Dr. Gerald Jeffers: The Purpose of Wounds May 6, 2018

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[Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] which is very clear he who the Sun has set free is free indeed amen there's actually no freedom in any other source lots of things that might look like freedom but true freedom is in him and your relationship with him hallelujah thank you Lord Jesus aren't you glad for real freedom Oh hallelujah we thank your Lord Jesus have your way tonight Lord free some folks here tonight in the name of Jesus have your way here tonight Lord my lord my god you are the source of all our freedom you're the source of all of our healing you are the sword smoke hallelujah we love you Lord hallelujah thank you Jesus amen well we are so honored privilege really to have this powerful dynamic duo this incredible ministry team amen haven't you been blessed I know I have been so encouraged amen kilts up amen thank you Lord just no telling what the Lord is gonna do here tonight god bless you so much I'm just gonna go ahead and turn this over to you [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah I'll magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together for he has done great things he has done great things he has done great things and we bless his holy name hallelujah you may be seated in the presence of the Lord Amen but we think God for being here we thank God for this whole weekend the things that God has done even the things that got us released in the atmosphere even the shifts and the changes that are coming we thank God for what he has done but what he is doing and even for what he is yet getting ready to do cuz it's not over yet it's not over yet it's not over hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah and we thank God for all of you who are here tonight amen we say God because even though you may have miss you are still here at the appointed time amen the divinely orchestrated and appointed time Amen that God has designed just for you and we say welcome and if you will keep your hearts open and your minds and your spirits open and if you've stepped in hungry and thirsty and waiting to hear a word from the Lord waiting to feel his presence Amen you will get just what you came for but you have to be hungry you have to want to receive Amen and it didn't start with the word hate it's already started God's presence it's already here it's already here it's already here it's already here amen the old folks used to sing a song God's got a blessing for you God's got a blessing for you you can have it but you gotta reach up and grab it why because God's got a blessing for you he's got a blessing amen but you gotta reach out you gotta reach for him and man he said he would meet you where you are if you would search for him with your whole heart and Jeremiah 29 and 13 he said he would reveal himself he'll be found by you if you will search for him with your whole heart he will reveal himself unto you amen and don't you want all that God has for you don't you want all that God has for you amen our God is amazing hallelujah and truly we give honor to God amen I want I don't want to lose the flow here and because we still flowing amen but this is our last night and once again we want to thank God Amen for pastor and first lady we thank you for the invitation we don't take it lightly and honestly we don't go everywhere with many invitations we have to turn them down so whenever we come we are on assignment doesn't matter the size if God says come we come amen because we are here to do this well amen hallelujah hallelujah and we thank God for being here we thank God for each and every one of you and we bless God amen I thank God even for my husband amen bless God awesome man of God and I love him and I thank God for me man we are living in the last days and the Bible says they are perilous times and then warfare is on a high amen and it's on the rise amen but it behooves us God is so gracious and so merciful and then that he's taken time to step down and to help us to prepare us amen even to equip us with what we need in order to rise above the attacks of the enemy and move forward amen hallelujah you are here because God is trying to strengthen you and encourage you this day that you can go a little bit further that you can make it amen because if you can take it you can make it and God is gonna help you hallelujah hallelujah so we bless God today for all that he is doing him and I first lady you heard God I was standing there and when you went to you thought I was worth saving that's what I was hearing in my head and I was like okay tapped into the spirit and amen and you've been doing that all weekend cuz they've been a couple of songs I went to singing you was already singing them amen and that's a wonderful you know because we have to be if we're in the same spirit even though should be one spirit one mind and one sound that's what I bring down the presence of the Lord unity unity unity in the spirit and a unity in the way you think amen and unity and then when you get in his presence that corporate anointing if you want is anointing you got to get in here and gather your minds and your hearts amen leave the outside out there and get in his presence and focus on him because it's all about him it's all about him and we are here to give him the glory we are here to give him the honor and we're here to give him all the praise amen because he alone is worthy to be praised hallelujah so we bless his name today amen and we just want to give God a little praise we want to worship Him a little bit amen and move further into his presence is that Alright hallelujah give God some glory hallelujah we thank God hallelujah hallelujah we bless His name Alleluia hallelujah [Applause] to the god of changed my life and I will praise you forever I worship you forever because I am free because I am whole and I will tell everyone I know one more time Halle Halle hallelujah glory glory - the God changed my life and I will praise you forever I'll worship you forever because I am free because I am ho and I will tell everyone I know hallelujah glory glory to the God of change my life and I will praise you forever I'll ship you forever because I am free because I am oh and I will tell everyone I know ha yeah you have love it chewy hallelujah you have worn it all for me just could not hold you down it couldn't hold you down you are the risen King [Music] see that in Majesty you are the risen King [Music] ha ha yeah you have a week Tory oh Jesus hallelujah you have a warning for me just could not hold you down I couldn't hold you down you are the risen King seal it and majesty and Majesty you are the risen King Thank You hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah [Music] hallelujah for the Lord God oh my [Music] cheering [Music] like Lou yeah ha ha Lake Lu for the lord god oh my she raised her Lu [Music] ah [Music] [Music] oh you are God Almighty worthy is the lamb of my salvation who are these lamb you are you are holy holy holy holy holy are you God Almighty worthy is the lamb much salvation what is the lamb you are you are holy holy holy holy holy are you Lord God Almighty worthy is the lamb of my salvation who are they is the Lamb of my salvation who are these two laughs of my salvation worthy is the Lamb of my salvation who are these two lay Oh [Music] oh man hallelujah Jesus oh man hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah oh man hallelujah Jesus hallelujah oh man hallelujah hallelujah cheese's oh man would you stand on your feet hallelujah hallelujah Jesus hallelujah Jesus hallelujah cheese's come on some of you just take just a minute a man just to tell God how good he has been to you and man close your eyes and and talk to him a man it doesn't take but a minute just to talk to the Lord Amen this is about you and him just talk to him and tell him thank you tell you Lord I love you and your lord I praise you he said let everything that had the breath praise the Lord you don't have to have the Holy Ghost you don't have to have everything that salvation requires all you gotta do is have breath to tell the Lord thank you give God some glory and give him some praise because he deserves all of the honor he deserves although the glory