[Music] I sense the healing anointing so strong in the room and right now if you're believing God for healing in your body I want you to just place your hand on what any part of your body you see the miracle of healing is the same as the miracle of Salvation these are things that will seem impossible but what is impossible with man is possible with God the same way that you will say yes to Jesus and He will draw you to himself is the same way the spirit of God can heal your body you knowing Jesus is not byac accident it is a miracle in itself and that same Miracle you can experience in many ways thank you Jesus I feel Faith in the room Jesus response to your faith thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord now just place your hand on any part of your body Holy Spirit glorify Jesus Jesus right now and heal your sons and daughters thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus I see someone whose knees have been a problem and I see the Lord touching your knees right now I see kidneys being healed and it's amazing one of our volunteers Arvy today is the oneye anniversary of when she got a kidney transplant thank you Jesus thank you Lord I I I see the Lord healing what what feels like pass down anxiety and and your mind feels like it's has been going on a whirlwind but I see the Lord speaking peace you see in the same way that the Lord could speak peace to the waters he can speak peace to your mind there is nothing that is far from his voice everything responds to him because everything was made through him by him your body responds to his word thank you Lord there some of you there are things that you couldn't physically do I want you to try it right now and and once you you sense that wait this thing I couldn't do even for some you're hearing and and those who you're you're experiencing the hand of God healing you right now I'm not saying by I'm not I'm not saying what you want to happen it's happening now if I'm speaking to you because you see there there are many ways that God wants to heal and there's some of you that what is taking place in your body right now would be a testament for someone else and so all of a sudden you're able to do the very thing you couldn't do the person with the knee buckle it's like you couldn't even to to walk was causing you pain and now all of a sudden you're like moving your body and you don't feel that pain if that's you just run run to the altar right now run to the altar run to the altar you're feeling the healing power of God in your body thank you Jesus thank you Jesus try the things that you couldn't do and do them right now and we're going to pray and get into this word thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you [Music] Jesus thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord thank thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord Lord perfect it perfect it perfect it perfected perfected in Jesus name perfected in Jesus name perfected in Jesus name perfected in Jesus name thank you Lord thank you Lord just grab my hand thank you Lord thank you Lord Lord perfect his healing in Jesus mighty name amen amen amen amen thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Lord thank you Lord there are some of you and there are places you are feeling pain in your body and instantly it's gone instantly it's gone if that is you I want to see you just wave to me thank you Jesus we see you we see you can we give a praise to the miracle worker who is the Lord Jesus thank you Lord thank you Lord some of you are going to be able to sleep at night you've been tossing and turning and it's almost like you've been having um on that were insomnia and I see rest is coming to you there are some of you I want you to go back to the doctor and take take that test again thank you Lord thank you Lord have your your way Jesus have your way have your way thank you thank you thank you thank you wow thank you Jesus at some point in the service and and if you're comfortable feel free to just shout me down someone is going to get a text message and it's your family member and you're going to receive the good news concerning that family member the moment that text message comes just shout me down just shout us down all right and say I just got the text thank you Lord thank you Lord have your way Lord Heavenly Father we worship you we honor you in this place we recognize that without you lord God we cannot do anything because it's not by our strength it's not by our power but it is by your spirit and so Lord we yield ourselves to your holy Holy Spirit and Holy Spirit glorify Jesus through everything that we do in Jesus mighty name amen amen amen amen thank you Lord you may be seated family can we just honor our worship team and the band amen you see worship releases a sound a and sound is so critical even when you when you're talking about the spiritual realm because a sound precedes the move of God that is why some when you study the word often times when when the a prophet wants to begin to prophesy and prophecy is to Flow In The Stream of the Revelation that comes from God but in order for them to tap into that stream often times s they will say get me my Minstrel that there is a sound I need to tune into and when I tune into the frequency of that sound I tap in sound is very key and that and I love the where we went to in worship because that is anchored in Jeremiah 2911 when the Lord says that the plans that I have for you there some translations that will say the thoughts that I think towards you are of good and not of evil to give you a future and a hope why was it so important