Are You Willing to Lose? - Stephanie Ike

hey family I'm pastor touré Hester Sara we just want to greet you before you get ready to watch this powerful message we believe it's going to change your life we've been praying for you and we also want you to partner with us in changing the lives of others as you know we're invested a lot into technology so that we can continue to bring the word to you and innovative in creative ways but we don't just stop there we also believe in blessing people in a more pragmatic way that's right you're about to watch this video that is going to tremendously bless you but what you don't get to see is how we're blessing people off of the pulpit there are families that are being fed there are women who are being saved from human trafficking there are so many organizations that we are able to support thanks to your generosity so we want to invite you to be a part of changing the world with this yeah we've been very intentional in this season to to partner with organizations and support them financially that are making a difference considering their crisis so we just thank you they're giving instructions on the screen here partner with us and let's get into this word I want us to jump right into the scripture and when I read it some things may seem a little confusing but I'm gonna give some context to it and give you a little bit of a backstory and so we're gonna look at John 6 62 66 now if you have your Bibles at home because you're home so I believe you got some Bibles at home if not you have your phone turn open your phone and let's read the Word of God now it says many of his followers heard this and said now the person they're referring to is Jesus many of Jesus's followers heard this and said this teaching is too hard who can listen to it and I'm gonna talk about what teaching they're referring to and it's interesting because some scriptures they say this teaching is too hard who can understand it then without being told Jesus knew that they were grumbling about this so he said to them does this make you want to give up suppose then that you would you should see the Son of Man go back up to the place where he was before what gives life is God's Spirit human power is of no use at all the words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving spirit yet some of you do not believe Jesus knew from the very beginning who were the ones that would not believe and which one would betray him and he added this is the very reason I told you not a told you that no people can come to me unless the father makes it possible for them to do so because of this many of Jesus's followers not a few not some many of his followers turned back and would not go with him anymore now what is happening in the scripture is that in John 6 this is the moment where Jesus had that five thousand over five thousand people that he fed with a little boys lunch so you have all these people that are gathering around Jesus and his disciples are like Lord how are we gonna feed them and there's this little boy who has some food and they're like oh he has five loaves of bread and two fish and Jesus takes that five loaves of bread and two fish and he multiplies it to the point that it feeds over 5,000 people and we know it's over 5,000 because even though the scripture says 5,000 it was only referring to the men there were women there there were children there and can you imagine when it's a miracle by Jesus now I'm reminded that when Jesus turned water into wine they said there was the best wine in the party so we imagine when Jesus multiplies bread and fish it's like corn bread and banana bread all in one I'm sure it was a feast of their lives they had never seen anything like that bread and that fish and what is beautiful is that the scripture tells us that everyone who ate ate to their satisfaction they ate as much as they wanted so this happens maybe a few people had ideas they fall asleep the next day shows up and that next morning all of a sudden people are looking for Jesus the Bible tells us that there was a crowd looking for him and now what is interesting is that the crowd was not looking for our Lord because they were looking for the Messiah they were looking for the Savior they were looking for the one who would feed their four they were looking for him for the wrong reasons not because of his teachings but they were like yo that bread was lit Jesus you got some more they were looking for him because of the miracle that he did now Jesus being Jesus he discerned that the intention of their desire he discerned that the reason you seek after me is not because you seek after the say there is not because you seek after what that which comes from God is not none of that you're seeking after me to feed your flesh and it's interesting also family because there are times and seasons that what God calls us to do for a person in the season is not what he's calling us to do for them continually what happened in that moment was unique what Jesus recognized you guys have been with me all day hey I'm not gonna let you just go out by yourselves I'm gonna provide food for you now the people are coming again not because of the words that he speaks in our life but they're looking for that with feeds their flesh Jesus then says something to them he says do not long after food that perishes rather you should long after food that brings eternal life in this he was speaking about himself he says to them I am the bread of life but then he does something which is so fascinating because he gives an analogy which is a little extreme he says to them that