How to Fulfill Your Destiny 10am | Edward Kirkpatrick Live Stream

[Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] more [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] not [Music] [Music] [Music] do do [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] sorry [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] good morning about the life church family hallelujah glory glory glory welcome to abundant life church international on behalf of pastor kirkpatrick and lady kim kirkpatrick we want to welcome you to our sunday morning worship experience this is what uh we want you to do whether you're going from uh live to a live stream on facebook youtube or the sanctuary we want you to share go ahead and share with your family friends and let them know that abundant life church international is all today and we truly believe that god has a blessing a miracle just for you i want to share a scripture with you this morning uh it's from it's coming from second chronicles 5 verses 13 and 14. this is what i want you to do today i want you to just release that when you hear the word when you hear the praise team see they worship god i want you to release it as well it can't and it came he was surpassed as the trumpeters and singers were as one to make one sound to be heard and praising and thinking the lord and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and symbols and instruments of music and praise the lord saying for he is good for his mercy and do it forever that then the house was filled with the cloud even the house of the lord verse 14 says so that the priest should not stand to minister by reason of the cloud for the glory of the lord had healed the house we want to allow the glory of the lord to feel the sanctuary and to fill the house where you are because he dwells within you and we want to give god glory on and praise so he can rise up okay so he can rise up in us at abundant life church international we decree the word of god what is decree in the word of god it is the declaration the declaration means to agree and say the same thing god is saying our confessions releases our possessions i love that our confessions releases our possessions it is what governs our faith and faith in what marks us to the supernatural for god to operate in our lives i want you to repeat after me this morning and release your faith and your expectation that god will meet you where you are hallelujah but before we do that another scripture to remind us is job 22 and 28 you will also decree this what we're going to do this morning you will also decree a thing and it will be established for you and the light of god's favor shall shine upon your ways isaiah 55 11 says so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which i purpose and shall succeed in the thing for which i sent it say the lord of her hosts now through these scriptures we have been given authority from jesus to make declarations and prophetic decrees in our realm of influence and god is causing us and asking us and encouraging us to speak his word speak his word full of power and faith and it will begin to create it will begin to create it will begin to create situations around you and we will walk in god's perfect will decree decree this with me i decree and declare i am the prophet of my life [Music] god has given me the ability to change my circumstances by speaking his word over my life in faith i have grown in knowledge i am growing in understanding and wisdom we decree and declare according to matthew 5 14 and 15 the light of god's word shines in every situation in my life and darkness is dispelled the word of god is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path the light of god's the light of god shines through he shines through us and around us we are like a city that is set on a hill and our light cannot be hidden we decree and declare according to proverbs 3 4. we have found favor oh my god and good success in the sight of god and man [Music] in the name of jesus i want us to make these decrees personal repeat after me i decree and declare from this moment forward i see myself the way god sees me i am highly favored in god's sight i decree and declare by faith i walk in divine favor of the lord i am crowned with glory and honor [Music] i decree and declare by his divine power god has given me everything i need for a godly life lifestyle through him and through the knowledge of him who has called us to his own glory in jesus name hallelujah i'm trying to keep slow down repeat after me i am the righteousness of god in christ jesus i am reigning as a king in life through christ i have preferential treatment supernatural increase restoration and prominence i have petitions granted laws changed policies and rules changed and battles one which i do not have to fight the blessing in favor of god is on my life i decree and declare i am honored by my father as i receive the favor that comes directly from god give god some glory come on give god some praise hallelujah we can't forget about that praise break hallelujah the word there's something about the word the word changes you hallelujah we believe god for supernatural supply as well i decree every effort of mine shall become prosperous it shall attract the favor and kindness of god i decree i am a fruitful land everything within me and everything around me grows and brings increase in jesus name because of the blessing of god on my life my days of living and lack my day is a living and shortage my days of living in need and want they are over forever today i decree and declare supernatural supply it has come to me over and above right now in jesus name give god some praise right there hallelujah lord be your name oh god hallelujah i am blessed of the lord i am god's distribution center going everywhere dispensing good to everyone i encounter i am blessed with the blessings of abraham and that blessing makes me rich and that is no sorrow with it this is my time this is my moment to receive god's divine supernatural provision in jesus name you believe it give god some praise hallelujah glory glory glory we always seek wisdom from god repeat this with me please we decree and declare the wisdom of god is locating abundant life church international for the drawing of souls according to isaiah 2 2-3 we believe that we are a ministry that walks in wisdom light and power and restoration and revelation of god hallelujah we are [Music] and we do flow in the wisdom of god give god some praise hallelujah glory glory glory glory glory glory hallelujah listen through more hallelujah we decree and declare in the name of jesus that this is a set time of turn around for god's people and for abundant life church international we are fulfilling god's assignment to win the lost make disciples and establish his kingdom in this region and all the earth for his glory we decree and declare alci is a supernatural church my god a.l alci is a supernatural church composed of supernatural people doing supernatural things and we are not ordinary all of our services will be filled with the supernatural element of god truly this is a house of signs wonders and miracles come on give god some praise release your expectations we're so excited and mighty god you guys can join in as we worship him and lift his name up in this place can we just lift the name of jesus in this place oh come on and shout with the voice of tryon for he is come on and clap right here [Music] on you receive our love receive our love and as we shout your name receive our praises receive our [Music] receive praises love receive our love and as we shout your name receive our praises receive our praises [Music] please and as we shall is right here [Music] and please me oh come oh on on and lift up your voice in this place we're just going to declare that the goodness of jesus reigns in this way hallelujah it's greater than now there's no greater than greater strength is nobody great come on on this morning we know there's nobody greater than him with this is is you're a strong tower greater than jesus nobody greater than jesus hallelujah this [Music] oh come on and shout that great name in this place oh come on and put