that God will say that because right before he's telling them they're about to go into captivity for 70 years you see the ways of God are not like the ways of of humanity because you're like okay Lord if you're going to do something if you have thoughts of me that are good and not evil can I see the good now yeah but you're we're about to go into captivity and you're telling me that through this you're going to give me a future and a hope you see the reason why the ways of God are not like our ways because the decisions God makes his plans come from an eternal perspective he recognizes the implications of every decision through generations not just in your life but through generations you see sometimes even to make it more personal there are things that we desire from God there are things that we're praying about and asking the Lord and we feel like we've been asking the Lord about these things for months turned years and it now you end up feeling disappointed and discouraged like God where are are you but what you don't realize is that he's keeping you in that place of prayer not because he doesn't hear you but he wants to kill an ambition in your heart that what is motivating the prayer is selfish game and if he gives it to you the implications are beyond what you think so there are times that it will seem like the Lord LED you somewhere you prayed before you moved to a certain location and the Lord was like yes move and then you moved and it was the the like literal opposite of everything you thought you thought just because God said you should move then you would experience so much favor but everything flips why because God will often bring you into an atmosphere that would expose what's in your heart so he can deal with it he's not bringing you to give you what you thought he's bringing you so that finally we can deal from a plane of Truth this issue you've been hiding it for so long the the real problem is not that you're praying that God will give you a breakthrough the problem is that you want to be identified and defined by titles so you want to move to a city because you want that award wow and the Lord is like oh okay so so you want to be defined by an a Lord I'll I'll send you to the city but I won't give it to you because when you're in the city and all you see are the people you want to be like what's in your heart comes outow you see often times you don't know what's in your heart until you're put in an environment that exposes it that's why you would think that it was punishment why would why would Jesus choose Judas to be the the the you know the guy who's holding the money back back when we know he steals but Judas you need to know that you're a thief okay it's not just a random thing that you do no for real for real you like to steal and when you know that I could I I could hear your thoughts maybe finally you will come to me and say help me the ways of God are not like our ways so in the scripture the Lord will tell them you're going to go into captivity but the plans that I have for you are of good and not evil you see this is going to be a scripture that is going to have to Anchor you for the Times ahead I have been really wrestling wrestling with what I'm about to share um to an extent because it it's there there are things that you you want to be so certain like Lord I want to I need to know to know to know to know to know to know that you want me to release this because there are times where the Lord will show you things and it's for you to stay in a place of intercession it's not supposed to be discussed it's just so that you can stay in a place of prayer but there were things that the Lord began to press on my heart and he would sh say to me sound the alarm and I'm just like Lord I like we need time to like prepare people to say certain things to build them up to where they need to get to and it's like no no no there's no time for that sound the alarm so what am I talking about for a while the Lord has been showing me things concerning the state of the nation and the state of the world things to come that we are not prepared for you see we're so distracted as a generation that our lives are often within the bubble of our social media so where what we see on social media we're not even aware of what's happening in other countries unless it makes the news and then when it makes the news we get angry but there are things right now that if you tapped into world news and events it would disgust you yeah you don't need to wait for it to be trending on social media before you tap in right so there were things that the Lord began to show me that is coming that it it's almost like to the best way to explain it is that the Lord's judgment has gone over many nations and as a result of that judgment there are things that will begin to happen that are not going to be comfortable for the people and so I've been holding back on some of these words because I'm like I need to stay in a place of prayer even though if I'm being honest with myself I was being disobedient and so on Monday a friend of mine and we've been talking about these things and she sends me um there was this conference that took place and they had this prophetic um you know panel and she sends it to me because it's like yo these are the things we've been talking about for some time and so I watch it and this is where you have you need to have a spirit of discernment to discern truth and I'm listening to what they're saying about things to come and it's resonating with me but it's also convicting me because I'm like Lord these are things that needs to be said so they