Hillsong Church - Giant Faith

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[Music] yeah [Music] Oh [Music] ah what happened [Music] bread [Music] [Applause] yeah [Music] [Music] [Music] I stand upon this rock our faith in this steadfast shadow we got are we live sure his promises will never fade [Music] [Music] [Music] I told my brother it's created with stmas I know my own salad of democracy until the Tauri call this children [Music] come on God is mad [Music] ah he yeah [Music] ah [Music] yeah [Music] ah because I'd be he does doctor ah [Music] your children Oh [Music] my god [Music] [Applause] [Music] no structure to [Music] yeah the truth [Music] [Applause] [Music] the [Music] yeah [Music] [Music] yeah [Music] ah [Music] thank you a [Music] [Music] after you Oh [Music] [Music] come on in come on when we put my hands together [Music] father I thank you Lord that we gather under the name of Jesus right across Lord every location father and I thank you that this morning what I just believe that Lord that you've arrested every heart there's an open heaven over every person's life and that as we gather under the name of Jesus I thank you that your presence is tangible father's touching people's hearts and lives in Jesus name Amen amen welcome to Hillsong Church Sunday morning and a special welcome Darwin Perth Wollongong those that are live-streaming Church of the air and we got some new locations that are joining us for the first time and we want to give you a great big shout out so Walgett in New South Wales I think it's Maneri in the Northern Territory Quan dong station South Australia and Gerald air and New South Wales come on everywhere and cross every location welcome so great to have you and I look if it is your first time here or anywhere we're meeting you've actually come in a really special and actually a really powerful Sunday morning and because where this is where it's going to be in a moment taking part in communion together and I'm going to ask the host right now if they can get ready for that once you grab your seats look if you are not ready in one of maybe a church of the air or maybe a live streaming and we're going to give you a moment just to get some little bit of bread and certain a little cup of something and just as we remember what Jesus has done for us I'll be back in a moment but hey you know what these guys have got something for us just to help us prepare our heart for what we're about to do so thanks [Music] [Music] like a jazzy shine black I would love you cool [Music] who smoked in [Music] child faces facing my [Music] Wow face or the name of pounding ah [Music] [Music] happy Christ where the good Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] looky [Music] ah beautiful Hey [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] amen on orede in Luke chapter 22 where it really Jesus is against framing for us what this moment represents and the last called the Last Supper in the Gospels and just before Jesus's death and resurrection and he the Bible says that he took some bread he gave thanks to God for it then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples saying this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me then after the supper he took another cup of wine and said this cup is the new covenant between God and His people and agreed and confirmed with my blood which is poured out as a sacrifice for you I ask everyone to stand in every location we're not into religion religion is where we have a fuzzy feeling right now and that's about it we actually don't believe that God's up there somewhere we believe he's here he's amongst us is with his people he's right where you are and so as we partake jesus said that he said remember me what are we going to remember this morning if you're in any of our locations and you're sick maybe you've just been given a really bad report maybe emotionally you're broken then we're remembering that this body that Jesus gave to be broken but that's what this bread represents it's hope for our healing it's hope for our wholeness that Jesus has made a way so we don't have to stay broken and this morning we're just not going to remember it I want to I want us to believe that God is able in a moment to do what he's paid us the price to do amen and this cup represents his blood and Jesus is saying remember what see what do we remember it you know no matter what we've done he's the one that makes us Rob and we're remembering this morning everywhere we gather that we are holy that we are blameless and we are above reproach in God's sight because of what Jesus has done for us so maybe you're spiritually dry maybe you feel like God's up there somewhere this morning as we receive communion let's receive our healing let's receive our wholeness and let's receive the fresh presence of God in our lives amen amen - father I thank you for the bread that was broken for us the body that was broken for us as we take it we remember we remember healing and wholeness that's been made for us [Music] and father we thank you for the blood that was shed so that this morning everywhere that we gather those of us that have our trust in Christ we are holy we are blameless we are but reproaches your presence is filling us afresh in Jesus name and father you did it because you loved us father you did it because you for us father you love every single person father that's gathered together and I pray Lord as we just declare that you love us that your presence would build people of fresh father that you would bring healing and wholeness into people's lives father every prayer request across every location as we declare your love over our lives father that every promise will be yes and it will be a man in Jesus name to come on church say while you Lena ah [Music] justified in long what you are what an opportunity [Music] daddy ah in time [Applause] [Music] you know [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah thinner blow is yes why [Music] it [Music] [Applause] amen and everyone said together amen amen well it's great to have you in church how we going to put 60 seconds on the clock and simple why don't you take that time say hi to the people around you and get to know them that would be great maybe invite them from stay for a coffee afterwards or grab something to eat with you that would be awesome grab you see [Music] Hey look gum those you here at hills and those who are still with us if you're brand new and maybe it's your first saw maybe even coming a little while and you like to get to know some people and look at how you can get connected we're better Welcome lounge just around the corner in the western foyer and that's set up just for you and also in other locations we have a Welcome lounges and look please don't rush off if you don't have to come round that the copy' is free that's food we just love to get you to meet some of our team we'd actually love to get to meet you which will be fantastic so make sure you do that that would be awesome we're going to continue our worship now and Donna's going to come and encourage us around our giving so thanks Donna good morning Church if you are new or visiting this morning you don't need to