Katherine Ruonala - 23rd of October

[Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] just to say this god you're my refuge i trust in you and i'm safe that's right he rescues you from hidden traps shields you from deadly hazards his huge outstretched arms protect you under them you're perfectly safe his arms fend off all harm fear nothing not wild wolves in the night not flowing arrows in the day not disease that prowls through the darkness not disaster that erupts at high noon even though others succumb all around drop like flies right and left no harm will even graze you you'll stand untouched watch it all from a distance watch the wicked turn into corpses yes because god's your refuge the high god your very own home evil can't get close to you harm can't get through the door he ordered his angels to guard you wherever you go if you stumble they'll catch you their job is to keep you from falling you'll walk unharmed among lions and snakes and kick young lions and serpents from the path if you'll hold on to me for dear life says god i'll get you out of any trouble i'll give you the best of care if you'll only get to know and trust me call me and i'll answer be at your side in bad times i'll rescue you then throw you a party i'll give you a long life and give you a long drink of salvation hallelujah our god our god i couldn't help thinking of that all the way through worship tonight he rescues us and then throws a party god is so excited about the plans that he has for you he wants you to know his plans are to prosper you not to harm your plans to give you hope and a future and he is already celebrating in advance for what he knows he has laid up in advance for you to do hallelujah i want to hear just from some of the prophets in the house of the lord speaking grab the mic hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] i kept hearing you said to me seek your face my heart said your face oh lord i shall seek and i kept feeling a hunger and a stirring for more of god that what we have is just a taste i felt like somebody that had tasted that it didn't realize they were hungry and they took some some nuts or some chips or something and then they're like oh my gosh i'm starving and i just i felt like it was this ravenous hunger for god for more of him for more of him for more of him and i feel like the glory that we're tasting is an invitation to to feast and to i'm struggling for words sorry i felt this hunger rise up that was just starving for more of him and there was nothing wrong i was just hungry for god and i feel this call what do we have to do in this season in these in these weeks whether it's fasting or praying or reading or whatever you have to change at the moment you get a taste of it you're going to be you're going to be sucked into the presence of god with such a hunger because he's stirring his people for more and when you hear that voice say seek my face your heart is gonna cry out yes lord your face oh lord i shall seek and i saw him breathe a ball of fire over the stage and i felt something i've never felt before i normally don't feel heat when i feel the fire of god it's different but i felt the heat of it like when you walk into a room and you see you see like a ball of fire or something and you can feel the heat i felt the heat of it and i i turned and looked and it came out of a lion's mouth i just thought he's gonna breathe his glorious fire over us this power anointing coming he's gonna shift things sickness is going to have to flee it's going to get burned up and his presence bondage is going to get burned up in his presence i can feel him i saw this massive angel and people ran under its wings it was huge it must have been about 30 foot tall and had its wings out like this and as i saw these people run under this angels wings and it was exactly like what you said catherine the angel of the lord encamps around and about us and lord let's take what you are saying father god we receive your word psalms 91 lord god you are our protector father god you are our god that protects us and keeps us from danger father we declare a thousand may fall at our side and ten thousand at our right hand but father god none shall come against us because you are with us and father we declare that father right now and father god i just declare even as you are showing me things are going to speed up acceleration is coming but even now god is fine tuning us to get onto the right frequency in perfect harmony with the father and i declare now acceleration into the things of god i believe there will be increase of revelation even as god fine-tunes us we'll receive more and more father i declare that now amen amen thank you jesus hallelujah i so confirmed that word even last sunday in worship i was seeing the globe and it was actually as i watched it it was accelerating in pace but i tell you the plans and the purposes of god oh there's a glorious divine acceleration and it's going to require a significant focus for the people of god to be able to fully apprehend all that god's doing amen praise the lord he's so good hallelujah why don't you just take a moment and wave at somebody or i'll bury them or tell them it's so good to have you in the house tonight hey you wow praise god that's a great idea oh my goodness isn't he good yes well welcome to church it's great to have you all with us today i've seen some new faces as i was coming in and could have some good chats and then an epic time of worship could we just give our worship team in just a huge hand we love you guys so much we're so grateful for you it was just incredible well i'd love to welcome anyone who is here for the first time um we'd love to celebrate you we've got a little pack we'd love to give you a bit of info about our family if that's you would you just raise your hand for me so i can see you and wave at you i thought that was you down the back there down here up here gosh i knew there was a few new faces great to see you guys very good to see you and did i miss anyone over here no i don't think so wow well welcome very good to have you with us we're gonna have an epic night tonight we have our beloved senior leader pastor catherine going to be bringing a message it's going to be incredible but before we do we want to jump to some video news and then we have a very special second year academy student who's going to come and give an offering message for us tonight so why don't we head over to our news and we'll be right back with you um uh in order to maintain the social distancing regulations tonight um please make sure that you're registering for all services the registrations are essential and um they really do help us to save times during our service so yeah awesome well if you're new joining us tonight maybe you haven't heard about the academy the academy is actually a 12-month ministry school that we launched a couple of years ago from our brisbane city campus we i personally have seen so much transformation people have taken on it's a global movement of righteous radicals for more information i'd love you to turn your eyes to the screen and have a look at our promo video what kind of culture can impact the direction of entire nations [Music] god's looking for people passionately dedicated to him who aren't going to be blown about