1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:00,560 Foreign. 2 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:15,280 As Jesus was walking with his disciples for a period of three years 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,280 upon the earth, he obviously taught him them about his kingdom. 4 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,120 He told them that he would die, that he would rise again. 5 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:29,280 And as Jesus rises again, he gives his disciples what we know 6 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:30,480 as the Great Commission. 7 00:00:31,450 --> 00:00:32,890 Matthew, chapter 28. 8 00:00:32,890 --> 00:00:33,770 The Great Commission. 9 00:00:34,090 --> 00:00:38,770 Go out and make disciples, Baptizing them in the name of the 10 00:00:38,770 --> 00:00:41,370 Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 11 00:00:41,530 --> 00:00:44,010 How many of you are taking up the Great Commission? 12 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:45,130 Amen. 13 00:00:45,130 --> 00:00:50,330 It's something that he gave to all believers to make disciples. 14 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:56,970 But then in Acts 1:8, he tells them to wait in Jerusalem, to wait 15 00:00:56,970 --> 00:00:59,930 in the upper room for the promise of the Father. 16 00:00:59,930 --> 00:01:02,960 And in Acts 1:8, he says, you will receive. 17 00:01:03,030 --> 00:01:06,710 Receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. 18 00:01:06,710 --> 00:01:13,510 And you shall be my witnesses in both Jerusalem and Judea, Samaria 19 00:01:13,510 --> 00:01:15,510 and the ends of the earth. 20 00:01:15,670 --> 00:01:18,950 And so the way that I look at it is there's a Great Commission, 21 00:01:19,830 --> 00:01:21,910 then there's a great baptism. 22 00:01:22,230 --> 00:01:27,030 I really believe that Jesus knew they could not fulfill the Great 23 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:29,750 Commission without the Holy Spirit. 24 00:01:30,230 --> 00:01:33,590 They needed a fresh baptism of power. 25 00:01:34,150 --> 00:01:38,450 And so, as we read there in Acts 18, there's this promise. 26 00:01:38,770 --> 00:01:40,130 Power is coming. 27 00:01:40,530 --> 00:01:41,890 There's this promise. 28 00:01:41,890 --> 00:01:43,570 Great help is coming. 29 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:47,650 Maybe some of you have received a prophetic word before. 30 00:01:48,130 --> 00:01:49,770 Words of destiny. 31 00:01:49,770 --> 00:01:52,130 Words that God has a plan. 32 00:01:52,210 --> 00:01:54,530 God has a future for you. 33 00:01:54,850 --> 00:02:01,130 So let's see how God plans to activate his promise to them in Acts 34 00:02:01,130 --> 00:02:03,740 18 by reading Acts 8. 35 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:08,220 And Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. 36 00:02:08,540 --> 00:02:09,780 Him being Stephen. 37 00:02:09,780 --> 00:02:11,820 Stephen has just been martyred. 38 00:02:11,980 --> 00:02:16,260 And on that day, a great persecution arose against the church 39 00:02:16,260 --> 00:02:17,500 in Jerusalem. 40 00:02:17,580 --> 00:02:22,220 And they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and 41 00:02:22,220 --> 00:02:25,020 Samaria, except the apostles. 42 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:29,940 And some devout men buried Stephen and made loud cries over 43 00:02:29,940 --> 00:02:30,300 him. 44 00:02:30,780 --> 00:02:35,180 But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, 45 00:02:35,660 --> 00:02:39,420 dragging off men and women to put them in prison. 46 00:02:39,980 --> 00:02:46,060 So we're seeing here God's plan to bring forth his promise. 47 00:02:46,380 --> 00:02:50,700 And so, if you're taking notes, God's promise to the early 48 00:02:50,780 --> 00:02:56,780 church was activated through persecution. 49 00:02:57,750 --> 00:02:59,910 I don't know about you, but I would have passed. 50 00:03:01,110 --> 00:03:04,070 Okay, again, I really want to make sure you're tracking with me. 51 00:03:04,070 --> 00:03:08,990 I want to talk to you today about persecution, deception and 52 00:03:08,990 --> 00:03:12,070 the harvest and how it relates to our life. 53 00:03:12,230 --> 00:03:12,710 Okay? 54 00:03:12,710 --> 00:03:16,270 Jesus gives them the Great Commission in Matthew 28. 55 00:03:16,270 --> 00:03:17,590 Go make disciples. 56 00:03:17,990 --> 00:03:22,230 And Acts 1:8, he tells them, before you go and make disciples, 57 00:03:22,470 --> 00:03:23,510 you need power. 58 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:24,390 Say power. 59 00:03:24,950 --> 00:03:25,910 You need power. 60 00:03:25,990 --> 00:03:32,490 You need Holy Ghost power to be my witnesses in Judea and Samaria 61 00:03:32,490 --> 00:03:33,810 and the ends of the earth. 62 00:03:33,970 --> 00:03:38,970 They can't get to Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth 63 00:03:38,970 --> 00:03:41,570 unless there's persecution. 64 00:03:42,050 --> 00:03:43,890 So I see a great commission. 65 00:03:44,610 --> 00:03:49,330 I see a great baptism and I see a great persecution. 66 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:52,530 We make some practical application. 67 00:03:53,010 --> 00:03:58,210 There are some promises God has given some of us here this morning. 68 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:02,100 There are some prophecies that we have received. 69 00:04:02,820 --> 00:04:08,180 There are some good things that God wants to bring forth in 70 00:04:08,180 --> 00:04:12,580 our life that can only come forth during hard times. 