feel under any pressure but you're more than welcome for those that call Hillsong Church home the envelopes on your seat or you can give via the app which is on the screen behind me just as we get ready to bring our tithes and offering to Jesus at the start of our week a few verses out of his word in Galatians 6 verse 7 Bible says to you and I don't be misled you cannot Mock the Justice of God you will always harvest what you plant and you say that with me I will always Arvest what I planned it goes on and says but those who live to please the spirit will harvest everlasting life from the spirit so let's not get tired of doing what is good at the right time we will reap harvest a blessing if we don't give up therefore whenever we have the opportunity we should do good to everyone especially to those in the family of faith just to encourage our hearts this morning at the start of our week as we honor the Lord with what we do have is that the whole principle of sowing you can't do sewing without reaping they go hand in hand and we're sewing but the Bible here is saying to you and I don't be misled God's not marked what you so you are going to read from this morning and it's a simple and powerful principle that overrides our feelings it has the power to override circumstances on the outside and has the ability to keep you and I focused on the future and not on the immediate right now whenever they're sewing it always means there's a way it's not overnight takes time to seed to take root but it will bring a harvest and the other thought is that we always reap more than what we so whatever we sow might look big but what's in the seed today will have an enormous multiplication effect and that of course is in God's kingdom it's of course in reaching people but it also washes over into our own life this morning so can we take our giving whether you've done that on online or on the air for during the week or in this service and we're going to pray over it because we this isn't an expense this is sewing and it will reap a harvest father as we honor you Lord this morning we do it because we love you and we see a goodness in our life Lord and may we be focused on the future and your goodness and lot of people yet against faith so so faithfully and whatever season we're in father we do so knowing that you will not be marked that you will see great return on this food and great blessing in Jesus name Amen amen thank you for giving this morning as the host service we're going to check out the screens to just some highlights of the amazing Hillsong conference that was only a handful of days ago so enjoy if we allow the Holy Spirit to do what only he can do which is transform our lives and there's no reason why this can't be the best most amazing night not because we're singing songs or at a conference but because we God who loves us who created us in meetup has always been about transforming his people being coming for about 18 years since the year 2000 we haven't missed a year we come here to bring life to a small local church and we just see this as an amazing opportunity rub it filled with the Holy Spirit to take that back to impart into our community [Applause] [Music] you're the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwelling within you you are anointed equipped empowered called by God to lift up the name of Jesus and when you do he will draw all people unto himself and he will build the church growing churches create an empowering environment they have people around them who feel empowered to be a part of that vision with them and focusing upon and on a pasta is IRA green about 200 people about pouring out what your BP that's when God will call even more into you as I give back to conference for all the adults over there in the arena having help on conference we have our conference Kidsongs specifically the kids we have seen hundreds of kids this week make a first-time decision apologies and then that is what it's all about how hard is that it would have a ripple effect on families and high schools and communities and nations do and I believe what happens we doesn't say here it's going to reach the uttermost parts [Applause] [Music] your greatest days are not behind you you need to face the future with great expectation we're called to raise and lift because that's the heart of God and I want to encourage you to understand that you can be a queen or a king or a prince or a princess and whatever walk in life has been created through him and for him every field is God we are in a war can I remind you we are in a war and we need to wield that sword and Jesus name pray prayers and the Spirit pray hold praise praise declaration pray storm heaven with your prayer in Jesus name it's time for you to unlock every gift and recalling to every place apartment that the Holy Spirit has placed on the inside of you I can tell you for a 30 pages that if God can do it for me he can do it for you [Applause] what an amazing conference that we've had and I just thinking you know this is that was my I think my 24th or 25th conference straight and how do you put words around what happens a conference I'm sure some people probably could but I did year 11 twice so but there's something that happens in the room that you can't put words around you know the presence of God you know and seeing people's lives radically touched and radically changed you know Pastor Brian and Bobby hosting what they do and we need to keep praying and keep believing God for them and I and they have guest speakers and but you know that you know there's what God's doing and and and the other side of conference which is aside that you know a lot of people see and that's actually our volunteers you know without our volunteers there is no conference and not just because of their hands and their feet and their manpower but that spirit that our volunteers bring to serve for that week I honestly believe helps set up what we experienced in our conference and there's been nothing like it in this nation and you know well we're blessed that were actually part of something that really is nothing short of a move of God and I really want to encourage us as a church do everything we can to be there next year but you know we've talked about there is more and that's the whole framing of next year's conference and that's because you know what our best state have not yet happened this is not as good as it gets right for your life for what God's doing in our church and the churches in our nation around the world and we're really believing that's exactly what's going to frame the conference over people's lives to do everything you can to be their price break ends tonight Midnight's a hundred dollars that you're so paid off thirty dollars per child which makes a difference when you go to a family of six and but so do everything can lock it in make sure you're there it's going to be great and the other thing we want to do is we just want to honor all our volunteers that served and helped and in each service we're just picking out one person and from from the army of volunteers that we had and this guy he's a full-time plumber he's got his own business and and he basically headed up the whole