he said was that you would receive power.
[01:43:02] Power.
[01:43:04] It's the Greek word dunamis.
[01:43:07] It's the same place that we get our word dynamite.
[01:43:10] That's what you receive.
[01:43:15] a supernatural, at times volatile. Girl, you better look out or I will go off on you at any time. You just never know. Explosive power. But you see, the power of the Holy Spirit is the right
[01:43:35] power for the right time, for the right season of your life. It means miraculous power, divine accountability, supernatural enablement. So why did Jesus command them? Why did Jesus command them to wait? Why did Jesus command the disciples to wait, right? Think about this. They'd already
[01:44:04] seen the resurrection. They'd walked with Jesus for three years. They'd been sitting under his teaching. They heard his teachings, right? They witnessed miracles, and yet Jesus told them to wait. We need to learn something here, church, because we're not good at waiting. We're horrible.
[01:44:27] I went to McDonald's Saturday morning.
[01:44:32] There wasn't nobody in line.
[01:44:34] There wasn't nobody in the drive-up.
[01:44:40] I was in a little bit of hurry.
[01:44:42] Michael hurry.
[01:44:44] I pull up at the drive-up.
[01:44:47] I'm looking at the menu.
[01:44:48] I decide what I want.
[01:44:49] I'm ready to order.
[01:44:51] As soon as he says, how can I help you?
[01:44:53] I'm ready to order.
[01:44:55] And I'm waiting.
[01:45:02] I'm like, do I need to pull up to the window?
[01:45:06] I'm waiting.
[01:45:09] So another truck pulls up on the second on the outside.
[01:45:12] And I'm waiting.
[01:45:13] and the guy finally comes on and he's waiting on the other truck that got there after I got there.
[01:45:24] Waiting.
[01:45:32] I'm like, I'm done.
[01:45:35] I'm going to tell whoever's at that window.
[01:45:37] How dare you not wait on me first?
[01:45:39] I was there before them and I waited longer than they were.
[01:45:44] We're not good at it.
[01:45:50] But why did Jesus tell him to wait?
[01:45:54] Right?
[01:45:54] Come on, church.
[01:45:57] Why?
[01:45:59] Because information alone is insufficient.
[01:46:02] information alone is insufficient.
[01:46:07] They had the knowledge.
[01:46:11] but they had not been endued with power.
[01:46:18] Knowledge without power cannot accomplish God's mission.
[01:46:22] The baptism of the Holy Spirit is for mission, is for mission.
[01:46:28] God never intended his church to operate merely on willpower and education.
[01:46:33] Listen to me, listen to me.
[01:46:35] We got churches that are well-educated.
[01:46:37] We got churches that have great pastors, but we have very few churches that have been endued with power.
[01:46:48] We need churches that are endued with power to begin to find their voice and begin to speak.
[01:46:54] We've been silent way too long.
[01:46:56] Doesn't mean that you're rude.
[01:46:57] Doesn't mean that you're obnoxious.
[01:46:59] But what it does mean is that when, when, when, when ladies, when your sister comes to you after the conference and starts to, and starts to gossip in your ear, you say, excuse me.
[01:47:09] I don't think so. And we speak up because when you listen to it now, pastor, it just goes in one ear and out the other. No, no, no, no, no. You allow it to get into the atmosphere. You allow it to
[01:47:32] breed once again. Oh, come on now. Take a, take a bowl of water and go set it out in your backyard in the middle of the grass and then complain about how many mosquitoes you got. Well, honey,
[01:47:50] You set up an incubator for mosquitoes.
[01:47:54] You set up an atmosphere, a container, but because you haven't found your voice and you're not willing to tell your sister in love, shut up, I'm sorry, honey, would you please not talk that way?
[01:48:33] Because it just really disturbs me because the church becomes a breeding ground and the enemy, we give it life.
[01:48:53] And the enemy takes everything that God has established, everything, every weapon that God has given us, and the enemy begins to tear it down because we haven't found our voice.
[01:49:08] They're your brothers.