he deserves all of the breeze and Father we worship you today we lift your name up we magnify you for you are the King of Kings you are the Lord of lords you are the Alpha and the Omega you are the beginning and the end without you we would be nothing and without you we would truly fail we bless your name today and we thank you because of you we live we move and we have our being and we magnify you today we give you the glory and we bless your mighty name hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah yes Lord we bless you we bless your name we bless you name's thank you Jesus hallelujah thank you Lord Jesus hallelujah thank you lord glory be to God glory be to God glory be to God before you're seated would you take the time to go around and greet somebody and tell them I'm so glad you're in the house of the Lord today shake someone's hand aim and hug somebody if it's appropriate and just tell them I'm glad you're on the house of the Lord today come on smile at somebody you might be the only smile they've seen all day come on get around to our visitors a man and thank God for them right now thank God for them amen the Lord bless you thank you as you are seated in the wonderful presence of God let's begin in our Bibles at first Peter chapter 4 verse 12 but we're being in the amplified classic today for the moment our first Peter chapter 4 verse 12 we do want to thank God amen as my wife said for pastor and first lady we thank offer them their kindness their hospitality we've just enjoyed sweet fellowship aim and and talking about the things of God talking about the things of life and we just appreciate God for his kindness amen all of you that have come to the house of the Lord made your way we thank God for all of you to my lovely anointed wife and I love you on me thank God for you amen and we want to just look at a few things that God is saying here that can help us I was asking a lot what was it that he was wanting for tonight which direction he was wanting to go and he made the statement to me he said that I have designing things to want to connect they want to feel connected and he said when they do not feel connected they feel rejected in her I say what's happening to many of my people is they live in a state of being hurt I do not know how to handle it yet it is a promise of life that if you're going to live any length of time and it doesn't take long you will be hurt if you are not careful you will fall in line with the same that says hurting people hurt me which means once you become her now you end up inflicting hurt on others there are some people that you know are so irritable and so mean and so nasty it's many times because they're hurt they're pouring out simply the way they feel so God comes to help us and to heal us and to deal with us so I want to speak to you this on this subject tonight the purpose of wounds the purpose of wounds wounds being hurts purpose means the reason and intention for something what I mean after all God is allowing these things to happen it it helps us when we can understand why certain things happen guess before I even get to get to the scripture because what what we discover is hurts do not discriminate they don't care what race they don't care what gender they don't care what age does not have mercy on a one year old hurt doesn't have mercy on a senior citizen hurt will hit you no matter what the age no matter what no matter what the gender no matter what your race is hurt is universal to us all and if you do not learn how to handle hurt in a godly manner then hurt will handle you in an ungodly manner it's the area where many of us we falter will fall it's because we've not learned how to handle hurts and so when we do handle them unfortunately in times we handle them incorrectly and do damage to ourselves and do damage to others so look at the scripture here with me he says beloved do not be amazed and bewilder at the fiery ordeal King James says that the fiery trials which are to try you amplify it's gonna break down that word try as the King James uses he says which is taking place to test your quality did you just catch that God said the reason why I'm allowing you to get hurt and the reason why I'm allowing you have fiery trials of life is to test the quality of material that you're made of he said as though something strange unusual Aylan to you and to your position will be falling you in other words God said stop acting like trials of life hurts her life are unusual well why is this happening to me wow there's seven billion people on the planet why wouldn't it happen to you there's just some things look at somebody just tell them life happens this thing's that like they just happened there's things that life that happened it's not if that it's pick on you day it's what is common to humanity and so he said I'm allowing things to happen to test the quality of material let's go to we're back in the King James let's go to Daniel chapter 3 verse 30 Daniel chapter 3 verse 30 yet this is the story that many of us are familiar with of the three Hebrew children that were put into the fiery furnace because they would not bow to an image that was set up they are now being brought out of this fiery furnace and now this statement is being made this is this is the mindset of God Daniel chapter 3 verse 30 King James Version Daniel chapter 3 verse 30 then the king promoted Shadrach Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon now I want you to make note of something and this is where a lot of a struggle we want promotion and we want great things in life but we don't want any fire we don't want any difficulties it's supposed to be smooth sailing well there's an understanding sunshine all the time creates a desert if you have vegetation somewhere you have dark clouds you have storms you have rain you don't get vegetation when the sun is shining all the time and when the sun is shining all the time in your life you're not gonna produce what you need to produce you need some dark clouds I understand this is not what we want to hear tell me how God's gonna give me a car tell me how God's gonna heal me and bless me then I'll shout but this is just real to living God brings promotion by fire if you read anyone's story that became anything in life you are normally going to read about difficulties and hardships and trials that they had to overcome to be who they are amen you don't hear great people that didn't have great trouble they had to overcome great things in order to become great now again the problem we're having is we want power without pain power comes with pain life comes by paint another we start right with pregnancy amen now what I mean you know it's kind of a funny thing sometimes with a doctor and and a woman that's pregnant he tells her to push she's in pain hello and paying push see this is what God tells you in life I know you're in pain I know you're struggling but you got to keep pushing you about ready to bring some things for push P you sh pray until something happened prays until something happens now do you watch what the doctor tells the woman as she's in pain especially if she calls him up and says doctor I'm having contractions one of the first question you ask is how far apart of your contractions if she says 10 minutes he says I'm going golfing call me later what is he saying you have too much rest in between your pain you're not ready to deliver anything it's when pain follows pain following ping get in the birthing position because now you about ready to bring forth as soon as we wonder what's going on with me I'm going I'm having trial after trial after trial test up to test there seems to be no break get in the birthing position guys get ready to try to bring something up now you may say you may say what is the birthing position for us it's it's a mindset it's the understanding that I've got to keep pushing I've got to keep going forward I can't give up I've got to keep trying because if I will God will help me to break through and become what I need to be in God amen all right my wife Wed read the scripture earlier we had a leadership meeting today and just met with some of the people of God and went over some scriptures and answer questions and this is one of the beautiful scriptures she brought out of which we need to go