Awakened By Assignment Through Spiritual Warfare | Min. Caroline Simmons

hello and welcome to new jerusalem cathedral it is such a blessing to have you guys worship with us today we would like to ask you to be sure to like follow and subscribe to all of our social media pages we are on facebook we on instagram we on youtube and we are on twitter and ladies and gentlemen you can watch all of our virtual services live on sundays at 7 am 11 a.m and 6 p.m and we have our bible studies every monday at 7 00 pm and a thursday night service at 7 30 p.m as well ladies and gentlemen make sure you evangelize and be a witness share what god has done for you blessed [Music] hi my name is dante briggs and i'm over media here at new jerusalem cathedral we have seen an increase in scammers commenting on our social media posts asking for your information online new jerusalem churches sound doctrine nor any of the churches in our network would ever ask for your cash app or your personal information online if you or someone you know has received requests from these 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their bondages ladies and gentlemen don't be afraid don't be nervous meet me at 10 a.m every sunday and let's help people get out of their binders to get out of their struggles by using our testimonies as our greatest weapon ladies and gentlemen i love you guys [Music] [Music] thank you for choosing to worship with us today but we also would like for you to stay connected just in case we have any announcements or updates through our social media pages at newjc.org or by downloading our new jerusalem cathedral app thank you guys have a blessed week [Music] good evening new jerusalem cathedral hallelujah and thank you for tuning in to this online worship experience come on can you just begin to clap your hands and open up your mouth and give god the glory honor and praise right where you are in your atmosphere whether you're driving whether you're sitting down in your kitchen just tell god thank you hallelujah let's go to our scripture we're going to be coming from philippians 2 and we're going to be starting at the ninth verse and it says therefore god has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name so that at the name of jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that jesus christ is lord to the glory of god the father hallelujah there's no other name than our name jesus let us pray hallelujah thank you jesus lord god we just say thank you on tonight lord god thank you for another day lord god thank you for waking us up this morning lord god and starting us on our way lord god we say thank you because we are in our right minds today so we just say thank you that's enough to give you praise lord god that we have breath in our bodies lord god that we can use all the activity of our limbs lord god in the name of jesus i ask right now god that you look down upon this service lord god look down upon your worshipers people that are tuning in online tonight lord god touch them lord god allow them to feel your presence in the name of jesus lord god meet us here on tonight lord god we want you to meet us here lord god in the name of jesus god we're an expectation of your glory lord god we're an expectation for you to rest rule and abide in this place lord god in the name of jesus lord god thank you for our um shepherd mother and our pastor lord god i ask that you continue to cover and keep them lord god and you get the glory out of our worship and praise our god as we lift your name on high it's in your name jesus christ we do pray these things and somebody say amen hallelujah thank you jesus come on we're gonna lift the name of jesus up [Music] here we go [Applause] the name of jesus lifted high lifted high lifted high the name of jesus [Music] [Music] is [Music] name of jesus [Applause] [Music] lifted high lifted high lifted high the name of jesus [Music] [Music] [Applause] sons and daughters shall be saved shall be saved shall be saved [Music] shall be release your glory on us for wow [Music] [Music] come on clap those hands and begin to release the sound of your atmosphere [Applause] [Applause] and i hear the sound of an army arising i hear the sound i hear the sound [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] rise up is [Music] glory somebody [Applause] [Music] i need my army to rise up tonight [Music] everybody [Applause] [Applause] [Music] surprise walk down [Applause] [Music] come on if you need god to release in your atmosphere i need you to send up a praise to the heavens i've been leaving on tonight whatever you need from god is an open heaven on tonight [Applause] [Applause] oh your glory your choice [Applause] come on right here [Music] please we needed oh [Applause] your power [Music] [Music] [Music] i promise you what everybody's wow [Applause] [Music] your power [Music] 1. [Music] everybody [Music] [Applause] [Music] everybody [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we we [Music] [Music] yes every day [Music] [Applause] [Music] we're nothing without jesus [Music] everybody [Music] come on right where you are give god the glory somebody give god the praise somebody give god the honor god is so deserving of your worship god is so deserving of your praise so open up your mouth somebody open up your mouth somebody lift those hands in this presence somebody say yes lord somebody say that's florida somebody you won't blackjack somebody say that your will for our will jesus we surrender to you on tonight use us for your glory somebody [Applause] notice to the devil that he lost again i said the devil lost again he lost again he lost again [Applause] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah come on the old saints used to terry [Music] we praise you we praise you we praise you we love you we lift you we love you we honor you we honor you we honor you we give weapons to your name oh god you're so deserving jesus of all of our worshiper somebody praise his neighbor he is the great i am he is the great i am somebody call on the name of jesus somebody call on the doctor somebody call on the name of jesus somebody somebody somebody call his neighbor come on call his neighbor hallelujah to your name hallelujah god glory to your name o god hey