71 00:04:14,419 --> 00:04:22,340 Jesus, the anointed one went to Gethsemane, which means oil press. 72 00:04:23,620 --> 00:04:30,760 The anointed one went to the oil press in order for what God had 73 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,720 put inside of him. 74 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:39,440 In other words, what gets squeezed out of you in on hard times 75 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,960 is a revelation of who we really are. 76 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:52,160 What gets squeezed out of us in hard times is a reality of where 77 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,440 our faith really is in Jesus. 78 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,320 And so the early church begins to be persecuted. 79 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,160 And Acts chapter 8. 80 00:05:02,460 --> 00:05:07,500 But the revelation here is that Jesus promise to them in Acts 81 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:12,940 1:8 for power can only come after persecution. 82 00:05:13,260 --> 00:05:15,260 And I want to speak to some people. 83 00:05:15,580 --> 00:05:17,740 You're wrestling through hard times. 84 00:05:18,219 --> 00:05:19,580 I want to speak to people. 85 00:05:19,580 --> 00:05:22,700 You're in a valley, you're in a storm. 86 00:05:22,940 --> 00:05:26,060 You're trying to make sense of what's happening. 87 00:05:26,140 --> 00:05:27,980 Why is someone sick? 88 00:05:28,300 --> 00:05:30,300 Why can't I get a job? 89 00:05:30,620 --> 00:05:37,460 I thought the prophet said, said imagine being David. 90 00:05:37,940 --> 00:05:41,180 I would have probably Facebook rebuked Samuel. 91 00:05:41,180 --> 00:05:48,900 Okay, Samuel goes to David and he anoints David king over Israel. 92 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:51,060 But you have to listen to me today. 93 00:05:51,380 --> 00:05:56,100 There's a difference between the anointing and the appointing. 94 00:05:57,700 --> 00:06:04,960 David anoints Samuel king over Israel, but he's not appointed king 95 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,440 until 13 years later. 96 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:13,120 The only prophecy David has is you're going to become king. 97 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,400 The reason why I joked about Facebook review rebuking Samuel is 98 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:23,240 I would just say, hey Sammy, I appreciate the word about me being 99 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:29,520 anointed king, but you kind of left out the 13 year period of being 100 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:35,040 chased by a demonized leader named Saul, who I thought was a father. 101 00:06:35,410 --> 00:06:36,370 Right, right, right, right. 102 00:06:36,370 --> 00:06:36,930 Yeah. 103 00:06:40,450 --> 00:06:43,330 God had given him a promise. 104 00:06:44,050 --> 00:06:47,090 God had given him a prophecy. 105 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:49,170 You are anointed king. 106 00:06:49,170 --> 00:06:50,530 But there was a process. 107 00:06:51,890 --> 00:06:58,210 There was a pressing, there was a persecution, there was a trial, 108 00:06:58,530 --> 00:07:00,130 there was a tribulation. 109 00:07:00,610 --> 00:07:06,450 There was something that he had to go through in order to ref 110 00:07:06,650 --> 00:07:12,010 define him as the man or for you, the woman of God that God has 111 00:07:12,010 --> 00:07:13,290 called you to be. 112 00:07:13,370 --> 00:07:16,170 So I want to speak strength to you today. 113 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:19,370 I want to speak encouragement you today. 114 00:07:19,690 --> 00:07:23,770 I want to exhort you, I want to comfort you. 115 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:30,890 The Bible says, don't Be surprised at trials as, as if some 116 00:07:30,970 --> 00:07:33,930 strange thing had happened to you. 117 00:07:34,410 --> 00:07:39,320 Now just for a moment, that there's a false gospel being preached 118 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:40,240 in America. 119 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:46,080 The false gospel is come to Jesus and you'll never have a problem 120 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:46,640 again. 121 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:53,480 You know how many people come to Jesus thinking somehow he's delivered 122 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,440 them from all their problems? 123 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,480 Listen, if we didn't have problems, there'd be no need for 124 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:00,000 faith. 125 00:08:03,570 --> 00:08:04,850 Jesus warned them. 126 00:08:04,850 --> 00:08:10,650 Are you building your house on the sand so that when the storms 127 00:08:10,650 --> 00:08:13,650 of life come, your faith is washed away? 128 00:08:14,290 --> 00:08:19,970 Or are you building your faith on the rock solid foundation of Jesus 129 00:08:19,970 --> 00:08:20,290 Christ? 130 00:08:20,370 --> 00:08:26,530 So again in this rooted series where V1 church is being welcomed, 131 00:08:26,850 --> 00:08:31,810 being invited to let your roots grow down deep. 132 00:08:32,210 --> 00:08:37,629 I'm encouraging you and exhorting you that whether our roots 133 00:08:37,709 --> 00:08:43,629 are down deep is oftentimes really determined in seasons of shaking. 