by every wind of doctrine that have the tools to be anchored in the word of god in such a way that empowers them to live supernatural lifestyles sons and daughters who can establish his kingdom build his family and really be be agents of change on this earth god in you is not dreaming of a little life christ in us is dreaming of seeing his glory manifested through your life he wants to do more than you could even ask hope or imagine he's looking for saints who are established in these three foundational pillars of the christian life god didn't actually create us to disciple us he created us for fellowship with us god doesn't endure his time with us he enjoys us but intimacy to god is actually an end in itself it's his ultimate design his ultimate purpose he wanted to win us back to fellowship with him and without intimacy we're actually just coasting on giftings where we're we're doing things in our own strengths and we won't see the fullness of what god wants to manifest through us [Music] identity isn't just a buzzword it's a revelation that god is wanting to increase on the earth right now so that the church can shine in all her glory because god doesn't want us living as often struggling to try and find our place or make our way in the world but wants to have us so secure in understanding who we are over the years we've watched as thousands of people have the lights come on have that revelation moment that you once were a sinner the grace has saved you from your sin and you are now the righteousness of god in christ jesus it changes everything [Music] healthy things grow healthy things reproduce now god wants his kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven he wants his will done he wants his glory to cover the earth as the lord has come to see we are always looking for the saints to be reproducing to be reaching the loss to be impacting society to be changing the [Music] world we really want to see jesus exalted on the earth as the savior of the world [Music] if this is a season god's calling you into don't hesitate come and pursue the fullness of his heart for you and if you would love any more information about what happens in the academy want to ask a few questions please see one of our students who are manning the table at the back of the church after each service and they'd be happy to share with you what their experiences have been and answer any questions you might have so look out for that another thing that we have coming up this year is operation christmas child who loves operation christmas child my kids love it you do it every year yeah what's there anything special or like hallmark about the family the furlong family operation christmas child boxes oh usually each of my kids will pick a box that's actually a child that's their age and go shopping feel it it's just a great great initiative yeah it's so good helping out vulnerable children all over the world and apparently 10.5 million shoeboxes have been shipped worldwide to over 100 receiving countries which is just outstanding so through this simple gift we're spreading christmas cheer but also where we're sharing the gospel of jesus in a really practical way which after the circumstances of this year is particularly important so if you'd like to be involved with that please see katie atkins after the sunday service she'll be at the back of the church and we'll be able to provide you with shoeboxes and answer any questions that you might have about that awesome well speaking of 2020 we all know it's been the year of lockdown really hasn't it but we've been fervently praying for the end of covered one of the things we have coming up on the 14th of november is a taste and sea one day conference and the heart behind that is we want to gather the body of christ we want to reignite and awaken our hearts to the revival culture we live in soak in the presence of god dive into all that he has for us so we have mark greenwood sharing we have pastor catherine in the evening we have a range of things planned for the day it's going to be really exciting it goes from 9 in the morning till 10 p.m because we want to end with encounter fire tunnel you don't want to miss it so i encourage you grab your friends get the word out it's going to be an incredible day at taste and see please join us fantastic register come i've already registered it's going to be awesome pastor catherine will be ministering this sunday so just a reminder once again please register for the sunday service it really helps our team to get everyone in quickly and to you know avoid as much as possible turning people away at the door people banging on doors let us see them let us in which is really cool but also not cool at the same time so please register and we look forward to seeing you at our sunday service and bye from us for now get ready for a great evening [Music] great announcements always informative and amusing good one jane nice little jokes um so my name is naomi and i get to do a little offering chat with you guys today um when i was thinking about what i wanted well what the lord wanted to share i put on some soaking music i laid back and i was like lord i'm ready to listen and so many different ideas came it was actually a bit confusing so then what i did which is something that i do to really hear the voice of god clearly is i got out my laptop and i started having a two-way dialogue and typing it all up i find it really effective way of just hearing the lord um and getting out my questions really clearly and like waiting for a response so i encourage you to do that it's a way of connecting with the lord and after i'd typed it up i felt like the lord said there you go read that to them so it's about 52 pages is that all right yeah okay just joking it's not even really two all right so this is the convo that i had with the lord jesus i'm not sure what you'd like to say during offering time i feel peace but i don't feel any particularly strong pull in any certain direction of what to do and his reply classic god i will never leave you nor forsake you i was like ah that is so good doesn't answer my question but it's so good i was like i love that and i love that you'll be with me in that moment of church but what's in your heart to share with your people and he said what's on my heart is my people they are my prize they are my joy all i want is them so ask them what do they want to do ask them what's on their hearts ask them what their heart for the world is and what do they want to see happen remind them that i'm for them i want them to succeed in doing good so what would they like to do for this earth remind them to enjoy the process of partnering with me four they don't have to achieve anything for me in order for me to be happy with them i'm happy with them i'm all good so what's on their heart to see happen in this world for in their hearts is where my desires and their desires interweave into one ask them what the next step is what they wanted what they want to take to see these things happen what they need to do to see these things happen will you give time energy love money what is it they need to give to see these things come to pass as i'm reading i hope this is a part of what you're doing in this reflective time remind that they do remind them they do have