[Music] since the beginning of time supernatural events have taken place not only did Cooper have cancer he had terminal cancer science is a way of describing how the natural world functions the feeling was beyond anything I've ever felt before it doesn't say anything about the supernatural world it opens my life to dark forces that ruined my mental health we've got hundreds of millions of people claiming that they've seen miracles and I suddenly break out in this like brilliant bright light like if you were in your flesh you would be like when the supernatural crashes into human suffering everything changes finley had a skull fracture along with spinal fracture and 2 days 3 days later there's no fracture in his spine for people in the midst of their suffering cooper was healthy until he wasn't it is incredibly natural to question if God is still in the miracle business then why doesn't he perform more miracles what science can uniquely do is show the condition of the person beforehand i cannot explain that and the condition of the person afterwards and that moment into hopelessness I felt literally lighter and I knew that I'm physically forgiven and the surgeon goes "I don't know what happened bro i know what happened dude i'll tell you what happened [Music] [Applause] something is coming and it's going to shake everything out we all ought to be preparing for is the sooncoming outpouring of the Holy Spirit with great power you get to choose what you want to walk in you get to choose how you prepare self-preserve self-justify self-righteous self-esteem self-rely or you could prepare to carry the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in a way you could never even conceive of everybody tracking [Music] [Applause] [Music] Today I want to talk about preparedness so you guys are like that like guns and ammo and night vision and body armor and like motorcycles and side by sides and overland vehicles and like food and water and preps and comms and satellite links and drone surveillance and actually I really do want to talk about that stuff and that's not what I'm going to talk about but I love talking about that stuff it's fun right it's cool it's it's enjoyable but I want to talk about preparation on a whole different level a preparation that very few people are even in tune to or even thinking about and it's a preparation for the latter outpouring of the spirit of the living God i want to address something this morning that I fear too many or most of us are never even considering as we all see the headlines of the day and we feel the tensions and the pressures in our spirits that something is not right something is changing and something is coming right everybody sensing that this big something right with baited breath and their teeth clenched there waiting looking watching preparing for the big show for some big aha and some big revelation of this crazy zenith in human history that is going to manifest and it's going to shake everything out we're looking at Iran and we're looking at Russia and we're looking at China we're looking at Elon and we're looking at outer space and we're looking under the earth and we're looking at revelations about the Ark of the Covenant revelations about Noah's Arc and we're looking at revelations about the pyramids and we're we're looking for aliens and transhuman and everything else under the sun everybody tracking and everybody's like waited for braiding breath waiting looking in eager anticipation and they're preparing for the something but few so very few are clamoring in eager anticipation baited breath and joyful expectancy for the true and better something that I am certain is coming there's something that we have no context for we have no frame of reference for we have no mind to conceive and we have no understanding by which to grasp the awesomeness of the something the true and better something that we all ought to be preparing for post haste with all intentionality is the sooncoming outpouring of the Holy Spirit with great power filling the warrior redeemed of the Lord and of the living God in this final generation and his final age amid the final last great harvest is anybody preparing for that because that should be the singularity of the intents of our hearts a spirit of fire and of light of inconceivable wisdom and revelation a spirit of power and love and fearlessness and fearsomeness to the enemies of God that's the spirit that we ought to be preparing for this true and better something coming that should utterly in all supremacy stand far above any other consideration this generation this is what we ought to be waiting and looking and watching and eager anticipation of eager expectation of and preparing for this is what it's focused on beloved yet so few are even considering it i can assure you in full confidence with the extremity of dogma people go "You're so dogmatic." I'm like "Boy you better be dogmatic." Like you better have dogmas that are immovable put a gun to my face i don't care you should have dogma everybody tracking you guys should have dogma but it should be biblically rooted and align with the heartman of the heart the heart of God so I can assure you in full confidence with the extremity of dogma that a demonic insurgency the likes of which has never been seen is coming to ravage the inhabitants of the earth an insurgency by the way is a violent armed rebellion making war against a far superior authority that must employ all means of asymmetric warfare and guerilla tactics to I added this last part that's the formal definition to steal kill and destroy all that is godly and all that is good and all of those that want to honor the Lord as Revelation 12:12 says I want you to remember this because we're going to come back to it at the closing woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you he is filled with fury because he knows that his time is short right a demonic insurgency the likes of which has never been seen is underway deception upon deception upon deception betrayal betrayal betrayal violence and violence and a little bit more violence a mass exodus and apostasy from the faith that cannot even be fathomemed many so so many that you thought you walked with in intimate communion are not only going to turn and hate you but they're going to turn and and disclose the fact that they actually hated God all along zephaniah was foretold in Zephaniah 1 14-18 "The great day of the Lord is near near and coming quickly the cry of the day of the Lord is bitter the mighty warrior shouts his battlecry." That's speaking of God the day will be a day of wrath a day of distress and anguish a day of trouble and ruin a day of darkness and gloom a day of clouds and blackness is this getting descriptive it's pretty descriptive right a day of trumpet and battlecry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers i will bring such distress on all the people that they will grope about like those who are blind because they have sinned against the Lord their blood will be poured out like dust and their intrails like dung god is not messing around if you haven't read his word neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord's wrath and the fire of his jealousy the whole earth will be consumed for he will make a sudden end to all who live on the face of the