your mighty put hands mighty hands together hallelujah thank you jesus can i just hear you shout the name of jesus in this play [Music] we love to call your name it's something we cannot explain that happens when we proclaim your grave [Music] is [Music] me right here is me is [Music] this is my favorite part right here so much power here we go [Music] i'm [Music] oh when strength oh [Music] i feel oh everything will be [Music] is we have a victory everything has to change worship him in is place jesus jesus [Music] good morning again hallelujah glory glory do we have any first-time guests in the house this morning no first-time guest but so we're going to welcome our family welcome family come on give yourselves a hand hallelujah while we welcome welcome our online audience as well hallelujah glory glory at this time we're going to have our announcements my sister treyanna [Music] [Applause] [Music] good morning alci's sunday evening prayer call is each sunday evening at 8 pm all are invited to join pastor kirkpatrick as he shares an empowering message and offer prayers to empower us all the prayer call number is on your screen otherwise check your emails or go to our website edwardkirkpatrick.org for the call-in number monday corporate prayer call is each monday evening 6 30 to 7 p.m for our online viewers the call-in number is on your screen otherwise visit our website at edwardkirkpatrick.org for the call-in number due to the upcoming renovations in our sanctuary alci's weekday services are suspended until further notice including the monday evening greater glory healing and miracle service and our wednesday in-house corporate prayer we will certainly keep you updated as to when the services will be resumed mark your calendars for the healing explosion october 18th and 19th here at abundant life church international the service will be dedicated to anyone needing any manner of healing be it spiritual emotional physical financial or relational no matter the cause nothing is too big for our god again october 18th and 19th the healing explosion 7 15 pm here at abundant life church international also sunday november 7th will be alci's super sunday pastor will be minister ministering at our eight eight o'clock am service and our guest speaker for the 10 a.m service will be dr brian mosley and november 8th will be miracle monday here at alci service will be will begin with the healing school 6 30 p.m to 7 30 p.m by pastor kirkpatrick followed by an anointed message from prophet brian mosley so mark your calendars november 7th super sunday and november 8th miracle monday thank you alci family and friends for consistently fulfilling your pledges toward alci's phase 3 greater glory 12-month debt-free campaign as previously mentioned there have been so many testimonies of what god has done because of the honor given to him and to his house in first samuel 2 30 god declares for those who honor me i will honor you if have if you have a testimony to share we want to hear from you go to marketing edwardkirkpatrick.org to submit your testimony today alci family and friends it's time to honor pastor kirk pastor kirkpatrick and lady kim kirkpatrick as they celebrate 20 years of marriage on october 27th we are excited to show them how much their love and dedication to one another has blessed us both individually and corporately therefore we are asking all alci members and friends to sow a seed of 40 signifying their twenty years of dedication and love to one another please place your seeds of love in a card of your choosing and drop in the box at the back of the church or give via cash app at life to the max putting wedding anniversary in the forefield or giving online at edwardkirkpatrick.org using the wedding anniversary giving designation a special presentation will be made to pastor kirkpatrick and lady kim kirkpatrick on sunday october 24th so please have all cards and seeds of love submitted before that time thank you aoci in advance for your agreement and participation and congratulations lady kim and pastor kirkpatrick [Applause] following service please be sure to stop by the bookstore or to purchase the cd recording of today's message or go to edwardquickpatrick.org product store to get the digital download additional ministry resources are available as well this concludes our highlighted announcements [Music] hey man we came to give him praise today amen hey man come on can we cap our hands to give god glory we thank him for his presence that we feel even now amen amen oh hello is [Music] him come on can we sing it collectively how great [Music] [Music] we appreciate you as we lift our hands to give you glory and we open our mouth to give your praise thank you lord and we're gonna save to give and we're gonna say yeah [Music] and we're gonna say yes to your will with my whole heart [Applause] [Music] magnify your holy name [Music] [Music] name with the help of your spirit lord my health coming from [Applause] [Music] we thank you for what you're doing you give us life in life [Music] if i have to run out yourself i just want to see your face to behold the beauty [Music] can we lift our hands and give god [Applause] [Music] let's lift up our hands and let's open up our mouths and let's let's do what the the praise team is saying that they would do he said i will praise you lord can somebody just give god a praise open your mouth and praise him open up your mouth and praise it lord we praise you we give you the glory we give you the praise hallelujah you may be seated in the presence of the lord what a mighty god we serve this is the day that the lord has made we will rejoice and we will be glad in it great is the lord and greatly to be praised you know one of the things that i discovered about praise is that praise is not something that is based on my circumstances praise is an act of my will this is why the psalmist says i will bless the lord at all times and his praise shall continually be in my mouth having to know that praise should be something we continually do we shouldn't just do it when we come to church but it should be something we do often you know i've discovered that prayer is much easier to do than praise but i've also discovered that praise is more powerful than prayer let me help you to understand what i'm saying when you praise god you change the atmosphere of your life the bible says that god inhabits you know what that means he takes up residence in he dwells in praise when paul and silas were locked in jail they prayed but they did something in addition to praying they praised and i want you to notice that the jail cells didn't open by prayer alone lord have mercy see there are some things in your life that you will never escape from by prayer alone there's some things in your life that will never change just by prayer alone even paul the apostle when speaking of us praying and petitioning god he said to do so with thanksgiving prayer must have a companion called praise and when the two come together mighty things begin to happen i dare you every day of your life to take moments throughout the day to have praise breaks just to begin to open your mouth and thank god for his mercy and his goodness and to praise him for who he is and what he's done and watch your environment change watch your atmosphere change watch your life change see victory is the result of praise this is why the bible says send judah he didn't say saying prayer says sin praise you get up in the morning you ought to send praise ahead of you before you go out the door lord have mercy [Applause] jesus before he multiplied the fish and the bread he gave thanks he gave praise before he raised elijah from the dead he stood and gave praise father thank you there's something about praise that the devil really doesn't want us to get a revelation of he don't mind you praying to you wear your knees out amen but he don't want you to praise because you know the moment you praise things shift in your favor i don't know who i'm talking to but i just want to help somebody to understand that maybe the reason things have not changed is because you haven't learned to praise you've been doing a bunch of praying but you haven't added no