of our external venue safety who like the bag checks this year and and so this guy's a hero you're on it and keep your helping keep things safe and we've got a box of chocolates and a movie ticket and nice I'm going to get you to give this with Joe where's Joe come on Joe stand up mate we just want on behalf of all the volunteers we want to say thank you and thank you to all our volunteers there from this service Hugh Smith thank you music thank you thanks friend - make sure your redness that's going to be brilliant grab a seat check out Church news and then singer is going to come and bring the words are you new to face or need to jest on or enviously about what next car with information to help you find out more you can also visit our website to learn more on how to get involved discover more about Jesus and stay up-to-date with what's happening in the life of you from church [Music] every year we release our and your report a comprehensive insight into what we are involved in as a church and a financial report of the past year the annual report contains information about our weekly services outreach initiatives and updates on exciting changes over the past year including our new safe church policies claims of peace and a breakdown of our revenue and spending this report is a great tool for getting the word out about our programs and community involvement [Music] [Music] I but [Music] sometimes I want just a more the movement we want but I can't believe is more from each ah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] are you ready for the preaching of the word well we are blessed this morning maybe if you have don't know who Scott singer same way is a much-loved pastor in our church and our New Castle location doing a great job and he always brings the Word of God with great faith they sing up a huge big welcome we can't wait [Music] hello everyone well this is a treat isn't it Sunday morning with Sanger it's not very often I mean usually I'm you're a Sunday not but a Sunday morning someone slipped one past the keeper and look what happens well come on let's pray hey father we just thank you God that we have this opportunity God to come round your word and we just pray that your word would just bring light to our path but your word would bring hope and truth and God set people free where your work can set them free and God we thank you that your revelation brings transformation and so father we open ourselves to your word this morning speak to us in Jesus name Amen amen well you in turn to the person beside you if you haven't already and just say you look good this morning a little bit of encouragement well done team well done all right if you got your Bible who loves their Bible go with me to 1 Samuel chapter 17 1 Samuel chapter 17 or you can read along with the screen but we're going to look at a favorite Bible story this morning the story of David and Goliath as a favorite story of you know in the Bible and I've been reading this story actually over the last few months just going through 1st Samuel and 2nd Samuel and and just just just the Holy Spirit being revealing things to me and stirring things up in my spirit and so I want to share that with you this morning so we'll just start reading from verse 32 says David said to Saul let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine your servant will go and fight him and brave words aren't they brave words from a young boy you know don't worry don't let anyone lose heart I'll go fight I mean this is David he's a he's a young boy I only their brave words right there and Saul replied you you're not able to go go against this Philistine and fight him you're only a boy and he's been a fighting man from his youth but David said to Saul your servant has been key his father's sheep when a lion or a bear came and carried off the sheep from the flock I went after it struck it and rescued it from its mouth when it turned on me I seized it by its head I struck it and I killed it your servant has killed both the lion and the bear this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them because he's defied the armies of the Living God the Lord who delivered me from the poor of the lion and the poor of the bear he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine Saul said to David go and the Lord be with you you know obviously this story in the Bible was a hard time for Israel the nation of Israel they're under attack from the Philistine army they were much in you know in fear they've been camped out on a hill for weeks if not months while they'd been ported by this nine-foot giant Goliath and the whole Philistine army and no one wanted to fight him no one thought they could defeat him and so it was it was it was a time of uncertainty for Israel it was a time where they were feeling shaken it was a time where they were feel like I don't know what's going to happen here but you know here we see the story of David and really this story is the story of a little boy with giant faith a little boy with giant faith and that's what I want to talk about this morning I want to talk about giant faith does that seem unattainable to you does that seem unreachable to you like having what giant faith you know when you think about David and you think well how did Jack David have giant faith he was only a shepherd boy up until this point he was overlooked he was forgotten he was never given a go he wasn't a standout he didn't look like anyone special yet on the battlefield he defeats a giant you know you and I can sometimes feel like that well I couldn't have giant faith I mean it's one thing to read about these heroes in the Bible and be inspired but saying I'm I'm not like that I don't have giant faith I've never done anything in you know significant time I'm not anyone special you know I'm just have rich you know I just go to a job you know I just I just go to wellness average you know I've got an average job living an average home drive an average car live an average life have an average wife no don't don't say that you'll get into trouble if you say that you're getting a lot of trouble if you say that but you can say I'm average how did anyone else you just feel a bit average you know but it was actually you know when you think you're average you could go on you know you don't have sent home you know I'm just you know I'm just the mail collector you know the missus she sends me out I collect the mail and I just bring the mail in that's what I'm the mail collector you know I'm the garbage take her out or if she tells you I don't take the garbage out I'd say anyone know what I'm talking about that's it I'm the garbage collector you know I'm the noise check her out or you know something goes bump in the night my wife's into me into the rim something's bumpin in the night and I'll go on stumble around it's me I'm the one bumping through the night I don't know what's out there you know and I understand I'm just the noise generator or you know or or maybe you know you you might look and you say well no no I'm not just the noise checker-outer I'm the bug killer anyone else you're the bug killer in your family why is it that females think that that's the role of the