Extended Revival Service | Vision WKND

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hey good evening good evening come on stand your feet come on we're going to get started tonight we're excited you're joining us thank you for joining us this evening listen i want to invite you to come on out of your seat join us at the altar for worship tonight come on find your place here in the sanctuary hey there is no shadow that has ever overcome your light there is no rival that could ever stand against your might you've always been with us every battle you've already won yeah we've already won come on put those hands together let's praise the lord there is a mark on you and there is [Music] show me one thing he can't do show me is possible hey show me one thing that's too hard [Music] [Music] do you believe it tonight i said do you believe it tonight and there is a kingdom that's advancing at the speed of light and in his kingdom every dead thing is bound to [Music] rise he is faithful to revive oh he will rely here we go show me one thing he can't do show [Music] show me one thing that's too [Music] is possible it's possible [Music] listen all of my fear i will turn into praise shake off despair as i sing out your name a victory dance i will dance out in faith i will crush disappointment and break every chain oh all of my fear i will turn into praise shake off this bear ass i sing out your name a victory dance i will dance out in faith i will crush disappointment and break every chain oh all of my fear i will turn into praise shake [Music] [Music] is possible show me is possible anything is [Music] on all of my possible [Music] [Music] will dance out in faith i will crush this apartment and break every check oh come on [Music] show me one thing that's too hard [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hallelujah [Music] [Music] as the spirit was moving over the water spirit come move over us come rest on us come rest on us calm down [Music] [Music] me [Music] open up [Music] [Music] i'm here and i know [Music] [Music] me [Music] holy spirit come rest on us you're all we want tell him you're all we want and holy spirit [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Applause] holy spirit [Music] is [Music] you're here please [Music] is is is [Music] wow voices [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] it's time for the sleeper to wake it's time for the old ways to change and i hear the spirit say it's time [Music] it's time for the dead man to rise it's time for the great light [Music] to shine and i hear the spirits [Music] [Music] like [Music] it's time for the sleeper to wait it's time for the old winds to change [Music] is [Music] let them [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] open up the windows [Music] [Music] let the light open up [Music] up [Music] [Music] like [Music] [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] open up the windows let the light open up the windows let the light open up [Music] open up the windows [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] oh come on some of y'all might might not be aware of this but this weekend is not just significant for us because of what god is doing in our midst here in the northwest it's it's also significant as it pertains to the biblical calendar anybody know what this weekend is is rosh hashanah it's a jewish holiday that celebrates the new year see we start our new year on january 1st but they start theirs when it's time for harvest in the fall i want you to see how good god is we weren't even planning to do it this weekend i wasn't even aware of it until i got a text on the first night of of conferences somebody said hey do you know that right now the jews are getting ready to celebrate the beginning of the year which for them signifies harvest i want i want you to see how prophetic this is this evening friend because as the jews are celebrating the beginning of their new year god is celebrating the beginning of a new season of outpouring here in the northwest [Applause] it's interesting when they celebrate this festival oftentimes what would happen in in the old testament is that the high priest would gather the people and they would give thanks to god and it was usually about a 10-day celebration that led up to the day of atonement and for 10 days the people would celebrate and party and honor and repent and weep and rejoice as they re-centered their lives around the the reality of who god was why because it was starting their year off right yeah one of the things that they would do is that the high priest would blow the shofar and what it would what it would signal is that there's a shift in the season there's a shift in the atmosphere it's not just in the natural it's also in in the spiritual there's a shift that's coming it's interesting that when the jews would celebrate rosh hashanah it wasn't just the celebration of harvest oftentimes they would gather the women in the community who were barren who weren't yet able to have children and they would gather them around the community and when the high priest would blow the shofar they believed spiritually something was even shifting in their womb that god would open their womb and allow them to conceive children i want you to see how significant this weekend is i want you to see how significant these days are as we've gathered and as we're celebrating the goodness of god in the land of the living according to jewish tradition god inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a book called the book of life and what it would establish for every person was what type of year they're going to have and i believe that by god's spirit these last number of days he's marking people for what type of year they're gonna have it's a lot easier to have a good week than it is to have a good life and i need you to know that this weekend is not just about getting excited in any particular context or even going through some extended services and who knows how long those will last but but but these are moments that mark and shift the trajectory of our spiritual life that you would look back on this labor day outpouring and go man that's where god met me man that's when something changed in my heart that's when something changed in my life that's when god began a new story of his faithfulness in my book come on just by a show of hands how many of you have heard a shofar blast before okay some of you have some of you haven't tonight you will tonight you will come on i believe so sincerely in my spirit that god is preparing the northwest for another awakening for another encounter for another revival not just measuring up to things that we've had in the past but a new watermark of god's faithfulness a new watermark of renewal a new watermark of outpouring and friend tonight you are the first fruits of what i believe is going to be an unmitigated outpouring of god's spirit in this hour you get to get in on the ground floor of what god is getting ready to do next you are here helping plow the ground that others may follow in your wake and reap from your obedience that's why we say it's simple obedience that changes history that's why your testimony has power come on that's why your worship is significant that's why your faithfulness to the high call of god which is in christ jesus is important because it makes a way for those who are waiting on the other side of your obedience that's why we celebrate baptisms that's why we celebrate rededications that's why we celebrate healings and salvations and deliverances because it's not just about you it's about everybody who reads the pages of your story that god by his spirit is writing in this season in fact even some scholars believe that when christ returns and how paul says to the church in thessalonica they will hear a trumpet blast they actually think it will be the sound of a shofar announcing that the messiah has come again come on fred this is a significant weekend it's a significant couple of days that you spent here in the presence of god and in the presence of other believers as we're going after god's heart as we're interacting with god's presence and i'm telling you we have barely scratched the surface to what this thing contains so i'm going to encourage you tonight to drink deep i'm going to encourage you tonight to give everything that you have in pursuit of everything that he is and in doing so watch the spirit of god work miracle after miracle after miracle in your life friend it's a miracle that folks are gathering here on a tuesday night in the middle of september to worship jesus it's a miracle that despite all the restrictions