WEBVTT 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:03.680 Welcome to the Summit Church Podcast. 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:10.080 Thank you for joining us as we share weekly sermons and teachings from Summit Church in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:16.719 Our prayer is that today's message encourages your faith and helps you grow in your relationship with Jesus. 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:20.480 Check out our website at summitchurchtn.com. 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:25.039 Thanks for listening, and we pray this message encourages you today. 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:35.679 So today I am continuing the sermon, well, part two of the sermon I preached last week. 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:47.200 And the title of that sermon was uh Lord, help my unbelief. 00:00:48.159 --> 00:01:03.840 So we got through that and we found out that there were some internal beliefs that we had that are tied to our earthly, our this realm circumstances that block us from believing the word of God. 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:10.239 We broke that down, we kicked the devil out of our life, and now we're walking in freedom. 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:12.000 Can someone say amen? 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:13.359 Hallelujah. 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:17.599 We had breakthrough last week, and I want to say this to you. 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:20.079 I just didn't have breakthrough. 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.319 I had great breakthrough. 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:34.959 I know that God is able to do everything I am believing him for because all my life he has been faithful. 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:35.680 That's right. 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:36.640 Hallelujah. 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.599 So today I'm going to talk about the power of yes. 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:45.280 I'm going to talk about, you know, we believe, I believe that God can do all things. 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:45.920 I do. 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:52.959 But you see, something happens when I apply faith to what I'm believing. 00:01:53.280 --> 00:02:02.799 That's an action, and I step into something great and powerful that I cannot do if all I say is, yeah, I believe. 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:07.120 Because I want you all to know, demons in hell believe God is who he says he is. 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:16.879 And the problem is, He sometimes, they sometimes know more than the church does, the power of Almighty God. 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:19.919 So, church, let's be encouraged. 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:20.560 Amen. 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:22.159 Hallelujah. 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:31.759 So I pray that today, this sermon will change the way you see the power of yes to God. 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:40.000 And so, as I was praying about this, I said, Lord, there are so many people in the word who said yes to you. 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:44.639 And he said, Yeah, but I want you to talk about Ananias. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.159 Not the Ananias and Sapphira, don't get concerned, okay? 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:52.479 But Ananias. 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:54.240 And I want you to listen to this. 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:55.199 This is so good. 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:59.280 And when I and before I read it, I thought, oh, okay. 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:07.039 And then I read this passage and I saw the power of God on what he yes did. 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:08.080 Hallelujah. 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.479 Acts chapter 9, and I'm going to begin reading in verse 10. 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:17.520 Now there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:22.000 The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, Ananias. 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:26.879 Yes, Lord, he replied. 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:32.639 The Lord said, Go over to Strait Street to the house of Judas. 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:37.520 When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.159 He is praying to me right now. 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:50.080 I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again. 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:52.159 Don't you love the way God is? 00:03:53.919 --> 00:04:04.879 While Saul was praying, God was listening, and he was on the move in Ananias' life, saying, I have need of you. 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:07.199 I have an assignment for you. 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:09.439 You've already said yes, Lord. 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.000 He said yes, Lord, long ago. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:17.360 And so he was ready, sorta, for action. 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:18.959 Let's keep reading. 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:29.439 But Lord, exclaimed Ananias, I've heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem. 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:36.720 And he is authorized by the leading priest to arrest anyone who calls upon your name. 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:39.680 But the Lord said, Go to Saul. 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:41.920 You know, isn't it wonderful what God does? 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:44.800 He doesn't say, I know it's bad. 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:47.839 He doesn't say, Yeah, I know. 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:51.120 Oh, he has been persecuting Christians. 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:53.519 He doesn't say that. 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:55.120 He said, Go. 00:04:57.839 --> 00:04:59.199 I want to say something. 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.319 This came up in prayer on Thursday night. 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:04.160 And it was good. 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.879 I felt a spirit of faith as we were praying. 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:14.879 And I remembered that how much of the church gives an excuse. 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:25.360 And if I don't believe that God really, his hand is on my life, I'll say something like this. 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:32.959 Well, God had a man he wanted to do what he had called what I'm doing, but he said no. 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:36.160 I I kicked that sacred cow out of this house. 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:39.600 And let me tell you why. 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:46.319 God knew when he asked me, I already had yes stirring inside of me. 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:50.879 I told him I was from the South. 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:54.800 Let me talk to you all over here. 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.639 Because someone needs to understand where I was coming from. 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:01.839 I told him I'm a woman. 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:07.199 Now, Southern Baptists will tell you all about that. 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:18.000 But you see, when the Holy Ghost comes in, he doesn't care your age or your gender. 