male they think that we enjoy killing bugs my wife whenever there is a bug she's like gila gila gila you know it's like it's fun I'm like okay okay when you go in and you for a mole you can go just rush in and kill the bug no you have to first assess because you don't know what that bugs capable of it might have the gift of flight and not all aerosol cans kill bugs no for some of them it's like giving them a can of redbull they just become bogus Oris you know a flow and you could just go through life just one just average I just feel average you know you know it was average people in the Bible that had giant faith and did amazing things for God you think about some of the average people in the Bible Joshua he was too young David too inexperienced Moses too insecure Peter too unstable Thomas - doubtful Zacchaeus too short Martha - worrying Lazarus to dead you know they're all struggling all had their challenges you're cheeky they all had their problems but you know what they had giant faith and did you know that you have the same faith as the same people in those Bible stories you see Romans 12 verse 3 says for I say that through the grace given to me to everyone who was among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think but to think soberly has God has dealt listened to it to each one a measure of faith he says now this is for everyone and then he says to each one God has dealt a measure of faith let me tell you something the same measure of faith of the people in the Bible had is the same measure of faith that you and I had we've been dealt the same measure it's not some people get more faith and some people get less no the Bible actually goes into because we can think we'll hang on a minute I could never have the faith of Smith Wigglesworth I could never have the faith of an Oral Roberts oh I couldn't have the faith of a 10 of Copeland or or a Brian Houston I couldn't have that sort of faith well yes you can because everyone has been dealt the measure of faith and you see in Acts chapter 10 verse 34 in the Bible it says God is no respecter of persons the message version says God plays no favorites in other words he doesn't favor some people and give them more faith than others No he's no respecter of persons he doesn't favor anyone everyone's been given the measure of faith mark 11 verse 22 says have faith in God in fact in the amplified version it says have the faith of God and it's the god kind of faith that God gives to you and I and you know we all get the same measure but what we do with it is what makes the difference you see can your faith increase well the answer is yes the Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:15 not boasting of things beyond measure that is in another man's Labor's but having hope listen to it that as your faith is increased as your faith is increased we shall greatly be enlarged by you in our sphere as your faith increase you know the disciples asked Jesus in Luke 17 verse 15 they said Jesus increase our faith in Romans 10:17 it says faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God in Joshua 1:8 the Bible tells us to meditate on the Word of God day and night in Jude 20 it says building up your most holy faith by praying in the spirit so you know what God to his word and through prayer can increase our faith increasing the original measure that we've been built but here's the thing it all comes down to whether we exercise our faith you see faith is like a muscle if you exercise a muscle the muscle becomes strong but if you don't exercise your muscle your muscles become weak dormant and that's like our faith if we don't exercise the measure of faith with we've been given it just stays the same but if we exercise that faith it increases and gets stronger you see my brother used to work in a gym and he used to be you know like at the check-in desk where people would come and go and every Thursday when I I just got out of school I would go over on a Thursday afternoon and just hang out with him and we used to just watch people and they'd be exercising and working but that there was these two twins these two really big guys that always know always got our our eyesight because they were just absolutely huge okay they were like ginormous like bodybuilders you know what I'm saying they look like refrigerators you know what I'm saying they just come straight out of the retro vision store and they were like they were just you look at the size of these guys and I mean they had muscles in places I didn't even have places and and fit just huge and if they get in the mirror and they start doing all of the flexing and and that's also and when they flex their muscles wouldn't just ripple though their muscles would talk to you consume aren't believed and they had muscles in their thumbs in their hands and everywhere you know what my brother said to me he said they're here every day he said they are here every single day he said all they're doing is exercising all they're doing is bodybuilding all they're doing is working out they're here every day you know what that's how you exercise your faith just a little bit each day just a little bit each day just a little bit each day it's the faith needs to be exercised how do you do that it's simply just putting a little bit of a word in your life each day putting your word in there that's what David did listen to what David says in psalm 119 verse 11 I've hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you what's he saying I'm just putting his word in my heart just put a little bit more word inside just put a little bit more word inside just put a little bit more word inside what's he doing growing his faith strengthening his face strengthening pledget put a little bit more word inside you see you know how David had giant faith how did he do that here he's putting the word just putting the word in putting the word in putting that you know how he had giant faith here it is his revelation was great of any situation come on that's all it was he's on a battlefield at that point but I want to tell you he's revelation was greater than his situation hey what was inside of him was greater than what was coming against him that's what giant fake is you see when you just start to put the word inside of you and you realize hang on a minute word has Authority that word has power that word has majesty that word has supremacy when you start putting that word in and that word in and that word in your situation might be large but there's something about your revelation that says my God is bigger my God is stronger if my god is greater my god is mightier than what is coming against me right now when your revelation is greater than your situation that's what giant faith is you see when a child is conceived you know in that moment where conception happens child is conceived that little baby is the first time in the womb and it's looking around at conception looking around y'all wow what a womb this womb is massive business a massive wound well if I look at around the size of this room and then what happens that that baby grows to three months and it starts to grow and it starts to get pretty comfortable it's looking around the womb saying yeah