and shutdowns and mandates somehow the church of god has prevailed it's a miracle that hundreds of people have been baptized in commitment to follow jesus over the last number of nights it's a miracle it's a miracle it's a you're in a miracle we've got friends today watching on the live stream from west africa we got friends watching from australia we've got friends watching from western europe and eastern europe we've got people around the world who are peering in with interest just hearing a rumor that god is now doing something new in the seattle region friend you are a part of a miracle in the northwest don't forget it [Applause] david asked this rhetorical question who is the king of glory who is this king who is the one that we write about who is the one who holds all created order in his hand who is the one that has hung the stars who was the one that has spoke continents into existence who was the one that breathed into dirt and made man who is this king of glory and then he answers his own question he says he is the king who is strong and mighty in battle therefore we swing wide ancient gates and we open up ancient doors to let the king of glory in and friend through worship and praise we're not just hoping light comes in we're not just hoping jesus shows up we're not just hoping the community gets impacted by his presence we are coming into agreement with what scripture says to be true as we're opening up ancient gates here in the northwest come on we're going to see this again i'm going to ask my friend adam to blast the shofar we're going to lift a shout of praise in this place friend tonight worship is a weapon of your warfare come on tonight without even anybody praying for you we're gonna see healings we're gonna see deliverances we're gonna see signs wonders miracles it's gonna break out in this place why because the jesus we serve is the lord's strongest he is the one who is mighty the one who is opening up over the northwest and hear me fred god tonight is gonna do violence against your sickness god tonight is going to do violence against your oppression god tonight is going to do violence against your depression god tonight is going to do violence against your dysfunction he's not a nice safe little god who has come to negotiate with your darkness friend he is dismantling and destroying the enemy's work in your life and the strong man in this region [Applause] come on when i count to three if i have adam blast the shofar and when he does i want to raise a holy sound in this place i want to raise a sound that puts every demon in hell on notice that the church of jesus christ has awakened that the people of god in this hour have grabbed a hold of the hymn of his garment and they're not letting go i want you to shout tonight like your miracle depends on it i want you to shout tonight like revival depends on it i want you to shout tonight like there is something in your voice that opens a gate that allows king jesus to ride in on your praise friend tonight we do violence against the kingdoms of darkness come on friend are you ready come on just wave at me if you're ready come on friend one two three [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] open up the windows [Music] let the [Music] open up the windows [Music] is [Music] [Music] it is i hear the sound [Music] i have a dear friend and he said something very profound to me he said you cannot seek his face and save yours i'll say it again you cannot seek his face and save yours the bible says that king david was a man after god's own heart [Music] and king david said i don't care what it looks like i'll get even more dignified than this [Music] see i know we're real smart we've got it all figured out but here's the deal the lord's inviting us into mystery he's inviting us into dangerous praise he's inviting us into a place where we begin to activate ourselves and we begin to thank him even before we see a breakthrough can you all hear me in the back wave at me if you can hear me in the back so so he said so so i said the lord is inviting us to begin to praise him even before we see a breakthrough see anyone can praise god when everything's going well it takes real faith to praise god when things are not going well and you're believing god for a breakthrough when you're in a place of waiting see the nation of israel wasn't in a great place but ezekiel the lord took ezekiel and he says what do you see and you see he says i see dry bones all over her valley and all of a sudden there was a sound and the bones begin to rattle and begin to come together and a great army begin to rise when we see an army [Music] maybe it's financial maybe it's relational maybe it's physical i want you to do something tonight maybe it's even radical for you i want you to come out of your seat and i want you to join all these crazy worshipers at the altar [Applause] why do i have to come forward god can touch me right where i'm at yeah he sure can but there's something powerful the bible says when you draw near to god he will draw near to you and when you take a step in the natural it unlocks the supernatural i'll say it again when you take a step in the natural it unlocks the supernatural [Applause] [Music] yeah that's in the scripture that's in first corinthians in the tail end of it so if you're believing god for a miracle this this evening come forever come on come out of your seat come on oh i think there's some people here that are just desperate and saying you know what i don't care anymore i just need a breakthrough i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired and i'm gonna do what it takes to see my god move in my life yeah that's it oh yeah [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] this is [Music] [Music] just um what happens when god doing [Applause] oh [Applause] i'm gonna let it this go [Music] [Applause] hey friend it's just a moment we're going to open up the baptismal take and i've been getting messages all day from folks who said i couldn't make it yesterday i couldn't make it the day before but i want to be baptized we got folks driving even from out of the region that want to be here tonight to follow jesus through the waters of baptism come on it's going to be another significant marker in the lives of so many today in just a moment we're going to invite you if you're here tonight and you say pastor i want to get baptized i haven't yet followed the lord through the waters of baptism and tonight i i want to join with others and make a public declaration that jesus is lord come on friend baptism is more than just getting dunked in a church is more than just getting wet in a pool no baptism is a spiritual declaration i no longer belong to the tombs i belong to christ when you go under the waters of baptism it's your old life that's represented when you come up out of the waters of baptism it's your new life that's represented and what we declare in baptism is similar to what we declare in communion that through the death of jesus christ now today i have new life and something that happens in baptism that we see all the time is people are instantaneously healed all of a sudden people go home and they recognize they don't have that pain that they've had for years in their life addictions are broken off of people it's a spiritually significant moment listen fred you're not just a human having a spiritual experience you are a spiritual person having a human experience and this is the work of the spirit this is the work of the spirit there's some of you here tonight you say pastor i i've got to follow the lord i've got to be obedient i've got to be baptized you might have come ready with shorts and a t-shirt and others of you didn't you just got off of work and you drove straight here and we so appreciate you joining us for tonight but friend i wouldn't be doing a very good job if i didn't communicate to you the seriousness of what baptism entails you're not just declaring to friends who are gathered here you're not just declaring to an audience that's watching from around the world you're declaring to every principality and power in hell that you don't belong to darkness you belong to light so if you came prepared to get baptized if you guys want to get ready and get in the tank and come on can we make a runway again for folks and you're going to enter in on my right which is your left and you're going to come out here on these stairs and these are such important intrical moments in the lives of people we got folks driving on their way i just had somebody text me they said i'm gonna be there at seven keep the tank open i'm gonna be there at seven i said