1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: But ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost has 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: come upon you. Then ye shall be witnesses unto me, 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts one 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: eighth Father, I do nothing of eternal value myself. It 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: is your Holy Spirit that others respond to in me. 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: Make me a pure conduit of your love. I yield 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: my body to you for your purposes. I know it's 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: you speaking life, comforting the sorrow, healing the sick, or 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: delivering the oppressed through me. Continue to fill me with 11 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 1: the power of your Holy Spirit, so I can continue 12 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: to witness to all those I encounter, help them since 13 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: your presence as you meet their needs. I take no 14 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: glory for myself when you perform your wonders through me. 15 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: I give you all the glory for you alone, our God. Amen. 16 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to today's daily prayer for more 17 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor. Stay 18 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: tuned to prey dot COM's Sunday service. Welcome to prey 19 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: dot COM's Sunday service sponsored by our trua Health Share. 20 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: Follow this podcast and listen weekly to receive godly wisdom 21 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: and practical advice for daily living. Stay tuned for Sunday 22 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: service coming up. After a quick word from our sponsors, 23 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: there's an innovative, better way to find healthcare. We're our 24 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: True a Health Share, an affordable and flexible way to 25 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: take care of your family. We're a community of like minded, 26 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: health conscious individuals who share in each other's medical needs, 27 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: and you can customize your healthcare your way. Without True 28 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: health Share, you can build your membership based on your 29 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: season of life and your family's needs. Head to my 30 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: share dot org to find out more. That's my share 31 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: dot org. I'l tu a health share where we care 32 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: for one another. This is such a simple song, but 33 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: I love the words because when you're sick, you can 34 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: lift your hands or call the doctor. You can lift 35 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: your hands and medication to all kinds of things that 36 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: would serve a natural purpose. But the words of the 37 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: song is I lift my hands to Heaven. I lift 38 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: my eyes to where my help comes from, the maker 39 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: of heaven and earth. I look to you, my rock, 40 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: my stronghold, my strong tower in the hour of adversity. 41 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: I look to you. I trust in you, I believe 42 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: in you. I put my faith in You, and so 43 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: I just believe there are many of us in this 44 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: room that are facing some challenges, and I just want 45 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: us to just lift our hands in the presence of 46 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:07,399 Speaker 1: God before we receive the word. Father, we take our 47 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: hands off of it right now, and we lift our 48 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: hands to Heaven, which is the international sign of surrender. 49 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: We're caught. Lord. We've tried to fix it in our 50 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: own strength. But today your word declares that it's your 51 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: will that we're healed. It's your will that we walk 52 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: in the newness of life that is in Christ Jesus, 53 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: that we walk in wholeness, that we walk in prosperity 54 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: even as our soul prospers in You. So God, we 55 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: lift our hands to say we are caught. Lord, forgive us. 56 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: And Lord, now we look to you. We put our eyes, 57 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: we put our focus, we put our attention on you 58 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: right now, Lord, as the author and the finisher of 59 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: our faith, the one who is able to do even 60 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: as it's already been sung, exceeding abundantly above all that 61 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: we can ask, think or imagine. God, Lord, we thank 62 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: you today. You are our stronghold. You are our righteous 63 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: tower that we run into. You are the name in 64 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 1: which we find safety, refuge, and salvation. Thank you for 65 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: being our mighty deliverer. Thank you for being our mighty provider. 66 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: Thank you for being that friend that sticks closer than 67 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 1: a brother. God, We thank you that these mountains that 68 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: we see will be made low in your presence. And 69 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: we give you glory and praise for what you're doing 70 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: by your spirit. And the people of God say Amen, 71 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: you can find your seat and the presence of God. Hallelujah. 72 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: A couple things I want to share before we get started. 73 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: I'm a part of a class this week, an e course. 74 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: You can join us live or in person if you 75 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: feel like God's given you a message that you want 76 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: to write a book about. It's called Unlocking Your Book, 77 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: and the author, the writer of the Passion Bible, Brian Simmons, 78 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 1: is hosting it along with other leaders in the Body 79 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: of Christ. And so if you want to be a 80 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: part of that class, if you know the Lord's calling 81 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: you to write a book in this season, then you 82 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: can join us by going to Unlocking your Book dot 83 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: com forward slash Michelle Jackson and join us. There is 84 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: that all right? To share that? Okay? Also, I had 85 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: the privilege of being a part of Prophetic Dateline with 86 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: Cindy Jacobs this week. It was really powerful. I know 87 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: you'll be encouraged if you go and listen to it. 88 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: So you can go on her Facebook page. How many 89 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: you have Facebook? Did you know the churches on Facebook? Okay, 90 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: so you can go on her Facebook page, Cindy Jacobs 91 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: and you'll see it there. It was a beautiful time 92 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: with them, and I'm excited about what the Lord is 93 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: raising us up to be and do in the season 94 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: four this region. So today I'm going to be ministering 95 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: to you from Matthew chapter fifteen, and if you can 96 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: go there in your Bible, I'm gonna be ministering to 97 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: you from the theme healing for the Nations, Healing for 98 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: the Nations. And when you're in Matthew fifteen, go to 99 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: verse twenty one, and why don't we stand and honor 100 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: the reading of the Word. We haven't done that in 101 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: a while as a family. When Jesus left there, he 102 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: withdrew to the area of Tire and saidon just then 103 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: the Canaanite woman from the region from that region came 104 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: and kept crying out, have mercy on me, Lord Son 105 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: of David. My daughter is severely tormented by a demon. 