glory to your name oh god glory to you glory to your name oh god come back here jesus said hold my hand jesus come back here jesus and see your body so god come right here in jesus name come by here jesus come by here jesus [Music] [Applause] [Laughter] jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus [Music] something about the name of jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus oh taste it see ya that the lord is good [Music] [Applause] thank you jesus dear lord thank you jesus come on somebody lift up yahweh somebody lift up yahweh we praise you oh god we lift you oh god hallelujah come on open up your mouth and still give god praise come on call on his name call on his name call on his name come on [Music] lift those hands in this presence thank you jesus hallelujah we love what you got in this moment we worship you in this moment hallelujah we lift you high oh god thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus [Music] we lift [Music] [Applause] [Music] somebody [Music] [Applause] we lift [Music] your way we [Music] [Music] now [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] hey [Applause] uh [Applause] we [Music] jesus you're [Applause] we praise your neighbor [Applause] [Applause] [Music] we lift your name open [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] go away [Music] [Applause] say [Music] come on open up your mouth and give him the glory [Music] [Applause] somebody make room for jesus we lift your name jesus yes [Music] somebody praise his name oh god [Music] somebody lift his name up [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Laughter] [Music] oh thank you jesus oh hallelujah oh glory to your name jesus oh hallelujah we lift your name jesus oh we worship your name jesus there is nobody like you jesus oh we thank you lord jesus oh we thank you lord jesus oh hallelujah oh glory to your name god oh hallelujah oh thank you jesus hallelujah hallelujah [Music] hallelujah hallelujah oh god i thank you jesus oh glory to your name hallelujah glory to your name god thank you jesus thank you jesus hallelujah thank you jesus hallelujah oh hallelujah we lift you high on tonight we lift your eye on tonight thank you jesus hallelujah i give honor to my place in the building on tonight to everyone in their perspective places i give honor to our bishop in his absence mother williams and again to all those in their prospective places god i thank you for this opportunity i don't take it for granted i thank god for my family my parents who are watching or they know that i'm up and um those that are praying for me i just thank god in advance for what god is going to do on tonight thank you jesus our scripture this evening is coming from 1st kings chapter 19 verse 19 through 21. thank you jesus hallelujah so he departed thence and found elisha the son of shafat who was planned with plowing with 12 yoke of oxen before him and he with the twelve and elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him and he left the oxen and ran after elijah and said let me i pray thee kiss my father and my mother and then i will follow thee and he said unto him go back again for what have i to do thee he returned back from him and took a yoke of oxen and slew them and bore their flesh with the instruments of the oxen and gave unto the people and they did eat then he arose and went after elijah and ministered unto him the title of my message on tonight is awakened by assignment through spiritual warfare thank you jesus you may have your seats the objective of this message is to bring awareness to the body of christ that we must do the assignment and fulfill the god ordained purpose our god and day purpose knowing who we are in christ jesus is an essential part of spiritual warfare to begin i want to talk about as we have been going through this series of spiritual warfare my fellow ministers have gone before me and they have ministered about it and i just want to kind of summarize a few things some of the things that i will be speaking on in this section come from bishop bloomer did um he wrote a book called deliver us from evil and it talks about spiritual warfare so i took some of the things from there just to share on tonight one of the first things we want to point out is that in order to understand spiritual warfare we must acknowledge that we are in a war ephesians 6 and 12 we are not fighting against humans we are not fighting against forces and authorities against rules of darkness and powers in in the spiritual world so understand that we have to realize we are we may understand but others may not that we are in a spiritual battle of epic proportions and is raging in an unseen world it's being waged by an unseen enemy who's after us and everything that's connected to us we live in an unparalleled unnecessary apparel if we do not understand how satan operates we give the devil a foothold by succumbing to anger and battling against people the enemy's most successful tactic is to divert our attention to some other source of difficulties he so sees the confusion and division which causes friction between people who we love the second thing i want to say to talk about in spiritual warfare is our battles are a small component of a big picture a rebellion occurred in heaven according to isaac ezekiel 28 and isaiah 14 satan decided that he wanted to take god's job and there was a rebellion that occurred in heaven and one-third of the angels decided to join satan's ploy to dethrone god but of course satan was no match for god and god threw satan and his injured fathers out of heaven satan forced his own he formed his own kingdom with his angelic followers their purpose is to deceive the whole world wage war against the children of god um another point i want to bring out is that the third theme as true followers of christ jesus we are in spiritual battle to some degree on a regular basis first peter 5 and 8 be sober be village be vigilant because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion sinking whom he may devour spiritual warfare has an effect has affected men and women since satan's first attempt tempted eve in the garden of eden one of satan's principle strategies is to bring deception satan didn't succeed in taking over heaven so he