tank's gonna be open no charge no feet tank's gonna be open tank's gonna be open folks are already starting to line up come on if that's you in this place tonight you say pastor i need to be baptized i need to be obedient in baptism come on just make your way out of your seat quick quick quick come on just make your way out of your seat join me here at the altar in just a moment in just a moment we're going to open the tank [Music] friend tonight decisions are being made for eternity friend tonight decisions are being made that not only will forever mark you but they will mark your lineage and your generational line when we partner with god in faith through the waters of baptism something supernatural happens in our life if you're still sitting there and you're saying is he talking to me yeah i'm talking to you come on watch it make your way forward line up and we're going to partner with you in faith tonight in water baptism and see god do something significant in your life and here's what we do as a family here's what we do as a church community come on when folks are baptized you go see it on the screens on my right and on my left just like we do when people give their hearts to jesus just like we do when people rededicate their lives to christ come on we want to celebrate people tonight we want to honor the lord's work and their lives and so why don't you help me as we're baptizing folks when they come out of the water come on let's give a great shout to the lord let's clap let's cheer let's act like we're excited to be in the midst of an awakening and a revival in our region come on if you're still sitting in your seat you want to make your way forward do so at this time line up we're going to go ahead and baptize you in water this evening come on team let's start let's start baptizing worship team let's continue to worship come on let's do this this evening [Music] surely it was true [Music] [Music] this is [Music] [Music] new you're not gonna run out of miracles anytime soon [Music] [Music] [Music] my god is is is is [Music] [Music] [Music] um i [Music] is [Music] is [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] it this is oh [Music] hey [Music] wandering into the night wanting a place to hide this weary soul this bag of bones and i try with all my might i just can't win the fight i'm slowly drifting a vagabond and i met [Music] [Music] change my name forever got no choice but to believe my doubts are burning like ashes in the wind [Music] you can just keep it moving [Music] [Music] we [Music] together tonight tonight [Music] [Music] i want you to turn to somebody next to you and i want you to testify about the goodness of god in your life come on turn to somebody and tell them one good thing god has done in your life come on tell them right now turn come on don't be shy come on turn and tell him testify tonight [Music] hey all right [Music] let's declare it [Music] i again [Music] i free free [Music] [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Music] thank god [Applause] come on we just want to give one last opportunity if you're here tonight you say pastor i haven't yet been water baptized but i want to be don't pass me by i don't want to miss my moment tonight's the night friend tomorrow's not promised but tonight is and we want to give you an opportunity if you haven't already we'll still make room the water is still semi-clean i wouldn't drink any while you're under but we do want to give you an opportunity if you're here tonight if you're here tonight just wave at me say pastor i want to be water baptized just remember me tonight i want to follow the lord through the waters of baptism and god is doing some incredible things come on just another one [Music] [Applause] [Music] am free [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] do you i [Music] he was me free [Music] i am [Music] [Music] because he [Music] [Music] i'm i thank god come on one more time [Applause] awesome awesome come on the spirit of the lord is here where the spirit of the lord is there is freedom and there is liberty for those who are in captivity and friend you need to know tonight that what you've been held captive by is demolished in the presence of king jesus if you're here tonight you say pastor i'm i'm dealing with demonic interference i feel like everywhere i go there's like a cloud that's been hanging over me a heaviness seems to follow me wherever i go a spirit of infirmity that i feel like is just attached to my identity but tonight i want freedom frank can i tell you the one who makes us free is here in this house and his name is jesus and his power is real and he's here to meet you at the place of your need and can i tell you oppression is nothing to be embarrassed about but you simply brought to the father as an act of sacrifice and says god here i am you know what happens with iniquity and sin and bondage and addiction those chains are too small to be felt until one day they're too large to be broken and pretty soon you find yourself wrapped up in all those grave clothes that god called you out of and fred tonight jesus offers you freedom and this is the good news of the gospel it's not just salvation as a one-time event but it's ongoing abundant life through the power of the holy spirit and friend tonight's your night tonight's your night come on you've been here tonight you've been dealing with different forms of oppression come couple different forms of bondage and addiction in your life come on some of you even here this evening it's you feel like you're even tormented at night demonically friend tonight is a night of freedom for your life i'm not just hoping it's a night of freedom i'm prophesying over you tonight that you can be made free others of you in this room just need a touch of god in your body a sickness a disease a diagnosis come on we celebrate both what seems like to be the big miracles and what seems to us to be the small miracles i think oftentimes we have a value judgment problem sometimes the things that we think are most insignificant are actually most significant to god [Music] it's significant when a young person gets baptized come on it's significant when an older person gets baptized because jesus gets the glory and heaven gets the victory and together you and i we're partnering we're adding our faith one to another to believe for greater things to be done in this region friend you are a part of an ongoing awakening congratulations you've been drafted in just by osmosis just by simple attendance i know i didn't even sign up for this i get it me either but tonight by osmosis you've been drafted into what god is doing in this kingdom hour and some of you have sensed the longing in your heart for more of him [Music] it's not that you don't believe you do but you're just sensing a longing in your heart for more of him to know him and to make him known and can i tell you friend as new testament christians we don't just believe in a baptism of water we believe in a baptism of fire by which the same holy spirit that seals you unto the day of final salvation also induce you with power from on high and tonight many of you are going to come into the fullness of that subsequent and secondary experience by which god places his fire on your life and you're marked for eternity well this is why we bring up people like pastor benny and others because i was just an 11 year old kid in his meeting when god marked my life and it seemed insignificant to other people but it marked my life and friend tonight it's available for you because this jesus we serve is no respecter of person he is close to the broken and the contrite he lifts us out of the miry clay and places us on the solid foundation he takes the orphan and sits them at his table he takes the center and makes them redeem this is the god that we serve and tonight this god has come close he's come close and he's inviting you in he's inviting you in i promise you some of you will look back at these days 20 years from now and go man that's where god got a hold of my life i can't explain it i don't have words for it i can't figure it out i can't put it in all of my nice little neat theological boxes but i know god met me and i promise you you won't be able to understand or explain everything you see and the longer you follow jesus the less you know but if you give them your whole heart and your whole mind and your whole strength in your whole life with a yielded life watch what jesus can do come on do we have a few more baptisms is that why folks are here awesome come on in the water's warm wow they're telling me they're coming out of the children's ministry to come