Park The Ark - "A People of His Presence” Series

Welcome to Part 1 of our brand-new sermon series, “A People of His Presence.” In this message titled “Park The Ark,” Pastor Stanton Moore dives into 1 Chronicles 13 to reveal the power and significance of the Ark of the Covenant—and how it represents God’s manifest presence among His people. From exploring King David’s passionate pursuit of the Ark to unpacking Obed-Edom’s life-changing decision to host it in his home, Pastor Stanton reminds us that there is supernatural blessing and transformation whenever we make room for the presence of God.

Throughout this sermon, you’ll hear about:

• The history and symbolism of the Ark of the Covenant
• Why King David refused to settle until God’s presence was at the center of his kingdom
• How familiarity with the sacred can cost us dearly, as seen in the story of Uzzah
• The impact of true worship and daily devotion in cultivating God’s presence in your life
• Practical steps to “park the Ark” at your own home—so that you and your household can experience the tangible nearness and blessing of the Lord

If you’ve been longing for revival, transformation, or a deeper encounter with Jesus, this series is for you. Get ready to press in and learn what it means to be a people who carry God’s presence wherever we go.

Stay Connected with Burn Culture:

• Website: BurnCulture.org
• YouTube: @burnculture
• Facebook: facebook.com/BurnCulture
• Instagram: @BurnCulture
• TikTok: @BurnCultureWorship

Don’t forget to Like, Comment, and Subscribe so you won’t miss Part 2, where we explore the power of praise and how worship shifts atmospheres. Thank you for joining us, and remember to share this message with someone who needs encouragement today!

“Park the Ark” – Because hosting His presence changes everything.

#parktheark #burnculture #apeopleofhispresence #sermon #church #revival #transformation #presenceofgod #worship #jesus #bible #dailydevotion #faith #blessing #godsword #christian #fyp #foryou #foryoupage

Transcript

FIRST CHRONICLES CHAPTER 13 IS WHERE WE'LL BE
IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO OPEN IT
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BIBLE
THEN I EING WITH TODAY
WE'RE GNCOURAGE YOU TO BRING IT NEXT SUNDAY
BEGINNONNA BEGIN A THREE WEEK JOURNEY
THREE WEEK SERIES
AND IN THIS THREE WEEK SERIES
WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING FROM THE TOPIC OF
A PEOPLE OF HIS PRESENCE
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOUR
WHICHEVER ONE YOU PREFER
IF THERE'S ONLY ONE NEXT TO YOU
YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE
BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOUR AND SAY
I'M A PERSON OF HIS PRESENCE
I'M A PERSON OF HIS PRESENCE
WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS
YOU GOT A SPECIAL TREAT NEXT WEEK
BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF PRAISE
NEXT WEEK IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT
GETTING INTO
THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT LAST YEAR
BUT TODAY I WANT TO TALK
FROM THE TOPIC OF BEING A PEOPLE OF HIS PRESENCE
AND WHAT THAT MEANS
AND I WANT TO TALK FROM THE SUBJECT OF PARK THE ARK
PARK THE ARK 1ST CHRONICLES 13
VERSES 1 THROUGH 14
IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION RECORDS THESE WORDS
BEGINNING IN VERSE 1
DAVID CONSULTED WITH ALL OF HIS OFFICIALS
INCLUDING THE GENERALS AND THE CAPTAINS OF HIS ARMY
AND THEN
HE ADDRESSED THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY OF ISRAEL AS FOLLOWS
IF YOU APPROVE
AND IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE LORD OUR GOD
THEN LET US SEND MESSENGERS
TO ALL THE ISRAELITES THROUGHOUT THE LAND
INCLUDING THE PRIEST AND LEVITES
IN THEIR TOWNS AND PASTURE LANDS
AND LET US INVITE THEM TO COME AND JOIN US
IT IS TIME TO BRING BACK THE ARK OF OUR GOD
FOR WE NEGLECTED IT DURING THE REIGN OF SAUL
THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY AGREED TO THIS
FOR THE PEOPLE COULD SEE IT WAS
IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO
THEY MADE THE RIGHT DECISION
VERSE 5 SO DAVID SUMMONED ALL ISRAEL
FROM THE CHOHOR BROOK OF EGYPT IN THE SOUTH
ALL THE WAY TO THE TOWN OF LEBO HAMATH IN THE NORTH
TO JOIN THEM IN BRINGING THE ARK OF GOD TO KIRJATH
JEARIM
THEN DAVID AND ALL OF ISRAEL WENT TO BEULAH OF JUDAH
TO BRING BACK THE ARK OF GOD
SAY THIS WITH ME BRING BACK THE ARK
WHICH BEARS THE NAME OF THE LORD
WHO WAS ENTHRONED BETWEEN THE CHERUBIM
THEY PLACED THE ARK OF GOD ON A NEW CART
AND THEY BROUGHT IT IN FROM ABINADAB'S HOUSE AND UZZA
AND AHO AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO
AHO AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO
AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO
AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO
AHO AHO AHO
AHO AHO
AND DAVID
AND ALL OF ISRAEL WERE CELEBRATING BEFORE GOD
WITH ALL OF THEIR MIGHT
SINGING SONGS AND PLAYING HARPS AND ALL KIND
OR EXCUSE ME SINGING SONGS
AND PLAYING ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LEARS AND HARPS AND TAMBOURINES
AND CYMBALS AND TRUMPETS
VERSE 9 BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE THRESHING FLOOR
SAY THRESHING FLOOR OF NAACON
THE OXEN STUMBLED
AND UZA REACHED OUT HIS HAND TO STEADY THE ARK
AND THEN THE LORD'S ANGER WAS AROUSED AGAINST UZA
AND HE STRUCK HIM DEAD
BECAUSE HE HAD LAID HIS HAND ON THE ARK
AND SO UZZA DIED THERE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
AND DAVID WAS ANGRY
BECAUSE THE LORD'S ANGER HAD BURST OUT AGAINST UZZA
AND HE NAMED THAT PLACE PEREZ UZZA
WHICH MEANS TO BURST OUT AGAINST UZZA
AND IT'S CALLED STILL CALLED THAT TODAY
DAVID WAS NOW AFRAID OF GOD
AND HE ASKED
HOW CAN I EVER BRING THE ARK OF GOD BACK INTO MY CARE
SO DAVID DID NOT MOVE THE ARK INTO THE CITY OF DAVID
INSTEAD HE TOOK IT
AND HE PUT IT IN THE HOUSE OF OBED EDOM OF GATH
THE ARK OF GOD REMAINED THERE
IN OBADIAH'S HOUSE FOR THREE MONTHS
AND THE LORD BLESSED THE HOUSEHOLD OF OBADIAH
AND EVERYTHING HE OWNED READ VERSE 14
ONE MORE TIME THAT'LL BE OUR POINT OF EMPHASIS TODAY
THE ARK OF GOD REMAINED THERE IN OBADIAH'S HOUSE
FOR THREE MONTHS
AND THE LORD BLESSED AND THE LORD BLESSED
AND THE LORD BLESSED THE HOUSEHOLD OF OBAD
EDOM AND EVERYTHING
SAY EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING HE OWN
LET'S PRAY ONE MORE TIME YOU PRAY FOR ME
I'LL PRAY FOR YOU FATHER
HELP US TO RECEIVE THIS WORD TODAY IN JESUS NAME AMEN
SIT DOWN SIT DOWN SIT DOWN
OUR DREAM HERE AT BURN CULTURE AND OUR VISION HERE
THAT WE BELIEVE GOD HAS GIVEN US THE ASSIGNMENT
THE MANDATE IS TO CULTIVATE A DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD
OUR MISSION OF HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT
IS BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT KNITTING TOGETHER OUR LIVES
AND KNITTING TOGETHER A KINGDOM
FAMILY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DAILY
ENCOUNTERING HIS PRESENCE
SAY DAILY
GOD IS OUR DAILY BREAD THE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE ON BREAD ALONE
BUT WE LIVE FROM EVERY WORD THAT IS PROCEEDING
FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD
THE RIVER OF LIFE THAT'S FLOODING OUT OF THE THRONE
WHO MAKE GLAD THE CITY OF OUR GOD
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A RIVER
IT'S GUSHING AND IT'S BURSTING FORTH
IT'S MOVING IT'S NOT A POOL
IT'S NOT STAGNANT NOR IS IT
CAN PLACE IT LIKE A POOL
THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN THE BACKYARD
OR SEE AT THE YMCA A RIVER HAS LIFE TO IT
AND IT'S FLOWING
AND IT'S MOVING AT A RAPID PACE THAT IS
COULD BE LIKENED OR EQUATED TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD
GOD IS SPEAKING HE'S ALWAYS TALKING
BUT HE'S LOOKING LIKE
I BELIEVE IT WAS SHELLY THAT SAID LIKE IN REVELATION
HE STANDS AT THE DOOR OF OUR HEARTS AND HE KNOCKS
HOPING THAT HE CAN COME IN AND DINE WITH SOMEONE
GOD WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE HIS WAY
AND HE'S SOVEREIGN AS PASTOR ABBY'S ALREADY TOLD YOU
GOD IS SOVEREIGN
HE'S ULTIMATELY GONNA HAVE HIS WAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
