<i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> WELCOME TO <i>GOSPEL TRUTH</i> WITH ANDREW WOMMACK, A TEACHING MINISTRY THAT FOCUSES ON GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE >> AND GRACE. > I LOVE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT... > THAT HE USES TO TEACH. > HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE > FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND. > IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR THIS MINISTRY, > I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE. >> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW. WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY'S BROADCAST OF <i>THE GOSPEL TRUTH.</i> TODAY I'M GOING TO BEGIN A BRAND-NEW SERIES AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT <i>HOW TO BECOME A WATER WALKER.</i> I'VE GOT A BOOK ON THIS IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. I'VE GOT CDs AND DVDs, AND WE ALSO HAVE A STUDY GUIDE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO STUDY YOURSELF, BUT YES, TREE... TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE. AND I TELL YOU THIS TEACHING IS REALLY SPECIAL. I REMEMBER THAT ONE DAY, THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN, I’M...I'M JUST GUESSING, BUT 20 YEARS AGO I WAS JUST SITTING AT HOME AND I WAS STUDYING THE WORD, AND MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14, WHERE JESUS CAME WALKING TO THE DISCIPLES ON THE WATER AND THEN PETER WALKED TO JESUS. I JUST READ THAT, AND I MEAN, IT JUST CAME ALIVE TO ME AND IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A MIRACLE FROM GOD OR TO DO SOMETHING
SUPERNATURAL BEYOND YOURSELF, IT'S ALL ENCAPSULATED RIGHT IN THIS STORY. AND I GOT SO BLESSED THAT I SAT DOWN AND I TAUGHT THIS SERIES ON <i>HOW TO BECOME A WATER WALKER</i> I JUST SAT DOWN AT MY HOUSE... AND THIS IS BACK WHEN WE WERE USING CASSETTES AND I MADE THREE-PART SERIES THAT ONE DAY AND JUST TAUGHT ON THIS, AND IT IS REALLY POWERFUL. I'M ALSO USING THIS BOOK WHICH IS OUR <i>LIFE FOR TODAY</i> STUDY BIBLE, AND THIS IS THE GOSPELS EDITION, AND THE REASON I'M USING THIS IS BECAUSE I...IT TOOK ME PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS GOING THROUGH
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND HARMONIZING THE GOSPELS. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS INSTEAD OF STUDYING THROUGH MATTHEW AND THEN GOING BACK THROUGH MARK AND THEN LUKE AND JOHN, I TOOK EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE FOUR GOSPELS AND PUT THEM RIGHT HERE SIDE BY SIDE. HERE'S MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN. AND THE REASON THAT THIS IS A BLESSING... I USE THIS ALL OF THE TIME BECAUSE MANY OF THE STORIES IN THE GOSPELS ARE REPEATED BY A DIFFERENT GOSPEL WRITER AND THEY NEVER CONTRADICT EACH OTHER, BUT THEY COMPLEMENT
EACH OTHER AND YOU LEARN SOMETHING BY COMBINING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER. I'M GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ON THIS, BUT LET ME JUST REAL QUICKLY SHOW YOU WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THAT IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14, IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT RECORDS PETER WALKING ON THE WATER TO JESUS. NOW IN MARK AND LUKE, IT SHOWS JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER TO THE DISCIPLES, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW PETER WALKING ON THE WATER. SO IF ALL YOU DO IS READ MARK’S ACCOUNT OR LUKE'S ACCOUNT OF THIS, YOU MISS ALL OF THE DETAIL ABOUT PETER ASKING THE LORD IF HE COULD COME WALK TO HIM ON THE WATER. TO ME, THAT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. AND I...I MEAN, IT WOULD... WE WOULD MISS A LOT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE MATTHEW’S ACCOUNT OF THIS. BUT THEN IN MARK’S ACCOUNT, IT SHOWS SOME INDIVIDUAL THINGS, TOO, BECAUSE JESUS WOULD HAVE PASSED BY THEM. IT SHOWED THAT HE DIDN'T JUST COME OUT THERE TO HELP THEM. HE WAS JUST LIKE ON A STROLL OUT ON THE WATER AND HE WAS GOING TO WALK PAST THEM IF THEY HADN'T OF STOPPED HIM. AND THEN MARK IS THE ONLY ONE THAT SHOWS THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD A HARDENED HEART THAT THEY WERE SORE AMAZED IN THEMSELVES BEYOND MEASURE, AND WONDERED. AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TEACHINGS THAT THE LORD EVER SHOWED ME ABOUT HAVING A HARDENED HEART COMES FROM MARK'S ACCOUNT OF THIS SAME THING. BUT THEN IF YOU READ JOHN'S ACCOUNT OF THE SAME THING, IN JOHN, HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT TELLS YOU THAT WHEN JESUS AND PETER WALKED BACK TO THE BOAT AND ENTERED INTO THE BOAT, IMMEDIATELY THE BOAT AND THE DISCIPLES WERE JUST TRANSLATED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE. THAT'S AN AMAZING THING. AND SO, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THREE OF THESE GOSPEL WRITERS. LUKE DIDN'T RECORD THIS INSTANCE, BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THEM. SO ANYWAY, THE REASON I SAID THAT IS TO SAY THAT THERE IS BENEFIT IN SEEING THE SAME INSTANCE IN EACH OF THE GOSPELS AND READING THEM, AND AS YOU READ ALL THREE ACCOUNTS, YOU GET A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT I'M GOING TO BE FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON MATTHEW’S ACCOUNT OF PETER WALKING ON THE WATER. AND AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THIS JUST REALLY STRUCK ME THAT NEARLY EVERY SINGLE THING THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO DO
THE SUPERNATURAL IN YOUR LIFE, TO RISE ABOVE JUST YOUR OWN ABILITY, YOUR OWN POWER, IT'S ENCAPSULATED IN THIS. I MEAN, THERE ARE GREAT, GREAT PRINCIPLES, AND SO I'M GOING TO SPEND PROBABLY TWO WEEKS TEACHING ON THIS. I ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT THREE WEEKS’ WORTH OF TEACHING ON THIS, THREE DIFFERENT TEACHINGS IN THIS BOOK, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST CONDENSE THEM INTO TWO WEEKS, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THOSE PRODUCTS. AND SO, THIS... TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, WHEN THE DISCIPLES WENT INTO THIS SHIP AND THEN JESUS CAME WALKING ON THEM...ON THE WATER TO THEM, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000. AND IF YOU STUDY MARK’S ACCOUNT, THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING. ACTUALLY, IT'S CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING THIS WHOLE THING BECAUSE LET ME JUST READ SOME OF THIS. AND RIGHT AFTER THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000, IT SAYS, IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14, AND VERSE 22, AND STRAIGHTWAY JESUS CONSTRAINED HIS DISCIPLES TO GET INTO THE SHIP, AND TO GO BEFORE HIM UNTO THE OTHER SIDE, WHILE HE SENT THE MULTITUDE AWAY. NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN HIS DISCIPLES. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK IN THE NIV I THINK IT SAYS, HE HAD TO COMPEL. THIS IMPLIES THAT THERE WAS SOME RESISTANCE ON THEIR PART. NOW THEY WERE HIS DISCIPLES, THEY WERE SERVING HIM AND YET WHEN HE TOLD THEM TO GET INTO THIS SHIP AND TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE, HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN THEM, COMPEL THEM. THERE WAS SOME OBJECTION OR SOME RESISTANCE. NOW TO THEIR CRE...CREDIT, THEY WENT AHEAD AND OBEYED JESUS EVEN OVER THEIR OWN PERSONAL OBJECTIONS, AND THE SCRIPTURE HERE DOESN'T SAY EXACTLY WHY HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN OR COMPEL HIS DISCIPLES, BUT I BELIEVE IT’S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF...THESE MEN, A LOT OF THEM WERE FISHERS ON THE SEA OF GALILEE. THEY KNEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THEY COULD TELL THAT A STORM WAS BREWING. AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE SEA OF GALILEE, THERE'S MOUNTAINS OVER THERE AND THE WIND WILL COME OVER THOSE MOUNTAINS AND THEN SWEEP DOWN THOSE MOUNTAINS ONTO THIS SEA. AND THEY COULD RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS. AND ACCORDING TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE, THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD BEEN TAUGHT, THEY KNEW THAT IT WASN'T GOOD TO BE GETTING OUT INTO A BOAT AND HEADING OUT ON THE SEA OF GALILEE IN THESE SITUATIONS. AND YET, BECAUSE THE LORD CONSTRAINED THEM, COMPELLED THEM TO DO IT, THEY WENT AHEAD AND OBEYED HIM. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT PETER WALKING ON THE WATER AND THIS GREAT MIRACLE AND THE THING THAT HAPPENED, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS FIRST VERSE IS THAT YOU NEED TO OBEY GOD AND FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIONS AND NOT LEAN UNTO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. PROVERBS, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 5, IS A CLASSIC VERSE ON THIS. IT SAYS, TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND LEAN NOT UNTO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU WANT TO BE A WATER WALKER, IF YOU WANT TO SEE A MIRACLE, IF YOU WANT TO DO THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND YOUR OWN ABILITY, YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW GOD AND NOT FOLLOW JUST YOUR OWN REASON. THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM THAT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, YOU WANT GOD TO COME THROUGH FOR YOU, BUT ARE YOU DOING THINGS YOUR WAY OR ARE YOU FOLLOWING GOD'S LEADING? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TO POSITION YOURSELF FOR A MIRACLE. YOU CAN BE OUT OF POSITION. YOU KNOW, IF THESE DISCIPLES HAD JUST SAID, LOOK, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, I CAN TELL THAT THERE'S A STORM BREWING, THAT THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. WE AREN'T GOING TO FOLLOW YOUR LEADING. WE ARE GOING TO LEAN UNTO OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING AND WE ARE STAYING HERE ON THIS SHORE. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS STORY. YET...THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN JESUS COME WALKING ON THE WATER. PETER WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE BOAT AND WALKED ON THE WATER TO GO TO JESUS. SO ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS IS IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO START FOLLOWING WHAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO. AND YOU KNOW, I TRAVEL AND MINISTER AND I... I'VE TALKED TO THOUSANDS, PROBABLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE, AND THEY COME UP AND TELL ME THEIR PROBLEMS AND ASK ME TO PRAY. AND GOD LOVES THEM, AND GOD WILL HELP US EVEN WHEN OUR PROBLEMS ARE... ARE OF ON...OUR OWN MAKING. BUT I TELL YOU, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO, THE REASON THEY'VE
GOT PROBLEMS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SEEKING THE LORD. PEOPLE COME TO ME WITH MARRIAGE PROBLEMS AND THEY ARE... THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS. AND AS YOU BEGIN TO DIG AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS, THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW ANY OF THE LEADING OF GOD ON HOW TO SELECT THEIR MATE. THEY AREN'T SUBMITTING THEMSELVES AND LOVING THEIR MATE MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEMSELF. HUSBANDS AREN'T LOVING THEIR WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. WOMEN AREN'T REVERENCING AND SUBMITTING TO THEIR HUSBAND THE WAY THE CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO REVERENCE AND SUBMIT TO CHRIST. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SAID IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 5. AND SO, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT THEIR OWN WAY, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE TEMPLATE THAT THE WORLD HAS PUT DOWN, THEY'VE GOT ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS AND THEN THEY
COME AND WANT GOD TO JUST PERFORM A MIRACLE. WELL AGAIN, GOD LOVES US AND PRAISE GOD, HE WILL PULL US OUT OF THE MESSES THAT WE MAKE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, YOU COULD AVOID A LOT OF PROBLEMS IF YOU WOULD JUST DO THINGS GOD'S WAY. YOU KNOW, I PRAISE GOD THAT JAIME AND I, WE BOTH GOT BORN AGAIN WHEN WE WERE 8 YEARS OLD. WE WERE BOTH SPIRIT-FILLED. WE WERE SEEKING GOD WITH ALL OF OUR HEART. BOTH OF US HAD MADE A DECISION THAT IF GOD WANTED US TO BE SINGLE THE REST OF OUR LIFE, WE WOULD BE. THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO GO OUT AND JUST SHOP AND LOOK FOR A PERSON. WE WERE LOOKING TO GOD. AND GOD BROUGHT EVE TO ADAM AND RUTH TO BOAZ AND REBEKAH TO ISAAC. I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL PUT PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND SO JAMIE AND I HAD BOTH JUST BEEN SEEKING GOD AND BECAUSE OF IT, IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'VE USED THIS EXAMPLE BEFORE THAT IF YOU COULD IMAGINE AN ISOSCELES TRIANGLE WHERE GOD IS UP HERE AT THE TOP AND THE MAN AND THE WOMAN