if you don't eat my flesh and drink of my blood that there would be no life in you all of this is in John chapter 6 right and the people when they heard this they took his say in literal they're like wait how do we drink of your flesh and eat of I mean eat of your flesh and drink of your blood but Jesus was strategic in what he said because he recognized that only those who come who follow me for the right reasons only those who value Who I am only those who recognize that I am the son of the Living God that I am the Messiah that when I say something that sounds like a riddle when I say something that sounds like like this puzzle and this mystery those are the people that would enquire Lord can you explain what you said you see their their accounts in the Bible where Jesus would speak to the crowd and he would speak in parables but when he would come back to a secret place with his disciples they would inquire Lord can you go deeper into what you said he said this was the difference that when people saw Jesus because of who they recognized he is all of a sudden they became humble they became a student before him they recognized that your words alive so even though I don't understand it it doesn't mean that there's not something in it for me but those that were seeking for the wrong reasons if what he said did not appease their flesh all of a sudden they got offended so when Jesus said that the people are offended the crowd is offended and that as a result they walk away from him so that is where we got to in the scripture when it says this is too hard of a teaching who can listen to this who can understand this because they were there all along because they're looking for Jesus hey hey Jesus can you give us some more food and Jesus is looking at them like this is not my assignment and this morning you see one of the things I love about the Lord is that from the very beginning he made it very clear that my will is to do the Father's will not his will not the will of the people the Father's will and what is powerful in this moment is that Jesus is aware that the result of what he will say will cause the crowd to leave him that many would walk away from him but he was never moved by the crowd he was always moved by his assignments if the crowd became a distraction to what God had called him to do he would walk away from them you see my message this morning for those that are taking notes is are you willing to lose the Lord said something to me a few days ago which really struck me and he said you wouldn't know what you were qualified to gain by what you are willing to lose you see Jesus one of the things that qualified him to walk out his purpose was the ability to lose the crowd he was never looking for the crowd he was never looking to be popular he was never looking to appease people he was never looking for the applause matter of fact one of the things that took him to the cross was the fact that he said things that the people did not want to hear his ability to say hey I'm not living for this natural this earthly crowd I'm living for the applause of the Father that was one of the things that qualified him and so when the Lord said to me you would know what you were qualified to gain by what you were willing to lose it struck me because you see family we live in a digital age right and so for many followers back then yeah I mean it's not really what follow us today is but it's it's closed right on social media we're like everybody especially now everyone is really you know tight neck about their followers and all that stuff it's crazy because people have even started businesses on selling fake followers I still don't understand it but it's a thing and so there is this idea of we want the crowd that the crowd gives this illusion that because you have this many people following you then you must be doing something right it gives this illusion of validation this illusion of acceptance this illusion of authority or influence but yet we see that the one who was most influential very easily never cared about the crowd you know what's so interesting is that very often I've also been a victim to this we find ourselves in spaces and in times where we have an instruction from the Lord to do something and because that instruction does not go well with the crowd and the crowd for you may look different the crowd may be your Instagram page because maybe that's your business page the crowd maybe your family it may be your the people you work with the crowd symbolizes where your applause comes from what your agreement comes from the people you look to and if they're applauding you and if they agree with you then you feel like I should keep going that is what the crowd symbolizes and many times we don't do the things that the Lord is calling us to do because it doesn't fit well with whatever type of crowd that we have you know there's something so interesting about fear that the Bible tells us the Lord said that I have not given you the spirit of fear but of power love and a sound mind and the first thing that speaks to me is that fear does not come from within us now I'm not talking about the fear when you think about bungee jumping you should be a little afraid right I'm talking about the fear that has torment in it the fear that causes stagnancy the Lord said I've not given you that fear is not natural to you so already it tells us that this type of fear is caused by external factors and what I began to realize that anytime that we are moving in this fear-based mentality because of our crowd and it could be as subtle as when we post a photo and