over again Romans chapter 5 were in the amplified classic Romans chapter 5 we're going to start at verse 3 Romans chapter 5 amplified classic verse 3 you see there there are just as much as we like a nice cushy life you're not gonna amount to much in fact what you discover is people who normally have nice cushy lives and only pretty selfish all they knows themself they don't stretch beyond that's why God has to help us alright so more of a let us also be full of joy now let us exult and triumph in our truck in our what some y'all didn't want to read that huh now we want to we want to triumph we want to rejoice in our victories now why should I mean this almost sounds sadistic why should I rejoice in my trials why should I rejoice in things that are going wrong in my life that doesn't even sound right that sounds crazy that's not like you've got a screw loose like you cuckoo for cocoa puffs come on Real Talk real talk Real Talk if you don't get real with God you're not gonna get real help from God now he's going to explain to us why we need to rejoice in our sufferings listen unless you've got a pause a moment he says triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings here's why knowing that the pressure and affliction and hardship produce patience knows they start producing things in us that enable us to manage our blessings correctly have you ever seen people receive great things in an amount of time they lose it in fact they've done a study that most people won the lottery within the year they're broke Millions in fact most people who've won the lottery declare they wish they never want it they say it's destroyed their lives marriages have been broken up and you know the number one reason people not mature enough to handle that much money at once they don't have the character the maturity see the greater your blessing the greater the maturity you must possess to handle it now he's going to tell us how that maturity is coming the next verse he said now this is how this is going to be coming and endurance fortitude develops what yeah so these trials these difficulties they develop maturity of character that's why God is allowing you to go through things it's to develop your character so that he can trust you with things so he can bless you so he can give you things that he'd love to be able to give to you come on parents you understand that there's just some things you can't give to your child not because you don't want to but simply because they're not mature enough to handle what they're desiring and if you're not mature enough to handle what your desire and your blessing will quickly become your curse and I grew up on Martha's Vineyard on the island of Martha's Vineyard and so we had lobsters and all kinds of things around and so I was very used to those things I was about seven or so and I said my mother was going away somewhere I said mom bring me back a lobster she looked at me and smiled okay baby she came back and mom brought me a little rubber lobster that when you squeezed it it jumped said mom I've met a real lobster what do you mean well you see mom was smart enough to know what I was asking for I couldn't handle a real lobster especially to a child's fingers their claws are so soaked strong that in one snap they can snap a child's fingers right off mom knew that see lots of stuff you're asking for you're not mature enough to handle what happens to many of you is like babies you see light babies are attracted to light so they reach for the object because they're attracted to light but what the baby doesn't see is the cutting edge of the knife and what happens there many views you can only see the light of having something how good it would be how wonderful be you don't see the knife that can cut you you don't see the thing that can bring you difficulty and bring you great pain and that's why even though you're upset with God God goes no baby you Oh God how come God's not answering my prayer because he loves you he loves you enough to say no come on somebody lift your hands and tell God thank you something you need to tell God thank you for saying no some stuff I was asking for could have really messed me up but God and his kindness told me no at the time you don't understand it feels very cruel feels very mean but it's developing character listen to what he says now develops maturity of character approved faith and tried integrity character of this sort what does it do it produces the habit of joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation in other words you get to the point where your character is stabilized what's your joy is not based on your circumstances circumstances can switch and change but you're able to stand and say I still have joy after all that I've been through I still have joy after the difficulty I I still have joy give somebody a high five and tell them I'm still here mm-hmm yeah I'm still here I've had some things that I thought were going to kill me I had some stuff that I was sure was gonna put me under in fact I've had days where I wish I wasn't going alive wasn't alive to see the next moment but thank God by His grace I'm still here because what doesn't kill you is meant to make you better it's meant to make you greater now there's some stuff now we got to discuss this some stuff really God can allow I mean there's wow wow there's some things and and you'll find universal things I I guess we need to look at the scripture in the amplified oh of my brother stepped out okay but for those who taking those you can just write it down look at it first Corinthians chapter 10 verse 13 first Corinthians chapter 10 verse 13 in the amplified in the King James that says there's no temptation taken you but such as is common to man common common in other words one of the things the devil loves to try to do with you is to try to make you feel like you're the only one I'm the only one that's gone through that somebody tries to give you this lonely feeling as if you're the only one that got fired from a job you're the only one who can't find an employment you're the only one who has a degree and yet can't get anything you're the only one that's having difficulty in your marriage you're the only one that doesn't seem to have any friends sitting on a Saturday night with nowhere to go some y'all don't know have the smiler growl here okay so listen to what he said for no temptation no trial regarding as enticing to sin no matter how it comes where it leads as overtaking you and laid hold on you that is not common to man listen to this that is no temptation or trials come to you that is beyond human resistance that is not adjusted adapted belonging to human experience loneliness is a human experience depression is a human experience abuse is a human experience fear is a human experience so he said I want you to recognize no matter what you're going through you will find billions of people I didn't say now you may not know who these people are but he said just know that what you're experiencing is very common you're not alone in your struggle you're not alone in your difficulty you didn't have a daddy you don't know who he was you didn't have proper relationship with him oh you're far from being alone I guess we'd better stop a moment and address that you see because many times when the devil wants to start attacking he starts very young and he goes after very key things and one of the key things many times he's gonna go after is your relationship with your father your father really and your mother but particularly your father the reason being is because your parents are your first authority figures and they are meant to be your first representation of God Jesus says this that we can turn to it now let's go to Matthew chapter 6 we can but being in the King James Version Matthew chapter 6 1 verse 9 we need to deal with this issue for a moment about fathers because some of you really are hurting growing you're grown and you're hurting because you didn't have proper relationship with your father or with your mother these are very damaging things they can damage self-esteem see we we start drugs and alcohol or very rarely ever the problem I'm telling you that strictly from a counsel and perspective I have my doctoral degree in counseling I'm telling you from a professional