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:21.680 He cares about the yes you already gave him. 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:28.879 So I would give God, I would say, Lord, you know, there there's so-and-so is really good. 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:34.959 And then I would say, Lord, you'll have to tell Steve, he'll never do this. 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:38.480 If you're visiting, that's my husband Steve. 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:40.560 He'll never do this. 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:50.560 And Steve comes in and says, Sandra, as I was mowing the lawn, the Lord spoke to me and said, We're starting a church and you're gonna pastor that church. 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:58.319 And I lifted my hands to the Lord and said, Yes, Lord. 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.639 Because the impossible thing is possible with God. 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:03.519 Okay? 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:08.959 So, so all these people that say, I even said Catherine Kuhlman said that. 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:09.920 You know why? 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:16.959 Because she needed to tell people I'm verifiably here, but I wasn't really the one that was called. 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:18.879 Beloved, that is a lie. 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:19.759 That's not true. 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.399 I'm not saying Catherine Kuhlman was a liar, Lord. 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:23.920 I'm sorry, I repent for that. 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:28.480 What I'm saying is, we as a church have made people buy into that. 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:34.160 When God called you, he knew there was a yes inside of you. 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:40.240 He knew there was something burning in you you had to do no matter what. 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:46.639 You were going along, minding your own business, praying and loving on Jesus and witnessing to people. 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:51.279 And God said, Okay, that season has moved into this next season. 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:54.720 I'm calling you to say yes again. 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.360 Because he knows you're gonna say yes. 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:00.480 He already knows your yes is inside of you. 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:09.600 Oh, hallelujah! And we give all of these excuses, but God knew Ananias was gonna do what he said. 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:21.360 So the Lord said, Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and the kings, as well as to the people of Israel. 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:27.279 And I will show him how much he must suffer for the nation's sake. 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:30.560 So Ananias went and found Saul. 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:46.639 He laid his hands on him and said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.879 Now listen, you know what I love about this? 00:08:52.559 --> 00:09:00.879 The minute God called him to go and lay hands on Saul. 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:03.519 He was a brother. 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:05.759 Brother. 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:07.200 Isn't that beautiful? 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:08.399 Brother. 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.679 God called me to lay hands. 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:13.120 Let me tell you something. 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:16.080 We got to get the love of the brethren back in the church. 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:18.240 I want you to know this. 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:21.120 I'm gonna say it, and I'm gonna say it with meaning. 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:29.600 You will not see or hear me talking negative about the church of the living God. 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:44.000 There may be some messes, there may be some sin, but the life of Christ is in the church. 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:47.039 And it always will be. 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:55.840 And I've just decided to get on God's side, and when I hear somebody that's in trouble, I hear of them. 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:01.039 I don't get on Facebook or YouTube or whatever and rant. 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:07.600 I don't waste this pulpit time to talk about people who have fallen. 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:08.879 What do I do? 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:18.000 I get on my knees and cry out to the Lord and say, Lord, heal them, Lord, deliver them, Lord, rescue them. 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.240 They're brothers and sisters in Christ. 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:27.440 See that's why we feel like we've got a right to talk about people and gossip in the church. 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:30.720 Well, you you heard what they're doing. 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:39.679 Yeah, I heard it long enough to fall on my face before the Lord and cry out for them to be delivered. 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:41.039 Come on, church. 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:43.279 You you don't need another pastor. 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:45.600 Let me say this to you, and I want you to hear me. 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:52.639 You don't need another pastor with a critical judgmental spirit. 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:57.600 You need a pastor who'll cry out to you in your greatest time of need. 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.039 Come on, somebody. 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:01.200 We're talking about Jesus here. 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:08.399 We're not talking about a club that you join and and they out you if you're not good enough. 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.799 No, we're talking about the kingdom of God. 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:20.240 He said, I knew you before the foundation of the earth in love. 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:24.639 He knew us not just, yeah, I know about them. 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:26.159 Yeah, I know about them. 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:28.399 No, he knew us in love. 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:36.639 He loved us so much, and when we were saved, he deposited his love within us. 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:48.320 The Bible says that if you don't have the love of the brethren, you don't have the love of the Father. 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:53.679 How are we going to go to the world with the gospel of the kingdom of God without love? 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:56.639 I don't need another notch on my belt. 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:59.519 I need another soul coming in the kingdom. 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:05.039 I need to sing with the angels every time a soul comes into the kingdom. 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:06.000 Come on, somebody. 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:07.840 The Holy Ghost is moving up here. 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:10.480 I hope he's getting a hold of you right now. 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:11.679 Hallelujah. 