it has five likes and we take it down because we're like well nobody saw it so you know or it could be more exposed when there's that very thing that is echoing in our hearts and in our minds that God has called you to do and you are hesitant because of the fear of rejection you see that fear tells us something that we are not afraid of what we have the ability to produce we're not afraid that we can execute we're not afraid that we can perform another fraid that we can speak we're not afraid that we can see we're not afraid of our ability it is always the fear of how that would be received that Lord when I bring this forth you see it's it's funny even the idea of stage fright that when you come on a stage all of a sudden you're shaking most speakers I would even try to go on the limp and say all speakers are comfortable speaking in their homes in the privacy of their homes I started speaking in front of my dog when I was a kid it and then I graduated to multiple teddy bears just around the bed and I would walk around and all of a sudden if one is looking at me funny I'll lay hands on you know we need the Pooh say receive the Spirit of the Lord and so I was never worried about speaking in those areas and that told me that I was never afraid about my ability to speak but the idea of stage fright for instance it's not that which comes from you is that which comes from external factors how would it be received are people gonna like what they hear is this gonna be there they gonna applaud me are they gonna be silent and so this concept of fear it's not even natural to us but then we talk about it and we make it that make it sound like it's a sexy thing like man I'm just afraid and there's nothing about it that is appealing because it's not even you and yet we limit ourselves because we're looking at the crowd you see the reason I'm sharing this message is because the Lord began to speak to me that in the time and season that we're in there's gonna be innovative ideas and it's gonna be things that he's gonna call us to that your crowd is not gonna be in full agreement with that whatever you knew your crowd to be that there's some things that they would not understand and for a moment you may lose some followers you may lose your crowd but you will lose your crowd to gain the people that you're called to you see Jesus was always so quick it's funny in this John chapter 6 right after he did this five thousand plus miracle the people wanted to make him King and when he saw that the people wanted to make him King he walked away from them he just did you know Jesus is like Slick Rick you know he just finds a way to escape the people he was never moved about this idea of let me fit their mold Jesus recognized that his mold never came from people that his mode came from the Father and what ever the father said is that which he would do and so in my prayer for you I said Lord begins to show them the decisions that they're supposed to make the Lord worked on me he showed me some things that I had been holding back onto and I began to pray from that posture that Lord whatever decisions they need to make whatever action they need to take whatever step they're you've called them to whatever innovative ideas that you're calling them to do in this time there are some people that you are comfortable being behind the scene and the Lord is saying it's time for you to step in front of a camera there's some that ought you you in your room you love writing music and you like singing to yourself and maybe you have a Winnie the Pooh that you think too and then you kick to make it look like a fell out and just the beauty of your voice whatever it is you're not really afraid you're more concerned about the applause that will come from the crowd and the Lord showed me that when you are willing to lose this illusion of being validated by people you would gain everything that I have for you you see the scripture tells us something so beautiful it says that those who are willing to lose their life will find it those who are willing to lose their life would find it do you know what it cost for you to have an identity the Bible tells us that when Jesus ascended into heaven he gave gifts unto men that that Salant you have that idea that you have that it was paid for on the cross it costs something to be you I'm not just talking about the sacrifices that you have to make it costs the Lord something for you to even have a glimpse of who you are that every time that the Lord shows you every reveals a layer of your identity and you speak against it that it is like putting Jesus back on the cross it cost something the Bible tells us that our lives are hidden in him but do you know what it hook to find that do you know what it took to have relationship with the father it took the cross and so when we think about the cross we're not just thinking about salvation we're not just thinking about victory we're also thinking about identity and the things that we have the grace to access in the presence of God that every time that we feel as though you know it's funny and I've been the victim of this too that the Lord will speak to you about yourself and you feel like you have the audacity to say God I'm not gonna do it and we still in that posture say you know what God whatever you want me to do I'll do I love you Jesus but the Word of God tells us that those who love the Lord obey His commandments that when it comes to your relationship with God love is not just a four-letter word it's not just the thing that we do with our friends and say I love you to love you love love you that