all these things they do all these things from a space of freedom because they have already arrived they've uh i have given them all things for life and godliness they are completely set up the storehouse in heaven is full and heaven is ready to help and trust me when i say i mean that heaven is ready to help we're ready to do most of the work my kids just do the parts that i lead them to and the rest of heaven will sort out sort out the rest and he gave me the scripture to peter 1 3 by his divine power god has given us everything we need for living a godly life we have received all of this by coming to know him the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence so with that before we take up the offering i encourage you to dream of the lord about what you want to see happen in the big things in the small things in your family in your workplace what is god putting on your heart right now what are the desires of your heart because remember he gives them to you and he wants to partner with with you a part of my desire is to see this church flourish and grow and for the prophecies that have been spoken over it to happen and we get to partner with that in a very practical way of putting money into the church and seeing them just use it to bring the kingdom to earth so thanks guys you can take up the offering now i get the privilege of introducing the glorious beautiful catherine to us who's going to speak um during worship i was actually i didn't realize i was going to intro you but i was actually just reflecting on how grateful i am that you are here and i was blown away i was like man she's just one of the most diligent persistent people that i know and i realized that i'd been thinking of you as sort of superhuman like otherworldly and i was like wait a minute she's a human like i'm a human i get to learn from her and actually be like i can be as diligent as catherine is to pursue the lord and to partner with him on a daily basis so position your hearts to just eat up everything she says because she speaks life thank you very much that's so lovely hallelujah praise the lord god is so faithful and he is so good how are you are you happy it actually doesn't matter whether you are or you aren't god knows how to bring you through i want to pray father we say thank you for your mercies lord that i knew every morning father thank you for your joy that is our strength father thank you for your word lord that we have such free access to thank you father lord that we can live stream thank you lord that we can have this program go out all over the world father thank you lord that we can declare your name and hallow your name thank you that we can testify to your mercy and to your goodness to your miracle power thank you holy spirit that you're with us thank you that we live now god because you have brought us to this time you have brought us here and now for a purpose that you've laid up in advance god we say thank you for your purposes thank you for your ways teach us your ways show us your paths guide us in the way every everlasting and everybody said amen hallelujah how great is our god sing with me how great is our god oh we'll see how great how great is our god well it's so good to have you with us tonight emily and i is emily here tonight where are you there you are this is my my middle girl emily emily and i were at a conference last weekend and as we were driving to the conference as we often do we're praying in the spirit and we're worshiping she's my walking buddy too we often we walk we pray pray in the spirit we worship and but on the in the car on the way in um there was a worship song playing and one of the lines in the song said if it's not good it's not the end and emily picked it up and she began to prophesy about that that night at the conference and you know it's been rolling around in my spirit ever since if it's not good it's not the end and that's just not a nice good little line to make everybody feel good it's actually the word of god the plan of god the will of god i want to start tonight if you want to turn with me to first chronicles chapter 4. now this is an interesting chapter it's got a whole list of all the different names of all the different people and you might easily just skim over it if you're not realizing there's some treasure to be found in here but it says here in verse nine in the middle of all the listing of all the people says now jabez was more honorable than his brothers and his mother called his name jabez saying because i bore him in pain and jabez called on the god of israel saying oh that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory that your hand would be with me and that you would keep me from evil that i may not cause pain so god granted him what he requested and then it goes on and it keeps listing all the people and there's this just this little interlude about this man who was born in great pain and his mother called him pain and so jabez instead of walking around with a victim mentality going oh my name means pain i just cause people pain maybe my whole destiny in life is just to cause people pain i'm so miserable wretched man that i am instead jabez put his hope in the god of israel he put his hope in who he knew god to be and he prayed this remarkable prayer and god granted him what he asked why because jabez was asking what he knew the will of god to be whatever we ask according to the will of god we can have now we know the will of god because it's written down in the word of god we read in numbers chapter six this is how god wants to speak to his people this is the will of god for his people the lord bless you and keep you make his face shine on you and be gracious to you the lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace this is the prayer of the lord this is what god wants to speak over his people in fact today the oldest surviving piece of scripture that we have is not the dead sea scrolls though they're very old it's actually just a little silver amulet that was found with this scripture number six written on it the lord bless you and keep you make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you the lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace it's the aaronic blessing and i just think it's ironic that the aaronic blessing would be the oldest piece of scripture we have because it is the very essence and heart of who god is god's desire is for your good in fact the bible tells us in the new testament that he makes all things work together for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose these are promises that god has for us psalm 91 i i quote it all the time i take the prayers of god i take the word of god and i personalize it and i pray it i found myself doing it this week lord i thank you father lord he who dwells in the secret place of the most high shall rest under the shadow of the almighty then i begin to personalize it i will say of the lord you are my refuge and my stronghold my god in whom i will trust and it's a encouragement to to us to begin to put it in our mouths to begin to declare it i will say of the lord he is my refuge in other words david was encouraging himself by speaking out this is the truth you are my refuge and my fortress my god in whom i will trust you are the one that i can