[01:49:09] They're your sisters in Christ.
[01:49:11] They're headed for eternity with you.
[01:49:16] And dear God, listen, they might just miss eternity if you don't step up and say something.
[01:49:28] They may not get to heaven because you didn't say anything.
[01:49:31] six things six things that god hates seven that are an abomination a lying tongue when you're gossiping you're lying that's not in my notes either what's the purpose why did god give the holy spirit the power is given for witness the power is given for ministry the power is given
[01:50:27] for advancing the kingdom. Pentecost was a preparation for mission, for mission. Come on now. I'm going to give Edgar a hard time. Listen, listen. The power of the Holy Spirit was not given so that we could wear it like a badge, so that we could roll up our sleeves and flex.
[01:51:06] Sun's out, guns out. Curls are for girls. I'm just, I don't know what I'm doing.
[01:51:27] Pentecost was given to prepare us for mission.
[01:51:32] The Holy Spirit was a fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel thousands of years ago so that he could come alongside so that when the enemy comes in and we're attacked and we battle spiritually, we have the Holy Spirit to lean upon and he will empower us.
[01:51:48] He will undo us with power to be able to go through the storm.
[01:51:53] Honey, God didn't call you to live in the storm.
[01:51:56] God didn't call you to stay in your diagnosis God has called you to be free sorry about the guns the Holy Spirit gives what this generation needs the Holy Spirit gives what this generation needs
[01:52:15] he gives power for boldness the disciples before Pentecost they were fearful Peter denied Christ the disciples they were in the upper room they had the doors locked shut tight after Pentecost they preached publicly fearlessly right come out of the upper room and they're preaching oh hallelujah looking at the
[01:52:36] scribes and the pharisees looking at at all of those leaders and saying you crucified christ with all boldness after after the holy spirit transforms fearful believers into courageous witnesses the holy spirit will help you find your voice the holy spirit will help you find your voice
[01:53:03] for your generation. The Holy Spirit is power for wisdom, power for comfort, power for holiness.
[01:53:12] That's how we do it, is through the Holy Spirit, is daily walking in and through the Holy Spirit and doing everything that he's called us to do, right? Man, if we're making decisions throughout the day, Father God, what do I need to do? What decision? Do I go left? Do I go right?
[01:53:29] right oh come on now we we need to begin to consult the holy spirit i've received a diagnosis god what do i do about that how do i battle that i got some bad news right hey there's not enough
[01:53:42] right there's more month left at the end of the month than there is paycheck at the end of the month god what am i going to do let the holy spirit guide you because god's word says that
[01:53:59] he will go to the father and he will be given a word and he will bring that word to you he will make known to you the things that are to come that's the holy spirit that's who he needs to be
[01:54:13] in your life every single day for this generation he transforms character like jesus he god's goal is not merely gifted believers he desires christ-like believers he desires believers that are spirit-empowered, both witnesses and holy.
[01:54:39] We need to quit coming to church to check the box.
[01:54:44] And we need to start coming to church to celebrate what God has done out there beyond the four walls.
[01:54:52] Because that's where ministry takes place.
[01:54:56] That's where ministry takes place, is in the highways and the byways.
[01:55:01] That when we're standing in line at Walmart, we got our spiritual antenna ears, right?
[01:55:08] Some of you don't know what those are, right?
[01:55:09] You used to have them on the TV, right?
[01:55:12] Ours had foil on the ends of them.
[01:55:15] Come on, I can remember my dad, hey, fix that antenna.
[01:55:19] And I grabbed that antenna and I just, too far, a little bit back, and I'm back, right?
[01:55:25] And I let go of it and it goes snowy again.
[01:55:28] Well, just stand there and hold it so I can watch the news.
[01:55:37] Oh, Jesus, help me.