earth i'm laying groundwork here i'm telling you what's coming the great count the great insurgency is breaking out on the face of the earth this is why we must be prepared for what we're going to talk about today daniel was told in Daniel 12:1 "At that time Michael the great prince who stands watch over your people will rise up and there will be a time of distress the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time." Joel was told in Joel 2 1-2 "Blow the trumpet in Zion sound the alarm on my holy hill let all who live in the land tremble for the day of the Lord is coming it is close at hand a day of darkness and gloom a day of cloud and blackness like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes such as never was in ancient times nor will ever be in ages to come never it's never happened it's never been seen you have no context for it jeremiah 30 5-7 says this "Cries of fear are heard terror not peace ask and see can a man bear children?" Don't ask Democrats that then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor every face turned deathly pale is saying they're literally to be doubled over in pain from what they see coming on the face of the earth how awful that day will be no other day will be like it it will be a time of Jacob's trouble revelation 16:8 and there were flashes of lightning rumblings pears of thunders and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since man were upon the earth so mighty was this great quake the great convergent culmination zenith of all of it god says to Israel in Ezekiel 5:8-10 "This is what the sovereign Lord says i myself am against you Jerusalem and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of all the nations because of all your detestable idols i will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again." It's a oneanddone thing jesus said in Matthew 24:21 "For there will be great tribulation such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now and never will be again one and done." So radical is it and Luke 21 he says "Truly I tell you this generation that begins to see all these things happening will not pass away until all of it comes to fruition." If all of this is true and it is by the way then you must also understand that the Lord will have a direct response to all this at the exact same time because my God is just and my God is good you must have a knowing of his righteousness and his justice and his unfailing love and his goodness to pour out even a greater measure of his spirit on his people on those who know their God to serve in the ranks as a counterinsurgency every insurgency has a counterinsurgency does everybody know that maybe you don't military doctrine 101 it's called coin ops counterinsurgency operations the Lord has true and better coin ops his spirit is going to be poured out in a way that never has been and never will be again his power and his provision is going to be poured out in a way that never has been before nor will be again the magnification of his name and his glory through his people will be such as never was in ancient of times and never will be again in ages to come if it's a time alike so which never has been and never will be again these things are one and done they're the one supreme representation of his justice and his righteousness on the face of the earth and all humanity does that not presuppose that he's going to pour out his Holy Spirit and the same exact measure and even greater outpouring for one last shot for humanity because my God is just my God is good and all this clamoring and all this striving and all this carnal humanistic prepping by the way did I say don't prep you better prep quick fast food water whatever security preparation is of the Lord right but the true and better preparation is to be prepared for the outpouring of the fire of the Holy Spirit in such a way that you can carry it rather than be consumed by it everybody tracking power and exploits and daring feats of valor and wisdom and protection and provision and guidance and favor and loving kindness and a mighty right arm from the Lord the dread warrior of the Lord who goes before you always is coming in a way that you cannot be fathomemed just like the judgments are coming in a way that can't be fathomemed that's what our hearts and minds should be preparing for our God is good and by the way if you forgot what the foundations of his throne are they're not niceness and friendliness like the secret friendly church has tried to teach us all niceness and friendliness are not the foundations of his throne righteousness and justice are the foundations of his throne foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do righteousness and justice our God will justly provide provision and protection and power and love and covering and leading and guidance and counsel and strength and the coalition forces of the heavenly realms and everything else in between because he is just and if he's pouring out this on the inhabitants of the earth he's going to pour out this on those who fear him and know him and he said "You will be strong in that day and you will go forth in that day and you will do exploits to his glory." That's what you should be preparing for for that mission set coming down from on high this is the true and better something the true and better counterinsurgency that your heart should be in eager anticipation of think about the two witnesses if you haven't read up on them in a while it's like here is the Antichrist he's doing whatever he does and all this stuff and then the two witnesses come on the scene i don't care what your theology thinks they are enoch and Elijah or Moses and Enoch or Moses and Elijah i've even heard somebody say "It's Israel and the Gentiles that are redeemed by Christ." The two witnesses this people group and this people group are going to give witness to who God is i don't care what your theology is alls I know is they are gnarly and they are bold and they are fused with the power of the spirit of the living God and whatever they bind is bind and whatever they loose is loose and they can call down whatever plague they want they can stop up the heavens they can do anything until the appointed time where God goes "Now I'm going to use even your death for a demonstration of my glory." They have power from on high to counter the power of all the Antichrist and all the powers of darkness at the exact same time because our God is good and our God is just my God your God calls the things that are not as if they are he says that no one went out among them that was feeble they went up out of Egypt un for battle he parts the seas he judges the gods he breaks water from the rock he sends heavenly mana from the heavens my God gives people power to route foreign armies he leads his servants to dispossess the land of angelic hybrids with supernatural power he gives authority to stop rivers he stops the celestial pre parade of the sun and the moon so that we can finish the fight my God commands the sea and the waves he allows for his servants to do the same he changes the properties of oxygen and hydrogens so that you can walk where he is also right on top of the water donkeys speak on his behalf fish swallow and deposit men where he determines the creatures of the sea bring forth money so that you can