run into you are the one who'll cover me with the feathers of your wings you are the one who'll satisfy me with long life and with salvation these are the declarations of one who has hope as his compass you see without hope without vision the people perish and i believe that the hope god wants to give us is not a vain hope it's not a teasing hope it's not just comforting words it's actually an invitation that will keep you on track if you will believe the bible also tells us i know the plans i have for you declares the lord plans to prosper you not to harm you plans to give you hope and a future this is the revealed will of god in the bible it's the will of heaven and when jabez got a hold of what he knew to be the will of god and asked it he received seems like such a simple thing but you see the promises of god are not inevitabilities they are invitations requiring a response and god wants us to respond so he wants us i pray this lord that you would bless me indeed that you would enlarge my territory enlarge my influence enlarge my ability to get the gospel out all over the world i pray it over my books i pray it over the television program i pray it over my ministry i pray it over the church i pray it over my family i pray it over tom's business i pray it lord that you would bless us indeed i get specific with it and i declare it i ask for it and you might think well that's very selfish or self-centered no it's actually pleasing to the father god wants us to start coming into the agreement with the truth of who he is lord that you would bless me indeed and i'll go through all the areas of my life lord bless me and not just bless me bless me indeed let your hand be with me enlarge my territory i'm asking him lord let it spread out when i started praying this in 2011 all of a sudden i started to see such dramatic increase the church network started to grow and grow and grow the books started to take off the the opportunity in media just increased and increased and increased why because god said yes i asked and he said yes and you know what else if you start asking in faith that you believe this is what he wants for you he's already said yes to you too hallelujah i pray that your hand would be with me that is that your favor would be upon me that your power would make it happen god i my life is in your hands and you are mine strong tower you are my deliverer you are my great hero you are the one who makes it happen you are the god of the impossible let your hand be with me hallelujah and keep me from evil that i may not cause or experience pain and i love that jade has prayed this but god's heart for us is to grab a hold of the truth of what he wants for us some people get a bit upset by this and they because having seen and experienced pain having experienced difficult circumstances they they get caught up with well why didn't god tell me about all these bad stuff it's a it's a bit like when david was anointed king samuel called him set him aside anointed him young man you are going to be the king of israel david's like wow that's cool he didn't tell him that saul's going to try and kill you that you know the philistines are going to try and kill you everyone's going to turn against you one at one stage even all your own men are going to try and kill you he didn't mention all the detail of the difficulties but that's because it was irrelevant in this world we'll have trouble but the bible says but take heart i'll overcome the world people say well what about job well hey at the end job had double what he had the middle bit that's hard but take heart he's overcome the world they were told all of the israelites were told i'm taking you into the promised land flowing with milk and honey ready let's go they weren't told about some of the challenges and then when some of the challenges came many of them fell into unbelief and that same promise that was given to all of the israelites was only inherited by two people joshua and caleb who through faith and patience inherited the promise the rest of them through unbelief stumbled and fell and missed out on what was promised to them by god god's not a false prophet you might say well that couldn't have been a real prophecy it didn't come to pass for them no it didn't because they didn't take a hold of it in faith and keep hope as their compass i believe the holy spirit right now is wanting to speak to people and tell you keep hope as your compass in psalm 27 david says i would have lost hope had i not believed that i would see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living joseph in the prison had a promise from god that he would have lost hope if he didn't believe in the psalms it tells us about joseph and it says while his arms were in fetters and the irons were around his ankles the pro he was tested with this promise and the iron entered into his soul in other words the promises of god instead of tormenting them became so solid and became his compass of hope that brought him through and saw him inherit greater than what he'd even seen because god wants to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask hope or imagine but we must keep as our focus the true north the hope of god those who hope in him the bible says will not be disappointed the bible says that he who has promised will also do it so we in response in in responding to that promise in order to inherit it and take hold of it we must say of the lord the truth like david said i will say of the lord you are my refuge and my fortress you are my god in whom i will trust you are the one that is making all things work together for my good you are the one that is bringing me double recompense for my former champagne and disgrace you are the one who's making miracles out of my messes you're the one who's bringing me beauty out of ashes you're the one that will satisfy me with long life and show me your salvation thank you god hallelujah sing or baron you who have not borne get excited about it when it doesn't seem to make any sense circumstantially isaiah 54 was spoken to a woman who wasn't even married and was barren hey barren woman who's not even married get really excited you're going to have more children than the married woman make room enlarge your tent so you can contain all the children i'm going to get you i mean it seems mean we'd say face facts and god says no face me face facts come on no you've got to be serious here this isn't going to work and god says what do i say what's he promised because hope in him is the compass is the true north that god wants us to keep our focus on i was so impressed as um we've had the joy of walking with james and rachelle graham for quite some time and when james was he's been through so many things he's had heart attacks he had um serious end stage cancer and yet all the way through i'd watch him as we were praying for him and i and we'd go out for dinner the four of us and i think are you allowed to eat that you know he's battling cancer he goes i could eat this or i could not eat this but it doesn't change what god has said he's told me that with long life he'll satisfy me and show show me his salvation i was like i don't know that i quite understand you but god we had a joy i'm going to ask pastor james to come up and i just wanted to share just a