106 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples 107 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: approached him and urged him send her away because she's 108 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: crying out after us. He replied, I was sent only 109 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: to the law sheep of the House of Israel. But 110 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: she came, knelt before him and said, Lord, help me. 111 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: The Lord answered, it isn't right to take the children's 112 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: bread and throw it to dogs. Yes, Lord, she said, 113 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from 114 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: their master's table. Then Jesus replied to her, a woman, 115 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: your faith is great. Let it be done for you 116 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: as you want. And from that moment her daughter was healed, 117 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: made the Lord at a blessing to the reading of 118 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: his Holy Word, healing for all nations. Jesus had been ministering, 119 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 1: and he'd been moving through difficult conversations with Pharisees, and 120 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: the crowds were following him in this moment of his ministry, 121 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: and so Jesus was trying to find a place to 122 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,439 Speaker 1: pray and remove himself. But everywhere he was going, throngs 123 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: of people were coming because his name was becoming renowned 124 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: consistent with his power consistent with his ability to set free, heal, 125 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: and deliver, and so even people that weren't a part 126 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: of his assignment necessarily, we're starting to get the news, 127 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: and we know that Jesus came to the house of 128 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: Israel first and then to the Gentiles. Right. He came 129 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: to save his people, you know, because God is the Word. 130 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: He couldn't violate his word. He had given Abraham a covenant, 131 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: and the covenant was that all of the nations would 132 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: be blessed through his family, right, and through Abraham came 133 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: the seed, came the seed that became a nation Israel. Right. 134 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: So he had to come to restore Israel to fulfill 135 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: what he had already spoken in the earth. Right. But 136 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: it was his intention, and we see that through his 137 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 1: commissioning of the disciples, that all nations would receive that 138 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: gift through him right, salvation in the name of Jesus, 139 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 1: healing and deliverance. Right. So we're seeing like a foreshadowing 140 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: and a foretelling, but we're also seeing in this pastors 141 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: the tension that's happening right there in society. At that time, 142 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: Tyre and Sidon was an area where Canaanites were What 143 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: does that mean, they weren't in their native land. They 144 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: were in the land where Jezebel was from. They were 145 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: in a land where God was not honored. They were 146 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: in a land that was not technically on his assignment, right, 147 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: same as the moment that he approached the woman at 148 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: the well. And yet in this encounter, this woman is 149 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: seeking the Christ. She's seeking healing and deliverance and an 150 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: authority in a power that could only come from God. 151 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: She's approaching Jesus with a revelation, right. And so we're 152 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 1: understanding in this moment that the disciples are being trained, 153 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: they're being raised up, they're being equipped because ultimately Jesus 154 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: is going to pass the baton to them. But in 155 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: this moment, I would submit to you that they weren't 156 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: read yet to receive that baton because they felt like 157 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: what it was the word say, she's crying out, send 158 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: her away. They didn't know that people like her would 159 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: be their assignment. They didn't know that situations like hers 160 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: would be the way that the church would advance after 161 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: Jesus had arose and assented. And so in this moment, 162 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: we're seeing that they're they're not in sync with the 163 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 1: heart of God. Sometimes when Jesus doesn't say anything, it 164 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: doesn't mean he isn't moving. Jesus heard her request, he 165 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: didn't respond to her, but he also didn't respond to them, 166 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: And so I wouldn't submit to you this morning that 167 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ right now has 168 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: a decision to make. Are we gonna be like Jesus 169 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: in this passage to hear what's happening and then move 170 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: in power, or are we gonna get caught up in 171 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: a back and forth with the disciples? You see what 172 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: I'm saying, because in this moment, Jesus had two ways 173 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: to move. He could respond to the woman and release 174 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: virtue in accordance with her faith, or he could respond 175 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: to them, and so the conflict was cultural. Let's talk 176 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: about five hindrances to a move of God, to a 177 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: move of healing. Right. So the disciples were there with Jesus. 178 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: They're being disciples, they've been called out, they're following him. 179 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: They're learning how to move with God, how to hear 180 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: the voice of God, how to move in their authority right. 181 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: And the disciples are also recognizing the things that are 182 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: in their heart as they follow Christ, and the things 183 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: that they had been discipled into I mean, they'd grown 184 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: up in a Jewish community, so they knew the Word, 185 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: whether they were living the Word or not. That sounds 186 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: like us. We knew about Christ, whether we were living 187 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: for Christ or not. And then we came into the 188 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: Kingdom and some of the things that we thought we 189 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: knew were wrong. Some of the things that are just 190 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: idiomatic phrases that we thought were actually scripture. We found 191 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: out God really doesn't help those who helps themselves. Like 192 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: that's not even a Bible verse, you know what I'm saying. 