Lessons Learned at Jesus' Feet by Vic Jackson

[Music] I believe that there are some keys to getting prayers answered in the spirit I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt if you are tired of prayers being unanswered you need to pay attention so what I'm preaching to you tonight because I'm gonna give you something that gives you a key on how to get prayers answered from God there was a very powerful prophet that lived back in the 50s and 60s died way too young his name was verbal beam he was a very powerful man of God he was a man of Prayer he was a powerful man of Prayer he said there were two types of prayers that God answers he said there are two types of praying that will get God's attention he said the first type of prayer that God answers is a memorial prayer it's something that you pray about over and over and over and then God answers it he said like Cornelius when he prayed so many times that the age of the Lord said your prayer and your giving has come up as a memorial before God he said it was like this he said if a man wanted to buy a suit but could not afford the suit he would go into the suit store with the money he had and put the suit on layaway with the funds that he had next time he got paid he would put some more funds down on the suit he would not leave with the suit he would leave without the suit each time he went in to make a payment but the more payments he made on the suits when he could make them there would be come a day when he would finally pay off the suit and when the last payment was made he could take what he had been paying for home with him he said that's how it is in your prayer life you can be praying about something over and over and over and not take the answer home if you keep praying and you keep believing there's gonna come a day when you'd bring the answer home with you because you've paid it in hallelujah chef here blessed be the name of the Lord lift the world appraised come on bless them with the fruit of your lips blessed be the name of the Lord blessed be the name of the Lord hallelujah [Music] barrows join me seeing loud against net this place here up with praise can you hear gets us out of heaven touchy tariqa Jesus thank you Jesus out of heaven touch eager that's the kind of fun oh yes all the paths are vivid roars only see louder let this race hear the sound of Hell thought she [Music] here spirit breaker Jesus name recalls oh yes we invite you lord have your way out your way about this [Music] thank you Jesus yes it might is present tree [Music] Gloria shaking a beer disguise breathe' we wanna see your feet see yes yes yes oh yes oh dear Jesus they revived we ought to see your kingdom to see you pick up the story oh geez yes come on give the spirit the Lord in transit to your mind give him it transit to you this Lord yes Lord yes Lord yes Lord in the neighbor [Music] Oh God there is the rain Christ I say Oh [Music] yes yes yes yes yes yes come on push off the day push off your tears come on stand in the presence of the Lord never do you hallelu [Music] cheese thank you lord spirit we invite you into this place the weak are thank you Jesus [Music] oh thank you Lord we love you Jesus we love you Jesus we love you cheeks wonderful Jesus wonderful cheese wonderful cheese's wonderful cheese oh we glorify your grade in your Holy Name in Jesus name thank you for being here tonight on Tuesday we're gonna hear something from the Lord we know it's coming from whether Jackson were so grateful for your ministry thank you for preaching we love you and we're so glad that you've made your way to ATC we feel like we found a kindred spirit in you please come Institute [Applause] praise the Lord raise the Lord what a shift that the weather it was hot when we got here and it was pretty cool out this morning I tell you what those mosquitoes got a spirit of perseverance on them they refuse to die I thought the wind would take them away but I guess it blew it right in my vicinity hallelujah thankfully the lights came back on last night all the way down the block no one had lights or anything so I guess the Lord wanted me to finish my message when he turned off I wasn't sure if the Lord was giving me a hint to wrap it up or keep going amen one we will put up our Bibles to the Gospel of John chapter 12 been such a privilege being here and appreciate the kindness and hospitality just had such a tremendous time was just gone by too quickly honestly they've been spoiling me with some great food didn't have the courage to try the cottage cheese though I just was just something not biblical about that I don't know what it is still searching the scriptures about it but there's something that just doesn't resonate the soda was just happily his cottage cheese I'm just like the guy was surprised but I wouldn't receive it like he brought me cottage cheese and coleslaw I don't eat in either of those says like her like I said you could take that back I'm fine say you don't want your fixings no I never want to see those fixes again amen amen I hate everything else but I refuse to conform [Music] John chapter 12 verse 1 they have it's amen then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany where Lazarus was which had been dead whom he raised from the dead there they made him a supper and Martha served but Lazarus was one of them that said at the table with him then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard very costly