this is my womb you know yeah I hang out I go over that side of the womb sometimes sometimes I venture over that side we've never been in that dark room but the DA say over here and where we're in the light of the word is my womb is three months six months go down the track that baby's feeling very complacent very familiar hey what's up this is my world that's my bedroom there's a lounge room there's a bathroom you know there's my room you know then it gets to nine months down the track that baby is like king of the castle that's like this is my pad and then what happens as a little thing called birth and what birth does is means that that baby now has to leave its environment of comfort and security and complacency and familiarity to go down some pressure to go into something that's much larger much bigger and much better for it but that baby doesn't know that so what does that baby do when birth happens that baby goes into the locked position it's hanging on to a ribcage it's holding on to an intestine it's not moving it's just holding on for dear life and then all of a sudden that baby is born and it's like wow it's so much better out here than whatever was in there and maybe God is wanting to push you into something new for your life that they stop being complacent stop being compliant stop being familiar but he wants to push you into a better environment into something new for your life to grow you to challenge you to stretch you in your faith don't stay familiar with where you're at don't stay complacent with where you're at but when you get a fresh revelation it changes your declaration which causes an activation that can change your situation ah someone ah yeah ah you're cheeky and so what does dried faith look like oh what a giant faith look like here we go dried faith how did David use giant faith I'll show you how he did here's the first my number one faith sees faith sees verse 26 David us the men standing near him what will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel who is this uncircumcised Philistine they should defy the armies of God listen to David's language hang on a minute for what will be done you're telling me what will be done if we just remove this disgrace what will be done he says well I look to the years about the tax-free living from the king he hears about the girl that the king's daughter he hears about the gold the reward and he said well what will be done what just removed the disgrace and we get see what did David do he started to see possibilities didn't he started to see possibilities but you know what in order to see possibilities you have to be able to see past the obstacle and Goliath was not the only obstacle that David had to see past you see David he had to see past his father's rejection because his father didn't think that he could be anointed his father didn't think that he could be a warrior and his father just wanted him to look after sheep he had to see past his brothers resentment they hated him that he came to the battle line they couldn't stand him being here the Bible says in verse 28 they resented him so he had to see past his brothers resentment he had to see past souls lack of belief in him lack of faith in him because Saul said you're only a boy you could never fight that giant here put my armor on and he tried to put his armor on David but Davis I can't wear this so he had to see past not just one obstacle he had to see past many obstacles but that's what faith does faith doesn't see one obstacle as the be-all end-all faith knows there's going to be many obstacles but Bates's chooses to see the possibilities and not the problem and you see David you think about it he had to see past his own insecurities you know insecurity is the biggest thing that sometimes we have to battle with to see past ourselves you know you think about David he was small he was young he wasn't a Warriors build he was never given a go in war it was his very first time on the battlefield and yet he had to see past that he had to see past that and sometimes you're going to have to see past your own insecurities your own inadequacies your own abilities you want to see past it you know it's amazing like a female can look in front of the mirror and stand in front of the mirror and go are do I look big do I look big in this edge of these jeans make my backside look lahat you know you know and then they're like do I have gray hairs is that greater I'm sure there's a gray here there you know am i getting shorter I look like I'm getting shorter am I getting shorter yeah yeah and a male will come along and he'll look in front of the same mirror and he'll just have his stomach hanging out he'll just suck in his gut and just go I still got it you're going to see past your insecurities you going to see past it why because faith sees faith sees he's the next one number two faith believes faith believes verse 37 moreover David said the Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and of the bear he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine I love that David just believed that God would deliver him he said you know what God's done it once he done it twice he'll do it again that's just the God that I serve he just believed that God would deliver him you see Saul didn't believe that he could he's father didn't believe that he could his brothers didn't believe that he could what have you stopped believing for in your life what do you stop believing for you see because it's in those moments you've got to choose whether you're going to live by your feelings or you're going to live by your faith because your feelings will always easily give up that's what feelings do I wake up and my feelings say I don't feel like reading my Bible today I don't feel like talking like that I don't feel like confessing that I don't feel like thinking this way I don't feel like believing that that's what my feelings say but you've got to make a choice to live by your feelings or your faith that's why Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5 verse 7 for we live by faith and not by our sight you see because there will always be conflict between your feelings and your faith there will always be conflict between your our senses demand that we walk by sight the word demands that we walk by faith feelings are temporal but faith is eternal feelings are natural but faith is supernatural see the world says you've got to see it to believe it but faith says no you've got to believe it to see it mark 11:24 says whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you've received it believe that you've received why because faith believes so faith sees faith believes he's the next one faith speaks faith speaks verse 45 46 says David said to the Philistine you come against me with sword spear and javelin but I come against you the name of the Lord Almighty the god of the armies of Israel whom you have defied this day the Lord will deliver you into my hands I will strike you down and cut off your head David said David said David said I love that faith speaks faith does not remain remain silent in the face of the battlefield faith doesn't be silent when bad news arises faith isn't silent when a