love is revealed in actions that those who love me it is revealed by their obedience to my word there are some of you and you get there even right now as I'm speaking the Spirit of the Lord is bringing things to your memory and placing things on your heart their ideas and their titles that the Lord has said my son my daughter this is who you are and we feel as though God I don't I'm not I'm not for this do you know sometimes the crowd can be the crowd in your head the crowd of your experiences the crowd of your exposure that because of what you were exposed to you feel that God if you're calling me into this then I feel like it's gonna be like what I've seen and you are placing a limitation on who the Lord is that when the Lord says that behold I do a new thing when I'm calling you to something the title may look the same but the way is different what is it that God has placed on your heart what is because we should not be like those that deceive ourselves that say God speak to me God showed me God what is it you're calling me to do because the beautiful thing about relationship with God is that every step leads to another and so you might be in a place and the word that that would take you from where you are to where you need to go to the next step of your life is your obedience to this one thing that God has said and you feel as though God maybe I can skip you know this is not oh no well you could just skip a person and continue the game no for those who play you know I love you know Google Uno okay but it's not like that it's not a game when it comes to the Lord there is no skipping of steps what we end up doing is that years go by and we find ourselves back in the same position the same word have you ever had a moment in your life where there was something that the Lord spoke to you about and in that moment you were disobedient to it and you kept going about your life five years later you're praying to the Lord and you're saying God give me a vision for my life the same word comes back to you because there's no you don't skip steps with God the Bible says that he knows the end from the beginning you're not your life is not a new thing before God he already or dangerous steps he already finished out the lane that he's been he's called you to and that is why when you work what the Lord says about you it works because it's already been assigned it's already been Heaven has already there there are angels already assigned to the path that God created for you there is a lane that has your name on it and God has finished it and so when he places you on the earth he's simply saying starts what I finished and so you can't just skip steps that is why even when he placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden there was something that had been finished and when the enemy came to steal it the story could not end that way they had to be Redemption because that was never the plan of God the God says no we're not gonna skip this step of the enemy taking what I have for my people no there has to be redemption they has to be restoration because who we are called to would not be we felt that connection and intimacy to the Father and so the Lord Jesus had to come to restore that intimacy with his voice what has God said to you and what crowd do you need to lose what crowd do you need to let go of that you may gain and grab hold of everything that you are you see in this season so many things are shaking up so many things and like the scripture that says those who are willing to lose their life would find it right before that it says those who cling to their life would lose it could it be that in a season like this where we were being forced into a new normal it's not about clinging to the ways of old because if something in your life had the ability to be shaken up and be uprooted could that be the Lord calling you to become curious about what cannot be shaken about you could that be an invitation to say my son my daughter why don't you discover the words about you that cannot fail that when you see things around you and it crumbles that there is something connected to your life that is fail-proof and that is the word of God assigned to you the Word of God must work in your life because he is the word so forgot to say something and it doesn't work it is speaking against himself God is married to his word because that's who he is what is God speaking about you what is it that is being shaken up so that you would discover the truth about you that cannot be shaken and will you be willing to lose the crowd will you be willing to lose those that would applaud your decision will you be willing to lose those that would say wow that that looks like God right there what if people can see it now it doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with having people that support you not at all it's only dysfunctional way you are when you rest upon your approval when you are defined by their applause but what happens when it's not there will you be okay knowing that your applause the only applause that matters is that which comes from God you see the truth that I'm supposed to tell you is that there are things that the Lord will ask you to do and you will lose favor with men not all people but you will lose favor with some but you will have favor with God and when you have favor with God that is all you need in this life do you know that the Israelites when they were walking when they were leaving Egypt when they had been freed from slavery the very people that have put them in bondage but the very people that gave them their gold when you