Faith For Miracles - Stephanie Ike

family you may be seated [Applause] I'm really excited for today's message God has been really dealing with me on this topic of faithful miracles and and I truly believe that you know we're going to go on the journey so I want you to just take this journey with me and I truly believe that at the end of this service with what the Holy Spirit does in your life through this word that you would be empowered to know that it is possible that you will your your understanding will bring you to a realm of possibilities in God and so if you don't mind just look at your neighbor and say it's possible and I want you to think about that thing that you just feel like man God like I don't see how this is gonna happen I know you gave me a word but I mean everything in my circumstance looks crazy now think about that thing again and tell your other neighbor it's possible amen amen not just by a show of hands how many people are believing God for a miracle look at that so I'm in the right room you know it's so beautiful because in life you would always encounter Seasons right where only the hand of God can move you forward you would always encounter Seasons that what you need can only come from God that the doctors can't figure it out your relationships can't sort it out that this particular area of my life if the hand of God does not open a door there's no way for me and it's it's actually supposed to be that way because you see these moments remind us of our Humanity and his divinity if we could solve everything then we would we will not really seek the Lord like that you see even sometimes the idea of what we we think is a rival right sometimes people have this illusion of arrival in their minds I remember I was reading the news um when in like back in February and there was a billionaire who literally was found dead in his office bathroom he committed suicide and for many that is beyond there that is beyond the place of arrival but you would recognize that anything in your life that is not captured in God that even when you attain it it may make you comfortable but it will never complete you if what you are pursuing is not captured in your calling it's not captured in God it will never satisfy you and so in in the mind of God in the wisdom of God he created us to always have a need for him because you see that is the place where Heaven meets Earth on Earth as it is in heaven their circumstances you would meet on Earth that only what is in heaven can supply your need so I'm excited for today just tell your neighbor again it's possible amen you see the beautiful thing when we talk about faith for miracles there is this idea you know when people feel like man I've believed God for things and it didn't happen and so I believe God for something and rather than having a testimony I was met with disappointment and then we think about I remember well I don't know if this is you but this was definitely me back in the day I was like God it would be so much easier when you walk the earth all I need is your location okay if someone could just text me the address and I'll be like lick Jesus finally child let me share with you what's on my heart that way that they had it easier back in the day because it's like I could just go meet Jesus I could just find his location and be like that woman sneaking up in the crowd but then when we think about even the woman with the issue of blood many of us know her story and if you don't this was a lady who was struggling she had this bleeding issue for 12 years and then all of a sudden she captured the Revelation that if I just Touch the Hem of His Garment I will be made whole she goes over there she finds Jesus's location she touches the Hem of His Garment and literally causes power to come out of him and heal her it she never had a conversation prior to this she didn't show up and say Jesus right I've been I've been I've been 12 years I've been struggling with this thing she just had a revelation that If I Could Touch the Hem of His Garment I will be made whole but here's the interesting thing because Jesus recognizes that someone touched him and his disciples are confused and they're like man what are you talking about there are so many people touching you right now the same thing that woman need had is the same thing we need today because you see we might think they had it better but Jesus even said it is better that I go it is actually for your benefit that I go because the same spirit that empowers this move is the spirit that would be in you that no matter where you are you can always locate me because I am with you but this woman had what we still need today and that is faith now here is what the Bible says about faith and I'll talk about that versus what we often live out as faith the Bible says in Romans 10 17 so then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God faith comes from somewhere you see faith is produced by Revelation not desire many times we have desire for something but not faith for it and we confuse what is desire as revelation you see even in the context of Revelation we're going to go on a journey here but even in the context of Revelation Revelation is not information comes through the mind Revelation comes through the spirit of God you can hear something as information it's just like for example we always say we are children of God but for many people that stays on the level of information I heard it I read about it we sing the songs I am a child of God he calls me friend right thank you we do all the things but the difference between information and Revelation is how you live your life because the person who has captured a revelation in god of what it means to be a child of God they're not easily shaken because then they begin to recognize that hold up if the god of everything is my father then he sees me and then he's a good father so he will not withhold anything good from me so even when I'm going through a trial even when it seems like