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Speaker 2Good evening world . God bless you wherever you are across the earth tonight . We thank God for your life in the mighty name of Jesus Christ . He's the King of Kings and he is the Lord of Lords . We welcome everyone in the Lord's house . It's good to see people in the Lord's house this evening . It's good to see that you're online and wherever you are scattered , you know , as we just come before God and as we rest in the word of God , and whatever you are facing in your life , god is with you wherever you are . The power of the Holy Spirit is with each and every one of you .
Speaker 2We're going to turn to the book of Psalm 61 , 62 and 63 this evening . We're just going to take a snippet out of each one , but I just want to . Before we go to 61 61 , I just want to start on the back end of the text of Psalm 63 . So , as we look at Psalm 63 , there's a from verse 1 . I'll just read this very , very quickly before we press in and before we just have a moment . It says oh God , you are my God . Earnestly I seek you . My soul thirst for you , my body longs for you in a dry and a weary land where there is no water . This is , like , really important that we we focus on , on this nation . And whatever nation you're in but I'm just as I'm here in the good old UK , the hellhole of the UK we've got to focus on this nation at this moment because we are dry and we are weary . This land is extremely dry . This land is that we are in the lowest area , the lowest time that we've ever experienced the move of God . It's not like God has left the nation . God is not leaving the nation . God will not leave us as orphans . We understand what the scripture says , but we are in a very precarious place right now . We are in a very , very precarious place and everything that's happening at this moment in time , especially with the political temperature across the world , especially what's happening in Israel and especially what's happening in America , what's happening in America , is going to come across the shores and it's going to affect us , and praise be to God . God , it will be in the correct and the right way . But , as you look at the UK , we are very dry and we are very parched and we are a very weary land . We are a very weary nation , so we cannot reflect the temperature that is happening within the church . Church is finished , church is boring , church is over . Here in the UK , we've got to realize that we belong to this kingdom , the king's domain , and it's time for each and every one of us to strengthen each other , to lock shields of faith to , because the bible says , iron sharpens iron . You know , we need to be surrounded by brothers and sisters that are , that are spirit filled , that are in the word of god .
Speaker 2We are watching this , this government that is just bewildering at this moment . It seems like they've furloughed themselves , that they've just disappeared . And you know why they've disappeared ? Because of this big , serious issue that's out there across the platform of life . You know these Islamic Pakistani rape gangs that are out there . The government has furloughed itself because it doesn't know how to deal with it . The church is just like .
Speaker 2I'm not talking about the church as in the congregations . I'm referring to the mechanism and the wills of religion and everything that goes with that . The church is ducking its head in it as well , because the church has got a lot for answer , to answer for itself . But as we , as we look at culture , as we look at life , as we , as we look at the fabric of of this world . At this moment we need to get ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ . We are in a very precarious place in this nation we are . We are tipping it in in a very unusual way . We got to pray that God will have mercy on this nation , that the fire of God will lead us and guide us and strengthen us in many areas of our lives .
Speaker 2But in Psalm 61 , psalm 62 and Psalm 63 , especially in Psalm 63 , it says in a dry and a weary land where there is no water . You know , jesus Christ , we need to ask God , father , will you water this earth ? We need to pray for rain . That great prophet , that great prophet up Mount Carmel he prayed for rain and three , three and a half years before that , he prayed that rain will cease . We need the latter day rain on this nation because we are extremely dry . The churches are dry . The churches are dry . The churches are just like cogs within a clock . They're very dry . There's no oil in the cogs . We need to ask the Holy Spirit , the Lord , will you oil the church ? Will you oil the mechanisms ? Father , will you come and squirt WD-40 over us , lord , because we are making a very strange noise .
Speaker 2We've got to get in the word , but it's critical for the individual . It's about the individual time now . It's about the individual being called . We understand that salvation is over each and every one of us . It's over us , it's within us and it's around us .
Speaker 2And we have a political system in this nation that is completely broke . And what we've got to remind ourselves , thank god , that the bible doesn't rely on the political agenda . You won't find a political conversation , but what you will find , you will find spiritual . So when you have a look at everything that's going on at this moment in time , we need to say god , it's got to rain . This nation needs rain from glory , this nation needs a rain from heaven . We need the power of the word of God . We've got a political system that is broke . We've got a church system that is broke , and what we've got to do is understand that we belong to the kingdom of God . And what we are watching ? We are watching the government , we are watching certain areas of this government backing away from this terrible atrocities that's happening through these Islamic , these Muslim rape gangs . That is happening before our very eyes and the government can't deal with it because they're wrapped up , they are in bed with Islam , the government is in bed with Islam and Islam is controlling . It is controlling the political temperature of everything going on . But we got to remind ourselves that we cannot allow ourselves to worry about what we see and what we hear on the outside , because God is strengthening you and wherever you are at this moment , we got to pray that God will lift this nation out of the ashes that God will breathe down the spine of this nation .
Speaker 2The church is in serious trouble , not the church of Jesus Christ . We are talking about the church . We are not talking about the kingdom . We are talking about the regime . We are talking about the abusers , because there is spiritual abuse within the church . Spiritual abuse , sexual abuse , mental abuse , physical abuse , everything .
Speaker 2The temperature is so hot at the moment and we've got to strengthen ourselves , but the land in which we are living in is dry and weary and there is no water . There is no living water . What does Jesus say ? He says I am the living water . Are you thirsty ? See , we will only find this refreshing presence through the power of the word of God . If you are in trouble tonight in the Lord's house with me online , wherever you are scattered , it is the word of God , it is not the social networks , it is the word of God . It is not the social networks , it is not religion , it is not church itself that will restore , because it is of the natural realms .