hold off the wicked government and pay your taxes the birds of the air bring forth nourishment in the moment of your greatest weakness trees can grow in an instant to provide shade and they can wither in an instant to declare his righteous justice oil and flour are supernaturally multiply without ever running out providing food where there was none he gives us power to command an axe to even float back to the surface of the river because we dropped it in the water my God my God equips his people to run faster than horses and chariots and to transliterate them from one place to another for their own protection my God makes prisoners masters over Egypt he makes captives have authority over all of Babylon he makes a people to have all favor and honor in the wicked pagan nation of Assyria he takes our meager offerings of fish and loaves and satisfies the hunger of multitudes he makes Do you know your God that's right do you know your God man and never get tired of talking about my God he makes boys mighty to slay lions mighty to slay bears and mighty to slay the wicked Nephilim of old he blinds enemies he confuses enemies he turns allies against each other nephilim superfortresses collapse at the worship of his people he heals diseases he stops pandemics he makes the lame run like deer upon the heights he gives people the power to do the same he commands the hearts of pagan wicked kings to lavish his people with favor untold favor and then he sends judgments on the ones who refuse to do that he can judge all the wicked and the evildoers in all fierceness while providing supernatural force field around all of his servants in the land of Gan dread goes before him and his people and enemies flee in terror before a shot is even fired he commands angels to protect he commands them to defend he commands them to nurture he commands them to guide he commands them to feed he commands them to slaughter on behalf of his people my God commands the heavenly hosts arrayed in battle gear to join in the fight beside us as a heavenly coalition forces he bends bars of bronze he opens prison doors he transforms the hearts of our capttors or he strikes the hearts of our captives with terror all of creation obeys his voice all of it he's given his people the power to heal and the power to bless and the power to blind bind and the power to loose and the power to raise the dead he's given his people to do it all literally through the power of his spirit he has afforded his people with all power over all enemies foreign and domestic and over all the power of the evil one and has made a declaration swearing by himself and nothing by any means will harm them my God your God has done all of this are you guys tracking that's right this is who our God is and yet he says this haggi 2 6-9 speaking about the temple but it's God's character revealed in totality this is what the Lord Almighty says in a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth and the dry land i will shake all nations and what is desired by all nations will come and I will fill this house with glory says the Lord Almighty the silver is mine the gold is mine declares the Lord Almighty the glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house declares the Lord if that's everything that my God has done what do you think he's getting ready to do that's what my God has done that's his history and yet he says "Forget the former things don't even remember the past i'm doing a new thing right now in this generation do you not perceive it it springs up before it happens before it even comes about I announce it to you i declare to you are you prepared for the outpouring of my spirit in this generation it's a time of likes of which never has been and never will be again and my spirit will be poured out the time the likes of which never has been and never will be again are you guys listening to who your God is yes do you know your God yeah isaiah 64:4 from ancient times no one has heard no ear has perceived no eye has seen any god besides him who acts on behalf of those who wait for him 1 Corinthians 2:9 what no eye has seen and what no ear has heard and what no human mind can conceive of the things that God has prepared for those who love him isaiah 42:16-21 this is what the sovereign Lord says he who made a way through the sea we already talked about a path through the mighty waters we already talked about it who drew out the char chariots and horses we already talked about it in an army and reinforcements together they lay there never to rise again extinguished snuffed out like a wick this is what that same God your God says forget the former things do not dwell on the past see I'm doing a new thing not a different thing does everybody understand when people go "Oh we need to get back to the Church of Acts we need to get back to the Church of Acts." I'm like "Church of Acts?" I'm not de I'm not blaspheing the Lord and and and diminishing the Lord but I go "That's weak sauce man that was for them that was that time that was the outpouring of the spirit of Pentecost when the gospel was brand new and they needed the power people dropped dead when they when they messed with it like Ananas and the fire whatever and people did this and they had the power they're going to do it." That was for then he says the time is coming in the likes of which never has been and never will be again he's not doing a different thing it's not a duplication of the church of Acts it's not a duplication of the Acts of the Apostles it's a whole new thing not a different thing we can't even conceive of it right he goes "This is what you need to be preparing for all the other preparation stuff is fails so short falls so short in comparison to the new thing that he's getting ready to pour on his people." Jesus himself said in John 14 which I don't I can't conceive of this i just know it's true i have no understanding everybody understand I have no understanding to give you i just know he said it so it's true very truly I say to you whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing we know who he is by the way all those acts that I read through Jesus was at every one of those they're called Christophanes jesus was the one who met with Abraham jesus was the one who engaged Joshua jesus was the one who did business with Jacob and and rustled him like pretty gnarly right like just straight worked them and popped his Jesus was at each of these different things it was Jesus so then he says this "Very truly I tell you whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do even greater works than these because I'm going to the Father." We can't even conceive of what we ought to be preparing for new wine beloved a new song a new thing because it is needed in this generation the likes of which never has been and never will be again god in justice counters it with the outpouring of his spirit the likes of has been and never will be again luke 5 says this Luke 5:36-38 he told them this parable no one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch on an old one that's kind of stupid right you don't go like "Oh I got this new shirt let me rip this off and patch my old jeans." No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one otherwise they will have torn the new garment and the patch from the new one will not