ARE AT THE BOTTOM, MOST PEOPLE SEEK EACH OTHER LIKE THIS, AND THEN AFTER THEY CONNECT, IF THEY'RE CHRISTIANS, THEY START TRYING TO SEEK GOD. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TRIANGLE, AND HERE'S THE MAN DOWN HERE AND THE WOMAN HERE, AND IF YOU SEEK GOD, AS YOU SEEK GOD, YOU WILL JUST RUN INTO YOUR PERFECT MATE. GOD WILL PUT YOU TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO JAMIE AND ME. WE WERE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED BEFORE WE EVER HELD HANDS. GOD PUT US TOGETHER SUPERNATURALLY. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED NOW FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. IT'LL BE 50 YEARS NEXT YEAR, AND MAN, WE'VE HAD AN AWESOME RELATIONSHIP, AND YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT PERFECT. ANYTIME YOU PUT TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT, BUT WE KNOW THAT GOD PUT US TOGETHER AND BECAUSE OF IT, WE ARE IN A POSITION TO SEE GOD COME THROUGH AND DO THINGS. A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DO THINGS THEIR OWN WAY, MAKE A TOTAL MESS OF THEIR LIFE, OF THEIR FINANCES, OF THEIR HEALTH, AND THEN AFTER THEY'VE BLOWN ALL OF THESE THINGS, THEY JUST WANT GOD TO COME THROUGH WITH A MIRACLE. THESE DISCIPLES
WOULD NEVER HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS MIRACLE OF JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER TO THEM AND THEN PETER WALKING ON THE WATER TO JESUS IF THEY HAD JUST LEANED UNTO THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING. AGAINST THEIR OWN WISDOM, THEY ALLOWED JESUS TO COMPEL THEM, TO CONSTRAIN THEM TO GET INTO THE SHIP AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD SOME OBJECTIONS,
SOME RESISTANCE TO IT. I'M TELLING YOU, THE WAY TO FOLLOW GOD, THE WAY TO SEE GOD'S MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE IS TO FOLLOW GOD, AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ARE, WHEN YOU ARE FOLLOWING GOD YOU ARE IN...YOU ARE A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR A MIRACLE FROM GOD. SO BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT ANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT THE LORD HAS SHOWN ME OUT OF THIS PASSAGE, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY THAT YOU NEED TO DO AN INVENTORY. YOU KNOW, IN PROVERBS, CHAPTER 4, THERE IT SAYS, PONDER THE PATH OF YOUR FEET, AND LET ALL OF YOUR WAYS BE ESTABLISHED. AND I WAS JUST MEDITATING ON THAT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE JUST DO AN INVENTORY. GOD, AM I WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BE? IS MY LIFE GOING THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT IT TO GO? AND YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN AND FACE THIS. MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE ON A TREADMILL AND THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, LIFE KIND OF POINTS THEM IN A DIRECTION AND THEY JUST...THEY'RE... THEY’RE LIKE A PINBALL THAT THEY'RE JUST BOUNCING OFF THINGS AND WHATEVER IS THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE, THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THEY GO. AND THEY WIND UP LIVING A LIFE THAT THEY DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR THEM. IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S JUST CIRCUMSTANCES. IT'S JUST THINGS THAT COMPEL THEM THIS DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, MY LIFE WAS GOING THAT WAY. WHEN I FIRST GOT REALLY TURNED ON TO THE LORD, I WAS IN MY FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE AND I HAD
GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE GRADE SCHOOL, THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN I WAS IN COLLEGE JUST TAKING THE NECESSARY COURSES TO GET SOME BASIC THINGS OUT OF THE WAY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN MY FAMILY WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER AND SO I JUST ASSUMED THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. AND I WAS JUST LETTING, YOU KNOW, THE CIRCUMSTANCES PUSH ME ALONG IN THIS DIRECTION. BUT PRAISE GOD THAT GOD INTERVENED. GOD SHOWED ME A PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE, AND I MEAN, I MADE 180-DEGREE TURN. AND WHEN I DID, I MEAN, THERE...IT LOOKED LIKE POTENTIAL DAMAGE BECAUSE THE FIRST THING GOD TOLD ME TO DO WAS TO QUIT SCHOOL, THAT I WASN'T GOING TO BE A SCHOOLTEACHER. I DIDN'T NEED TO PUT THE TIME IN TO THAT DEGREE. AND WHEN I QUIT SCHOOL, I IMMEDIATELY LOST MY STUDENT DEFERMENT. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE DRAFTED AND SENT TO VIETNAM. I COULD BE KILLED. I MEAN, THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF POTENTIAL DAMAGING THINGS THAT COULD COME FROM THAT DECISION, AND YET I KNEW THAT'S WHAT GOD TOLD ME TO DO. AND IN THE NATURAL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE WAS RESISTANCE. I WAS LOSING MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT. I WAS BEING PAID AS LONG AS I STAYED IN SCHOOL. I HAD A DEFERMENT FROM THE DRAFT, PLUS I WAS ACCEPTED BY EVERYBODY. WHEN I MADE THIS DECISION AND STARTED FOLLOWING GOD, MAN, I GOT CRITICISM LIKE I HAD NEVER HAD IN MY LIFE. I EVEN HAD ONE OF THE LEADERS OF MY CHURCH TELL ME THAT I COULDN'T BE A CHRISTIAN AND SAY THAT GOD WAS LEADING ME TO DO THIS. AND I MEAN, I HAD A LOT OF THINGS COME AGAINST ME. BUT SEE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE OBJECTIONS... AND IN THE NATURAL, IF YOU JUST FOLLOWED NATURAL REASONING, THERE WERE REASONS NOT TO DO WHAT I WAS DOING, I KNEW IT WAS GOD. AND SO IN A SENSE, IT'S JUST LIKE THIS VERSE RIGHT HERE, THAT JESUS CONSTRAINED HIS DISCIPLES. JESUS CONSTRAINED ME OVER MY NATURAL REASONING, OVER THE COUNSEL THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE GIVING ME. HE CONSTRAINED ME TO BEGIN TO START FOLLOWING HIM. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, MAN, MY LIFE HAS JUST BEEN FULL OF MIRACLES. I'VE SEEN GOD DO GREAT THINGS, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IF I HAD JUST KEPT, YOU KNOW, LETTING THE... THE NATURAL FLOW OF THINGS PUSH ME ALONG AND HAVE DONE WHAT WAS CONVENIENT AND NOT HAVE BEEN SEEKING GOD, I WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN ANY OF THE MIRACLES THAT WE'VE SEEN. YOU KNOW, I’M... I'M TALKING ABOUT MIRACLES IN THE MINISTRY. GOD HAS PROVIDED
SUPERNATURALLY FOR US. MIRACLES IN OUR PHYSICAL BODIES. MIRACLES OF SEEING OTHER PEOPLE HEALED, PEOPLE BORN AGAIN, DELIVERED, AND ON AND ON; ALL OF THESE THINGS CAME AS A RESULT OF JUST OBEYING GOD AND HEADING HIS DIRECTION. AND SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT I'M SPEAKING TO SOME PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WANT THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE. I'VE OFTEN TOLD PEOPLE IF YOUR LIFE ISN'T SUPERNATURAL, IT'S SUPERFICIAL. IF YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR LIFE AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING AWAY AS I DID THIS, THIS IS MY ABILITY, IF YOU CAN POINT TO ALL OF YOUR ASSETS AND ALL OF YOUR AWARDS AND EVERYTHING AND SAY THAT I DID THIS, THEN I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, YOU HAVE MISSED THE WILL OF GOD. GOD WANTS US TO LIVE IN A SUPERNATURAL REALM. HE WILL CALL YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND YOUR ABILITY. AND IF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR LIFE IS... CAN BE CREDITED TO JUST YOUR OWN EFFORT, THEN I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, YOU'VE MISSED