praise to your prayer so i dare you amen in spite of how you feel and in spite of what it looks like and in spite of what you're going through and in spite of what you're looking at amen just begin to give god a praise cause somebody in here with pain with tears with with all the stuff happening i'm gonna give god a praise hallelujah glory glory glory glory glory glory bless instead of praying for your healing praise him for your healing instead of praying for your finances praising that your finances are working out [Applause] hallelujah [Applause] take your seat that's a powerful thing to praise him [Music] well this morning we're gonna celebrate [Music] the memory and the sacrifice that jesus made at the cross when you came in hopefully you receive communion elements today is communion sunday if you did not receive communion elements please raise your hand so the ushers can serve you but we want to take communion together because we understand the power in the life of communion at the cross the divine exchange took place jesus took your place on the cross [Music] he took your place in sin and sickness and then death so that we could take his place in healing health life and in peace so today as we take the bread which is his body jesus said as often as you eat this bread you do show my death until i come we recognize today that jesus christ has paid the price for our healing and wholeness that sickness and disease has no right to our bodies because jesus bore them on our behalf so as we take this bread which is his body we do show the lord's death until he comes and we do this in his remembrance so father we thank you now for your body that was broken for us we thank you that by your stripes that fell upon your back we are healed and we are whole we decree and declare no sickness or no disease has any right to inhabit our bodies we thank you lord that we are strengthened today we thank you that our immune systems are strengthened we thank you that every organ and tissue and cell and fiber by being is inundated with the life of god we decree right now that as we receive your life as we eat your bread we have eternal life flowing in our bloodstream therefore we are uninfectable we cannot be infected with sickness we cannot be infected with disease we thank you lord that you by your stripes have made provision for our healing and by faith we receive it in jesus name let us receive by faith hallelujah [Music] father we thank you for the precious blood of your son that was shed at the cross for your word declares without the shedding of blood there would be no remission of sins we thank you that through the shed blood of jesus our sins are washed away we stand before you cleansed we stand before you sanctify we stand before you justified and we decree and declare that no weapon fashion or formed against us shall prosper and we thank you that this blood protects and preserves not only us but everyone connected to our bloodline we thank you that when the death angel sees the blood applied to our lives and our family he will pass us by in jesus precious name and all the people say amen [Music] that gives me strength it will be how many of you believe the blood will never lose its power it still has power to redeem to save to heal to protect to preserve to prosper thank god for the blood hallelujah i don't know about you but i take refuge in the blood i find shelter in the blood praise the lord well real quickly before we prepare to worship the lord in our giving i want to just remind each and every one of you of some very important dates october 18th and 19th the healing explosion 7 15. i want to encourage you to invite family friends neighbors and co-workers those you know who are in need of healing divine healing supernatural healing praise god i want you to get them to these services nightly as we share the word of god and minister by the spirit amen the healing power of god to those who are in need don't miss out on this time and please whatever you do get your family and friends here get those who are in need of divine healing to these services because every time you expose yourself to the word into the presence of god you are positioning yourself to receive something supernatural and i want to just say to those don't wait until you're sick before you come to a meeting like this you know the best help is preventative health get the word of god on the inside of you sow god's word in your heart build up your spiritual immunity through faith in the word of god so that you can maintain health and strength amen so these services are designed with your mind even if you are healed and walking in good health let me know that your health can always improve amen and so you need to be in these services and be under the word and be under the anointing so i want to encourage you to come and be a part also november 7th and 8th super sunday miracle monday it's going to be a powerful powerful time in the presence of god but i guess speaker dr brian mosley of course healing school will be on that monday at 6 30 and you need to be here for healing school healing school is designed to teach you amen the principles of how to operate in the power of god you know god has called you to heal the sick he's called you to minister to the broken and to the downtrodden so you need to come and be equipped and learn how to amen take god's healing power to your family friends and to your co-workers as well so don't miss healing school on monday um november the 7th i mean november 8th rather at 6 30 and then of course dr moser will be back sharing the word of god on that monday night it's going to be powerful so don't miss it it's going to be prophetic it's going to be supernatural and i believe god has something life-changing in store for you well it is opportunity for prosperity time amen i'm always excited about giving because i understand the power of the seed now let's turn in our bibles to second corinthians chapter nine second corinthians chapter nine please second corinthians chapter 9 and i want to show you today and i'll be perhaps teaching along these lines sometime in the months to come to really kind of dig deeper into these truths but i want to just share something with you that's so fascinating and that is so powerful and that is i want to show you that supernatural money comes to the unlimited sore when you become an unlimited sore you will experience supernatural finances there is there are finances that can flow into your life beyond what you make on your job see most people limit their lives to what they make on their job but god has supernatural means to provide for you throughout the scripture we see god providing for his covenant people supernaturally but supernatural money comes to the unlimited sore say the unlimited sore now what is an unlimited soul who qualifies to be an unlimited sore an unlimited sore is one whose souls or gives according to the leading of the holy spirit i'm going to say that again a unlimited sore an unlimited sword is one whose souls according to the leading and direction of the holy spirit he doesn't give according to his budget see there are too many people who give according to their budget or they give according to you know their savings or they give according to what they what they have in their person and let me tell you something the unlimited sword is not the person who is giving according to a budget he gives according to the leader of the spirit so whatever god tells him to give and whenever god tells him to give he gives that's the unlimited sore that's the person who will experience supernatural finances the person who learns how to allow the holy spirit to train him or her to give as he leads them we're not talking about somebody giving because the preacher tells you to give don't look at me with that tone of voice we're not talking about someone giving because they feel coerced or they feel pressure to give see i don't need nobody to pressure me to give i'm an unlimited sower what does that mean i listen to the holy spirit and i give as the holy spirit directs me see you should never give under pressure never give out of a sense of obligation give because the spirit of