match the old and no one pours out new wine into an old wine skin otherwise the new wine will burst the skins the wine will run out and the wine skin will be ruined no new wine must be poured into new wine skins everybody hear that it is a new wine it is a new thing it is a new everything can you discern it joel 2:19 through232 says this the Lord reprieded them i'm sending you grain new wine and olive oil what kind of wine what kind of oil by the way that's the outpouring of the Holy Spirit if you didn't know the oil of the Holy Spirit the crushing of the all the v the vacuuals in the olive can only come out through crushing that's why he was crushed for our transgressions so that we could receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit from Christ himself that's why he went through Gethsemane the place of the crushing everybody tracking the word is amazing who your king is and he goes "I'm sending you grain new wine and oil brand new totally new enough to satisfy you fully never again will I make you an object of scorn among the nations." He goes on to say "And afterward I will pour out my spirit his literal spirit on all people your sons and daughters will prophesy your old men will dream dreams your young men will see in v visions even on my servants both men and women I will pour out my spirit in those days not a spirit not a lesser thing like he doesn't give us the armor of Saul he says the armor of God it is his armor he puts on you it is his spirit he's going to pour out on you he says "I will show wonders in the heavens and the earth and blood and fire and bills and smoke the sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord and everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance as the Lord has said even among the survivors whom the Lord has called I will pour out my spirit that's what we ought to be rightly preparing for he is just beloved he is good beloved and his love will never never fail you beloved have you ever noticed that he says it's un failing love it's unfailing we can't conceive of that because guess why because we suck at loving each other our love always fails our spouse's love always fails our companions love always fails the love that this world has to offer will always fail but his love is unfailing even to the end of the age at the last outpouring of things that we can't even conceive of he goes "Don't forget my love's not going to fail you then either i'm going to bring about the counterinsurgency and watch what I do through my people." You are the counterinsurgency therefore you will be equipped for all things in all things through all things by his literal spirit we've been given this certainty in Malachi 3:16 through 4:6 you guys know I quote it all the time it's so powerful to understand because everybody's preparing a long ways mar said they're waited with betting breath they're clamoring they're clenching their teeth they're watching the news cycles and they're waiting for the big something but it's the wrong something that they that they're waiting for malachi 3:16 then those who fear the Lord those who what the Lord those who fear the Lord talked with one another what are we doing this morning anybody i'm just chatting about the Lord just talking about We're just talking about the Lord chatting about him then those who fear the Lord talked with each other and the Lord listened and the Lord heard and a school of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who fear him and revere his name he says on the day when I act declares the Lord they will make up my treasured possession and I will spare them just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him remember Psalm 103 our call to worship that's why we work through these verses same thing and you will see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked between those who serve God and those who do not the Lord is getting ready to distinguish his people and times the likes of which never has been times the likes of which never has been he's about ready to distinguish those who serve him and rever his name he goes on to say "Surely the day is coming it will burn like a furnace all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble and that day is coming and it will set them on fire says the Lord Almighty not a root or a branch will be left to them but for you who revere my name oh you only understood for you the son of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays and you will go out like and frolic like well-fed calves or cavs released from a stall then you will trample on the wicked and they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act says the Lord have you ever thought about that on the day when he acts all the enemies are ashes under the souls of your feet on the day when he when he acts he gives you and imbuss you and distinguishes you with the power of his spirit like a good father who has compassion on sons and daughters who love him and serve him he goes "Watch what happens in that day i don't think you understand what's coming he says,"Remember the law of my servant Moses and the decrees of laws that I gave him at Horeb for all of Israel see I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the great and dreadful day of the Lord comes." He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the hearts of the children to their parents or else I would strike the land with total destruction he goes "Something's coming that you're not quite prepared for i'm going to distinguish my people and I'm going to distinguish all the haters of the world and you will see what I do in the day when I act we have been given a certainty in Daniel 11:32 when the Antichrist is going to seduce with flatteries with those who violate the government covenant what did it What did I just say that was a fun word coming yeah he goes "But those who know their God shall be strong and go forth and do exploits daring feats of valor." I say this all the time when I speak at conferences anybody here who's done a daring feat of valor put your hands up very few and go in my life i remember this one time that by God's grace and God's supernatural empowerment he let me walk out a daring feet of valor yet he says "In that day that's what my people are going to be doing this is what we ought to be preparing for." We have a certainty given in Daniel 12 that it says "At that time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise it'll be a time of distress such has not been from the beginning of the nations until now everybody tracking we keep reinforcing that but at that time everyone whose name is found written in the book of life will be delivered and those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens and those who lead many to righteousness like stars forever and ever times the likes of which never happen again oh a people who are wise in their Lord they're going to be turning many back to righteousness and shining like stars in the vast expanse in the heavens woe and woe woe and wh at the exact same time we have been given a certainty not a hope of Revelation 12:11 they triumphed over him by the blood of lamb and by the word of the testimony and they did not love their lives so much as to shrink back from death how's that for a daring feat of valor the counterinsurgency beloved