and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment then saith one of his disciples Judas Iscariot Simon's son which should betray him why was not this ointment sold for three hundred Pence and given to the poor this he said not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief and he had the bag and bear what was put there then said jesus let her alone against the day of my burial has she kept this for the poor always you have with you but me we have not always I feel like I've tapped into a vein in this revival I'll probably preach and scream a little bit more tomorrow night but I feel to talk to you tonight on this subject lessons at Jesus feet lessons at Jesus feet why don't you clap your hands to the Lord Jesus amen a man you may be seated in the presence of the Lord [Music] something very significant about the Bible which is what what makes it really even more unique is how the Bible describes and places in emphases and value upon women in the Bible how the Bible describes women is very different in the context of that particular society from the very beginning God created Adam and His image Adam is made in the image of God Adam has an assignment Adam is doing the will of God yet the Bible says that it was not good for man to be alone all the men sent amen it's not good for man to be alone this man that had an assignment that was doing the will of God the Bible says that he needed a help meat which literally means to support where he lacks my lord in heaven he's made in the image of God but God made him lacking something that only that woman could feel where his assignment couldn't fill it the woman did feel it and so God placed value upon the woman from the very beginning which was totally contradictory to how society was during the time Moses is writing there wasn't an emphasis our value placed on women God goes so far to whenever he talks about the lineage of kings he names the mother of the kings and the lineage he names the mothers of the kings because the mother had an influence on the Kings which influenced the Kings direction a mother had that power all the mothers say Amen y'all know y'all have that power y'all got that subtle power I'll try to act like y'all not know well I'm just whatever you think but I think you should go you got some influence and and so God placed an amazing value upon women and interestingly enough when you look at the genealogy of Jesus Christ he makes sure's that he mains women which is very contradictory in these times when you wrote the genealogy you only wrote the father's you only wrote the sons but in Jesus lineage they named women which was contradictory to all historical accounts because the Bible placed an interesting aspect on women and so three people in the New Testament teaches us very important lessons not only about ministry but in other realms that I plan to get in to tonight and this has to do with the concept of the menial task of feet every time Mary of Bethany is mentioned in the scripture she's always mentioned connected to Jesus feet she's not mentioned the part from it she's always connected to it and there's lessons that we can learn at Jesus feet when John starts his ministry he says I'm not worthy hemas increase Alma's decrease behold the lamb of God he says I'm not worthy to untie the sandals unloose the sandals of the Messiah that sounds like a unique phrase to use but it honestly it's a concept of humility because it was considered a demeaning task for even slaves slaves were prohibited from untying their masters shoe untying their masters sandals they pass laws for Hebrew slaves were slaves it was considered such a demeaning task to untie it Sephora master to ask you to untie his sandals that they prohibited and pass laws the Hebrew slaves and said you cannot command your slave to untie your sandals but John said I'm not even worthy to do what slaves are prohibited from doing to express his humility Jesus washes the disciples feet he washes Judas feet his betrayer he says I know you're gonna betray me Judas but I'm gonna wash your feet anyway and so John Mary John Jesus and Mary Illustrated a powerful principle when it comes to ministry when it comes to helping when it comes to the healthy nature of a church structure every time Mary's mentioned she's always mentioned connected to Jesus feet look look at the first time that Mary is at Jesus feet John Luke Luke chapter 10 verse 38 this is the first time Mary comes to Jesus we check this out Luke chapter 10 verse thirty-eight now it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house and she had a sister called Mary which also sat at Jesus feet and heard his word but Martha was cumbered about with much servant and came to him and said Lord best I'll not care that my sister have left me to serve alone bid her therefore that she helped me and jesus answered and Senator Martha Martha thou art careful and troubled about many things but one thing is needful and Mary have chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her the first time we encounter Mary and her walk with God we see that she made time to spend time at Jesus feet she prioritize spending time at Jesus feet to hear his word she made time to make sure she was hearing the words of God she had other tasks she had other responsibilities but she understood that if she did not make time in his word everything else she did wouldn't matter she made intentional effort to