get water baptized they just told me [Music] [Applause] me [Music] come on stretch out your hands to these little ones begin to speak blessing over them come on use your words now the bible says the power life and death is in your tongue use your words and bless them [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] ah [Music] i please [Music] so yes [Music] come on let's sing this song [Music] jesus it's you jesus [Music] all the miracles [Music] all the miracles [Music] [Music] and i can't resurrect with my own hands to just [Music] jesus is [Music] [Music] you're the one [Music] god [Music] is [Music] seen it with my very own eyes your goodness on display for the world to see and you're only just beginning god i've seen cancer disappear i've seen matt old places don't you tell me he can't do it don't you tell me he can do it i've seen real-life resurrection i've seen mental health restore don't you tell me he can't do it don't you tell me [Music] don't don't you tell me he can't do it don't you tell me he can't do it he's reunited don't you tell me [Music] don't you tell me [Music] don't you tell me [Music] don't you tell me [Music] all the miracles [Music] oh [Music] [Music] you're the [Music] all the miracles come on even last night we didn't have time to share this testimony but even last night before service even started it was just in pre-service prayer somebody had walked in off the street and handed over their cocaine their [Music] [Applause] drugs i think it was one of our staff members maybe or just better not yeah over the next number of days though you're gonna hear testimony after testimony after testimony of the incredible things that god is doing in these moments you might be here tonight you might say man i wish the pastor would call out exactly what i'm dealing with and can i tell you friend in the presence of god it's not just the sicknesses that we have words of knowledge about but the bible says jesus healed every disease every infirmity every sickness so you might be here tonight say i'm dealing with a diagnosis but even if i don't mention it tonight is still a night for your healing and for your deliverance and so let's believe in the goodness of god in the land of the living just a moment we're gonna take time to pray for people and we're just gonna see god begin just to break out all across this room and you're gonna receive in accordance watch with your expectation and that's why we try to prepare this environment as much as we can so that as you walk in you're expecting to receive because that expectation to receive there's a fancy theological word that describes that it's called this faith and when you operate in expectancy it gives the necessary permission for god to be god and do something incredible in your life come on would you find a seat if you can tonight just briefly let me share with you just three things the lord has laid on my heart prophetically and then we're going to go into time of ministry and to a time of prayer i know many of you have been with us since uh we started what we call vision weekend friday night vision weekend friday night uh and god is my witness we had no idea that it would turn into friday saturday sunday sunday night monday night tuesday night we've just done everything we can to be obedient to the leading into the directing of god's spirit but i need you to know from my heart to yours that this is always who we've been hear me friend revival is not defined by extended services however oftentimes extended services are a fruit of what revival brings but can i tell you the true sign of revival in a community is lives given to jesus bodies healed folks baptized in water and by fire and the church growing and multiplying daily so i would say this not only are we experiencing what i would say to be a an apex moment in revival but i think this church has been in a revival movement here for the last number of months churches don't triple in nine months but this one has churches don't grow in the midst of a pandemic but this one has and we've heard week after week after week testimony of people who have been radically encountered by jesus and it's not just happening here it's happening even with some of our online community i got a testimony last night there was a woman in another state watching and there was a word of knowledge that was released on this stage about a specific healing in a physical body and she typed into the chat she said right as they said that pain left my body this is the god that this is the god that we serve this is the one that we worship and so when we extol his virtue when we say he is worthy when we come to him in honor and in reverence it creates an atmosphere where the impossible becomes possible and we're going to honor we're going to celebrate and we're going to revere everything that we see everything that god does we want to be the greatest cheering squad on behalf of heaven that has ever existed in the northwest and as we come into agreement with what god is saying and what god is doing i think we'll honor our way into increase upon increase i want to give you just three prophetic things tonight and i felt like the lord impressed upon me last night even as pastor benny was ministering and uh uh pastor betty went went fl flew home to vegas this afternoon and right before he left he told me i will be seeing you soon i'm gonna be coming back there is something happening in the northwest that i want to partner with you on but let me be let me be very clear tonight friend and this is what pastor benny mentioned last night benny didn't come to start something here at the pursuit he came to validate something that was already happening here in this environment and that's the reflection of the ingredients that are in this room and that's a reflection of the prayer and the persistence and the generosity and the gifting and the leaning in attitude of folks just like you and and just like me in second kings four and verse one watch what the bible says the bible says this a certain woman of the wives or the sons of the prophets cried out to elisha saying your servant my husband is dead and you know that your servant feared the lord and the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves your servant my husband is dead and you know that your servant watch feared the lord i'm gonna give you three things tonight i'm gonna give you three things on a message i felt like by god's spirit he downloaded in my heart last night message the title of my message tonight is why revival tarries some of you might be unfamiliar with that word but many decades ago when revival services were held they called them actually they called them terry services where people would tarry or they would contend or they would stay or they would wait or they would gather as many nights as it took until the glory of god fell in such a demonstrable fashion that it just left people on their faces i felt like the lord spoke to me last night said russ i'm going to give you keys on why or how revival tarries or stays in a community and the first one is this revival tarries watch when the lord is honored your servant my husband is dead and you know that your servant watch feared the lord watch what proverbs 9 says the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the holy one is understanding watch what luke says in acts 5 great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events the apostles then performed many signs and wonders amongst the people no one else dared join them even though they were highly regarded by the people nevertheless more and more men and women believed in the lord and were added to their number and as a result people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by friend you haven't seen anything yet watch the key in acts 5 and great fear came upon them hear me it's not fear from the world's context it's fear from god's context fear in this context in this scripture in this piece of narrative could be translated like this reverence for god's sovereign authority and reverence for god's sovereign authority came on all people and the lord worked many miracles through the laying on of the hands of the apostles to such a degree that they didn't even bring the sick people into the temple they actually laid them on the street just so that peter could walk by and as his shadow would touch them they were healed listen the key to the increase in miracles working through the hands and the influence of the apostles was that great reverence came upon god's people and i think sometimes what we want is we want other leaders and other pastors and other voices to do the work