BUT HE SEEKS AND HE LONGS TO COOPERATE WITH MANKIND
OR HE'S SEEKING HOPING THAT WE WOULD COOPERATE WITH HIM
HE'S THE LORD HE'S AL SHOULD DIE RIGHT
AND SO THE
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO IS DAILY
DECIDE TO ALLOW HIM TO BE OUR DAILY BREAD
SO WE WANNA BE A PEOPLE HERE AT BURN CULTURE
THAT ARE NOT JUST ENCOUNTERING HIM ON SUNDAY
FROM 10 TO 12:30 OR FROM 10:30 TO 12:30
WE WANNA BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DAILY SET BEFORE GOD
LIKE HANNAH AND TAYLOR AND THE
AND THE TEENAGERS WERE TELLING YOU A MINUTE AGO
TO GET IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
THE BIBLE SAYS IN MATTHEW THAT WE GO INTO OUR ROOM
WE SHUT THE DOOR
AND WE PRAY TO A GOD THAT HEARS US IN PUBLIC
BUT HE REWARDS US OPENLY FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING
EXCUSE ME WE PRAY TO A GOD IN PRIVATE
AND HE REWARDS US PUBLICLY AND OPENLY
BUT IT ALL BEGINS WHEN NOBODY ELSE IS LOOKING
CAN I GET AN AMEN THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE
WHEN NOBODY ELSE IS LOOKING IS THE REAL YOU
IT'S EASY TO SHOUT HUCK SPIT
DO IT ALL IT'S EASY TO DO THAT IN HERE
BUT WHO ARE YOU ON MONDAY
WHO ARE YOU AT STARBUCKS
WHEN THE BARISTA DOESN'T GET YOUR COFFEE ORDER RIGHT
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY BRING THE STEAK OUT
AND IT'S NOT QUITE TO THE TEMPERATURE THAT YOU LIKE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR WIFE'S IS AGITATING YOU
AND THE KIDS DON'T SEEM TO GET IT RIGHT
DO YOU FLY OFF THE HANDLE
OR DO YOU EXEMPLIFY SELF CONTROL
SO
THE DAILY ENCOUNTERING OF HIS PRESENCE COULD BE LIKE
INTO A LIKE A PICKLE THAT SITS IN A PICKLE JAR
AND THE JUICE THAT SITS INSIDE OF THAT PICKLE JAR
IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S CAUSING THAT PICKLE TO TASTE GOOD
WHEN YOU PULL IT OUT OF THERE
I DON'T LIKE PICKLES I TELL THE PERSON AT DAIRY QUEEN
DON'T GIVE ME NO PICKLES ON MY BURGER
ABBY SAYS GIVE ME EXTRA PICKLES AND SHE SAYS
GIVE ME YOURS SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT LIKE PICKLES
GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU
AND MAY HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU
BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT DON'T
JUST USE THE ANALOGY RIGHT
BUT WHEN YOU PULL THAT PICKLE OUT OF THE JAR
IT'S GOT SOME JUICE AND IT'S GOT SOME FLAVOR IN IT
RIGHT DON'T JUST SLAP A PLAIN STEAK
ON THE GRILL ALL BY ITSELF
YOU GOTTA PUT SOME SEASONING ON THERE
MISS MARY YOU GOTTA PUT
YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME SOME
SOME FLAVOR AND SOME JUICE
AND YOU GOTTA LET IT MARINATE
JUST BEFORE YOU THROW IT ON THE GRILL
IF YOU WANNA GET GOOD FLAVOR OUT OF IT
HERE'S THE POINT POINT IS
YOU AND I ARE CALLED TO BE SALT
AND WE'RE CALLED TO BE LIGHT
AND YOU CAN'T BE SALT YOU CAN'T BE LIGHT
YOU CAN'T BRING LIFE OR LIGHT INTO ANY SORT OF DARKNESS
OR IN YOUR GOD GIVEN SPHERE OF METRON
OF GRACE AND INFLUENCE THAT GOD HAS PUT IN YOUR LIFE
YOU CAN'T DO THAT
UNLESS YOU MARINATE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
FOR A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE YOU START YOUR DAY
OFTEN JESUS WOULD GO TO BE AWAY WITH HIS FATHER WHY
BECAUSE
HE KNEW THE DEMANDS OF THE DAY WERE PULLING ON HIM
SO STRONG THAT HE SAID THIS
I WILL NOT DO ANYTHING
THAT I DO NOT SEE MY FATHER DOING
AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING
UNLESS I HEAR MY FATHER SAYING IT
THERE WAS A HOOKUP TO THE THRONE CONSTANTLY
I WANNA HELP YOU UNDERSTAND TODAY
THAT WE ARE SERVING A MAN THAT'S REAL
THAT'S ON A THRONE
AND YOU AND I NEED TO DAILY DECIDE TO ANCHOR OUR HEARTS
TO ANCHOR OUR SOULS TO ANCHOR OUR SPIRITS
AND ANCHOR OUR MINDS TO THIS MERCY SEAT
WHERE GRACE IS ENTHRONED
I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BOOK
OF HEBREWS IN THE FOURTH CHAPTER
SPECIFICALLY DOCTOR BRIAN SIMMONS
WHO TRANSLATED THE PASSION
TRANSLATE TRANSLATION FOR US
HE SAYS WE BOLDLY GO BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE
TO RECEIVE MERCY'S KISS AREN'T YOU GRATEFUL
THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS HAS GIVEN YOU ACCESS
TO BE ABLE TO DAILY COME BEFORE THE THRONE
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BLOOD A LITTLE BIT TODAY
AND WE'LL GET INTO THE MEAT OF THIS
I WOULD ASSUME THAT SOME OF YOU ARE
AND PROBABLY MOST OF YOU ARE
SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR
WHEN I SAY THE ARK AND WHAT THAT MEANS
WHEN I SAY THE ARK OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD
OR THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
THERE MAY BE SOME OF YOU
SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN HERE TODAY
YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE LANGUAGE OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS
AND I'LL JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AND MAYBE HELP
HELP YOU IF IF YOU IF YOU'RE NOT
THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE NEW TESTAMENT CONCEALED
THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE OLD TESTAMENT REVEALED
SO IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WE SEE TYPES AND METAPHORS
AND SYMBOLS
AND SHADOWS THAT HELP US TO THEN UNDERSTAND
WHEN WE GET INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SPOKEN OF IN THE
ALL OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
OFTEN TIMES WHEN WE GET TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
WE UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS NO LONGER IN A BOX
NOW HE'S IN YOU AND ME AND HE CAME TO
TO DWELL AMONG US OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO
HE CAME THROUGH A VIRGIN WOMB OF MARY RIGHT
A WOMAN THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TOUCHED BEFORE BY A MAN
GOD ENTERED IN THROUGH HER VIRGIN WOMB
AND CAME AND DWELT AMONG US
JOHN CHAPTER 1
HE'S FULLY GOD AND HE'S FULLY MAN
JOHN CHAPTER 1
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD
AND THE WORD WAS GOD BY HIM
ALL THINGS WERE MADE AND NOTHING THAT WAS MADE
NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN MADE HAS NOT BEEN MADE BY HIM
IN OTHER WORDS HE IS EVERYWHERE
IN HIM DWELLS THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY
SO IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
HE WAS THE LAMB OF GOD THAT WAS SLAIN
BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD
WHEN YOU WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND THAT REALITY
COME AND KNOCK ON MY DOOR
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE AND LET ME KNOW HOW
HE WAS THE LAMB OF GOD THAT WAS SLAIN
BUT YET HE COMES AND THEN HE'S SLAIN
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT MAKES SENSE
ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE IS THE GRAND POOBAH
AND WE JUST NEED TO GET IN LINE
AND MARCH WITH THE LAMB OF GOD THAT WAS SLAIN
SO
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
WAS GIVEN TO A MAN BY THE NAME OF MOSES
IN THE WILDERNESS
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE GRUMBLING
AND COMPLAINING EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN SET FREE
OUT OF CAPTIVITY AND INTO FREEDOM
WHEN MOSES SAYS LET MY PEOPLE GO
THEY COME INTO THE THEY COME INTO THE WILDERNESS
GOD SENDS MOSES UP A MOUNTAIN
AND HERE HE GETS THE LAYOUT OF THE TABERNACLE
AND INSIDE OF THAT TABERNACLE
HE GETS THE PICTURE
AND THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
AND WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE
AND WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
HE TELLS MOSES HE SAYS MOSES
I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS TYPE OF WOOD
THE SPECIFIC KIND OF WOOD
I WANT YOU TO BUILD IT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CUBITS
HORIZONTALLY
I WANT YOU TO BUILD IT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CUBITS
VERTICALLY
AND I WANT IT TO GO UP A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CUBITS ALSO
GOD IS VERY SPECIFIC AND GOD IS IN THE DETAILS
IF YOU BUILD WHAT GOD SAYS BUILD
THE GLORY FILLS IT
UNLESS WE LET THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE
THE LABOR IS LABOR IN IN VAIN
I GOT SOME BIBLE READERS IN HERE
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GLORY COMING
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SHAKINA
GLORY OF GOD
FALLING IN THIS PLACE AND ENCOUNTERING PEOPLE
IF WE WILL SIMPLY OBEY HIS WORD
THE GLORY OF GOD BRINGS TRANSFORMATION
MAN'S TALENT MAN'S GIFT
AND EVEN ANOINTING CAN'T DO THAT
THE ANOINTING BREAKS A YOKE
BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY NOT MAN OR WOMAN THAT CAN SEE
THAT CAN CAUSE TRANSFORMATION
GOD DOES THAT AND HE USES LIKE THIS
TREASURE THAT WE HAVE IN EARTHEN VESSELS
HE USES WEAK
OFTENTIMES PITIFUL MEN AND WOMEN
TO GET HIS GLORY OUT OF THEIR BEINGS
AND INTO THE COSMOS THE UNIVERSE AROUND US
HOW WILL WE SEE THE GLORY OF THE LORD COVER THE EARTH
AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA
WELL IT'S CHRIST IN YOU AND IT'S CHRIST IN ME
THE HOPE OF GLORY AND IN JOHN CHAPTER 7
JESUS STANDS UP ON THE GREAT DAY OF A GREAT FEAST
AND HE SAYS IF ANY MAN IS THIRSTY
LET HIM COME UNTO ME AND DRINK
AND OUT OF HIS BELLY WILL FLOW RIVER
SAY RIVER SAY RIVER
OUT OF YOUR BELLY WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER
THAT RIVER IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU
THAT DAILY WE GET TO COME AND ENCOUNTER AND EXPERIENCE
AND IN THIS ARK HE'S GIVEN VERY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
AND REQUIREMENTS ON HOW TO BUILD IT
HE SAYS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TAKE A BOX
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CUBITS OF WOOD
AND I WANT YOU TO COVER IT WITH GOLD
AND WHEN YOU COVER IT WITH GOLD
I WANT YOU TO TAKE TWO CHERUBIM ANGELS
YOU'RE GONNA SET ONE FACING IN
AND THE OTHER ONE FACING IN
AND YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A MERCY SEAT
AND THAT MERCY SEAT IS GONNA BE SAT ON TOP OF THIS ART
OF THIS ART I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
WHEN THE FATHER LOOKED DOWN FROM HEAVEN
AND HE SAW THE ARK HE DID NOT SEE A SEAT OF JUDGMENT
HE DID NOT SEE A SEAT OF PAIN AND PUNISHMENT
HE SAW A SEAT OF MERCY SOMEBODY SAY
MERCY SEAT
I'M SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU
BUT I'VE BEEN FORGIVEN OF A LOT OF THINGS
AND WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN MUCH
GOD REQUIRES MUCH THAT'S WHY WE DANCE
THAT'S WHY WE SING FOR A LONG TIME
THAT IS WHY WE SHOUT THAT IS WHY WE PREACH WITH PASSION
BECAUSE WE KNOW GOD HAS BEEN TOO GOOD TO THIS MAN
AND HOPEFULLY TO YOU WOMAN OR MAN
TO JUST SIT STAGNANT AND COMPLACENT
AND NOT GIVE SOMETHING UNDIGNIFIED TO GOD
THAT COST YOU SOMETHING
AND THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE
MISS MARTHA THE ONLY THING
THAT MAKES THIS TO WHERE IT'S EVEN A THING
IS THE MERCY OF GOD SAY MERCY
SO WHEN THE FATHER LOOKED DOWN ON THE MERCY SEAT
WHAT HE SAW WAS MERCY NOT JUDGMENT
GOD LOVES GIVING MERCY
HE PREFERS MERCY
THAT'S WHY HE CAME AND HE SHED HIS BLOOD
SO TODAY THERE'S BLOOD THAT'S ON THE MERCY SEAT
SO THAT WHEN YOU GO BEFORE THIS THRONE OF GRACE
YOU ARE RECEIVING A KISS OF MERCY BACK YOUR DIRECTION
AND THERE YOU CAN
YOU CAN LITERALLY TALK TO GOD AND HE TALKS TO YOU
AND YOU STAND AS AN INTERCESSOR
AND AN AMBASSADOR BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
AND YOU CAN MAKE DECREES YOU CAN MAKE DECLARATION
YOU CAN INTERCEDE AND YOU CAN PRAY
AND YOU CAN PREACH YOU CAN SEE THINGS HAPPEN
ALL BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD
THAT'S BEEN APPLIED TO THE MERCY SEAT
IS THERE ANYBODY AT BURN CULTURE
THAT'S THANKFUL FOR THE BLOOD
THE BLOOD THE BLOOD
THE WONDER WORKING POWER OF THE BLOOD THAT SAVES
THE BLOOD THAT HEALS
THE BLOOD THAT SETS FREE AND THE BLOOD THAT DELIVERS
I YOU'LL BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS
THAT CRIMSON BLOOD I'M TALKING ABOUT
JESUS DIED A BLOODY GRUESOME DEATH FOR YOU
IT WASN'T JUST TWO STRIPES
10 STRIPES OR ANY 20 STRIPES
HE TOOK 39 STRIPES ON HIS BACK
SO THAT CAUSE HE KNEW I'VE BEEN WITH YOU
BUT I'M ABOUT TO GET UP IN YOUR BUSINESS
I'M GONNA SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND THAT HOLY SPIRIT IS GONNA CALL DEEP THINGS
TO CALL UNTO DEEP THINGS
AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SIT WITH ME
AND DINE WITH ME AND COME TO MY TABLE
AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME IN MY PRESENCE
AND IT IS NO LONGER GONNA REQUIRE THE BLOOD OF A BULL
IT'S NO LONGER GONNA REQUIRE THE BLOOD OF A GOAT
BUT I'M GONNA SHED MY OWN BLOOD
AND I'M GONNA BE THIS SAME ETERNAL SACRIFICE
FOR NOW AND FOREVER AND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
THE PRIEST HAD TO GO IN CIRCLES
YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR
AND MAKE SACRIFICE AFTER SACRIFICE AND AFTER SACRIFICE
BUT JESUS CHRIST CAME
SHED HIS BLOOD ONE TIME AND THAT WAS ENOUGH
I FEEL LIKE PREACHING
HE SAT DOWN ON THE MERCY SEAT ONCE AND FOR EVER
AND ONCE HE DID IT ONE TIME
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO KEEP MAKING TRIPS
HE SHED HIS BLOOD ONE TIME AND THEN HE SAT DOWN WHY
BECAUSE MOSES AND JOSHUA AND ADAM
AND EVERY OTHER SHADOW WAS POINTING TO JESUS
EVEN THE PRIESTS THAT WERE CONSECRATED AND HOLY
THEY WORE CERTAIN TYPE OF GARMENTS
THEY DID CERTAIN THINGS AS LEVITES AND PRIEST
BUT ONLY JESUS IS OUR TRUE ONE AND ONLY HIGH PRIEST
HE MADE ONE SACRIFICE AND THAT WAS ENOUGH
AND NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID
THERE'S BLOOD PROVIDED FOR YOU AND I
WHATEVER YOU NEED TODAY AT BURN CULTURE
I'M TELLING YOU THERE'S BLOOD PROVIDED
I GOTTA MOVE ON BUT I FEEL SOMETHING STIRRING IN ME
AND I START TALKING ABOUT THE BLOOD
KIDS ACTING CRAZY FINANCES IN CHAOS
NOTHING'S GOING RIGHT
EMPLOYEES AT MY JOB TALKING ABOUT ME CUSSING
AND RANTING AND RAVING ALL THE TIME
ALL YOU GOT TO SAY IS
THERE'S BLOOD THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO THAT
SOMEBODY LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY
I GOT SOME BLOOD THERE'S BLOOD
THERE'S BLOOD THERE'S BLOOD
THERE'S BLOOD THERE'S BLOOD THERE'S BLOOD
THERE'S BEEN BLOOD
THAT'S PROVIDED FOR ME AND MY HOUSEHOLD
SO I CAN GET MY FAMILY TOGETHER IN THE LIVING ROOM
AND I CAN SAY AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE
WE'RE GONNA SERVE THE LORD
AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE
WE'RE GONNA PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD
AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE
WE'RE GONNA WORSHIP AND PRAY UNTIL WHAT
UNTIL WE SEE SOMETHING SHAKE IN OUR MIDST
SIT DOWN SIT DOWN
SIT DOWN CAUSE IF YOU DON'T
THEN WE'LL JUST PREACH TILL 4:00 IN THIS AFTERNOON
WE'RE FASTING ANYWAY Y'ALL
WE'RE FASTING
21 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING STARTS TODAY
EAT THE SCROLLS ALL I KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU HEY
FASTED IS HARD I TOLD PASTOR HUNTER
IT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN
WALK I KNOW IT'S TOUGH
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU STARVING
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT TWISTING GOD'S ARM
IT'S ABOUT GOD GETTING A HOLD OF YOU
AND YOU BECOMING MORE AWARE OF HIM
THAT'S ALL THAT IT'S ABOUT
WE THIN THE VEIL WE DON'T FAST TO SAY GOD
LOOK AT ME I'M FASTING NO
WE FAST TO MAKE OURSELVES MORE AWARE OF HIM
I'LL THROW THIS IN HERE FOR FREE FASTING
SOCIAL MEDIA AND FACEBOOK IS NOT A BIBLICAL FAST
THAT'S A SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
IF YOU SAY FOR 21 DAYS YOU'RE GONNA GIVE UP FACEBOOK
GOOD YOU PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT 10 YEARS AGO
LIKE THESE BABIES TOLD YOU A MINUTE AGO
THAT'S A SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
BIBLICAL FASTING IS DOING AWAY WITH FOOD
WE'LL LEAVE THAT THERE
THERE'S MERCY ON TOP OF THIS ARK WHY
BECAUSE THERE'S BLOOD
NOW THERE WERE SEVEN REVIVALS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
AND EVERY SINGLE OLD TESTAMENT REVIVAL WAS SPARKED
PROLONGED AND SUSTAINED
BECAUSE THE ARK WAS BEING KEPT IN THEIR MIDST
WHEN THE ARK WAS NEGLECTED
AND WHEN THE ARK WAS DISMISSED AND PUT SOMEWHERE
NOT IN THE CENTRAL POINT OF THE CITY AND OF THE REGION