I'm going through a test even when it seems like I'm suffering he must know this is good for me you're not easily shaken up and saying God where are you on Sunday you talk about your child of God and then Wednesday Blues hits you and you're like God do you even see me but there is a difference between information and Revelation let's look at the scripture Matthew 16 13-17 now this was when you know Jesus they were actually you know Jesus was asking the his disciples who do you say that I am so I'll just start from that part right he said he asked his disciples saying who do men say that I the son of man am so they said some say John the Baptist some Elijah and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets this is information this is what they're processing through their mind they see Jesus healing people they see Jesus doing all kinds of things and they're like he must be one of the prophets Elijah raised the dead okay he you know you know me he's a prophet he just is a powerful prophet of God and then Jesus said to them but who do you say that I am now Simon Peter answered and said you are the Christ the son of the Living God Jesus answered and said to him blessed are you Simon barjona for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my father who is in heaven it was the difference between information and Revelation that it's not just what people are trying to process in their minds but Simon you receive the word from the spirit of God and that's why Simon was not you know when when you study the Bible and you study the disciples Peter was not ordinary Peter had a unique move about him because there was something that was revealed to him about Jesus now it makes you ask yourself why was it that Satan had such a unique Target on Peter's life you see there is a difference when Satan has invested interest in you versus when you are just a casualty of his systems because Satan and his kingdom they are limited by Nature they're not omnipresent like God is everywhere all at the same time it blows my mind but Satan can only be one place at one time so when Satan wants to affect a territory he doesn't go after every individual he relies on systems right so when Satan wants to affect let's say the family for example he infiltrates culture and he infiltrates the information that people subscribe to as what the family structure should be because if he can win the culture he can win the territory so many times you think Satan is just after me no you you might just have been a casualty to wrong information but when Satan has invested interest in you that's different Jesus will talk about how talk to Peter Satan has sought after you what was it about Peter that the enemy was invested in and it was revelation because you see what I've learned about God when you have a word from God you have the thing when you have a word from God it is the vehicle for him to manifest heaven on Earth so Satan is not threatened by you he is threatened by the word you have you see that is why the Bible literally talks about when persecution comes because of the word not because you got saved not because you worshiped but when the enemy recognizes oh you have a word there is something about your calling that has been revealed to you there is something about what God wants to do on the earth through you that you have come to know that there is something about God's healing power that you have captured in him and what the enemy is always threatened by is the word you might think he's attacking your marriage though he's attacking the word that God gave you about marriage you might think he's attacking your calling he's not attacking your calling he's attacking the word that you tapped into about your calling enemy is always threatened where there is a word he is limited in nature so for him to set his eyes on you then he's threatened by what you carry that is why the Bible says that Satan comes to steal kill and destroy but it starts with stealing something if he can't steal something he can't kill it he can't destroy what God desires to do on Earth so it starts with if I can get you see because when God has said something in motion the enemy can't stop it the only way that it can be stopped is through you the enemy cannot stop what God has said in motion but if he can get you to the Bible talks about do not cast away your confidence for in it there is a great reward and so the Lord is like look if you don't cast this thing away you will tap into the reward that comes with it so the enemy knows he cannot stop what God Said but if he can get you to be trapped in disappointment trapped in a fence trapped in unforgiveness trapped in this idea of anxiety and wondering God when would it be my turn when you already have it then he can slow you down you see I I've shared I share this with you know a while back but in the beginning of my pregnancy I had there were some complications I experienced and I went through excruciating pain and during that time the first doctor literally called we were we were on vacation I was with my husband we're on vacation and when the doctor got the report his advice was to terminate the pregnancy and I said nah that's not how my God works was I shaken up yes did I find another doctor yes I said you are not in the realm of Faith you know you're just not my type of person but then in prayer and first of all this happening on vacation but it's better to be on pain you know while there's a beach next to you I said oh this hurts but there's the water I could pray better right while in prayer I remember having a dream and this dream it is what still anchors me till today and in the dream I encountered the Lord and you were thinking a dream like that it would be something you know Grand and you know wow like I was in the throne room and the Elder said you'll be all right you know the Angels just started singing to him but it didn't work like that in this encounter the Lord gives me a black leather Bible hands it to me and then