WEBVTT 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:02.879 Praise God. 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:09.199 Well, it's great to be in church on Memorial Day weekend. 00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:14.480 And we're going to pray God will just bless those folks who are at the lake too. 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:15.199 Amen. 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:21.440 I was saying backstage, I said, it's not my favorite weekend of the year for church. 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:22.640 And somebody said, Oh, why? 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:23.839 It's Pentecost weekend. 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:25.760 I said, Oh, I love that part. 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:31.280 I said, but Memorial Day, I said, you can shoot a cannon through there and not hit anybody. 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.079 All I can tell you is they're going to miss out. 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:34.880 Amen. 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:36.960 I said, they're going to miss out. 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:37.840 Amen. 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:40.719 God bless you for your faithfulness. 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:46.719 I um got a chance to talk to my dear friend Keith Kraft last week. 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:59.759 Keith has developed an amazing business where he is coaching people to excellence in their marriages, in their businesses, and in their thinking. 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.439 It's amazing what he's doing for God. 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:08.959 And as a result of that, he's making millions of dollars. 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.959 It's beautiful. 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:13.359 You say, well, why is that beautiful? 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:15.920 Because I know his story. 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:26.959 I know this young man who was a basketball player at Evangel University when I was a football coach. 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:31.840 And the coach just didn't like him. 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:33.920 I'm just telling you. 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:40.159 And the reason he didn't like him is because Keith wanted a revival on that team. 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:43.040 And he was the only one who did. 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:59.280 So he was ostracized, persecuted, marginalized, and it was honestly one of the darkest periods of that kid's life, the four years that he was in school. 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:07.040 And it seemed like every time I turned around, I was bumping into that big dude. 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.879 In fact, I would be at practice, football practice. 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:12.719 He wasn't a football player. 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:19.599 And suddenly I would feel somebody near me, the shadow over me. 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:25.039 And I would look and he would be standing beside me on the sideline of my practice. 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:28.080 And I would turn to him and he'd say, Can we talk later? 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:29.840 Of course we can, Keith. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:31.199 Of course we can. 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.800 And we talked constantly. 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:40.400 He always was so hungry to know the things of God. 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:46.319 I started a uh I started a preacher's school. 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.639 And by the way, I'm about to do that with the young people here. 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:54.960 Uh God laid that on my heart on the way to church. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:05.360 And so we we had about 20 kids off the football team that came and one basketball player, Keith. 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:10.240 He was there at the preacher's school that I held in our home. 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:15.599 De Anza would give us refreshments and then we would talk about preaching. 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:24.400 And then I watched him as he graduated from college with high hopes that he would be in the ministry. 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.240 And nobody wanted him. 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:38.240 It was just like he didn't have the contacts or the kind of clout from family to maybe just get that first step. 00:03:39.360 --> 00:04:02.719 And he told me the story of how that his job was to come in at five o'clock in the evening and work to 12 o'clock at night on job sites where he swept up and cleaned up so that those who came to build who had the high-paying jobs could finish their work. 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:11.199 And he said, I would always bring my radio and I would play Christian music. 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:21.120 And he said, I would sing along with it, and I would cry out to God, oh God, surely you can use me too. 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:25.519 Surely you have a place for me, Jesus. 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:27.839 Something that I can do. 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:32.160 He said, I would weep before the Lord and cry out. 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:40.800 Interesting thing about that period is that he was making a paltry paycheck, you can imagine. 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:50.000 But he sat down with his young wife and he said this to her, Sheila, this is the way we're going to live. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:56.480 20% of every dollar I'm going to tithe. 00:04:57.759 --> 00:04:58.720 She said, Okay. 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:05.680 He said, the next 10% are our offerings. 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:12.240 Because we not only want to tithe, we want to give offerings. 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:14.879 She said, All right. 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:20.079 She understood that now that skinny paycheck was getting even skinnier. 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:24.079 And then he said this. 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:35.120 He said, We're going to invest this 10%, and then we're going to live off the rest. 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:41.360 That was when he didn't have a good job. 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:49.439 He never in all of these years has left that blueprint. 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:52.800 He has stayed by it. 00:05:53.199 --> 00:06:11.360 So many years ago, I prophesied over him, and let me just tell you, it was one of those prophecies that wasn't worth much as far as its prophetic value because I had the inside track on what was going to happen to him. 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.079 And I said, You're going to be very wealthy. 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:17.040 I said, Mark my word. 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:22.959 I said, God is going to make you very wealthy. 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:24.879 You said, is God interested in that? 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:26.079 Read your Bible. 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:27.600 That's all I'm going to tell you. 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:30.720 If you haven't found it yet, you haven't read much. 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:36.639 Everybody who keeps God's laws. 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:42.639 I said, everybody who keeps God's laws gets God's benefits. 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:48.560 And that's what Keith Kraft's story is. 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:57.040 I go with him to the mall, and I like valet parking. 00:06:57.120 --> 00:06:58.319 I'm sorry. 00:06:58.639 --> 00:06:59.600 I like it. 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:07.120 I can't find my stinking car half the time in a shopping center. 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:08.240 I like it. 