start to talk about one of the things that stood out to me is that they talked about a Cyber attack that is coming and this attack would affect many things including Banks Airlines hospitals that many flights will be grounded um many hospitals will not be able to do surgeries because of this of of how it would attack the systems right so I'm listening to this and I'm like okay Lord I know you've been showing this and many of you in this room you've had these types of dreams and visions and I was like God confirm this word one more time so from Monday through Friday every single day the Lord began to encounter me in dreams confirming every single thing one after the other what is to come and why people need need to be prepared he likened it to me according to the times where Joseph was made was given Authority in Egypt because the Lord had given the Pharaoh a dream now the dream the Pharaoh knew that this dream was was so significant but he could not interpret it because when the Lord is the one giving you a dream then the language is the language of the spirit and if you don't have an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit then it will be difficult to get the full interpretation you see dream there's a reason it's called dream interpretation not dream translation when you translate a language it is general for everyone interpretation is unique to the dreamer so even though there are certain things that could have a general meaning it's just like the way I would say hi even though in different languages it's different but there's a way my face would look that you would know this is a welcoming you know speech but dreams the meaning is usually very unique to the dreamer because there is something unique the Lord is getting across to you but it requires intimacy with the Holy Spirit to decode the language so the Pharaoh even though he had the dream he needed one who was tapped into the Lord so Joseph comes and interprets the dream when he interprets the dream he brings Divine Insight that hey there is going to be seven years of abundance but that seven years of abundance is not so we can Flex it's not so that we should be wasteful it's because there is also seven years of famine that is coming up and how we Steward these seven years of abundance could position us for victory in a time of chaos so because of that Divine Insight Joseph was able to Steward the resources in a manner where when the famine came they were protected and not only that the world literally came to Egypt not only that it positioned them for increase because people needed food and they would trade even their land for it so then they grew in their resources because they had Divine Insight of the times and Seasons you see when there is Judgment over a nation everyone is implicated what causes you to be exempt is knowing what to do in that season very similar when you look at what happened when the Lord sent Moses to the children to the Israelites they had been in captivity for years and the Lord sends Moses to set them them free and and if you don't know the story read about it there's a movie that makes it easier to Prince of Egypt amen but but then Moses goes and he's telling the Pharaoh hey he gives the Pharaoh a good shot he's like look you know let the people go he you know demonstrates that look my God is is is bigger than your God he is God of all the Pharaoh has a hardened heart he's not willing to let them go so as a result of that there were these plagues as a you know um as an expression of God's judgment on the people now the last plague which was the 10th plague was that an angel of death would go through the land and he would kill every firstborn now what is very interesting is that this plague was God did not give a disclaimer he did not say that the angel of death would only kill Egyptians he did not say that they would exempt the Jews no it throughout Egypt and where the Israelites lived was in a land called Goan that was in Egypt what the lord gave them was a Divine intelligence he says now for you you're going to take the blood of a lamb and mark it on your doorpost that when the angel would see it he would pass over now this was very unique because that blood was a foreshadowing to the sacrifice of God's firstborn Jesus In the Flesh now this is also the reason why after this story when you read this in the Bible the following chapter so this is in Exodus 12 when you go to Exodus 13 God now tells them that to consecrate every firstborn that they belong to him why is he saying they belong to him because it was to remind them that my the blood of Jesus is the one that paid for that that when the angel of death passed through those doors and he saw blood what he saw is death has happened here everyone was implicated but there was a Divine intelligence that Exempted the Israelites because when he passed through he was going after every firstborn but where he would see the blood what he saw was death took place here I need to move on death took place here I need to move on there is a wisdom that God will give you there is an Insight that God will give you for the times to come that will cause you to be exempt and it would give you an Insight that in the midst of Darkness because you see God often uses times of chaos to shine the light of his people because we are called the light of the world it is in times of Darkness that you shine even brighter there is a darkness that is coming over our nation but that Darkness was also birth one of the it's I know people say this all the time but I'm telling you it would birth one of the greatest revivals during Co we