you guys are the counterinsurgency you ought to be preparing for the outpouring of the spirit in a way that you couldn't even conceive of clothe with power from on high as the scripture says not the power of the world or of this age or the power of the inadequacies of men or your cool guy training status but the power from on high as a direct counter to all this other garbage that's going on in the earth his power from on high now as Psalm 27 says "The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear the Lord is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid?" Do you guys pray like that like when you're getting punked by the powers of darkness you ever just get like or is it just me this is just my Marine Corps background i get pissed and I don't care if that offend if that offends somebody but a baby's being aborted doesn't offend you you got bigger problems that I said the word pissed i get pissed when the enemy starts backing me into a corner or starts assaulting me in the middle of the night or the witches comes or astral projection cuz they do or all the other crazy stuff that's going on around me i'm like "Oh boy the Lord is the light of my salvation whom shall I be afraid of whom shall I fear?" Well you just done picked the wrong dude to mess with right when the wicked when the wicked advance against me to devour me it is my enemies and my foes that will stumble and fall though an army besiege me my heart will not fear though war break out against me even then will I be confident the one thing I ask from the Lord this only do I seek that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life and gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek him in his temple see the power from on high now now come at me bro i have power from on high now by the spirit that he has caused to dwell within me but I also have power from on high through it all as Psalm 91 says "Surely he will save you from the fowlower snare and from the deadly pestilence he will cover you with his feathers and under his wings you will find shelter." Go through Psalm 91 and underline or circle every time it says what he will do on your behalf his faithfulness will be your shield and your rampart you will not fear the terror of night nor the arrow that flies by day nor pestilence that stalks in the darkness nor the plague that destroys at midday a thousand may fall at your right side 10,000 at your at your right hand but it will not come near you you will only observe it with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked if you say circle the if if you say the Lord is my refuge and you make the most high your dwelling place you have skin in the game i don't care what the secret friendly church has told you or what Calvinists have told you or one saved always saved has told you you have skin in the game if and if you make and if you do these things then he goes if you say the Lord is my refuge and you make the most high your dwelling no harm will overtake you no disaster will come near your tent for he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all of your ways they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against the stone you will tread on the lion and the co cobra you will trample the great lion and the serpent you will do these things are you prepared for that are you prepared to have such anointing of your God are you laying the groundwork excuse me to walk by faith and not by sight to die to the flesh to crucify the flesh to mortify the fears to live for the for the Lord and not for the world are you prepared in such a way that he goes "Today's today you make the enemies of my kingdom and your glory ashes under the soles of your feet today is the day stand up and trample that great lion punch him in his counterfeit lion mouth because I have the keys of death in the grave shut the mouth of all unrighteousness shut the mouth of all wickedness do not love your life so much as you're afraid to lose it testify to who I am in you testify to the sufficiency of the blood of the lamb and of my son go about conquering and to conquer overcoming and to overcome standing and withstanding go about and do these things my beloved because my spirit is with you man he goes on to say "Because he loves me says the Lord because he he really likes me cuz he really really appreciates not going to hell." Right is that what it says no because he loves me says the Lord i will rescue him i will protect him for he acknowledges my name he will call on me i will answer him i will be with him in trouble i will deliver him and I will honor him and with long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation how's that for power on high through it all he gives you power on high right now he gives you power on high through it and then he gives you power on high to even get you to your reward 1 Peter 1 3-7 praise be to God and father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in his great mercy he's given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that can never perish spoil or fade his power is getting us through it and then into something else into an inheritance this inheritance is being in kept in heaven for you who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of salvation that is ready to be revealed in this last time in this you greatly rejoice though for now for a little while you have to suffer all kinds of grief you guys tracking suck it up buttercup you re greatly rejoice in this even though now yeah you're going to take some hits you're going to take some hits it's okay because these have come so that the proven genuiness of your faith which is more precious than gold they'll try it in a fire may result in glory and honor and praise at the revelation of the son of man again who is this God that you serve he's going to give you glory and honor and praise when he's revealed why would you get glory and honor and praise why would he crown you with compassion and love why would he crown you with righteousness why would he crown you he's the king of glory and then he goes I'm going to crown you in that day so he gives us power from on high through it he gives us power from on high to it he gives us power on high right now because it is needed beloved it is needed so how do we wait look watch and eagerly anticipate how do we prepare in the true and better sense of the word for the outpouring of the spirit of fire in such a way as so to be able to carry it rather than be consumed by it how do we do it we're going to work through it right now first Thessalonians 5:16- 24 says this "Rejoice always pray continually give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus people go I don't know what God's will is i don't know what God's will is i'm like I can tell you like you know what God's will for my life yeah I can actually tell you God's will for your life all the other stuff that you're focused on how do I know if that's his will for your life that's a cherry on top if he gives you the right job or the right spouse or the right place or the right geography or the right validation or the right whatever that's all a cherry on top but I can unequivocally tell you God's will for your life i can tell you men God's will for your life i can tell you women God's will for your life and I can tell you children