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:14.319 I like to give the guy whatever and give him a good tip and him have it when I get done. 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:16.800 He never does it. 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:19.519 I said, why don't you ever valet park? 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.319 I mean, he drives up in a Porsche or something. 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.279 Valet Park that he goes, no. 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.399 It gives me more to give. 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:30.319 I said, what are you talking about? 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:32.959 He said, every little bit counts. 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:36.079 And he said, what I do is that I keep track. 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:42.079 And he said, this is one of the ways that it gives me more to give. 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:50.480 Now he's giving hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars to God every single year. 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:54.240 But yet it's a consciousness. 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:56.399 Here's what I want to tell you. 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:10.639 Money will never make you happy, nor the things it buys for you. 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.120 Here's what I'm going to tell you. 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:17.360 That house won't make you happy. 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:22.000 That car won't make you happy. 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:26.000 I've had all that stuff empty. 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.000 That big bank account won't make you happy. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:47.919 I read a scripture yesterday, and when I'm studying the Bible, I study from the Torah, which I don't know if you know this, but you can buy those at the bookstore. 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.720 And they're the original Hebrew. 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:57.200 And so I'll study simultaneously if I'm reading something in the Old Testament. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:02.159 And there's this vague scripture in the Old Testament. 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:05.440 And it I just didn't didn't get it. 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:14.799 So I turned to my original language copy because it's got the Hebrew, which I can't read, but then it's got the interpret the translation directly. 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:16.799 And this is what the scripture said. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:22.559 Listen to this, it said, accumulated wealth is like tender. 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:25.440 You know, that's the stuff that catches fire. 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:27.200 This is what the Bible says. 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:29.759 Accumulated wealth is like tinder. 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:36.240 And those who accumulate it are like the match. 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.240 What is it saying? 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:42.639 It's not saying it's wrong to accumulate wealth. 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.320 That's not what it's saying. 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:51.519 It's saying that if that is your objective, it's going to disappear on you. 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.360 You say, why are you preaching to us like this? 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:01.679 Because I absolutely adore you, that's why, and love you. 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:03.919 And I want you to get rich. 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:06.639 And I want you to prosper. 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.639 And I want you to have a new car, but understand it's not going to make you happy. 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:15.360 And I want you to have a new house, but understand that that's not what your value's about. 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:20.720 And I want you to do the one thing that will always make you happy and you will never regret it. 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:22.159 You know what that is? 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.320 That's give to God. 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.320 You say, but is giving to God giving to church? 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:30.720 Is giving to God really giving to church? 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:46.240 Isn't it interesting that Jesus took his disciples on a field trip to see the offering and that they were giving to the temple, which frankly at that time was just doubtful whether it was doing everything right? 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:53.360 But yet he talked about the giving to the temple. 00:10:53.919 --> 00:11:00.480 And that if you gave to the temple, that God would see and he would reward you. 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:02.879 You see, here's what you have to understand about the church. 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:09.600 The church is just like Noah's Ark, it's got a lot of stink on board, but it's still the best thing afloat. 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:15.440 Folks, here's what I want to tell you. 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:19.279 I was your pastor for a lot of years. 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:21.519 I loved all of it. 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:23.759 You say, I remember you went through some tough times. 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:25.759 Yeah, I did, and I loved it. 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:27.039 Say, why? 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:30.159 Because you're not a warrior if you don't like a good fight. 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:39.759 I go into my office sometimes and I'm just glowing, you know, smiling and fidgeting, and Juno says, Oh, God help us. 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.440 Say, the only time you come in like that is when something's wrong. 00:11:45.679 --> 00:12:04.799 Well, I want to just tell you this: God saw me through because I learned a long time ago, if I give to him and if I give him the tithe, that big angels show up to make sure that everything God has promised gets done. 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:05.679 Amen. 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:07.440 Hallelujah. 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:10.320 I want you to be blessed. 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:12.159 I want you to prosper. 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:14.879 We're stuck over here in West Shreveport. 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.200 People don't even know where we are. 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:22.799 The nerve of them, they come to Songs of the Season and ask me, What is all this? 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.120 I said, What do you mean, what is all this? 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:28.240 We're gonna be here 70 years in two years. 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:30.720 And you're asking us, this is a church. 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:31.600 This is a church? 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:33.120 I said, Yes, it's a church. 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:33.919 What church? 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.440 Shreeport community church. 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.639 I said, where do you live? 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:37.759 South Highlands. 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:40.639 I said, well, get off this exit sometimes. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:44.000 Here's what I'm gonna tell you. 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:47.279 I want all the people in West Shreveport to get some money. 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:49.120 I want us to be blessed. 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:51.519 I want us to be able to have a testimony. 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:59.840 And when people ask us what it's what our secret is, I want you to have the Duran secret because it's working on four generations now. 