of honor for us but can i tell you friend you can't receive from what you won't honor as an individual and so we take a posture of honor in our own hearts we're going to honor the work of the lord we're going to honor the work of the harvest we're going to honor the work of revival i know it's inconvenient but when god shows up it's the most important thing that you can do just to be in his presence we honor our way into increase it wasn't that peter had anybody lay his hands their hands on him and all of a sudden give him a miracle-working shadow anointing it's not even listed as a spiritual gift i wanted you know how to impart it if you asked but it was the direct response not to something that peter asked for but something that the people of god held in reverence we so revere the sovereign supreme authority of king jesus that we're honestly going to believe that this type of god can do anything that he wants you can't receive from what you don't honor and honor takes an ordinary anointing watch and makes it supernatural on your behalf that's why i've told you stories of folks like benny in the marysville revival i am building a culture of expectation and honor and watch what scripture says when you honor the prophet you reap the reward you can't encounter his presence until you have first held him in reverence what do you feel when you walk in this room what do you feel when you get here and you light up early around the building you hear the music playing you walk into the room and you hear the people praying i'll tell you what i feel even as a pastor who has probably spent more time in church than most people do in 10 lifetimes i walk into this room and as sure as i'm standing in front of you today friend it feels like the first time i'm still moved by his presence it's not casual to me it's sacred and i think that's why god trusts us with the oil of encounter and with the anointing of outpouring because it still moves me and it still moves us and here's the problem we've got dead pastors preaching dead sermons to dead people and then blaming god for the lack of awakening god is more interested in revival than you are god is more interested than encounter than you are it's just part of who he is and he's just looking for people who will hold him and esteem him and revere him for what he actually is maybe the truest definition of revival is when people have a change in their value system as it pertains to what is holy i'm still moved when i walk in this room i'm still moved when young men and old men and young women and older women get baptized in this tank it still gets me every time because we are in the pursuit of the holy and if we lose our reverence for who this god is that we miss out on beholding him in his beauty and in his brilliance i know if you've been a part of this church for any measure of time you've heard me say this a million times but it bears repeating in the church in the west we find ourselves chronically bored with a god we barely know and that's why i love revival because it's a real awakening we have found the pearl of great price it is worth it to sell everything you have to pursue him it is worth it to lose your dignity to pursue him friend it is worth it to go all in on jesus revival is not a good idea it is the only hope for our nation friend that's why we revere the lord [Applause] [Applause] what i've found is that when god draws near you don't need words you just need reverence if you ever have the privilege of going to israel and touring the holy land you'll find chapels and cathedrals and orthodox churches built all around the holy sites in jerusalem in judea and samaria and all the different places where jesus worked and ministered and they always have these signs on the door of these chapels or these cathedrals before you walk inside and it's the drawing of a person with the finger held to their lips making this motion shh please no explaining inside i feel like we might need one of those signs here at this church please no explaining inside because this god who roars like the lion of judah needs no explanation he needs no introduction he just is who he is he's the great i am and when god shows up you don't need fancy theological terms and you don't need a four-hour boring dead dry sermon you just behold him in his beauty and you can't help but be transformed i'm not after anything tonight there's no big ask at the end of tonight's service i know i'm not pastor benny and i'm not pastor bill and i'm not some of the other great guests that we have but i just can't help being me and what i know is that this message has impacted me so deeply that it's what we've given our lives to it's what this staff has given their lives to because we are convinced that revival is the best developer of people that has ever existed how do we disciple people revival how do we grow the church revival how are we going to minister to young people revival how we gonna buy the next building revival what do we owe the region revival what do we owe the next generation revival what do we owe seattle revival what do we owe the northwest revival [Applause] [Applause] guys it's so valuable his presence is so valuable i'm not after anything i'm not trying to make an emotional plea i promise you i'm just moved by his presence i'm moved by his presence it's so precious so valuable he is the pearl of great price he's more valuable than we have dared to imagine he is more beautiful than we dared to imagine he is the most precious thing in all of eternity and he has become with us and he has dwelt inside of us and that revelation changes everything it's worth it to follow jesus friend young man young woman it's worth it to stay true to jesus no i know it's not always easy and there's a lot of questions we won't ever have answers for but friend it is worth it to follow jesus fred revival tarries when the lord is honored but not just that watch what happens in verse 2. elisha says to the widow what shall i do for you it's not just that revival tarries when the lord is on her revival tarries when the house is honored watch we ask questions of god all the time when will this happen how will my life turn out where will my provision come from who am i going to marry why am i going through this what am i supposed to do with my life we ask god questions all the time but friend when god begins to ask you a question get ready because everything is about to shift when god asks moses what's in your hand it's because god was about to deliver a people when god asked ezekiel can these bones live it's because god was about to resurrect a nation when god asked isaiah whom shall i send and who will go for us it's because god was about to raise a remnant when jesus asked the woman with the issue of blood who touched me it's because virtue was flowing out when jesus asked the disciples who do you say that i am it's because revelation was about to be released and this is what i hear god asking our church in this hour what will you do with the favor i've given you who will you be in this defining hour what will you give yourself for in this coming season will you be known as a chaser of my presence is that enough will you be known as the one who has oil in their lamp will you without compromise pursue me with everything that you have god asked questions just prior to god releasing answers and that's why we say he who has an ear let him hear what the spirit is asking the church and in the second part of verse two the bible records elisha asking this question tell me what do you have in the house and she said your maidservant has nothing in the house watch but a jar of oil friend the miracle is already in the house i appreciate all of our outside guests but friend the miracle is in the house and sometimes you just need a few good people in your life to come alongside and just validate what already exists and that's why god brings people alongside your journey when you're ready to give up when you're ready to turn back when you're ready to trade everything in and go back to your old way of living what does god do he sends a person to remind you of the value of what it looks like to continue to honor god in the midst of your uncertainty the prophet asked the widow what's in your house she says sir i've got nothing in the house oh jus ju just just a a little jar of oil but the good news is that a little oil goes a long way in second timothy 1 and verse 5 paul says this to his true son in the faith timothy i am reminded of your sincere faith it first lived in your grandmother lois and then it was in your mother eunice and i am persuaded now timothy that it lives in you and