Speaker 2And we've got to seek God . The Bible says seek ye first the kingdom of God , not the structure of religion . But the Bible says seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and everything else will be added unto thee . It's really important that we seek the kingdom of God . So let's get into the word , let's get into the scriptures . Psalm 91 , we're coming off of the springboard this morning when we was in the scriptures , psalm 91 , now we're in Psalm 61 . We was in Psalm 91 this morning . It was in verse 1 , 2 . We hung around there and then we've got a . We've got a , a beautiful feed , we've got a beautiful lead into these scriptures tonight . So we're in psalm 61
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Speaker 2And when we talk about cross-reference , there is no other book in the world that cross-reference itself like the word of god . When you take all of the word of god , when you take the power of the word of god , when you take everything about the word of god there , when you take the power of the word of God . When you take everything about the word of God , there is no other book in the world that cross-references itself like the Bible , because Genesis speaks all the way through the rest of the 65 books , revelation speaks all the way back . So the Bible cross-references itself , it is crisscrossing every word , every scripture . It is fluid , it is rolling , it is moving together . There is power in the word . The church has no power . The church is driven by political . The church is driven by spiritual abuse and we have to identify that because there is spiritual abuse from pulpits within churches , culturally , through religion , through many , many areas .
Speaker 2But in Psalm 61 , this might be each and every one of us tonight this is what the psalmist writes . He says in Psalm 61 , verse 1 , hear my cry , o God , listen to my prayer , lord , hear this vibrant prayer in my heart . Lord , hear me . Tonight . It says there are many people where their hearts at this moment are growing faint . What do you mean by growing faint ? I'm talking about weary . The scriptures are talking about with the weariness of life , the weariness of living , the weariness of life itself . So in verse two it says from the ends of the earth , I call you , I call as my heart grows faint , lead me to the rock that is higher than I . Isn't that interesting that the scripture talks about the rock ? What does the New Testament speak about the rock ? What does the Old Testament speak about the rock ? The rock is critical , especially in the New Testament .
Speaker 2The Bible is very clear he who builds on sand will fall , but he who builds upon the rock . When the rains come , when the streams rise , the streams of life , the streams of adversity , the streams of living , the stream of anguish , the stream of life , the streams of adversity , the streams of living , the stream of anguish , the stream of pain . It is rising . The bible says the rain falls on the just and the unjust . And within the new scriptures , the new testament , the bible tells us about the builder . Are you building if you build on sand when the rains come and the streams rise ?
Speaker 2We are living in the end days . We are experiencing so many prophecies still being fulfilled through the word of God . We are watching the prophecies from the Torah . We are watching the word of God really moving in such a way like we've never seen it before . We are watching world religions trying to take the stage of life and trying to rob it away from Christianity , but it can't . No world religion is greater than Christianity . Christianity is power , christianity is the Word of God , christianity . And we are not talking about the way the world talks about it , we're talking about it through the Holy Word of God .
Speaker 2So in Psalm 61 , 61 , verse 2 , it says from the ends of the earth , I call to you . It says I call when my heart grows faint . Lead me to the rock that is higher than I . And it says in verse 3 , for you will be my refuge , a strong tower against my foes . Verse 4 I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in your shelter of your wings . That sounds very familiar to Psalm 91 .
Speaker 2When you look at Psalm 91 there is a bit of familiar scripture just flowing the psalmist , the tapestry of the scripture , the tapestry of the word , the way that it migrates from the Old Testament all the way through to the New , the way it comes back from the Old to the New . You know there is such a grid of reference when you look at the word of God and you analyze it . It cross-references , it draws strengths , it never contradicts itself . The word of God is fluid . The mind contradicts but the spirit doesn't . So as we migrate now , let's just migrate and just cross into Psalm 62 .
Speaker 2It says my soul finds rest in God alone . So what we have ? We have the scriptures referring to the autonomy and we have the scriptures referring to the soul . So in Psalm 62 , it says my soul finds rest in God alone . My salvation comes from him . He is my rock and my salvation , he is my fortress . I shall never be shaken .
Speaker 2Skip to Psalm 63 , verse 1 . Oh God , you are my God . Earnestly I seek you , my soul thirsts for you , my body longs for you In a dry and a weary land where there is no water . So if we cross-reference these scriptures , we got rock , we got salvation , we got the word soul . What we got ? We got the physical , we got the physical realm , but also it speaks about the spiritual realm .
Speaker 2How do you identify the spiritual realm ? Because it's talking about the soul , because the soul doesn't belong to this natural realm in which we live . We are watching cosmic activity outside , in the heavens above at the moment . It's like heaven , if I can use that terminology . In this terminology , it's like heaven is getting closer to this earth , if you can understand the way that I'm using it feels heaven is punching the realms of this physicality , this terra firma , this world in which we walk , you can feel the heavenly temperature coming down and pressing on us . So , psalm 61 , 62 , and 63 , when you bring those two together and you could put those together so seamlessly and they run beautiful .
Speaker 2Psalm 62 , verse 1 , my soul finds rest in God . So when you read about the psalmist , my soul finds rest in God . What he's referring to is this spiritual being that I am . What do you mean ? How can you reference that I am a spiritual being ? Because the spiritual realm is very active . The spiritual realm is before this physical realm . The spiritual realm is in existence before this physical physical , this physicality that we have before us . Because the Bible is extremely clear .
Speaker 2If you go to the book of Genesis , chapter one , you read about creation . You never read about the birth of the spiritual realm , because the spiritual realm is Christ and God and the Holy Spirit . It has always been in existence . It has been in existence , it always will be in existence , but the physical realm will burn up and disappear . The physical realm was brought in and the physical realm will be taken out . This world in which we see there is a limiter on this world . The physical world has a limiter on this world . The physical world has a limiter , but . But as you look at the scriptures , you will find the spiritual world , the kingdom that God sits in , this , this world that the Christ operates in , this spiritual realm is forever and a day . That's why we here , we talk about eternity . So when you look at the scriptures and you find , uh , as you look in psalm 62 , verse 1 , it says my soul finds rest in god alone . So these , this one , this 61 , 62 and 63 , it's bringing the fabric of the physical , the , the autonomy of us as human beings . It's bringing us to the realm of the , of the of the world , which has always been in existence .