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:04.879 We live by our giving, and you are gonna live by your giving too. 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:05.679 Amen. 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:07.840 You are heirs of that. 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:11.600 Hallelujah. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.480 I'm gonna ask the ushers to come right now. 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:21.759 We uh are gonna give a big offering in three weeks. 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:24.799 By the way, I'm gonna be preaching the next three weeks. 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:28.480 And you know, here's the deal. 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:34.399 Denny Rodney's allowing this, but he's made it very clear. 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.720 If the crowd diminishes, that's pretty much over for me. 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.720 You understand? 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:47.360 He didn't, I'm lying, he didn't say anything like that. 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:50.000 But now, now listen, I'm gonna be out. 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.279 Y'all make me feel y'all come on out and hear me. 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:54.320 You understand? 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.440 Because we're gonna we're gonna have a great time the next three weeks. 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:01.679 And what we're gonna talk about is a new level of devotion to the Lord. 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:09.679 And in not this week, not next week, but the next week, we're gonna talk about this big offering, giving a big offering. 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:11.360 What are we gonna give to? 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:13.519 Classrooms for kids. 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:15.679 That's what we're giving to. 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:18.320 Classrooms for kids. 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:25.519 We want to see children be able to come to Evangel Christian Academy. 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.000 And we need new classrooms. 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:30.799 Folks, Evangel is exploding. 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.919 Can you give God praise for that? 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.759 You say, My kids go to Bird High School. 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.639 Well, that's good. 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:41.759 That's good. 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:44.320 My kids go to Huntington, that's good. 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:48.399 But when people talk to you about your church, you can say, well, my church does a lot of things. 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.360 My church gives to Evangel Christi Academy. 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.799 We help kids. 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:54.720 You know, that's your ministry. 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.000 Your school's your school, but your ministry is your ministry. 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:16.799 So we're gonna all have an opportunity to chip in and just believe that God's gonna perform a miracle in three weeks, actually, two weeks from today, and that we are gonna be able to get started at the beginning of the summer so they're ready for the fall on two or three new three new classrooms. 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:18.720 And I think God can give us that, don't you? 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:19.919 I think He can do it. 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.320 Amen. 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:25.519 We're gonna do some stuff together this summer that's gonna be really, really powerful. 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:26.000 Amen. 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:30.879 Father, I pray in Jesus' name that your blessings will be upon your people. 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:37.919 Lord, I have a father and a grandfather's heart for all of these your children. 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:45.440 I don't want to see them fall short when it's time to pay the bills. 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:51.039 I don't want them not to be able to get the things they need and desire. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:57.200 I don't want them to not be able to pay their kids' way to school, to college. 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:59.679 Lord, I want them to be blessed. 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:03.519 And Lord, you have given us a pattern, a blueprint. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:08.399 Lord, I just pray that you'll bless them and let them believe it. 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:11.039 God, put faith in their heart to believe it. 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:14.159 Don't let them take it with a grain of salt. 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:23.600 I pray in Jesus' name, let them believe this is your plan for your church. 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:28.879 In Jesus' name, God bless you as you give. 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.759 Amen. 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:31.200 Praise God. 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:34.720 Um I Pastor, where's Pastor? 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:36.559 I got my hard copy too. 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:38.159 I just want you to know that. 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.279 I uh we decided on the same day to do that. 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:42.399 That's great. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:52.080 Um as you receive the offering, then I'm gonna go ahead and um get into the message. 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:57.039 I'm gonna um I'm gonna ask you to turn to Acts chapter two. 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.720 Acts chapter two. 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:01.440 It is Pentecost Sunday. 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.279 Somebody say Pentecost. 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:05.039 Pentecost. 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:08.960 I was listening to some old gospel music. 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.519 How many of you ever listened to old gospel music? 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:20.559 Uh on well, I guess uh uh is it you just listen to country music and you don't ever listen to old gospel? 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:26.160 I I love old gospel music, and old gospel music is the imperials. 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:29.759 Man, what a group they were. 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:41.359 And for those of you that have just come fresh out of the world and into the church, I'm not I'm not talking about um that group of the Imperials. 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:50.160 I'm talking about the Imperial Quartet, and they were wonderful singers, and they had this song called Old Buddha. 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:55.839 Old Buddha was a man, and I'm sure that he did well. 00:17:56.720 --> 00:18:02.079 But I fear for his disciples that they round up in hell. 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:04.160 I mean, they just got right to the point. 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:25.759 And um, and they the second verse talks about, gets a little closer to home, talks about well, you may be a Baptist and not be born again, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, or a Methodist, and still die in your sins. 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:28.400 Well, that was a discouraging song, wasn't it? 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:36.559 And then it says this you may be Pentecostal, shout and dance and jump a pew. 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:39.119 Well, here's what I want to tell you. 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:42.640 You might do that as a Pentecostal, but you might not. 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:47.279 Because there are a lot of people in the world today that are Pentecostals. 