193 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: So the same thing was happening for the disciples, and 194 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: so pride in their culture could be a hindrance to 195 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 1: them because see, now Jesus has stepped outside of Israel. 196 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: He stepped into another territory. And we know because we 197 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: have the whole Bible in this moment is being written, right. 198 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: But from our perspective, we know that all power and 199 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 1: authority belongs to Jesus because he's resurrected as ended now right. 200 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 1: So even as he's stepping into another territory, he's demonstrating 201 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: to his disciples, I have authority here. I My power 202 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: works here as well, And so their pride in their 203 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: background could be a reason why they felt like, Hey, 204 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: let this lady go. She's not even she's not even 205 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: worthy of receiving from you, Right, So what is that 206 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: also reflects a heart that has prejudice, because they prejudged 207 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: her based on her cry, based on how she sounded, 208 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: based on how she was acting. Right that she didn't 209 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: need what she was crying out for, or that it 210 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: wasn't the time, or that it wasn't worth his time. 211 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: All of those kinds of attitudes are attitudes that are 212 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: empowered by a religious spirit. And so we have an 213 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: opportunity right now as the church, even as the Lord 214 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: is calling us forward into revival, and he's speaking all 215 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: of these profound words to us, we have to contend 216 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: against the same things the disciples had to contend against 217 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:37,359 Speaker 1: our own pride, our own prejudice, and our own understanding 218 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: of what it means to be a follower of Christ. 219 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: And so Jesus he replies to her in verse twenty four, 220 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: and he says, I was sent only to the law 221 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: sheep of the House of Israel. He talks about his 222 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: primary assignment. Right, we know, because we're New Testament Christians 223 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: that he had to fulfill that in order that he 224 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: could be sent to all the nation. Right. Sometimes we 225 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: get so caught up as the church that we don't 226 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: take care of elemental thing, elemental things before we get 227 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: to all the nations. Right, So can we be healed 228 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: here amongst one another? Do you understand what I'm saying? So, sometimes, 229 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: even in the body, we can be the reason why 230 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: people can't receive from Jesus because we take the attitude 231 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: of the disciples, because we prejudge people, or we have 232 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: pride in our heart about what we know, as opposed 233 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: to recognizing we're preparing a table for them to meet 234 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: with Jesus. We're preparing an atmosphere like our teaching, our preaching, 235 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: our prophetic word, our healing, our deliverance. Ministry is to 236 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: prepare a table for them to meet with Jesus. If 237 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: they only meet with us, it wasn't enough. Ultimately, we 238 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: want to connect them with the source. Right. So it's 239 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 1: important for us to recognize that we have a choice 240 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: because we are serving people like this woman who already 241 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: know that the root of what they're dealing with is spiritual. 242 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: We might not have that revelation yet behind me there 243 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: are people out here that are bound, tormented and vexed, 244 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: and they've already tried everything, and they're trying to get 245 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: to touch the Jesus that you're praising about, that you're 246 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: singing about, that you say changed your life. That's what 247 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: they're trying to tappen too. And they're convinced of that. 248 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: And sometimes we can be the reason that stands in 249 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: the way. So I'm so grateful that Jesus didn't go 250 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: back and forth with the disciples. Instead of talking about it, 251 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: he was about it. And he interacted with the woman 252 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 1: at the point of her knee, and he said to her, 253 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: what it isn't right for to take the children's bread 254 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: and throw it to the dogs. Well, sometimes Jesus will say, 255 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 1: what's obvious that culturally, that's what Jewish people felt about 256 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: Canaanite women, cyber Phoenician women, people from that cultural background. 257 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: They felt like they were dogs. I don't know about you, 258 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: but I've been called racial slurs to my face, not 259 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: behind my back. I didn't have to imagine that it 260 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: was about race. They made it clear. And Jesus is 261 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 1: here in the middle of this mess, and he's bringing healing, 262 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: He's bringing healing to this woman and her child and 263 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: meeting her at the point of her faith where race, ethnicity, 264 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: background was becoming a hindrance for his disciples. Jesus also said, 265 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: suffer not the little children to come unto me. And 266 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: so Jesus has a different perspective than we have. He 267 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: has a perspective that encompasses eternity. He has a perspective 268 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: that encompasses everyone from every tribe and every creed. And 269 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: we know that the Gospel must be preached as a 270 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: witness in order for the end to come. And so 271 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: we're seeing Jesus in this moment beginning to give the 272 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: disciples a four taste of what they're going to have 273 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: to step into and also step over. Can I tell 274 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: you that we all have things that we believe to 275 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: be true about other races. That's based in mother in law, 276 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: with culturalisms. Things that we believe about ourselves because we're 277 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: from a certain race or background that may or not 278 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: be may or may not be true as we lined 279 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: up with God's word about our ability, about our potential, 280 