THEN THEY EXPERIENCED TURMOIL
THEY EXPERIENCED MILITARY INVASION
THEY EXPERIENCED ALL KIND OF STUFF
BUT AS SOON AS THEY GOT THE PRESENCE
BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY
THERE WAS FAVOR THERE WAS BLESSING
THERE WAS GOODNESS THERE WAS MERCY
AND THERE WAS PROSPERITY SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL US NOW
LIVING UNDER A NEW COVENANT
THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY
GO GET US A BOX AND SPRINKLE SOME KETCHUP ON TOP
AND TRY TO MAKE THAT NO
NO NO
NO NO
NOW JESUS HAS SHED HIS BLOOD
SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND NOW YOU AND I GET TO DAILY ENTER INTO THIS PRESENCE
AND THAT THIS SAME PRESENCE WAS MANIFESTING ITSELF
HIMSELF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
THROUGH A CLOUD BY DAY AND A FIRE BY NIGHT
GOD HIMSELF EL SHADDAI THE GREAT I AM
WAS LITERALLY MANIFESTING HIMSELF
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
IN THEIR CAMP HE SAYS
WHAT WE READ LAST WEEK IN JOSHUA 1
2 AND 3 HE SAYS
TAKE THE LEVITES GET THE ARK
PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER JORDAN
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT
THEN THE RIVER THAT'S OVERFLOWING RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE IT'S HARVEST SEASON
IT'S GONNA STOP AND IT'S GONNA DRY UP
AND YOU'RE GONNA CROSS OVER ON DRY GROUND
BUT NOTICE THAT THE PRESENCE HAD TO GO FIRST
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN
HERE FOR THREE MONTHS
WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS
WHETHER THIS IS YOUR FIRST SUNDAY
WHETHER YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT
PONDERING
OR CONTEMPLATING THAT THIS MAY BE YOUR HOME CHURCH
OR WHATEVER I JUST NEED TO LET YOU KNOW UP FRONT
AS FOR ABBY AND I WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE
BUT TO PURSUE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
WE JUST DON'T HAVE AN OPTION
IT'S EITHER THE PRESENCE OF GOD
OR WE JUST GOTTA GO TAKE UP BAKING AND COOKING
OR SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW
BUT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE MINISTRY
IF IT'S NOT GONNA BE ABOUT THE PRESENCE
AND WHAT THE PRESENCE MEANS IS
SOMETIMES IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A LONG SERVICE
WHAT THE PRESENCE MEANS IS
MR TERRY IS GONNA COME UP HERE AND SHOUT AT YOU
SOMETIMES WHAT THE PRESENCE MEANS IS
PRECIOUS IS GONNA HAVE TO SING
LET IT GO LET IT GO
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ELSA AND FROZEN
SOMETIMES WHY
BECAUSE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE PRESENCE
WE'RE DOING AND I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE MASTERS AT THIS
YOU YOU
YOU YOU GROW IN THIS
NOBODY'S A PROFESSIONAL PRESENCE PERSON
YOU GROW BROTHER LAWRENCE WROTE A BOOK CALLED
PRACTICE THE PRESENCE YOU LEARN HOW TO TRACK THE DOVE
WHAT IS THE DOVE THE DOVE REPRESENTS THE PRESENCE
YOU LEARN HOW TO FOLLOW THE SPIRIT
THESE WORSHIP LEADERS THESE MUSICIANS AND THESE SINGERS
WE DAILY WE WEEKLY
ARE LEARNING AND PRACTICING
HOW TO FOLLOW THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
AND IN ISRAEL'S CASE EVERY TIME
ALL SEVEN REVIVALS WERE
BECAUSE THE PRESENCE WAS IN THE MIDST
DAVID SOLOMON AND EVERYBODY AFTER THAT
EVERY KING AFTER THAT
THAT IMPLEMENTED SINGING AND WORSHIP
AND SYMBOLS AND DRUMS AND WORSHIP
THAT WAS GOING BEFORE THE THRONE
THERE WAS A REVIVAL THERE WAS RESTORATION
AND ALL OF THE WICKEDNESS GOT OUT OF THE TEMPLE
AND PEOPLE LIKE HEZEKIAH SHOW UP AND THEY SAY
ALL THIS STUFF THAT'S GOING ON
GET IT OUT OF HERE GET THE LEVITES BACK IN HERE
IT'S TIME TO MINISTER TO THE LORD
MINISTERING TO THE LORD BEGINS FIRST
PRIMARILY BEFORE YOU CAN MINISTER TO ANYBODY
SO VERTICAL MINISTRY TO GOD IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT
FIRST OF ALL THAN HORIZONTAL MINISTRY
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO
IS MINISTER TO THE LORD YOU WERE MADE FOR COMMUNION
AND YOU WERE MADE FOR WORSHIP
YOU WERE MADE FOR FOR INTIMACY WITH THE LORD
EVEN ALL THE WAY BACK TO ADAM AND EVE'S TIME
THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM GOD TO ADAM WAS
HERE'S THE GARDEN I'M GONNA
WE'RE GONNA ENJOY EACH OTHER IN THE COOL OF THE DAY
AND HE SAYS KEEP THE GARDEN
KEEP IT NOW IN THE NEW COVENANT
BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE
NOW YOU AND I HAVE A GARDEN WITHIN OUR BELLIES
AND THAT GARDEN IS TO BE KEPT
THE SAME HEBREW WORD FOR KEEP
THAT GOD INSTRUCTED ADAM TO KEEP THE GARDEN
IS THE SAME INSTRUCTION IN EZEKIEL
THAT THE LEVITICAL PRIEST
AND THE SONS OF ZADOK WERE INSTRUCTED
TO KEEP THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
10 TO THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
KEEP THE GARDEN ADAM
KEEP THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
10 TO IT HOST IT
HERE'S THE POINT
THE POINT IS IF YOU DON'T KEEP WOOD ON YOUR FIRE
THEN THE FIRE WILL GO OUT
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT JUST GOT BACK FROM THE RAMP
YOUNG ADULTS ALL YOU THAT JUST CAME BACK
DON'T BE SURPRISED THAT IF YOU NEGLECT THE SECRET PLACE
DON'T BE SURPRISED
IF YOU DON'T LEARN HOW TO WORSHIP ON YOUR OWN
THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN A MOMENT
WITH 5,000 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
THIRTY ONE HUNDRED TO BE EXACT
WITH 303,000 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
IT'S REAL EASY THEN BUT IT'S HARD WHEN NOBODY'S LOOKING
YOU GOTTA LEARN HOW TO PUT WOOD ON YOUR OWN FIRE
AND YOU GOT PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE HELP YOU
BUT THE MAIN PERSON THAT'LL HELP YOU IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL KING JAMES LANGUAGE
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE GENESIS TO REVELATION
REMEMBER WHAT NOAH TOLD YOU IS TRUE
JUST SIT WITH GOD FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES
AND WHATEVER YOU RELEASE TO HIM
HE'LL GIVE IT RIGHT BACK PRESS DOWN
SHAKING TOGETHER MULTIPLIED AND RUNNING OVER
BUT IT ALL BEGINS SITTING WITH HIM
AND LETTING ALL OF HIM CONSUME ALL OF YOU
THE DAILY TENDING TO THE FIRE
MAY THE FIRE LEVITICUS 6:13
MAY THE FIRE BE EVER BURNING ON THE ALTAR
MAY IT NEVER GO OUT THIS IS A HOUSE OF HIS PRESENCE
AND WE ARE A PEOPLE OF HIS PRESENCE
CAN I GET AN AMEN SO SAUL HAD BEEN APPOINTED KING
NOT SOLELY BECAUSE GOD WANTED HIM TO BE KING
BUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE JUST WOULD NOT HUSH LONG ENOUGH
AND THEY WANTED IT THEIR WAY
WE WANT A KING WE WANT A KING
WE WANT A KING WE WANT A KING
WE WANT A KING FINE
I'LL GIVE YOU A KING
BUT HE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE KING
THAT'S AFTER MY HEART
BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE ONE THAT'S GONNA COME AFTER
SAUL AND HIS
SAUL'S HOUSE 2ND SAMUEL 3 VERSES 1 IS GONNA SAY THIS
THE HOUSE OF SAUL GREW WEAKER AND WEAKER
BUT THE HOUSE OF DAVID GREW STRONGER AND STRONGER
THAT'S A PROPHETIC SHADOW
EVEN FOR NOW I'M TELLING YOU IN 2025
ALMOST SAID 2024 IT'S HERE 2025
THERE IS BEING A LINE THAT'S DRAWN IN THE SAND
AND EVERYBODY
THAT'S CONTINUING TO TRY TO PROP UP SAUL'S HOUSE
IS GONNA JUST FADE AWAY AND EVERYBODY
THAT'S GONNA HONOR THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
THEY'RE GONNA GO STRONGER
THEY'RE GONNA GO STRONGER AND THEY'RE GONNA GO STRONGER
AND THEY'RE GONNA GO STRONGER
SO SAUL HAD BEEN APPOINTED KING
EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T NECESSARILY COME THROUGH
GOD'S IDEA
SOMETIMES GOD WILL LET YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE
AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE OKAY
WITH WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS
FOR A LITTLE WHILE
NOT EVERYBODY THAT GETS RAISED UP IN THIS
HOUR THAT'S GOT A PULPIT AND A MICROPHONE
HAS BEEN RAISED UP BY GOD
THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU NEED TO BE REAL CAREFUL
WHEN YOU GET ON YOUTUBE
AND LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE FACEBOOK PROPHET
BECAUSE THEY VERY WELL DON'T HAVE THE WORD OF THE LORD
AND THEY VERY WELL HAVE NOT BEEN APPOINTED BY GOD
THEY'RE A SELF APPOINTED APOSTLE