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:56.799 In fact, here's the truth the majority of the evangelical movement worldwide right now is Pentecostal. 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:02.079 They claim to be baptized in the Holy Ghost and fire. 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:04.079 Stand with me, please. 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.359 Hallelujah. 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.559 Hallelujah. 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:08.640 Bless the name of the Lord. 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:10.240 Bless the name of the Lord. 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.680 Glory to God. 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:18.480 Father, I pray that during the next few minutes that you'll speak to us through your word. 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:33.759 And I ask, oh God, that this will be a day when people discover your power, when they are filled with your spirit, when their lives are transformed forever. 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:37.519 I thank you for loving us. 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:50.880 And I thank you for loving us enough to literally be willing to allow the third person, the Godhead, the Holy Ghost, to live inside of us. 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:54.799 We give you the glory in everybody's head. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.400 Amen. 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.759 You may be saved. 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.839 Acts chapter two. 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:20.640 We understand that Jesus has been resurrected, that he has been on the earth for fifty days, communicating with eyewitnesses. 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:35.200 In fact, there were literally, after that fifty days, thousands of people that could bear witness to the fact that Jesus Christ indeed was resurrected from the dead. 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:49.759 And now the disciples have shown up to an upper room, a room that had been previously set aside for what we know as the Last Supper. 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:56.559 And they have gathered waiting on the promise of Christ. 00:20:57.680 --> 00:21:09.200 He had said to them, Don't depart from this city of Jerusalem until you are filled with power from on high. 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:27.680 And he said, You shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, and you will be my witnesses unto Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:33.839 And then in chapter two, he arrives, the Holy Spirit comes. 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:40.160 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:45.599 Suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind. 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:56.160 It filled the entire house where they were sitting, and divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:59.759 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:06.240 And began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:12.000 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:26.400 And at this sound, the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language, and they were amazed and astonished, saying, Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:32.480 And how is it that we hear each of us in his own native language? 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:59.599 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Vampilia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God. 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:07.200 And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, What does this mean? 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:14.000 But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine. 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:19.920 The whole world is looking for power. 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:32.079 I have been so perplexed as I have watched some of the things that have been done by both of our major political parties. 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:46.880 I just have thought, as some of these individuals have taken the mic in these hearings, that they weren't really interested in doing what was best for America. 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:52.240 And of course, I understand what's up. 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:59.599 Because what you're going to discover, ladies and gentlemen, that around the world it is the same thing. 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.759 People are interested in power first. 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:09.759 Whatever can keep me in power, I am willing to do. 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:01.119 You're after the place that money can exalt you to. 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:10.079 But let me just tell you, ladies and gentlemen, there is no power on the earth like the Holy Ghost and power. 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:14.000 I'm seeing Chase Pittman back there. 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:23.200 One of my favorite moments this year was when Chase was bringing his son to Evangel Christian Academy. 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:37.200 And Chase sat across the table from me and he looked at me and he said, I know that Jesus is at all those other Christian schools, but the Holy Spirit is here. 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:44.480 And I want to tell you, I have never in my life sat across from a parent and had them tell me that. 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:46.400 I about jumped out of my chair. 00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:49.920 I said, absolutely, that's the point. 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:57.440 You see, the fact is, there is no power like the power of the Holy Ghost and fire. 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:08.319 The Bible says that several things happened when these people were filled with his power. 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:20.400 One of the subtle things that we often just pass over because it's not a part of our culture is the fact that cloven tongues, like as a fire, set upon each of them. 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:22.160 I want you to see that visual. 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:30.799 Because as they were in that upper room and they looked around the upper room, they saw each individual had a flame of fire on their head. 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.880 That's amazing. 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:34.720 I mean, that happened. 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:38.880 They just say it subtly, like it's just a part of the story. 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:43.519 I'm telling you, if I see that, I'm talking about that the rest of my life. 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.319 I don't know. 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:46.559 I might not even survive that. 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:49.599 Cloven, tongues like as a fire on it. 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.720 You say, what was that all about? 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.160 I'm going to tell you what it was about. 00:26:52.400 --> 00:27:07.920 In Moses' wilderness tabernacle, that was the first place that was built for a dwelling of God, there was a pillar of fire by night that set over the holy place. 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:30.400 So unlike other nations who would set up their tents in the valley with the entrance to the tent always facing outward in case they were attacked by an enemy tribe or nation, they would be able to react quickly, get out of the tent, and be confrontational. 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:36.640 Instead, they pitched their tents exactly opposite. 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:42.000 They made the entrance toward the middle. 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:44.880 Because in the middle was the tabernacle of God. 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.960 You say, wow, that was brave. 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.839 Not really. 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:56.319 Because at night there was a celestial torch over that tabernacle that reached into the heavenlies. 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:05.680 Did they think they were going to get attacked when they served a God who manifested himself in fire that reached into the heavenlies? 