focused his attention on establishing a kingdom on earth through admin eve's disobedience satan succeeded in obtaining this kingdom but god sent jesus to earth to take back the kingdom of earth from satan and to restore it to his rightful owners which is us now that thing i want to part talk about with the um section of spiritual warfare is matthew 28 and 18 says that jesus came and spake unto them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth we have to understand that we can experience ongoing victory if we understand and learn to always stand in the authority that jesus christ has given us the next part i want to talk about is the awakening regardless of what some may believe we're not just here floating through life waiting to see how it would turn out god has a purpose for each and every one of us however in order to find that purpose we must go to god himself our purpose is not written in the stores or the universe we can only find our purpose through our creator jeremiah 1 and 5 before i formed thee in the belly i knew thee and for before thou camest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee and i ordain thee a prophet unto the nations that word prophet is um described as a spokesman or a speaker which means we are representative of our generation our family and our culture to say the least if we truly want to see a revival in our generation and our family and our culture we must point them to to jesus christ this is a true spiritual awakening and i want to park here for a second because i want everyone to understand the importance of our presence in our own generation and if you want to see revival in your particular generation then we have to stand on the body of christ we have to stand on christ and we have to point others to christ amen and so that when we do that when we awaken that will cause a spiritual awakening not only within us but in our generation in our lesson text when elijah placed his mantle on the shoulders of elisha there was an awakening within the licious spirit this awakening is a revival of one's self it happens when our faith and our purpose unite within the set time when our purpose is to be fulfilled this occurrence occurs to be causes us to be ignited from the inside out so that's faith plus purpose plus set time it can equals an awakening um when bishop a few a few sundays ago he did it live on instagram and when he did that live i was out running an errand and so i stopped to i paused to listen to what he had to say and um basically he was saying that he was taking us some time and this is something that he's been training he's going to use his ministers a lot more and this is something that he's been telling us that was coming a long time ago and many of my minister friends can attest to this that he has been training us for this day and so when i heard that message when he was talking it was a call to action not that i've been slack when it comes to studying but it just let me know that i needed to what i said to myself step up my boots and get ready because i knew that my time was going to come where i was going to have to stand before the people of god and so that is what we are called to do it's a call to action that's what that awakening is the awakening is a call to action to let god to let god know so that god is letting us know that it's time and so when how do you know that your purpose is being ignited how do you know that you're being awakening you'll begin to feel a stir in your spirit um right in the in the beginning of the year you know i began to feel the shift that was happening we all felt it we knew of course because of corona it was a lot going on but it was just a shift in the atmosphere and the saints of god could tell that there was something happening in the spirit realm and then after we did our fast that 48 21 and 40 day fast i knew that there was a shift for me but especially for me because i've never fasted 40 days before and it was just a challenge for me but i wanted to take it because i knew i could again i felt that stirring in my spirit to say that god is moving and this is something that i need to do in order to take god take me to the next dimension and so there'll be a stirring in your spirit that call to action again it'll be a stirring within your environment things at work began to get crazy stuff was happening with my family that made no sense and it was just like what is going on and i knew you know that stirring in your spirit you're that stirring in your um environment you will begin to see that something has happened there's a shift taking place and it's not all for the negative even though it may have a negative effect or it may feel negative to your emotions or your flesh there's a spiritual hap there's a thing happening in the spirit realm that we're unaware of and so there's a stirring in your environment um and then there's an urgency to prepare again that was that call to action for me that called to say okay you got to get studying you know i know you've got a lot going on but you got to shift your focus so that you can make sure that you're ready so god will begin to share it with you and begin to shift your spirit to say okay something's coming i got something for you but you got to get ready for it and it's like you know when someone's preparing to play a basketball or whatever they have to put their uniform on they have to practice they have to do all these things to get ready they never know when they may be called into the game but you have to always be prepared because you never know when your time is going to come and the second the last thing um is not the last but you know in this list you experience a different dimension of attack and again there was things coming on but i never experienced i just was like what in the world is going on it was a different dimension and once once i got that call from bishop i knew okay this is what that is because when it's time for me to minister or when anything's shifting in your atmosphere you begin to see you begin to feel that an enemy will begin to shake everything he can to throw you off to get you off balance but we know that the devil is a liar amen [Music] so what did this what does this have to do with spiritual warfare you may ask my