Speaker 2And if you have a Bible and if you turn with me in the church and if you're online , turn to Hebrews , chapter 11 , verse 1 . We're pretty familiar when we break open Hebrews 11 , verse 1 . Now faith is . Now the scripture says now faith is . The Bible says now faith is .
Speaker 2When the writers give that type of terminology , when they speak with that power and authority , they are telling us exactly as it is Now faith is the substance of things hoped for . So the substance , the substance is of the physical realm and the hope doesn't sit in the physical realm . Hope sits outside , in the spiritual realm . The bible says we call the things that are not as though they are . So when you look , when you call the things that are not , what are you referring to ?
Speaker 2We are speaking into the , into the realms , in the , the areas of the , the world that is outside the autonomy , outside of natural perception , outside of the physical realm . We live in a physical realm , but the world is made up of different dimensions . When you look , we are in the dimension of what we see , our eyes and the understanding of smell , touch and everything that goes along with that Natural perception . What we perceive is here , what we touch is here , what we perceive is here , what we touch is here , what we smell is here . But outside of this earth suit , outside of the skin that we walk in , it can be very difficult to accept that there is a world greater than what we can see , because we live our lives quite by what we see . And when you have a look at what's happening across the world , what we are experiencing . We are experiencing the heavenly realms touching earth like we've never seen before . We are experiencing the presence of the holy fire of god , we are experiencing the glory of god , we are experiencing the power of the holy spirit . We we are experiencing the spiritual temperature of the heavenly realms touching earth . You know , when you look at this , when you feel this atmosphere , when you see everything that's breaking out , stuff that's going on and everything that's just pushing around and everything that's moving , we are living in these two dimensions . Yes , we live physically in this realm .
Speaker 2So when you look at this psalmist in Psalm 61 , he says hear my cry , o God , listen to my prayer . So he's speaking from the skin that he is walking in . He's speaking very , very clearly from the physical perception that he is in . But then the psalmist , the same psalist , migrates and he moves on and he says from the ends of the earth . So he's still speaking about the physical realm . He says from the ends of the earth . I call you , I call as my heart . Now he's starting to switch it , he's starting to change it . He's talking about the heart . He's talking about the heart of the human being . So when he looks at my , heart grows faint . Why is his heart growing faint ? His heart is going growing faint by what he sees around him and the outside environment . So we've got to be careful .
Speaker 2So faith sees what we see naturally , but faith also sees the spiritual realm . So we can't rely on the church , we we can't rely on the physical mechanisms of religion and the way that it works . We've got to step outside of the realms of church and outside of of what we understand , outside of natural perception . I didn't say natural selection , I am not talking about darwinistic , uh , viewpoints . I'm talking about natural perception , the way that we perceive , the way that we focus , the way that our bodies understand that . We got to understand that God created the body , god created the heavens and the earth . But the spiritual realm has always been in existence . Because when you look at the Holy Spirit , the Holy Spirit is spirit . When you look at Christ , christ is the living word and the Bible says that the living word , jesus Christ , was before things . He holds all things together and through him all things consist . But he is outside of the spiritual realm that we understand , because we can only understand certain elements of what God has created , because the capabilities of the mind cannot see beyond the lens of science . We are quite restricted as human beings to what we believe and what we see . So this is where faith comes into the arena of life .
Speaker 2So when the psalmist writes , hear my cry , oh God , listen to my prayer from the ends of the earth , he's referring to creation . But then he takes it a bit further . So he says from the ends of the earth , I call to you , I call as my heart grows faint . Lead me to the rock . Now he's using an analogy of rock , he's using the analogy of the earth . So we understand that what he is looking at is what is in his eyesight in front . But then he takes it a bit further . He says for you have been my refuge , my strong tower , my foe . And then he changes it , he migrates and he starts to bring in this spiritual power that is outside of the physical realm of life . So if I live my life by perception and by what I perceive , I'm going to live quite a restricted existence . I will live as the world wants me to live . How does the government want me to live and how does the world want me to live ? And what we've got to understand is that I could also live my life , in a big percentage , by what I look at on social media .
Speaker 2Now , what is the biggest addiction around the world . What is the biggest addiction that we have ? Is it cocaine ? It's not cocaine . Is it alcohol ? No , it's not alcohol . So what could it be be ? Could it be wacky backy ? Could it be marijuana ? Could it be pharmaceuticals ? It's actually nothing to do with the understanding of drugs .
Speaker 2As we see , do you know what the biggest addiction is around the world ? Social media . Social media is what the devil uses . So we have the bible , so we get instruction from the Bible . So how does Lucifer bring confusion into many people's lives ? He uses every platform that is out there to get his work done . How do you know Because we are talking about the medium , that we are talking about this , this transit route . How can the enemy get his work done ? We understand . So let's take it like this God has the living word . So Satan mirror images and tries to mimic what God has . So what ? What can he use that will affect Christians and what will he use to herd and to crowd and to get his work done at the same time ? So what we've got to understand ? The word of God goes out . God doesn't need social media , because God can speak to humanity , but the devil can't do that . The devil is actually restricting in what he can do . So the vehicle that he will use is the vehicle of social media and he will use the addiction of . He will use the addiction
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Speaker 2So when you look at that platform alone and when you bring all the stats and all the facts and all the figures , the devil uses social media because that's his literature , Because what does it do that ? Because what does it do ? God's word does not lie to you and to me , because God cannot lie , but the devil is what the father of lies . So the devil uses social media to lie to you . And when you look at the perception and the way that you should look at as a human being , when you look at the catwalk of life , when you look at how the devil tells a human being should be , it is unbelievable . It will tell you so much that the devil uses social media in such a way and tell you how worthless you are . What do you mean ? How does it portray that ? Because we may scroll through social media and everyone else is living the dream , except me . So what he tells you is that everybody else's life is greater than your life and your life isn't worth living . So the devil uses the vehicle of the medium . When you understand what the word medium means and the way that the devil uses that . So the devil uses the literature that he has before him and he uses the vehicle of social networking to get his work done .