problem comes back faith isn't silent when there's a challenge rather no faith speaks and David he just speaks out what God will do I love that sometimes you got to speak out what God will do over your situation faith speaks you've got to speak it out hey words used correctly can move mountains words use incorrectly can create them you see because proverbs 18:21 the tongue has the power of life and death words are carriers you see words carry words can carry life or words can carry death words can carry peace or words can carry conflict words can carry encouragement or words can carry despair words carry joy or sorrow hope or negativity I can always locate what a person believes by the words that come out of their mouth because out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks you see too often we speak defeat over our situation oh we get bad news or we hear the problem or a bad report and the first thing that comes out of our mouth is defeat or we speak the worst or we speak negative or or what about this one we speak in absolutes you know when someone speaks in absolutes we say things like that'll never happen well it's too late now that'll never work while I've missed it no the opportunity's gone can't happen now there's no point why go on why try it's too late for me there's no way that's going to happen absolutes you got to understand your words are creating an environment that you're living in you see all people desire encouragement everyone desires encouragement when when you get lifted when you get encouraged people desire prophecy when someone prophesize over you they speak life and encouragement over you you know the best prophecies I've ever received the ones that I give myself they are they're the best ones love Kenneth Copeland says you are the prophet of your own life and you know what that's what it is and you know what that's what David did he just prophesied over his future listen to it he said I'll strike you down I'll cut off your head you will be delivered into my hands what's he doing he's just prophesied over his future maybe it's time for you to start to open your mouth stop being silent stop being absent start to speak over that situation face speak I like to get up in the morning and I shape my day no matter how my days looking I want to start by saying god I thank you that today I am blessed but today I am favored but today I am healed but today I am more than a conquerer that today on the head and not the tail but today I'm above and not beneath that the day Lord I'm a known would come up today Lord you give me victory today Lord you are my shield if you are my faith if you are my help if you are my portion today Lord I'm so good-looking I just like to say it I just want to speak it out you see my my wife's ex-boyfriend yeah we're going there right before we got married he said to my wife Katie he said if you moved to Australia he said you'll probably live in Australia you'll probably marry an Australian and you'll probably stay in Australia you know what I never did get to thank him for those words I just never did these are saying you're just one of those name it and claim its people blab and Brad confess and possess now I just don't speak it I actually believe it I actually see it because faith speaks life let's speak hope it speaks joy it speaks peace faith speaks David said in Psalm 116 verse 10 he said I believe therefore I speak I love his next one faith stands so faith sees faith believes faith speaks faith stands all those gathered here will know that it's not by the sword or spear that the Lord saves for the battle is the Lord's and He will give all of you into our hands David recognizes that he was in a fight maybe you're in a fight maybe it's a fight for your marriage a fight for your health a fight for your career a fight for your purpose whatever that fight is you know you've been alone sometimes you may have lost a couple of rounds but you may have lost a couple of rounds but the fight is not over and David realizes he's in a fight but you know what he does he says but you know what it's not my fight this battle is the Lord's that's where he takes a stand and he says this battle is the Lord's sometimes you've got to know when faith stands having done everything sometimes you've just got to know when to stand you know the Bible it says in Ephesians 6:11 put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the enemy schemes the Bible in Galatians 5:1 is for freedom that Christ has set us free stand firm then the Bible says Ephesians 6:13 after you have done everything to stand stand the Bible says see don't let a giant intimidation robbed you of your future you see 2006 was probably one of the toughest years for us many people who know our journey where we had junior at that time she was about 10 months old 10 maybe 12 months justjust after a year and I remember we're over in Europe we were visiting Kitty's family in Bulgaria and you know when everyone was celebrating Jamie because that was the first time they were seeing her but while we were there there was an illness going around in part of that country that it was like a virus that babies were catching long story short Jaya caught this virus we took her into the hospital we didn't know what was going on she wasn't she was very much lifeless and not full of energy and not herself and and we took her in and straightaway they knew what it was they put her into quarantine so here we were in this country that was very unfamiliar to to myself and now our little baby girl has been put in quarantine in the hospital hours had gone by we were just praying and believing and and then a nurse comes out starts talking to another couple in Bulgarian and my wife picks up what they said she said three babies have just died in quarantine and I said right we are getting Janna and we demanded we get her we got her out of there we jumped on a plane got home praise God long story short as jr. got well she recovered but while we're over there Kenny was pregnant with Noah and Noah was only very you know a couple of weeks in conception and and when we gotten back that virus that the babies had gotten had gotten into to Noah and into Kenny's pregnancy and it actually caused major complications and it actually caused that then Noah was born 24 weeks stillborn and then died and so for us it was one of the toughest seasons that we'd gone through because there's nothing worse than when you go to a hospital and you give birth to a baby but then driving home from the hospital with no baby that's one of the hardest things you ever have to do as a parent and I know that there's many people in our church that have had journeys like that and stories like that and challenges that we go through and you think well how do we recover how do you recover and for us I remember after that we'd fallen pregnant again with Taj and when we just fall in point with Taj we'd been going to the hospital back and forth getting all the details and and that sort of thing and basically the doctor had given us the report that the same complications were happening the saint at 24 weeks the same things and I remember we got home and I had this report it was an x-ray of all of