response is everything the awakening occurs as a wake-up call it's god's way of saying tag you're it i'm um god is getting ready to put you in the game and this is the time that you've been waiting for this is the time that you've been wandering when your time is going to turn when you when your turn is going to come when your things are going to happen for you but i'm here to tell you god sent me here to tell you on tonight that this is it you were born for such a time as this the body of christ your family your community your generation and your culture is in need of you yes you the one that had that baby out of wedlock yes you the one that's struggling with your identity yes you the one that's contemplating suicide yes you the one that's turning to sell whatever they can just to make ends meet but god god is calling you in the name of jesus he wants to use you no matter what you've been through no matter what you've done no matter what you're going through god wants to use you in the name of jesus but the enemy is counting on us all to stay asleep he's counting on us to get comfortable he's counting on us to quit to give up and to abort our mission and we but i rebuke that spirit of complacency that media rocker spirit and any other demonic force or self-inflicted wound that is causing us to be paralyzed in our pursuit of our greater self in god it's time to go after god with a different level of vigor because jesus is soon to return and before he can return we have to make ready we have to make war we have to make sure that we are ready and we have to do our assignment on tonight so i'm here to charge you one tonight to give you a wake-up call to call you to action to say it's time you've been sensing it you've been feeling it you've been seeing it you've been wondering what's going on this is the call to action on tonight your dimension is calling on you your next dimension your next your chapter your next chapter is depending on you to answer this call will you answer on tonight it's time to stop running it's time to accept and embrace your assignment in the name of jesus i'm almost done y'all uh on tonight but going back to our lesson text dealing with what happened with elisha when god when elisha when elijah placed that a mantle on him it was a sign again that there was a spiritual awakening in his spirit that there was something happening and my point number one is god is disturbing your ordinary to bring you the unusual you're going to be minding your business one day this week and god is going to drop something unusual on you as he did david when he was getting ready he was on his way um and he would you know his brothers were in the army of israel and they were fighting the philistines and one day david was his dad told him to send something send him to send them a snack so they could eat and goliath came out and was beginning to taunt the children of israel and david of course i had never heard it so he heard that um goliath was taunting the children of israel and so first sam was 17 and 23 as he was walking this as he was talking to them goliath the philistines champion from goliath came out from the philistines and rank then david heard his shouting and it taunted something and it awakened something in david's spirit to say okay this is not i can't take this this is not going to happen i'm not going to allow this uncircumcised fidenstein to take advantage of what god is doing in our life and so we have to stand foot and understand that god is disturbing your ordinary god is shaking up your ordinary to bring you something unusual on tonight point number two god is god's anointing is on you and god's anointing is in you luke 4 18 the spirit of the lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim the liberty of the captives and to recovery of sight to the blind to set at liberty them who are bruised and oppressed understand that god's anointing is on you and we can't do nothing without his anointing we can't do anything without god so we need to make sure that we understand that god has anointed us for such a time as this point number three your assignment may cause you to leave the herd understand that your assignment may cause you to leave the herd meaning god may cause you to leave your normal god may cause you to leave your family temporarily so that you can go after your assignment sometimes we have to shift and move from different places sometimes we have to go you know you may live in one city but god may shift you to another just so you can get what you need from god and that's my testimony because i'm from goldsboro north carolina but god and i was living in um durham at central and living there for about six years when um pastor used to come to the church that i was going to and so it just struck me when i heard just like the mantle of elijah that he lied late on elisha it just when i heard his voice when i heard the word coming out of his mouth it awakened something in me and i knew that i had to be under this man of god there was no way that i could continue to live the life that i was living i was spiritually dying i could tell i wasn't really excited about going to church anymore there was nothing that i mean i was there but i was just there you know and i knew that i had to get somewhere and when i heard his voice when i heard the lord speak through our pastor i knew that that was my shepherd and i had to get there and so you see that i'm here today because of that assignment that was that charge that caused action and that anointing that was laid upon me laid upon me and it drew me here and i can say that since i've been here i have changed god has matured me in so many different ways there's so many things that i have um overcome as a result of being a part of this ministry and i know that that's pretty much everyone in his testimony that we don't know where we would be or some of us know where we would be if it had not been for this ministry and god leading us here so i thank god every day for our bishop i thank god every day for this church because i would not be the same without it amen um and getting back to my point number three you may have to leave the herd genesis 12 and 1 the lord had to call abraham abram and he told him to get out of his country