Confessions and Having Intimacy with God

good morning everybody this is the day the lord hath made we will rejoice and be exceedingly glad in it because god is good he is so worthy to be praised praise god happy tuesday everybody uh i thank god that your week is going well and um excited about what i have to share with you today you might want to hit that share button i'm going to talk about eight keys or begin to talk about eight keys uh to an intimate relationship with god to me that has been the number one greatest uh adjustment and change in my life as a christian when i understood uh how to how to walk with him and how to have an intimate relationship with him and not just be a christian and just call yourself christian and you know you know kind of find yourself denying you know reality you know i i got so frustrated because i kept meeting deep people and and you know you could never connect because you know they thought that having a relationship with god meant uh you know denying your feelings and acting like you didn't have emotions and all that kind of stuff and so uh over the next few days uh we may finish it today i don't know but i want to talk about having a relationship uh an intimate relationship how to how to establish intimacy between you and god and when you get this down you know you're not so concerned about the rules and regulations because you know him i mean you really really know him and i tell you boy that's a that's an amazing thing so we send blessings to you guys this morning and um we pray that you're blessed going in and that's going out i thank god you're empowered to prosper today i thank god that you're setting your your thermostat of of your life you're setting the thermostat of your life today and you know if you don't like where you are and you don't like what your daily routine is then change it change it don't don't sit in a place where it's just misery after misery and you find yourself doing the same thing over and over again uh just you know ask god god show me how to live boy i never forget when i was praying that prayer lord show me how to live and uh you know life is good and but sometimes people let life happen to them instead of you're the one happening to life and and i'm telling you in the name of jesus you are blessed today you are healed today you are your everything today amen all is well with you today and so we bless those of you in south africa and in mississippi god bless you guys man um shalom shalom we we just thank god for you man i'm i'm just the journey that you and i have taken over this little over a year it's just something i didn't think i'd ever do but uh you gotta understand i get so blessed i get so blessed man and uh i love you guys god bless to you in harlem new york and and uh blessings to you uh and uh uh jackson mississippi colorado we praying for those in boulder colorado ah man i tell you what the the demonic activity that's going on right now in this world you and i have got to realize that as christian people we have authority over those demons amen and um in the name of jesus we just we we bind the devil we bind principalities and powers and wicked spirits in heavenly places and we command them to cease in their maneuvers against the the people of god and i just thank god for for your lives and and who we represent and it's not over until it's over and uh you know you know people laugh at you because you're a christian and they make fun of you because you're a christian and they tell you you wasting your time and i don't believe in that god stuff i used to go to church i tell you what though god is getting ready to show out why why is god getting ready to show out because he even let everybody know he god man you hear me he giving a little everybody know that he's god and so blessings to those of you in akron ohio and and uh the bronx new york we send blessings you to you guys today and uh we thank god that you're blessed blessings to those of you in texas um we are we are giving god praise for your life and we're thanking god for what he is and what he is doing in your life and uh do this awesome powder springs man god bless you william and uh we're just so so excited about trusting god trinidad tobago we we thank god for you guys this morning um i'm in hot pursuit of god's presence and i pray that you're in hot pursuit of his presence and uh yeah i know uh for some of you you've gone through a lot of stuff in fact tomorrow during bible study i'm gonna teach on practical steps of how to deal with the death of a loved one i i you know have to be careful as as a senior pastor not to assume that people know how to deal with that and uh how to practically deal with the death of a loved one and there's some things that may shock you when you hear that but i want to get that in in our catalog so when when people experience that they can pull it up and they can share it with family and that's what i'm i'm beginning to preach a lot of the stuff that you can pull up in life and kind of equip you so that uh you can have a word of god on everything amen and so uh i'm telling you it's a great time to be alive great time to be alive oh man i miss you guys so much but all is well all is well well let's go ahead and get psalms uh 91 equipped it hasn't been a blessing to wake up every day and know that your psalms 91 equipped and i tell you what i thank god that we're servants of god servants of the kingdom and we are servants of one another and i appreciate that so much so let's go ahead and get psalms 91 equip we'll make some more confessions today i i want us to release some things in the realm of the spirit today and then we'll talk a little bit about this uh intimacy with god and by the way let me let me mention this i believe that the gifts of the spirit are going to operate at an all-time high some of you have been walking around and the gifts and anointings that god has given you it's just been lying dormant you find yourself prophesying and going back and say what did i just say you find yourself uh seeing things word of knowledge is in operation you find yourself praying for folks and they get healed instantly um there's some gifts that god is putting in you you find out that you can sing and you never knew you could you find out there's a calling of god on your life to lead and i'm telling you the the gifts of the spirit you're talking about it's not like when you charge your cell phone it's just been sitting there and i tell you what god's charging your gifts and anointings the gifts and the callings of god are given without repentance