he says no harm will come to your child so what happened in the dream he gives me the word and he speaks a word the solution was not in something Grand he said if you will just stand on the word and hold on to what I'm saying to you then you have the thing already and the enemy knew that if she gets a word then I cannot her with fear to torment her and to again and access points and the funny thing is very early in my pregnancy the Lord had shown me who the Godmother would be and I spoke to my husband about it and I remember sharing this dream with her and I was like man this happened and she said you know what Stephanie this also happened to me when she was pregnant with her daughter she found out she had a brain tumor the first doctor told her to terminate because it would be easier for them to treat the tumor and then she should try again and she went in prayer she said no I'm going to seek God for what the answer is in him and she said in a dream the Lord encounters her gave her a white leather Bible and told her the name of her child and then as she held on to that and she continued in prayer because that because what happened is that when she she took her Bible instead of looking up scriptures that spoke about the promise of God over her womb over her baby and she stood on that word and she will speak the child's name as she's reading those scriptures then later on the lord gave her another dream showed her her child at an older age and she said Stephanie she looks exactly like who I saw in that dream you see the same thing she cried out to God God said if you have this word if you can stand on the word the enemy cannot come against you do you know there's a scripture that talks about putting on the armor of God now many of us we think is this invisible suit we wake up in the morning and I am putting on the breastplate of righteousness right it's a posture it is not a suit you put on in the morning it's a posture you enter into every single day of your life and here is the thing about the armor of God the shield that protects you from the fiery darts of the enemy the Bible calls it is known as The Shield of faith that the Lord recognizes if you have a word and you hold on to that word that word becomes your defense that no matter what is going on in your life if you allow that word of God to Anchor you it becomes your defense against every attack and lie of the enemy you see it's so fascinating when I was studying the miracles of Jesus and the very first miracle he does and now in the beginning the first time I ever read that in my life I said Jesus is about to turn up right turning water into wine but that's not it it was never the focus was not about water and to wine the first miracle Jesus Does comes from the first person that knows him his mother Mary was the first person on earth to know him because when the angel Gabriel encountered her before Jesus was ever placed in her womb conceived in her womb he reveals to her who she will carry he reveals to her the unique identity of this child and so Mary is watching him as a toddler and she's holding on to the fact that this is no ordinary child the world may think he's our son but he is actually the son of God and Mary takes her time she doesn't exploit this she waits now all of a sudden Jesus has been through the wilderness came out of the wilderness he starts calling disciples to himself Mary is looking at him like all right I guess the word is out now because it was she was invited to the wedding the Bible tells us that Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding so Mary notices oh you're not trying to hide no more oh the the word is out you got disciples you got people following you she said oh I'm tripping it's time for me to you know cash in on this and so during the wedding and literally they run out of wine Mary said you will not embarrass me because I Know Who You Are and people are starting to know who you are so she literally goes to Jesus and she says they're out of wine and Jesus he's not even like hey mom he said woman he said I'm woman what what what does this have to do with me my time has not yet come Mary is so unbothered she looks at the servants and says whatever he tells you to do do it you see the evidence of Revelation is peace Mary did not go into an argument with Jesus she didn't say hey son you are not going to embarrass us I said when I read that scripture I said look Mary must have been African because an African parent is more concerned about you not embarrassing them then what actually is happening say you will not be an embarrassment to this family Mary is so unbothered he says whatever he tells you to do do it and she walks away the first person to know him was the one who activated the beginning of his miracles because there was something about that moment Jesus was right when he said my hour has not yet come he was right but there was something about that moment that allowed the Holy Spirit to say do it she knows something and she is standing on Revelation do it you see wherever you have anxiety in your life actually reveals that you have information but not revelation whatever area in your life that you easily get anxious about is the proof that you have information but not Revelation let's look at this scripture Mark 4 35 to 40. in this scripture now the disciples are with Jesus and they're about to go somewhere the first thing you have to notice is that whenever Jesus speaks he never wastes words because he is the word he doesn't speak to waste words he doesn't speak just to inform people he speaks everything he says carries Revelation even the very Bible you read that's right the word of God says the leather killeth but the spirit gives life what is it saying if you just read the Bible like a book you might actually lose your salvation because you start having questions like what why oh wait oh hold up but when you read it through the lens of the spirit you will learn that every verse in the Bible is a gateway that