can i tell you friend tonight i am persuaded that this message of revival and awakening it lives in you and would god's people awaken to their heavenly invitation and become the most revived people they know it spreads like wildfire in a community i i'm here as as the pastor of this church to simply tell you tonight friend i am persuaded this lives in you and you might be here tonight i don't even know why i'm here and i don't even know why i'm at this church and there's about a million churches in this area in this region i could go to anyone god how did i end up here because there's something that's been buried so deep in your heart that some of you have forgotten it even exists and god's reminding you tonight that seed of revival wasn't buried it was planted and one man plants and another man waters but it is god who brings the increase and friend i'm here tonight in a prophetic fashion calling you back to the message of revival because it is who we have always been and every once in a while we need voices in our life to remind us of the value of pursuit of the holy and i'm here to announce to you tonight it is not a new message it is an old message it is a deep seed that's been planted in your life that was placed on you by the laying on of somebody's hands someone somewhere was faithful to intercede on your behalf and you're not here by accident you're here on purpose and you are here to help water to see an increase to the seed of revival planted in your heart i'm always shook by the folks who end up at this church they come from vegas they come from marysville they come from all over the place but almost all of them have this thing in common they remember what they call the good old days friend we're living in the good old days and god by his spirit is breathing on the church again that's why you're here [Applause] come on how many just buy a show of hands say pastor i can remember a time in my life maybe it was many years ago but i can remember a time in my life where i was absolutely marked and wrecked with the message of revival that's why you're here that's why you're here and for some of you tonight is that night where you're marked with this message friend this is who we are i think sometimes that's what dads and moms do for family systems you know growing up in our family in seattle where i was born and raised every once in a while well probably not every once in a while a lot of days most days many times during the dad act out do something dumb have an attitude my parents would always say things like that that's not who our family is that's not who we are this is who we are now we don't use those words in our family no we don't have those attitudes in our family no russell this is who we are and look revival's messy and it looks like young people sitting on a floor and it looks like folks showing up on a tuesday night to line up in front of an old jcpenney and snohomish i get it i'm not going to pretend for a moment like this is normal but normal has put us to sleep and god is awakening his bride [Applause] now watch friend what if this weekend hasn't been about adding to your spiritual resume but instead activating what you already have hear me it was just an ordinary rod that moses had but when activated by anointing it became a weapon to split seas and open rocks it was just an ordinary staff that aaron had but when activated by anointing it became an instrument of abundance for the hebrew children see we're just an ordinary people pastoring in an ordinary city sitting in an ordinary building but we have found extraordinary oil and this place will never be the same you got to honor what's in your house well i am talking about the church in one context but really i'm talking about the house of your heart friend you're a temple of the holy spirit not a lesser version not a junior version not a somehow downgraded version from what the pastor has friend you are a temple of the holy ghost and when you begin to honor the house of your heart you begin to recognize the significance that you've been visited with i get it not every day looks like this i'm okay with that but i knew do know that god utilizes moments like this in our spiritual walk with him to help course correct our trajectory and could the last few days be more god adding gas to the fire of your spiritual fervor could the last few days operate as god visiting you with the gift of hunger could the last few days operate is god drawing closer than he's ever been to remind you of what you've always been could that be the significance of the last two three four days i know what some of you are thinking maybe you're newer to this environment or newer to this community and you're thinking man this has been really good for me but what about the more seasoned folks who are gathered and the volunteers and those who are helping friend i think this message is just as important for the new believer as it is for the old believer this is who we are no we're a revival people we're people who still believe in the power of god to heal save and deliver that's why we pursue this for seven years day in and day out i feel like i've been declaring this message and what's been cool is over the last three or four years three or four days to see seven years of prayer catch up in a moment i told you at the beginning of this year when i was asking god god what's your word for our church i don't even know if some of you remember this in january i preached this i said god what's your word for our church and the lord spoke to me this he said this is a year of suddenly suddenly where it feels like all of a sudden you're caught up you ever been in a car on a road trip somebody else is driving hopefully you fall asleep and you wake up and it feels like all of a sudden you're there man how long was i out this happens all the time when i travel and it's a different time zone and you're tired you're not sure if i'm on eastern time or midwestern time or seattle time and all of a sudden you wake up and you just you're suddenly aware and that's what this spiritual moment exists for many of you it's a suddenly it's an awakening it's an opening of your eyes to the reality that's always been around and it's an introduction into a new normal for our church experience now i love moments like this because on sunday mornings we're pretty limited in time we got three services we might need a fourth people are in and out the parking lot is slammed we don't always have time to sit in the presence of god and just revere him for who he is but can i tell you friend let's make a commitment to find god more beautiful than we find him useful god is not a tool that we use to build our platform he is not a puppet that we commandeer in order to build our brand we esteem him and hold him in reverence and we gaze on his beauty and his brilliance and as we do we're transformed into that thing that we gaze on let me go to verse three the bible says this then he said go borrow vessels from everywhere watch from all your neighbors empty vessels do not gather just a few and when you have come in you shall shut the door behind you and your sons you shall pour it out onto all those vessels and set aside the full one so she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons who brought the vessels to her and she poured it out now it came to pass when the vessels were full that she said to her son bring me another vessel friend revival tarries when god is honored revival tarries when the house is honored and revival tarries when the call is honored hear me here's the danger here's the danger revival becomes about blessing the already blessed instead of reaching the yet to be reached elisha says borrow the empty vessels and do not just gather a few hear me pursuit go borrow the empty vessels and do not just gather a few and as soon as you get filled up you have a responsibility to pour out and watch what happens when you pour out the next time you get filled up you find out your capacity for infilling has increased i love what the widow says for the first time she takes an active role in the miracle that is happening bring me another vessel she tells her sons this is the first time in the entire story the widow takes ownership for the miracle may that be our cry in this county bring me another one bring me another prodigal bring me another sick person bring me another lost person bring me another backslider bring me another possessed person bring me another leper bring me another dead man bring me another vessel miracles aren't just happening to me i'm participating in them and watch what she says and he said to her there is not another vessel