what the doctor told Kelly was on the couch she was just crying it was devastating news I remember I just got angry and I ran upstairs and I got my Bible it wasn't angry at God I was angry at the devil and I remember I got my Bible and I got the report and I went down and I held him both up in front of Kelly I said hey I said this report here it's ink on paper I said I have another report here that's ink on paper I said what when are we going to believe and then in her little bulgarian accent she pointed to the Bible and she said that one baby I said that's my girl that's it and you know what so and we went to a youth camp after that I was speaking at this camp and Kenny came with me and were on the camp she did what every pastor will tell you never to do she did the old flickin people yes you got the Bible if she discarded y'all to Hebrews dd I'll click and pick yeah she put her finger down on the skip scripture of John 4 verse 50 which says go jesus replied your son will live and the man took Jesus at his word and departed you know that scripture for us became something that we stood on for the next eight seven or eight months of that pregnancy we put it on the back of our door and every day we just said God we are standing on that word that my son will live in Jesus name and praise God praise God cars when he was born you know what he died but they resuscitated him and brought him back to life he's now nine years old healthy and strong and praise God because faith staying faith stance so let me give you two more real quick two more real quick faith sees faith believes faith speaks faith stances and x-one faith advances as the philistine moved closer to attack him David ran David ran David ran quickly towards the battle line the meeting I love that faith advances David he didn't just stroll into the giant nope he ran at that thing faith advances you see what in your life needs to start advancing again what have you settled in what have you settled in you see Israel they were not advancing they were camped out on a hill they were set they were sitting in fear they weren't moving anywhere they were they were they were terrified they'd given up and you see that's what happens when you haven't seen breakthrough for a while you start to settle you start to give up you stop advancing you start to stay just where you are in life and once where your expectations were in God they start to come down to the level of experiences that you've had and you stop advancing you see but maybe the Holy Spirit this morning is saying come on time to expand your territory trying to stretch your thinking trying to enlarge what's ahead of you what's ahead of you is better than what's behind you if you would just start to advance again if you were to start to trust again if you were to start to move again because faith knows no defeat faith does not quit faith is not giving faith does not give up faith does not throw in the towel faith as I say it's over faith does not retreat faith does not recline no faith keeps advancing the faith keeps going faith knows no defeat and he's the last one fate advances and here's the final ones worship team come faith overcomes faith overcomes look at that verse 50 so David triumphs over the Philistine with a sling a stone without a sword anything he struck down that Philistine and killed him and David triumphed david triumphed you know God wants you to overcome not be overcome that's not his plan for your life it's not his plan for your life to be overcome by every challenge every problem every situation a new thing arises new hardship arises new bad news er it's not he's planned for you to be overcome by what's coming against you but for you to overcome and you can see but how can you say that singer how can you say that faith overcomes you just said the story about how one of your boys died and if you know my story you know I had another boy who lived for three months and then died and if you know my story you know that I had a mum who died of cancer and you can save it singer how can you say faith overcomes I'll tell you how because my revelation is greater than my situation what's inside of me is greater than what's coming against me that's what it is I'm still standing aren't I I'm still believing aren't I I'm still speaking out I I'm still advancing I'm still overcoming because faith overcome faith does not know no defeat it does not quit it does not give up it does not let go faith come on account wait my let's play some Adam 12 verse 8 says this their hearts are secure they will have no fear in the end they will see triumph over their foes let me say this to you this morning I don't know what it is that's putting fear in your heart I don't know what that foe is what that giant is whether it's sickness whether it's health whether it's money whether it's property whether it's a career whether it's an education whether it's something that you want to do personally I don't know what the Giant is but what I do know is that the Bible says we will in the end see triumph over those phones if it's faith older comes faith older counts come on can we take a moment can we just worship God can we just declare it to him come on yeah come on you declare so you the [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh yeah his kingdom stands above every power every rule his kingdom stands above I don't know what Giants are facing this morning but I've got faith to believe they're going to fall I got faith to believe that Giants are going to fall in Jesus name so you know what have you've got Giants in your life you say yeah I'm facing a Joe maybe the Holy Spirit's stirring something in you and saying come on time to take that giant down don't let it keep intimidating you don't let it keep standing against you trying to stand in your faith so come on if you've got a giant when you raise your hands well you raise your hands maybe something this morning resonated in your spirit maybe this morning you're saying you know what I can start to see again you know what I'm going to start to speak again you know what I'm going to start to believe again and my life's going to admit because what you're called to overcome you're called to overcome and so father we just pray right now you know what these giants are you know the name of every giant you know where that giant come from the father I just think of it in your eyes it's just another giant that's going to fall it's just another defeated foe it's just another defeated enemy and vital right now we just speak to those giants and we say giant your days are numbered your time is finished you but you are under outfit and we say fall in the name of Jesus we say Paul in the name of Jesus and father I just pray God that a boldness of faith will rise up that a boulders of hopeful riser that we will see Giants fall in Jesus name come on let's see [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah and [Music] yeah [Music] later [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] already I've seen Giants falling I've seen Giants falling I'm believing that situations are going to change home environs home environments are going to change I just got a vision right there of