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: and even about our faith. And so yes, the scriptures 281 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: have been used, they've been manipulated, they've been politicized, they've 282 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: been used by groups in order to subject people all 283 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: over the world right enslave them, cause them to be 284 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: in bondage. Yes, that's the reality of history, but that 285 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: was not God's original intent of the scriptures. It was 286 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: meant to be a roadmap to call people to himself, 287 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: to call us out of bondage into freedom. Right. And 288 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: so in this moment, in this encounter with Jesus, this 289 00:20:54,680 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: woman who the disciples would consider a dog, would cansider 290 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: not even worth anything, worthless. This is the person that 291 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: has come to Jesus because she recognizes him as Master, 292 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: she recognizes him as Messiah, she recognizes him as Lord. 293 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: She recognizes as him as a solution to the issue 294 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: she's facing with her child. And because of that, she 295 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: is moved what to take the crumbs from the Master's table. 296 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: She understood what Jesus was trying to get his disciples 297 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: to understand that all it takes is a mustard seed 298 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: of faith. All it takes is to approach him and 299 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: to receive from him, because he is the bread of life. 300 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: And so I'm grateful for this passage in this time 301 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: in which we live, because in twenty twenty three we're 302 00:21:55,119 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: facing challenges of race, prejudice, and class like never before, 303 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: and even in our nation, we are facing challenges that 304 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: have resurrected themselves in this time. And I know the 305 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: Lord is calling us forth as his church to move 306 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 1: with his power, to move in his grace. And yet 307 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: there are situations of injustice that we're seeing, and we're 308 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 1: trying to understand how do I move as a Christian 309 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: in these times when I'm seeing these acts of violence 310 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 1: against young people, when I'm seeing these acts of violence 311 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: and justice is being misconstrued. And I would submit to 312 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: you that we can't move like the disciples, which would 313 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: be to disqualify people from approaching Jesus by race, by creed, 314 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: by color, by class, and categorize them as what not 315 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,919 Speaker 1: worth it it No. John three sixteen says that for 316 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: God so loved the world that he gave his only 317 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: begotten son, that whosoever that includes all of us would 318 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: believe in him would not perish, but have eternal life. 319 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: And so this woman she comes to Jesus, and Jesus 320 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: begins to move on her behalf because her faith was great. 321 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: Her faith was not in the people that served him. 322 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: Her faith was in the power of God. Her faith 323 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 1: was not in the disciples that wanted to create barriers 324 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: and hindrances for her to receive from God. It was 325 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 1: because she knew the mighty power. So let's look at 326 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: a few things she recognized about Jesus, because this is 327 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: so good. Number One, she recognized his lordship. She recognized 328 00:23:55,600 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: that he was lord overall over her life, over her family, 329 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,880 Speaker 1: over her situation, over what was happening. Even in this 330 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: moment where the disciples are trying to keep her from Jesus, 331 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: he's still lord overall. Number two, she recognized him as 332 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: the son of David. We know that Jesus would sit 333 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: on the throne of David and that that was the 334 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: completion of the word of the Lord over the nation 335 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: of Israel. So she wasn't even saying, coming, I recognized 336 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: you as king of my people. No, she was saying, 337 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: I see you, son of David. I see you that 338 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: you're completing what you promised Abraham in the Covenant, because 339 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 1: I've heard about you, and I recognize you as the 340 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: son of David. And even like blind Bartemis, she's crying 341 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: out saying, have mercy on me, thou son of David. 342 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 1: So she she recognized the royalty of Jesus. She recognized 343 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: his lordship, and she recognized his royalty, and then she 344 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: recognized that he had spiritual authority over the demonic realm. 345 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: What does she say about her child? She says, my 346 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: child is what grievously vexed with the devil. So when 347 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: I looked up those words in Greek demonized, demoniac demons, 348 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: what it began to unpack was that there was a 349 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: deity of a lesser or greater authority. And so what 350 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: I want to submit to you is that the syro 351 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 1: Phoenician woman understood the deity that was in Christ. She 352 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: understood said that he was coming in authority from the 353 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 1: supremacy of God, that the authority that her child was 354 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: vexed by had to be subject to the authority that 355 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 1: Christ was walking in. And so she had a revelation 356 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: of who Jesus was. And because of that, she wasn't 357 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: even saying I need all your time, I just need 358 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: the crumbs from your table. I don't even have to 359 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: sit at the table. I can sit under the table 360 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: and receive what your children are throwing away, you know, 361 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: because that's what people do to the puppy, right we 362 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: give them the food we don't want. You know, my 363 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: dog doesn't eat table food, but that's what kids do. 364 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 1: Whatever they don't want to eat, right, whatever they don't 365 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: desire to eat, they feed to the dog. And that's 366 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: what they felt like. This woman was valued at that whatever, 367 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: whatever we don't want, whatever is not a value of us, okay. 368 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: And she stood there in this contentious moment that we 369 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: don't fully understand because we don't have the cultural conflict 370 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: that they have, but they're cultural conflicts that we have, right, 371 