god see this takes discipline see and i'm gonna help you to understand something when i teach this series i'm gonna show you that most people want to pray their way out of debt and pray their way out of financial hardships but prayer can never override principles lord have mercy principles are higher than prayer you cannot pray your way out of debt you have to sow your way out harvest doesn't respond to prayer harvest harvest responds to seed you ever seen a farmer sit on the back porch and just pray for harvest a crop no he plants a seed he understands the law of sowing and what you need to understand is the kingdom of god is a seed and harvest kingdom my god see prayer has to submit to principles principles never submit to prayer prayer has to pray into the principle they're christians trying to pray over principle don't want to give but they want to pray for money and that's a violation it doesn't work did you hear what i said it doesn't work so when you become an unlimited sower wow you become a man or woman who prays and listens to the holy spirit and obeys the holy spirit when he tells you to sow that's when you receive supernatural money look at this scripture that i told you to turn to ii corinthians chapter 9 you ought to pray you ought to pray lord make me an unlimited sower you didn't say nothing say lord make me an unlimited sword second corinthians chapter 9 ii corinthians chapter 9 verse 10 look what the bible says ii corinthians 9 10 he says now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food and multiply your seed sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness oh boy this is powerful look what he says now he that ministers seed now i want you to see this god doesn't give seed he ministers seed i never saw that before god doesn't give seed he ministers seed in other words seed comes with instructions you hear what i said seed comes with what instructions god minister seed to the sword so if you're gonna have seed you have to be a sower he says now he that minister seed to the sower both minister bread for your food so that means god not only gives seed to the soil but he's going to give bread to the sower so the sower is going to have both seed and he's going to have provision praise god forevermore so you don't ever have to worry about bread when you are sore he said now he that means the seed to the soil both means to bread for your food and in addition to multiplies your seed sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness now i want you to hear this oh boy this is so good hallelujah sowing what is sowing let me give you a definition quickly sowing is a divine action with supernatural expectation sowing is a divine action see when you sow you are participating in a divine action and there ought to be an expectation a supernatural expectation because when you sow you can expect something supernatural to happen see the moment you start sewing you move out of the natural and you move into the supernatural my god from heaven when i tell you when you start sewing you move out of the natural and you move into the supernatural now you open up supernatural channels by which god can minister to you seed and bread lord have mercy when you sow you open up supernatural channels by which god can minister to you a man's seed and bread i want you to hear this sewing sowing is better than saving and sowing is better than selling did you hear what i just said so it is better than what spending saving and selling that's how most people live their lives in the natural realm they spend they save they sell that's okay there's a higher ram though i'm trying to show you there is something higher there is something superior than saving because saving will never get you to the level of supernatural prosperity my god when you start sowing you start seeing supernatural things happen in your life it's not natural god begins to open doors he begins to reduce things he begins to pay things off see sometimes it's not a matter of getting more sometimes you make more by saving more so what does god do god reduces some debts in your life he doesn't necessarily give you more money but he starts supernaturally paying things off my god oh my lord i wish i had somebody here listening this is good all by itself in it i mean this could be the message today so spending saving and selling can never take the place of sowing spending saving and selling can never take the place of sowing sowing is greater than spending it's greater than saving it's greater than selling when you become an unlimited sore a man or woman who souls at the direction of the holy spirit i'm gonna stop there i can keep teaching i got my little note cards that i made this and i said lord jesus hallelujah whoo but but we're gonna share this because i'm telling you i know this i'm living example of the power of a seed everything i have in life is because of my sowing sowing sowing sowing i'm a sower amen and when you are a sword you live on a supernatural level you're not limited by the natural praise god you're not limited by which is in your bank account you're not limited based on the money you have in your pocket come on now amen you be you you move on a supernatural level you you you walk on a supernatural level but here's the deal you got to learn how to be disciplined in this area you got to let the holy spirit teach you see this didn't happen for me overnight he taught me he taught me how to sew how to obey his voice when people were calling me crazy and said what are you doing giving your money to that church that preacher is just taking your money and i never forget somebody said to me why are you sowing into this man he's a multi-millionaire [Music] this man has plenty of money and every time i would meet him and every time i get in his presence i had a seed and even to this day whenever i connect with him i take a seat i never go empty-handed and he doesn't need my money [Music] and the holy spirit said to me one day he said it's not about it's not about what a man needs it's about honor [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you cannot convince me nobody can convince me that sowing and giving is not the will of god the whole kingdom of god is established based on the principle of seedtime and harvest jesus himself was a seed the word of god is a seed your prayer should be lord teach me how to sow we we we've overwhelmed god with prayer but have we ever overwhelmed him with a seed we just give based on our budget based on what we have instead of saying holy spirit because sometimes you know what god will tell you to give the budget you budgeting and he said give it well but this i've saved i've spent the last so and so and so saving this two thousand dollars god said sow it now here's the thing are you mature enough to obey because you're looking at oh if i give this to that's all i got but you know what god's got twenty thousand dollars waiting on you he's wanting to get it to you supernaturally it's not coming through your job it's going to come in a way that you never even anticipated but but here's the reality god can never give you what he cannot command from you and how many know of god can get it to you and get it through you see see that's the thing can god get it through you if he can get it through you he'll get it to you but sometimes when stuff gets to us it just stays right there that's it and that's why god can't get no more to us because he can't get it through us so pray and ask god to teach you today this is what i want you to pray i said all i like to say this pray and ask god to teach you how to be an unlimited source to be sensitive to the voice of the spirit and to obey him whenever he tells you to do something and sewing is not limited to just your finances but if he tell you to give something away that you have amen in your possession just do it obey him and watch what you see supernatural things happen father we thank you for the word and we thank you for this time of giving holy spirit teach us how to hear your voice and obey your voice in the area of giving in jesus name amen free to worship [Music] [Music] foreign free to lift my hands [Music] everybody [Music] oh we're