have favor with God God can use your enemies to bless you because He is God he is in control and so the one you want a sick favor with is not with people you want to find favor with the Lord because if there is one thing that this season has taught us it's not your relationships that will bring you out it's not your relationships that will make you immune you want favor with the Lord there's something that even with people's best intentions they cannot help you there are certain areas of your life because they're being affected just as much as you are and so why don't we start seeking out the words that God has spoken about us and not just seeking them out but to engage in not so long ago the Lord taught me something that really spoke to me that often times what may seem like pride before people is humility before him and in this he was showing me that anytime we embrace what he says about us that that is actually humility because we are not resting on what we know about ourselves we're not relying on what we feel okay maybe this is my strength or this is my weakness none of that that we are relying that we are so render to his word and from that place we can be as bold as a lion because that is who God said I am that from that place I can do anything that it may seem crazy to you but God said it about me and so I'm going for it that is actually humility that your ability to speak boldly about what God says about you is not pride it's only prior to the people that are comfortable with you being small are you surrounding yourself with people that are comfortable with you shrinking is that the version that appeals to them more and so you're afraid to shine your light because you don't want people to stop applauding you but what are they applauding Jesus was never interested in people applauded in him for giving them food that was not his anxious he said look if that is why you seek me you can leave because that is not my assignment that is not my mission you could get food from the marketplace I am NOT here to be just another person because the funny thing and this is homework for you read all of John chapter 6 the funny thing is that when Jesus tells them that he is the bread of life you know what they tell him they're like you know can you do something can you perform a miracle can you do a sign and a wonder he just took five loaves of bread and two fish and fed over 5000 of y'all and you say can you do something so they were never looking at him with the intention of what they could truly glean from him from the spiritual perspective they were never looking at him as the Son of God they were just looking at him for what appeases their flesh are you around people that you're spiked by you shrinking it makes them feel big that you shrinking makes them feel like you know what I'm doing something myself look at me just chill II know and sometimes you have to become accountable to your own self why are you shrinking what is it that God is telling you to do family this is a time that great innovation would be released the revelation to innovate to speak into the times that we are in would be released upon the earth and it's not gonna be popular but it's going to be effective and it's going to be impactful and the thing about what works what truly works is that it takes time to beyond to unfold and so if you're waiting if you're looking for what would happen instantly you're gonna miss it you may lose some people but you were getting the right people eventually and so can we be committed to that can we be like Abraham when the Lord said to him leave everything you know and come to a place I would show you the Lord did not even give him a map unfortunately there was no GPS at the time to say this is your destination go his GPS was the Spirit of God to a place I will show you I would lead you there and at this time there are things that God would speak to you about and the Spirit of God would be your guide he will lead you and he would order your steps but we have to be bold in this season to say God I am who you say I am and I will do what you say I should do that just like Jesus we would say my will is to do the Father's will and you will not be confused about what what God's will is he made that very clear to me you know last week I was about the interpretation of dreams God wants to make his will concerning your life very clear to you and he will it's not something you will be confused about it's not something you should feel you know anxious about God what is it you're saying it's none of that but when it becomes clear to you make sure you take that step forward don't worry about the naysayers don't worry about losing the crowd do you know that it is the fear of losing the crowd that a starting man named King saw that that is what removed him from power that is what removed him from the place that the Lord set him up that is what removed him from the place of authority because he was looking to the people and not looking to the Word of God what is God speaking in this time what decisions do you need to make no longer we don't have the time to waste because the truth is life is a gift we don't know how long we have on this earth and the time that we do have we want to do the right thing with it I don't want to wake up one day and I'm in heaven and I'm like oh my gosh is this a dream and then the Lord says now you're not dreaming and I'm like but God I had all these things to do and he says I had a time that there was a time allocated for the things you were supposed to do so I didn't take you early you just did not discern what to do with