little bit of the we went and visited him on father's day about five years ago five years ago i got a call from james's wife rachelle and she said can you come to the hospital it's gotten really serious um i'll let you take it from there yeah well i mean before i get into that is this working have i turned it on no i have not there you go there you go what an amateur um so i uh about uh eight weeks before i was diagnosed with cancer i got a prophetic word to say that i would live and not die psalm 118 17. i would live and not die and declare thee what the lord had done i just saw that sounds fantastic doesn't it because i had no idea and then i got diagnosed with cancer and um and five doctors were on my team and four of them said send him home because you know he might as well just live out his last days at home one said i think we should give this guy some kind of a go so uh you know thank goodness for that i think thank the lord for that that person who was being moved to make that decision and thankfully he was the lead but the interesting thing is that god never told me i would get cancer he just said i would live and not die so when i got told i was diagnosed i was like that's fine i will live and not die he didn't tell me i would go through chemotherapy that i'd go through radiation some fairly um painful surgeries that i would have an ileostomy bag for 18 months all this that stuff is is not his concern and nor is it my concern that stuff's irrelevant what is relevant is that i held on to what he said to me amen and that's the important thing it's not like the event itself it's how you respond and when the lord gives you the right response you grab it and you work with it you know and you you um and that will save you that will get you on the path again before i knew what was going on one day i was just down there somewhere and i was in worship and the lord said we're going to do surgery and i thought oh that sounds amazing that sounds so cool all right let's do surgery lord so then when the doctor said to me well we could either do surgery or you could you know try something else if you want to i just knew what the lord wanted he'd already told me now i didn't know what he was saying when he said let's do surgery i thought it was quite exciting but when it came to the decision point i knew which way to go but ultimately the cover over that was you shall live and not die so people said to me oh well you know are you going to go to mexico and get vitamin b injections and i said ah i could do that and they said oh well you go down the chemotherapy and radiation method because you don't have any faith in god and i said i could do that i'm joking you know some people do think that if you take medical advice that somehow you haven't got faith what a load of huey anyway um but and then the other alternative was to do nothing and trust god but i have this overarching promise i'll live and not die so i knew i could do this and i'll live and not die or i could do this and i'll live and not die or i could do this and i'll live and not die so the cancer was irrelevant the process was irrelevant the only relevance was the promise but i had to grab it amen yeah we came in then on on this particular father's day after you're you'd gotten to this stage it was five stage five b yes cancer that's like ending yeah yeah that's that's ring everybody second um secondary tumors in the lungs cancer in the lymph nodes they'd removed a huge big bowel tumor yes put in a bag and then the bag didn't work that's right and nine days thirteen thirteen days later it was still not working and the doctors were terrified they they were you're in agony yes and they they basically said come and say goodbye so we walked in and we saw you and um you looked terrible i did thank you very much yeah and so we said i said james you look terrible let's take a photo you've got to preach really well so i remember we took a photo we did a happy dance we celebrated we worshiped god and we left because yes you looked really bad yes i think at that stage i could only really stay awake for about 10 minutes yeah so what happened the following night so the following uh night um i had had faith all the way through this process by the way and we're talking about process of months and months months but on that particular night uh as rochelle was leaving the hospital i said to her you know am i actually gonna live you know i wasn't sure the first time when the doctors didn't think i was going to live that was one of the times that i i let go of the promise in a way i was like okay i don't know if i am going to live and rochelle went home and she woke up about one o'clock in the morning and she just commanded my bowel to begin working and and for health to come back to me and in that in that evening at about 12 o'clock at night so i was what they call cytotoxic so i had my own room because i was full of toxic poisons from the uh from the chemo uh i was nearly dead so they were meant to be doing ops observations of me every hour well from 12 o'clock till 8 o'clock the following morning no one even came into my room and i hadn't been on any kind of pain medication because you can't have pain medication when you have a bowel operation and so about 12 o'clock i woke up and there was the lord standing at the end of the bed and um and he was looking at me and and he was talking to me and uh he started presenting a number of questions to me they were odd questions um as an example i saw nine white dots in front of me all identical three three three dots no distinguishing characteristics between these dots all the same nine dots and he said which one of these do you like and i said well you know funnily enough i did know there was one i liked they're all the same but i went oh that one and he just ah i knew you'd love that one and then he'd do something else and show some triangles so well what do you think of these i quite like those i knew you'd love those and and so we this went for about an hour and a half and um at the end and this is really important he said to me i'm happy with the choices that you've made you see sometimes when you're in that position where you're not sure where you're at or what you're gonna do or where you're gonna go or if you're gonna make it you start heaping stuff on yourself or mother rather the enemy does you know you took a wrong turn that's why that prophecy didn't come true you you you should have done that you were led to do that and you didn't do it you know and so we start putting these bricks on ourselves but that stuff is not relevant our relationship with him is relevant the work of the cross is relevant amen you know and uh and so he said to me i'm happy with the choices you made so all those bricks just came off me immediately and so there were a series of other things that happened with with the holy ghost and it is a whole big thing in the morning the glory was so thick in the room i could barely move and i had been able to be moving around and but i could reach my phone and i reached my phone and i rang rachelle about 8 30 and i said he's beautiful that's all i could say he's beautiful so then put down the phone surgeon comes in doesn't bat an eyelid about the fact that no one has taken any observations of me overnight comes in