free today hey i thank god i'm free and i'll never be bound again [Music] bound lift it again all over the oh place god say i'm a free worshiper i'm oh [Music] i said i thank god i'm free and down here and i'll never be bound again can everybody thank god is we thank you that we are free for he who the son makes free is free indeed and we thank you for your liberty and your freedom hallelujah for your word says where the spirit of the lord is there is freedom or liberty how many of you can sense the liberty of god even now in this house because the spirit of god is here amen amen thank you so much praise team come on let's give our praise team a hand musicians come on let's thank god wonderful job father we thank you for this another opportunity to teach your word holy spirit we look to you for giving us the wisdom and the words to share we thank you for the anointing that makes teaching easy we thank you that every year is anointed to hear every eye is anointed to see and every heart is anointed to understand and perceive in jesus name amen and amen you may be seated in his presence today i want to begin a new teaching series the lord just abruptly i wasn't finished what we were teaching but the holy spirit directed me to share something that i believe is urgent and that i believe is necessary i believe it's relevant and i believe that we need to hear so i'm going to begin a series today entitled how to fulfill your destiny but it's not going to be what you think so i need you to listen closely how many of you understand that you have a destiny and that god has a divine purpose for your life how many of you want to fulfill that destiny how many of you want to walk in the fullness of your purpose amen now today i'm going to show you something that is very powerful and that i believe is is the master key to fulfilling your destiny and that is becoming what we're going to coin or we're going to term a soul winner for jesus soul winning is the hallmark of true discipleship soul winning is the heartbeat of god and i believe whatever that is important to god must be important to you whatever is important to god must become important to you in other words whatever god loves you must love in order to fulfill your destiny now i'm going to show you that today oftentimes we miss out on god's best for our lives because we're not concerned with what he's concerned with we're preoccupied with our own interests with our own desires with our own dreams and aspirations but when you begin to streamline your life to god's plan you begin to readjust and refocus your life to god's purpose that's when you fulfill your destiny the bible tells us in second peter chapter 3 verse 9 it says god is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance notice it is not god's desire that any man or woman perish and i'm telling you people are perishing hell is enlarging herself daily hell is populating itself daily and yet the disciple of christ is failing to do what they have been commissioned and commanded to do see winning the laws is not a suggestion from the commander-in-chief it is a command turn in your bibles and let me just show you two scriptures in particular matthew chapter 28 we're talking about how to fulfill your destiny and the way you do that is by becoming a soul winner making a decision that you're going to partner with the holy spirit in reaching out to those who are lost now i know this may not get you excited initially but when you begin to participate in this and you start practicing what i'm teaching you're going to discover that you're going to start fulfilling god's destiny for your life you're going to see yourself walking into the bigger purpose of god for your life look at this matthew chapter 28 verse 19 he says go ye therefore and teach all nations this is jesus talking baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever i have commanded you and lo i am with you always even unto the end of the world so jesus says go now there are many who pray for the anointing but they want to be stationary the anointing is not for those who stay it is for those who go he said go ye therefore i want to ask the question how many of us are going how many of us are obeying this command how many of us are doing what the commander in chief has commissioned you to do mark chapter 16 please turn there mark the 16th chapter the gospel according to saint mark chapter 16 verse 15. notice what the bible says he says in verse 15 and he said unto them go there again ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature now i can hear somebody thinking to themselves but i'm not a preacher i'm just a christian i'm going to show you that if you are a christian or a believer you are a preacher you don't have to have a title and license to preach [Laughter] glory to god he said he said go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature who was he talking to his disciples they were not apostles at this time they they were not some big shot preacher at this time they were simple disciples of christ they were followers of jesus and if you are a disciple of christ then god has given you a mandate go ye go ye where you gonna go where you gonna go as you go to walmart go ye as you go to target go ye come on now to win a soul is to bring an individual to christ jesus to live a new life and to become a member of god's family that's what winning the loss is all about it's bringing individuals to christ so that they can live a new life and become a member of god's family i want you to think about it for a moment what would have happened if god did not send someone to you what would your life be right now if someone failed to obey god's command to go yes wow the bible tells us in second corinthians 5 verse 17 if any man be in christ he's a new creature old things have passed away behold all things have become new that's the purpose of salvation god wants people to become new creatures that's his dream that's his highest desire that's his heartbeat see life has no meaning without christ to live without christ is to be hopeless in life how many know you cannot know god except you know christ everyone that must go to heaven must pass through jesus christ jesus said himself he said i am the way i am the truth and i am the life he says no man comes to the father except by me let me help you to understand something i've heard somebody say this and this was a pretty popular uh person personality um he says there are many ways to god i said what there are not many ways to god there is only one way there is only one way jesus christ is the only way to god you cannot get to him through any other means he said i am not a way i am the way i am the truth are you listening he is the way that leads to the throne of god listen to this soul winning is an invitation to live a new life in christ meant for all it is an invitation to live a new life in christ meant for all when you think about soul winning or reaching the laws you are wanting to have a conversation with someone to introduce them to christ so that they can live a new life this is the will of god ladies and gentlemen you will never fulfill your destiny without understanding the importance of becoming a man or woman who reaches out to the lost those who win souls are living in the will of god those who win souls are living in the purpose of god those who win souls are living in god's best for their lives you please god when you do his will i said you please god when you do his will do you know that if you are not reaching out to the unsaved you are in direct violation to the will of god i want i want you to think about a question i'm getting ready to ask you a question oh my god it's a bombshell of a question but i need to ask it i need to ask when was the last time you personally led somebody to jesus not talking about talking to your christian friends and comparing notes i'm talking about when was the last time you talked to someone who did not know jesus and you had a conversation with them and you explained god's plan of salvation clearly to the point that you were able to pray with them and lead them to jesus last time has it been a month has been two has it been three