Giants just forming Giants just coming down Giants just dropping their weapons dropping their swords and falling in Jesus name I wonder hear hear who hear that other Giants you're facing is to do with your family it's like a family situation I don't know what it is like family conflict or or or maybe there's hate or there's hurt or or maybe that's just causing like a breakaway something to do with family just lift your hand up if that's your giant if it's family if it's family that's what encourage you this morning the Holy Spirit just drop that scripture just say the peace of God the guard your heart let it guard your mind let it guide your heart let it guard your mind just be anxious for nothing be anxious for nothing can take away anxiety he'll take the way the anxiety of it's heavy on your heart I feel that Holy Spirit is so going to remove that anxiety right now just let the peace of God come into your heart they'll just come into your heart they're just fill your mind she's been carrying it for too long been carrying it for too long notice really believe that when you go back into that situation you know it might be conflict it might be hard a kit might be hurt but you know what when you go back into that you're going to bring peace you're going to bring a real peace into that there's going to be a calmness that's going to come over that there's going to be an ease it's going to come over that and what could be a just the potential you know explosion aware though it's going it's going to diffuse it's going to diffuse in Jesus name because you're going to bring peace into that situation so God we just pray piece over Homs piece over the homes in Jesus name over families over families where there's brokenness where there's hurt where is heartache where there's discord and disunity we just speak your peace in Jesus name just speak speak your peace in Jesus name tell me other people you giant health something to do with your health something to do with health maybe I want to soar a sickness or a disease you just lift your hands up let's raise your hand that's a giant that's in your life right now you know if someone's got their hand raised just put your hand on their shoulder Bible says when we lay hands on the sick they will recover right now we're going to see Giants fall when it comes to sickness and illness and father we just thank you that you came to destroy the works of the devil we just think you're the part of the benefits of salvation as you heal every sickness and every disease and we just say to pain leave bodies in Jesus name pain leave bodies in Jesus name sickness your days are finished leave in Jesus name we speak the health of Jesus Christ the word of Jesus Christ over bones are the ligaments over muscles over tendons over organs over blood cells right now we just speak the life of Jesus Jesus into those bodies Jesus into those bodies Lord see a flood of praise reports a flood of praise reports come in of clients falling in Jesus mighty name amen amen amen I want to pray for one more group of people if you'd bow your heads and close your eyes I just want to talk to every single person in this room but maybe you're here for the first time maybe you came with a friend or a loved one or a family member can I encourage you you're not here by accident you're not here by mistake but there is a God that loves you there is a God that's calling you and friend I just want to ask you you know his love do you know his peace you know he's joy that he can bring in your heart because today you can and it all starts with one simple prayer saying Jesus come into my life and if there are people like you like that here today then I want to pray with you while every head is bowed every eye is closed if that you why don't you raise your hand just lift it up yep just lift it up say yep that's me yep that's me I want to know this Jesus I want to put my faith in him I want to know this God we're talking about you lift it up and I'm going to pray for you this morning maybe there are others here and you once walked with God been in your heart you're away from God well you know what I just I just want to pray for you as well you're saying I'm coming back to him you lift your hand as well you lift your hand as well when I pray for all of these wonderful people right now so church can we say this prayer together repeat it after me dear Jesus today I ask you to come into my heart come into my life forgive me of sin and all of my past mistakes today Jesus I choose you as my Lord as my Savior and as my best friend help me to walk with you for the rest of my days amen amen can we thank God for people responding hey if you did raise your hand then this morning we want to give you a Bible and you know what someone may come to you out in the foyer when you go out there there'll be people holding up these Bibles and can I encourage if you prayed that prayer and you meant it from your heart then just go up and ask them for a Bible we'll gladly slip one into your hand because we believe it's the best decision you can make with your life on the back of it's just a card but fill-out helps us just to help you discover about who God is and the plan that he has for your life so twenty one more time think people who made that decision today amen you receive the word today giant faith you've got giant faith you've got giant faith so all you've got it you've got a call to us in good honest and come on why do we put our hands here that thank you for a great word and we still got a few minutes left we've still got a few minutes left but you know what I don't think we can leave without the clearing devil not today amen especially now you tell you you can lead us in that have you done that song before yeah we did at the top we're going to be fantastic I couldn't think of a better person to lead us but you know what I want to pray for us but look hey if you prayed that prayer and ask Jesus into your life in one of maybe in church of the air or maybe you're watching online before the days out let someone know that maybe text them say hey I just gave my life to Jesus or tell the person that you're with that would be fantastic but let me pray for you and then we're going to declare together amen father I thank you for everyone that's gathered across every location but oh thank you for your hand that's on their lives I thank you for what you've done father we go nowhere we go with your peace with your grace and with your favor in Jesus name Amen amen amen a tonight tonight 4:30 in the epicenter 5:30 here Todd he's going to be bringing the word what a great day we have water baptisms so if you want to be water baptized let people know is the next step that's that'd be great but come on one one last declaration before we leave [Music] come on judge we're going to sing this victoriously this morning okay Andre to I keep all my [Music] ha [Music] how's things [Music] [Music] [Music] I reckon tell me to the doclet prophecy just roll back that far [Music] come on you said [Music] ha ha I'll see you I'll be [Music] [Music] and we walk out in this great day season I tend to look [Music]

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Published: Sat Jul 15 2017