so the oil ceased and she came and told the man of god and he said go sell the oil and pay your debt and you and your sons live on the rest this is what i love we owe the world an encounter with god it's our debt and the way that we pay our debt is with the oil that never runs out second kings four is a prophetic picture of this moment for our church and the oil of encounter and the oil of revival friend it's connected to the next empty vessel whose life is falling apart headed towards a christless eternity without an encounter with king jesus and yet we have this treasure in earthen vessels and we have this mandate from a king in heaven who partners with us by his spirit and gives us courage and boldness in this hour may this never turn into just a blessing for the sake of more blessing and i'm all for being blessed i've been prayed for more in the last few days than maybe the last two years of my life i love it i'll take more of it a lot i want to participate in this because it's for me too but can i tell you friend the quickest way to get more oil in your life is to give away what you first received you're not here to watch the work of the ministry you're here to do the work of the ministry and together as we're wrapped up in this prophetic hour we respond to the invitation not to just be hearers of the word but to be doers also this is more significant than you think it's more valuable than you think in fact it's more valuable than i think i can't comprehend all that god is doing for the sake of eternity in this moment but i just know that there are men and women who are sitting here today friends who are watching online who will look back at this moment as the moment when god marked them and if you would avail yourself to this king you would avail yourself to this god i can't promise you that life is always going to be easy i know for sure it's certainly not fair but there has nothing there is nothing that has ever been this worthwhile in all of history and a stubborn commitment to follow jesus come on would you stand i want to pray for you tonight altar workers and pastors and volunteers are going to help us and i want to see god do something profound in your life because the god that we serve is better than you think he is and he's closer than you think he is and tonight may the widow's oil find a home in your heart may the message of revival find a home in your life may this message of encounter burn so bright and so deep inside of you that you refuse to go back to just normal christianity i've heard this over and over and over again this week because i've been talking to different friends and different leaders who've joined us over the last few days to say things like this pastor i get home from the revival service and i can't stop singing i can't stop worshiping i'm just hearing michael's voice in my ears all night i just we might need to cast that out actually i don't know that's a that's an i see that hand sir we'll just but they're just buzzing they just because it grips your heart it grips your heart it does something inside of you i i i was uh uh uh on monday after our our our sunday night extension i i was uh up early in the mornings about 5 a.m and uh i was getting ready to leave the house and i heard my two-year-old in her room supposed to be sleeping but she was she was making noise and so door was closed and i went to stand real close to her room because i wanted to hear if i had to get her up and put her back to bed or if she was fussing or what exactly was going on i stood there for a minute and and and pretty soon i recognized that she was singing and i was like what is she singing a song from a cartoon or she sees something on youtube or you know what's what's going on and i was standing there and standing there and standing there and and all of a sudden it hit me like a ton of bricks i heard what she was saying she's two years old sitting in her crib supposed to be sleeping and she's singing get up get up get up get up out of that grave get up the lord spoke to me the lord spoke to me he said russell if you will tend to the fire of revival you can raise your kids in it that's what i offer you as a pastor the chance for you to raise your kids and your grandkids in a revival atmosphere that your kids wouldn't reach 16 and all of a sudden just be bored with church just tune out that's where mom and dad go but there doesn't really feel like there's any life that's where graham and grandpa go but it doesn't really feel like there's any life no friend that's what i offer you what can this church do for me not much but i'll tell you one thing i offer you you and your children and your children's children and your children's children's children will be raised in a revival house and they will know the presence of god and that's why this is worth it i want to pray for people tonight and we'll have ministry teams praying for folks and i always tell folks listen don't worry about how different people manifest and all sorts of people manifest differently i've cried tonight i've laughed tonight i've jumped tonight i might fall tonight i just that's kind of how i respond other people respond differently there's no pressure but i do know this that oftentimes when jesus shows up it comes with tangible manifestations jesus is not an object to be studied like an intellectual in an ivory tower he's a person to be encountered and experienced and that experience messes you up a lot of the time and i'm okay with getting messed up for jesus when i started my phd program the lord said i will give you grace to do this degree but make me a promise never lose your ability to be undignified in my presence can i give you permission tonight nobody's judging nobody's looking nobody cares we just genuinely want you to experience and encounter the person of jesus and the weight of his glory if you're here tonight you need healing in your body if you're here tonight and like i said earlier you're facing oppression in your life you feel like you have an assignment of darkness against you i think there's going to be several deliverances tonight so team just help me out if you're here this evening and you're up against a diagnosis if you're here tonight you're up against an impossible circumstance or situation if you're here tonight you'd say pastor this baptism of fire that you speak of i don't know if i've experienced that but i'd sure love to i want some more spiritual gifts to be unlocked in my life and in my heart i want to pray for you i want our team to pray for you and i want to anoint you with oil just let me prep you tonight there's nothing magic or special about when i pray for you versus when mike prays for you versus when our team prays for you together we are tapping into the anointing that god provides some of my most powerful encounters in my entire life have been folks who have prayed for me and you would never know their names they were on staff as the custodian they were outside sweeping in the parking lot they were from the kids ministry but they had an anointing received from the father the scripture says this apostle john says this the anointing needs no teacher because you either have it or you don't and tonight we just want to anoint you and see god do something incredible in your life listen tomorrow night pastor alex and pastor brenner will be rallying the youth i think so sincerely god is doing something special amongst young people here in this region i really leaning into those prophetic words i think young people are going to feel this sanctuary but pastors alex and brent are going to be taking the service tomorrow and i i i think i could speak for them and if i'm wrong you can correct me later but i think i could speak for them that if you want to come catch the overflow you're more than welcome to come tomorrow night they're going to be here what time 6 p.m it's a little loud sometimes they have pizza and games and different things as well but i'll tell you what young people are being radically encountered by jesus on wednesday night radically so we're going to make room for people wednesday night if you want to come and receive as pastors alex and brenda lead that service and then we're going to plan to regather sunday morning 9 10 30 at noon and i know what you're thinking well is that going to be normal church listen friend nothing is normal from here on out here's the key to sustaining this we continue to hold in reverence and honor the presence of jesus when you grow casual and your passion grows cold that's when the anointing lifts but if you'll stay intentional and stay passionate whether it's in a sunday morning context or