WHICH THE APOSTLE PAUL
IN HIS LETTERS TO THE CHURCH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
SPEAKS VERY DISTINCTLY ABOUT
ONLY GOD CAN TRULY PUT A MAN UP AND TEAR A MAN DOWN
AND IF GOD WILL PUT YOU THERE
HE CAN SUSTAIN YOU FOR THE LONG HAUL
IF YOU PUT YOURSELF THERE
YOU'LL HAVE TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF
AND YOU'LL BE BEGGING CONSTANTLY
AND PLEADING FOR RESOURCES
THIS AND THAT BUT IF GOD PUTS YOU THERE
HE'LL PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT YOU NEED
GOD WILL SUPPLY FOR THOSE THAT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM
ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDED
BUT IT BEGINS WITH THE SEEKING OF THE KINGDOM
AND UNFORTUNATELY SAUL DID NOT DO THAT
IF YOU'RE HERE SAY I'M HERE OKAY
SAUL DID NOT DO THAT
HE REIGNED FOR 40 YEARS AND SOMEWHERE AROUND YEAR 27
I'M TRYING TO HURRY SOMEWHERE AROUND YEAR 27
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT GETS PUT IN A BENJAMIN'S HOUSE
AND IT STAYS IN A BENJAMIN'S HOUSE FOR 13 YEARS
WE READ THAT A MINUTE AGO
AT SOME POINT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
GETS PUT INTO A BENJAMIN'S HOUSE
AND EVERYBODY IS BECOMING COMMON WITH THIS ARK
THAT SAME ARK
AND THAT SAME PRESENCE THAT'S BROUGHT HEALING
RESTORATION AND THE MIRACULOUS AND THE SUPERNATURAL
HAS NOW BECOME NEGLECTED
AND IT'S SITTING IN A BENJAMIN'S HOUSE
AND HE HAS SOME SONS
AND ONE OF THOSE SONS IS NAMED UZZA
AND WHEN UZZA WHEN DAVID SAYS
GO GET THE ARK
HE GETS READY TO BRING IT INTO THE CENTER OF THE CITY
HE GETS READY TO BRING IT BACK INTO JERUSALEM
AND THEY GET TO NACON'S THRESHING FLOOR
AND WHEN THEY GET THERE THE ARK STUMBLES
AND UZZA REACHES OUT TO TOUCH IT
AND GOD STRIKES HIM DEAD IN THAT MOMENT
NOW
WHEN DAVID BEGINS TO RULE IN ISRAEL
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT HE DOESN'T HAVE
OR EXCUSE ME IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT HE HAS
AND WHAT HE'S GOT GOING ON IS THE ISSUE
DAVID'S ISSUE WAS
WHAT HE DID NOT HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG
RIGHT NOW FRIEND
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PRESENCE OF GOD
LIVING AND ACTIVE IN YOUR LIFE
YOU ARE MISSING SOMETHING
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE MANIFEST PRESENCE OF THE LORD
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GOOSEBUMPS
AND HUCKING AND BUCKING AND QUICKENING ALL THE TIME
EVERY TIME YOU SIT WITH GOD
IF YOU DO THAT PRAISE GOD
BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT CAN BE BORING
AND EVERY TIME THAT YOU SIT WITH THE LORD
IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE RAINBOWS AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS
ALL THE TIME
SOMETIMES GOD WILL SIT WITH YOU IN THAT BOREDOM
TO SEE IF YOU'RE GONNA GET BORED WITH HIM
BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS THAT
WHEN YOU'RE LEANING ON GOD
AND YOU'RE TRUSTING IN HIM
HE'LL DIRECT YOUR PATH WE HAVE TO DO THE LEANING
HE DOES THE DIRECTING WE SIT WITH HIM
WE GET IN HIS PRESENCE WHETHER WE HEAR HIS VOICE OR NOT
WHETHER SOME LIKE HEAVENLY VISION OR THING HAPPENS
WE JUST SIT WITH HIM
AND WE MAKE DEPOSITS IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM
WE MAKE DEPOSITS THROUGH TEARS OF WEEPING
WE WHATEVER WE SOW IN TEARS
WE REAP IN A HARVEST OF JOY
WE SIT IN HIS PRESENCE AND WHEN YOU SIT IN HIS PRESENCE
YOU ARE SOWING SEEDS
THAT EVENTUALLY WILL COME BACK TO YOU
WHETHER YOU FEEL IT IN A MOMENT OR NOT
IT'S NOT WHAT DAVID HAD IT'S WHAT HE DIDN'T HAVE
HE DIDN'T HAVE THE ARK AND DAVID WANTED THE ARK
AND HE WANTED THE PRESENCE OF GOD
BACK IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY
DAVID HAD SOLDIERS DAVID HAD AN ARMY
DAVID ANY EVEN HAD PLENTY OF MONEY AND
AND RESOURCES IN THE BANK
BUT HE WAS MISSING THE PRESENCE
WHAT'S THE POINT FOR US AS A CHURCH FAMILY
THE POINT IS LED WALLS
THAT'S A NICE GRAPHIC LED WALLS
SMOKE
GREAT SOUND
GREAT WORSHIP TEAM EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE IT
WE GOT WORSHIP LEADERS AND MUSICIANS
AND SINGERS RUNNING OUT OF OUR EARS AT BURN CULTURE
ALL OF THAT STUFF WHERE PEOPLE IN 2024 WILL SAY
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN LED WALL
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AT LEAST 800 PEOPLE
COMING TO YOUR CHURCH
IF YOU DON'T HAVE 17,000 THINGS GOING ON
ALL AT ONE TIME
THEN ARE YOU EVEN REALLY A CHURCH IN 2024
BUT WHO'S GOT THE PRESENCE
YOU SEE A GIFT AS GREAT AS WHAT A GIFT CAN BE
CAN GET THIS ROOM FILLED
BUT IT IS AN ANOINTING THAT WILL BREAK A YOKE
IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT CAN TAKE A DRUG ADDICT
AND CAUSE HIM TO THROW MARIJUANA
COCAINE
AND METH ON THE ALTAR AND LEAVE IT THERE FOR GOOD
AND GO AND SIN NO MORE IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD
AND IT IS THE GLORY
THE SHEKINAH KABOD OF GOD THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT PUT
PUTS MARRIAGES BACK TOGETHER
IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT BRINGS PRODIGALS
BACK HOME
IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
AND THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT DAVID DID NOT HAVE
SO HE GOES TO INQUIRE AND HE SAYS
I'VE GOT SOLDIERS I'VE GOT MONEY
I'VE GOT THE FAME I'VE GOT ALL THIS
BUT I'M MISSING THE PRESENCE AND I GOTTA GO GET IT
DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER EXTERNAL THINGS
WE GOT I GOTTA KNOW THAT
I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH US
LIKE MOSES I'LL SEND AN ANGEL WHEN YOU GO UP FROM HERE
I'M NOT INTERESTED
I GOTTA KNOW THAT THE GLORY OF THE LORD EXODUS
I GOT TO KNOW THAT THE GLORY IS GOING WITH US
AND IF THE GLORY IS NOT GOING WITH US
THEN I CAN'T GO I CAN'T LEAD THESE PEOPLE UP FROM HERE
IF I DON'T KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING WITH US
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE INTERNAL
DWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT YOU AND I HAVE RIGHT NOW
THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY
GOD HIMSELF THROUGH THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT
IS IN YOUR SPIRIT RIGHT NOW BODY
SOUL AND SPIRIT HE'S THERE
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS
THE MANIFESTED PRESENCE OF GOD IN OUR MIDST
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT'S TANGIBLE AND YOU KNOW THAT
YOU KNOW GOD IS IN THE ROOM
SO HE'S GOT FOUR HOLES ON THE ARK
GOT THE MERCY SEAT GOT THE CHERUBIM
ANGELS BLOOD THAT'S BEEN APPLIED ON THE MERCY SEAT
GOT THE FOUR HOLES
AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS TO BE CARRIED
A VERY SPECIFIC WAY
IT WAS TO BE CARRIED BY CONSECRATED MEN
THAT HAD BEEN PURIFIED
SO UZZA WHO WAS THE MAN IN ABINADAB'S HOUSE
ALL OF THOSE 13 THAT 13 YEAR RUN
IN THAT 13 YEAR PERIOD HAD GOTTEN IN COMMON
WHEN THE PRESENCE WAS JUST SITTING IN DAD'S HOUSE
DAVID GOES TO ABENADAB'S HOUSE
I WANT THE PRESENTS GIVE ME THE ARK
AND HERE THEY GO AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THEIR TREK
AND IT'S GONNA BE A PARADE INTO JERUSALEM
THEY GET TO NACON'S THRESHING FLOOR
WHICH IS VERY SIGNIFICANT
WHEN THEY GET THERE THE OXEN STUMBLE
THE CART BEGINS TO FALL
WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE ON A CART ANYWAY
AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS
LET'S JUST DO IT THE QUICK AND EASY WAY
I WANNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW
THAT THE PRESENCE OF GOD WILL COST YOU SOMETHING
I WANNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT REVIVAL
AND SEEING AN OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
WILL NOT COME IF THERE'S NO FLESH LAYING ON THIS ALTAR
AND SOME THINGS OR I'LL SAY IT LIKE THIS
I QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE IN A TRUE MOVE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IF THERE'S NO DEATH HAPPENING
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL DEATH
MY GOD GOD COMES TO GIVE LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY
I'M TALKING ABOUT
IN THIS OWN HEART AND IN YOUR OWN MIND
THERE BETTER BE AN ALTAR AT THE FRONT OF EVERY REVIVAL
OTHERWISE IT'S NOT A REVIVAL