134 00:08:44,189 --> 00:08:46,029 Really determined when things. 135 00:08:46,189 --> 00:08:50,188 And again, scripturally, marriage is a covenant. 136 00:08:52,029 --> 00:08:53,389 It's not a contract. 137 00:08:55,069 --> 00:09:00,149 It's not something that I bail on my wife because things aren't 138 00:09:00,149 --> 00:09:01,309 going my way. 139 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,920 I'm not, hey, I'm having a hard time at my job, so I quit. 140 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,680 Listen, we need a generation of no quitters. 141 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:16,360 We need a generation who learns how to persevere, who learns 142 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:22,000 how to get a backbone, who learns how to communicate, who learns 143 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,280 how to hit delete on dysfunctional marriage and family. 144 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,210 Come on, somebody, right? 145 00:09:28,210 --> 00:09:34,090 So I want to be somebody that when oppressing, that when a shaking, 146 00:09:34,410 --> 00:09:37,130 that when a persecution breaks out. 147 00:09:37,290 --> 00:09:41,690 Listen, the deeper you go in God, the less you can take with you. 148 00:09:41,930 --> 00:09:45,450 If you haven't been told you're part of a cult yet you're 149 00:09:45,450 --> 00:09:46,570 not doing it right. 150 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:56,340 Verse 4. 151 00:09:58,340 --> 00:10:03,100 Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the 152 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:03,540 word. 153 00:10:06,020 --> 00:10:10,100 What was their response to persecution? 154 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:14,620 I'm just going to keep doing the same thing I've always done because 155 00:10:14,620 --> 00:10:18,180 persecution's not causing me to shake in my boots. 156 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:21,780 Persecution is causing me to lace up my boots. 157 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:28,960 Nice try, devil. 158 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,040 Some of you need to serve him notice today. 159 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,800 Some of you need to take a stand today. 160 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,760 Some of you need to look the devil in the face and say, buddy, 161 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:41,520 it ain't working. 162 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:42,720 You little wimp. 163 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,440 You stirring up warfare. 164 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,480 You coming against me. 165 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,960 You, you sending this person at work, this little kid wiling out. 166 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,000 I mean this is like, listen, listen. 167 00:10:54,500 --> 00:10:56,420 My faith is unshakable. 168 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:59,780 My faith is not in my circumstances. 169 00:11:00,180 --> 00:11:02,100 My faith is in God. 170 00:11:03,780 --> 00:11:08,260 I tell people I prayed for people who have been healed of cancer. 171 00:11:08,420 --> 00:11:11,700 I prayed for people who have died of cancer. 172 00:11:11,940 --> 00:11:14,500 My faith is still unshakable. 173 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:15,380 Listen to me. 174 00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:18,580 Because My faith is not in miracles. 175 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:20,500 My faith is in God. 176 00:11:23,450 --> 00:11:25,130 I don't heal anyone. 177 00:11:25,530 --> 00:11:30,570 I just pray in faith for the sick and leave the results to God. 178 00:11:32,970 --> 00:11:36,890 So Philip is scattered and he just keeps preaching. 179 00:11:37,210 --> 00:11:42,970 He goes down to Samaria proclaiming Christ to them and multitudes. 180 00:11:42,970 --> 00:11:44,290 It's so, so awesome. 181 00:11:44,290 --> 00:11:46,650 I'll just kind of paraphrase for you. 182 00:11:46,810 --> 00:11:52,260 But as Philip is down in Samaria, he starts casting demons 183 00:11:52,260 --> 00:11:52,980 out of people. 184 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:55,460 The sick become healed. 185 00:11:55,620 --> 00:12:01,700 People start coming into the kingdom of God, all due to persecution. 186 00:12:02,260 --> 00:12:08,980 The promise of Jesus in 1 Acts 1:8, that they would receive power 187 00:12:09,140 --> 00:12:16,740 in order to be his witnesses cannot be accomplished unless persecution 188 00:12:16,740 --> 00:12:18,500 breaks out against the church. 189 00:12:18,820 --> 00:12:24,120 I'm telling you this morning, there are many promises and prophecies 190 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:29,520 that God has given you and I that cannot come to pass without 191 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:30,560 a process. 192 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,040 And many times the way God processes us. 193 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:41,280 Many times what we go through in life is God's way, not our way. 194 00:12:50,010 --> 00:12:52,890 I've had a call on my life since I was a young boy. 195 00:12:54,170 --> 00:12:57,130 I went down to college and pursued ministry. 