a sunday night or a tuesday night or a wednesday night or a friday morning prayer meeting or a saturday morning men's breakfast god will meet you and your life will never be the same in just a moment i'm going to count to three and i do that not to try to copy anybody else but just because it gives people a clear indicator that now is okay to come forward if you're here tonight you say pastor i'm dealing with some oppression dealing with some darkness in my life i like to call it demonic interference i want to pray for you and see healing and deliverance come to you if you're here this evening and you need a physical touch in your body you need a healing you need a miracle you've had a diagnosis or maybe it's undiagnosed at this point but something's wrong in your body we want to lay hands on the sick and see them recover number three if you're here tonight you say pastor i want to experience the baptism of fire the baptism of god's spirit in my life and afresh in a new way for the unlocking of spiritual gifts for the development of my public witness for boldness and courage man it'd be a privilege to pray for you tonight to see those things happen we're going to continue to worship and i want to publicly thank our teams our volunteers and our pastors for being flexible over the last number of days together you and i are going to continue to walk this thing forward and see god do some incredible things we're going to keep you updated with special guests and special services we're going to let you know via our social media so if you haven't already connected there please do so we'd love to stay in contact with you and continue to see what god is doing just let me give you a caution before before i invite you forward let me give you a caution don't allow the message of revival to be relegated to a conference event okay plug into a local church and see your life blossom and develop we didn't show up yesterday with a bright idea to hold a revival service we have plowed for seven years in snohomish and this is the start of something new here in our community okay there's somebody here tonight with like a bulging disc in their back the lord wants to heal you others here with pain in their teeth the lord wants to heal you tonight there's another person with like a torn either mcl or acl or maybe it was torn but it's healed but it still hurts there's healing for you tonight i want you to receive healing uh there's another person here with macular degeneration you've got a degenerative disease in your eyes you're losing your eyesight there's healing for you tonight there's another person here tonight you've got a fuse somewhere in your spine it's in your necks i feel like it might be from an automobile accident but i'm not sure there's healing for you tonight okay there's others of you who are dealing with some different mental health challenges there's healing for you tonight we're going to partner with you in faith and see miracles in your life and in your body there's a blood disease that god's going to heal this evening there's a nerve disease that god is going to heal this evening come on god is in the midst and in the work of healing saving and delivering so we want to make room and make opportunity for that now just because i didn't mention maybe what you're specifically dealing with friend tonight is a night for you to have healing there's another person who has tumors but they're non-cancerous the lord is going to give you healing tonight there's another person who has a diagnosis of cancer i believe the lord is going to do a miracle in your body tonight come on there's others in here you're dealing with pain you're dealing with injury you're dealing with diagnosis i know right now we're praying even for one of our staff members babies they just had a baby don neary and and the babies in the hospital tonight needs a touch of god in his body we're going to be praying for him we're going to be praying for all the levels to be normal all the healing to come to his body come on there's folks who are watching online you need a healing in your body you need a miracle touch in your life friend tonight is your night come on friend when i count to three if you need prayer for any reason i want you to make your way out to these altars i want to pray i want to seek god with you let's see god do a miracle come on one come on two come on three just come quick come quick to the altar come on if you're here tonight friend don't miss your opportunity just come quick come quick to the altar would you just communicate with the altar worker what you need prayer for would you just communicate to them this is what i'm up here for prayer for come on let's press into this let's press into this come on help me teams help me volunteers let's make some room here come on friend don't leave here tonight until you receive prayer if you want it or maybe you don't need prayer for anything in specific but you want to sit in this environment you want to spend some time in worship you want to spend some time in adoration of king jesus just go ahead and do that we're going to continue to press in come on the night is just getting started we're going to continue to press in come on god's going to begin to release miracles signs and wonders come on when you get prayer i want you to begin to test out that area of your body that's been in pain i want you to as safely as you can do something that you've never done before i want you to move that knee or that wrist or move that neck and just see let's test it out let's just see what god is doing let's just see what god is doing here in this environment come on let's give him room to work come on prayer leaders help me pray let's anoint with oil come on let's pray the prayer of faith let's believe we'll see god do a miracle in your life there's others of you in here today you need a healing touch for somebody who couldn't be here this evening you're going to stand in faith for that person you might have something that we can anoint that you can take back and lay on them i'm happy to do that come on let's make room for prayer for miracles even for unusual signs and wonders come on let faith arise friend let faith arise let faith arise come on just stay in this atmosphere and this attitude of worship until you receive prayer come on friend let's press in let's press in the knight is just starting press in press n press [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] coolest worship in the night [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] here i am today [Music] together [Music] [Music] i am [Music] [Music] me [Music] together [Music] here i am to bow down here i am to say that you're my god you're all together lovely [Music] [Music] that's it come on [Music] come on [Music] i am [Music] [Music] me [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] for free [Music] easy [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] day and night night and day letting sense all over this region day and night night and day let incense day and night night and day let incense arise [Music] night and day [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] you [Applause] [Applause] [Music] and i i am [Music] [Music] come on all over this room maybe you're watching on the internet come on sing it [Music] worship him right where you are [Music] [Music] oh we worship you [Music] [Music] oh he's here he's here [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] all the others [Music] oh [Music] all the elders [Music] you are worthy of it all you are [Music] you deserve the glory you are [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] here [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] hello [Music] you are [Music] to you are all things you deserve the glory i'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross i'll never know how much it costs to see my sin upon that cross i'm [Music] how much [Music] know how much [Music] upon what you did for me [Music] pour it out [Music] pour it out [Music] [Music] let's see just let your incense rise let your worship rise [Music] an adoration of the king [Music] [Music] here i am [Music] [Music] [Music] there's no one like you [Music] [Music] and i'll never know how much it costs to see my sin upon that cross i'll never know how much it costs to see my sin to see my how much it costs to see [Music] here i am to bow down here i am to say that you're my god you're all together lovely [Music] here i am to worship here i am to bow down here i am to say that you're my god [Music] [Music] me [Music] holy spirit spirit you

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