didn't quite get it because we got comfortable a little quickly we're like okay we know how to navigate Co in the beginning we're seeking God everybody was praying everywhere every then you turn on people praying praying praying and then we were like oh okay we cool and we just went back to life and now that year is like deleted in our memory but there is another season coming and what it would birth out it's not just prayer to film it it would birth a spirit of prayer within you you you it will draw you to a place where you are seeking the Lord because you know that only his guidance will sustain you you see what I'm praying for is that this word will activate a hunger in you to seek God like never before to recognize that he is your only and true source of dependency to get serious about your walk with God and that is why what I want to focus on with the time that we have is about activating your spiritual senses is you see we're going to read in first 2 Kings 6 15-1 17 and just a little backstory about this there was a king of Syria at the time and he was Waging War against the king of Israel but every time everything he did every move he made it was as though he it's like it it backfired because he's wondering how do they know my plans beforehand and so he began to believe that there was a traitor in his camp and then one of his servants tell him they're like no there's no traitor but there is a man named Elisha he can tell the king of Israel what you say in your bedroom he was basically saying that this man there's no secret of yours that is hidden before him Elisha was a prophet that was so tapped into God that God would give him insight about the plans of the enemy miles away and Elisha would take that and tell the king of Israel so they had an advantage because they had insight and so now the king of Syria shifts Focus he's like oh now we need to go after Elisha so he sends an army and this is where we are and it says and when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out there was an Army surrounding the city with horses and chariots and his servant said to him alas my master what shall we do he said we don't got got okay they caught us now and he and then the Bible says so he answered do not fear for those who are with us are more than those who were with them but Elisha did not stop here he didn't just stop at saying look I know something that you don't know but trust me don't fear and that would have been enough for the servant but he goes a step further and Elisha prayed and said Lord I pray open his eyes that he may see then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man and he saw and behold the mountain was full of horses and Chariots of Fire all around Elisha what happened God sent his own Army Elisha could see it the servant couldn't but Elisha then says I don't I I'm not just trying to tell him what what is surrounding us Lord show him and he opens his eyes you see in the same way that you have natural senses you have spiritual senses I remember a couple years back um we were in a church service very similar to this on a Sunday and I started to perceive this this smell of like rotten egg and that that just some some people don't even like eggs first of all when you add rotten it's like trauma you know and I was smelling this and I was like this smells terrible but I wanted to make sure that what I'm smelling is it in the natural or is it spiritual so I asked Sean Sean is somewhere hanging out so I asked Sean he's on our staff and I was like Sean do you smell that and he was like n no I don't smell that and I was like okay I know what it is and so we got into a ation he's like Steph what are you talking about and I so then I started sharing with him I'm like there are smells in the spirit when the Lord chooses to activate that in that moment you see for some of you even when you're praying you would you will start having this um it's almost like you're smelling like flowers like these beautiful flowers or lavender and you you've not gone shopping for essential oils right it's not like you had it in your house but you start to perceive it and you don't realize that what's happening is that the Lord is making his presence known there are times you're praying you feel wind flow through you and there's no window open it's not for you to stop there cuz sometimes we we feel that we say woo thank you Jesus oh Lord I just thank you amen no it's for you to press in there is something that he's about to show you if you go a little step further because he's making himself known to you and so in that moment so the same way when you smell things like rotten egg and garbage but there's nothing in sight that should smell like that it is the presence of evil spirits that are uncomfortable where they are and so I said to Sean I said there's someone who's about to get delivered wow there's a spirit that is uncomfortable and he has revealed himself and the Lord is making him known and it was a few moments later like that have you y'all seen that few moments later all of a sudden we have an altar call and then a lady started to manifest and what is that that is when the spirit takes overow and it just full-blown exposes itself we prayed for her and the spirit left her now a few weeks later Sean comes to me he says Steph do you smell that I said this time I don't but you do so now the same thing you're experience in it and I was like I asked I said so explain to me what you smell he said I I smell like raw he's like that's the best way to express it RW in egg I said oh somebody's about to get set fre I said be in prayer just start to