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: and she still received her miracle from the Lord. So 372 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: I just want to encourage us in this time as 373 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: we are recognizing that our nation needs healing, as we're 374 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: recognizing that race and class and ethnicity are still issues 375 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: first in the House of God and also in the nation, 376 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: we have a choice to make. We have a choice 377 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: to make today. We can accept the invitation that's in 378 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: second Chronicle seven fourteen. If my people will humble themselves 379 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: and pray, turn from their wicked ways, then what here 380 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: from heaven end? He will heal the land, end forgive 381 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 1: our sins. Can I submit to you that prejudice and 382 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: racism are sins before God? How we prejudge one another 383 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: based on how we look. That it is a sin 384 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: before God. And I understand that we have had a 385 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: lot of issues with race and enslavement since the beginning 386 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: of this nation. But we are called to be a 387 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: peculiar people, a chosen narration called out of the darkness 388 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: of this world into the marvelous light of Christ. And 389 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: so we have a different worldview now that we can 390 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: operate from. That is what grounded and rooted in love, 391 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: grounded and rooted in what Jesus Christ. And so since 392 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: he came to seek in a save the lost sheep 393 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: of Israel, that's why we love Israel, because that was 394 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: his first assignment. That's not fully complete yet, right. And 395 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: then we are called to preach this gospel as a 396 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: witness to how many nations. So that means that the 397 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: Father has all of humanity on his mind and that 398 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: he's loved them with everlasting love, and he's looking for 399 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: people that would partner with him, that are a part 400 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: of his church, that would bring feeling to the nations. 401 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:10,479 Speaker 1: And so Jesus, the Son of God, full of power 402 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: and authority, he said, what great is your faith? Great 403 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: is your faith to this woman because She put herself 404 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:24,719 Speaker 1: in the middle of conflict and received a miracle. She 405 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: put herself in the middle of a situation that was 406 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: going to be contested to what receive from Jesus. There 407 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: are so many people that come into church every week 408 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: in churches around this country knowing that they are going 409 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: to not receive love but be in conflict because we 410 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 1: are like the disciples. We have hindrances, we have barriers, 411 00:30:54,640 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: we have prejudices. Oh, y'all are real quiet. Y'all didn't 412 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: know this was real. But they come because they are 413 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: seeking the power of God. What would happen if we 414 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: were like Jesus. What would happen in churches in America 415 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: if we decided that we were not going to be 416 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: moved by race or ethnicity, but we were going to 417 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: preach the word of God as a witness and allow 418 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: people to have their families healed by the power of God. 419 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, that sounds like revival, doesn't it. So 420 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: they're like we talked about, they're just some enemies that 421 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: we have to begin to recognize because they're subtle. They're 422 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: very subtle now, but these are enemies of the move 423 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: of God. Let's talk about one more. We've talked about four. 424 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: We talked about pride, we talked about prejudice, we talked 425 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: about the spirit of religion. We've touched on racism. But 426 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you about territorialism. Territorialism, we 427 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: want people to be welcomed, but we can't have an 428 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 1: ice versus them mentality. But that's but we don't know 429 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: how to have our identity right, embrace who we are 430 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: and not have of them. Do you understand what I'm saying? 431 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: And so what that does is that creates territorialism. We 432 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: are called to take territory for our king right to 433 00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: establish the Kingdom of God. But it also means we're 434 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: calling people in, not pushing people out. So sometimes that 435 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:12,719 Speaker 1: looks like reaching people right where they are and loving 436 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: them too much to let them stay the same, and 437 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: calling them into relationship with Christ. But it doesn't mean 438 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 1: we are now pushing people out right. So I think like, 439 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: as we move forward and we are partnering with the Lord, 440 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:35,080 Speaker 1: and we are hearing all of the invitations to be 441 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: a part of this ninety five revival, and we know 442 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: that that so many prophets have seen there's waves of 443 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: the glory of God that are going to hit this nation. 444 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: And while there's going to be other shakings and things 445 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: that come that God is bringing a restoration to the nations, 446 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: including America. I think we have to choose to extend 447 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: the borders of the kingdom, but recognize that means bringing 448 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: people in, not pushing people out. We're not a country club, 449 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: We're not a fraternity. We are lively stones being built 450 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: into a spiritual house, the House of God, the habitation 451 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: of God. And that means what every joint supplies, that 452 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:33,320 Speaker 1: there's a place for everyone. And so territorialism is something 453 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 1: that is what anti the heart of God, anti the 454 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: agenda of God. He what is slow that all men 455 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: might know him come into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. 456 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: So if he's slow to move because he wants to 457 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: receive all, how are we quick to judge? How are 458 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,800 Speaker 1: we quick to push people out? Right? So in this story, 459 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 1: we're seeing where the heart of the disciples were, and 460 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: Jesus walked with them and taught them right, and they 461 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,799 Speaker 1: overcame a lot. And guess what, He's still walking with 462 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,439 Speaker 1: us and teaching us and we're overcoming a lot. Right. 