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.880 Not at all. 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:18.960 And never is there a recording of that army of Israel being attacked at night by anyone that performed a surprise attack. 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:21.119 It just didn't happen. 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:26.079 The fire said, This is where God dwells. 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:28.240 But hallelujah. 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:30.880 That had been over for thousands of years. 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.200 There wasn't any fire anywhere in Israel. 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:42.400 But now these Jews who knew their history well are in that upper room and they look around and they say, whoa, hallelujah. 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:45.119 The fire is back. 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:50.640 But now it's not over a wooden box that has been covered with gold. 00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:53.519 Now it's over every believer. 00:28:53.680 --> 00:29:03.359 In other words, they were saying, there's the Ark of the Covenant, and there's the Ark of the Covenant, and there's the Ark of the Covenant, and there's the Ark of the Covenant. 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:11.359 The Holy Ghost was saying, I now will make my dwelling in the human form. 00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:19.519 And that's what happened to us when we got filled with the Holy Ghost, wasn't it? 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.680 He gave us power. 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.279 He said, Well, what kind of power? 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:25.119 I'm glad you asked. 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:29.680 I just conveniently had that in my notes. 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:33.119 I'm going to talk about what kind of power this morning. 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:36.400 You see, the first power is the power of revelation. 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:46.640 When you get really filled with the Holy Spirit, you're going to know stuff that there's no way you could know without the power of the Holy Ghost. 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:52.960 The power of revelation to know God's plan for the world. 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:57.119 The disciples had no clue when Jesus is here. 00:29:57.440 --> 00:30:01.599 All of you that have read the scriptures understand that that's so. 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:06.160 They would ask questions like, Well, where are you going? 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:11.200 And why do you have to leave? 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:16.960 And don't talk about all that bad stuff happening to you. 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:22.240 One time Jesus had to turn to Peter and say, Get behind me, Satan. 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:27.039 Because they knew nothing about the plan of God. 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:36.400 But when you look at Acts chapter 2, what you see is Peter standing up and preaching the whole thing. 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:42.000 From beginning then, he even goes back to David's prophecies. 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:48.160 He had never understood that stuff in his life until this very moment. 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:57.359 And at that moment where he was filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, he suddenly understood God's plan for the world. 00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:02.000 Let me just tell you, right now our world is in chaos and confusion. 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:12.000 We are in a place right now that is maybe the most precarious and scariest place that we have been in at least my lifetime. 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:17.119 The armies of the world are now focused on Israel. 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:21.599 It's as if any moment Armagadd could break out. 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:38.160 We are seeing the Church of Jesus Christ close in on the 1040 window, and very, very soon we will be able to declare with confidence that every nation and people group has already been reached. 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:45.519 But yet there are a lot of Christians not filled with the Holy Ghost who are so worried that they can't sleep. 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:47.039 They are disturbed. 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:50.720 They're hoping that some politician is going to have the answer. 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:55.119 They're hoping that some peacemaker will be able to step onto the scene. 00:31:55.279 --> 00:32:06.400 But ladies and gentlemen, those of us that are baptized on the Holy Ghost, we're not worried about the world at all because we understand that there is a king in glory who never fails. 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:09.759 He's not up for re-election in four years. 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:14.400 He is always gonna rule and reign, and his word will prevail. 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:29.839 And let me say this to you: when you have the power of the Holy Ghost, you sleep well, you get up with hope, and you sing, not because you are happy and you therefore sing. 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:35.039 It's you sing because that's what makes you happy. 00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:49.440 You are singing the glory of God, the conquest of God, the power of God, the peace of God, the rest of God, the peace of God will be all over your life. 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:54.960 Every one of us need to understand the power of revelation. 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:58.160 When we're filled with this power, we know. 00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.839 Say, is that arrogant? 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.359 No, that's realistic. 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:20.799 Every Holy Ghost believer has available to them the secret, and I'm talking about the classified stuff that the Holy Ghost will communicate about the signs and the times that we live in. 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:31.039 Not only do we see them having a power of revelation for the plan of God for the world, but they suddenly knew what the will of God was for their own lives. 00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:33.200 People have asked me about the call of God. 00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.000 Did you struggle? 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:36.079 Did you wrestle with the call of God? 00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:38.079 Yeah, before God called me. 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:41.839 But when he called me, never, never. 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:44.559 I was at a track meet one day. 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:46.400 Many of you know the story. 00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:52.960 And this kid, Baptist boy, was in the high jump pit. 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.720 That was my event, high jump. 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.920 I don't know why they called it that for me. 00:33:58.240 --> 00:34:01.119 That is never what happened when they get given track. 00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:02.799 I never jumped very high. 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:08.000 But I competed with him because he and I always competed for last place. 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:13.920 We never even worried about those other guys that were gonna, you know, jump up there high. 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:16.239 We just competed with each other. 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:20.880 And so I walked over to him, say hello to him, and he never hardly said hi to me. 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:25.519 He was the saddest, most depressed looking guy you'd ever seen in your life. 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:29.119 And he's in the middle of the high jump pit singing. 00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.480 Just singing. 