the times you know it's so interesting there was a moment where I was asking the Lord I was like could it be that you take people early you know I mean sometimes you know like because there are times when I we hear about someone who passed away and it was like natural causes nothing you know complicated and even sometimes when it's complicated it may still be a vehicle that the Lord uses but there was one particular death I heard about and when I heard about it I was like god this person had so much they wanted to do they had so much they talked about and it all sounded like Kingdom what was the problem why don't you give them you know 10 more years to execute these things and that is when the would revealed a mystery to me that it's not that he took them early but that the things that he speaks to us they have times and seasons and it is not it is and the reason why God is so eager to speak to you God is so eager to share his will with you is because there is an open door there's an open window there is a season for you to execute what the Lord said what we think that we do is the Lord speaks to us we're very clear that the Lord spoke to us and we choose not to honor the moment because you honor the moment by taking a step in that direction we choose not to honor the moment and we walk away from it and then we have the audacity ten years later to say WOW God gave me this amazing idea I need to revisit it and there could be grace that another window opens but what if that first window was the only window and then we feel as though God but I have all these things to do in me and he says there was a season for it but now I want you to focus on the next thing I'm calling you to and so family why am I saying this because the truth of the matter is your relationship with God is not this fluffy thing it's not this thing you can do on your own accord it's not this thing that puts you in control we like to think that sometimes and because of that mentality because of the mentality that God I could do this on my own time in my own free will because of that mentality we hesitate because of that mentality we feel as though I don't have to honor the moment of what you said there was something that the Lord spoke to me about one time and he said so clearly to me said my daughter if you do not do this and the season I've told you to you would revisit this in ten years ten whole years can you imagine that if I did not pay attention to that the fruit I would have missed out on that what should have been producing fruit for my life in those ten years but I waited and that window closed in the next window of opportunity to revisit that because when God speaks you need the grace of God to perform what he says and so what what I'm talking about with the window is that there is a window of grace there is a window of opportunity there's a window that the right relationships come to you to execute what the Word of God said and when we missed that window now we have to wait for the next one and while I'm sharing this with your family this is a hard reality it's for us to be it's for us to value the Word of God it's for us to value what is it that God is speaking about my life I don't want to live in this illusion that I'm in control and whenever I want to get to it I can when you have the grace to do something do it it's just like fasting in order for me the fast there is a grace that comes upon me and I know that that grace comes from the Lord because when that grace is not there family it will be 6:30 in the morning I'm like oh my gosh I am starving but when there is a grace it doesn't faze me when there is a grace on your life to execute what God has said concerning you when all of a sudden you realize that there was a word that God gave you the next thing you know you're connected to people that are telling you hey I can help you with this hey oh that's what I do oh my god don't dishonor the moment honor it by taking a step forward don't worry about the crowd focus on what God is saying this is how we get in alignment and stay there our relationship with God we have to come back to that place where we reverence God where we reverence his voice where we reverence his presence it is not this thing of just like you know yo Jesus yeah he's a friend but he's also our Lord and so never focus so much on the friend that you lose sight that he your Lord and he is your king and so family in this place in that posture if you know because some of you right now I just sense it on your heart you feel as though you need to repent and repent means you need to change your mind that God I haven't been honoring the things you've told me I had that moment when God gave me this word I cried like a child because it reminded me that God maybe in some ways I've lost reverence for what comes so easy that because I can hear you that perhaps I've lost the ability to honor the moment that you speak that maybe I became selective to say you know what that that seems more appealing to me this one I'm not sure but this is the difference between Friends of God and children of God we're all children but it takes a certain type of person to be a friend and we want to be friends of God we want to honor the moment that he speaks only what he says and run after it and so if you know that's you and you're saying god I want to come back to that place of reverence I want to come back to that place of honor that I don't want to honor people more than I honor you I don't want to honor their presence more than I honor yours you see sometimes some people may say God it's even it's too hard of a thing