196 00:12:57,850 --> 00:13:00,170 Then I get a call one day from my dad. 197 00:13:00,170 --> 00:13:04,250 He's crying, says Jeremiah, something's happened to your mom. 198 00:13:05,770 --> 00:13:07,770 I grew up a pastor's son. 199 00:13:08,010 --> 00:13:12,250 My mom ends up being diagnosed bipolar, schizophrenic. 200 00:13:12,570 --> 00:13:14,890 She ends up in a mental institution. 201 00:13:19,350 --> 00:13:21,270 I'm pursuing the call of God. 202 00:13:22,790 --> 00:13:27,110 I've got great promises, I've got great prophecies. 203 00:13:27,110 --> 00:13:32,030 But now I'm wrestling with a mom who grew up a pastor's wife who's 204 00:13:32,030 --> 00:13:33,750 no longer mentally well. 205 00:13:35,030 --> 00:13:37,430 You want to talk about faith shaken. 206 00:13:37,990 --> 00:13:40,570 You want to talk about what in the world is. 207 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,280 My dad steps down from ministry. 208 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,960 He becomes suicidal. 209 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,120 A man that I look to as my hero. 210 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,480 All of a sudden, his world has come crashing down. 211 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,879 In the years that followed, I would have a brother who, because 212 00:13:56,879 --> 00:14:00,640 of the crimes he committed, has been in a federal penitentiary 213 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,000 for the last 10 years. 214 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,120 Sometimes you stand up here and preach and people think you're 215 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:06,560 perfect. 216 00:14:07,620 --> 00:14:09,700 People think you're telling them to have faith. 217 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,540 Cause you've never had to have faith. 218 00:14:11,780 --> 00:14:14,660 Listen, I could tell you about some hell. 219 00:14:16,020 --> 00:14:19,460 I'm sure there's some people here that could tell me about some 220 00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:22,260 of the hell that you have been through. 221 00:14:22,660 --> 00:14:27,220 But I'm telling you, the substance of our faith is not just 222 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:27,820 measured. 223 00:14:27,820 --> 00:14:31,060 And you can shout on Sunday when things are good. 224 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:36,740 The measure of real faith is can you shout when the devil's waging 225 00:14:36,740 --> 00:14:37,060 war? 226 00:14:37,670 --> 00:14:39,910 Can you worship through your storm? 227 00:14:40,150 --> 00:14:45,350 Can you confess that God is good even though your family is crumbling? 228 00:14:48,070 --> 00:14:51,110 I'm inspired by the early church. 229 00:14:51,670 --> 00:14:54,710 I'm inspired by the saints of old. 230 00:14:55,030 --> 00:14:59,190 The more the devil threw at them, the more fired up they got. 231 00:15:02,230 --> 00:15:07,630 The more they were threatened with immediate death, the more crazier 232 00:15:07,630 --> 00:15:09,260 they got for the gospel. 233 00:15:09,970 --> 00:15:14,130 And I just want to tell you my perception of V1 church. 234 00:15:14,450 --> 00:15:17,170 I've heard you guys are the wild ones. 235 00:15:21,330 --> 00:15:22,770 And to me, what. 236 00:15:22,770 --> 00:15:26,210 What that means to me is these are people. 237 00:15:26,290 --> 00:15:29,330 You are people who have uncommon faith. 238 00:15:29,810 --> 00:15:31,130 You are people that. 239 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:36,010 Whether it's a storm, a trial, a tribulation, or everything's going 240 00:15:36,010 --> 00:15:37,250 great in your life. 241 00:15:37,650 --> 00:15:42,680 I believe I've been sent here today to call people back to the 242 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,520 reason why you signed up. 243 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:50,040 I sense at this service today, some of you once had a fire, and 244 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,800 that big flame has turned into a flickering wick. 245 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,240 You remember when you caught fire. 246 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,600 You remember when you first received deliverance. 247 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,040 You remember when so and so. 248 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,560 But now, after the months and weeks and days, you're starting to 249 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:11,000 try to. 250 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:11,880 Oh, man. 251 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:12,440 God. 252 00:16:12,580 --> 00:16:13,780 God, where are you? 253 00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:15,940 God, I can't feel you. 254 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:18,660 God, why did this happen to me? 255 00:16:18,740 --> 00:16:24,300 The Holy Spirit is reaching out to many of you today, saying, 256 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:26,180 I want to mark your life. 257 00:16:26,820 --> 00:16:30,380 I want to release a fresh fire to your life, brother. 258 00:16:30,380 --> 00:16:30,940 Right here. 259 00:16:30,940 --> 00:16:32,900 You're wearing a white polo. 260 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:33,660 You've got hair. 261 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,420 I would dream of longer hair. 262 00:16:35,420 --> 00:16:35,860 Right here. 263 00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:36,860 Chewing gum. 264 00:16:36,860 --> 00:16:38,070 Would you stand real quick? 