that God as I'm reading this verse there is something there is a place you can take me to that God make it come alive to me that is why you can literally look I love when people say they read their Bible they read their entire Bible one year plan I love it but I would even love more if you meditated on one verse for seven months because then that verse came to life in you you were not just reading it as a book but that when you read it because you see when you read stories about Moses and God and Moses will say things like God Show Me Your Glory and then God will say you you if I show you my face you will die and then the Lord says but I will let my glory to pass before you and you will see my back and then when you read that if you just read it as a book you're like oh okay cool but when you start asking the Lord what does this mean then it begins to make sense how because you see people struggle with believing the Bible is real because they're like how did Moses write Genesis he was not there but the answer is in the Bible because God is everything he is the beginning he is the end when Moses saw the back of God he was not trying to see if God had biceps back there when he saw the back of God he saw the creation past so Moses could write Genesis because in that moment he was not looking behind God he was looking at everything that existed before that moment so God tells him if you see my face you will die because Moses the human nature cannot see eternity and live your mind cannot process you either run mad then die or just die so you can't just read the Bible like a book you have to say God with what I'm reading open my eyes this is what Paul meant by the eyes of your understanding be enlightened new age people has made that about the third eye that is demonic Paul was talking about to see in the spirit what the word is saying that when you receive a word from God let the eyes of your understanding be opened because you would recognize that every everything that people try to argue about the Bible not being real the answer is in the Bible but so check this out right so Mark let's read this together Mark 4 35 to 40. it says on the same day when evening had come he Jesus said to them now take note of this there are two times that Jesus speaks in this moment to them let us cross over to the other side now when they had left the multitude they took him along in the boat and as he was and other little boats were also with him and a great wisdom arose and the waves beat into the boat so that it was already filling but check Jesus out but he wasn't the stern asleep on the pillow I love Mark because there are other translations that just say he was asleep Mark noticed the pillow he said you know how you could accidentally sleep he said oh no Jesus you plan to have nap time you grab that pillow and said you're going to bed and then and they awoke him and so and said him and this is their anxiety speaking to teacher do you not care that we are perishing and and then Jesus arose rebuked the wind and said to the Sea peace be still and the wind sees and there was a great calm but Jesus said to them this is the second time he's talking to them why are you so fearful and Jesus is perplexed In This Moment he said how is it that you have no faith because when he spoke to them the first time he says let us go to the other side they processed it through their mind they thought Jesus was giving them directional information hey guys just in case you don't know this is the destination Jesus was actually giving them revelation that no matter what you encounter on the journey you have authority over it that that we have we have somewhere to go and no matter the obstacles that come on this journey we are gonna make it to the other side so when Jesus said nap time Jesus goes into the boat he says well I already gave them a word and if they caught the Revelation in the word the revelation will produce faith so he grabs a pillow and goes to bed because he had an expectation that even if there is a windstorm you can speak to it I don't have to do anything because I gave you a word so when they were afraid Jesus is like wait come on how is it that you have no faith you see because faith comes from hearing and hearing from the word of God I just told you something we see this again happen with the disciples there's a story about how Jesus fed over 5 000 people with a small boy's lunch and he is discipling he's talking to the people he's teaching the people he's healing them and then the disciples come to him and they informed Jesus hey we need to tell these people to go because there's no food here they laid it out for Jesus they said we don't have any food to feed these guys and they need to go so that if they go home early they could buy food on their way Jesus tells the disciples you feed them but they didn't catch it they responded and said should we go buy some bread Jesus is aware that you just told him there is no food if he wanted you to buy bread he would have told you but Jesus recognized if I'm telling you to feed them the authority to do the miracle that I could do you have it see Jesus did not respond and say oh there's no food oh my let me do the miracle real quick because Jesus embodied who we ought to be that's why he said Greater Works than these will you do so the whole time Jesus is trying to pull them into this understanding that you have what it takes because I gave you a word he says no you feed them and if they caught the Revelation they would have said teach us Lord what should we do to feed the people it was a moment that the Lord the story how we read it could be could have been changed but they didn't catch the Revelation they heard information they said oh should we go buy some bread and Jesus just fed up he said you know what what do we got and they're like okay there's a small boy's lunch and then he does the miracle but he still has them participate in it because he breaks the bread but he gives the disciples to pass it