intercede right now because you've become aware of something that you need to press in for what God Wills to happen to be manifested so he started praying and it was it wasn't even up to 20 minutes the person got revealed they started manifesting and they got set free so you already have spiritual senses that is why Elisha did not say God give him eyes to see open what's already there he says open his eyes it's already there it's just dormant but in the life of a Believer it is the holy spirit that would activ ated you see in New Age they would talk about the opening of the third eye these are not things you want to dabble into we in La you're going to hear about it at some point but these are not things you want to dabble into because what is that it is a demonic Spirit giving you access to see but what comes through an evil spirit also carries their nature because Satan cannot give you anything good wow the end of Satan is destruction he can only take you where he's heading that is why even when you hear people talking about oh they made a deal with the devil and they're you know it looks like they're being wealthy their end is always terrible it's only for a short period of time because Satan cannot take you beyond where he's going so if you receive permission to to see from him then it would be filtered through destruction he would only show you what will lead you to a path of Destruction that is why I always caution people when you start running to things like psychics and all of that and they tell you what your grandmother wore before she passed and you start crying be careful because they're planting a seed of what is already it was known who what your grandmother wore was known in the spirit realm so that person had the ability to see but then you keep going back to that psychic the next thing they're going to start doing is speaking curses in the beginning it will seem like oh my gosh I met a medium and they told me you know they channeled my my parent no no no it's not your parent they channeled they did that as bait because then when you when you get hooked it's subtle that's when they start telling you you're going to have four marriages you know what they did they cursed every the first three wow Jesus come on you got to be careful so in the life of a Believer it is the holy spirit that activates it and when it's the Holy Spirit you are submitted to him it's not that it's always on no it's on when it needs to be when there is something God needs to reveal to you he shows shows you he causes you to hear he causes you to sense it there are different ways he can activate that in you so you have a knowing of what's to come you have a knowing about the times and so very quickly I want to share with you four key things that will help you in activating your spiritual senses number one you have to guard your eye Gates Luke 11:34 says the lamp of the body is the eye therefore when your eye is good your whole body also is full of light but when your eye is bad your body also is full of Darkness you have to be mindful what you give your eyes to this is why things like porography you think it's just for the moment you're thinking well it's just me and after this Lord I'm not going to watch it again but what you don't realize is that it's dulling your senses Jesus because anytime you're as every time you give into it you empower the flesh over the spirit you see many times we think we're fighting the devil the devil we are facing in our time is a defeated devil Jesus already made a spectacle of him on the cross your biggest enemy is you it is your spirit versus your flesh that's why the Bible says the ways of the spirit are against the flesh the desires of the spirit are against the desires of the flesh because it is in your flesh you give the enemy Authority it's not that he just has Authority walking around no you give him Authority when you give into to his voice Lord and that is when you you you satisfy the Cravings of your flesh the enemy does not want you to be sensitive to the spirit realm so he distracts you with many things and then your eyes get corrupted and it corrupts the entire vessel you have to be mindful what you're watching you see sometimes you think that it is an Impulse you can't resist you you think it's an irresistible impulse no it's just impulse not resisted we all have impulses you have to normalize that we all have impulses but but the difference is the consciousness of who are you submitted to you see there are things that you feel like oh my gosh I I just I I couldn't help myself but guess what if your parent if your mom entered the room while you were doing the thing that you could not help yourself you would be it would resist you you would be like you know what what you doing no nothing you will leave that thing and go help and do some chores and and cook and and go grocery shopping just random stuff you know why because the Consciousness and the presence of a person held you back in the same way we have to be conscious of the presence of God it's not there are some things that it's a struggle because we allow it to be a and we reverse the divine order of God the Bible says submit to God resist the enemy and he will flee what we try to do is resist the enemy then once I resist him I can submit to God but your power is first in submission to God that is what gives you the ability to resist the enemy the reason why we keep getting tripped up is because we think the road to submit it to God is when I first resist the Enemy No to submit to the Lord that is why even when the Bible talks about putting on the armor of God