265 00:16:40,140 --> 00:16:42,700 God is igniting a fire in your heart. 266 00:16:46,860 --> 00:16:47,420 He's. 267 00:16:47,980 --> 00:16:49,980 He's marking you afresh. 268 00:16:50,620 --> 00:16:54,540 There are things that you have gone through in your life where the 269 00:16:54,540 --> 00:16:58,700 enemy literally tried to choke the very breath from you. 270 00:16:58,940 --> 00:17:01,340 And God is reviving you today. 271 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:05,660 God is putting forth a testimony in you today. 272 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:08,540 I believe that God has called you. 273 00:17:09,430 --> 00:17:11,910 God has called you as a fisher of men. 274 00:17:12,390 --> 00:17:16,390 God has called you to influence people around you away 275 00:17:16,630 --> 00:17:21,430 from drugs, away from alcohol, away from chasing women. 276 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:25,110 There's a firebrand anointing on your life. 277 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:28,390 But sometimes you've got to go through the trial. 278 00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:30,390 You've got to go through the fire. 279 00:17:30,390 --> 00:17:34,390 But I hear the Lord saying, I will be the fourth man in the fire. 280 00:17:34,870 --> 00:17:38,710 Even as I was with Rad Shack, Meshach and Abednego. 281 00:17:39,250 --> 00:17:41,410 I'm going to be with you through the fire. 282 00:17:41,570 --> 00:17:44,530 You are a voice, not an echo. 283 00:17:44,850 --> 00:17:48,290 God has put his spirit on the inside of you. 284 00:17:48,450 --> 00:17:51,410 And you are mantled for family revival. 285 00:17:51,810 --> 00:17:56,610 You are mantled to break generational curses off of families. 286 00:17:56,930 --> 00:17:59,170 Let's give Jesus a round of applause. 287 00:19:16,991 --> 00:19:17,951 Now we're having fun. 288 00:19:24,751 --> 00:19:28,591 I mean, I remember crying in my bed, just like, what. 289 00:19:28,591 --> 00:19:29,551 What is this? 290 00:19:30,271 --> 00:19:34,671 Lord, I. I have these prophecies I have these promises 291 00:19:34,831 --> 00:19:35,471 I have. 292 00:19:35,471 --> 00:19:40,111 And, like, what's happened to my family was never prophesied to 293 00:19:40,111 --> 00:19:40,341 me. 294 00:19:41,211 --> 00:19:43,971 What's happened in it, it's like, again, it's like Sammy. 295 00:19:43,971 --> 00:19:49,011 Sammy gives David the prophecy about the anointing and the king 296 00:19:49,011 --> 00:19:52,731 over and just kind of leaves out the part of, like, the process. 297 00:19:53,131 --> 00:19:53,531 And. 298 00:19:53,611 --> 00:19:57,931 And sometimes God's promises take way longer than we think. 299 00:19:58,491 --> 00:20:03,771 We live in some microwavable prophecy generation where you get 300 00:20:03,771 --> 00:20:08,011 a prophecy Sunday, and if it doesn't happen on Monday, the guy's 301 00:20:08,011 --> 00:20:09,321 a false prophet. 302 00:20:09,561 --> 00:20:13,641 I'm just going to tell you real words from the Lord that carry 303 00:20:13,641 --> 00:20:14,121 weight. 304 00:20:14,361 --> 00:20:20,681 It takes time because it's as much about our character transformation 305 00:20:21,241 --> 00:20:24,521 as it is about stepping into destiny. 306 00:20:24,921 --> 00:20:30,281 God cares more about what he's doing on the inside of us than what 307 00:20:30,281 --> 00:20:32,281 he wants to do through us. 308 00:20:32,761 --> 00:20:37,051 And so Philip just keeps preaching they're being persecuted. 309 00:20:37,051 --> 00:20:37,731 Oh, good. 310 00:20:37,731 --> 00:20:39,291 There's a closed door here. 311 00:20:39,531 --> 00:20:41,531 I'm not going to become a victim. 312 00:20:41,531 --> 00:20:42,651 I'm a victor. 313 00:20:42,731 --> 00:20:43,051 Good. 314 00:20:43,051 --> 00:20:45,371 You don't want to hear the gospel over here. 315 00:20:45,371 --> 00:20:48,651 I'm just going to go find someone else that wants to hear it. 316 00:20:48,731 --> 00:20:50,811 I really feel like some of you need to hear. 317 00:20:50,811 --> 00:20:52,411 You are not a victim. 318 00:20:55,131 --> 00:20:56,491 You are not a victim. 319 00:20:56,491 --> 00:21:00,571 You are a more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. 320 00:21:01,251 --> 00:21:01,891 I get that. 321 00:21:01,891 --> 00:21:03,891 We've all been through, but you've got. 322 00:21:04,131 --> 00:21:08,291 I hear the Lord saying to some of you, stop throwing a pity party 323 00:21:08,291 --> 00:21:09,251 this summer. 324 00:21:12,211 --> 00:21:16,451 Stop calling, moaning, and complaining and whining. 325 00:21:16,451 --> 00:21:17,491 Intercession. 326 00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:22,131 God cannot bless what you keep cursing. 327 00:21:25,411 --> 00:21:26,811 People are like, God. 328 00:21:26,811 --> 00:21:31,141 God's not moving at my work because you keep cursing it. 329 00:21:31,701 --> 00:21:33,141 I'm not saying you're. 330 00:21:33,141 --> 00:21:35,221 You're dropping, you know, cuss words. 331 00:21:35,221 --> 00:21:38,821 What I'm saying is you've got to stop cursing. 332 00:21:38,981 --> 00:21:40,661 Lord, I hate this place. 333 00:21:41,061 --> 00:21:43,461 Lord, why did you send me to this place? 334 00:21:43,861 --> 00:21:46,341 Lord, this boss, this co worker. 335 00:21:46,341 --> 00:21:47,701 You're cursing it. 336 00:21:48,101 --> 00:21:51,141 God won't bless what you're cursing. 337 00:21:51,461 --> 00:21:55,541 The reason why it's dark is because you've got the light. 