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:14.320 Glory to God, hallelujah. 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:16.559 Praise the Lord. 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:18.559 Oh, verse 18. 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:24.720 Instantly something like scales fell off Saul's eyes and he regained his sight. 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:27.600 Then he got up and was baptized. 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:33.519 And he wasn't just water-baptized people, he was baptized in the Holy Ghost. 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:35.120 Come on, somebody. 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:36.879 Hallelujah. 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:41.440 I'm looking for a day when souls are going to be coming into the kingdom. 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:46.799 And when they are put under the water, they're going to come up speaking in another language. 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:47.759 Come on. 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:49.440 Yeah, we're spirit-filled. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:55.759 I hope that doesn't bother you and make you uncomfortable because we're not denying the power of God in this house. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:56.639 Amen. 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:57.840 Hallelujah. 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:05.519 I'm going to join, I'm going to join Paul when he said, I am more thankful than any of you all that I speak in tongues. 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:10.240 I'm thankful more than any of you all that I pray in the Holy Ghost. 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:12.799 Because God is praying through me. 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:17.840 And when God prays through me, God's going to answer his own prayer. 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:19.120 Oh, come on. 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:20.879 Somebody needs to get this. 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:22.399 Are y'all hearing that? 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:26.399 When God is praying through me, he's going to answer his own prayer. 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:28.240 Glory to God, hallelujah. 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.080 Somebody remind me of that. 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:31.440 Hallelujah. 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:37.600 So a single yes to God changed history. 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:39.200 Are you hearing this? 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:43.200 It shifts our lives from fear to faith. 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:44.879 Isn't that beautiful? 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:53.200 Your yes to God unlocks divine purpose that will bless future generations. 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:55.919 You're sitting here today on assignment. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:56.799 Do you hear me? 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:02.000 You're here on assignment today because you need to understand your yes mattered to God. 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:06.080 Your yes holds the very power of heaven in it. 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:07.840 Oh, hallelujah. 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.960 Praise the Lord. 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:12.559 And Ananias didn't write a book in the Bible. 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:19.279 It isn't recorded of him leading thousands to Jesus. 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:26.960 He didn't have a famous ministry, nor was he numbered with the twelve apostles. 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:33.279 And yet Jesus called him and he said, Yes, Lord. 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.200 Oh, hallelujah. 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:44.320 The moment Ananias said yes, he became, listen to this, the conduit for a supernatural miracle. 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.559 Oh, hallelujah. 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:49.919 Will you believe with me for a miracle? 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:55.679 Will we say yes together? 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:56.960 Yes. 00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:01.600 If you believe with me for a miracle, you'll see a miracle. 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:02.960 Hallelujah. 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:04.240 Thank you, Lord. 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:16.480 You see, his yes carried power to break scales off Saul's eyes, restoring physical vision, and it brought spiritual vision. 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:18.639 Oh, hallelujah. 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:29.360 Through Ananias' touch, he brought healing and the infilling of the Holy Spirit into a broken man's life. 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:36.960 When you think of Saul, and you're not thinking about Paul, you can see a broken man. 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:44.480 But when you begin to talk about the Apostle Paul, it's hard for you to think that this one at one time was a broken man. 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:46.480 Beloved, I want to tell you this. 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:59.200 Every time you say yes to God, there's somebody that will be before you, and they could be the next great person, not to be famous, but to be famous in heaven. 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:00.080 Come on. 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.039 I'm not trying to build you up. 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.080 I'm not trying. 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:05.360 Amy and Will. 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:09.759 Your altars are going to be full. 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:17.120 Wherever you have a meeting, your altar is always going to be filled. 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:21.840 And people are going to absolute radical change. 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:24.960 Transformation leading to transfiguration. 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:26.000 Hallelujah. 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.279 Thank you, Lord. 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.879 Thank you, Lord. 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:39.360 To some, Ananias may have seemed insignificant, but to God, he was a son who overcame fear. 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:54.399 And by faith carried a message from God to the one who would become the great missionary, the great church planter, the apostle who wrote 13 books in the New Testament. 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:55.840 Can you imagine that? 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.000 People are in heaven and they said, Ananias, I heard about you. 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.759 He said, Yeah, yeah. 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:09.759 Most important thing I ever did was I went and laid hands on Saul. 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:11.039 He became Paul. 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:14.319 He was filled with the Holy Ghost, and the rest is history. 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.559 Come on. 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:20.240 That's pretty awesome, okay? 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:29.759 When Jesus sees him, he says, Well done, good and faithful servant, the same way he'll say it to the apostle Paul. 