GOD'S PERFECT WILL FOR YOUR LIFE. GOD IS GOING TO CALL YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S BEYOND YOURSELF. AND SO, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS TODAY AND YOU FEEL LIKE GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH ME AND YOU REALIZE THAT MAN, THERE'S THINGS THAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO THAT YOU...YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T APPEAR WISDOM...IT'S...IT’S NOT WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTED, THERE WILL BE CRITICISM, THERE MIGHT BE HARDSHIP, BUT IN YOUR HEART, YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE GOD HAS SOMETHING MORE FOR YOU, I'M TELLING YOU, BEFORE YOU START SEEING JESUS WALK TO YOU ON THE WATER AND BEFORE YOU CAN BECOME A WATER WALKER, YOU GOT TO START OBEYING GOD AND HEAD IN THE DIRECTION THAT GOD IS WANTING YOUR LIFE TO GO. THAT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR STATEMENT RIGHT THERE, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN'T, WITH CONFIDENCE, SAY THAT YOU ARE IN THE PLACE THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE. SOME OF YOU GET UP ON MONDAY MORNINGS AND YOU DREAD GOING TO WORK. YOU HATE YOUR JOB. YOU HATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I'M TELLING YOU, THAT IS NOT GOD. EITHER YOUR ATTITUDE IS TOTALLY WRONG AND YOU NEED TO CHANGE IT, OR IN MANY CASES IT'S THE FACT THAT YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE AND THERE IS A HOLY DISSATISFACTION IN YOU AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT THINGS AREN'T WORKING OUT. LIFE IS TOO SHORT. THIS ISN'T A DRESS REHEARSAL. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL AND EVERY DAY THAT YOU SPEND DOING THINGS THAT AREN'T SATISFYING YOU AND AREN'T BLESSING YOU AND YOU...YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU, IT'S A WASTED DAY. THERE ARE SOME OF YOU WATCHING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN AND PONDER THE PATH OF YOUR FEET AND THINK ABOUT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ON THE PATH THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE ON. YOU KNOW, I OFTEN MINISTER ON A SUBJECT THAT I'VE ENTITLED, <i>HOW TO FIND, FOLLOW,</i> <i>AND FULFILL GOD'S WILL,</i> AND I PUT ALL OF THESE TEACHINGS INTO A BOOK. AND I WILL TEACH ON THAT IN A SERVICE AND I... IT'S NOT UNUSUAL WHEN I GIVE AN INVITATION TO HAVE 80% OF CHURCH MEMBERS, SPIRIT-FILLED, TONGUE-TALKING
CHURCH MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, 80% OF THEM WILL TYPICALLY STAND TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD'S WILL FOR THEIR LIFE IS. THEY’RE JUST GOING WITH THE FLOW. THEY'RE LETTING CIRCUMSTANCES DIRECT THEIR LIFE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ASSURANCE THAT THEY ARE IN THE CENTER OF GOD'S WILL. I TELL YOU, THAT'S TRAGIC. AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ON <i>HOW TO BE A WATER WALKER,</i> HOW TO DO THE MIRACULOUS IS DEPENDENT UPON YOU GETTING IN THE BOAT AND HEADING IN THE DIRECTION THAT GOD TOLD YOU TO GO. AND IF YOU DON'T COMPLY WITH THAT AND IF YOU JUST ARE STAYING ON THE SHORE, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE A WATER WALKER. YOU GOT TO, FIRST OF ALL... HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN HIS DISCIPLES TO GET INTO THE SHIP AND HEAD TOWARDS THE OTHER SIDE. AND IF YOU WANT TO REALLY SEE THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO START COOPERATING WITH GOD AND FOLLOWING HIS LEADING. I KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY SIMPLE, BUT I...I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PROBABLY OUT OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, THERE CERTAINLY COULD BE A MILLION PEOPLE, PROBABLY MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THAT IF YOU HAVE LISTENED AND IF YOU WOULD BE HONEST, YOU WOULD SAY, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT MY LIFE IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT GOD WANTS IT TO. THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT'S NOT GOING IN THE DIRECTION, AND YET YOU'RE AFRAID TO CHANGE ANYTHING. YOU'RE AFRAID TO TAKE ANY RISK. YOU'RE JUST TAKING THE EASIEST WAY OUT. IF YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR YOU, SOMETHING MORE FOR YOU AND YOU AREN'T DOING IT, YOU NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TODAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU. IF YOU AREN'T SURE, MAYBE