338 00:21:56,021 --> 00:21:57,461 Open up your mouth. 339 00:22:02,131 --> 00:22:04,691 Some of us are going to go through trials. 340 00:22:05,091 --> 00:22:07,931 Some of us are going to go through persecutions. 341 00:22:07,931 --> 00:22:11,811 And again, there's a difference between questioning God 342 00:22:11,891 --> 00:22:14,131 and asking God questions. 343 00:22:15,251 --> 00:22:20,851 There's a difference between questioning God and asking God questions. 344 00:22:21,171 --> 00:22:26,851 When you're going through hard seasons, it's okay to ask God questions, 345 00:22:27,011 --> 00:22:33,071 but to stick our finger in his face and begin to rage about what 346 00:22:33,151 --> 00:22:36,911 we can't control, it won't help you. 347 00:22:38,111 --> 00:22:43,151 Why is an invalid question that makes invalids. 348 00:22:45,310 --> 00:22:50,431 Why is an invalid question that makes you an invalid. 349 00:22:50,671 --> 00:22:56,711 There is many times in life, we will never know why until we meet 350 00:22:56,711 --> 00:22:58,191 him face to face. 351 00:22:58,831 --> 00:23:03,651 So when I am met with circumstances where I'm being persecuted, 352 00:23:03,731 --> 00:23:08,051 where I am being slandered, when things happen in my family, 353 00:23:08,211 --> 00:23:10,291 that's a trial or a tribulation. 354 00:23:10,931 --> 00:23:13,491 I'm not going to question God. 355 00:23:13,491 --> 00:23:18,971 I'm going to take a knee as a son to my father and say, father, 356 00:23:18,971 --> 00:23:19,811 you know best. 357 00:23:21,411 --> 00:23:22,171 I don't get it. 358 00:23:22,171 --> 00:23:24,131 I don't get it why this person died. 359 00:23:24,931 --> 00:23:26,171 I don't get it why my. 360 00:23:26,171 --> 00:23:27,491 I don't get it why my. 361 00:23:28,481 --> 00:23:30,241 And what do you do? 362 00:23:30,321 --> 00:23:30,641 Right? 363 00:23:30,641 --> 00:23:33,521 I've been paying my mom's bills for years. 364 00:23:36,161 --> 00:23:40,641 I travel and see all these great meetings and all these prophecies 365 00:23:40,641 --> 00:23:43,800 and all these miracles and all these breakthroughs. 366 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,281 And I go back each and every week and love my mom. 367 00:23:47,521 --> 00:23:50,881 I talk to somebody who's the lights are on and no one's home. 368 00:23:54,251 --> 00:23:56,491 See, God moved powerfully in the nation. 369 00:23:56,811 --> 00:24:01,091 And then in my town where my mom lives and I'm paying her bills, 370 00:24:01,091 --> 00:24:04,731 I'm met with the whispers of the devil. 371 00:24:07,531 --> 00:24:09,371 Some of you this morning. 372 00:24:09,611 --> 00:24:12,731 It's the whispers of the devil. 373 00:24:18,011 --> 00:24:19,931 He whispers, you're a fraud. 374 00:24:21,611 --> 00:24:23,611 He whispers, this isn't real. 375 00:24:24,411 --> 00:24:27,771 He whispers, your worship means nothing. 376 00:24:27,771 --> 00:24:31,451 He whispers, they're never going to be healed. 377 00:24:32,491 --> 00:24:37,811 He whispers all these demonic lies, he spews all his venom. 378 00:24:37,811 --> 00:24:43,291 And I personally have an opportunity each and every week to 379 00:24:43,291 --> 00:24:45,211 tell the devil, shut up. 380 00:24:49,911 --> 00:24:54,391 Because again, I. I might not see breakthrough in front of me, 381 00:24:54,471 --> 00:24:59,911 but I'm telling you, I am a steward of the breakthrough up here. 382 00:25:02,711 --> 00:25:05,591 See, I've been given the mind of Christ. 383 00:25:06,551 --> 00:25:09,191 I've been given the word of God. 384 00:25:09,751 --> 00:25:15,891 Just because I'm not seeing someone I love healed and front of 385 00:25:15,891 --> 00:25:19,411 me does not mean that God's not a healer. 386 00:25:20,451 --> 00:25:22,211 No, I'm going to preach to somebody. 387 00:25:22,771 --> 00:25:27,971 Just because I'm not seeing this person that I love delivered 388 00:25:27,971 --> 00:25:34,051 from addiction does not mean God can't break the power of addiction. 389 00:25:34,451 --> 00:25:40,771 I'm not going to allow my circumstances to dictate my level 390 00:25:40,771 --> 00:25:41,571 of faith. 391 00:25:42,291 --> 00:25:48,331 In fact, I'm gonna take every thought captive and make it obedient 392 00:25:48,331 --> 00:25:49,331 to Jesus. 393 00:25:49,731 --> 00:25:55,011 I'm gonna take every lie, every arrow that the devil flings 394 00:25:55,011 --> 00:26:00,371 my way and I'm going to command it to fall in Jesus name. 395 00:26:00,611 --> 00:26:06,451 I'm not going to let the lies of the enemy take root in my heart. 396 00:26:06,851 --> 00:26:09,431 In fact, I'm going to make can pay. 397 00:26:09,831 --> 00:26:13,911 See, I believe in something called double for your trouble. 398 00:26:14,231 --> 00:26:18,311 I believe that even if God hasn't healed My mom yet. 399 00:26:18,631 --> 00:26:20,671 I'm going to see moms healed. 400 00:26:20,671 --> 00:26:25,111 Across this nation, even with a brother locked up in a federal 401 00:26:25,191 --> 00:26:28,631 penitentiary, we are preaching to prisoners. 402 00:26:28,951 --> 00:26:32,151 We are calling captives to be set free. 403 00:26:32,551 --> 00:26:37,741 Because I refuse to allow the devil to have the last say. 404 00:26:38,061 --> 00:26:40,701 I refuse to allow him to win. 405 00:26:41,021 --> 00:26:43,821 I'm telling you, my God is Yahweh. 406 00:26:43,901 --> 00:26:46,381 He's the Lord, strong and mighty. 407 00:26:46,541 --> 00:26:48,861 I don't know what's in front of me. 408 00:26:49,101 --> 00:26:51,421 I don't know why it's happening. 409 00:26:51,581 --> 00:26:55,101 But I profess faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 410 00:26:55,421 --> 00:26:58,301 And I refuse to have shaky faith. 