Speaker 2The bullying Is there any bullying in the Word of God ? No . Is there any abuse through the word of God ? No . Is there any abuse through the word of God ? No . So when you look at the parallels , if you was to put the devil's literature and then you put the word of God , you will find the complete opposite . The word of God will encourage you , the word of God will set you free . But social media makes you addicted , makes me , makes us addicted , because we are always looking for self-valuation , we are always looking to feed the flesh , thyself , the outside . But the word of God doesn't feed the flesh . The word of God feeds the soul . So when you look at what we got in front of us , the devil's work is on the social networks .
Speaker 2The devil will get you caught in propaganda . The devil will get you caught in bullets , through words and through running people down . The devil will use social media and tell you you are worthless , you won't make it . They've had six holidays and you've had no holidays . They're eating great food and you're eating nothing . The devil will tell you so much through social media because that's the vehicle that he uses to condemn humanity . God does not condemn humanity , he redeems . So God redeems and the devil tears down .
Speaker 2When you look at the majority , the largest press of the majority of social media , it condemns you . It doesn't uplift you , uplifts you and it brings confusion to you because it is talking and it is driving at the flesh and it says you've got to walk a certain way , you've got to dress a . It says you've got to walk a certain way , you've got to dress a certain way , you've got to wear a certain pair of trainers , your hair's got to be cut this way , your body's got to be a set way , you've got to look as a woman and as a man , as a child , a set rhythm . If you don't measure to what social media says , as the human being , you are not really a human being . You , social media says , as the human being , you are not really a human being , you are a lesser . But the Bible ? What does the Bible say about Jesus ? There was nothing in his appearance that was attractive .
Speaker 2So when you look at the word of God , the word of God does not use the physicality , the word of God does not use the physical realm . It speaks right down into the soul of the person . When you get an understanding that the devil uses social media because that's his literature and he has to have something that we think might be bigger than the word . But there is nothing bigger than the word . But there is nothing bigger than the word . Social media is not bigger than the word . When you put all the platforms together , when you bring it all together , it is very minute and it is very small . But when you look at the word of God , it is the most biggest , it is the most loudest , it is the most powerful . Because what can't social media do ? Social media cannot tap into the spiritual realm because it's of the natural realm , but the word of God crosses over and it taps into the physical realm , but it also is higher than the physical realm . The power of the word of God is in the physical , but it's also in the spiritual . So what you find is the word of God .
Speaker 2When you get in the word of God , does it keep you at the physical realm ? It doesn't keep you at the physical realm , it takes you to a higher realm . But the devil's literature , the social media networks , will hold you and make you feel bad and make you feel scummy and worthless and tell you everyone else is a millionaire and you're just skin . But the word of God will tell you you don't need money , you need faith . Social media will tell you in many areas that you've got to invest money .
Speaker 2It talks about finances . The word of God tells you that you don't need money . What do you mean ? How do you say that the Bible says drop your purse , come and follow me , drop your nets , come and follow me , because God does not need money to get you blessed . But when you look at investment , when you look at social media , it uses the business terminology . It's talking about investment . It's talk about buying . You don't buy anything in the kingdom of God . There is nothing to buy , because money cannot buy . What salvation ? Salvation won't be found on the social networks . Salvation won't be found in the political area . Salvation won't be found nowhere else except in the hands and in the spiritual realm . So when you look at these scriptures that we're in psalm 62 , my soul finds rest in god alone .
Speaker 2Have have you always noted that we are very agitated as human beings because social network money will not bring peace . It scratches an itch that needs to be itched for a little while . But then , suddenly , when you realize that the money runs out , the social media ain't as what it's meant to be and it hasn't worked out and we sold our soul to the devil's work . And then all of a sudden , we find ourselves hang on a minute . What am I doing ourselves ? Hang on a minute , what am I doing ? I have put more of my life into social media than I put more into the word of God . When you bring the parallel if I come off of social media and the amount of hours that I've spent all week in social media , if I transfer that and put that into the word of God , oh God , we are talking of a different realm . We are talking of realms that we can't even understand , because if you go on your phone , you go on the tablets , you go on what we scroll on , you can see how long we have been scrolling on the social networks and online and all that . Isn't it interesting ? It's extremely high . But what time do I give God ? What time do I give the word through the week .
So when we find this Psalm , this Psalm is Psalm 62 . It says my soul finds rest in God alone . Because suddenly , what we have found ? We have found that the physical realm won't give me spiritual rest because the physical realm is of this physical understanding that we have . So suddenly the psalmist writes and tells us it is the soul . The only place that we will find this inner peace , the only place we'll find rest and strength for our lives is , very simply , in the word of God . So the psalmist writes in Psalm 62 , verse 1 , my soul finds rest in God alone . My salvation comes from him .
Speaker 2You won't get saved off of social media , you won't get saved out of church , you won't get a blessing out of the fabric of the mechanisms of social network . You won't find all that stuff . What you will find , it will just fuel the flesh for a while , because social media is of the medium , of that other world . It is of the occult world , it is driven . If you take TikTok , who drives TikTok ?
Speaker 2The Chinese , the most dangerous , dangerous nation across the world . It's the Chinese government . When you look at what is coming out of China , what came out of China , covid , what has come out of China right now , at this moment in time , this other pandemic that is brewing across the world . So when you look at what's come out of China one of the biggest social media platforms and the most dangerous platform is TikTok it will take you into a realm that you can't get into because it will tell you the rest of culture and society is living the dream and your life isn't worth living . So when you look at what's happening through social media and the hours from the midnight hour right the way through the amount of time that we give social media , I need to transfer my time from social media to the Word of God , because social media won't give me rest and won't give me peace .