it's the helmet of salvation you need to know what happened when you got saved your mind needs to be aware that you are under the lordship of Jesus Christ your life is no longer your own and this is protection not bondage this is where we get it wrong we think that God is just trying to control us no he's trying to protect you because at least to the second thing submit to the Holy Spirit and why is that Romans 6:16 it says do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey you are that one's slaves whom you obey whether of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness what is the Lord saying every time you give in to the voice of the enemy you become a slave to him Jesus what the enemy is looking for is access you think it's just a cute casual you know thing that we're like okay if I do it this time God is okay I I know you'll forgive me he will forgive you but there are implications because in that moment you surrendered to the enemy and you went under his authority and under his authority there are things that now he can claim domain he's like oh no that one belongs to me wow that's why the Bible there are times that Jesus would call people he would say you are of your father the devil that is strong but why would he call certain people that they are of their father the devil why because they have submitted to him you can call Jesus Lord while submitted to the enemy and not know it because you're calling him by his title but you're not submitted to him there's a difference you can know him by title but that does not mean that he is your lord and so when the Bible tells us to submit is your protection because the enemy wants to gain access he wants you to be in a place the the enemy wants you to be his slave there is a hatred you you know how the love of Jesus is so overwhelming flip that around and then you will know how much Satan hates people there is a hatred a passionate hatred in which he sees humanity and he is after Humanity to be his slaves so he presents things to you that seem fun and attractive but it's to bait you while the Lord is trying to protect you boundaries are for protection because when when when you submit your body your soul your spirit to the Lord guess who's responsible for it all he is that that is why Jesus will say things like the ones you have given me that no one can snatch them from my hands because they are submitted to him so now who is The Shield in front of you the Lord you see there are certain things that God would tell you to do and it would seem strange to you God why do I have to obey this it's not it's not not in the Bible like the Lord might tell you stop eating a certain thing and you're like God but why it's not like it's in the Bible and then when you want to get over religious now you start trying to tell everybody to not eat that thing no it is specific to you it is this is what we call consecration when the Lord when you're set apart and the instructions that God gives you that are unique to you because your obedience it's not about the thing it's about your obedience to the thing because when you can be obedient in something that could feel challenging for you it it's it's the place of your empowerment I am obedient because I am submitted and so when the enemy comes with something else you have the Consciousness I am submitted to God I cannot give in this foolishness and when he sees a person who is confident in their submission he flees there are times that the Lord will say hey wake up at this time to pray it's not about the time that the power is not in the time the power is in The Obedience because the obedience is where you are submitted do you know the reason why even when it comes to things like paying tithes and offerings and people are like what is the church doing with the money let me tell you the tithe is your submission you are Lord over my finances in everything there is a place where God reveals that he is Lord over it in your body how you treat your body you see see there were things that I I used to try to do and get away with CU I used to have a sugar craving and I say used to cuz I'm believing by faith and I would do all kinds of random things to hide my sugar craving unto the Lord showed me your secrets will keep you sick there were things I was asking God to heal in my body and I can't it's like there was a resistance until he began to show me it is your secrets that is keeping you sick the Bible says confess your faults to one another that you may be healed because your secret is darkness and Satan Reigns over Darkness because you know why it's a secret because it's the place where you were disobedient it is the place you submitted to The Voice of the enemy and you are given under his authority so there are times that the Lord will give you an instruction it's not for you to know why it's not that it's not a big deal God why why are you telling me to do this the the the the power is not in the thing study the life of Samson it was not about Samson's hair it was about obedience to not cutting the hair the power is in your obedience obedience it's in your obedience because your obedience reveals you are submitted and your submission is your place of authority the one who is submitted can wield yield authority over the enemy the one who is submitted has access to the authority the same power and authority Jesus had on the earth why because of submission so when you submit yourself to the Lord it prevents Your Vessel from corruption number three is prayer Jeremiah 33:3 it says call to me and I will answer you and show you Great and Mighty things which you do not know