463 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,720 Speaker 1: So while we're talking about these heavy things that affects 464 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:27,920 Speaker 1: society and affect our lives. Right, it's not without empowerment 465 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,240 Speaker 1: from Jesus Christ to be his witness in the earth. 466 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,800 Speaker 1: He will partner with us if we're willing to say, 467 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,759 Speaker 1: you know what, Yes, I do struggle with prejudice. Yes, 468 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: I do struggle in this area of racism. Yes, I 469 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,720 Speaker 1: have listened to the things they've said about different people groups, 470 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 1: and I've agreed, and I've made fun and I've judged. See, 471 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:02,920 Speaker 1: you know, the Bible encourages us to be honest and 472 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 1: authentic before the throne of Grace. We don't have to. 473 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:13,160 Speaker 1: It's not for you that I'm authentic. It's for Him 474 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 1: because He can then give me everything I need based 475 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 1: on me being transparent before him. Right. So I just 476 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: know that in this time there, we're going to see 477 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:31,080 Speaker 1: a lot of minorities promoted to places that they said 478 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 1: we couldn't go. Before you clap, let me finish, because 479 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: you might not want to clap after. The reason being 480 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: is that God wants to use pure people in this time, 481 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:56,880 Speaker 1: pure voices to represent him. A lot of agendas have 482 00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 1: come through through us through people of color that have 483 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 1: detracted from the holiness of the nation. And so God's 484 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: looking for people of color that he can amplify their voice, 485 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:15,200 Speaker 1: put them in different places to be his representative. And 486 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 1: so we're gonna see people establish new voices, new voices 487 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: of authority, new voices of influence, new voices of power. 488 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: And if the Lord wants to do that, what do 489 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:35,440 Speaker 1: you think The enemy has a counterfeit because he can't 490 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,879 Speaker 1: produce anything of his own ability. All he can do 491 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,839 Speaker 1: is try to stop what God has started. So it's 492 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:48,680 Speaker 1: important for us to recognize, like as doors of opportunity 493 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: are opening for us, that we have our heart right 494 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:57,880 Speaker 1: as people of color, so that we don't disqualify ourselves 495 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:07,439 Speaker 1: from the person who put us there. Hallelujah, hallelujah. So 496 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:14,760 Speaker 1: this is such a powerful passage of scripture because Jesus 497 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: was concerned about this woman's child. So if we're going 498 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: to be the church that moves like Jesus Number one, 499 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,919 Speaker 1: we have to overcome pride, we have to overcome prejudice, 500 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,879 Speaker 1: we've got to overcome the spirit of religion. We've got 501 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 1: to overcome being territorial. It's all us foreign no more, 502 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:38,319 Speaker 1: and open our doors right to people who don't look 503 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 1: like us. But we've also got to be concerned about 504 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:48,280 Speaker 1: who their children the next generation, because if we're only 505 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:54,720 Speaker 1: living for us and we're not living for what happens next, 506 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: then we don't take the stands we have to take. 507 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:02,000 Speaker 1: We don't make the moral decisions we need to make 508 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:08,240 Speaker 1: because we're living for what's expedient. And God is looking 509 00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:13,919 Speaker 1: to bless to a thousand generations, right, So if he's 510 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,760 Speaker 1: looking to bless to a thousand generations, then he's thinking 511 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 1: beyond today, he's thinking generationally. And so there's an invitation 512 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,399 Speaker 1: for us as the church to begin to think generationally, 513 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,799 Speaker 1: to think about what do we want our children and 514 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:37,319 Speaker 1: our children's children to have when they're coming up. As 515 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 1: as the church, what church will they find that we 516 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:48,000 Speaker 1: left behind? Is it a church that's divided by race 517 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: and ethnicity or is it a church that is moving 518 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 1: forward in the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 519 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 1: So the decisions we may today is a church what 520 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:07,320 Speaker 1: our church will be like affects what our kids will inherit, 521 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:13,440 Speaker 1: and what our grandkids will inherit, and what the culture 522 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:18,040 Speaker 1: that they produce from within themselves. So the decisions we 523 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: make today to overcome racial issues within ourselves, begins to 524 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:30,440 Speaker 1: change the atmosphere in our home, and therefore begins to 525 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,080 Speaker 1: change how we interact with people outside of the home 526 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: and on the job, and then begins to affect how 527 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,440 Speaker 1: we live our lives so much so that it becomes 528 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:44,720 Speaker 1: a witness to other people. So, as I'm getting ready 529 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:48,160 Speaker 1: to close, I just want to encourage us in this time, 530 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:52,200 Speaker 1: even in this time of Black History Month, right, that 531 00:40:52,320 --> 00:41:00,879 Speaker 1: we recognize that black people make history every day, All 532 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: people make history every day, right, and that it's not 533 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:10,359 Speaker 1: about how can I say, in the Kingdom of God, 534 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:15,200 Speaker 1: it's not about the color. It's about the Savior and 535 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:20,160 Speaker 1: the Spirit. So we have to rise to a higher 536 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:27,360 Speaker 1: place in our understanding. Is that okay? So Jesus offered 537 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:32,759 Speaker 1: this woman relief and release from demonic torment because he 538 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,520 Speaker 1: was the son of God, and people today are looking 539 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:41,640 Speaker 1: for that same power, and that same power the Bible says, 540 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:46,160 Speaker 1: is resident in you. Will you use it? Will you 541 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:50,359 Speaker 1: release healing to all nations, even those that are at 542 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,680 Speaker 1: your workplace. Come on, let's stand together because we're going 543 00:41:54,719 --> 00:42:06,480 Speaker 1: to receive communion. Father. We just bless you and we 544 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:12,800 Speaker 1: thank you because out of one blood you made many 545 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:27,960 Speaker 1: and we are connected because of who you are. And 546 