SOME THINGS CAN'T GO INTO YOU
AND THE FURTHER YOU GO INTO THE GLORY
THE LESS AND LESS YOU'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT
THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE WITH YOU
THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE YOUNG RICH
THE YOUNG RICH RULER HE THOUGHT
I GOT ALL OF THIS STUFF BUT THE INSTRUCTION TO HIM WAS
YOU GONNA HAVE TO SELL ALL THAT
BIG BOY THE FURTHER YOU GO INTO THE GLORY
AND THE FURTHER YOU GO INTO THE PRESENCE
THE MORE AND MORE YOU'RE
JUST GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE BEHIND WHY
BECAUSE JESUS IS WORTH IT
AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS ARE NOT SIMPLE AS THAT
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU JUST SO THINK YOU GOTTA HAVE
SCROLLING ON TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT
INSTEAD OF DOING THAT FOR 21 DAYS
EVERY TIME YOU HAVE THE URGE TO SCROLL
THE FIRST THING THAT YOU DO IN THE MORNING
I'M GUILTY OF IT
THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE MORNING
IS NOT REACH OVER
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S DOING TO YOU MAN
IT'S STARTING YOUR DAY OFF ON A TERRIBLE FOOT
DAYS THAT ARE EVENTUALLY GONNA TURN INTO 210 DAYS
AND 21 DAYS BECAUSE
WHAT I KNOW IS THAT THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS ADDICTING
AND WHEN YOU GET IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND YOU DECIDE
YOU KNOW I'M JUST GONNA PUSH THE PLATE AWAY
I'M GONNA SET MY PHONE TO THE SIDE
IF MY WIFE CALLS ME I'M GONNA TAKE IT
BUT PAST THAT AND EVEN IF SHE CALLS
I MIGHT HAVE TO SAY BABY I'M WITH GOD
BECAUSE IF HUSBAND AND IF FATHER
LIKE DAD TOLD YOU IF HE'S NOT IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
AND HE'S NOT LEADING HIS FAMILY
INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD
THEN YOU ARE SIGNING UP FOR DYSFUNCTION
TO COME TO YOUR HOUSE
BECAUSE THE POWERS OF THE AIR ARE ROAMING LIKE A LION
FIRST PETER SEEKING WHO THEY MAY DEVOUR
YOU HAVE TO DAILY CAST YOURSELF UPON THE LORD
YOU TAKE YOUR BURDEN
AND YOU PUT THEM AT HIS FEET AND YOU LEAVE THEM THERE
AND THE GOD OF MERCY KISSES YOU WITH HIS PRESENCE
THE ARK IS COMING IT STUMBLES
WHO REACHES OUT TO TOUCH IT
SOME THINGS HAVE TO DIE AND UNFORTUNATELY
IT WAS UZZA WHY
BECAUSE UZZA HAD GOTTEN COMMON
I'M TELLING YOU AT B C
WE CAN NEVER ALLOW THE PRESENCE OF GOD TO BECOME COMMON
TO US WE CAN NEVER ALLOW
WE CAN NEVER JUST COME IN HERE AND SAY
WE'RE JUST GONNA KNOCK IT OUT TODAY
EVERY SINGLE DAY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME
SOMETIMES IT'S A SHOUT SOMETIMES IT'S A WHISPER
SOMETIMES WE LAY ON OUR FACE
AND SOMETIMES WE JERICHO MARCH WHATEVER IT TAKES
BUT IT'S WORTH IT AND IT WON'T JUST BE
THROW IT ON A CART AND JUST TAKE IT
SOMETIMES YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICE
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE INCONVENIENCED
THERE'S GONNA BE SOME UNCOMFORTABILITY
THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN 2025
IF YOU WANT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IN YOUR HOUSE
EVERYTHING WAS FINE
UNTIL THEY GOT TO NACON'S THRESHING FLOOR
THE THRESHING FLOOR IS WHEN THE TUSK GOT
GRAIN GOT SHOVED AND PUSHED OUT
AND THERE WAS A SEPARATION
THAT HAPPENED AT NACON'S THRESHING FLOOR
WHERE THE WHEAT WAS SEPARATED
NOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS
THE PRESENCE OF GOD WILL BRING A SEPARATION
I WISH MOSES IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK
COME HERE I WISH EVERYBODY COULD GO IN THE CLEFT OF THE
ROCK WITH YOU
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE EVERYBODY WITH YOU
BABY I'M JUST
I'M SORRY I GOTTA TELL YOU THE TRUTH
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
IS THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY
I WANNA BE A PERSON OF HIS PRESENCE
THEN WHAT THAT'S GONNA MEAN
IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA
CHOOSE PERFORMANCE
AND CUTE CHURCH OVER THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ME AND ABBY
AS YOUNG PASTORS
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE KNOWN WE'RE SIGNING UP FOR
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA
POP UP AND 1,000 PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE HERE WHY
BECAUSE THAT'S CUTE AND CONVENIENT
AND IT'S NOT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
AS A MATTER OF FACT IT'S COMFORTABLE
YOU CAN HIDE YOU CAN COME IN AND OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR
BUT IN A HOUSE WHERE THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS THE CHIEF
PRIMARY REASON FOR THE REASON WHY YOU GATHER
THEN YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HIDE
AT SOME POINT
THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS GONNA GET UP IN YOUR BUSINESS
YOU CAN'T JUST BE IN HERE LIVING ANY TYPE OF WAY
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT NOT BE KNOCKING ON YOUR HEART
AND DON'T TELL ME THAT IT'S A MOVE OF GOD
UNLESS THINGS ARE GETTING THROWN ON THE ALTAR
AND THERE'S TRANSFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING
BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD
BUT BE RENEWED BY THE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS MIND
SO TRANSFORMATION
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD PRODUCES TRANSFORMATION
THERE WAS A FRAUDULENT WAY
THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO CARRY THE ARK
YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR FLESH
OOZA MEANS STRENGTH SO YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR FLESH
AND DOING IT IN YOUR OWN WILL AND IN YOUR OWN POWER
AND HAVING YOUR OWN WAY GOD IS SAYING
WHEN YOU GET READY TO YIELD
AND WHEN YOU GET READY TO SURRENDER
I'LL BE HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER
BUT IT'S ONLY BY HIS SPIRIT
SAYS THE LORD WHO'S A
REACHES OUT TO TOUCH THE ARK
AND WHEN HE REACHES OUT TO TOUCH THE ARK
HE DIES AND NOW DAVID IS PERPLEXED AND HE'S ANGRY
BIBLE SAYS I THINK HE WAS DISPLEASED
BUT STANTON'S VERSION IS JUST THIS
HE WAS TICKED OFF
WHAT IN THE WORLD GOD
I THOUGHT
I WAS DOING EVERYTHING THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO
I GOT THE ARK I'M BRINGING IT BACK
I WANT YOUR PRESENCE WHY HAS USA DIED
AND HE'S PERPLEXED AND DURING THAT TIME OF ANGER
AND DURING THAT TIME OF SELF UM
REFLECTION
AND DURING THAT TIME OF INQUIRING OF THE LORD
THE ARK GETS PUT IN OBAD EDAM'S HOUSE SAY OBAD EDAM
WHEN THE ARK GETS PUT IN OBADIAH EDAM'S HOUSE
IT SITS THERE FOR 90 DAYS
SAY 90 DAYS
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO DO THE MATH
THAT'S THREE IF YOU OWN A PRIVATE SCHOOL
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION LIKE I WAS
I'M JOKING I'M JOKING
I'M JOKING MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW
BUT 90 DAYS IS THREE MONTHS
FOR THREE MONTHS
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS IN OBED EDOM'S HOUSE
THE FACT THAT IT'S IN OBED EDOM'S HOUSE IS FASCINATING
BECAUSE OBED EDOM WAS A GENTILE
HE WASN'T EVEN A JEW
OBED EDOM I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW THIS AND TRACK THIS
CAUSE I GOT TO HURRY AND PUT IT INTO OVERDRIVE
OBED EDOM WAS A PART OF THE PHILISTINE ARMY
HE WAS A PART OF THE LAND OF GATH
HE WAS NOT EVEN A JEW
I THINK DAVID CAN'T NECESSARILY PROVE THIS BIBLICALLY
BUT EXTRA BIBLICAL LITERATURE WILL HELP YOU MAYBE GET A
A PICTURE INTO WHY DAVID DID THAT
CAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO DIE
SO HE SAID WELL
IF A GENTILE DIES I GUESS THAT'S ALL RIGHT
BUT I MUST PUT IT IN OBADIAH EDAM'S HOUSE
CAUSE I CAN'T
WE CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PEOPLE DYING
SO LET'S PUT IT IN OBADIAH EDAM'S HOUSE
HE PUTS IT IN OBADIAH EDAM'S HOUSE
AND HERE'S HOW OBADIAH EDAM EVEN GOT HERE
IN THE FORTIETH YEAR OF THE
OF THE REIGN OF SAUL SAUL IS AT BATTLE AND HE DIES
THE KINGDOM IS RIPPED FROM HIM WHY
BECAUSE HE WAS TOLD FIRST SAMUEL 15 TELLS YOU THIS
FIRST SAMUEL 15
HE IS GIVEN THE INSTRUCTION BY THE PROPHET SAMUEL
GO AND KILL ALL THE AMALEKITES
KILL THEIR LIVESTOCK KILL KING AGAG
HE DOESN'T DO ALL THAT HE'S INQUIRED TO DO WHY