perspective drugs and alcohol are very rarely ever the problem they're norming what drugs and alcala are is emotional medication most people who are turning to drugs and alcohol are simply trying to medicate themselves there in some form of pain they're wanting acceptance they don't want to be rejected and so this is a way for them to fit in and to be accepted this is a way to numb difficulties see that's something if you don't learn how to handle pain correctly if you don't know how to handle it in a godly manner it'll handle you in an ungodly manner you will start doing things and finding yourself in positions now that are very damaging so this is what Jesus said after this manner pray ye and this is what he says how to pray our what our Father which art in now this is a very key thing this is so key this is so key he said the first thing I want you to understand is I want you to learn how to dress God as your father now because of this the devil seeks to mess up your relationships with your father with your mother so Jesus puts also something in there that's very key our Father which are in so if you didn't have a correct father he said don't confuse me with the one on earth I'm in heaven [Applause] some years back I was counseling with a family and the man that was coming to church he had been a part of church and had left and while had left met this lady and she had a daughter and they were now all coming back to church so I was starting to talk to the daughter she was 12 years of age and as the Lord said to me ask the little girl what is her question how was I'm going to be honest with you sometimes you know you're just shocked by some things that come for you I don't care how you trained unless God helps you you don't know and so she began to say to me is God my father and she looked very puzzled and I was puzzled I said Lord what is she asking he said you don't understand son he said her father left her if I'm her father she's afraid I'm going to leave her also see wounds associate they link things together that's what the devil tries to do he tries to hurt you and wound you so now you link this with God that's why some of you're so afraid to trust you won't trust oh you got you're like a lawyer with a file you have a reason exhibit a Exhibit B Exhibit C so a lot of you won't do this instead you do this keep out MySpace we be friends from a distance so that's why some of you having a hard time embracing God and bracing others because all of a sudden now when someone tries to reach for you and is nice to you what you want you to nice what you want you're suspicious because you've been hurt see hurt will twist your way of thinking that's why God has to come heal you God has to start coming to deal with you someone say lord help me to handle her correctly so I I guess I better answer this question to of why God does allow some of these things as far as why God allows things that happen with your father what is God's mindset behind all of that here's how it begins to work we're gonna give both sides there's the devil side and then there's God's side there's a destructive side and then there's a righteous son under on the destructive side it is this it is a case that when you were born honey let me see that bottle would you of water so we can just illustrate this when you were born the devil is really not so much looking at your gender he's not really looking at are you you know our main Ian are you Caucasian he's not really so much concerned with that he's not even so much concerned are you female are you male what is concerned with is what's inside of you see your gender your race that's an external source that's a bottle that's holding something he wants to know what's in you what did God put inside of you based on what God put inside of you now he knows how dangerous and lethal you are now he doesn't have to don't have to know every single thing about it he just has to recognize little elements about it for example this bottle of water the way it is how much would you say it cost in a store dollar how much would it cost in a hotel room Oh eight dollars because now you're paying for convenience right but if I empty this bottle out and I put in a hundred-year-old wine wine like you can only find in Europe you know missus Pato now goes up to upwards of $10,000 by changing the content keeping the same bottom so that's why when the devil all sudden see certain things inside of you he recognizes that content and next thing you know he goes to damage you now what is he trying to do he's trying to damage the container if I have ten thousand dollar wine in here and I start poking holes in the bottle damaging the bottle I caused the wine to lose its value so the enemy automatically starts damaging you as the container so that whatever's inside of you loses value because you become so bitter so angry and feel so justified that's why some of you you're angry at the world just angry wake up angry you wake up on the wrong side of the bed every morning even though your beds up against the wall and there's only one way to get out hmm to see this this comes to hurt and and and I got it I got to emphasize this I feel justified because you don't know what happened to me you don't know what they did to me you don't know what they said to me I have a right to feel this way I see what you're not recognizing is by taking this mentality you actually begin to damage what's inside of you watch this watch this if you want what's inside of a seed to grow a seed doesn't grow on top of soil the first thing you have to do with a seed to make it grow is bury it you gotta bear it to where there's no light and when God wants to make you grow he's gonna let some things so you gonna let some trials of life bury you no light no understandings then the next thing you have to do is water the seed that's why I gotta let you cry because you're watering the seed of destiny inside of you by your tears oh tears have a purpose tears have a purpose I know something you're tired of crying I'm gonna cry I supposed to be struggling right now I'm gonna cry I know if I gonna make me cry that's why you got so much trouble right now so you got ulcers and stuff because you're holding in tears release pressure tears begin to water what God has placed inside of you tears have purpose like a pressure cooker you release the steam valves which is the moisture you don't release the pressure from into the pressure cooker there's an explosion tears release the internal pressure so you don't explode until someone beside you stop trying to hold them back stop trying to hold your tears back tears are a language that God understands come on lift your hands a moment a moment come on ask God to help you to release I need your help here to release some of this I need your help here because I got some stuff here that's inside that I I'm struggling with see if you're not careful when God comes to touch this stuff all you know is back off okay you you getting a little too personal here preacher I just came here for a nice little time and you getting all up in my business and won't discuss the kool-aid I'm good let's stop see why because it hurts you ever went to the doctor and your arm is hurting or something on you is hurting and and the doctor reaches you you go whoa well okay but you know he can't help you unless he touches it that's why of course they've developed King killers and you know see you you're wanting God to heal you but you don't want him to touch it you have to allow him to touch it you have to allow him to deal with it so he can heal it otherwise hurt contain turned you into an angry little troll No see that that's what happens to something you just always in our just angry tell people OFF in a heartbeat and particularly hurt the ones you love and expect them to stick around this is why God has to get down all into your heart let's go to Luke chapter for a moment Luke chapter 4 verse 18 in the amplified classic Luke chapter 4 verse 18 all right God is concerned about your heart God is concerned about where you are but you're gonna have to let God in again it's like going to a hospital if you're gonna have surgery you have to sign a release form you got to give God permission to touch you he's not gonna force you now you we have all kinds of