god has not changed his mind about that anointing and gift that he gave to you and i'm excited about how you are you're gonna serve god and serve the kingdom and serve other people with that anointing and with that gift you have so i i really i pray right now i release the blessing over your life right now and i command that anointing to come forth out of you right now i command that calling the comfort out of you right now i command that gift that god has given you to begin to manifest right now we speak against darkness right now and god knew all the whole time who needed to have what piece of equipment so we can win in these last days i give you praise for that right now i pray blessings upon everybody that's online this morning that they're blessed they're blessed in an enormous way and that we come to recognize that we we are children of god we're sons and daughters of god and we have an enormous amount of authority on this planet and the devil is about to to sense it he's about to be confronted with the anointing that we have in jesus name and i believe the key to all of this is having a personal relationship with god amen come on let's get some 91 equip repeat after me i declare that i will dwell well in the shelter of the most high god i declare that i will find rest in the shadow of the almighty i declare that god is my refuge and my fortress i declare that you are my god in whom i trust and with great confidence in whom i will rely i declare that god will rescue me from every trap and protect me from every disease i declare that i am covered and protected by his outstretched arms i declare that god's faithful promises are my armor and my protection i declare that i will not be afraid of the terrors of the night nor of the arrows that fly in the day i declare that i will not dread any disease that stalks in the darkness or any disaster that strikes at midday i declare that because god is my refuge and the almighty god of my home no evil can befall me and no player can come near my dwelling i declare that god has ordered his angels to guard defend and protect me in my house i declare that god's armies of heaven will keep me from falling i will walk unharmed and kick anything that is evil from my path i declare that because of god's love for me i will call upon him he will set me above all my troubles he will deliver me from all my fears he will honor me with his presence and power i declare that he will reward me with long life and he will show me his salvation i declare that i am psalms 91 equipped thank you jesus come on let's set the course of our life today with our words say this out loud i declare today that i will not be defeated discouraged depressed disappointed addicted sick tired lazy or weary today i am the head i have insight i have wisdom i have ideas i have authority and i have health i exercise my authority today with my words and i decree a thing and it is so greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world the same spirit that raised jesus from the dead lives in me as i speak words today they come to pass they go before me they bring the things to pass that i desire and they stop all attacks assaults oppression poverty pride fear unforgiveness lack and insufficiency from coming to my life god is on my side today and therefore i cannot be defeated his favor surrounds me as a shield i expect favor today from heaven and from earth jesus had favor with god and man and as he is so am i on this earth therefore i have favor with god and man i expect favor in my home favor him a job favoring my business favoring my ministry favor with my finances and favoring every deal i am involved in i have the wisdom of god today i will think the right thoughts say the right words make the right decisions in every situation i face today my mouth speaks wisdom my heart is filled with understanding i ask for and receive an abundant supply of wisdom and understanding today from god wisdom from above that is pure peaceable gentle unwavering willing to yield and without hypocrisy i have the wisdom of god in jesus name amen i tell you what you're ready to go you good to go praise god when you release those words out of your mouth you're releasing your faith you're releasing power out of your mouth amen and all is well with you you know i believe uh that the key that are that are that are key to seeing power in our life um is a personal relationship with god that our relationship with god should not be limited to what god can do for me it should not be limited to what i can get from god and then when i'm not getting anything from god and and when i'm not seeing certain manifestations in my life then i'm ready to just quit on god like this just not working and so you're basing your relationship with god with you know if i'm getting what i want and all that kind of stuff so i want to share with you these are some things i thought about in my own life it really helped me just some real practical keys to think about in developing intimate relationship with god you ready number one number one listen to this now substitute the knowledge you have about god for intimate relationship with him the knowledge you have about god for intimate relationship with him so i had to look at myself and say okay well you know i'm learning a lot about god and i'm knowing a lot about god but there's a difference between having knowledge about god and knowing god and so what happened in my life back then i'm thinking well you know i know a lot about god i know a lot about what the scripture says but i wasn't i wasn't i didn't know god and um and so i decided to substitute the knowledge i have about god and still getting the knowledge about god but i wanted to substitute that for an intimate relationship with god in other words the difference between knowing about god and knowing him and knowing him and what happens when you get to know him and then you start getting in the word and get knowledge then you say you're like yeah that's about right because i know it and you you're so confident about that because you know that's god it also helped me when i look at scripture and i'm like when i i wasn't interpreting the scripture uh or rightly dividing the scripture i knew something was wrong with that because i knew god so that's that's pretty important man that's pretty important so number one substitute the knowledge you have about god for an intimate relationship with god that's number one let's look at number two uh seems like every everything works for them uh or everything and i'm referring to myself as i was writing