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:31.039 Hallelujah. 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.640 Thank you, Lord. 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.720 Think of it this way. 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:41.599 One night Ananias was praying and listening to the Lord. 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.079 He was listening for him to speak to him. 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:49.680 Do you take time to listen for God to speak to you? 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:59.599 There may be someone out there or someone across the aisle who needs a word from God and you're carrying it. 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.839 Are you all hearing? 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:09.680 And so Ananias was listening for the voice of the Lord. 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:13.200 Hallelujah. 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:18.240 And he was given an assignment that would change the world. 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:20.960 He was given an assignment that would change the world. 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:21.680 Wow. 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:24.559 He was given an assignment that would change the world. 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.880 We've had people come to summit. 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.559 We've had people deploy to ministry. 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.720 We've had people who have left. 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:46.160 But beloved, I want you to know, every one of them, we are believing that there is a mighty power of God working in them because we believe in deploying people out to the world. 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.039 Come on. 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.160 Hallelujah. 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:53.200 The only purpose of the church is to equip the saints for the work of ministry. 00:18:53.359 --> 00:19:03.039 It is not to build a big crowd so we can have bragging rites, it is to equip the church for the work of ministry. 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:09.279 Beloved, before Jesus comes, he will have what he died for. 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:11.279 Oh, hallelujah. 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:13.119 Glory to God, hallelujah. 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.960 Do y'all feel the Holy Ghost? 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:26.960 Ananias' hidden obedience had a global, permanent impact on church history. 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:33.200 Saying no, however, is safe and easy. 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.599 Oh Lord. 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.680 Go to someone else. 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:39.440 I don't know what that's like. 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.480 Hear me say this. 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:49.440 I don't know, I know how I wrestled in my spirit. 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:58.240 But it was always to get my brain aligned with my spirit, man. 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:01.119 Yes, Lord. 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.640 Hallelujah. 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.400 Thank you, Lord. 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:07.920 Beloved, this is beyond believing. 00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:11.519 This is God's faith that He put in you. 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:15.920 Do you realize you've got God's faith inside of you? 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:24.000 What in the world could you do when you're packing, you're carrying God's faith? 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.519 What in the world could you do? 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:27.519 What has God called you to do? 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.480 Listen to this. 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:33.440 Galatians 2 and 20 said, I am crucified with Christ. 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:35.119 Nevertheless I live. 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.160 I died. 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:38.720 I died with Christ. 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.920 Nevertheless, I live. 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.279 Come on. 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:49.599 But Christ lives in me. 00:20:50.319 --> 00:21:02.480 And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:05.920 Jesus came and he gave himself up for me. 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:17.440 He poured out every drop of heaven's blood for me so that I could carry the faith of the Son of God and I could do the works that Jesus did. 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:22.799 Because Jesus said, Greater works than these shall ye do, because I go to the Father. 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:29.519 And whatever you ask the Father in my name, He will do it for you. 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:31.279 How many of y'all believe that? 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:38.480 How many of y'all believe that if you ask the Lord something according to His word, He will do it for you? 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:45.839 Well, I don't know if I'm I I used to hear people years ago when I was young. 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:50.400 I really don't know if I'm praying according to God's will. 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:52.799 Well, there's just one way to find out. 00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:58.319 Get in the Word, the Word will tell you. 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.759 See, people say, Well, I don't. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.599 Know if I hear from God. 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:03.759 Do you know what I was telling the Lord that? 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:10.400 I said, Lord, all my time in ministry for many, many years, I've heard people say, Well, I don't hear from God like you do. 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:13.119 And I said, Lord, you're no respecter of persons. 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.640 We're part of the body of Christ. 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.680 They hear from you. 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.720 What's the problem? 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:19.839 He said, they haven't regenerated their brain. 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:23.039 I said, How are we gonna do that, Lord? 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:26.160 He said, get in the word and just read it. 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:29.359 Don't study it, just read it. 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:33.119 And I will create a miracle in your mind. 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:37.359 And you will be able to hear me clearly. 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:40.160 But you don't know what all I've been through. 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:48.400 I used to, when I worked with people coming out of drug addiction, they would say to me, Pastor Sandra, I can't memorize scripture. 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.519 I said, Yeah, you can. 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:51.680 They said, No, I promise you, I can't. 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:53.039 I said, Yeah, you can. 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.000 No, I can't. 