defense systems and this is what happens when you don't start letting God and help you to deal with things correctly you will turn to all kinds of defense systems some of you lose yourself in video games hours and hours play games I'd have to think about it it does its own out some of you lose yourself in romance fantasies imagining another world that's why some of you play games online and lose yourself and all these kinds of things some of you lose yourself in shopping we call it shop therapy nothing a new outfit won't fix pair of shoes and even some and you know don't apply to women flies the men as well Home Depot Lowe's some new equipment rubber and you know get that testosterone going so see we all have stuff some of you it's coffee some of you it's chocolate give me a break break me off a piece of guy oh yeah I knew y'all knew that I knew y'all need it so you see you can turn to all kinds of things to get remedy except the right thing which is got all these other things are substitutes and they have side effects keep eating a lot of chocolate and watch the side effect you know they say a moment on the lips forever on the next so God's saying I'm the only thing you can really come to that doesn't have side effects that won't damage you have you ever have you ever heard these side effects of some of this medication I was this one dad that god help us please it I don't remember if the medication is a doctor probably knows here the medication said it dealt with depression one of the side effects may cause suicide okay maybe huh you know help me out here well hello are we see a lot of these things have side effects that are more almost more damaging than what you're trying to cure and that's the way it is emotionally that's why people jump even from relationships because love is a healer to wounds and if you're not careful you're always trying to find love and you find it in all the wrong places since well you don't know why you're attracted something you're attracted to bad boys to bad girls because you you want the thrill you want the love but you end up getting what you weren't wanting so that's why God has to help us someone lifts your hands day Lord I'm ready to receive some help receive some I'm ready to see some help I need you to heal me from some of this because I'm I'm damaging myself in this that's why when you're hurting long enough all you know is relief and when you want relief what ends up happening is suicide starts sounding really good after a while and suicide isn't just simply is take some pills and I want to die or cut myself or something suicide is I give up I lose the will to war I lose the will to fight that's suicide I lose the will to keep trying I just try to coast through life and que sera sera whatever will be will be but I'll have any expectations but then I can't get disappointed God said I've come to help you if you'll let me I said if you let a lot of our anger the depth of our anger comes from the depth of our hurt let me just bring this out the spear the Lord is upon me this is Jesus talking he said the spear the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me The Anointed One the Messiah to preach the good news the gospel to the poor here comes he has sent me to announce release to the captives captives what he captives he's not talking about people who are physically captive you understand he's talking about people who are captives in their emotions in their mind you're on lockdown you're a prisoner of your past you may have never gone to a prison but you're a prisoner so angry at your father so angry at your mother so angry at situations so angry char sibling so angry at a lover or someone who hurts you that you can't HIGHLY even enjoy life anymore so he said I've come to release the captives recovery of sight to the blind in other words pain can so hurt you pain can so effect you until it blinds you to truth you can't see correctly have you ever been in such physical pain that you literally literally it's like you almost can't see correctly you can't even think correctly that's the way can be emotionally so he said I've come to heal or to give the recovery sight to blind listen to this descent forth as delivered those who are oppressed who are downtrodden bruised crushed broken down by calamity he said life happens life will bruise you crush you break you down he said I've come to heal you I've come to restore you I've come to turn your pain in to power and you got to catch this you got to catch this because he didn't say I come to make sure you didn't have no more pain that's not what he said he didn't come and say I'm coming to make sure you don't have no more difficulties in life no no no no that's not what he's saying he already told you you're gonna have difficulties you're gonna have trials you're gonna have things that hurts you people are gonna say words that hurt you and sometimes stick inside of your mind calling you stupid and ugly and say various things cut you off in traffic and swear at you and act like it was your fault when you had the right away he said but you got to be able to bring these things to me and say God by your stripes I am healed I need your healing I need your comfort come on one more time would you just lift your hands to your god right now thank you for healing me thank you for comforting me thank you for helping me right now I have such need of you I have such need of you I have such need of you I wonder if there's somebody that will just let Guardian I wonder is this somebody that's a man enough and woman enough to admit I've got some stuff that's really bothering me I'm angry frustrated sometimes I'm angry at myself because here's also the truth of the matter sometimes I did some stuff sometimes I messed up and I did some stuff to hurt others and to hurt myself so sometimes I'm holding myself captive because I don't feel like I deserve to be forgiven sometimes the reason why some of you are so hard on others because you're loving others the way you love you the Bible says love your neighbor as yourself oh can I get to a real big one sometimes were angry at God again if you're gonna get help you gonna have to be real here let me put it down right in terms so we can get right down to this when you go to the hospital you can have on nice clothing maybe even designer clothes they'll look at you go you look really nice now put this on one of the best things for your manhood white linen with blue flowers go team yeah you like you like really yeah you have to put this on so you you know they you sit down you like I don't want even move and they say oh you got to get up and take a walk you gotta get your blood circulating so you're walking down the hall if you want to witness to someone about the Sun you're mooning everybody one of the most embarrassing garments on the planet is a hospital Johnny you ask them wedding why do I have to have this on they will tell you we must have easy access to your nakedness because we have to cut clothes off of you every second counts and saving your life oh I wonder if you're hearing this if you want God to heal you you're gonna have to put on your hospital gown you're gonna have to take your armor on well you've been guarding your own heart where you've been saying I'm not gonna cry ain't nobody gonna see me cry no more I'm not gonna give nobody the opportunity to see my pain so they can hurt me more if you want God to heal you I'm sorry friend but you're gonna have to take that armor off you don't perform surgery with armor on you know so amazing one amazing things about surgery is the doctor and the nurses get to see a degree of nakedness regarding you that you have never seen about yourself have you ever seen your own kidney you know what your liver really looks like see they get to see a degree of Nick they get to see your organs a degree of nakedness of you that you've never seen of yourself and when God starts to operate God will give a deep way down inside you have to allow him you have to allow him no he's not gonna push you know he's not gonna force you know he's not gonna put your news on blast no he's not trying to embarrass you but nakedness is a key to healing you can't get healed and stay all together look all prim and proper can't get healed act like you don't have no problems to