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:34.639 And look happy, joyful, shiny. 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:37.360 I said, Well, hey, Bill. 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.880 He said, Hey. 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:41.199 I said, What do you what are you so happy about? 00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:54.400 Well, he jumps out of that pit up onto the like the little sandbags on the side and stands there just like he's on a platform, and I've somehow gathered there to hear him preach. 00:34:55.599 --> 00:35:00.320 And he said, I went to a church last night and they ran, they sang and made the rafters ring. 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.360 It was amazing. 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:03.199 I said, Well, I go to a church like that. 00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.000 You do. 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.960 I said, Yeah. 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.280 He said, Do you speak in tongues? 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:09.840 I thought, well, that's not wise. 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:14.159 He's just talking about tongues and everything right in front of everybody. 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:18.400 So I tried to just get him to pipe down. 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:23.280 I whispered to him, hoping he'd take the hint. 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:26.880 I said, Well, I've, you know, I've received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. 00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:30.159 I've I've I've yes, I've had that experience. 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:33.599 He didn't take the hint. 00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:37.199 He said, Well, I speak in tongues all the time. 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.639 Hallelujah. 00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:42.320 He said, Let me tell you, Jesus changed my life. 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.159 I'll never forget his message. 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.320 Jesus changed my life. 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:51.920 If you offered me sin on a silver platter, I didn't know what that looked like. 00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:56.159 He said, I wouldn't do it. 00:35:56.320 --> 00:36:01.920 And then he gave a great big kick into the high jump pit and went, hallelujah. 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:12.320 And he was just kind of celebrating, and and we were all at that time gathered around, just watching him do what he was doing. 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.039 Man, I got hungry. 00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:16.400 Somebody say hungry. 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.920 I just got hungry. 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:19.199 I said, you know what? 00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:22.000 If anybody can have that, I want it. 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.480 I said, I don't care. 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:26.800 I I'm I I want that. 00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:30.239 Whatever that is, that's what I want. 00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:35.679 So after the high jump event, and by the way, he beat me that day. 00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:38.239 He jumped higher than he'd ever jumped. 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.599 Well, no wonder. 00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:45.679 And I said, uh, where are y'all meeting? 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:51.840 He said, we're meeting in the basement of Sunflower Baptist Church in Bozier. 00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.599 I said, can anybody come? 00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.599 He said, Oh yeah. 00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:02.400 Come, you I said, can I bring a friend? 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:04.559 Because I didn't know what I was going to get into. 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:08.320 He said, sure, bring a friend. 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:19.039 So my friend and I showed up, and that whole room was filled with kids that I knew didn't know Jesus. 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:21.360 But they did now. 00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:39.679 And the person that was bringing the revival was this little grandmother spinster kind of lady with spectacles down on the end of her nose and then the chain that held them on. 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:46.320 She was sweet, but there wasn't nothing cool about her. 00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:56.159 And all she was doing is running from one of those kids to another, saying, Oh, darling, you want the Holy Spirit, and laying hands on them. 00:37:56.239 --> 00:38:01.039 And boom, they were receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost. 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:34.079 I knew the biggest dope pusher in my school last year, and he was there, and he's just dancing, dancing in the Holy Ghost, filled with the Spirit, face totally transformed, countenance shining, just I was seeing so much transformation, so much life, so much power in that room. 00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:42.239 I finally said, God, I've got to have whatever they've got. 00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:46.400 And the Lord spoke to me, and this is what he said. 00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:49.360 He said, You have it. 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:52.079 You just don't know what you have. 00:38:52.719 --> 00:39:00.960 And I lifted my hands, and out of my innermost being flowed rivers of living water. 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:08.000 You want to know why at 73 I'm still gimping around, shouting on this stage? 00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:10.880 Let me tell you why. 00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:21.039 Because of that night and the Holy Ghost and fire, the power of revelation. 00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:24.400 The next year I get called to preach. 00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:26.159 I'm standing here. 00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:35.360 Not because I was just so humble and perfect and honest and just wanted to be a pastor at some point. 00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.880 And then God gave me a chance. 00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:38.000 No, no, it happened. 00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:47.199 In one night, God filled me with his spirit, and it changed my entire future. 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:54.239 The power, not just to know God's plan for the world, but to know God's will for your life. 00:39:54.480 --> 00:40:01.440 I don't know if any of you have ever had God speak to you, but let me just tell you, when he does, it will get addictive. 00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:15.519 There is nothing like being filled with the power of the Holy Ghost and having him talk to you and knowing the will and the purpose of God. 00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:18.960 Stand with me, please, all over this place. 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.920 Praise God. 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.599 Amen. 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.440 Amen. 00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:48.079 Is Alex around or every one of us in this place, listen. 00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:53.199 You're one of two places, satisfied or hungry. 00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:57.920 That's the way it is in life, isn't it? 00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.679 You want something? 00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:01.039 No, I'm full. 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:03.199 You want something? 00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.719 Yeah, I'm hungry. 00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:11.360 The fact is some of you have been full for years. 00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:15.039 Well, I already got saved. 00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:25.519 I received the baptism years ago. 00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:35.039 You're missing it. 00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:41.519 God's got so much more for you. 