Speaker 2Social media is the biggest addiction the globe has ever seen . It's not cocaine , it's not marijuana , it's not heroin , it's not alcohol , it's not gambling . The greatest addiction that the world has is the social network and it is driven by Lucifer . The biggest one that we have is driven by a government and a nation that will not and cannot accept God . It's very dangerous . China is extremely dangerous .
Speaker 2So when you look at this scripture extremely dangerous . So when you look at this scripture , my soul finds rest in God alone . My salvation comes from him . He alone is my rock and my salvation . He is my fortress . I shall never be shaken . You will be shaken to pieces across the social networks . You will be turned over . Through the social networks you will say no one's liked , no one's clicked , I've got no one following me anymore . What is going on ? I've got to build my profile , I've got to up my game , I've got to do this , I've got to do that .
Speaker 2And the endless work across the cross-references . It is the devil's work . The devil's platform is all the social media , because he is and he uses the medium . He uses witchcraft , he uses the occult , he uses Freemasonry to get his work done . He uses every area outside of the Word of God . If you are looking for your life to change , the only place that we will find change is when my soul finds rest in God alone .
Speaker 2Because my soul connects to the spiritual realm , my flesh cannot connect . My flesh tries to connect to the world in which we walk , but it cannot connect because it is always looking for gratification , it's always looking for a new telly , it's always looking for a new car , it's always looking for a new home , it's always looking for the next fix , and that's what social media does . It draws us to the next fixed . I got a new phone . That's all right for a day , and then tomorrow I want something else . We got a new iPad , we got this , we got that , we got a new car . But when we've driven the car and then suddenly we realize I got to pay for the car , we don't like the car anymore , then suddenly we get a new TV and your family go and put one on social media . That's a bigger TV than yours .
Speaker 2Suddenly , the devil knows how to use social media to make you feel uncomfortable . But the word of God will make you feel comfortable , because comfort doesn't sit on the outside . Agitation sits in the world , because our eyes are limited . But there is a greater way of moving forward in this world . And I just glimmered and I just mentioned extremely , extremely quickly , hebrews 11 , verse 1 .
Speaker 2Now turn to Hebrews 11 , verse 1 . Now , faith is the substance . Now faith is this , this power , this faith is this this unseen glory , that faith is impossible to touch . Faith is invisible . Faith cannot be bottled . Faith cannot be sold through church , because faith sits in the outside of this physical realm . Faith sits in the spiritual realm , because faith comes from above . Faith is given through the word of God . Faith has been given to us . Now faith is being confident . Now faith is the substance . Now faith is the foundation . Now faith is .
Speaker 2So when you look at these scriptures , now faith is the evidence of things not seen . So let me turn there myself , let me turn up into the New Testament and let me read it , and you read it and you ask God , what are you saying through this text and this text alone ? When you look at Hebrews 11 , someone has taken Hebrews out of my Bible , lord , where has Hebrews gone tonight ? Now , hebrews 11 , verse 1 it says now faith is being sure . Now I'm reading from the NIV Hebrews 11 , verse 1 now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see . Now Jesus talks about salvation . He talks about being born again to Nicodemus in John 3.3 . You must be born again . You cannot see and you cannot enter , you cannot see the kingdom without having faith in the unseen realm .
Speaker 2Outside of the realm of life , outside of the physical , outside of the government , outside of natural perception , there is this realm of faith and it is accessible . It is accessible for each and every one of us , because faith will take you to a place that the physicality has a full stop . See , we are limiting ourselves . It's like the ceiling of this , this , this church that we are in . We limit ourselves by what we see . So there is a world that is beyond human eyesight , that is above the ceiling level of this church , but my eyes will tell me that above this ceiling there is nothing , because what I do is that my mind recognizes what is within my space , within my vision , within my perception , within my touch and my capabilities of a human being , within my touch and my capabilities of a human being . So , outside of this church tonight , my mind is telling me that nothing is outside of what is around me . There is a lid , but in the kingdom of God it takes faith to see yourself living outside of yourself .
Speaker 2And I'm not talking about transcendental meditation , I'm not talking about that wacky stuff that's outside there . I'm referring to faith , because faith is not about transcending meditation . It is not about that . Faith is seeing , in the skin that you walk in , that all things are possible to those who believe . So my belief is not in the transcendental meditation , my faith is in the God of Israel , my faith is in the word of God , which is outside of the perception of the natural realm in which I live .
Speaker 2So Hebrews 11 , verse 1 takes me outside of the world . It takes me up and away and it puts me in a place of scripture . It puts me in a place of calling the things that are not as though they are . So when you read Hebrews 11 , verse 1 , now faith is being sure of , now faith is being sure of , I is being sure of , I'm outside of the realm . See , the government and religion will just stay as it is .
Speaker 2But a bible , believing spirit filled , born again , christian , radical , braggadocious . We do not realize what is possible to those who believe Because we serve a God that sits outside of this realm of natural life . He sits outside of the physical realm , yes , he lives within . Yes , he's in the fabric of the skin that we're in . But when you look at Hebrews 11 , verse 1 now faith is sure . What does sure mean ? It's a hundred percent . But what is faith ? Faith is invisible . Faith cannot be bottled . Yes , christ uses an analogy of a mustard seed and if you haven't got your glasses on and your eyesight ain't quite on point , you could miss the size of a mustard seed . You would recognize it more down the lens and down the world of science and down the lens of understanding and the magnifying glass will magnify the seed of faith . But I've got to understand that faith is not possible to touch within the physical understanding because faith sits in this realm that is outside of perception . Perception is everything that we can see . Perception is everything that we understand . Faith is in the realm of God . It sits within the kingdom , because the Bible says all things are possible to those who believe . So belief will take me outside of myself and it will put me only in the word . So it's possible to see the impossible on this earth .