gets his pen out looks me probs me with his finger and goes oh it's working so that was it and like within days i was out of hospital so i'd gone from death to fully in life because they held on to the promise of god and halfway through the evening yes you interrupted god as he was talking to you about things and showing you things to to come what was that all about okay so there was a point where i said to him um lord you haven't mentioned my cancer you're talking about that there right i said you haven't mentioned my cancer i'm lying in hospital you're in the room you haven't mentioned my cancer he said to me cancer cancer's irrelevant and i said well it might be irrelevant to you but it's pretty relevant to me and um he just he just said anyway and then but you know like we go through things but we are going to be delivered through things because the word of god is true amen you know it comes down to who he is and what he said that's so good thank you james hallelujah now five years later james is completely cancer-free praise the lord but here's what i loved about it is that when he said lord you haven't talked about cancer god said well that's because cancer is irrelevant you know it's not that god doesn't care in fact the bible says all my tears you've stored in a bottle there isn't a tear that you cry that he doesn't treasure and hold there isn't a bit of pain you walk through that he doesn't want you to sow in faith so that he can give divine recompense he knows he understands our deepest longings our greatest desires he walks with us he's our comforter he is kind he's loving but you know what he is trying to get you continually to put your faith toward what is important people have said well why aren't the prophets telling why didn't the prophets tell us about how awful 2020 was going to be because the prophets were telling you god wants to give you double for your trouble he wants to bring you into divine acceleration god wants to see people coming into his kingdom and we think well that doesn't seem very relevant yet that is the purpose god's not that interested in taking up all the oxygen talking about what the enemy is doing when he has a plan that will not be thwarted by whatever the enemy throws at us so if you're wondering you know what what's going on why aren't we hearing all the details about all the bad things well that's because god isn't actually wanting you to get your focus on all the bad things but instead put your face like flint and determine in your heart i would have lost heart had i not believed i would see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living no matter what comes hallelujah though though the visionary wait for it the lord tells us i want you to put your faith and your hope in my character and who i am and my desire is to cause all things to work together for your good the mission the purpose the good works that i've laid up in advance for you to do these are the things that i want you to put your eyes on i want you to put your eyes on me your hope your future your destiny you know i think about jesus when he walked the earth there was a lot going on they were living under a roman occupation they were being horribly mistreated over taxed really significant stuff and jesus spent very little time talking about it really frustrated some people he just kept talking about eternal life the kingdom righteousness peace joy miracles i know the plans that i've got for you i've laid up good works in advance for you to do as i am so are you in this world the same works that i do and greater works you'll do i said but well what about what about the roman occupation jesus well done go and do some work you'll catch a a fish with a coin that's not pay the taxes all right righteousness peace and joy come on i'm going to make you fishes of men why because god isn't interested in focusing on the turmoil that the enemy wants to stir up god isn't interested in getting stirred up about all the drama he's interested in you maintaining your course and not losing hope in the midst of a storm god's desire for every one of us is for hope and for a future he's wanting us to keep as our compass hope in god for hope in him will not disappoint the way we do that is by opening our mouth and saying of the lord you are my refuge and my fortress you are my god in you i will trust this is what i know thank you father with long life you'll satisfy me and show me your salvation thank you lord you've not given me a spirit of fear but of love and a power and of a sound mind thank you lord you heal all my diseases thank you lord you are jehovah gyra my provider thank you father you provide all of my needs according to your riches in glory you might be in a situation and you've lost your job and there's difficult things that have happened god isn't saying i don't care he cares so deeply but he is wanting to stir up in your heart a hope that begins to decree lord though i might feel like i'm joseph in a prison i will let those promises go deep in my soul and i will hold them as my true north for you who have promised it will also do it if it's not good it's not the end as you intentionally determined to do that you will find your way out into the promises that god has for you god's desire is that none of us would miss out he wants everyone to walk in the fullness of the promise that he has for you and the promise he has for you is that you would walk in righteousness peace and joy that you would do the good works that he's laid up in advance for you to do that you would walk joyfully deeply richly satisfied knowing that you and him are fulfilling his purposes on the earth it's available for every one of us but we've got to make a decision not to be just tossed about in the waves but to let our anchor go down my hope is in god and my compass is my hope in his faithfulness and his promise hope in him will not disappoint in jesus name amen amen father we say thank you for your word you are faithful you are faithful father lord i do ask that you would bless us indeed that you would enlarge our territory that your hand would be with us and that you'd keep us from evil that we may not cause or experience pain in the name of jesus father i'm asking holy spirit let hope arise i keep hearing that chorus in my head all for the last few days i've been singing uh singing it and and reminding myself get your hopes up get your hopes up and i've been criticized people said you cruel woman telling people to get their hopes up where else are they going to go if you don't have hope in god what have you got i don't think that's kind and i tell you what it's not some fairy fluffy gospel it's the thing that'll keep you on course i could prophesy i could tell you all the nasty things but you know what that is not going to put your focus on the true north it's simply going to get you panicking imagine for example a father who has a little boy a little four-year-old who has a bad tooth and the night before just as he's putting him to bed little johnny and he says johnny tomorrow we're going to go to that dentist the dentist is a man in a mask you won't see his face as you get put in this chair with lights in your eyes you're not going to be able to see what's going on but they're going to wedge your mouth open they're laying a big