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The Presence and The Purpose of The Holy Spirit
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Well, it's Thursday night. Dimensions is back, and I'm so glad that you are here. And listen, you're not going to want to miss whatever prophetic flow we are going to hit here in just a moment. You know, we're in the middle of the fast. We've only got about a week left. It's time to press in. Every night we're here bringing you something supernatural and special. This episode is going to bless you. It's going to edify. It's going to encourage you. It's going to uplift you. You're not going to want to miss one moment of what God has put into my spirit to share. I've got my smart water here. A little difference in norm. Usually I got my pure life, but I got a bigger bottle here. I grabbed this earlier today because y'all do know this is breakfast, the breakfast, lunch, and dinner of fasting champions. You got to have your water. And I hope that you've got your word, whether it's through your phone or a Bible and a notepad, because we're going to get into it and it's going to be a blessing to you. So stay tuned because dimension starts right now. It's your boy back here on Dimensions, J. Anthony Gilbert. I am so excited. I'm glad that you took time out of your busy schedule to come hang out with me for about 30 minutes because y'all know I'm coming at you every single night during the fast, all the way up till January 23rd. Every night at 8 p.m., we're going to be right here going live on Facebook, YouTube. And then at the end of that, we're going to be coming at you again starting the following week on the 26th. Actually, next week, I'm sorry, I have to make an adjustment to that. Next week there might be some adjustments. We'll have to see. I'll have to get back with you on that. But we're going to be coming at you Monday through Friday. There won't be any weekend editions of Dimensions unless God tells me otherwise. But we'll be here at 8 o'clock p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and it's going to be awesome. And as always, as you're jumping on here, please be a good sport and like, subscribe, follow, share, and help me get this word out. Let me know that you're in the house. Our producer will bring you up at times so I can see who's coming up and who's here and say hi to us. Let us know that you're here for Dimensions. And I am so glad that you've tuned in for this. And last but not least, would you please take a moment and download the Dimensions podcast? Listen, not only does it help get the algorithms out and all of those types of things, but it's also going to make sure that you become the latest member of the Dimensions family. Everything that we do live immediately gets uploaded right after that. We do some processing with it and then we send it out there and it'll automatically, if you if you sub follow us and subscribe to it, every single edition of Dimensions will be downloaded to your personal uh whatever you got, your iPhone, your iPad, or whatever it is that it might be, and uh it you'll you won't miss anything. And if you like something, you can go back and hear it again. And uh we want to get this out to you as much as possible because the purpose of Dimensions is to help the body and the bride of Christ prepare for the return of Jesus Christ by keeping oil in your lamps, love in your heart, sin and leaven out of your life. I'm gonna say that again. You're keeping oil in your lamp, and you say, Why is that? The oil in your lamp causes you to burn bright in dark times. And then also oil is used for heating, and it keeps that oil in your lamp, so then it keeps you warm. That's why I said put love in your heart. You know, the Bible says in Matthew chapter number 24. As a matter of fact, I want to go there real quickly. Matthew chapter 24, I want to give you a little update on this real quick. When I say an update to remind you as to why I do this and why we do what we do. Look at here, Matthew chapter 24. And it says here in verse number one, we're gonna read for just a second. Y'all don't mind reading the Bible, do you? We are here anyways, getting into the word of God. So then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and his disciples came up to show him the buildings of the temple, and Jesus said, Do you not see all these things? Assuredly I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be thrown down. Now, as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately saying, Tell us when these signs will be, or when these things will be. What will be the sign of your coming in the end of the age? Now, just a quick reminder, those three questions are what the whole uh synopsis of Matthew 24 and Luke 21 are. Uh, and he goes through it. Now remember, they're not answered in order. You have to know how to break those down. Very, very important. And Jesus said, first thing he says to them, take heed that no one deceives you. That's why I put oil in our lamps, love in our heart, sin and leaven out of our lives. Deception comes when we lose oil. And think about it, people get deceived when they're in the darkness. And you are not children of darkness, you are children of the light. As long as you keep that oil in your life, that oil keeps you illuminated to the things that are going on in the darkness. The Bible says God says he knows what's in the darkness. And that's where Daniel chapter 2 comes in. He reveals and gives us the spirit of wisdom. So that's why we have the spirit of truth that comes alongside to help us. And that Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit Himself, comes inside of us and he leads us and guides us into all truth. Take heed that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ and will deceive many. Yeah, that's what's happening right now. That's why you see more preachers uh literally losing their minds. The stuff that they do, the things they say, the way they operate, the things they participate in, all contrary to the scripture. And if you do not have the oil in your lamps, it's going to cause you to be deceived. You'll start buying the lie of the enemy. He says, Many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ that will deceive many, and you hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Nation will rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines, pestilence, earthquakes in various places, and these are the beginning of sorrows. Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated of all nations, but for my name's sake. Now, I don't know if y'all have seen the many thousands upon thousands. I got a report that I think close to 30,000 Christians, if I'm not mistaken. Uh, I I have to fact-check this, but I think it's like 30,000 Christians have been martyred in Iran, if I'm not mistaken on that. Uh, it was on uh believe CBN, my wife gave me a report of that and was just sharing that with me uh because of the persecution that is happening. Says, look at there, and then many will be offended and will betray one another and hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many, because lawlessness will abound. Look at this. The love of many will wax cold. Look at this here. Many will be offended, they'll betray and hate. Then many false prophets, see, we're in the seasons where many false prophets can rise up. See, false prophets can't rise up when truth is going out. False prophets can't rise up when the light is shining brightly. It's when the light starts to go dim more because the lack of oil, the anointing, the presence of the Holy Spirit, as a result of that, deception comes. And look what it said, because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. That's why God says, keep oil in your lamp, it gives you illumination, and it gives you insulation. And therefore, he says, keep love in your heart. That's why the love of many is growing cold. And then as a result of that, deception creeps in. And how does that happen? Because the what does it say here? Let me read it exactly to you, like it says here. It says that uh the because lawlessness or sin will begin to abound, the love of many will begin to grow cold. Because what did I always say? Keep the sin and the leaven out of your life. Very, very important that you keep those things out of your life. That's why we're gonna have more prayer at another level than we ever have had before. Uh, we're gonna have more times of that because it's important. Now, some people are gonna want to attend, some people ain't. Uh, but I want to keep that oil in my lamp. I want to have that love in my heart. I want to keep sin and eleven out of our lives. In Hebrews chapter 10, I believe it is in verse 25, if I have the scripture right, but I know it's in Hebrews 10. Uh, it says that uh don't forsake the assembling of yourselves together, and even more so as the day of Christ approaches. So the more that we get closer to the return of Jesus Christ, we need to be in the house of God, around the people of God like never before. Now, look at this here. It says, Take heed that no one deceives you. I want you to go with me to John chapter number 14. John 14. I want to just read to you a couple of scriptures here uh on the purpose of having the Holy Spirit in our lives. Why do we have the gift of the Holy Ghost? Uh, I've been talking to you about the importance of praying in the spirit uh more now. I took time just this afternoon, I don't know how long it was, but just praying in the Holy Ghost. And, you know, it's amazing when you start praying in the spirit, um, things will begin to come to your mind. Uh, the Bible says that when you begin to pray in the spirit, that your natural mind is your spirit man is edified, but then because your spirit gets edified, your natural mind will become edified as well. So the natural mind will begin to get ideas. And so what you do is you begin to write down the things that God gives to you in your spirit when you're praying in the spirit, because you're interceding according to the will of God. And then you're also building up your spirit man to be able to hear and get it above your carnal nature and above your flesh. But this is the reason why we have the Holy Spirit. It's one of my favorite passages of scripture uh in John chapter 14. This is so good. Uh, and let's go down here to uh let's see, uh John chapter 14. We are gonna look here at, let me look. Um here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go. Uh verse number, you know what? Let's do this. Let's start in verse number one. We're gonna start there because I want to read this to you. So this may be something you want to study with the next closet. John chapter 14, John chapter 16. Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would not have told you, but I'm going to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself. So there's a watch this, there's a process between Jesus preparing a place for us and where we are now. So he's talking about two different really times. I'm going to prepare a place for you. And he says, But if I go, I'm going to come back and receive you to myself, so then where I am, you may be also. And look what he says, and where I go, you know, and the way you know. And Thomas said, Lord, we do not know where you're going, and how can we know the way? Jesus said, I'm the way, the truth, and life. No one comes to the Father except through me. And so he goes on and he talks about this, then jump down uh to verse number 15. If you love me, keep my commandments, and I'll pray the Father, and he will give you another helper. So he's talking about, I'm gonna leave, but guess what? I'm gonna send the helper to come with you. And he said that he may abide with you forever. The spirit of truth. Remember, he said, take heed that no one deceives you. The oil in your lamp is symbolic of the Holy Spirit's presence in your life. I cannot express to you the how important it is to have the Holy Spirit in your life today. You've got to have him so you're not led astray. Coming to church is great. That's part of it. But it's how you live every single day. It's the lifestyle you live. That's why the Bible talks about even fasting. You don't put new wine into old wineskins. You can use wine or oil as symbolism of the Holy Spirit. Fasting is like going and getting an oil change or getting new wine put back into your life. And so you want to keep that fresh in your life so then you have what you need for whatever season. So he said, I'm gonna give you a helper in verse 16 that he may abide with you, the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive. So that's rebut when you get revelation and insight and you're walking in the spirit. Everybody that, if people are not walking in the spirit, they're not gonna get it. You can't speak from the spirit to a carnal mind, to a natural mind. Spirit speaks the spirit, deep cries unto deep, okay? And look at what it says here to whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him, but you know him. Hallelujah. For he dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you. Isn't that so good, right there? My goodness. Now let's take a look here in verse number 25. These things I've spoken to you while being present with you, but the helper of the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will what? Teach you all things. So he's the Spirit of truth, but he will also be the helper. He will be the one that teaches you all things. Hallelujah. Haven't you ever read the word? Even while you're meditating, while you're praying in the spirit, while you're reading the word, while you're praying, while you're calling out to the name of the Lord, while you're worshiping, he will begin to show you things and begin to teach you things. Hallelujah. And bring to your remembrance all the things that I've said to you. So sometimes the Holy Spirit, He will even bring to your remembrance the prophetic words, the things that God spoke yesteryear. He will begin to speak those things to you because he's watching over you and he's there to help you. My peace, I peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Look at this. You have heard me say to you, I'm going away and coming back to you. If you love me, you would rejoice. I'm going to the Father, and the Father is greater than I. So he goes through and he's talking about just what's going to happen, but he shows us why we have the spirit of truth in our lives. Now let's jump over to John chapter 16. And I want you to get this too. Look at this here in verse number one. Now, this goes with Matthew 24 about keeping oil in your lamps, loving your heart, sin 11 out of your life. Why would you want to fast, Pastor Jay? Why would you call a fast? Why would you increase prayer time? Why would you do other things? Because we're in the Matthew 24 time. We are in that season where that's about to be fulfilled. And I want to make sure that people are ready for the return of Jesus Christ. And the only way you do this is by keeping oil in your lamp, loving your heart, sin 11 out of your life. It keeps you from deception. It keeps your heart from growing cold. It keeps you illuminated. It keeps you full of the Spirit of God. He keeps speaking to you each and every day and strengthens you and gives you what you need. So you will have power and authority and have the insulation. Come on, somebody. That's important that you are insulated to keep your heart warm. But then you'll also have revelation. Come on, you'll have illumination. Oil gives illumination and it also gives you insulation from the things of the world, but it illuminates you in the darkness of the world, that you can walk in the warmth and the light of the Spirit. All right. And anybody thankful for that. That's why we have the Holy Spirit in our lives. Look at verse number one of John chapter 16. These things I've spoken to you that you should not be made to stumble. They'll put you out of the synagogues. Look at this. He's talking about the church putting people out of the church, putting his bride out of the church, not the world. He said, the time is coming that whoever kills you thinks he offers God a service. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor me. These are people in church. But these things I've told you that when the time comes, that's why I'm so thankful for the Holy Spirit. He has shown me so many things. Even how I told you all about how I said, before everything even started going down, I said, you're going to see more and more pastors becoming more and more egregious and emboldened in sin in the pulpit, in the church. You're going to see that like you've never seen before. And we're already starting to see signs of that. Because that's what happens when you have that illumination. God wants you to know what's happening in the prophetic now. And he keeps speaking to us. But if you let the oil go out, come on, somebody, you'll be, you'll no longer be insulated from the things of the world, nor will you be illuminated in the world. So therefore, you don't have any light. You don't have any warmth. And then deception and coldness and lawlessness begins to creep into your life. Look at them. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor me. But these things I have told you that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them, and that these things I did not say to you at the beginning because I was with you. But look at verse 5. So he talks a little bit more now about the Holy Spirit. But be but now I go away to him who sent me, and none of you ask me, Where are you going? Because I've said these things, sorrow fills your heart. Now here you go, verse number seven. Now, this is the exciting part. They didn't know it at the time, but Acts chapter 2 was coming. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage, or another translation says, it is expedient that I go away. For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you, but if I depart, I will send him to you. When the word says helper, that word is actually parakletos, it means the one who comes alongside to help, or watch this, to take the place that the Holy Spirit is the to being the replacement of what Jesus was to the disciples. It's another, watch this, of the same kind. So what Jesus was to the disciples, the Holy Spirit is now inside of each and every one of us. Look at it says here. It is advantage to you that I go away, for if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you, but if I depart, I will send him to you. And when he has come, now look at this. When he shows up, which he's already here, he will convict the world of sin. This is the reason why, listen, ladies and gentlemen, if somebody doesn't get what you're sharing and they're in sin, don't try to get it because the Holy Spirit may not be drawing them. They may not be uh uh uh open to the conviction of the Holy Spirit, or he may not be drawing them at that time. He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment, of sin because they do not believe on me, of righteousness because I go to my father and you see me no more, of judgment because the ruler of this world is judged. And look what he says in verse 12. This is so powerful. I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now, because the Holy Spirit is there to give us revelation. Wow, think about that. Jesus knew when you get the Holy Spirit, there are things I'll be able to speak to that will come alive in you. So what he's saying is that even though I know that y'all are with me and you're my disciples, you need the gift of the Holy Spirit that you can bear because there's a development. Now watch this, the Holy Spirit is there to grow us and to prepare us for the return of Jesus Christ, to make us the bride of Christ, to sanctify us, to make us who we are called to be. And so therefore, he grows us and levels of maturity develop in you, levels of hearing. So many people are dull of hearing spiritually because they're spiritually immature or they're carnal and they're existence. So what happens is things are spoken, but it goes over their head because their heart is veiled by the flesh, their mind is veiled by the flesh. And that's why there has to be a crucifixion of the flesh. There has to be a crucifixion of those things. Okay. So look at what it says here of sin because they do not believe in me, of rights because I go to my father, of judgment because the ruler of this world is judged. And I still have many things to say, but you cannot bear them now. But look at verse 10, verse 13. However, when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you. Hallelujah. Is anybody thankful for the guide of the Holy Spirit in our lives? He will guide you into all truth. Why? So you don't hit Matthew 14. You don't fall into error. You don't fall into deception. You don't fall into the things of the world. You don't buy the lie. Even when certain people are preaching and teaching, when it's not lining up the scripture, something you should say, wait a minute, something's not right. The spirit of truth, the one that has sealed you. He is the earnest of the down payment. When you get the Holy Spirit in your heart and in your life, the reality is he's the down payment and he is preserving you. Hallelujah. For that day. So he's going to guide you into all truth. Why? He will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak, and he will tell you things to come. My good God. How many of y'all are thankful for the gift of the Holy Spirit? Think about that for a minute. He comes to show us the things that are coming. He reveals it to us. He's already shown me things coming in 26. He showed me things in 25 that'll be coming. He showed me the condition of the church and where the church is headed. He showed me what's good, what the onslaught of the enemy and the darkness and the deception last September. I remember when Ozzy Osborne died, the Lord began to speak to me. And then there were all these deaths that happened in media. And then there was all these uh uh the tsunami that came in, and all these things happened. God said, There is a wave of darkness that is coming to America, that's coming to the world, unlike we have never seen before in our generations. And God has been showing me the things that are going to happen. He's been showing you things that are coming. Look at what he says. He will speak to you about the things that are coming. He won't speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears. And Jesus said, All things I have heard from my Father, I have made known unto you. From here on out, I do not call you servants, but I call you friends. For a friend or a servant doesn't know what his master is doing, but you will know all things. I'm so thankful that God reveals what's coming to us. So I'm saying this to you that even while we're fasting and praying, God will show you the