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.320 You want it? 00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.599 Let me just ask you this. 00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.880 Do you want it? 00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.199 Do you want it? 00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:56.000 You know, when you go to these doctors now, they can just take your blood and tell you everything that's going on with you, you know? 00:41:58.079 --> 00:41:58.639 You know? 00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:01.599 See, you got a speeding ticket last week. 00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:05.199 It's crazy. 00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:15.119 Your level of hunger will tell you everything about where you are with God. 00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:18.320 Are you desperate for him? 00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:23.039 Do you want to be renewed in the Holy Ghost? 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:31.760 Where the joy of the Lord burns in you, where the life of God just fills you. 00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:38.000 Where you can't wait to tell somebody, when I walked out of that room that night, this is what happened to me. 00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:40.639 I walked out of that room that night. 00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:43.840 I got in the passenger side of the car. 00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:46.880 My buddy drove me who went to this church. 00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:51.360 Here we are, 16-year-old kids driving down the street. 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:53.119 It was raining, cats and dogs. 00:42:53.360 --> 00:43:05.360 I am frantically searching for somebody on that street on the sidewalks who's crazy enough to be out because I was gonna get him to stop so I could tell them about Jesus. 00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:11.119 The next day at Captain Treve High School, I took my Bible to school for the first time. 00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:13.280 I went to the lunchroom. 00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:15.440 I went from table to table. 00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:22.480 I shared the experience that Jesus had given me with the power of the Holy Ghost. 00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:26.320 My life was forever changed. 00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:43.679 And when I would start to find that power diminishing, I would get back on my knees, I'd get back in my prayer clothes, I'd say, Oh God, please, please, please. 00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:47.360 As David said, Don't take your Holy Spirit from me. 00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:50.480 And he'll never take him from you. 00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:56.480 But every once in a while, you're gonna need a fresh drink from the well. 00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:59.280 You know what some of you have been missing your whole life? 00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:01.360 The power of The Holy Ghost. 00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:09.360 You've been missing the power, and it's in that power's for you, every one of you. 00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:11.440 This ain't a religious thing. 00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:14.719 This is an individual, personal power thing. 00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:19.199 He wants to fill you just like he filled those disciples. 00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:28.400 If the cry of your heart is, I'm hungry and I need more, then I need you to come to the front and let me pray for you. 00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:33.519 Because this is the beginning of three weeks of our wanting more. 00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:38.320 If you're full, just stay where you are. 00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:40.719 Stay where you are if you're full. 00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:44.480 But if you're hungry, I want you to come down here. 00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:45.840 And I want you to stand. 00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:48.320 I don't care if you just stand out by your row. 00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:49.840 You can just stand out by your row. 00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:51.280 You don't even have to come to the front. 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:52.639 But you're saying, I'm hungry. 00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:54.000 I'm hungry for God. 00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:58.559 I'm hungry for the power of the Holy Ghost in my life. 00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:06.079 Look at me and let me tell you something. 00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:08.880 I'm hungry. 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.320 Okay? 00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:12.239 I'm hungry. 00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:14.320 This message was to me today. 00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:16.320 I'm hungry. 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:29.039 You could get so busy doing the things of God and good stuff that God would smile on. 00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:38.400 That you miss being able to get in his presence and having him do something powerful in you. 00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:40.480 And let me just say something to you. 00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:43.199 I'm not talking about Bible study and regular prayer. 00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:47.679 And I'm not talking about you doing the stuff of Christianity. 00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:50.000 I'm talking about God visiting you. 00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:52.400 I read something last week. 00:45:52.480 --> 00:46:00.880 It's like everything I'm reading is just pounding me with this reality that I've got to have more of God. 00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:06.320 Moses. 00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:20.159 Listen. 00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:24.159 And then he would go care for the people. 00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:32.960 But his servant Joshua would not leave. 00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:44.079 That precious young man who just saw Moses leave and go do the work of God. 00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:48.079 And he just stayed in the tent. 00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:51.280 Said, I believe I need a little bit more. 00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:54.559 Was he talking to God? 00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:55.840 Probably not. 00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:59.920 God normally just talked to the leader in those days. 00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:07.440 But he just wanted to sit in the afterglow of the presence, lift your hands all over this place and get totally alone with the Lord. 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:10.400 I want everyone here to get alone with God. 00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:12.559 I want you to get alone with God. 00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:18.079 Right now, I need, I need, I need you to do something. 00:47:18.159 --> 00:47:20.559 I'm going to follow the leaders of the Holy Spirit here. 00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:21.840 This may seem a little different. 00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:29.920 I want you to put your right hand on your chest, and I want you to say, in the name of Jesus, I take authority over the war in me. 00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:36.400 Again, in the name of Jesus, I take authority over the war in me. 00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:54.559 Say in the name of Jesus, I adjure you, Satan, whatever torment you are inflicting on my spirit, you no longer have the right. 00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:56.719 I rebuke you. 00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:59.360 I will not live under this anymore. 