BECAUSE OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE
SO SAMUEL SAYS NOW UNFORTUNATELY
BECAUSE YOU DID NOT OBEY ME
NOW I'M GONNA HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT THE KINGDOM IS BEING TORN FROM YOU
AND GOD'S GOT SOMEBODY BETTER
AND IT'LL BE A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART
AND HIS NAME IS DAVID HIS NAME IS DAVID
HE IS MY BELOVED HIS NAME LITERALLY MEANS BELOVED
HE HE'S GONNA BE AFTER MY OWN HEART
AND HE'LL PURSUE ME
AND HE'LL DO WHAT I'M ASKING OF HIM TO DO
I'M GONNA TELL YOU THIS
SAUL GOT THE KINGDOM RIPPED FROM HIM
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KILL SOME PEOPLE
THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO
AND HE LOST THE KINGDOM BECAUSE OF THAT
DAVID HAD SEX WITH BATHSHEBA
POTENTIALLY RAPED
HAD BATHSHEBA'S HUSBAND DIED ON THE DIE
HE HAD HIM KILLED ON THE FRONT LINES OF BATTLE
AND HE GETS TO KEEP THE KINGDOM
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT
WHEN SAUL GETS THE INSTRUCTION AND DOESN'T DO IT
WE'RE ALL GONNA BLOW IT AS WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IT ALL RIGHT
BUT SAUL'S RESPONSE IS COME HERE SAMUEL
I WANT YOU TO COME OUT HERE WITH ME
AND I WANT YOU TO MAKE ME LOOK GOOD
IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE
DAVID SINS I'M HELPING US
DAVID SINS WITH BATHSHEBA AND COMMITS MURDER
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS
CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART
OH GOD AND RENEW WITHIN ME A RIGHT SPIRIT
THE BIBLE SAYS IN PSALMS 51
IT'S AN IMMEDIATE DIRECT CONNECTION TO WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN DAVID SINS WITH BATHSHEBA
THE BIBLE SAYS THIS IN PSALMS
THAT
GOD DOES NOT GET PLEASURE FROM ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE
BUT HE GETS IT FROM OUR SHATTERED HEART
BEING LAID BARE AND OPEN AND NAKED AT HIS FEET
THAT'S HOW HE GETS PLEASURE
AND IN THIS CASE DAVID RESPONDED RIGHTLY SO
YOU KNOW WHAT GOD DIDN'T TAKE THE KINGDOM FROM HIM WHY
BECAUSE THE HEART THE HEART POSTURE HAS GOT TO BE RIGHT
THE HEART POSTURE HAS GOT TO SAY GOD
I KNOW I'M NOT PERFECT AND I KNOW I'M GONNA BLOW IT
AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE BLOWN IT
BUT I KNOW THERE'S BLOOD ON THE MERCY SEAT
I KNOW YOU TOLD ME I CAN COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE BOLDLY
AND SO
REGARDLESS OF ALL MY SCREW UPS AND ALL MY MISHAPS
THE BIBLE TELLS ME THAT I CAN GO BOLDLY
SO HERE I AM
YOU'RE NOT WAITING ON ME TO GET ALL CLEANED UP
I'M COMING MESSY AND DIRTY JUST AS I AM
BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME AS I AM
NOT JUST THE WAY THAT I REALLY
REALLY REALLY WANNA BE
YOU JUST TAKE ME AS I AM AND WHAT HIS PRESENCE DOES IS
IT EVENTUALLY WILL CLEAN YOU UP
EVENTUALLY BUT IT WON'T BE PERFECT OVERNIGHT
BUT IT'S A DAILY INTAKE OF IT
AND SO OBADIAH'S NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS ARK
AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS SAUL IS OUT IN THE BATTLE
HE DIES SAUL
EXCUSE ME SAUL PRIOR TO HIS DEATH
IS ATTACKING DAVID AND HE'S COMING AFTER HIM
HE WANTS HIM HE WANTS TO SLAY HIM
DAVID FAKES A MENTAL BREAKDOWN AND HE FLEES TO GATH
WHEN HE FLEES TO GATH
THERE'S A MAN IN THE PHILISTINE ARMY NAMED OBEIDAM
WHEN HE FLEES
THE GOD THAT HE FINDS THIS MAN NAMED OBEY EDOM
OBEY EDOM SAYS THIS BASICALLY
YOUR GOD'S GONNA BE MY GOD
YOUR PEOPLE GONNA BE MY PEOPLE
RUTH AND NAOMI AND IF YOU'RE GOING
I'M GOING WITH YOU WHAT AM I TRYING TO TELL YOU
WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS
YOU DON'T NEED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ME
YOU DON'T NEED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH PRECIOUS
YOU DON'T NEED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS CHURCH
YOU NEED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS
AND WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THE KING
YOU'LL FLEE TO WHATEVER LAND YOU GOTTA FLEE TO
YOU'LL DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU GOTTA DO
YOU'LL LOOK CRAZY AND YOU'LL SAY THIS
IF I'M IN MY RIGHT MIND IT'S FOR YOU
BUT IF I'M OUT OF MY MIND
IT'S FOR THE LORD PAUL SAID
I'M SEEING THINGS THAT ARE NOT EVEN LAWFUL
FOR ME TO SPEAK OF
WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH A KING
YOU'LL FLEE ANY LAND YOU'LL FLEE ANYTHING
YOU'LL TURN FROM WHATEVER YOU GOT TO TURN TO
AND YOU'LL RUN TO PURSUE THAT KING
SO NOW OBEYED ADAMS GOT THE PRESENCE
EVEN THOUGH HE'S THE ONE
EVEN A MAN NECESSARILY QUALIFIED TO HAVE IT
BUT ALL ALONE
GOD WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BE OPEN
AND SOMEBODY THAT WOULD WELCOME HIM IN
OBED EDAM DID NOT REJECT THE ARK
YEAH BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO USA
WHAT HAPPENED WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT
OBED EDAM SAYS I DON'T KNOW
BUT I GOT I'M GONNA
I'M GONNA SAY YES TO THE PRESENCE
I'M GONNA BRING THAT ARK RIGHT INTO MY LIVING ROOM
AND IT'S GONNA SIT HERE
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OF IT
BUT I'VE GOT A
A SPRINKLE OF ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT GOD IS GOOD
GOD IS MERCIFUL
AND GOD IS LONG SUFFERING AND GOD IS PATIENT
AND EVEN THOUGH WHO'S A GOT STRUCK DEAD WHEN I
I'M GONNA DO IS
I'M GONNA BE REAL CAREFUL ABOUT HOW I CARRY THIS
I'M GONNA WALK A CERTAIN WAY
AND I'M NOT JUST GONNA TALK ANY KIND OF WAY
AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M DAILY PURIFYING MYSELF
AND I'M WASHING MYSELF WITH THE WATER OF THE WORD
AND I'M DAILY GOING TO BE WITH HIM
AND EATING THE SCROLL LIKE EZEKIEL
AND
I'M GONNA BE VERY MINDFUL OF HOW I CARRY THIS PRESENCE
AND HOW I HOST THIS PRESENCE
AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE MY WHOLE HOUSEHOLD WILL BE BLESSED
SO HE DIDN'T REJECT THE ARK
THE LAST TIME THE ARK WAS EVEN AROUND
IT KILLED US GOD STRIKES HIM
HERE'S THE THING PEOPLE WILL SAY THIS
THE PRESENCE OF GOD WILL KILL A CHURCH
I'M TELLING YOU
THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN REVIVAL WILL NOT KILL A CHURCH
WHAT WILL KILL A CHURCH IS THE SPIRIT OF RELIGION
PROVERBS 14 4 SAYS IT LIKE THIS
IT SAYS WHERE THERE ARE NO OXEN
THE MANGER IS CLEAN
I COULD DO A THREE WEEK REVIVAL ON THIS RIGHT HERE
WHERE THERE ARE NO OXEN THE MANGER
IT REMAINS CLEAN BUT A LOT OF GOOD
AND A LOT OF BENEFIT COMES FROM THAT OXEN
WHAT IS THE POINT THE POINT IS YOU CANNOT HAVE CUTE
NICE NEAT
PERFECT EVERYTHING IS NICE AND CLEAN AND NEAT IN
IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT
IN THE MIDDLE OF REVIVAL
THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE IN HERE THAT SMELL A LITTLE BIT
THAT DON'T DRESS THE WAY THAT YOU WANNA DRESS
THEIR HAIR MIGHT BE MESSED UP A LITTLE BIT
THEY MIGHT HAVE COMMITTED SIN BEFORE THEY CAME IN HERE
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE OKAY WITH THAT
BECAUSE IF YOU WANT THE TRUE MOVE OF THE SPIRIT
IT'LL LOOK LIKE MARRIAGE IT'S GETTING PUT BACK TOGETHER
IT'LL LOOK LIKE ALCOHOLICS GETTING SET FREE
IT'LL LOOK LIKE LUST GETTING BROKE OFF OF PEOPLE
IT'LL LOOK LIKE PORNOGRAPHY BEING AND PUT DOWN
IT'LL LOOK LIKE MARIJUANA
NOT EVEN HOLDING A CANDLE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
IT'LL LOOK LIKE RADICAL PRAISE AND WORSHIP
IT'LL LOOK LIKE DANCING AND SINGING
AND SHOUTING UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH
IT'LL LOOK LIKE PROBABLY SOME LONG SERMONS
FROM TIME TO TIME AND IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A LOT WHY
BECAUSE GOOD BENEFIT COMES FROM OXYGEN
ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS
ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO NAVIGATE SOME DIFFICULT WATER
SURE WE ARE BUT I'D RATHER HAVE OXYGEN IN THE MANGER
AND HAVE IT A LITTLE MESSY
THAN MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T GO
ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU FRIEND
BUT I'VE LIVED WITHOUT THE PRESENCE
AND I NEVER WANNA GO ANOTHER DAY WITH OUT IT
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR HIGH FIVE SOMEBODY
IF YOU GOTTA SHOUT THREE TIMES AND CLAP
WHATEVER YOU GOTTA DO BUT LOOK AT HIM AND SAY
I GOTTA HAVE THE PRESENTS