God's will for your life because he says "And this is my will for you." I don't have to guess what his will is rejoice always pray continually give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus and do not quench the spirit beloved this is how we start walking and being prepared don't quit the spirit that's already at work in you don't impede it don't create stumbling blocks don't treat prophecies with contempt but test them all hold on to what is good reject every kind of evil and may God himself the God of peace sanctify you through and through and may your whole spirit soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ luke 21:34-36 he says this to watch yourselves this is how you get prepared to carry the fire of the Holy Spirit watch yourselves be very circumspect in your day-to-day business with the Lord lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipations and drunkenness and the cares of this life that that day come upon you suddenly like a trap i'm telling you it's coming watch yourselves watch your heart don't get sucked into the world don't get sucked into the drama don't get sucked into the drama don't get sucked into the money woes don't get sucked into all these temporary constructs so that your heart is in tune to the spirit of living God so that you can receive power from on high then you will be my witnesses and all Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria and to all the ends of the earth you cannot get sucked into the garbage of this life you must be preparing to receive this latter outpouring of the Holy Spirit next let James 1:4 you must let perseverance finish its work so you can be mature and complete lacking nothing all the lesser battles that you're engaging right now are to prepare you for the greater battles let them have their way let them have their way they're not vain the little grinding actions and the death by a thousand cuts and the stupid garbage of life every day is not a vain thing let it have its work he's doing something he's preparing you he's preparing you to be mature and complete so that when he moves you're in step with him when he speaks your ears are in tune to him when he says go you go when he says stay you stay when he says fight you fight when he says lay down your life you go I I sir and with a smile on your face you walk up and tie yourself to the guillotine because you know you're God and his name will be glorified in all the earth you guys tracking next fan and to flame the gift of God that's been given to you 2 Timothy 1:6-7 for this re reason I remind you to fan and to flame the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of hands nurture it meditate on it day and night foster it mature it and exercise it and use it and employ it you must exercise the gift of the spirit of God that's already in you you have to exercise it like anything I love the prepper truther Christian movement thing that's like oh when the time comes I'm just going to have faith i'll have faith in God to be my provision i'm like that's interesting bro but you don't have faith to cancel your home insurance you don't have faith to not have health insurance you make sure and you have Cobra insurance to bridge the 3-we gap in between jobs cuz what if something happened to me in that 3 weeks so I better dump out another $850 to cover 3 weeks in case something happened to me don't tell me about your super duper faith when the time comes you don't even have it in the basics stop going to the dentist right stop paying your taxes let me know how that works out don't tell me you're just going to have faith when the time comes that's like some slob sitting on the couch going "I bet I could run a triathlon." No you couldn't bro no you cannot you have not even exercised the basics of the muscles and the body and endurance required to run a mile you think you're going to get up and swim a mile plus and then bike and then run no way man so we must fan into flame and nurture and exercise and foster and be in tune to the gift that God's already given to us next fully commit then you fully commit then 2 Chronicles 16:9 for the eyes of the Lord range throughout the whole earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to the Lord you fully commit now and he goes I'm preparing you for what's coming next you fully commit stop praying for strength to be committed to the Lord commit to the Lord and then he'll give you the strength yeah everybody tracking it's like seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added on to you no I want to be an evangelist i want to be this i want to be that i want to be a super apostle i want to I want to I want to have an influence i want to do this dude you're not even doing the basics he said "Seek first this." You're putting the cart before the horse same thing he says "You fully commit and then I'll give you strength to do what I'm going to require of you later on know your Lord know your God." Not like not appreciate not be super endeared to have a knowing of your God the tent of meeting is wide open beloved anybody can go into it anytime and you can commune and speak with the Lord as a man speaks with his friend like Samuel train your ears to hear the voice of God and and let him direct your every step know his power and his glory and his love and his wisdom and his righteousness and his justice you must know what he hates and how he dispenses judgments and why he does you must know what he plants and what he uproots what he builds and what he tears down know his righteous justice for the hotty and the arrogant and the evildoers and the schemers and the false brethren and the wolves among the sheep and the wicked and the rebel hordes of the fallen ones know the sufficiency of his son the sufficiency of his love the sufficiency of his justice the sufficiency of his glory and his covering and of his victory know your posture amid it all know his posture admit it all psalm two what's the Lord's posture as all this stuff's going down psalm two yeah Becky's got it how's it go Becky he goes that's God's posture it says they say "Let us break his bonds as we'll not have this one to rule over us." Right it says "All the kings of the earth they conspire together all the whatever technocrats of the world go what's God's response?" That's literally what say it says he laughs and scoffs and then he terrifies them in his wrath saying I've installed my king on Zion my holy hill what are you going to do now bro that's my God that's right so you need to have a knowing of your God he is not frazzled by what's going on but you also need to know your posture have a knowing of your posture psalm 112 to those who fear the Lord their hearts are steadfast trust in the Lord their hearts are secure they have no fear even in darkness light dawns for the upright in heart even in darkness know your posture know God's posture have a knowing of your God and then watch the Holy Spirit be able to move and your ability to carry it is so secure in the Lord because it's nothing by yourself it's all by the completed work of Jesus Christ in your life grow another one in the fear of the Lord so that you actually might become wise right the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom and it says those who are wise in the Lord time of likes of which it never has