for me to wake up early to seek you but I guarantee you if your favorite celebrity or influencer tells you that they want to have a conversation with you at 2:00 in the morning you would be awake at 12:45 showered up in everything even though they can see it's unfunny but you'll probably be showered so if we can do that for people what about God what about the king of kings and the Lord of lords and so if you know you're coming back to that place of reverence in the comments right now I want you to say coming home coming home because that is what home is about home is the place where we honor home is the place where we reverence his presence we reverence his word home is the place where we recognize that Lord it is an honor to even stand before you it is an honor to even know that you speak to me about my life because every time you give me your word that means you see in me the ability to become who you say I am I don't want to keep putting you back on the cross with my pride I want to submit myself in humility and walk out the things that you have said concerning me I don't want to play I don't want to Dibble and dabble in this idea of I'm scared that's not from me no God if you said it I'm running after it if running after it means I lose life as I know it then that's okay I don't want to cling to a life that is fading away I want to cling to what you know about me because that has the certainty of victory and so family if that's you keep putting in the comments I'm coming home I'm coming home if you know you maybe you stumbled on this message today and you care and something just drew you in but you have not made the Lord your Savior you have not embraced Jesus into your heart I want you to put in the comments - I'm coming home because maybe you felt as though I this Christianity thing you know they got so many rules and regulations and I want to live my best life but something drew you here it's not about rules it's not about regulation every time God speaks a word to you even the things that God says you should not do it's not because of him it's not because by you not doing it it makes him more God whether you do whether you don't he will still be God but his words are for you that he is your Creator he knows things about you that you are yet to understand about yourself and he recognizes the habits that were formed from brokenness you may feel like I don't want to let this thing go and God says it's not even you this habit you have this pattern you have this routine you have it came from a place that was broken and I want to lead you into wholeness you may feel like God I don't want to give up this drug I don't want to give up this way of life and he says that did not come from a place of wholeness is not about me sleeping around that's not wholeness that is rooted in brokenness and so the things that you feel like you've been running away from God because of it's actually for you and right now you feel the tug on your heart some of you may feel heat on your chest and that is the presence of God just resting knocking saying let me in let me in and wherever you I want you to just open up your arms and surrender and say God Here I am I'm your son I'm your daughter I'm no longer running away not from the crowd in my mind or the crowd around me I'm not gonna lean into that no more but I'm gonna lean into you and so pray with me family Heavenly Father we thank you for this moment we thank you for your presence it is resting right now in the homes of your people we thank you Lord that we are coming back to that place of reverence for your voice for your presence we think you heavenly father that we would honor every moment that you speak to us we would honor being in alignment with you we will not try to be in control of our lives Lord God but we would recognize that your word comes with a season and every time we see the sign of the seasons approaching Lord we would honor it we thank you Lord because even right now there are things that you have spoken to people long time ago I just see it so clearly and in those moments they struggled in and they did not honor the moment and Lord you're showing me that you are opening another window of opportunity and you will connect them to the people who will be helpers on to them the people who will build bridges for them but and Lord this time they're gonna honor it they're gonna honor every relationship you send to them they're gonna honor every word you sent to them every help they're gonna honor it I see Lord that you are causing restoration over the things that have been long forgotten that everything oh thank you Jesus thank you Lord everything that you spoke to them that day in fear and whatever it was they abandoned it and they have felt this struggle I just see they've been they've been struggling I I just keep seeing people sweating they've been struggling to execute it not recognizing that the only way to properly execute it is by your grace because the word did not come from them it came from you and the strategy will come from you and you're showing me right now that there is restoration Four Seasons there is restoration four windows of opportunity that is coming back to your sons and daughters and Lord we're gonna honor it and so have your way precious Savior have your way Oh God we thank you we thank you we thank you we thank you for taking over this moment we thank you for your goodness in Jesus mighty name amen [Music] you

Channel: ONE | A Potter's House Church

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Length: 46min 8sec (2768 seconds)

Published: Thu May 14 2020