out but then there is a moment now we're back to Peter Peter who caught a revelation of Jesus Jesus has a disciples go before him and Jesus is walking on water just minding his business right and the disciples see him and they're like it's a ghost and Jesus is like no no don't trip it's me and something kicks in and Peter and he it's almost like he Taps back in to the revelation of who Jesus is and look at this scripture because I love the only word Jesus uses and Peter answered him when Jesus is like no y'all it's me Peter answered him and said Lord if it is you this is in Matthew boom we have it Lord if it is you command me to come to you on the water Peter is like okay I I I'm kind of there's something I'm recognizing because you're involving us in your miracles you're showing us you know you give us authority to cast out demons just like you did so maybe it could be that when you give us a word when you give it when you speak to us then we have the thing that it's not about me just waiting for you to do this extravagant thing no the word is the thing so Peter literally says Lord if it is you give me a word he says command me because if you say something to me then I have the thing so he says command me to come to you underwater and all Jesus said was come that was it Jesus did not say water be frozen so that Peter can see he can just walk on ice all Jesus said to him was come nothing changed the circumstances didn't change you see so often we think the miracle is in something changing we think the miracle is in the obstacle being moved we think the miracle isn't something new happening in our environment and God says no the miracle is the word if I told you you can do it everything in your atmosphere would obey you just didn't say if you want the mountain to be moved ask me to move it for you he says no you speak to the mountain because if you recognize that I have sent you in a destination beyond the mountain then you would know that you have the authority to speak to the mountain because Mountain you are in the way of what God said to me this is when your prayer life shifts you're not praying like a beggar you are praying like somebody that has a word from God you say God no no no no no it's not about anything else happening in this moment I just have to know what did you say to me Bible literally says he sends his word and healed our diseases even from the beginning of creation how do we see creation happen a word God spoke and it was and we have fallen into this deception that something needs to change for me to know that God is with me and he's like if you have the word you have the thing if you move in the power of the word everything would obey it everything will submit to it and that's why Satan is after the word not you Satan is after what did God say to you because if I can cause you to lose your confidence in the word then you've lost it and then we get angry with God and God is looking at us like if you only knew what you have if you only recognize there is a scripture that talks about the secrets of the Kingdom and literally Jesus is communicating how the one who has will be given more and then there's something so perplexing he says and the one who doesn't have what he has will be taken from him how can I take nothing from you it's the one who have anything what you what you that you just don't know you have it can be stolen from you could it be that the miracle you are after is simply in the word God gave you that the miracle you are after it's in the revelation of who God is to you that the miracle you're after is not in your circumstances changing but it's in you recognizing the word because where you have a word it is the evidence of where Heaven backs your life where you have a word God is with you Heaven is backing you up his the kingdom would manifest on Earth as it is in heaven because of the word faith is produced by Revelation not desire Miracles don't happen because you desire it they happen because you have faith for it and that faith comes because of a word right I remember you know I love studying about I don't know if you guys have ever read the book God God's generals you have to they're so incredible and there is a gentleman who I just I'm so moved by by the name of John G Lake now John G Lake you know when he was he he was born in a family of 16. right back then there was not not much you know entertainment so the parents entertain themselves had 16 children now his household was plagued by diseases all manners of illnesses eight of his siblings died he also had a certain disease that affected his joints and his muscles they're not 16 years old he encounters God and he encounters God in a space where he he encountered the healing power of God an old man literally just walks up to him touches him and he was instantly healed everything that played them left in that moment now this what I love about his story is that you see how faith can grow because there are moments when Jesus would say oh you of little faith there are moments in the Bible that Jesus will talk about what great faith right because faith can grow with your understanding of the word so John was in an atmosphere where he saw people being healed so he had an understanding that he could be healed and this old man touches him instantly he was healed but he did not yet understand he didn't have a revelation of why God heals how could God use him to heal he he wasn't there yet so years pass by he gets married two years into the marriage his wife has a heart disease five years of dealing with the heart disease she was on her deathbed on her deathbed a minister comes to him and tells him you need to reconcile that your wife is going to die and he said in that moment he got angry that what the minister just told him is making a mockery of who God is and now he wanted to seek after God you you have to teach me he knew that he has so much to learn he said God no you need to give me an understanding you need to give me a revelation when