411 00:26:58,541 --> 00:27:01,281 I refuse to have have flaky faith. 412 00:27:01,521 --> 00:27:04,481 I refuse to be a fan of Jesus. 413 00:27:04,641 --> 00:27:07,041 I'm a follower of Jesus. 414 00:27:08,721 --> 00:27:09,321 Come on. 415 00:27:09,321 --> 00:27:10,881 I'm a wild one. 416 00:27:11,121 --> 00:27:12,801 You're a wild one. 417 00:27:12,961 --> 00:27:14,721 We're the one church. 418 00:27:15,041 --> 00:27:16,641 This is who we are. 419 00:27:16,961 --> 00:27:22,201 When the enemy comes in like a flood, God will raise up a standard 420 00:27:22,201 --> 00:27:23,201 against him. 421 00:27:23,361 --> 00:27:24,801 Who's the standard? 422 00:27:24,881 --> 00:27:27,201 You and I. I are the standard. 423 00:27:27,361 --> 00:27:32,161 We march underneath the banner of the Lord Jesus Christ. 424 00:27:32,481 --> 00:27:34,641 He will fight our battles. 425 00:27:34,881 --> 00:27:37,921 He's raising up an army in the earth. 426 00:27:38,081 --> 00:27:39,921 We're not perfect people. 427 00:27:40,321 --> 00:27:42,001 We have challenges. 428 00:27:42,241 --> 00:27:43,841 We have struggles. 429 00:27:44,001 --> 00:27:49,041 But we believe in Jesus, King of kings and Lord of Lords. 430 00:27:49,361 --> 00:27:53,931 He will heal them in this life or he will heal them in the next 431 00:27:53,931 --> 00:27:54,331 life. 432 00:27:54,571 --> 00:27:58,931 He will deliver them in this life or they will be delivered in 433 00:27:58,931 --> 00:27:59,851 the next life. 434 00:28:03,371 --> 00:28:05,611 Come on, give Jesus a shout. 435 00:28:06,011 --> 00:28:07,131 Give Jesus. 436 00:28:07,610 --> 00:28:09,771 Let's praise him in the storm. 437 00:28:10,011 --> 00:28:12,091 Let's praise him on the mountain. 438 00:28:12,331 --> 00:28:14,491 Let's praise them in the good times. 439 00:28:14,811 --> 00:28:17,051 Let's praise him through the hard times. 440 00:28:17,701 --> 00:28:18,661 Hallelujah. 441 00:28:25,781 --> 00:28:26,821 Hallelujah. 442 00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:29,112 This generation is tired of pretending, tired of hypocrisy. 443 00:29:29,672 --> 00:29:35,242 Tired of people who claim Jesus on Sunday and deny him on Monday. 444 00:29:44,042 --> 00:29:46,922 Lord, thank you for strengthening our faith today. 445 00:29:48,042 --> 00:29:51,722 Thank you for encouraging us in the midst of the storm. 446 00:29:52,362 --> 00:29:54,922 Thank you for strengthening our inner man. 447 00:29:54,922 --> 00:29:57,482 Thank you for the gathering of believers. 448 00:29:57,962 --> 00:30:00,562 The devil tries to isolate you. 449 00:30:01,352 --> 00:30:05,552 The devil tries to get you away from saints who have a kind 450 00:30:05,552 --> 00:30:09,992 of boldness and courage that can break through atmospheres. 451 00:30:10,232 --> 00:30:15,392 I'm telling you, it's okay to put your faith in God even when you 452 00:30:15,392 --> 00:30:16,232 don't understand. 453 00:30:20,312 --> 00:30:23,072 I've learned a few things in my walk with God. 454 00:30:23,072 --> 00:30:27,272 Like when I walk up to in church and I don't feel like praying. 455 00:30:27,682 --> 00:30:32,962 Go find the old Pentecostal lady who it seems all she does is 456 00:30:32,962 --> 00:30:34,002 pray in tongues. 457 00:30:34,802 --> 00:30:36,402 Stop hanging in the back. 458 00:30:36,882 --> 00:30:42,362 Stand right next to her during worship, and what's on her and in 459 00:30:42,362 --> 00:30:43,922 her will get on you. 460 00:30:45,602 --> 00:30:47,922 You don't feel like Worshiping today. 461 00:30:48,482 --> 00:30:51,682 Stop standing there looking like a statue. 462 00:30:51,922 --> 00:30:56,512 We're not at Frozen Chosen assembly with Pastor Frigidaire. 463 00:30:56,902 --> 00:30:59,142 We are at V1 Church. 464 00:30:59,462 --> 00:31:03,062 We are a group of the wild ones, right? 465 00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:06,502 We will become more undignified than this. 466 00:31:06,822 --> 00:31:09,622 We don't do statue worshiping. 467 00:31:09,862 --> 00:31:11,822 We don't do apathy. 468 00:31:11,822 --> 00:31:13,862 We don't do lethargy. 469 00:31:14,022 --> 00:31:16,182 We don't do complacency. 470 00:31:16,182 --> 00:31:21,342 If you come into the house of God and you don't feel like worshiping 471 00:31:21,342 --> 00:31:26,712 today, come down to the front and get around the Judah tribe, Get 472 00:31:26,712 --> 00:31:31,272 around the praisers, get around the worshipers, get around 473 00:31:31,272 --> 00:31:35,032 the people that have died to the opinions of men. 474 00:31:35,352 --> 00:31:36,392 And the only thing. 475 00:31:36,472 --> 00:31:38,152 Am I preaching to anybody? 476 00:31:45,112 --> 00:31:46,712 I want to pray for you today. 477 00:31:47,352 --> 00:31:50,952 I intended to preach the next 20 verses, but God stepped in. 478 00:31:51,192 --> 00:31:52,632 I want to pray for you today. 479 00:31:52,632 --> 00:31:56,362 I want to pray for some of you today to go all in. 480 00:31:58,112 --> 00:32:01,912 Some of you, if you're honest, your faith has literally just been 481 00:32:01,912 --> 00:32:03,792 limited to your circumstances. 482 00:32:05,552 --> 00:32:08,752 Jesus is nothing more than a crisis atm. 483 00:32:09,232 --> 00:32:12,192 You run to him when your things are shaking. 484 00:32:12,352 --> 00:32:14,672 You deny him when things are great. 485 00:32:15,392 --> 00:32:18,192 God wants to encourage a generation. 486 00:32:18,352 --> 00:32:18,752 Today. 487 00:32:18,912 --> 00:32:20,512 I'm the God of the mountain. 488 00:32:20,512 --> 00:32:22,032 And I'm the God of the valley. 