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:39,239 Speaker 1: so even as we reflect in this month the challenges 547 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:46,520 Speaker 1: that we've had as a nation regarding race, regarding prejudice, Lord, 548 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:52,040 Speaker 1: we just we fall at your throne of grace to 549 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:56,799 Speaker 1: receive mercy. Come on, if there's anything that you were 550 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:01,400 Speaker 1: convicted by as the word went forth, let's just search 551 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:08,640 Speaker 1: our hearts before the Lord before we partake. Father, we 552 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:13,680 Speaker 1: thank you that your word comes to make the crooked 553 00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:18,160 Speaker 1: places straight. Your word comes to bring life and light 554 00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:22,160 Speaker 1: to the hearer. And Lord, we thank you that faith 555 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,240 Speaker 1: comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 556 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,600 Speaker 1: And today we can move and power and grace because 557 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:38,359 Speaker 1: of the invitation to be your powerful church. Just take 558 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:49,879 Speaker 1: a moment. Father, we thank you that on the night 559 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:55,279 Speaker 1: that you betrayed, you took bread, you blessed it, and 560 00:43:55,400 --> 00:44:00,120 Speaker 1: he broke it, and he said, this is my body. 561 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:04,640 Speaker 1: Do this in remembrance of me. So, Father, we just 562 00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,279 Speaker 1: thank you for the bread. Today we thank you for 563 00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:10,600 Speaker 1: the bread of life. And we thank you Lord that 564 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:15,080 Speaker 1: when we come to the table of communion, we are 565 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:19,040 Speaker 1: one because of what you did on Calvary. So as 566 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:24,640 Speaker 1: we take this bread today, we take on life, we 567 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:28,400 Speaker 1: take on wholeness, we take on strength. And God, we 568 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:32,120 Speaker 1: thank you that those broken places where we've been wounded 569 00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:37,680 Speaker 1: because of racism, because of prejudice, Lord, we take on 570 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:41,200 Speaker 1: the life and the healing of Christ today that causes 571 00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:45,200 Speaker 1: us to be more than conquerors. Lord, we thank you 572 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:49,640 Speaker 1: that we release any or any bitterness, any burden from 573 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 1: where we felt overlooked, where we felt underserved, where we 574 00:44:54,640 --> 00:45:01,640 Speaker 1: have been the victim of challenge. Lord, we thank you 575 00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:05,719 Speaker 1: that you came to give us life and healing. So 576 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,920 Speaker 1: we take and eat the bread and received from you 577 00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:16,960 Speaker 1: restoration in Jesus name. And in the same way you 578 00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:21,520 Speaker 1: took the cup and you blessed it, and you said, 579 00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:25,400 Speaker 1: this is the new covenant in my blood. And so Father, 580 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:30,160 Speaker 1: we thank you that when your blood was shed on 581 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:37,080 Speaker 1: Calvary Resurrection, life was released. Lord, we thank you that 582 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:43,480 Speaker 1: yokes are destroyed because life was released through your sacrifice. 583 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:49,560 Speaker 1: And so every sin can be cleansed. We can be 584 00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:55,520 Speaker 1: washed clean. Lord, our sins separated as far as the 585 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:59,839 Speaker 1: east is from the west because of the blood of Jesus. 586 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,600 Speaker 1: And so today even as we stand in the gap 587 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:07,680 Speaker 1: for our nation, God, we know that you will heal 588 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:13,080 Speaker 1: our land as we walk well before you. So Lord, 589 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,279 Speaker 1: for those things that we have repented of, we thank 590 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:21,480 Speaker 1: you that as we drink this cup, it decrees death 591 00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,960 Speaker 1: to those things and life in you that springs up 592 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,919 Speaker 1: to eternal life. We take and we drink the cup 593 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:37,200 Speaker 1: in faith in Jesus name. If you have a prayer language, 594 00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:41,560 Speaker 1: let's just begin to pray for the nation. Let's just 595 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:46,040 Speaker 1: begin to pray for our state. Father. We thank you, Lord, 596 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:52,880 Speaker 1: We bless this nation in the name of Jesus. And Father, 597 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,040 Speaker 1: we recognize that we are in a time of challenge, 598 00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:01,560 Speaker 1: a time where divisions have come, in a time that 599 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,919 Speaker 1: is full of tensions. And Lord, we thank you that 600 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:09,160 Speaker 1: you are well acquainted with times of tension. You were 601 00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:13,120 Speaker 1: well acquainted with times of division, because even in your 602 00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:16,280 Speaker 1: word as we read today, you stepped in with healing, 603 00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,880 Speaker 1: and a time of division and a time of racial tension, 604 00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:23,560 Speaker 1: you stepped in with your healing grace. And so today 605 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:27,640 Speaker 1: we humble ourselves and we cry out. We cry out 606 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:31,000 Speaker 1: on behalf of this great state of Maryland, and we 607 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:35,880 Speaker 1: cry out on behalf of this great nation. God, would 608 00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:40,200 Speaker 1: you restore us again, would you revive us again? Would 609 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:44,200 Speaker 1: you restore us. God, would you cause us to be 610 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,640 Speaker 1: able to move in a unity that comes from you. 611 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:52,280 Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus, Lord, we ask forgiveness today 612 00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:57,359 Speaker 1: for all of the bloodshed, the innocent bloodshed that has 613 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:02,759 Speaker 1: happened based upon race, based upon challenges. Lord, we know 614 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,520 Speaker 1: that even as the blood of came cried out, the 615 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:09,120 Speaker 1: shedding of innocent blood cries out to you and brings 616 00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:12,440 Speaker 1: a curse upon the nation. And so God, we're crying 617 00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:17,440 Speaker 1: out today that you would cause you would cause us 618 00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:22,719 Speaker 1: to understand that the land must receive you. And so God, 619 00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:26,640 Speaker 1: we're crying out today. We're humbling ourselves, We're turning from 620 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:30,440 Speaker 1: our wicked ways, knowing that you would hear us, and 621 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:33,280 Speaker 1: you would bring a healing to the land, that even 622 00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:36,760 Speaker 1: as revival comes to the land, that the land would 623 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,120 Speaker 1: receive you, that the land of this great nation would 624 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,200 Speaker 1: receive the move of God. So we just begin to 625 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:46,960 Speaker 1: intercede right now. If you have a prayer language, if 626 00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:50,239 Speaker 1: you're filled with the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of 627 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:56,000 Speaker 1: speaking and tongues, please begin to pray beyond your natural understanding. 