I believe there are many of us uncountable believers . Uncountable believers not living to the full potential that God has for us because we allow ourselves to live in the skin and the natural skill set that we have within our lives to get to where we got to go and we allow ourselves just to live within the lack of money and the lack of the Bible doesn't need money to get your miracle . The Bible doesn't need money to get your healing . The Bible doesn't need money to see the realms of God . See . God said through Christ drop your nets . Come and follow me , leave your purse . Come and follow me , your purse . Come and follow me in the kingdom . Money is not required in the kingdom . Academics is not required in the kingdom . We don't need this natural realm . We're coming to the table in a few minutes time . We're just going to stretch our legs , we're going to stretch our eyes and we're going to stretch ourselves a little bit further .
Speaker 2In Hebrews 11 , verse 1 now , faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see . Now , that is a strong text . Now , faith is being sure of what we hope for . Where does hope sit ? Hope sits outside of the skin that we walk in . Hope sits where faith is . It sits within the kingdom . But actually , where is the kingdom ? The kingdom is within . So when you look at it , it's this twofold that that faith and hope sits within . But it also sits outside of what we can see with our eyes . Because the bible says that we do not live by sight , we live by faith , that we , if we live by sight , we are restricting ourselves as christians . If we live our lives by sight , we are missing the promises and the potential that God has for us .
Speaker 2So when you come back to the Psalm , psalm 62 in particular , my soul finds rest in God alone . My salvation comes from him . He is my rock and he is my salvation , he is my fortress . I shall never be shaken . You can never be shaken in your soul , in your soul alone , but you can be shaken within the physicality of the humanity that we are . And then , when you look at Psalm 63 , oh God , you are , you are my god earnestly . I seek you . My soul first for you . My body longs for you in a dry and a weary land . It is . It is bringing the two realms , it is bringing the natural realm and it is bringing this , this , this , this spiritual realm . It's the physical realm trying to connect with the spiritual realm , but God is in all things . God is in all things . God does use the physical realm , but he also expects us to get outside of the physical realm .
Speaker 2When was the last time we dreamed ? When was the last time we had visions of doing extraordinary things outside of the capabilities of the restraints that we have ? We have all put restraints on our lives . We have restrained ourselves by rent and by mortgage . By rent and by mortgage , we have restrained ourselves by where we work , we have restrained ourselves by where we go to school and education , because that is the prison .
Speaker 2We have created prisons that we live in . They are mobile prisons . What we've got to ask God to do is to break the mobile prisons that are always with us . We've got to say God , you've got to unlock this invisible door and I need to walk out of the prison that I have created . We are prisoners within our own world . Within our own world , we are prisoners and one of the biggest areas that we put ourselves under lock and key is by what social media tells us . The social networks puts up a lock and a key and it restricts us because we use perception . I can't do that , I can't achieve what they are .
Speaker 2So the devil is telling us that you are never going to grow , you are never going to reach the potential because you have no education , you have no money , you are restricted by the world in which you live . So what we do , we live a massive amount of our lives within a mobile prison that we carry every day , the invisible prison that we carry every day . It is around us and church and ministry and life and everything . We put ourselves in a prison . I can't do because the money has restricted me . The money's run out , so the money that I has has run out . Now I'm going to restrict myself more by going on the devil's credit . The devil loves credit because credit puts us into another prison . And then when I've run out on that credit card , I will transfer that because suddenly the Lloyds and the bank has given me it's very interesting how it works at the right timing . The devil does the things at the right time . Now you could got interest free for a year . I'll transfer that lot , I'll put it on that lot .
Speaker 2But what the devil has done is he's used the power of manipulation and control through the power of finances . And one of the biggest areas , the second area that we imprison ourselves are in mortgage , in rent , in car finance , in phone finance , in bills , because that's what the devil wants to do If he can get us in debt . Debt he has got a ball and a chain and we become what we become slaves . We are not slaves to righteousness at this point . We are slaves to pharaoh . Pharaoh controls us by the natural realm that we allow ourselves . So we put ourselves in a financial prison . We put ourselves in a mortgage prison .
Speaker 2We put ourselves in a restrictor by , we imprison ourselves by our education . But the Bible says all things are possible to those who believe . It doesn't talk about education . See , nicodemus was an educated man . He says you are Israel's teacher and you do not know that outside of the fabric of the literature that you know , there is a greater kingdom and no one can see and no one can enter because education and finances it restricts us in our walk and we restrict ourselves by saying I don't have enough money , I don't have , I can't do because the credit card is bouncing . I don't have , I can't do because the credit card is bouncing . I don't want to see the postman because that what he's got in his hand is going to throw my eyes into a spin .
Speaker 2So it's very , very interesting , how , very interested , sorry , how the devil uses social media . And then also , then suddenly we see holidays coming on social media . I got to go on holiday but I haven't got a father in my pocket . But what I'll do , I'll put it on the never . Never , I'll put it on . I actually , while my neighbor's driving a car , when actually I can get a new car , I will go . So what we do is we create these prisons and these invisible locks and we bolt ourselves down .
Speaker 2But the Bible is about . All things is possible . See yourself outside of debt . See yourself coming out of the overdraft . See yourself not having to worry about the latest vehicle . See yourself not worrying about the mortgage crisis because the government is coming for the government is coming for your property . Just because you've got a nice house , just because you've got every , you don't own anything . The car's on tick , so it's not mine . The phone don't actually belong to me because the phone's on tick . The TV don't actually belong to me because the phone's on tick . The TV don't actually belong to me because the TV is on tick . The sofa don't belong to me because DFS own the fabric that I sit on . And actually the house that I go and work and slave myself to doesn't belong to me because it belongs to the mortgage company . There is the most . Do you know who ? The most dangerous finance company out there in the world is BlackRock . When you look at BlackRock and you would only find BlackRock in certain areas of life and it will make itself known at a certain area . It will make itself known that wherever the government goes , blackrock is visible . Blackrock is an extremely dangerous hedge funding financial area of life when you look at what BlackRock own .