this down seems like everything works for for them when you are first born again um everything works when i when i when i when i got born again it's like god did some things before i got born again but there's something about man when you when you it it seems like everything worked for them when you were when you're first born again all right so when i first got saved seemed like everything was working i first got saved all kinds of stuff was working and what i realized is like okay well hold hold on a minute now uh you've been saved for a minute and it just doesn't seem like things are working and i i i'm like you know god what's up with this see that's why that intimate relationship is so important because you get to know god you know a lot of things god did from the beginning because it's like an introduction to the relationship but um man i had to ask myself that question seemed like everything works for them when you are first born again and and that's true and i wrote that down because i wanted to keep that in my thinking um i i gotta go beyond having a relationship with god when everything is working i when it's not working i gotta go beyond well this used to do this just used to do that not that god won't do it or something like that but there's a maturing going on what you know what if you prayed a prayer and it didn't happen right away i mean before i first got saved it seemed like it happened just like that what if god's maturing you a little bit more than what you were when you first got born again so that's why i wrote that down let's look at number three so this this is going to kind of go with that a little bit number three the period of time when your minds were so stayed upon god the time when your mind was so stayed upon god that you found yourself walking in his presence all right so here's number three you know the scripture i think is in in psalm 16 and 11 uh when it talks about you know you seeking god seeking his presence and uh seek his right hand and all these other things will be given to you and everything you need fullness of joy uh i started thinking about something and i started thinking about what i would think about and i found out i wasn't thinking about god a whole lot until i needed something and and uh somebody came up with this phrase practicing the presence of the holy spirit um isaiah i think 26 around verse 3 says keep your mind stayed on him and he'll keep you in perfect peace and i began to just do that i took a scripture or something that i would put on my mind for all the day and when i found my mind drifting i would pull it out of my wall and just look at it and you know i intentionally did what i needed to do to just keep my mind on god and just keep my mind on god and i realized how much the world was trying to get my mind on everything else this would come up and that would come up and that would come up and i saw it was so powerful that i keep my mind on god and i'm practicing that presence every day um how are you doing as far as practicing the presence of the holy spirit on a day-to-day basis i believe that's a key to anointed manifestation in your life you know somebody said well you ought to pray a hour a day and and you know i was doing that but then i recognize i'm praying an hour a day and then after i pray i don't think about god for the rest of the day what's wrong with that well let's just say you know when taff and i were dating what would happen if i talk to her an hour a day and then don't have anything else to say to her or do it for the rest of that time well it's the same thing with god it's like you know i wanna i wanna keep my mind stayed upon him and learn how to practice the presence of god learn how to walk in his presence in his presence there's fullness of joy at his right hand there are pleasures forever more but i i knew that scripture but i didn't know how to how to get it operated in my life and then i just did something so simple i want to do something to keep my mind stayed on him i want to i want to i want to i want to be consciously thinking about him as much as possible throughout the day and you know i found the anointing increased in my life uh that the presence of god increased in my life and i found myself talking to him a lot more than what i used to talk to him it was just not i moved from let me say it like this i move from prayer to communion did you get that i moved from prayer to communion and now it's a communing with god it's like i know him i i i his voice uh got clearer there was much more clarity in our relationship i knew when he would say do this or do that uh you know uh and and billy that's a great question billy asked this question i don't know if you can see it what happens if the work you are doing is keeping you very busy how do you do that pastor well i that that was the one thing i was going through um especially when i was working at a hospital i i was you know i was dealing with uh uh uh medical plans uh for for our patients and i was dealing with all that kind of stuff so what happened was is you know i would work and sometimes while i'm working i'm like god thank you for that or come up with an idea lord i appreciate that and i found myself just praising him because i now know i was working as unto the lord and so during my break time i would kind of pause and and think about him on the way to work on the way home i would pause and think about him and then you know in between sessions if i had a real session with somebody and we had a little breakthrough i'd say god i just give you praise for that i just i just thank you for how that went or you know before i go into a meeting i would say lord i just thank you for wisdom today you know uh show me wisdom show me beyond what we know in the natural and so there are little bitty places where i mean you don't have to it doesn't take uh all day to do this but it's just when you decide to do it uh someone said this uh uh don acknowledge him the bible says acknowledge him in all your ways and he will direct your path and i think that's a part of keeping him on your mind acknowledging this and acknowledging that even sometimes going in your closet lord what do you want me to wear today somebody says oh that's just too deep no sometimes what you have what you wear sometimes may get somebody's attention and open the door for you to say something that god wants you to say to him so this was really big in me thinking about my relationship with god what's on my mind you got to think about what you're thinking about i'm telling you something increases in that relationship