this is not about a one minute prayer God open my eyes this is a progression call to me one be in a place where you're seeking me wholeheartedly call to me you see there is a way a child who needs their parent calls out for that parent that it it is with their whole being I have a daughter when she wants something oh it's on you you can't ignore it and even when she stops is to give herself more energy to cry louder because she's calling to her parents there is a call there is a there is a cry that you see you see this call to God is Not Just lip service it's a call from the depths of your heart it takes time to get to the depths of you because you're so distracted so when the Lord says call to me it is when the depths of your being calls him it is a place of dependency that calls him it is from that type of call he says and I will answer not not when you call to me out of convenience no not when you call to me out of a religious checklist no but when you recognize that you are 100% dependent on me it takes time to get there because we are so full of ourselves is the truth we our intelligence is our biggest weakness and so this is what brings us in the study of the word this is what brings us this call to me would seem just like a simple thing but it's layered because it you have to get to the posture where you're so low to call in this manner it is a call from someone who has humility before God and that takes seeing yourself in your rightful place that as you study the word and as you see the magnitude and the bigness of God it humbles you to call from the depths of your being and he says when you call to me I will answer you and then I will show you Great and Mighty things which you do not know in that place I would reveal Mysteries to you and then the fourth thing is to vet your motives first Samuel 16:7 for the Lord does not see as man sees for man looks at the outward appearance but God looks at the heart everything we desire from God must be motivated from a place of love it can be motivated by selfish ambition selfish gain it can't be motivated by Pride or ego I I I want to be that person who just you know knows these things I want to be the person who can brag about these things it doesn't work like that you have to vet your motives and if you discern that okay why I'm seeking God is actually selfish then ask the Lord to purify it because you don't even know how to purify your own motives the the Lord has to take you through a process that process often times will feel like like a Wilderness it will feel like fire it would feel like the thing that you are so uncomfortable about because the Lord wants to get it out of your heart so when you recognize Lord I I want to be the person who truly calls to you from a place of dependency from a place of love I want my motives to be pure but if I'm honest it's not you can have a real conversation with god like that and say Lord purify my heart give me a clean heart and he will take you through a process that would kill what's killing you you see that's why there are times where when God brings you through the fire you might feel like God like where are you these are moments that feel like isolation these are moments that feel like you've been forgotten no God is killing what's against you God is killing that person who's a people pleaser he's killing the root of it there are things in your heart that is keeping you from coming before him with pure motives and when you discern it that's okay it's not something to be ashamed of it's something to surrender say God purify my heart these These are times that you must know what God is doing you have to posture yourself in a way that you're not playing with this thing called relationship with Jesus because the truth is this God can speak to anyone at any time but there are deep intim there are deep Mysteries that he only reveals to those who fear Him there are secrets that he only reveals to those who fear Him there are things that God wants to reveal to you you don't want to be the person that all you receive from God is things that brings you to repentance all the messages from God are things for repentance stop doing that stop doing that stop doing that you want to you you want to graduate when the Lord starts speaking to you about Affairs of the world that he elevates the conversation he's having with you you don't want to just stay in the place where he showing you everything wrong that is happening with your life at some point you want that to be elevated that God brings you into decisions that are happening behind closed doors that you will know how to position yourself in your community and your nation so let's get serious in our walk with God stand with me we're going to pray thank you Jesus thank you Lord thank you Lord the Lord is after his people man there there is a Remnant that the Lord is building up in these times you don't want things to happen and it catches you off guard you want to be prepared but in order to be prepared you have to be in the place where you you the fear of the Lord has to come back and this is not a a crippling fear fear this is not a fear that brings torments no this is reverence we have to get back to the place where we recognize that salvation means Lord you own me that when I said yes to you as my Lord and my savior Lord was first do you know what Lord means owner you own me Lord and it is for protection it's not against you it's in the place of your relationship with God you truly get to know who you are how could you disconnect yourself from him and expect to function wow you came from him you you can't disconnect