get healed you're gonna have to get down and dirty into the emotions of where you are and it's when you admit to God I've had enough frustrate I'm angry sometimes you feel like I'm ready to choke somebody you're good good I'm glad you honest that's good see God can help you and God will help you God will help you see when you are honest enough God will help you because sometimes you feel like you ready to slap somebody you right come on I'll slap them so hard I'll send their teeth to the dentist and leave them at home come on sometimes you just feel like you've been pushed to a brink and what happens is when you feel pushed hard enough you start many times pushing back but you end up pushing back against those who weren't even pushing you you start hurting others who weren't hurting you you know what happens when you put a hairdryer that's plugged into the water you're gonna get electrocuted you know what happens see the water the hairdryer is not made for that environment and when you've been sexually abused especially as a child you weren't made for that environment and you know what happens now when someone steps into that water steps into that environment now you electrocute them see hurting people hurt people that's why it's so imperative that you also get healed you might say well it's my problem I'll handle it here's the problem when someone really starts stepping into your environment you're gonna end up hurting them you might be married to a spouse right now that you're hurting because you're hurting you end up doing them harm because you're hurting and yet you love them and you care about them and yet you're doing them damage come on lift your hands one more time and oh I think somebody's ready for some healing I think somebody's ready for some healing it's time to get real it's time to get healed but you're gonna have to sign the release form what do you mean you got to get permission to go you got to say it's me gone I'm angry at my mother I'm angry at my father and anger it a teacher angry myself I don't understand some things that have happened my life my language you got I can't believe you let certain things happen in my life I didn't think it would go this way I thought by now I would have had the American dream like family evening 2.2 children whatever that means but the white picket fence the dog two-car garage instead I feel like I'm living the nightmare gossiped I've hurt you I see you I know your struggles I know where you are you are not forsaken and although the enemies meant to destroy you because of things that are new that are actually so valuable I'm here now to heal your heart to coverage God wants you to make this opportunity take this opportunity again this is a sort of a well thing now nobody's gonna force you now there's gonna grab you by the hand and drag you up here but for those who better willing God wants to call you forward why again just like when you being brought into surgery you have to be willing to come forth you don't you don't get healed by staying on a corner you got you heal by coming forward and letting others assist you God has nurses if you will he's the chief surgeon God has others that assist him in the operation but he's the one that performs the operation God said whoever's willing you've got things that you're hurting over that you've not overcome some of you have low self-esteem because of words and things that were said to you some of you just believe you'll never become anything you're never going to mount anything is because of the way things have been going so God wants to give you this opportunity to come than to come right now pastor I want you to come to first lady please come as well because we're gonna need you to help pray with us and I just come stand alongside of us who will need you to help pray with us again nobody's gonna force you because you got to want this you got to want to shoot you got to be tired you got to say I've had enough and and I'm ready now that's good thank you sir thank you for your honesty it takes a man it takes a woman to deal with their own emotions that's got to change some of our mindsets this idea of being a man and act like you don't have emotions the only the emotions men are allowed to have is be excited over sports or excite over manly things and that's it you got to learn how to be a man and though you got emotions and let God deal with them and help you with them a man God's waiting on you he's calling one more time he's calling for the whoever will come whoever is willing to come Paulo noon they're also seen here who would then you've been talking you've been hearing the talk of hurt and then got a been ministering about hurts and wounds and part of the issue with that is that why you loved and you love deep you hurt and you hurt deep and with that hurt being so deep it's hard for you to let go and so you'll sit there and you say but you don't know what they did to me you don't know how bad it hurt and you won't let it go well God can't heal you if you don't forget right you have to let it go and there are many of them in here many of you in here who have things you need to let go you've got people that you've got to let go not just from even today the present or even these past five or ten years we're talking even going back to childhood hurts wounds offenses disappointments things that were never dealt with that we're never healed and therefore had literally transitioned from our past into our future and we find ourselves with our past governing our future right your past was never meant to determine your future and there are many of you who've been crying out to the Lord saying I'm tired I'm tired of going through this I'm tired of feeling this way and I want to change the Lord has hurt you he's hurt you this is the opportunity is given this divine moment was orchestrated divinely for you for you for you and God is making the call to you you've cried out to him and he's hurt you will you come will you come don't worry about anyone else this is about you you come amen don't let it pass and it's just you getting into God's presence doesn't mean necessarily that anybody has to lay hands on you you come get in God's presence and begin to talk to him and unload it amen unload it because when you hold things in your chest and then and in your feelings your emotions those very things are the things that cause cancer they can eat you and eat away at you years and years and years and literally cause physical sickness and illnesses and cancers and all kinds of even illnesses and afflictions amen some even hold onto things in their head till it begins to make them go off in their head their minds and then so you want to let some things go you want to get in the presence of God if you want to feel God's presence and you want to be set free the Lord is here to help you he is willing and he is ready it's what do you want do you want it how bad do you want it and the Lord says according to your faith be it unto you this day according to your faith and then we won't hold too much longer we're giving you still a little bit more opportunity those of you gonna come you need to come just come just come just come and get in his presence just come come and unload come and give it to him some of you just need to unload it in his presence give it to him just give it to him give it to him let him lift the weight let him lift the burden let him lift the pressure the stress and then the depression let him lift it let him lift it and then let him set you free let him deliver you and let me let him heal you your heart in your mind and in your emotions and he will speak peace to your hearts peace to your mind and peace to your motions hallelujah take my heart take my life being sacrifice my dreams all my plan lord I lake city to your head I give myself [Music] give myself away so you can tease me yes go ahead Gordon begin to unload go ahead and unload yes yes begin to talk to him [Music] yes yes [Music] hmmm even have to begin by just being honest you say well I don't even know what to say just start telling God what's hurting you you don't have to know every single detail you don't have to know every just go after the big stuff there's some things that are in the forefront of your mind just start telling God I'm hurting this