[01:55:38] you see the spirit empowers us to be a witness but also to live holy lives the holy spirit is a person not an experience not a feeling not a doodad not a goose bump he is he is a person he
[01:56:11] is the third person of the trinity go go watch wednesday's live stream i i went in depth and i taught about the holy spirit this is still the age hallelujah this is still the age of the holy
[01:56:23] spirit he's not quit he's not gone he wasn't for that dispensation he is for us now today he's the same the same spirit who he's the same spirit who filled the upper room he's the same
[01:56:54] spirit that empowered peter he's the same spirit that directed paul he's the same spirit that strengthened the early church he is still working today hallelujah listen they were dragging them they were dragging them out of church and they were persecuting him he's
[01:57:25] the same spirit that empowered them to continue serving god to continue ministering to continue sharing the gospel we got it easy church the worst we get is you really shouldn't do that that is just so unpolitically correct ain't nobody been beaten lately have you
[01:57:50] for preaching the gospel.
[01:57:52] We got it easy, but we have the same spirit, the same Holy Spirit.
[01:58:02] How do we do this?
[01:58:03] How do we take all this information?
[01:58:05] We've got a lot of information this weekend.
[01:58:11] Renew your prayer life.
[01:58:13] I know Patricia's challenged you to do that, ladies.
[01:58:16] Renew your prayer life.
[01:58:18] If you're not spending time communicating with God, you're not building a relationship with God.
[01:58:28] If you're not communicating with God, You're not building a relationship with god Honey, i'm, sorry You cannot live with one foot in the world and one foot in the church and expect god to touch your life
[01:58:45] It's not going to happen Prayer is where dependence upon the holy spirit grows Pursue spirit-led living pursue the holy spirit chase after god Don't simply ask god to bless your plans ask the spirit to lay out your plans. Hallelujah
[01:59:14] Expect God to move.
[01:59:16] Expect God to move when you pray.
[01:59:18] Expect.
[01:59:20] I think she said that Friday night.
[01:59:22] I'm telling you, I wrote this message three weeks ago.
[01:59:26] I didn't go home and edit it last night after I heard her message Friday night.
[01:59:36] We're sitting at a table in Chili's having church.
[01:59:47] Expect God to move.
[01:59:50] Believe that God still heals.
[01:59:52] Believe that God still saves.
[01:59:54] Believe that God still fills believers with his Holy Spirit.
[01:59:57] the gift of the Holy Spirit. Believe that God still is transforming lives. Believe that.
[02:00:09] Get unstuck, church. Get out of your rut. Get into your prayer closet. Get into your word.
[02:00:17] Begin to build a relationship. There's only two ways. There's only two ways. Through prayer and the word, right? If I go a year and I don't talk to my wife, it is not going to be a surprise that
[02:00:36] we end up having marriage problems.
[02:00:40] Well, let me see what's the problem.
[02:00:41] We go to the counselor.
[02:00:43] Well, I haven't talked to her in a year.
[02:00:48] Oh, oh, well, that'll take five minutes.
[02:00:51] Start talking to her, stupid.
[02:00:54] I'm sorry.
[02:00:55] I said that word, didn't I?
[02:01:02] We got to communicate with God.
[02:01:05] We got to read about him.
[02:01:07] We got to read his word and begin to apply it to our lives and become obedient to it.
[02:01:26] You see, church, we got way too many Christians trying to live in their own power.
[02:01:42] Holy Spirit.
[02:01:47] Can I just ask you to pray?
[02:01:49] Just every eye closed.
[02:01:51] I'm not giving an altar call.
[02:01:52] I just want you to pray.
[02:01:59] Father, I want you to move in spite of me.
[02:02:02] Holy Spirit, thank you, Father.
[02:02:15] Lord, we establish an atmosphere of worship.
[02:02:23] Lord, we know who we are.
[02:02:26] We know what we are.
[02:02:31] Lord, we desire a move of your Holy Spirit.