it comes to Healing he gets his Bible and opens it up and right there boom it was on Acts 10. and the verse that stood out to him was Acts 10 38 and acts 10 38 talks about how Jesus of Nazareth was anointed or how God anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power right who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil for God was with him and John G Lake talked about how that word came alive to him in that moment and he recognized it is it is always the intention of Jesus to heal and he said oppression comes from the enemy and the intention of Jesus is to heal people immediately full of faith not desire now because now there's a word backing him up he goes over to the wife's bed knelt down and prayed and instantly she was healed of everything she got up and started you know doing her thing John G Lake was the same man God sent him and his family to South Africa for many years for him to have you know open churches and all these things and there was a time that a deadly plague happened if you just came in contact with this plague it could kill you but he went without a suit a mask everything and there was a dead body and he wanted to examine what happened and he puts his hand and grabs some fluids from the dead body and the scientists around him they're like you're gonna kill yourself but you see he had he captured something in God he recognized no it is the intention it came alive to him there was something about what God showed him through that scripture that it took over everything about him and he said it wouldn't kill me but rather the disease will die in my hands and he told them he said no test it he said look at this under a microscope and they put his hand under a microscope and literally the bacteria that is killing people died in his hands how did this happen he received a word from God about the healing nature of Jesus that even his body embodied healing you see why am I sharing the story of John G Lake because many times we wonder okay God then how do I build Faith how do I access Revelation and God said this to me so clearly seek for it you see the Bible says in Matthew 6 33 but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you this was in response to anxiety this is the same scripture that talks about few verses prior it says be anxious for nothing this was the same scripture that was in response to those of little faith he said you know the answer seek first the kingdom and his righteousness the area of your life that you are so anxious about seek God find out what his word says about it build your life on the word of God over that area that you are crippled with anxiety that's why God will also say in Jeremiah 29 13 and you will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart you see as Christians we cannot be lazy Christians you cannot say you are believing God for a miracle and never meditate in his presence the totality of your Christian Life cannot be Sunday oh a quick prayer in the car you see God is not a respecter of persons and what I love about that statement is that if you do the same things that the people you admire do you would access something in him when the Bible talks about Elijah we read about Elijah and we're like whoa this man prayed fire came down but then the Bible says Elijah was a man like you and I with like passions like you and I but he prayed fervently so what it was highlighting is if you want to see a move like Elijah what is your prayer life like also seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness the Lord says if you will seek me you will have it we cannot be Christians that don't have a Bible we cannot be Christians that don't study it not as a checklist because that's not profitable but to take time and when you study a verse when you study a chapter you sit with the Holy Spirit God speak to me maybe you might feel like hey I don't have the like your day might be so busy maybe even in the shower take opportunity of everything like in moments let that be a moment of worship with God that while you're driving just talk to God God I read the scripture this morning this is how you meditate you build upon what you encountered you build upon what you read that Lord what does it mean for me to be the righteousness of Christ of God in Christ Jesus right what are these things what what do these scriptures mean what does it mean that if I ask you would give me you start building upon those revelation what does it mean to seek you what should my prayer life look like you start engage in the Holy Spirit in these conversations when you're cooking that there is a book there's an author you know he wrote so many books watch man knee incredible guy and he's literally like in every activity you do do it unto the glory of God and what he means by that because sometimes yes your life might be crazy you might have six kids running around a full-time job and all kinds of things but that moment when you're cooking rather than putting on a show to distract you why don't you engage the Holy Spirit God there's this area in my life that I'm anxious what does your word say about it begin to research thing different things about What God Says concerning your calling right when God calls you and God appoints you to something what does that mean in my life when God okay God revealed to me who have you called me to be and what does it mean to be called by you what what is what is the power of the name of Jesus what happened on the cross you want to go from information to Revelation yes we know that on the cross Jesus died and it was for our sins and he took captivity captive what does that mean for you because you can know it as information but when you know it as Revelation you say oh no oh no Jesus already paid the price for this this sickness in my body it was on the cross you begin to stand on the word God those stripes you endured my healing was in it you move different you say and then you stand on that God you already paid the price for this and you