has been bothering I've been being abused mentally verbally come on I've been dealing with difficulties I've been feeling like a loser whatever it is you just you just teletoon you don't have to yell it out just right underneath your breath just tell it to [Music] I've been rejected so much God till I don't feel worth anything come on you tell them whatever it is you tell them whatever it is release that you tell them [Music] [Music] I'm hurting God but you're my [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah for those of you who have things that in your hearts and in your minds that need to be empty for those of you who need to forgive I want you to take a moment and then I want you to take a moment and to walk back through your childhood very quickly see those people that you're holding things you know who they are you know what they are because there are certain things that you can recall and immediately you haven't hurt anger and pain those things those people that are there in your heart I want you to see them see what they've done don't we live it but I want you to outwardly into the atmosphere speak I forgive you do it for each one it only takes a minute just don't eat takes a minute but walks through it every one that you're holding do it now do it now you can speak the name under your breath or you can speak it lightly or even in your head but when you get to I forgive you that needs to be in the atmosphere because you're gonna break some stuff off of yourself you're gonna break this stuff off of you you've got to forgive them you got to forgive them so I forgive you I forgive you I forgive you I forgive you every one that you're holding and you just forgive them forgive them and your heart and you might forgive them everything's being held forgive them forgive them forgive them forgive them hallelujah some of you are holding yourself hostage you've made mistakes we all make mistakes some of you are so hard on yourself till the mistakes that you have made you haven't forgiven yourself so God said even when you've forgiven everyone else if you have not forgiven yourself it's still unforgiveness and he still can't move so you're gonna have to say I forgive me for all the mistakes that I made I forgive me loose yourself I forgive me I forgive me I forgive me hallelujah and receive it I forgive me hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah loosen and let it go loosen and let it go great quarter of a shot break cold raw shake loose in the name of Jesus let Carlotta loose in the name of Jesus hetero Shia in a row Roche hallelujah and there's some of you who have actually held God hostage you've held him responsible for things that have happened you've been angry with the Lord some of you disobeyed him some of you have blamed him and been angry with him and at this time you need to repent to the Lord because he was merciful he could have took you out of here but he was merciful so you need to tell the Lord Lord I'm sorry you need to repent tell him I'm sorry God I'm sorry father I'm sorry I blamed you father I'm sorry I was angry with you I'm sorry I was upset with you Oh God I didn't understand but I'm sorry I'm sorry tell god you're sorry amen and ask him to forgive you amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you Lord Jesus and the last thing for those of you who have walked through forgiving all those who have hurt you and wounded you because it's been so many years there may have been something that you even forgot about so you need to say Lord for all those that I have may have forgotten about I forgive them too so that will recover everybody Lord anybody that I can't remember that hurt me and I'm still harboring it I forgive them in Jesus name forgive him now forgive him now forgive him now forgive baby forgive baby let it go let it go baby let it go God loves you and he knows let it go it's all right it's all right it's all right he's gonna help you God is gonna help you he's hurt you he's gonna help you he is gonna help you he loves you he loves you just let it go baby let it all go empty it all out just let it go it's gonna be alright let it go amen Lord said you feel very lonely but he's with you he hears you you're not alone he's gonna help you the pregnancy scary because it feels like you're doing it by yourself and you're alone and you don't know outcomes in finances and don't know how things are gonna work out but God said he's going to help you he's with you he's going to help you all of you right now would you lift your hands we're going to pray the prayer faith God is going to minister father in the name of Jesus right now as we make the prayer of faith you are the healer of broken hearts you are the healer of wounded minds and spirits we speak healing now to these your children that by your stripes they were healed heal from all the damaging words heal from all the rejection heal from all the misunderstandings heal from all the unforgiveness healed God from depression from loneliness healed from the things that are happening and have happened in their lives that have crippled them from moving forward that have crippled them from becoming who you want them to be we thank you right now for your healing virtue glory glory glory glory glory Robert Allah baby because Shalom Ahmad Rashad aya [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] sir can you come back you [Music] the Lord as you were standing back there heard the Lord talking to you and he said you've been hurt you've misunderstood a lot people don't always understand you they misunderstand you they don't know where you came from they don't understand your heart they don't understand always how you think but God said I know you he said I made you and he said and I formed you out of your mother's womb I formed you I know who you are and God said that though the wounds came he said do not allow the hurts and the wounds and the offenses and the disappointments to stand the rejections to stifle your walk with God don't allow it to cause you to be a wanderer don't allow it to cause you to feel disheartened and to lose confidence in God or in the people of God or in the Ministry of God because that's what the enemy tries to do that's why he did what he did to you because he's trying to taint what God was trying to do within you and make you disheartened and make you stand back and actually begin to continue to step backwards away from God and God said you have a heart for him the drive that he's given you he gave it to you he said don't be afraid because fear is trying to step in afraid of being hurt we understand it but God said I did not give you the spirit of fear but of love of power and of a sound mind God said I've placed a lot of knew you're very gifted you're talented but God said he also has divine destiny orchestrated for you God has plans for you sir so God wants you to continue to move forward in him he wants you to allow the healing to take place to not be afraid to open up to him and actually even as you endeavor to get closer to God God wants you even to open up even the more in your emotional set just get in him and worship just let go and let God loose yourself in him and lose yourself in him and see what God is gonna do for you God loves you he's got plans for you he said he will make ways out of no way he's gonna turn some things around for you he said he needs you to be patient though because many times you'll take off if he gives you a word you running you gone the only way for the instructions and he said that he wants to remind you that when he gives you a message there is still a method you got to seek him to find out how he wants it done what he wants said when he wants it said you know you've got to seek him for direction don't just run cuz you get a message or because you're here god say do something just run to do it there's also timing you want to get the full counsel of God and his timing yes ask for God's divine wisdom and he will help you he will help you because he's opening up things to you and and because you catch things that you catch them quickly sometimes when God begins to flow it's like a flood and you feel like because the flood is coming you're ready to get up and take off but just run and God said just calm down son calm down son he said just wait