00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:01.840 In Jesus' name. 00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:11.039 Now lift your hands, and I want you to thank God that he heard that and that the warring angels of the Lord have come to your side. 00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:12.159 Hallelujah. 00:48:12.320 --> 00:48:13.440 In Jesus' name. 00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:14.880 In Jesus' name. 00:48:15.119 --> 00:48:16.480 In Jesus' name. 00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:17.840 Hallelujah. 00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:35.920 I want you to say this in the name of the Lord, I stand against tradition and any previous belief system that has robbed me of New Testament power. 00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:41.199 What I read in your book is different than what I have. 00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:43.920 I don't want it to be. 00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:50.639 So in the name of Jesus, I receive the power of your Holy Spirit. 00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:52.880 I want you to lift your hands right now. 00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:55.039 I want you to breathe in deeply. 00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:57.039 One, two, three, breathe in. 00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:58.159 Breathe in. 00:48:58.559 --> 00:48:59.599 Hallelujah. 00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:02.639 Say, I receive your spirit. 00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:06.000 I receive the Holy Spirit. 00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:09.760 Right now, just praise him because he's heard you. 00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:15.440 Now, Lord God, I thank you that these your children are in process. 00:49:16.159 --> 00:49:23.440 Some will receive everything they need for this moment today, but everyone will take the next step. 00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:29.519 And Lord, I thank you that this begins a season of seeking you. 00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:35.360 The next two weeks, we lay aside time to seek you. 00:49:35.599 --> 00:49:49.599 Lord God, we will keep this church open so that anyone during the day that wants to come into the quietness of this atmosphere and just wait around these altars or walk and pray will be able to do it. 00:49:49.840 --> 00:50:07.440 Lord God, we thank you that you are going to do things in our lives in the next two weeks as we wait on you that are going to change the total direction of this church, of our vision here, of even everything in our history. 00:50:07.679 --> 00:50:14.239 Lord, this is going to be a moment where you do something supernatural for us. 00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:17.280 And we thank you that we're a hungry group. 00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:19.039 Look at us, Jesus. 00:50:19.199 --> 00:50:20.639 We're all down here. 00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:23.039 We all want more of you. 00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:29.440 We desire you more than our necessary bread, as Job said. 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:32.880 Oh God, help us. 00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:36.000 Fill us with your spirit. 00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:37.599 Hallelujah. 00:50:38.079 --> 00:50:39.360 Hallelujah. 00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:40.960 Hallelujah. 00:50:41.280 --> 00:50:43.760 I want you to get quiet before the Lord all over this place. 00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:45.280 I'm going to give you some instructions. 00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:51.119 Oh, hallelujah. 00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:56.000 This week I want you to read everything on the power of the Holy Spirit you can get your hands on. 00:50:58.480 --> 00:51:00.159 I want you to read the book of Acts. 00:51:00.239 --> 00:51:04.639 I want you to see what powerful people do when they get the Holy Ghost. 00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:10.400 People that previously have not been powerful and what they do after they receive the Spirit. 00:51:10.719 --> 00:51:13.840 And then I want you to tell the Lord this every day. 00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:17.280 I want you to tell him, I'm really hungry. 00:51:18.480 --> 00:51:20.400 I'm really hungry for you. 00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:25.360 I like country music. 00:51:25.440 --> 00:51:26.239 I like pop music. 00:51:26.320 --> 00:51:27.679 I like all kinds of music. 00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:31.039 The next two weeks, I want you to turn it off. 00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:36.000 And I want you to put on the music that moves you closest to Jesus. 00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:37.599 I want you to put it on. 00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:43.760 And as you get in that truck, you get in that car, I want you to let it move you toward toward God. 00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:48.000 And more than anything, this is what I want you to do. 00:51:48.320 --> 00:51:50.239 I want you to believe. 00:51:51.119 --> 00:51:51.920 Did you hear me? 00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:54.000 I said, I want you to believe. 00:51:55.039 --> 00:52:00.159 Because to him that believes, all things are possible. 00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:05.199 All things are possible to him that believes. 00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:08.400 I want you to pray for our pastoral staff. 00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:13.760 I want you to pray for all of us, that all of us get our fresh touch of the Holy Ghost. 00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:17.039 I want you to pray for our teachers. 00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:20.719 I want you to pray for everyone in authority in this whole culture. 00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:29.280 And we're going to believe that God's going to do something fantastic because everything will let you down. 00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:38.000 Believe me, everything will let you down except the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:52:42.719 --> 00:52:43.679 Hallelujah. 00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:46.639 I'm going to pray God's presence over you. 00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:53.199 And I want you guys, I want us right now just to sing something. 00:52:53.360 --> 00:53:02.159 Just, and I want to just the gentleness and sweetness of the Holy Spirit to just settle right here. 00:53:02.960 --> 00:53:06.400 We're going to believe that this is going to be the beginning. 00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:07.679 Somebody say beginning. 00:53:09.039 --> 00:53:15.599 This is going to be the beginning of God doing something supernatural. 00:53:16.079 --> 00:53:22.320 How many of you can believe that this will be the beginning of God doing something something supernatural in this town? 00:53:22.559 --> 00:53:24.639 That God could do it even in the town. 00:53:24.960 --> 00:53:25.599 Amen. 00:53:26.079 --> 00:53:27.199 Hallelujah. 00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:34.079 There is no limit to how God can use hungry people. 00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:37.280 We're hungry. 00:53:37.599 --> 00:53:39.519 We're hungry for Him. 00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:41.920 And He is glorious. 00:53:42.239 --> 00:53:45.440 He is glorious. 00:53:45.760 --> 00:53:46.960 Hallelujah. 00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:55.199 Thank you for connecting with us today. 00:53:55.440 --> 00:54:02.639 The first step to a new life in Christ is receiving the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. 00:54:02.800 --> 00:54:09.920 If you have never received Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, repeat this prayer after me. 00:54:10.239 --> 00:54:16.239 Jesus, I believe you died on a cross and rose again for me. 00:54:16.719 --> 00:54:22.159 I ask that you come into my heart and be the Lord of my life. 00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:24.880 In Jesus' name I pray. 00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:26.079 Amen. 00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:36.079 Whether you committed your life to Jesus for the first time today or are already on your journey of faith, we would love to stay connected with you. 00:54:36.239 --> 00:54:43.599 Please visit scchurch.com and follow SC Church on all social media platforms. 00:54:43.760 --> 00:54:47.360 And remember, the best is yet to come.