has it been a year has it been two or three years i can guarantee you for 99.9 percent of people in this room right now and watching me it's been more than a year since you personally had a conversation with a sinner told them about christ and led them to jesus something's wrong with that you were saved to reach the unsaved my god but the moment we get saved we want to join the bless me club we get consumed with ourselves i want to be blessed i want to get married i want to have children i want to get a car want to buy a house i want to get some clothes i want a new job i want to make more money it's all about you but yet we forget about the very thing that god saved us for he didn't save you to go to heaven by yourself oh my god jesus told peter he said when you are converted strengthen your brother in other words when you get saved then reach out to somebody else and help them to get saved are we still together oh my god soul winning is the path it is the pathway to becoming the righteousness of god in christ jesus you cannot become righteous in christ until you're saved soul winning is the path to becoming the righteousness of god in christ soul winning is important to christ you must be one before you can win others you have to be one yourself see see god won he saved you he saved you so that you can now help get others saved do you know that's why you got saved do you think god wasted his time to send his son on the cross to save you so that you could be the only one in heaven oh my god he saved you because he was looking for an ambassador he was looking for somebody who could represent him come on now see those who ignore god's priority miss god's best for their lives how many people are missing god's best for their lives because they ignore god's priority jesus said i came to seek and to save the lost that's why he came that's why he came his whole purpose for coming was to seek and to save that's it this was his purpose and i'm telling you we got to get back to doing god's priority the church is missing it oh my god we are missing it we are missing it we are missing god's purpose and this is why we're not fulfilling our destiny this is why life has no meaning for many people this is why christianity has become stale and stagnant because we're not doing when you start doing god's will amen your christian life begins exciting i'm gonna show you something in a moment when you do the will of god and reach the loss god will bless you just so you can be a billboard so you can be a walking advertisement why is god going to prosper you for what so that you can just say look at me i'm blessed are we still together listen to me when you do god's will it makes you a wise son or daughter of god wise people do the will of god wise people do the will of god see nothing delights inhabitants of heaven like soul winner nothing delights the inhabitants of heaven do you know that those who inhabit heaven right now the only thing that brings them joy is when souls are one to christ okay let me show you go to luke chapter five luke the fifth chapter oh my lord how many of you want to bring joy to the inhabitants of heaven oh i didn't hear nobody i didn't hear nobody am i am i the only one that want to bring joy to the inhabitants of heaven am i the only one look at this luke the 15th chapter i'm just obeying the holy spirit i i know it may not be a popular message and it's not going to get you excited to make you want to run and shout and jump and hollering scream but i'm telling you my god when you start seeing all the benefits and the blessings amen and when you start fulfilling your destiny you're going to be shouting and screaming and hollering boy and we're gonna be to keep you silent you're gonna come skipping in the door my lord you're gonna come skipping i'm telling watch watch what i said when you get involved with doing god's will look what he says in luke the 15th chapter saint luke 15 verse 7 i say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repented more than over 90 and nine just persons which need no repentance so in other words the bible is telling us there is more joy in heaven when a soul comes to christ than over 99 christians you think that walking around saying i'm saying is making heaven happy no heaven is happy when you go out and cause one soul to repent oh my lord i'm telling when one person surrenders their life to jesus when one person confesses with their mouth jesus is lord believes in their heart that god raised them from the dead there is rejoicing in heaven joy comes to heaven when we lead sinners to jesus i want to bring joy to heaven every time someone prays with me and accept jesus joy joy are you listening see the soul winner is reconciling the world to the lord and increasing heaven's population as you win souls for christ you fulfill your destiny what did i say what did i just say say it again one more time [Music] i'm showing you how to fulfill your destiny when souls are you serious no this would win souls for christ and you fulfill your destiny that is the plan and purpose of god for your life did you know that speak to someone concerning christ today this is what andrew did andrew spoke to peter his brother and brought him to jesus philip found nathanael and spoke to him about jesus and then he took him to christ john chapter 1 verses 41-45 saint john chapter 1 verses 41-45 see as you hear this message i pray that the lord will help you to see the need to speak to someone the way they spoke to someone i pray that today you will see the need to speak to someone to have a conversation with someone as you go about your day as you go on your way i pray that you will be convicted to speak to someone and that you would become a fisher of men this is what jesus said to the disciples in matthew chapter 4 verse 19 matthew chapter 4 verse 18 matthew 4 19 and he said unto them follow me and i will make you fishers of men see listen here's the hallmark of following christ you become a fisherman don't tell me you're following jesus and you're not fishing for me because he said follow me and i will make you this is what he does he makes those who truly follow him fishers of men you cannot help but to have a passion for the loss when you're truly following jesus i'm going to say something right here you may not like but if you're not fishing for men you're not following christ the way you should oh no no no no you're not really following him to the extent that you should if you're not fishing for men if you're not winning the laws if you're not having conversations with sinners i'm not talking about just with believers with your save family members and friends and co-workers and fellow church members you talk about the words you talk about how good god is and look what the lord has done for me and he blessed me and he doing this share that with a center this is what's going to bring joy to heaven god gives more joy over one sinner than he does over 99 righteous persons we just read that in the scripture now what is salvation let me help you with this quickly i got a couple more minutes salvation is a miracle to mankind salvation is a miracle to mankind salvation is a miracle to mankind see miracles are the divine interventions of god provoked by the faith of men miracles are the divine interventions of god provoked by the faith of men it is something that cannot happen by human means it is it is unexplainable a miracle is unexplainable it does not follow natural principles miracles are simply the super taking over the natural what did i say miracles are simply the super taken over the natural i see the super taking over natural things in your life i see god's supernatural intervention in your life i see god doing things that you can't explain as you follow his plan and as you follow his purpose and as you get involved with the things that he loves which is winning the loss miracles will abound in your life what is salvation the word salvation comes from a greek word so terry s-o-t-e-r-i-a i believe that's how you spell it i'm not a greek philosopher amen but i i do my very best whenever i have to talk about the greek uh the greek word so tyria which means the act of delivering