[02:02:36] We desire your Holy Spirit to fill us up fresh and new we desire your holy spirit to fill those that that maybe have never asked for the gift of the holy spirit so watch this maybe you're the person that's been doing this in your own
[02:03:00] strength you find yourself this morning tired frustrated spiritually drained maybe you've settled for a religious routine but yet longing for spiritual vitality maybe you've been checking boxes in your walk with God. And maybe once you were on fire, you know, I used to be like that
[02:03:38] pastor, passionately for God. But somewhere along the way, that fire has grown dim. Paul told Timothy, it hasn't gone out. Paul said, fan the flame. That's what I'm asking you to do. Fan the flame. Fan the flame. You see, so today's invitation, you can look at me. It's not about
[02:04:16] working harder. I'm not asking you, sir, ma'am, young man, young lady. I'm not asking you to be a better Christian. Not because in and of yourself, you can't do it. I'm asking you to obediently
[02:04:38] surrender this morning to the Holy Spirit and say, okay, Holy Spirit, I give up. I surrender.
[02:04:52] I give it all to you. That's what I'm asking. And it's real simple that there's not a, there's not a secret prayer or handshake because I believe that the church needs fresh strength, spiritual strength. I believe that as the church, we need a renewed passion. I know that I know that we need
[02:05:29] a greater boldness and we need a greater intimacy with God. And you know where that comes? That comes with a fresh infilling, man, a fresh. Would you stand with me? Hallelujah. With the praise and worship team come church i'm going to ask you to do something it's early we got time you're okay
[02:06:16] if you're sitting in your seat and you would say pastor i need it i need to fan the flame i need a fresh infilling i've never asked i've never asked for the gift of the holy spirit and i need what
[02:06:36] you're talking about because i'm running on fumes i'm going to invite you to come it's not an emotional decision okay it's not an emotional thing i hate making it that because it's a decision that you make with your heart with your mind and you say i need something different in my life
[02:07:04] because i've been doing it on my own and i need the power of the holy spirit in my life if that's who i'm talking to i want you to move out of your seat very quickly
[02:07:13] very quickly that's a good thing people are figuring ain't nobody's going up there

[02:07:37] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[02:07:37] It's okay.

[02:07:38] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[02:07:38] Come on.
[02:07:43] Anyone else?
[02:07:46] Give me one of you women that was at the conference.
[02:07:49] Better yet, Deanna, come here.
[02:07:51] Come pray for her.
[02:07:56] You come.
[02:08:00] Deanna spoke in tongues for the first time Saturday.
[02:08:04] Come on.
[02:08:07] Put your hands on her and begin to pray for her.
[02:08:09] Hallelujah.
[02:08:10] Anyone else?
[02:08:11] Come on.
[02:08:12] It's not a spectator sport.
[02:08:14] It's a participation.
[02:08:16] Come on.
[02:08:17] Give me a man over here.
[02:08:19] one of you men that was at the women's conference come on hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah just start praying in that heavenly language hallelujah come on come on oh hallelujah thank you jesus lord we need your power we need to be endued from on high
[02:08:51] oh father god bless touch his life father supernaturally holy spirit come come on pray in that heavenly language

[02:09:06] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_15]
[02:09:06] come on church if you're in your seat you need something from god if you need a healing today

[02:12:10] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[02:12:10] just begin to lift your hands and begin to ask him if you need a touch from god i need a fresh fire father god just begin to lift your hands and ask him i need my marriage touched father god
[02:12:21] in jesus name supernaturally father god supernaturally father god in jesus

[02:12:27] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_15]
[02:12:27] But it's all the look Jesus be the name It's all the look There's healing in any cry There's salvation in There's salvation in any There's salvation in any cry Jesus be the name It's all the look

[02:14:20] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[02:14:20] The vision I'm close But this vision that he's giving People coming through these doors and they're in a hurry to come to the altar to come to the altar and give up what you whatever
[02:15:07] package you are carrying and i know there's going to be some that are going to get offended but we get offended when we're comfortable in our sin god is saying drop that bottle hand me your anger
[02:15:30] give it to me because i am the truth and the light i am the only way to heaven we're stuck the jigs addictions and all these bondages but god is saying comes to me we should be all here
[02:15:57] at the altar because we all fail him forgive me i surrender to you please they were sending our youth tuesday to a camp but how is our youth gonna come back to the church dead we need you guys the
[02:16:28] older ones, the adults, parents, to help keep that fire ignited. If anything, send it. Just like Pastor was saying, we stay stuck in our hurt. Oh, well, this person hurt me. I have the right to be angry. Is it worth losing your soul because you want to stay with this
[02:16:51] this grudge on somebody else wake up i look around and all i see is your spirit sleeping

[02:17:12] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_15]
[02:17:12] wake up so little oh please listen take what god's doing in your life and begin to walk

[02:30:57] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[02:30:57] begin to apply it begin to apply it in your life begin to apply what you've heard today to your life.