and detach yourself from him it's like a fish out of water expecting to live that in its stubbornness and in its Pride it's like I don't need you water well you going to be dinner you know you came from him it's just that we've been so distracted and our senses are so dled that we think that that is bondage living for God is like oh no I don't want to do that no that is where your truth is that is the highest version of you is surrender to him that is why I love it we have a song what a God and it says if the highest place I reach is at your feet then I've done it all because the highest place is where I'm surrendered family if you're in the room and yes you you you know you you you call the Lord you you call Jesus Lord and all of that but if you're honest you've been the person who is trying to resist the enemy in under in order to submit to God rather than submitting to God to posture you to resist the enemy and so it's not that you can't resist the impulses you just choose not to because you're like it's not that big of a deal but you know know what it really is it's a window it's an opening for the enemy and if you want to come before the Lord and say God help me give me the consciousness of Salvation that helmet of salvation let it anchor my decision making that I belong to you that I I you you own me let me recognize that my submission to you is actually my protection [Music] if you're here and you're saying God I've been doing my own thing and I'm like you know what I can I just give me another day and I will do better I've been there I was there I was people the Lord would tell me Stephanie don't do this I said well shut your eyes right you don't have to look but I was ignorant and I was in deception I thought I was having fun I was living my life Jesus I love you but right now you don't have to look and the truth is did did I love him yes did I fear Him no so I would just do my thing while coming back to say Jesus no and you know what our conversations were stayed in a low place all those all that time that I was doing my thing our conversation stayed in a low place when I fully submitted my life it started to elevate there are things God wants to show you you here that's why Satan wants to keep you busy here if he can keep you here then you can get to the place where God begins to show you weighty matters but you know the solution for here submit to God submit to him and when in that Consciousness that I'm submitted to God it gives you the power to stand against the enemy and say I'm not going to do that because that's not pleasing to my Lord see Joseph was a man who was submitted to God when faced with temptation you know his response will tell you he says how can he do such a wicked thing not only to his master but to the Lord their response tells you the consciousness of submission I know God is here and he's watching me I cannot do this evil thing to the Lord family if that is you and you're saying God I've been doing things my way and I want to submit just lift up your hands wherever you are right now thank you Jesus thank you Jesus your highest places in God don't fall for the the the deception the hype and the distraction your highest places in God there are many things that are trying to entertain you and give you a picture of what is a cool way to live because what we deem as cool and what we deem as fun is what culture presents to us but what is the spirit that is presenting it what is the spirit driving the driving force behind what culture is presenting these are things we have to ask ourselves distractions submit to God that is where your power is that is where your Authority is and that is where your confidence is let us pray Heavenly Father we thank you Lord Jesus we love you we recognize that you are in the midst and Lord God I thank you for your sons and daughters as they are saying Lord I am going to submit to you then heavenly father I pray that they would you would you would help them to sustain that Consciousness that they were bought they were bought by a price that they belong to you and so have your way in Jesus mighty name amen family if you're giving your life to Jesus today can you just wave your hand so we can see you and pray with you if you're saying yes to Jesus we see you amen we see you we see you amen amen amen amen can we just praise the Lord for what he's doing in the house amen let's all pray together and right before we do there's a gentleman you're walking right now you're wearing a a brown dead you right there I see God is after you he is after you he is after you and there things and I'm saying this to just confirm it to you there are things that the Holy Spirit has been asking of you and they will feel challenging and they will feel difficult and it would feel like it's not you it would literally feel like it it's like you're fighting obedience because it's like you're becoming a person who you're not but the truth is that there is a version of you you have not met that God knows and if you would accept it then you would realize that it has always been your truth God is after you man amen amen let us pray Just Close Your Eyes with me and repeat after me heavenly father thank you Lord Jesus on the cross you died for my sins and when you were raised up I was raised up with you free and Victorious now Holy Spirit come into my life and make my heart your home in Jesus name may the Lord God bless and keep you may he cause his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you may he lift up his countenance over you and Grant you shalom shalom that is perfect peace we love you family God bless you