from sin the act of saving from evil man cannot save himself from sin man cannot deliver himself from evil so what happened man needed god man needed god to rescue him from sin and from evil and as a result of this what did god do he sent his son to save man from sin this is salvation we couldn't save ourselves amen so god sent his son god sent his son we were too weak the law couldn't do it oh my god turn over the romans please please romans the eighth chapter romans the eighth chapter romans the eighth chapter oh glory be to god thank you jesus thank you jesus look at this romans chapter eight romans chapter eight are y'all with me i'm gonna read this out of the new living translation verse three romans eight and three the law of moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature so god did what the law could not do he sent his own son in a body like the bodies we sinners have and in that body god declared an end to sins control over us by giving his son as a sacrifice to and for our sins look at there amen so what we could not do because of the weakness of our sin god did by sending his son god had to send jesus to rescue us from sin and rescue us from evil hallelujah salvation is the best miracle to a lost soul salvation is the best miracle to a sinner until you are born again you cannot have access to heaven this is what jesus said to nicodemus except a man be born again he cannot enter into the kingdom of god he cannot have access salvation is your passport into heaven you cannot have access to heaven without being saved nothing can save a man outside of christ this is why we have to introduce people to jesus soul winning isn't a isn't effective tool for salvation this is why god has called you and me to be soul winners soul winning is engaging an unsaved person in a conversation and sharing god's plan of salvation with him so that he believes and clearly understands how he may receive christ as his savior and his lord let me help you when you have a conversation with a sinner and you say to them jesus loves you that he died for your sins that he paid the price for you to have eternal life and that your life can change by having a relationship with him today and that salvation is not about perfection it's simply about a change of direction and that you don't have to get your life together before you come to christ i'm helping you i'm i hope you're taking notes i hope you're listening because i'm trying to show you conversations i have with sinners all the time these are conversations you need to start having you need to engage these conversations with sinners and let people know that jesus has a plan for their lives and without christ you're not living you're just existing there are times when i'm getting on elevators and hotels and the holy spirit will leave me to witness and i'll say to the person when i they get on i'm already on they get on i said you're going up or down oh they're simple ways to start a conversation i'll help you out later y'all i'm trying to tell you you got to be a sole winner you gotta you gotta start thinking how can i engage this conversation with the center jesus knew how to talk to people who wasn't on his level see we only want to talk to the people that saved and sanctified the holy ghost field no jesus knew how to talk to women who had been divorced and married five times and was shacking up and he said hey lady do you want some water what about you and never thirst again she said wait a minute who what you talking about conversation my god a conversation that changed her life forever and notice what she did she didn't keep it to herself see she became a soul winner she went toward a whole village come see a man and let me help you with let me oh i just heard the holy ghost thank you holy ghost thank you thank you see understand that having a conversation with a sinner doesn't always require you knowing the bible from genesis to revelation it's not all the time about quoting scripture and telling people what the bible says some of you are intimidated with talking to sinners because you feel like you're not qualified you're not educated enough scripturally and so you say i can't talk to a sinner i don't know enough about the bible but you don't have to tell them about the bible all you need to do is tell them about your life all you need to do is say look i'm living proof that god exists because i used to be here and i used to do this and i used to do that but god has changed my life and if he did it for me he can do it for you [Applause] are you listening your testimony [Applause] what god has done for you is how you engage yourself [Applause] quit thinking you got to be a bible scholar quit thinking that you have to quote 50 000 scriptures in fact let me tell you some sinners are spiritually dead they can't understand the bible so don't preach to them the bible just talk to them about the life of christ what did christ do he died come on somebody amen he was buried for three days he laid in the heart of the earth but on the third day he got up but he didn't get up for himself he got up for you he didn't die for himself he died for you [Applause] hallelujah i say hallelujah let me help you i got to get out of here oh my god i don't got myself happy see i'm telling you when you preach the gospel you get excited i do i love the word man i love the world you got to share share your life share your testimony and listen to this engagement and so when it is very vital because it initiates the process of reconciling the loss to jesus christ turn to second corinthians chapter number five said corinthians chapter five y'all got seven more minutes for me okay ii corinthians chapter five hallelujah look what the bible says in verse 18 and 19 second corinthians chapter 5 verses 18 and 19 and all things are of god who have reconciled us that means he's brought us back reconciled us to himself by jesus christ and have given to us the ministry of reconciliation oh can i help you to understand you have a ministry you've been you've been praying lord give me a minute you have a ministry it's called the ministry of reconciliation do you know the moment you were reconciled to god god committed to you a ministry to reconcile others say out loud i have the ministry of reconciliation say it again i have the ministry of reconciliation my god then he said in verse 19 to wit that god was in christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses unto them he wasn't counting their sins against them and have committed unto us the word of reconciliation see see you you are not go with a word of condemnation you ought to go with a word of reconciliation amen you are not go with a word amen to condemn but a word to reconcile see too many of us the reason we're not winning the laws is because we don't have the right word in our mouth we got the word of bashing and shaming and trying to make people feel bad instead of coming with a word of reconciliation i don't come to you amen with the spirit of division i come with a spirit of peace i come with a spirit of reconciliation here's here's the word to you the warfare has ended you don't you don't have to be at odds with god no more god's not mad at you god in fact is mad about you lord have mercy [Applause] hallelujah listen to me now listen to me now then he then he goes on oh my god see see i want you to recognize winning the losses not for pastors and evangelists and apostles and prophets okay okay if souls are going to get saved that's pastor's job no it's not you know what my job is you know what my job is my job is to do what i'm doing right now to teach and equip you to go out and do the work oh yeah oh yeah that's what the bible tells me that's what the bible tells me he said he gave you gifts he gave you gifts for the equipping and for the edifying of the body of christ so that you can do the work of the ministry my job is to feed you knowledge and understanding your job have you ever seen a shepherd give birth to a sheep no sheep be get sheep you're a sheep i'm a shepherd you ought to be giving birth to some more sheep out there don't expect the pasta the pasta to win the law no the pastor is to feed them when you