489 00:32:22,732 --> 00:32:25,052 I'm not the author of confusion. 490 00:32:25,292 --> 00:32:27,772 God is not the author of cancer. 491 00:32:28,012 --> 00:32:31,612 God was not the author of my mom's mental illness. 492 00:32:31,772 --> 00:32:36,892 I refuse to believe that a good father finds enjoyment in making 493 00:32:36,892 --> 00:32:38,092 his kids sick. 494 00:32:41,372 --> 00:32:43,852 Some of you have been praying for prodigals. 495 00:32:44,252 --> 00:32:47,092 Some of you have been believing for breakthrough and it 496 00:32:47,092 --> 00:32:48,732 just seems like you're stuck. 497 00:32:49,302 --> 00:32:51,862 I want to invite you today to believe again. 498 00:32:52,182 --> 00:32:54,662 I want to invite you today to trust again. 499 00:32:54,982 --> 00:32:58,262 I want to invite you today to say, Lord, I might not understand, 500 00:32:58,582 --> 00:33:00,502 but God, I'm pressing through. 501 00:33:01,062 --> 00:33:10,942 Would you bow your heads with me, Lord, thank you that no one is 502 00:33:10,942 --> 00:33:13,942 here today by mistake or coincidence. 503 00:33:17,392 --> 00:33:21,272 Thank you that you loved us so much that you woke us up even this 504 00:33:21,272 --> 00:33:21,632 morning. 505 00:33:24,512 --> 00:33:26,672 I want to pray for two groups this morning. 506 00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:29,352 Number one, I want to pray for those of you. 507 00:33:29,352 --> 00:33:33,192 If you died tonight, you are not certain where you would spend 508 00:33:33,192 --> 00:33:33,872 eternity. 509 00:33:34,672 --> 00:33:37,152 You're living a lifestyle of sin. 510 00:33:38,992 --> 00:33:43,552 You're constantly given over to a lifestyle of sin. 511 00:33:44,192 --> 00:33:48,032 Maybe you hop into a church service every once in a while, but 512 00:33:48,032 --> 00:33:52,112 God sees you and knows you even when you're not here. 513 00:33:52,832 --> 00:33:56,992 The love of God is calling out to you this morning saying, put your 514 00:33:56,992 --> 00:33:58,352 trust in me. 515 00:33:58,992 --> 00:34:00,992 Put your faith in me. 516 00:34:00,992 --> 00:34:04,632 Let me take the weight, the penalty of your sin. 517 00:34:04,632 --> 00:34:08,452 Let me take the shame and guilt and condemnation. 518 00:34:09,332 --> 00:34:16,612 Come to me that's you. 519 00:34:16,612 --> 00:34:21,052 If you want to make a first time decision for Jesus, maybe you've 520 00:34:21,052 --> 00:34:24,612 fallen away and you want to rededicate your life to him. 521 00:34:24,612 --> 00:34:26,772 Would you just slip up your hand quickly? 522 00:34:28,532 --> 00:34:29,732 Thank you, who else? 523 00:34:29,812 --> 00:34:30,332 Thank you. 524 00:34:30,332 --> 00:34:32,532 Who else, Lord? 525 00:34:32,532 --> 00:34:37,172 Thank you, Holy Spirit, for drawing hearts to yourself this morning. 526 00:34:40,932 --> 00:34:47,172 Want to encourage in your own words, believe in your heart and 527 00:34:47,172 --> 00:34:49,692 confess with your mouth that Jesus is. 528 00:34:49,692 --> 00:34:51,972 Lord, turn away from your sins. 529 00:34:53,012 --> 00:34:57,692 Jesus will take that burden, that bondage that you've been carrying 530 00:34:57,692 --> 00:35:00,932 and he'll give you his life in exchange. 531 00:35:02,462 --> 00:35:03,342 Thank you, Lord. 532 00:35:05,662 --> 00:35:06,702 Thank you, Lord. 533 00:35:07,822 --> 00:35:08,782 Thank you, Lord. 534 00:35:09,422 --> 00:35:11,622 Finally, I want to pray for a second group. 535 00:35:11,622 --> 00:35:13,502 I want to pray for a group of people. 536 00:35:14,702 --> 00:35:18,622 You're walking with Jesus, you're one of his followers. 537 00:35:19,502 --> 00:35:23,862 But the Holy Spirit today has confirmed his word to you. 538 00:35:23,862 --> 00:35:30,112 There is a process, there is a timing, there is things in life, 539 00:35:30,112 --> 00:35:33,032 there are challenges, there is persecution. 540 00:35:34,632 --> 00:35:38,432 But today you're saying, lord, I'm all in, though none go with me, 541 00:35:38,432 --> 00:35:40,272 I will follow, Lord. 542 00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:43,112 No matter the circumstances, I will follow. 543 00:35:43,192 --> 00:35:45,232 If that's you, would you just raise your hand? 544 00:35:45,232 --> 00:35:48,632 And I'm going to raise my hand with you because as I've shared this 545 00:35:48,632 --> 00:35:49,912 morning, I'm in the fight. 546 00:35:50,392 --> 00:35:52,282 I'm in the active faith route. 547 00:35:53,152 --> 00:35:57,072 I'm daily trusting Jesus, I'm daily pressing through. 548 00:35:57,072 --> 00:36:01,992 Lord, we lift our hands today in solidarity saying, Jesus, we love 549 00:36:01,992 --> 00:36:02,352 you. 550 00:36:07,632 --> 00:36:09,232 He gives and takes away. 551 00:36:09,632 --> 00:36:11,232 He gives and takes away. 552 00:36:12,032 --> 00:36:16,352 Still my heart will choose to say, blessed is the name of the Lord. 553 00:36:17,152 --> 00:36:21,371 Lord, we trust our lives to you, our families, our marriages. 554 00:36:22,571 --> 00:36:25,611 Lord, we will not let go of faith. 555 00:36:30,091 --> 00:36:34,091 Lord, encourage our faith today, strengthen our faith today. 556 00:36:34,491 --> 00:36:39,531 There is purpose, there is perks. 557 00:36:39,771 --> 00:36:45,502 On the other side of hard times, Lord, we keep pressing, we 558 00:36:45,502 --> 00:36:48,022 keep walking, we keep believing. 559 00:36:49,382 --> 00:36:50,902 It's in the name of Jesus. 560 00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:52,262 I pray. 561 00:36:52,262 --> 00:36:55,462 Can we give Jesus a big, big round of applause? 562 00:36:55,462 --> 00:36:56,742 I want to invite.