hold on to that word how are you taking time to build your faith how are you taking time in your personal life because if you are only hooked on excitement that fades that that's not lasting but when you're anchored on a word it changes everything you see desire can give you zeal but it doesn't produce results because the moment something shakes up your desire you go on to the next thing this is when you have a a pattern in your life of not finishing things you start things with so much excitement but you don't finish then you start another thing and you don't finish then you start another thing then you don't finish because you're moving on desire another word you know there's a story about the sons of skeva that I am just so moved by because it's hilarious to me and it's also intriguing because where the sons of skeva where we learn about their story is literally the Bible tells us that God did this you know unusual Miracles through the Apostle Paul people were getting delivered with handkerchiefs healed by handkerchiefs that touched his body touching them the sons of skeva they were aware of what was happening and they were filled with desire they said oh my if handkerchiefs could heal these people and deliver them from demonic spirits we definitely can too they started looking you can read the story in Acts 19. they literally start looking for demons they start looking for people who had a demonic spirit you see desire can can you know it can give you confidence all right because do you know what it means to look for people with a demonic Spirit you need some zeal you need boldness for that so the desire filled them up with boldness it it made them feel like wait I saw this person do it I can too but do you have the word they have and it showed because finally they meet the person that has a demonic spirit and look at what they said in verse 13. we exercise you by the by the Jesus whom Paul preaches it's not even the Jesus they know they said oh we know God did amazing things through Paul so by the Jesus whom Paul preaches and the demon in the man said he starts interacting with him you got to read this in Acts 19. the demon is like Jesus we know we we know Paul too but um who are you the demons had a network you know they had a little intelligence going on they were they knew that hey we should we should not come up near Jesus we shouldn't come up near Paul because they were aware like our friends have been casted out by some of these people and this new this newbies that have no Authority on them they come and they say we exercise you by the Jesus somebody else is preaching and the demon in that man beat up this boy so bad that he stripped them naked desire can get you only but so far you see desire got them to the point of even encountering someone with a demonic spirit but desire did not lead them to the place of execution because it is the word of God that brings you to that finish line when you have a word you have the authority of God backing you up to see it through that no matter what comes your way you would recognize that even the obstacles would obey you can you imagine when David was using a stone and a sling to kill a Giant Goliath but David recognized the word on his life that even if David was not good with that stone an angel would just take it whoo and kill Goliath with it Heaven backs you up where there is a word from God and I want to encourage you today that wherever you are lacking in peace in your life wherever you are lacking faith in your life whatever area of your life has crippled you with anxiety seek God what does your word say about this God what what what is how what are your thoughts about this give me an understanding give me a scripture to stand on you see for many of you if you just knew the power in the name of Jesus itself it is the key to open Endless Possibilities in your life if you just recognize the power of the name of Jesus that you know what I might be searching for a word for my career I might be searching for a word but even in I have to recognize what do I currently have I have Jesus and when I call on his name in him is endless supply when I call on his name then I know that he would meet me where I'm at you see the Bible talks about how in the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess but then you see how many people can say Jesus Jesus Jesus in in the old school church when they want you to encounter the Holy Spirit or start speaking in tongues they'll just tell you say Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus and many people will just be saying it and get out of breath because it wasn't just about saying the name it was about having a revelation of his name because you might be saying it and you're calling Jesus down the street and someone is like hey I'm over here yeah and you're like no not you you have to have a revelation that is why you know in every culture there is a name for God so the way we might call we might call God in my culture as ebos it may not sound like God to you in English but because I recognize the Revelation on the person I'm calling it is the revelation of the name that releases the authority and the power in the name when you recognize the way when you're when you're conscious about the power of His Name you will not use it randomly when I hear people curse and put Jesus I'm like you haven't tapped into the revelation of that name that you would mix what is Holy with what is profane and say you're just expressing yourself but when you tap into the revelation of it changes everything and maybe that's where you start God show me who what I have when I met you show me who I am because I encountered you show me my inheritance in you that maybe you start there God show me the power in your name the Bible literally says at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow it tells us that God has given him a name above every other name his name is above sickness his name is above diseases his name is above every