Speaker 2So , with my house , I haven't got a mortgage , thank God . I live in social housing , thank God . But if you look at mortgages , if you look at car credit , if you look at credit on sofas , if you look , we live our lives on credit . So actually we do not own anything until it's paid for . So okay , I'm at work , I'm in work and I've got a mortgage and I've got 35 years to pay it back . But then suddenly something happens to me . I've slaved myself , I work myself , I've got myself almost to the end of the mortgage . I can see . I can see that I'm going to make it . The last hurdle around Ascot is there , I'm just going to jump the last hurdle . But as I jumped the last hurdle , I have an accident . But then suddenly I was sold a lie for the company that sold me the insurance indemnity . So it doesn't quite add up because I didn't read the blueprint right , because I was so excited about getting my own home . Or I got my car .
Speaker 2When you look at car credit and everything , just because you're driving the greatest car the earth has given you , it's not yours until you pay for it . So if we was to take everything away from us that is on credit , we would only have the shoes that we're standing in , because the house belongs actually to the mortgage company , the car belongs to the car credit company , the sofa that we're stretched out on belongs to DFS or John Lewis , whoever it may be or Kalana it's very interesting that Kalana that is across the globe , this very interesting financial company that has sprung out of nowhere . When you look BlackRock , is the most dangerous Hedge funding government backed when you look at finances . So just because I've got the house , it's not mine , because the devil will spin you a line . It will get you trapped in rent , trapped in mortgages , trapped in car credit , trapped in every financial trapping . And then he's got us .
Then I can't live to the potential that God has for me because I've got to get up at silly o'clock and now I can't afford to go to work because the evil man that rules London has brought in a camera system and now in April , the tunnel that I used to go through forever and a day is going to cost me eight quid . The evil man has now put a charge , so now they have restricted me Control . Now I can't go through the Blackwell Tunnel because I can't afford eight pound a day . So what I'm going to have to do is I'm going to have to find a job this side . So they are stopping our stretch . I can't drive this certain vehicle into the smoke because it is costing too much money . So I can't work in town anymore . Now I can't cross the river because the tube is restricting me , and I mean the tube of the Blackpool Tunnel . So it's costing me eight quid that way . It's costing me X over the Dartford Tunnel .
Speaker 2So suddenly I can't afford . I can't afford to go into the congestion charge . So what I've got to do is I've got to sell my van , I've got to sell this , but I can't actually do that . The reason I can't do that is because I signed myself up to the devil's finances . So now I've got to find work outside of that perimeter . I've got to go out that way . But I can't go out that way because I can't afford the diesel to stretch down that way . So suddenly we find ourselves the parochial stretch , manipulation and control . When they put the charge , and when they put the charge on the tunnel , they knew exactly what they was doing . It's got nothing to do with Save the Planet . It's to stop the restriction of me and you . It's a measure of called control . So they get us at full stretch financially . The wages comes in the door , the gyro comes in the door , the universal credit hits the bank and we think to ourselves that I don't have enough money now to take my van , to take myself five days a week through that tunnel , so suddenly I can't commute into London . So it's very interesting that they are hitting us like never before .
Speaker 2The devil's coming for your home . The devil is coming for your home . The devil is coming for the materialistic move on our lives . The government is turning the thumb screws . What do we actually own ? Nothing . What do we take out in the coffin that we go out in Nothing ? What did we come in with Nothing ?
Speaker 2So we've got to draw a line under this . We've got to try and just have a bit of a comma for a moment and just gather our thoughts . Let's come to the table , you know . So we've been in Psalm 61 , 62 , and 63 . We've got to pray that God will strengthen us beyond human understanding . We've got to pray as we watch this demonic government in the UK tightening the thumb screws on the human being . The credit cards are racked , the loan agreement is stretched , the rent is accelerating up , the diesel is about to increase very , very soon , because when the sun comes out , we want to stop you moving . So to stop us moving , they put more money on the fuel because they know that what we have . So it's very interesting .
Speaker 2I'm going to draw a line and I pray that wherever you are . I pray that wherever you are . And what has happened through the camera system ? I know this is fact . I know that people that used to come to this church can't come now because the vehicle that they had doesn't comply in where they live . So they've had to sell their vehicle because now they can't afford to pay to come to church . It's very interesting , isn't it ? So the government is changing the way that we live our lives . The government is changing how we .
Speaker 2There is no such thing as freedom , but does freedom come in the Word ? It talks being free on the inner man . You can have all the riches the world can offer , but if you haven't got inner peace , if you haven't got that peace through salvation , we'll be wrestling ourselves . So , father , I pray right now that , as we break bread together , as we take this cup together that we will not live our lives by what we perceive , because we are putting ourselves in a prison , because we allow ourselves the house is restricting , the car is restricting ourselves . The house is restricting , the car is restricting , the wages is restricting , life is restricting . So we allow ourselves to be restricted physically . But there is a realm outside there that will take you beyond your understanding . There is a god out there that will take you far above where you could .
Speaker 2Even if you was the richest person in the world , if Elon gave you all the money under the under the sun that he's got in his back pocket , it won't give you the peace that you need , because it is . It is not money . Money is the devil's energy because it's fleeting the love of and we all love money , we all love the Russell of . Cash is king . Let's have some money . When I've got money , I'm the king of the castle . When I ain't got a bean in my pocket , I ain't got nothing .