been never will be again daniel 12 right never has been never will be again great trouble great tribulation but those who are wise in the Lord will turn many back to righteousness and they will shine like bright shining stars in the vast expanse of the universe how do you think you grow in wisdom you better grow in fear learn to fear the Lord next die sorry i love you guys but I want you all to die amen i want you to die to yourselves get out of the way of the Holy Spirit do not quench the spirit by your stupid carnality you got to die you got to die to self you got to die to the constructs you got to die to fear you got to die to your childhood woundings you got to die to your insecurities you got to die to your pride you got to die to your little drama competitions in your marriages you got to die to the world and the love of the world and the things of the world please beloved die die to selves so that you can rightly carry the fire of the Holy Spirit that is going to be poured out the likes of which never has been and never will be again die cuz once you're out of the way the Holy Spirit can have his way right smack through you and nothing by any means will harm you amen they triumphed over him by the blood of the lamb by the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives so much as they were afraid to lose it for his sake let it go so that you can carry the fire in this last generation beloved the time to prepare is now by the way I really do want you guys to prepare physically if I haven't mentioned that regularly enough it's It's all about food you think these tariffs are a joke you think it's es and flows a market this is this is taking you somewhere i want you to be prepared physically but I want the true and better preparation for the people of God because if you have a couple fish and a couple loaves and you come forward by faith watch what my God will do to feed the masses if you're on your last ounce of flour and oil and you go we're going to bake this last cake and then die and God goes what do you have watch this you will bake me bake me a little cake because I'm hungry and then watch your oil will never run out you go "Oh god the great armies are amassing and the Chinese troops are staging Vancouver Island and they're getting ready long in Long Beach Harbor and they're shipping contagious staged with cruerve weapons all over the country." By the way there are go an army advanced against me still my heart will not fear though they besiege me and they come devour my flesh it is them who will be destroyed by the power of my God we need to prepare beloved we need to prepare an anointing of our God to carry the power of the Holy Spirit when we seal up the heavens are we loose the reigns are we bind are we strike down are we build up are we heal are we raise the dead are we supernaturally multiply provisions are we're hidden in the Lord or we walk through wall walls and we reproach the clinging of the prison doors when you're persecuted for your faith you'll let the prison doors shut ooh that was a loud bang my God will swing it wide open i'm going to start praising my God and singing to my God i'm going to lead my captives to the Lord Jesus Christ this is the last great harvest watch the power of my God move over the heart of that man i'm going to get that boy in heaven too by the power of God jesus Christ wants to save his soul too that's right i'm walk right through that wall boy i know my God i know my God if he wants it if it is his will there is nothing that can restrain me there is nothing because it's by the power of his spirit he said I will pour out my spirit on all flesh in that day it's time to prepare to walk in faith and belief it's time to prepare to receive the power from on high to prepare to carry the fire of his very spirit without being consumed by it to prepare for the day of the Lord when you are handed your orders to go forth and do daring feats of valor are you ready for that day it could drop at any second today is the day today's the day you didn't know it was going to be the day today is the day the suddenly the instant for them the suddenly the instant for you here's your mission set son here's your mission set daughter be strong do not be afraid do not be discouraged i am with you go out and take the land and you go "Yes sir i know my God his spirit's with me and a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night and who can stand in his way the Lord is with me like a dread warrior." Have you ever thought about what that means the Lord is with you like a dread warrior oh my goodness we got to have anoint knowing of our God completely reproach any spirit of unbelief in this late hour beloved just reproach to unbelief like it should be gross says "Hate the very clothing stained by sin." You can't get a higher level of sin than unbelief just so you know it's not your bumblings it's not your stupid failings of the day unbelief is the highest most offensive antag antagonistic sin to the gospel of Jesus Christ you should hate it and be disgusted by it and reproach it as soon as it enters into your mind oh God forgive me for not believing you for who you know who I know you are prepare your heart and your mind to have such anointing of your God that when the armies amass and when the food runs out and when the money is nowhere to be found when the pestilence and the disease comes near to your tent when the accuser is accused and the betrayers betray when the slam of the prison door shatters your ears and when the guillotine is raised high overhead prepare in such a way that when the heavens shake and the earth shakes and the celestial bodies makes men's hearts melt for fear and when the transgenic monsters are loosed on the earth because all this is going to happen that you would stand boldly and confidently and peaceibly in the all sufficient power and might and goodness and love and security and provision of the spirit of the most high God everybody tracking in closing it is time to flip the script that's what the cool kids say flip the script bro it is time to flip the script woe to the inhabitants of the earth woe the times of lakes of which have never been it says "Be waiting looking watching for the eternal Lord." It lamps burning wicks trimmed even in the fourth watch of the night so eager for this outpouring of the spirit of the God that you are going "Whoa whoa not whoa whoa my God." Times the likes of which never has been and never will be again a great harvest the final great harvest the wheat and tear the fruit's been produced the Lord's about ready to send out the workers into the harvest the sickle is raised high who can stand we have been privileged to carry the power of his spirit in this generation to see the souls of men redeemed the glory of God be magnified and the powers of darkness to watch them nash their teeth and anger when they see the hand of the Lord upon the righteous isaiah 61 and2 arise and shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has arisen upon you though darkness is over the earth you think and thick darknesses over the people uh yeah the glory of the Lord has risen upon you and nations will come to your light and the kings to the brightness of your dawn lift up your eyes and look about you all assemble and come to you your sons come