YOUR LIFE IS GOING RELATIVELY GOOD AND THE FINANCES ARE THERE AND THINGS ARE WORKING, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE REALLY FOUND GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE. WELL THEN, YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY AND YOU NEED TO DETERMINE THAT, LIKE IT SAYS IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 5, DON'T BE IGNORANT BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS. THAT'S A COMMAND. IT'S A COMMAND NOT TO BE IGNORANT. GOD WANTS TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU AND HIS WILL TO YOU MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW IT. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT, AND WE ARE GIVEN A COMMAND. IT IS NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE. I'VE GOT AN ENTIRE SERIES ON THIS, AS I SAID, ENTITLED: <i>HOW TO FIND, FOLLOW,</i> <i>AND FULFILL GOD'S WILL.</i> YOU CAN CALL IN TO OUR PHONE CENTER AND THEY WILL POINT YOU TOWARDS THAT TEACHING. YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S ON THERE. YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT ABSOLUTELY FREE. BUT IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE. HE WANTS TO REVEAL IT TO YOU MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO SEEK. IF YOU SEEK, YOU FIND. AND IN JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 29, VERSE 11, A VERSE THAT'S REAL POPULAR, IT SAYS, I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARDS YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END. MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT, JEREMIAH 29:11, BUT IF YOU GO INTO VERSES 13, IT SAYS, THEN YOU SHALL SEEK ME, AND YOU SHALL FIND ME, WHEN YOU SHALL SEARCH FOR ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART. THIS CAN'T JUST BE A APPENDAGE ONTO YOUR LIFE. IT HAS TO BE A FOCUS OF YOUR LIFE. IF YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE, THEN YOU WILL. BUT WHEN YOU GET TO A PLACE WHERE YOU SAY, GOD, I KNOW YOU HAVE A PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE. I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE MY LIFE SUPERNATURAL INSTEAD OF SUPERFICIAL. AND WHEN YOU GO TO SEEKING WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL FIND. SO THE VERY FIRST POINT I'M MAKING IS IF YOU WANT TO BE A WATER WALKER, IF YOU WANT TO DO THE MIRACULOUS, YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO GOD AND HEED HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND FOLLOW HIS GUIDANCE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE COUNSELING YOU TO DO. YOU NEED TO FOLLOW GOD AND PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE A MIRACLE. SO I'M OUT OF TIME TODAY, BUT TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO GET FURTHER INTO THIS AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT I'VE GOT THIS BOOK ENTITLED: <i>HOW TO BECOME</i> <i>A WATER WALKER,</i> AND I HAVE IT IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. WE HAVE CDs, DVDs. WE HAVE A STUDY GUIDE. OUR ANNOUNCER WILL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THAT. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS <i>LIFE FOR TODAY</i> GOSPELS EDITION AVAILABLE TO YOU. THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE. I USE IT A LOT. SO LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCER AS HE GIVES YOU THIS INFORMATION AND PLEASE CALL OR WRITE TODAY. >> ANDREW'S COMPLETE TEACHING, <i>HOW TO BECOME A WATER WALKER,</i> IS AVAILABLE IN A BOOK IN EITHER ENGLISH OR SPANISH, A CD OR DVD ALBUM MADE FROM OUR DAILY TELEVISION BROADCAST, OR IN A STUDY GUIDE. THIS ENTIRE SERIES IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR AUDIO DOWNLOAD ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM OUR WEB SITE. GO TO AWMI.NET TO SEE ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN GET THIS TEACHING. ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY IS ANDREW'S <i>LIFE FOR TODAY</i> STUDY BIBLE, THE GOSPELS EDITION, WHICH IS A PARALLEL STUDY BIBLE AND COMMENTARY COMPARING EACH OF THE GOSPELS IN THE BIBLE. EACH OF THESE
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