bring them in because i'm going to show you it is not just your responsibility to get them saved the next thing you got to do is get them connected because you don't want none of them to be lost [Music] oh look at your neighbor say he's preaching better than i'm responding it is not the job of the pastor or the preacher to win the law he said i've given to you the ministry of reconciliation you have this ministry but you don't i want to i want to stand and preach the gospel i want to go out and have a worldwide traveling ministry i want to be a prophetess i want to be an evangelist i want to be a great apostle i want to be a great woman of faith i want to be a great man to faith for what why are you asking god to anoint you why for what so you can be a star so you can have followers on facebook so you can have a platform and be famous this is the intention for many in the body for ministry they want to be famous oh lord jesus oh my time is up my time is up look look at this last verse i'll close verse 20 he says now then we are ambassadors for christ as through as though god did beseech you by us we pray you in christ instead be ye reconciled to god notice he said we are ambassadors of christ an ambassador is someone appointed by the government of a of a given uh uh nation and sent to represent that nation in a foreign land that's what an ambassador is he upholds the interests of his nation in this light we as believers are here on earth not to pursue or be preoccupied amen with us ourselves with selfish interest but with the interests of our home country heaven what is the entrance of heaven winning the loss reconciling centers to god that's the interest that's the interest that's the interest that's the interest that's why you are an ambassador you need to represent god's interest in a foreign land we are foreigners we're not citizens of america we're oh my god we're citizens of heaven see america this is a foreign land for me i'm a fauna we're all foreigners you don't know your citizenship you you're here to represent your nation the nation of heaven glory to god to be an ambassador the question is are you representing christ are you really representing christ stand at your feet i'm done i want you to pray this week i want you to pray this week lord give me the opportunity to have a conversation with one center this week this is your homework assignment let me tell you sister janet when we do this when we really engage in this joy is gonna hit heaven but not only that joy's gonna hit your life [Music] oh i feel the presence of the holy spirit satan doesn't want you to engage in this he wants you to be preoccupied with your life and with everything you got going on with your own dreams and desires and hopes and aspirations he don't want you to get excited about god's dream [Music] this week this week [Music] if you will engage a sinner and what are you going to say to him god loves you he has a plan for you he has a purpose for you have you ever considered when you would spend eternity if your heart stops beating today [Music] do you know that god has a plan for your life and it starts with a relationship with him i'm not talking about a religion i'm talking about a relationship i'm not talking about an organization i'm talking about a person he's real as i am and he loves you and he wants to have a relationship with you there's someone watching right now you don't know him i want to extend an invitation to you i want to say to you right now today that god is ready to change your life he's just waiting on you [Music] if you could change yourself you would have done so by now you can't do it you can't save yourself you can't change yourself you can't rescue yourself but jesus can rescue you all he's asking for is an opportunity behold i stand at the door knock if any man will hear my voice and open the door i will come into him and i will sub with him i will commune with him today open the door today answer the knock can i say to you that the knock that you hear today you may not hear tomorrow this is why the bible says the day you hear his boy's heart not your heart don't harden your heart don't say i'll do it tomorrow don't say i'll do it next week don't say i do it when i get ready no today is the day the bible says now is the acceptable time of salvation [Music] well i've got time i'm young people are dying young [Music] [Applause] young 14 15 16 young you don't have time you have an opportunity now there will be people in hell who will be tormented by the thought of every moment an opportunity they had to accept jesus as their savior and they rejected it they walked away from it they thought they would have time they didn't know it's like the man who in the bible who who built bigger barns and said i'm going to relax and take my ease and god showed up and said you fool tonight your soul your soul your soul is going to be required of you what can a man give in exchange for his soul there is nothing more valuable than a soul there is nothing more valuable than a soul this is why jesus came down from 42 generations that died and suffered because the value god puts on a soul even angels stand in awe and say what is man that thou art so mindful of what is this man that you have such value in you know why god loves people because people are the only ones of his creation that was made in his image and in his likeness nothing else [Music] no other specie is made in the image and likeness of god he loves you he has a plan for you and let me tell you today he wants to have a relationship here's the question will you let him in right now you don't have to change anything you don't have to improve your life god is not into improvement self-improvement he's into transformation and he wants to transform you he wants to change you all you have to do is let him in right now i want you if you're watching me and i know that many of you are i want you right now to open your mouth today's going to begin a new beginning this is going to be the first day of the rest of your life say out loud lord jesus i confess with my mouth that you are the son of god i believe in my heart that you died for me and on the third day god raised you from the grave and right now you are seated at the right hand of god i repent of my sins i change my mind about my past forgive me forgive me i make jesus christ the lord of my life from this day forward i will serve and live for him thank you father for loving me for forgiving me for accepting me as your very own child i am saved i am born again i have the life of god in me in jesus name amen listen if you pray that prayer i want to say welcome to the family of god that's great but now you have to get connected you have to join a church you have to join a church get involved with a fellowship of believers maybe it's abundant life maybe this is the place that god wants you to be pray about it and if god says this is your place go online go to our website at edwardkirkpatrick.org backslash i believe join our church fill out the new member profile someone will reach out to you get you connected you need to be involved you need to be connected this is how you grow see if you just get saved and remain disconnected from a body then most likely you're gonna you're gonna go back and and and you're not gonna be a strong believer and the enemy is gonna devour you you gotta get connected to a body get connected to a church get established in a church get established and start working in a ministry this is how you grow this is how you develop in jesus name amen so i want to encourage you this week a soul one soul believe god for one say lord give me the opportunity to engage one sinner this week let that be your focus this week let that be your focus to talk to a sinner and to lead them to christ and watch the joy that comes to your life amen did you get blessed did you receive the word father we thank you we praise you and we honor you now and we thank you for this time in your presence in the mighty name of the lord jesus amen and amen god bless you make it a great week this week is your week to talk to a center [Music] so [Music] [Music] foreign

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