628 00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:59,879 Speaker 1: As I begin and continue to pray in English, Father, 629 00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:04,160 Speaker 1: we bless you, Father, We thank you from sea to 630 00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:09,759 Speaker 1: shining sea. We decree that this nation will reflect the 631 00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:14,840 Speaker 1: holiness of God. We thank you, Lord, We give you glory, 632 00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:20,840 Speaker 1: we give you praise right now, because even as we pray, Lord, 633 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:25,239 Speaker 1: you're establishing your justice in the hearts of men. So God, 634 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:32,920 Speaker 1: we thank you today. So tarabashka hit tea. We thank 635 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:38,480 Speaker 1: you today, Lord, that will take territory in your name 636 00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:43,000 Speaker 1: and bring many into the kingdom. God, we thank you that, 637 00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:46,319 Speaker 1: even as it is declared in scripture in the Book 638 00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:50,120 Speaker 1: of Acts, that there were daily those being saved. We 639 00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:54,320 Speaker 1: decree that in this nation, this next move of God 640 00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:58,319 Speaker 1: that's coming, we will see those being added to the 641 00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:02,759 Speaker 1: church daily, the that are being saved. God, we thank you, 642 00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:06,000 Speaker 1: We thank you. We call in souls from this north, 643 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:09,319 Speaker 1: the south, the east, and the west, from every tribe, 644 00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:13,640 Speaker 1: from every creed, from every background. We thank you, Lord, 645 00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:17,200 Speaker 1: in the name of Jesus, that you were raising up 646 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:21,719 Speaker 1: minorities and people of color to be your witnesses. God, 647 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:25,160 Speaker 1: we thank you for Esther's. We thank you for Josephs. 648 00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,160 Speaker 1: We thank you for Daniels. We thank you for those 649 00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:30,600 Speaker 1: that have been called by your name to walk in 650 00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:34,840 Speaker 1: uncommon integrity, to be reformers in this time to be 651 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:38,359 Speaker 1: those like Nehemiah that had a burden in prayer. And 652 00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:43,040 Speaker 1: because of that burden, you position them to be one 653 00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:46,520 Speaker 1: that would lead, that would influence, that would bring your 654 00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,800 Speaker 1: kingdom to come. And your will be done on earth 655 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:54,640 Speaker 1: as it is in heaven. So we give you glory 656 00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,640 Speaker 1: and we give you praise. And we just cry out 657 00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,600 Speaker 1: right now for the church in America. God, restore your power. 658 00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:06,080 Speaker 1: Restore your authority to the church. God, restore your power, 659 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,319 Speaker 1: restore your authority to the church. We don't want to 660 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,440 Speaker 1: be that church. It's like a clinging symbol that doesn't 661 00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:17,279 Speaker 1: move in love. But God, restore us, restore us, restore us, 662 00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:21,200 Speaker 1: restore us, that we would be those because it's gonna 663 00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:23,640 Speaker 1: take all of us. Then if we would be those 664 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:27,680 Speaker 1: who were used by you in this season. And we 665 00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:31,919 Speaker 1: give you colory and we give you praise. We give 666 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:39,880 Speaker 1: you glory and we give you praise. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. 667 00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:45,360 Speaker 1: Oh God, we recognize, we recognize your lordship over this nation. 668 00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:53,759 Speaker 1: We recognize your lordship over the church. And we take 669 00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:57,080 Speaker 1: you Lord, that you're building your church and that the 670 00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:01,200 Speaker 1: gains of hell will not prevail against the Church. Oh God, 671 00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:06,040 Speaker 1: we thank you. We thank you that all power belongs 672 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:10,760 Speaker 1: to you God, and all powers under heaven, in heaven 673 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:14,880 Speaker 1: and under this earth are subject to the authority that 674 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:19,080 Speaker 1: is in Christ Jesus. So Lord, fill your church with 675 00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:24,399 Speaker 1: your fullness, Fill your church with yourself, that we might 676 00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:28,280 Speaker 1: be those who are called by your name and used 677 00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:33,440 Speaker 1: by you to raise this next generation for your glory. 678 00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:37,920 Speaker 1: And we give you praise, and we give you praise. 679 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:43,600 Speaker 1: Come on and give him praise in this place. Hallelujah, 680 00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:52,719 Speaker 1: glory to the name of our King. I want to 681 00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:56,319 Speaker 1: thank you for joining us today. You know, it's so 682 00:52:56,440 --> 00:53:02,480 Speaker 1: important that in this time, as we're pursuing His presence, 683 00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:07,239 Speaker 1: that we recognize that He wants to change us so 684 00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:11,400 Speaker 1: that we can be change agents. And we've got to 685 00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:15,319 Speaker 1: know how to move forward and how to move in 686 00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:19,160 Speaker 1: the things of God. And so the Lord's calling us 687 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:23,680 Speaker 1: to a higher perspective and a higher reality, and some 688 00:53:23,719 --> 00:53:26,320 Speaker 1: of the things we talked about today and the sermon, 689 00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:29,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna serve us well as we move forward, and 690 00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:35,320 Speaker 1: God continues to extend his church across territories and across 691 00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:40,280 Speaker 1: regions so that many can be saved. Ultimately that's the goal. Right. 692 00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:43,520 Speaker 1: So Lord, we just thank you when we bless you, 693 00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:46,960 Speaker 1: that you've called Hope Christian Church for such a time 694 00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:50,360 Speaker 1: as this, to be that apostolic hub, to be that 695 00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:54,560 Speaker 1: prophetic house, to be that glory place where people encounter 696 00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:57,800 Speaker 1: your presence. But more than that, that they go forward 697 00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:01,280 Speaker 1: in the revelation of who you are and the Word 698 00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:04,399 Speaker 1: of God to be a change agent where they are. 699 00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:08,280 Speaker 1: And I commission and I lose the authority of Christ 700 00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:12,080 Speaker 1: today upon everyone who is in this service, in this 701 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:16,480 Speaker 1: room and online, and those who will catch the replay Lord, 702 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:19,480 Speaker 1: that they will be loosed into purpose in this season 703 00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,520 Speaker 1: for your glory. And we thank you, Lord for what 704 00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:28,160 Speaker 1: you're doing. In Jesus Name. Amen, on your way out, 705 00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:30,000 Speaker 1: if you want to give, If you miss the offering, 706 00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,719 Speaker 1: you can. This was your first Sunday. 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