needle and jam it into your gums hopefully they won't hit a nerve that'll make your whole face be permanently paralyzed but then he's going to get a drill and drill out the inside of your tooth at the end of it you're going to be completely numb and you won't know whether it's permanent or not sleep well sweetheart another father might come and say to their little bobby have a great sleep bobby and they say nothing about it the next morning after breakfast pick him up put him on his lap and say hey bobby now you've had that little bit of a sore tooth we're going to go somewhere today they're going to make it better and it's going to be better for good and when you go there they're going to give you a present of some toothbrush and a toothpaste and a sticker and this man is going to make your mouth all better and your teeth are going to be strong and they're going to clean them and you can come out and have good strong shiny healthy teeth imagine father one a little johnny i would imagine in the waiting room if they got there that father one would be having to recruit the receptionist and the dentist to pull johnny out from under the chairs to get him kicking and screaming the torment of getting him to the dentist would be worse than the actual procedure yet some people think that god's like that why didn't god tell me all the detail god wants you to have hope and a future he doesn't want to sow fear into your heart he wants to be your helper god is the kind father he'll tell you what you need to know and he'll tell you the end so that you can hope on and trust him for a good outcome amen hallelujah there ends my view of what prophecy should be hallelujah praise the lord we're going to pray for a few people em anyone come give me a hand mark you want to give me a hand and pray for a couple of people pastor aaron come and help us man how good was aaron last friday night ah that's a keeper that one needs to go on the replay list over and over and over again so what else i enjoyed that so much whoa praise the lord get your hopes up lift your head up why he doesn't want you looking at the stuff he wants you looking at the promise hallelujah faithful jesus lord we love you oh pastor james come on put you to work hallelujah father thank you for your grace lord you're so faithful you are so true daddy we love you father i thank you that you're making a way where there seems to be no way thank you jesus you are so you faithful so faithful father we love you we love you we love you thank you jesus thank you jesus up here at the back oh casey yes you come come [Music] father i thank you for casey i heard the lord say that i am launching you like an arrow that there's been some tension and pressure in your mind and your thoughts wondering how is it going to happen i don't understand yet you have not jumped or bailed in the process but like an arrow that's been pulled back in the bow the lord says that you have you have trusted me and you've held fast when the tension has been on and the lord says you've steadied yourself in him and he has held you but the lord says that there is coming a release where you are going to see that divine acceleration that nick prophesied about that you are going to hit the mark there's such an accuracy for god has exactly the right place for you that he has he has already determined it and the lord says your times are in my hands and he says she has trusted me now watch i'm going to show her that i am her great hero so father i thank you lord this one blessed are you who has believed for there will be fulfillment of these things promised to you says the lord thank you jesus oh come on thank you lord bless her father awesome what a message hey my goodness who wants to go to the dentist yeah you ended with the good father that's very good thank you praise god there's an amazing picture though hey i i saw an image of a um actually was a pair of lungs but i felt a sharp pain and it it's either in the top of the abdomen or the the lung somewhere would you stand up for me if that's you you've been having some sharp pain either in the lungs or just in your abdomen area i'd love to pray for you that's you awesome why don't you come up i'd love to pray for you pass it on while i do well i'd like to um i feel like i'd like to play for rob murguard come on thank you jesus whoa we love you rob yes wow i just feel like the favor of the lord is all over you rob let me just thank you for that father we just released that in the name of jesus would you guys pray with me for him right now i see there's a real breakthrough coming for you rob and i know we can use that word very commonly but i feel like it's a real significant word i just so i want to release right now i thank you for the breakthrough over rob in the name of jesus i thank you that you're singing it over him and you're dancing see the lord just dancing around you with a spirit of breakthrough wow and we just speak can you guys come on praying times real quick yes we release the spirit of breakthrough over rob i think i feel like it's connected with business but it could actually be even more than that oh thank you father yes we release it right now in the name of jesus whoa i feel like the lord's going to be opening up new things in your mind the lord is opening up new things in your mind lord we bless his mind to receive the revelation of heaven wow the things that felt blocked and like hopeless i feel like the lord is releasing i feel like he's just riding in like a hero just writing in like a messenger to deliver the strategy from heaven that's going to unlock the things in the natural realm wow we thank you for that in the name of jesus just receive it right now thank you holy spirit thank you yes thank you i'm going to pray for this land right here sorry yes what was your name man uh i saw a picture of you i was looking over to you and the first thing i saw you know those guards at buckingham palace and with the big fluffy hats i may stand there and you can do anything to them and they will not move at all and i thought the lord was saying that you've been waiting diligently and waiting with such a purpose in your spirit where you feel like i have to be i have to stand stay steadfast stay still and wait for when it is time for me to move and you've been so diligent and when you've moved and when you haven't moved because you've been very sensitive to what the holy spirit is telling you where he's telling you to move now with the whistle call as you move or to stay still and keep watch and stand firm stand on who you are and who what your identity is and there is such power in that patience and that diligence of just standing there people notice that it's something unusual just as those guards are they're standing out there and they're like how do they even do that how do they stay there and this um this identity that you've established in the lord the way you stand the way you carry yourself is something that's noticeable something that's different to a lot of people and they take notice and they may even try to distract you but you can entirely firm in that you've been trained to stay firm and there is such blessing coming towards you as you begin to step out in action when he tells you to move there is such blessing when you move when he says to