things that are coming. So when things start happening, it's not for us to say, look at me, I know this and I this and I'm a prophet and all that. No, no. It's a warning, so then we know how to prepare ourselves. He lets us know what's coming. And you know what's amazing? It's not that he doesn't let the world know. What did he say? They can't hear it because they have not known the Father. He will not speak on his own authority. Verse 13, but whatever he hears, he will speak, and he will tell you the things that are going to come. Wow. He will glorify me, for he will take of what is mine, and what? Declare it to you. So let me say this to you. This is the reason why. Now let's go to 1 Corinthians chapter number 2. This is the reason why you need to be praying in the Spirit. This is the reason why you have the gift of the Holy Spirit, is so he can reveal to you the things that are coming. Come on, let's go. I'm almost done. First Corinthians chapter 2, verse number six. Now take a look at this here. However, we speak wisdom. Some say wisdom, type it in there, among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are coming to nothing, but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. My goodness. I believe that in 2026, there will be things that happen in your life that you will need the mind of Christ to be able to decipher what you need to do. You have to have the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew. For had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Verse 9. I love this passage. But as it is written, I, talking about physical, natural, eye is not seen, nor ear heard, neither is it entered in the heart of man the things that God has prepared for those who love him. But God has revealed them to us what? Through his spirit. Remember, we just read John 14 and 16. All things that the Father and the Son know will be given to the Holy Spirit, which will be shed abroad to us as we seek the face of God. But God has revealed them unto us through his spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the spirit of God. Look at verse 12. We have not received the spirit of the world, but we have received, look at this, the the things uh I'm sorry, but we have I'm sorry, let me read again. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit, here we go again, teaches. What did Jesus say? He would come and he would teach you all things, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. Now, here's what I want to get to in verse 14. The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned, which means this: if you're gonna have the mind of Christ, I'm going all the way full circle now. This is why we have to pray in the spirit this year. If you can't just sit around and just hope and allow drowsiness and uh um and tiredness and sleepiness and uh distraction to fill your mind when you're seeking God. You pray in the Holy Ghost until your mind becomes fruitful in the spirit, because the natural man can't receive it. And so sometimes we're distracted, we got a billion of one things running through our minds, and our flesh doesn't want to pray. So you begin to pray in the spirit until the spirit of the Lord comes alive inside of us, and then therefore we can receive those things. Listen, if the devil is fighting you in prayer, if the devil is fighting you in the word, maybe you're reading and said, I'm not getting anything out of it. I'm my mind is distracted, my mind is running, I'm trying to pray and I can't seem to focus and I'm getting tired and all this stuff. It's because the devil is attacking you, something is coming. God's got something he wants to share. And that's why Jesus told his disciples when he's in the Garden of Gethsemane, could you not tarry one hour? That's why it's so important to tarry in the presence of God. It's so important to tarry in the Word of God, it's so important to pray in the Holy Ghost. Look at this here. Let's read on a little bit further. For they are foolish in them, for neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things. Now, watch this. If you're walking in the spirit, living in spirit, you have the ability to judge circumstances and situations. Yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. So you can spiritually judge things that are happening in the earth because of verse number 16. For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. Hallelujah. So while we're fasting and praying, I want you to realize you have the mind of Christ. You have the ability to intercede, to pray, to pray in the spirit. You have the ability to know what the will of the Father is, but it's not gonna happen if you're in the natural mind. It's not gonna happen if you're in carnality. It's not gonna happen if you're in sin. It's not gonna happen if you don't have oil in your lamps, which means the Holy Spirit's presence in and through our lives. Go back to Matthew 25. Isn't it amazing? He talks about all that I just shared about the entire, but then he goes into Matthew 25, and it's the parable of the ten virgins. It said, five were wise, five were foolish. They both had everything the same, except for one thing. Five of them did not have oil in their lamps. Now watch this. The most important thing when Jesus comes is not that you were in church. It's not that you had the right clothes on, it's not that, and what I mean by that, the bridal gown, it's not that you had that invitation, it's not that you had a lamp, it's not you, it is the presence of the Holy Spirit. Come on, somebody. And the best way that I can explain it, now just bear with me. I'm gonna stretch this just a tad. Is if you are in complete darkness, the way that somebody sees you is you've got to have some light. And so when