[02:31:09] God wants to do mighty things through you, in you, for you.
[02:31:13] He wants to move mountains for you.
[02:31:16] It's not an accident that you're here.
[02:31:17] I thank you for being here.
[02:31:19] It's not an accident.
[02:31:22] God orchestrated this whole service for you.
[02:31:27] For you, brother.
[02:31:29] For you, it's a change.
[02:31:30] It's different.
[02:31:31] Man, I've never been in anything like this.
[02:31:33] Right?
[02:31:35] Are you guys connected?
[02:31:37] Married?
[02:31:38] Dating?
[02:31:39] Which one?
[02:31:41] Dating.
[02:31:43] All right.
[02:31:48] Yeah.
[02:31:50] Yeah, it's all over you, dude.
[02:31:56] Right?
[02:31:58] It's not an accident.
[02:32:00] God's not a respecter of persons.
[02:32:03] God will move a mountain if you'll ask him.
[02:32:06] Because he loves you.
[02:32:09] But he wants you to take what you've heard today.
[02:32:12] He wants you to begin to live your life based on that.
[02:32:16] Not the way the world's telling you.
[02:32:18] Not the way social media's telling you.
[02:32:20] But the way that he is telling you.
[02:32:22] All you got to do is just talk to him.
[02:32:24] Talk to him.
[02:32:25] When you hit something that you don't understand, just ask him.
[02:32:28] God I don't understand and the Holy Spirit will give you understanding he'll open up his word as you begin to read it I don't understand the Bible open it up and say Holy Spirit give me wisdom give
[02:32:39] me insight teach me because the Holy Spirit's a teacher in you I'm watching God move in lives I'm watching God it's not me oh I have the title but God's doing the work here God's doing the work
[02:33:05] in your life God's talking to every single one of you amen God's telling you and showing you things that you need to be doing. Get obedient to them. Get obedient to those things. Get obedient
[02:33:18] to those things. It's not an accident that you find yourself in church this morning. God wants to go to war for you. He wants to fight for your marriage. He wants to fight for your life.
[02:33:29] He wants to see you living victorious. He wants to see you battling from a place of victory because that's who you are, that you are seated in heavenly places with him. So take this message
[02:33:44] this weekend ladies and begin to apply it to your life God did something this morning in all of us myself included God did something this it's different he's not doing it so we could go out
[02:34:02] and say man we had an incredible services he's doing it for mission because he's getting ready to give this church a voice and you're that voice you're that voice in the highways and byways in
[02:34:17] the workplace. You're the voice. You're the church. You take the Holy Spirit with you everywhere that you go. Start to open up your mouth and preach the gospel. Start to open up your mouth and preach
[02:34:32] the gospel. Don't give the devil any room. Come out of agreement with strife and envy and jealousy and gossip. Come out of agreement with it. That's what Patricia said. Come out of agreement with it.
[02:34:49] father i praise you i thank you for your people i thank you for their sacrifice to be here father god lord i'd ask father god that you would just lord that that i would not be a hindrance to what
[02:35:06] your holy spirit wants to do but that you would do and you would move today father god on your people bless them guide them guard them keep them father god lord i praise you and i thank you that
[02:35:18] you're going to do mighty things in our youth i praise you and i thank you there's going to be a great week for your people so your sons and your daughters that things are different father there's
[02:35:28] been a shift father and we're not going to miss it and we pray all of these things father in jesus mighty name amen and amen