move so i want to encourage you with that ben amen amen hallelujah hallelujah oh well um this person that i'm going to call out i don't think you're going to want to stand up so don't stand up for for the sake of of your own privacy um but i i that the law is telling me there's a man here you've got significant prostate problems you've got pain uh down on the left side um and i think we all know where the prostate is and um and it's really starting to um overshadow you in your in your day and and and the fear is starting to escalate and i feel i felt this momentum of fear in such a way that it's no longer just about the physical problem of the prostate but more it's it's actually overshadowing you and i and i know the lord is uh is speaking to you but the fear is drowning is his voice out i heard the lord say be still and know that i am god be still and know that i am god i see a complete reduction back down to normal size of the of the prostate and i see the pain starting to subside and and the lord is saying that that healing is in your body and it's a real war with fear the lord is saying trust me i will heal you and i also feel uh with specifically to that person you need to go to another doctor you need the lord's saying i will direct you to another professional i really feel like the lord is saying that the person who is treating you currently or your gp has a wrong spirit around your your health so the lord will direct you to another medical professional and you are going to be healed there will be ongoing things that will need medical attention and and so don't muck around with this go and see another doctor but you are being healed and the pain will go and there will be a reduction in jesus name amen wow praise god um has anyone here had an issue with one of your eyes where perhaps one of the muscles is losing strength or something so you find your eye your focus being impacted your physical focus of your eyes and perhaps getting headaches as well due to something with the eyes would you stand up for me if that's you you've felt some kind of muscle or something with the eyes that's changing even perhaps physically changing yeah norma awesome why don't you come down i'm going to pray for you cool yeah um i just want to pray for um anyone that's felt um [Music] like significant um warfare on your mind or just thoughts that feel overwhelming like i know we can all have thoughts if you could just stand there's anyone here that's just felt significant stuff in your mind just sort of warfare that has felt overwhelming yeah right now okay we just stretch your hands out to these people father we just thank you right now wow we take authority over whatever it is god that is trying to torment these people and lord right now we just release the peace of god in the name of jesus we command you to be free right now we thank you for fresh revelation god that where their minds were overwhelmed with thoughts of the enemy i thank you father that you're going to flood them with your thoughts with thoughts of your word god and we just release your freedom right now over them in the name of jesus just put your hand on your head right now if that's you yes thank you holy spirit we just thank you we release the freedom of god in the name of jesus wow thank you daddy thank you yes father thank you thank you jesus thank you jesus yes thank you lord you know there may be people here or watching and probably most of you that have had promises from god with regard to 2020 and things that were going to happen and things that that god wanted to do and there's for a lot of people they've felt what happened i mean i've been seeing memes of you know um where people are just saying that let's just let's just pretend that 2020 didn't happen let's you know just written it off you know i want to tell you that god hasn't written it off and that god's plans haven't changed god didn't didn't have these plans and then the enemy brings coronavirus and god goes oh no his plans haven't changed and though you may not have expected things to look the way that they're looking the plan hasn't changed the purposes of god haven't changed and god's heart for every one of us is that we would be very intentional right now to begin to put it in our mouth this is what i believe this is your will oh lord that you would bless me indeed enlarge my territory i thank you you've said and begin to decreat the promises of god but god's heart is to bring divine acceleration and double recompense hallelujah for he who has promised is faithful this is what we do know he makes all things work together for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose are you saved if you're saved you love him and you are called according to his purpose there's nothing else you have to do to qualify for that promise it is the promise of god for you sometimes i'd look at it and go do i love him enough okay i'm called according to his purpose but am i exactly walking in the i looked for loopholes of why i might not qualify for the promise so that i would perhaps have an out not to hope because i didn't want to hope just in case it doesn't happen but that's the way the enemy works god wants to release a hope that is an un unconditional absolute you said it there isn't a plan b this is what you said you're making it work for my good so hooray i'm going to get my hopes up i'm going to celebrate and hope in you does not disappoint amen so father i want to pray for each and every one lord that has had those thoughts looking for the loopholes not to hope for reasons not to hope god i come against the lies of the enemy lord in the name of jesus and i thank you for your blood lord you're conquering victory lord you died you rose again lord and i thank you that your conquering victory has conquered the lies of the enemy and in the name of jesus i plead the blood of jesus against their minds lord that your will your will would be known in their hearts god that you would reveal the truth of who you are in your character lord that you would put in their hearts that like you did with jabez a cry that says oh lord that you would bless me indeed enlarge my territory let your hand be with me and keep me from evil that i may not cause pain no matter what the pastors look like in the name of jesus i decree hope in the name of jesus for each and every one listening tonight in the precious and the holy name of jesus and everybody said amen praise the lord was so good to have you with us tonight we are going to be back on sunday i i'm going to be bringing a word as the lord leads but my prayer for you this week is that you would fight the good fight of faith and not be passive but intentional to lay hold of it if you need prayer for anything we have ministers who will be happy to stay and pray with you we've got our prayer team so feel free you'll you'll notice that there's marks on the floor that you can come and stand on and if you want to kneel or stand feel free to spend some time with the lord and there'll be some people who'll be happy to pray with you but the lord bless you keep you make his face shine on you and be gracious to you the lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace god bless you hallelujah

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Published: Fri Oct 23 2020