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.920 I said, Here's what I want you to do. 00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:59.759 You open your Bible and you read that scripture and you read it out loud. 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.680 You read it out loud. 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:07.519 Faith, beloved, is in my mouth and in my heart. 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:10.880 This is the word of faith that I preach. 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.799 It's first in my mouth. 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:18.559 And I said, keep on reading it and you will find that it'll be yours. 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:22.880 They'd come and they'd say, It worked. 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.319 It worked. 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:26.000 It worked. 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.519 It worked. 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:30.079 And they'd start quoting scripture. 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.440 Yeah, it worked. 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.880 You know why? 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:38.400 Knowing the word goes beyond your intellect. 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:43.039 Okay, I'm gonna say that to all you really smart people. 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:49.920 You know, the brainiacs in school that would read the material, skim over the material, make an A. 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:56.000 Well, in the kingdom of God, we're on the same playing field. 00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:59.680 Come on, girl, go ahead and clap for that one. 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:11.599 Because God does something in your mind by the word of God. 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.160 Come on. 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:27.440 This supernatural faith, the faith of the Son of God, is placed in you upon salvation. 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:33.519 It empowers you to do things beyond your capacity. 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.720 Come on, church. 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:40.480 Beyond your capacity. 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:42.240 Someone needs to hear that. 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:44.640 Well, you know, I'm not anointed enough. 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.279 Okay. 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:46.720 Okay. 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:52.799 You see, God has written a better story for your life. 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.519 That's good news. 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:59.440 God has written a better story for your life. 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.559 Thank you, Lord. 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:05.440 You think, God, I pretty much got it taken care of. 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.079 I'm good. 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.119 I'm good. 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.720 I'm good. 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.640 Beloved, I want you to know without God, you're not. 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:16.480 You may think you're good, but you're not. 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:21.759 You're playing the game the devil has placed in your mind. 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.200 I'm good. 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.799 I don't need God. 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.920 I'm good. 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:31.839 Beloved, let me tell you, you'll come to a point in your life where you'll cry after God and know you need him more than anything else. 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.720 Amen. 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:34.240 Hallelujah. 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.359 Praise the Lord. 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.720 In heaven. 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:48.079 The same well done that was given to the Apostle Paul is made available to you and to me. 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.920 Listen to this. 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.359 Isaiah 55. 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:53.920 I'm going to read 3 and 8 and 9. 00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:55.519 Come to me, you. 00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.519 I'm sorry. 00:25:57.839 --> 00:26:01.279 Come to me with your ears wide open. 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:04.000 Listen, and you will find life. 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:07.119 I'll make an everlasting covenant with you. 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:11.759 I will give you all of the unfailing love I promised David. 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:13.119 Listen to this. 00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:17.680 My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts. 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:20.079 Do you hear that? 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:29.440 My ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:40.799 Listen, God's plan for your life is far greater, much higher than you could imagine on your own. 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:49.039 I was having this conversation with the Lord, and I said, Lord, can I give you a hint on how I'd like you to do this? 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:51.519 And you know what he said to me? 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.319 No. 00:26:55.440 --> 00:27:00.000 Because you know, I I used to come up with some really great ideas. 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:04.480 And then I found out that God doesn't do my great ideas. 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.279 Come on. 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:13.200 He does his will for every person sitting here today. 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:18.400 Do you realize he's working his will out for you right now? 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:24.240 And if I tried to guess what it was, it wouldn't be as high as what he says it's gonna be. 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.440 Oh, come on. 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:28.000 You got greatness inside of you. 00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:32.240 You got greatness inside of you, and it is from God. 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.519 Hallelujah. 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.319 Praise the Lord. 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.759 How many of y'all believe that? 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.160 Listen to this. 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:49.759 1 Corinthians 2, 9 and 10 says, No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him. 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:56.799 But it was to us that God revealed these things by his spirit. 00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:59.359 Aren't you thankful for the Holy Spirit? 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:07.759 For his spirit searches out everything and shows us God's deep secrets. 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:10.720 He shows us God's deep secrets. 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:13.680 He shows you and I, sons and daughters of God. 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:15.920 He shows us God's deep secrets. 00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:24.160 Listen, this yes stirred Abraham to leave his home for a land he did not know. 00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.680