with god when you just you know you're acknowledging god you're talking to him throughout the day you're talking to him before you go on the meeting the meeting lasts for three hours father thank you for for the the for the meeting we just have thank you for the wisdom that showed up i i it's choosing [Music] to make god a part of everything that you do okay so we're not talking about having church that's why i can't it's choosing to to insert him in your everyday life that's that's what this is for it's not having a relationship with god for church it's a life and until until it becomes a life it'll never become a reality hallelujah until it becomes a life it'll never become a reality you know i'm getting ready to get up and i'm i'm i'm thanking god for waking me up this morning i'm thanking god for uh you know a good workout this morning i'm gonna thank god for the wisdom i need in the meetings today and and uh i'm gonna i'm gonna praise him for afterwards yeah you can insert god into your day uh and uh you will find that that relationships get it gets bigger and bigger and bigger i hope you understand that let's do one more if you don't mind one more uh so number one was substitute the knowledge you have about god for intimate relationship with him number two yeah we were talking about you know it seems like everything works when you first get born again and to realize that uh you know maybe god might be maturing you don't let that deceive you into leaving the relationship number three the period of time when your mind is stayed on god and developing a a greater relationship with him and practiced in the presence of god you know and so number four um this was big this kind of goes from number three having a conscious awareness of him having a conscious awareness of him um and being overwhelmed with his love and when you have a conscious awareness of god you're going to be overwhelmed with his love and then you find out that faith worketh by love and it's not faith worketh about how much you love god is faith that works because you know how much god loves you it's faith that works because you know how much god loves you uh i tell you when i became consciously aware of god and and begin to spend this time with god the first thing i realized is how much he loved me and you know says sometimes in the car i would just hear this in my spirit i love you son i was like wow i mean it was so big and so loud in my spirit and the fact that the almighty god the creator of heaven and earth and the universe loves me i'm like a i mean from heaven's view probably like this little speck of dust and and he loves me and when i realized god loves me i realize that god won't let certain things happen to me when i realize god loves me i realize that he'll he'll meet my needs when i realized that god loves me i realize that god will heal me when i realize that god loves me i realize that god wants me at peace it's something about first of all realizing what god realizing that god loves you and then that kind of that that that that causes your faith to be strong about what he's saying so faith work is by love so how much do you believe god loves you you believe god loves you then you know what he said is true uh i believe god loves me therefore what he promised will come to pass i believe god loved me that's therefore what he said will come to pass that's why love casts out all fear because the greatest fear that satan wants to give to believers is the fear that what god promised won't come to pass the fear that what god we mistake fright for fear and fright is a part of fear but it's it's it's un you know the fear that god's concerned about is are you afraid that what i promised you won't happen and so when you know god loves you and you experience that love because you have a conscious awareness of that love there have been things that i have gone through that have been so painful and so hurtful but i was so consciously aware of god loves me god loves me and i know it god loves me and i know it god loves me and i know it and it became a power that that literally took me through this this these issues and i'm like god loves me and i know it god loves me and i know it so now i can't doubt what he promised because it's like he loves me too much to lie to me he loves he loves me too much to say that and not perform it and um hey man i'm out of time i i can talk about this all day so if you can kind of keep up with that you know galatians 5 and 6 talks about how faith workers by love but what we do we spend a lot of time we spend a lot of time thinking about you know how much we love god instead of how much god loves us god loves me and i know it say that god loves me and i know it say it again god loves me and i know say it one more time god loves me and i know it well when you are sure about that then you are sure about what he promised and faith worketh uh by how much you believe that god loves you amen well uh listen guys uh i'll see you thursday we'll pick up with uh number five and keep going with this you study it out on your own i just thought since this is an intimate time with us that i would share uh some intimate notes with you that uh i made for myself and it has really i mean i i know god i mean what happens it's like dude when you when you develop this relationship with god you have to kind of watch yourself because you you start getting a little excited about going to the other side really it's like death doesn't scare you because just like i know god and and it's like somebody you've been knowing for a while but you haven't had a chance to meet or see and since and it's like wow i love god and and and and i and i know he loves me and amen hallelujah praise god i love you guys and um have a great wonderful day today and just insert god into everything that you do keep him on your mind remain consciously aware of him let's be real christians you know what a real really a christian is someone who has a personal relationship with god he's not a real christian he's not a religious christian he's he's he's a relationship christian he's got a personal relationship with god almighty have a awesome today have an awesome day everybody tomorrow from the pulpit we're going to talk about uh you know how to deal with the death of a loved one so if you know some people who are dealing with the death of a loved one you might wanna um share button with them and have them to join us tomorrow and uh we sure we sure appreciate you guys so much god bless you have a great day bye

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