obstacle in your life but do you know is it just information to you or has it been revealed to you what that name carries and maybe you start there in your prayer time in worship God show me who are you [Music] God revealed to me what do I have in you see I remember we're about to close after the lord gave me a word about my child I said oh I'm good so now I started thinking about Labor and I got really scared I said oh ah that's some interesting things right there I did not even want to watch a video about it because I said oh that might you know amplify the fear but then in one day I was in prayer and I was just worshiping and I was like I was like God you know this area of anxiety I have concerning labor speak to me and the Lord literally put up my heart how he is Alpha Omega he is the beginning and end and I saw that meditating on that I was like what you're out for Omega you are you are in everything you so wait you're in the beginning you're in the end and this was literally I'm bringing you into my prayer time I sat down I had just worshiped instrumentals playing and I started thinking about that I saw that seeing the Lord as the beginning and the end and it started becoming clear to me and I recognized oh my gosh you are in everything now you were in my past you are my present and you are in my future all of it is now before you dawned on me wait I don't have to have faith about Labor cause you're already there I don't have to be afraid about what it's like to raise a child in today's society because you're already there there when the baby turns 25 when they turn 50 when they turn 75 and they gave me this peace and there's something Supernatural happens that blew my mind I'm telling you if you will become diligent about your time with God you would have encounters that would just that would bring you into biblical times I was sitting there and I was just blown away and anxiety turned to Joy I said wait God you are in that moment now I get but you're already there and then something incredible happened I started to hear literally audibly in my ear a radio frequency it was like someone trying to tune the radio and when it finally got tuned right I heard the voice of someone talking and they were it was not even anything deep it was like someone just having a random conversation and I was so blown away I said wait This Is Random but the presence of God in that moment was so potent but I was like God what is that voice it sounded like just the voice of any like just a person just talking randomly he said I brought you in that is your child in years to come and I'm allowing you to hear a conversation [Applause] I remember after prayer I rushed and told my husband I said oh my gosh God is there already you see why do we serve this God because there is nobody like him who else is already in your future now [Music] [Applause] when you start to know God for yourself not through a preacher not through a sermon but you start to build and know God for yourself it changes your life and so I want to challenge you be serious with God be serious about your relationship allowing the same things to trip you up you are over and over and over again I heard because if you give me a word you 've given me that thing me a word you see but what I love what I love about that Vision that I shared with you earlier was that before God even gave me a personal word he first gave me the word before he told me anything about my child he gave me a black leather Bible that I actually have in real life [Music] so what was he saying he said it starts here what did I already say about this and if you can start with the word of God then he will build it all he'll build on it and begin to give you things that are specific to you but I want you to start studying not with a desire to check it off that in the month of June I want to finish the book of Romans that's amazing and beautiful but what about in the month of June I want to get an understanding about the book of Romans I want the Holy Spirit to minister to me about what is in this book God opened it before my eyes begin to teach me what you meant when you said that all things are working together for my good what does that mean for my life [Music] because when you get there you are no longer a babe in Christ you begin you become mature in God and God can do Mighty things through you because you will not be tossed to and fro by any little distraction that comes your way God give me a word but it starts with the word diligent about your walk with God it will change your life the things that would used to trip you up before it's not about the circumstance changing it's about knowing what you got in God we're gonna pray family just stand with me thank you Jesus thank you Lord thank you Jesus if you don't mind just lift up your hands before the Lord and worship him in your own way just worship Him in your own way Lord we magnify you we glorify you we thank you for what you're doing in this house and in the hearts and minds of your sons and daughters oh God Lord I Thank you that they would recognize they didn't need the circumstance to change they just needed to know what they already had in you so our Global family we love you and I'm excited for what God is you doing in this in your life through this word thank you Jesus God bless you family well I just believe and know that that word ministered to you as they often always do remember to subscribe so that you can continue to experience this Rich we'll send you a reminder if you want to sow into this ministry we are reaching people as you know all around the world and we need your help and your support to not just bless people spiritually but practically in all the ways that we do the giving instructions on the screen sow into this and may the Lord bless you abundantly in every way God bless you we'll see you next week

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Length: 67min 25sec (4045 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 12 2023