up from afar your daughters are carried on their hips then you will look and be radiant do you understand what's coming for the people of God your heart will throb and swell with joy is that the woah wo ah that you're looking forward to that your heart will swell with joy wait he just said thick darkness is over the earth and darkness is over the people he goes "Not for my people." Uh-uh the glory of the Lord is going to rise and shine upon you the wealth of the seas will be brought to you to you the riches of the nations will come luke 21:25-28 i say this all the time people go "Oh Jesus." Sorry i It's I'm going to mock people it's okay read the scriptures god mocks people all the time he's constantly has them you say "Oh the Lord will never do anything good or bad." Like he's actually a mocking tone all the time throughout scriptures allow me to mock as well too oh jeez let me hide myself in my prayer closet for the great and terrible day of the Lord that time has come come and gone ladies and gents and that's not at all what the scripture says it says this there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars and on earth the nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and the tossing the sea that's talking about great rebellion people will faint from terror apprehensive of what is coming on the world for the heavenly bodies will be shaken at that time they will see the son of man coming in the cloud with power and great glory what is the posture of the redeemer of the lord when you begin to see all these things taking place what's your requirement you stand up and you look up because your redemption draws nigh that is the posture of the redeemed of the Lord who know their God burning ones beloved oily ones a lamp that will never go out in his presence shining like stars moving out in his name and spirit overcoming by his name and his spirit testifying to his glory by his name and his spirit distinguished set apart strong daring feats of valor turning many back standing and withstanding steadfast and resolute fearless and courageous guarded protected and provided for healing and binding and striking ing and loosing he is standing at the door and knocking beloved he's knocking on the hearts of whosoever the spirit of living God is pounding on the hearts of whosoever in this late church age in this latest church age I said I will make strong whoseever heart is fully committed i'm scouring the earth my eyes my eyes range to and fro i'm looking for a few good men and a few good women cuz I got a mission set in this generation you could even conceive of if I told you open the door of your heart and let him in let the spirit of the living God have his way let him in let perseverance finish his work let it happen he's looking for people that know him because they're going to glorify him and magnify him and they're going to turn many back to righteousness it is time to get serious dead serious about being prepared for what comes next it is time to press into this and press in hard there is a great work and a great harvest and a great demonstration and an incomprehensible great magnification of the glory of your Lord and Savior that is about ready to break out in this generation are you prepared are you prepared for that are you prepared what to eat meager food for an extra three months we ought to be preparing for the fire and the move of the Holy Spirit set your hearts and minds on these things and whatever you do stop living in such a way so as to quench the power of the Holy Spirit in your life just stop it's like Dr phil advice stop it that's the only advice I've ever heard that guy give he just said "Just stop stop quenching the fire and the power of the Holy Spirit in your life." Whatever it is usually it's just insecurity and drama usually it's just unbelief and you're stopping you put a glass box over the power of the Holy Spirit and you go "You can come this far Lord but no further and I'm going to come this far towards you Lord more no further." And he goes "Break in case of an emergency shatter the glass i want to pour out my fire and my power from you on high in a way you can't even conceive you can break the earth aunder you can block up the heavens you can stop the sun and the moon and stars in her place so you can fight still yet harder you can slay nephilimic giants as a little boy you can multiply things you can heal the sick you can raise the dead you can bind up the brokenhearted you can silence the mouth of your accusers don't you know what my spirit's capable of break in case of emergency it's time stop quenching the spirit's fire in your life prepare in such a way that you can carry it as Mori admonished and encouraged Esther I love how this verse is always used out of context because listen there's an admonishment it's actually primarily an admonishment not an ear tickling encouragement he says this do you think that because you are in the king's house are you in the faith do you think that because you're in the king's house that you alone of all Jews of all of his people will escape for if you remain silent at this time relief and deliverance for the Jews for his people will arise from another place god actually doesn't need you i don't care what Caleb's told you thank you god doesn't need you does everybody aware of that that's right he actually doesn't need you he privileges you he invites you he doesn't need you if you remain silent this time de relief and deliverance for the Jews for God's people will arise from another place but you and your father's house are going to go on and suffer for it but who knows that you have not come to this royal position this royal priesthood this chosen people this holy nation this ambassadorship of a kingdom that cannot be shaken how do you know that you haven't been brought into this royal position for such a time as this that is the word of the Lord to his people and his generation how do you know that you aren't the one who's going to go forward and be strong and do daring feats of valor that you aren't going to be the one that's going to turn many back to glory that you aren't going to be the one that advances and stands against all the hordes of hell amassing on this earth how do you know that you haven't been brought to a royal position for such a time as this you ought to be preparing for the outpouring of the spirit in this late generation the outpouring of the spirit in a way you can't even understand it's time to flip the script beloved wo or woah wo you like that Jessica or woah wo the times I like never has been again never will be never will begin or whoa what a hole sorry that's a That's a What's the movie home Alone quote whoa what a hole whoa the outpour of the Holy Spirit the likes of which never has been and never will be in you get to choose what you want to walk in you get to choose how you prepare it preserve the flesh preserve the comforts preserve the convenience preserve self-preserve self-preserve self-justify self-righteous self-esteem self-rely or you could prepare to carry the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in a way you could never even conceive of that is what we need to be doing in this late hour beloved the time is here the time is now stop quenching the move of the spirit in your lives that's a wrap [Applause]