Jesus comes back late in the midnight hour for his bride, you might have everything. But if you don't have oil, he can't find you. Yes, he knows where everybody is, but you're picked out based upon the oil that is in your lamp. The things that separates any believer from those that are counterfeit believers is the substance of the oil. When you have the oil in your life, it sets you apart from everyone else. And if you've ever met anybody that has oil in their lamp, you know there is a difference. I've talked to the pseudo-church believer. I've talked to the fake believers, the believers that say they're they're walking with Christ, but there's no oil in their lamp. And you can get around somebody, you'll know it. Not to judge, just you can know you if you got the oil, you know what it looks like. You know what it feels like, you know what it sounds like. Keep oil in your lamps, ladies and gentlemen. And that will give you the mind of Christ. And five were foolish, five were wise. The last thing as I wrap up is this it's amazing that when the five did not have any oil, they went to those that did. Isn't it amazing? They knew where to get the oil. They knew the people that had it. They knew there was a difference. How did they know? They knew there was a difference. There was something the people that had oil, the ones that didn't knew we need to go to them and figure out, give us some of your oil. And what did they say? I think it's so profound. They said, no, lest there not be enough for both of us. He said, Go in and buy for yourselves. Fasting is paying the price for the oil. Being in church is paying the price for the oil. Keeping sin and leaving out of your life is paying the price for the oil that you can be insulated from the coldness of the world, and then you can be illuminated in the darkness of the world. And Christ will identify you. You will be a believer, and you will be ready, rapture ready when Jesus comes back. Come on, somebody. Hallelujah. So while we're fasting, you pay the price for the oil. And even after we leave the 21 days, pick a day of the week. I'm gonna fast weekly to get into the presence of God and to seek the Lord. And you know what? God will help you and you will stay full. When other people are falling apart and can't make it, guess what will happen? God will give you everything that you need. You'll be illuminated and you will keep on trucking, just like Eddie Kendrick said back in the 70s, and you'll keep on moving in Jesus' name and God will bless you. Amen. Let me pray for you. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you for every person. Thank you for the anointing. Thank you for the Spirit of God that is within us. Holy Spirit, we thank you. You are welcome here. I remember we used to sing that song. Holy Spirit, you are welcome here. You're welcome in this place. Father, just lift up your hands right now where you are. Father, I thank you for the precious gift of the Holy Ghost. We thank you for the comforter. We thank you for the helper. We thank you for the parakletos, the one who comes alongside to help. We thank you for the one that came to be the replacement of Jesus Christ as the man to now be Jesus Christ in our hearts. Father, bless each person today in the name of Jesus. Anoint them and fill them. May they walk in the constant communion and fellowship and joy of the Holy Ghost. Father, may we walk with you and talk with you, and may you tell us that we are your own and the joy that we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known. We thank you that in the garden, Father, you speak a melody so sweet, Father, that even the birds hush from their singing. And Father, we thank you for your anointing. Father, won't you fill us tonight afresh? Oh, Father, even in this place right now, fill us afresh, O God, that we might be baptized afresh, O God. Fill us with your oil right now. Oh God, that we might be dripping with the presence of the Almighty God. Father, I pray that you would bless each person that's listening, bless each person that's watching, and may the glory of your presence ever be upon them. May they ever be illuminated, may they ever be insulated. And Lord, I thank you today for keeping us from deception. And Lord, helping us to see clearly what you have in store for each and every one of us. And Father, we thank you, and we give you praise, honor, and glory for your goodness and blessing. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. I feel the presence of the Lord. Hallelujah. I feel the presence of God invading your space right now. Somebody's getting a fresh touch right now. The presence of God is moving into your situation, into your life, where you are right now. Whether you're listening, watching, wherever you are, God is moving on your behalf in Jesus' name. So I want to encourage you. Tomorrow night, 8 p.m., I'll be back here tomorrow at 12 o'clock. Hope that you'll join with me for prayer. The number's coming up, 412-430-0330. The access code is 721-172. No matter where you are, pick up your phone, call in. I'm gonna be praying for you, interceding for you, and keeping that oil in your lamp, that love in your heart, and sin eleven out of your life. May God baptize you afresh as you finish this fast strong. May He fill you afresh. May your oil be changed. May your axe head be forever sharp. May the blessing of Almighty God forever rest upon your life. And may your best and your blessed days always be in front of you and never behind you. And may this be the greatest year that you've ever seen in this year of 2026, the year of greater things. I'll see you tomorrow for prayer and tomorrow night at 8 p.m., I'll be right back here, ready to take you to the next dimension.