OH I GOTTA HAVE IT
GOTTA HAVE IT GOTTA HAVE IT
I DON'T WANNA KNOW ANOTHER DAY I'VE GONE WITHOUT IT
BUT I GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT I GOT IT
SAY I GOT IT I GOT IT
OBAD EATON SAID PARK THE ARK LYDIA
PARK THE ARK I WANT THE ARK PARKED AT MY HOUSE
IS THERE ANY MAMAS AND DADDIES IN TIFTON
GEORGIA TODAY THEY SAY GOD
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE
THAT YOU CAN PARK THE ARK
PARK IT RIGHT HERE HERE I AM
I'M AVAILABLE
HE STANDS AT THE DOOR AND HE KNOCKS MAN
WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO COME AND LET HIM DIE
WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO OPEN UP
WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY
YOU CAN PARK THE ARK RIGHT HERE AT THE MOORE HOUSE
AT THE OWEN HOUSE AT THE MONTGOMERY HOUSE
AT THE BARTOW HOUSE AT THE
AT THE MCCARTNEY HOUSE I'M BELIEVING THIS
THAT WHEN WE LEAVE FROM THIS DAY
OUR WHOLE YEAR WE GO INTO 21 DAYS OF FASTING
I'M BELIEVING THAT WE'RE GONNA SAY
PARK THE ARK AT MY HOUSE
AND EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AT OBADIAH EDWARDS HOUSE
WHEN HE SAID PARK THE ARK RIGHT HERE
THERE WAS 90 DAYS OF BLESSING
THERE WAS 90 DAYS OF FAVOR
THERE WAS 90 DAYS OF OUTPOURING
YOU SAY WELL
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER 90 DAYS
THAT'S CUTE THAT'S JUST A FLASH IN THE BUCKET
IF YOU'LL READ ON A LITTLE BIT
YOU CAN'T JUST READ THE BIBLE
YOU GOT TO READ THE BIBLE
WHEN YOU GET TO CHAPTER 15
YOU'LL SEE THAT NOT JUST OBEY EDAM
BUT HIS SON TOO
HAD BECOME A DOORKEEPER IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD WHY
BECAUSE BETTER IS A DAY WITH THE LORD
THAN A THOUSAND OTHER PLACES
I'D RATHER BE A DOORKEEPER IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
THAN BE ALL OTHER KIND OF PLACES
BETTER IS ONE DAY IN YOUR PRESENCE
THAN AT A FOOTBALL GAME IN THE CRACK HOUSE
IN THE WHOREHOUSE IN ANY OTHER KIND OF HOUSE
DAILY DAVID SAID
I LONG TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE AND TO INQUIRE OF YOUR
OF YOUR FACE LORD
I WANT TO BE WHERE YOU ARE
THERE'S A SONG NICK LEWIS CAN SING IT BETTER THAN I CAN
BUT IT SAYS I JUST WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE
AND I JUST WANNA BE NEAR YOUR HEART
AND THEN IT SAYS FOR THERE IS NOTHING LIKE YOUR LOVE
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE YOUR LOVE
AND THEN IT JUST GOES INTO SAYING HOLY
HOLY HOLY
DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS MAN
DAVID THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THAT WAS SO FIXATED ON GETTING THE ARK
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO
BRING HEAVEN TO EARTH HE WAS FIXATED ON IT
SO YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID
HE SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO EMPLOY 288 SINGERS
4,000 MUSICIANS 4,000 DOORKEEPERS
HE GOT 24 FAMILIES
AND THOSE 24 FAMILIES WERE LED BY 24 ELDERS
AND THOSE 24 ELDERS WERE KEEPING TO
AND WERE TENDING TO
AND WERE HOSTING THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
AND DAVID WAS TAKING CHECKS
AND HE WAS FUNDING THESE PEOPLE
SO THEY COULD FEED THEIR FAMILIES ALL ALONE
THEY COULD MINISTER TO THE LORD
WHAT WAS DAVID DOING DAVID WAS AN OLD COVENANT MAN
LIVING WITH A NEW TESTAMENT REALITY
HE GOT CUT WITH WHAT WAS GOING
GOING ON IN HEAVEN AND HE SAID
THERE'S ANGELS AND THERE'S ELDERS AND THERE'S CREATURES
AND THEY'VE GOT EYES AT FRONT AND BACK
AND ONE LOOKS LIKE AN EAGLE AND ONE LOOKS LIKE AN OX
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S JASPER AND THERE'S RUBY
AND THERE'S FIRE AND THERE'S WATER
AND HE LOOKS LIKE FIRE FROM THE WAIST UP
AND HE LOOKS LIKE FIRE FROM THE WAIST DOWN
AND ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING IS JUST
SAYING HOLY ON MONDAY HOLY ON TUESDAY
HOLY ON WEDNESDAY HOLY ON THURSDAY
WHAT YOU NEED IS NOT RELIGION
AND WHAT YOU NEED IS NOT ANOTHER SERVICE
I'M TELLING YOU
YOU NEED CAPTIVATION AND YOU NEED FASCINATION
THAT'S WHY PAUL SAID
IF IT SEEMS TO BE THAT I'M OUT OF MY MIND
JUST KNOW IT'S FOR THE LORD WHY
BECAUSE I'M FASCINATED I'M CAPTIVATED
AND WHEN YOU GET CAPTIVATED
YOU SAY THIS I'M IN LOVE
AND I DON'T CARE WHO THINKS ABOUT IT
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY'S GOT TO SAY IN ME
MY GOD DESERVES SOMETHING UNDIGNIFIED
AND IF I GOTTA TAKE OFF THESE PRIESTLY GARMENTS
AND I GOTTA PUT ON THIS LINEN EPHOD
I'M GONNA DANCE BEFORE MY GOD
EVEN IF MY CLOTHES FALL OFF AND AND
AND WHAT'S HER NAME SAUL'S WIFE MICHAEL
SHE'S GONNA SEE SEE ME AND I'M GONNA BE DANCING
AND SHE'S GONNA SAY HOW DARE THE KING DO THAT
HOW DARE THE KING DANCE
AND JUST DEFILE HIMSELF LIKE THAT
AND HE'LL LOOK BACK AT HER AND HE'LL SAY THIS
HE'LL SAY WOMAN
YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET
I'LL BECOME EVEN MORE UNDIGNIFIED THAN THIS
SOMEBODY STAND UP ALL OVER THE HOUSE
FOR 90 DAYS SAY 90 DAYS
FOR 90 DAYS IN THIS CASE
FOR BURN CULTURE
THERE'S 21 DAYS THAT WE GOTTA PARK THE ARK AT OUR HOUSE
BABY I'M TELLING YOU
WITH INTENTIONAL FOCUS I'M TELLING YOU SIR
I'M TELLING YOU MA'AM
YOU GET THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
YOU THROW ON SOME DAPPY T
KEYS OR WILLIAM AUGUSTO
AND YOU GET YOU SOME INSTRUMENTAL WORSHIP
PLAYING IN THAT HOUSE YOU GET MAMA
YOU GET THE DOG THE CAT
THE YOU'RE A KEY
THE LAMA I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU GOT TO GET
EVEN THE ANIMALS GONNA GET SANCTIFIED AT BURN CULTURE
AND YOU'RE GONNA WORSHIP
AND YOU'RE GONNA START YOUR DAY AND END YOUR DAY
DAD YOU CAN PRAY
YOU HEAR ME DAD
YOU CAN PRAY
IT DON'T HAVE TO BE LINGUISTIC AND HEBREW AND GREEK
ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS GET YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER
GRAB THEM BY THE HAND
AND YOU START EXALTING THE NAME OF THE LORD
YOU START GLORIFYING THE NAME OF THE LORD IN YOUR HOUSE
YOU START PRAYING AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO
YOU START HAVING YOUR KIDS PRAY
AND WHEN YOU START HAVING THEM BABIES PRAY
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO TO YOUR HEART
THAT'S GONNA SOFTEN THAT HEART
AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY
BECAUSE MOM BECAUSE BABY SUE AND LITTLE JOHNNY
HE'S WATCHING MOM AND DADDY
AND HE'S GONNA BE WATCHING
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE
AND HE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT ALL NOW
BUT IF HE'LL WATCH YOU HOST THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
THEN
THEN ALL KIND OF STUFF MAY HAPPEN TO HIM IN HIS LIFE
BUT HE'LL NEVER FLEE FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
EVEN IF HE DOES GO AWAY
HE'LL ALWAYS COME BACK BECAUSE HE KNOW
HE KNOWS THERE'S A FATHER
THAT'S WAITING ON HIM ON A PORCH
YOUR JOB IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD IS TO BE LIKE OBADIAH
YOUR JOB WHEN YOU LEAVE FROM THIS PLACE
IS TO PUT THE ARK LIKE OBADIAH
IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR HOUSE
AND TO WORSHIP AND TO MINISTER
AND THEN
YOU START INVITING PEOPLE OVER TO WORSHIP WITH YOU
WOW YOU START GETTING SOME PEOPLE
YOU START PHONING A FRIEND LIKE
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE
WHO WANTS TO BE BLESSED
Y'ALL I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT
THIS IS JUST GONNA FLIP A SWITCH
AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE GREAT
AND BEAUTIFUL AND GLORIOUS IN YOUR LIFE
WHAT I AM TELLING YOU IS
I'VE NEVER SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE THAT LOVE THE LORD
BEGGING FOR BREAD
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
DO ANYBODY WRONG
I'VE NEVER SEEN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD BE HOSTED
AND BE PUT IN THE CENTER AND BE PUT AT FIRST PLACE
AND IT TAKES SOMEBODY DOWN THE WRONG DIRECTION
HOW DO YOU DO THIS IT JUST STARTS BY DAILY
DAILY YOU CHOOSE THEM DAILY
GOD YOU'RE MY DAILY BREAD FATHER
I WORSHIP YOU
WHY DON'T YOU JUST LIFT YOUR HANDS IN THIS HOUSE
BEGIN TO PLAY SABEL DEXTER
Y'ALL JUST BEGIN TO PLAY IT STARTS RIGHT HERE CHURCH
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR A MOMENT
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR A MOMENT