to get out of his people to get out his father's house to the land that he will show him so you have to leave your comfort zone you may have to leave some friends behind you may have to leave your boob behind you may have to leave your job behind in order to go after the assignment of god but i promise you that when you when you do that god will meet you and god will reward you for your faithfulness amen point number four you must make sacrifice in order to do your assignment it's going to cost our assignment is going to cause sacrifice there's no way that you can get where you want to be in god without sacrifice without laying down your plate for a few days without going after god without shifting your um without shifting your atmosphere without changing your friends without changing things you have to make some sacrifices we in order to get where god has for us and where god is taking the sacrifices are necessary that it may be in your offering it may be you know time with your family it may be whatever that sacrifice may be but we have to make those sacrifices and those sacrifices will be worth it because again there are people that are waiting on us to shop up our booths and get ready and take our assignment seriously genesis 22-2 take your son your only son yes isaac whom you love so much and go to the land of moriah and go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which i shall show you so again we have to make sacrifices on tonight we have to make sacrifices in order to get and do the assignment of god and point number five serving within your assignment brings victory there's no way that you can serve there's no way that you can do what god has called you to do and you not get what god has called you to get in the name of jesus matthew 28 and 18 again says jesus came and spoke to them saying all authority and power has been given unto me in heaven on an earth so understand on tonight that god is calling you god is disturbing your ordinary to bring you the unusual understand that god has anointed you for such a time as this understand that your assignment may cause you to leave the herd it may cause you to leave the normal it may cause you to leave your average and to go after um unusual to go at the extraordinary god you may have to make some sacrifices in order to fulfill your assignment you may have to serve within your assignment in order to serve you you will get the victory amen and again i want to say that god is calling you one tonight don't sit there and let the enemy talk you out of your assignment don't let the enemy talk you out of your anointing because there is a generation that's waiting on you your generation is waiting on you there are people in the community there are people on the corner there are people on your job that are waiting on you to wake up and take your assignment they are waiting there are people waiting on you to do what you have been called to do and that is the answer the call of god it may not be to be up here and preaching but you can declare the word and you're on your job you don't have to know the bible from genesis to revelation to be able to share a scripture or to share your testimony which will pull people in and all of you are all called to witness we are all called to share the message of jesus christ in our own way because that's what god has done for us and that's the way we win people we win people by being ourselves you don't have to be anybody else you don't have to be somebody else you do what god has called you to do god wants you you know again god has called you to do what you have what he has called you to do what you know you need to do in the name of jesus i thank god for tonight god i thank god for the opportunity to serve i thank god for the opportunity to speak before you on tonight and i pray that the word has blessed you on tonight understand that there is an awakening that is happening and we have to make sure that we take our assignment seriously it's time for us to step up our bootstraps and get ready because it's time to go to war amen amen i pray that you receive the word on tonight thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] on tonight i want to extend the invitation that if you know that um you don't know christ you want to take your assignment you want to accept your assignment there can't be an awakening because you don't know jesus christ as your savior so i'm here to extend that offer to you on tonight and if you are one in need of salvation on tonight you can let us know in the chat and we'll just begin to pray with you on tonight in the name of jesus i'm just going to go ahead and pray for those that are ready lord jesus i confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that you died on the cross and was buried three days and rose from the dead with all power i acknowledge you as lord and savior of my life if you pray that prayer understand that you are saved you are delivered you are set free get in a good church get in a bible-based church that will help you grow and know god for those of you that have accepted salvation on tonight you can go to deacons at newjc.org if you want to join the church you can also go there if you need every need in prayer you can go to deacons at newjc.org on tonight if you need a prayer amen thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus hallelujah um on tonight we're going to get ready to give um and the ways that you can give make sure i got them all i think it's that to give you can go to gibblify um and go to new jerusalem cathedral you can go to cash app um i'm sorry oh new just new jc.um newjc and then paypal which is um in on www.njcnewjc.org forward slash give of course you can do giveaway if you want to mail it the address is new jerusalem cathedral 1822 sharp road um and of course our priest offering is um cash app dr kevin a williams don't forget the a and dr kevin a williams at gmail um i'm sorry gmail for zell on tonight amen amen hallelujah we thank god for the word on tonight thank you cause jesus i want is for you for you to be glorified for you to be lifted high [Music] all i want all i want is for you to be glorified [Music] all i want all i want is is [Music] [Music]

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