just wait sometimes he want you to marinate in it marinate in it amen and let him begin to even he'll come back at you afraid that if you don't move you lose it he said you won't lose it because the same God in the same spirit that gave it to you he is able to bring it back to you over and over again in order to bring the understanding and even break it down more that you will have every detail that you need he said wait on him trust in him trust in him trust in him don't worry about trusting man if you trust in God he will show you who to trust he will show you who to trust your confidence has to be in him and hope in God not in people not in ministry not in things not in your job your job is not your source God is job as a resource God is the source so no fear he said trust in him wait on him be patient even when you hear don't run be patient and wait on God God's gonna make things more clearer more straight and more plain as you walk God said the steps of the righteous are ordered he's gonna order your steps he's already ordered of wait on him follow him and he's got you he wants you to understand and know that he knows you and he has heard your prayers cuz you've been asking about this this is direction you've been waiting for you've been asking him to talk to you and he said this day he has come to tell let you know that he loves you he cares about you and he is confirming some things even to you that he's already said he's already spoken it in your ear this is confirmation of what he's already said to you amen and nothing new you and you met him amen amen I'm here no amen that's still stand still so you ready to run already stand still stand still have peace and rest amen you get a lot inches and God knows and that's where he wants you be careful for nothing don't be anxious just calm down and just rest let your spirit rest he's got you amen and he will show you where you need to be and when he shows you because he's already placed men and women of God in your life if man have gotten lucky in your life just listen to him and follow Amen well it was speaking to me regarding you and he said he wanted you to hear this and hear this very clearly he said because you've had such hurt and pressure at some time he felt like he gonna absolutely sure others if it were to go in the sink God said his hand is on holding your mind he said you do not have to fear of losing the heart of that also is a frustration of I just don't know what to do I don't know where to turn which way to go thoughts that I have allowed because I'm driving you towards myself thoughts gods and I'm literally laying these guts it's step aside woman let me have a little girl I have to come I have to let her know everything is going to be okay because she's a bit of stir she has just gone through such trauma and she doesn't understand and doesn't matter what explanation give to her she's not gonna understand no matter how logical no matter how correct she's not gonna get it because she doesn't want to get it because all she knows is it wasn't fair why did this happen this should have happened too so God said he's coming to come to comfort her and pick her up and let her know everything is going to be all right there's one word God wants to speak into you right now the peace I'm talking about peace so you can sleep well peace so you can function in life peace what your mind is just not going wild and crazy it's tough to focus peace the Lord speaks beasts no more fear you have been troubled with fear fear of failure Fitz you're not gonna make it fear that you're making a mess of everything fear that you're gonna do the wrong thing and many times you've done things and they've blown up when you've done things and they just didn't go right and and you try to make a mistakes you're tired of trying and it seem like it's not working and and so your heart now look at your heart I see rips and tears and shreds it's been broken over and over and over again to the point where you're almost becoming bitter because you said can you take anymore I'm tired of being hurt tired of being her so while you're reaching out to God then there's a part of you that draws back and you reach and you draw back and you're getting to the point where if you don't let God grab a hole to you you'll be driven away and God is saying I've heard you every moment every groan and every tear God has heard you and this day is divinely orchestrated for you as well after this today you will never be the same you will never be the same you will never be the same hallelujah you will never be the same Amen cuz you're gonna get free today and God's gonna help you the only thing that the Lord would say to you other than that too is this that way as he sets you free and he moves you forward that you don't become complacent because you have a habit when things get calm and easy and you don't think about it and you kind of move along and God said that's why he allowed these things to kind of draw you to him but then when things get easy you kind of just get settled and I can breathe and and God is saying no no no that's why I allowed this stuff because this is a time and a season that I'm drawing her close God needs you close he meet you close so even when he gives you the piece and it begins to settle it in your spirit get close to him he's trying to give you that hunger and that thirst for him to get in his presence and as you get in his presence and he's gonna begin to teach you he's gonna give you a discernment and help you that you'll know what's coming at you even dealing with people a lot of it was a lack of discernment you didn't have discernment and God said I will show you I won't have you ignorant to Satan's devices but I can't show you if you don't have relationship if you're not talking to me I can't talk to you so he wants to help you he wants to grow you and he says I have things I have things father says the Lord he said I have plans for her God has plans for you amen and this is his way of getting you to move amen and you will move forward in Jesus name Amen [Applause] God is ministering to people us you just let him we're just taking our time which is letting God talk to people as only he can my sister that just is walking back to your seat right there I need you just to come back just a moment you need to sit down if you're tired that's fine we have Barry we can sit down we have seats you can pull up there's not a problem but the Lord said he's speaking to you and there's a I hear God make this statement God calls you a warrior he says you're a fighter you're a warrior but he also said he has to teach you how to properly fight he said because sometimes you get you know sometimes we can get so hurt we just start swinging at anything and anybody you know we just try to we just pain I'm gonna live I'm gonna survive but we just start swinging at everybody and then sometimes we're swinging at that which is not really an enemy and we can hurt people that really are trying to help us but because we're just so hurting and so desperate we're just we're just trying to survive and so God said he's come to build you back up he's actually come to strengthen your will to war but he's come to touch your mind and clear your vision from pain he said pain has clouded your vision it's caused you not to see things correctly it's caused you not to move correctly but God said I hurt you and I love you and I know you and I will help you just lift your that's it that's the presence of God right there lift your hands to the Lord that's right uh-huh hallelujah thank you Lord Jesus thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] glory [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] I just have to say this to you the Lord said there's been this dark cloud of depression around you which he now is moving from your face he's moving it from your mind and you shall enjoy life and you shall experience joy and you shall be able to go forward because God is moving that cloud from your face and giving you liberty [Music]

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Keywords: dr gerald jeffers, dr jeffers, brother jerry, ella jeffers, holiness, preaching, apostolic, bible, one way, oneness, jesus only

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Published: Tue Sep 25 2018