Speaker 2So money changes our character . Whether I've got it , I'm like a man with five arms frying it all over the place . When I ain't got it , me hands are restricted in me pocket . It changes the character . So when I realize I don't need money , to what God has for me . Suddenly the world becomes accessible , the kingdom becomes possible , because it is faith that will get us out of debt . It is faith that will get us healed . It is faith that will open the door of amazing promises of God . It is the word that will open the door , because money doesn't open the door .
Speaker 2The more money we got , the more tight we become , because we're frightened of spending what I got , because if I spend it , I haven't got it , and we use perception to look at the money , and that is our self-worth is evaluated by what I got . Father , in the name of Jesus , I thank you that you don't look at our material status , our financial status of how you look at us . Christ looks at our heart . If you've got a whopper of a heart , all things are possible to those who believe . Believe and dream . Believe and dream that great speech that was delivered those many years ago . The impossible dream , because that's where faith sits . We are not a slave to Pharaoh , we are a slave to righteousness . My God shall supply all my needs according to thy riches in glory , father , bless this bread that symbolizes the body of Christ . In the name of Jesus and Lord .
Speaker 2From this millisecond on , break the Jerichos of the materialistic prisons that I'm in . Let me see beyond the river . Let me see beyond the Jericho , let me see beyond the Goliath and let me dream . Let me look up into the hills . Dream , let me look up into the hills . Let me look up into the world , into the blue sky , beyond the fog and the grayness that is around me . Let me see beyond my human understanding and let me see change . In the name of Jesus , bless us . I pray in Jesus name , amen .
Speaker 2It's interesting , isn't it , that financial borrowing has an end date , and very rare do we get to the end date because something happens so I can't pay it back . So the end date stretched out , so we start to live our lives , but by the prison of finances . God doesn't need money to get you to where he wants you to go , and I'm speaking to myself . God says believe , I will take you to a place where money cannot get you . I will take you to a place where money cannot buy . I will take you to a place that is outside of the physical realm of the restrictor , of the restrictor , if you allow yourself to be imprisoned by social media . If you allow yourself to be imprisoned by the lack of money , if you allow the prison of mortgages and collateral , we are living a lesser life that God has for us . How hard is it for a rich man to enter in the kingdom ? Can't be done , jesus .
Speaker 2This cup represents the blood of Jesus and the Bible says the price has been paid . So what does Jesus want ? Has Jesus got his hand out the sky tonight and got a credit card machine and swipe your card and I'll give you salvation . Swipe your card and I'll give you eternal life . Money is not required in the kingdom of God . Faith is so . Believe tonight there is serious change .
Speaker 2Go to bed tonight dreaming that today is the day of change , that I'm healed , my bones are healed , cancer has gone , financial restrictors are lifted . In the name of Jesus , lord , I am not restricted by the culture I'm in . I'm not restricted by the culture I'm in . I'm not restricted by the animals that I live with . I'm not restricted by the ivory towers . I'm not restricted by life , lord , because I can do all things through Christ . That strengthens me . Dream the impossible dream . Let's take of the cup . Wash me in the blood of Jesus , amen . Let's take of the cup Wash me in the blood of Jesus , amen .
Speaker 2Have we ever dared to dream bigger than our financial stretch ? Have we ever dared to dream outside of the realm of finances ? Because finances , finances is the biggest area of restrictor . Look outside of the credit card , look outside of the overdraft , look outside and see yourself in a new place . See yourself living the dream for Jesus . See yourself healed . See yourself living the dream for Jesus . See yourself healed . Look outside of the realm of the consultant saying you're going to be on these medications for the rest of your life . I'm afraid to say that you are restricted by the illness . See yourself on the outside . See yourself walking . See yourself sleeping right . See yourself sleeping right . See yourself living right . See yourself living the impossible dream , because the impossible dream is possible by faith .
Speaker 2Father , in the name of Jesus , we declare that the restrictors are off . Tonight . We declare that these chains of bondage are gone . In the name of Jesus , we're not relying on universal credit . We're not relying on PIP . We're not relying on the social media . We're not relying on our hands to bring the food in . We're not relying , dear God , on the finances to swing right . We're not relying on the cheeky little scratch card when we put fuel in the car . We're not relying , we're not relying on the premium bonds to come in .
Speaker 2It's interesting , isn't it , how the government own the premium bonds . It's interesting the government gone , you can get more . How do I get more , mr Government Invest . We've lifted the investment to 50 grand . It was 30 , but we took it to 30 to 40 , because we want your money . And when we got your money , let me tell you this I will take your money out of government holdings because it's going to be like Greece and it's going to be like Spain . With a click of a button . That 50 grand that you was given , that 50 grand that you have put into government bonds , guess what it's doing ? It's fueling the devil's work . You've got to find somewhere else to invest . You've got to find somewhere to invest because this government will press the button and there will be people hitting retirement . They've snatched me money . They've taken my .
Speaker 2Look at the banks as we're closing . Look at the banks . Right now you struggle to find a high street bank . Look what they've done to Nigel Farage . Look what they've done to certain people . Look what they've done to that vicar up in Yorkshire . They froze his bank account because he said something from the Bible . You can't say that about the gays . We're freezing you .
Speaker 2Find out what the biggest bank is that supports transgender . It's interesting . Watch out . Where are you investing in ? Where are you putting that sneaky bit of money that we're hiding from the tax man ? Because actually the tax man's got it because you've already invested . So we hide it from the tax man . We ain't got no money , sir , but I've actually flicked it into something else that he owns . They're going to flick the switch and there will be many people that have invested their finances .
God bless every one of you in the name of Jesus . Be aware , be wise , father , bless us tonight , carry us in the name of Jesus , because what happened abroad is going to happen to the UK . The button will be pressed and you won't get access to your crown jewels anymore , that little sneaky nest egg that we put aside . Just in case God doesn't bless me , I can draw it down at a later age . The buttons are going to be pressed . In the name of Jesus , god bless you , amen .
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