spend time at his feet to hear his word and we have to make sure that we are prioritizing spending time in his word over everything I don't care how much you serve at church I don't care what type of unique ministries that you're involved in you are not going to be as effective as you need to be if you are not prioritizing your time at Jesus feed in his word she understood if I don't spend time here what I'm doing in ministry cannot have its full effect come on somebody she understood if I don't spend time here getting refreshed in his word everything else my job everything I'm going to be on edge I'm not going to be as effective so one thing is needful and I'm going to make time in his word because that's where I get refreshed and cleansed by his words somebody say a man a man there has to be a priority now when there are so many assignments when there are so many things that happen in a church service it is so easy to miss hearing his word cuz you come in and you're look and you know I got to do this oh man there's a new visitor I got to do that oh man I got to do that ohoo house how's that happen all I got to do that and the whole time you miss the preaching come on somebody because you have not prioritized I know that I've got to do these tasks but I've got to hear what thus saith the word of the Lord is well she made time for private devotion and his feet and she prioritized it over everything so some people look at me said well brother Jackson Hodges don't have time busy I'm busy it's amazing when I think about how much time we have that we don't realize I think about whenever a a few years ago I took a summed up the courage to download an app called moment anyone ever heard of it moment this app literally monitors how much time you spend on your phone and it calculates the minutes and hours each day and it shows you how many minutes and hours you spend on your from that day then it shuts down each day Sunday Sunday all the way through Monday all the way through Tuesday all the way through all the days then it calculates the hours at the end of the week to show you how many hours you spent on your phone I'm a little bit crazy with my private devotion you know I I have a planner that I have I have a planner literally I've had a private devotion graph at home that we had in our bedroom it was marker DUP I had the months I had the months on under here on the graph and I had the hours there and I point out how many hours each month I calculated in my planner Monday when Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday I have it so where I jot down how many hours I spend in prayer how many hours I spend in study I got what books I read I got which chapters I read I got a personal diary I wake up at certain times I am very very intentional with my private devotion but when I downloaded that app the first day I spent 8 hours on my phone the first week I spent 41 hours on my phone and I'm intentional with my devotion and some of you aren't so don't look at me like I'm the big sinner in the room he said 40 hours that's a full-time job I wonder how much hours you put in you have enough time on your hands than you realize it's just what you're prioritizing if you don't make time you lose time you have to be intentional and see the value of it somebody say Amen she prioritized spending time at his feet over any task over any work over any friendship she said one thing is needful I have to make time and spend time at his feet to hear his word she made time to hear and receive his word the second time we see Mary Shh there's a difference this time because she progresses in her relationship with the Lord you got to hear me I'm telling you I'm teaching but I got a word from the Lord for you here tonight but the second time she comes to Jesus feet she does not come to hear his word John chapter 11 and verse 32 this is when Mary's brother dies look look at this then when Mary was come where Jesus was and saw him she fell down at his feet saying unto Him Lord if thou hadst been here my brother had not died when Jesus therefore saw her weeping and the Jews also weeping which came with her he groaned in his spirit and was troubled and said where have you laid him and they said unto Him Lord come and see verse 35 jesus wept now now we see this time she begins to grow in her relationship with the Lord because she does not come to hear or receive a word from the Lord this time this time she comes to lay down her problems and his feet she did not come to hear another word from God she matured and learned to lay down her problems at Jesus feet or she said I'm not taking this home with me I'm not dealing with this anymore Jesus it's on you I cannot do with it can I tell you you and I we have perfected the art of hearing his word and coming to hear his word and we love the word but too many times we leave church with our same problems and take our problems home with us where more agitated than we ever been but that's what an altar calls for huh an altar call huh is for you to come up front and lay down your problems huh at Jesus feet and leave it there so you can walk another and a refreshing and so you can walk in and unknown it can I tell you but you come up front and pray that's not just for sinners huh that's not just for people that are struggling that's for everybody in this building huh to lay down your problems and his feet it's not just for for new converts this is for everybody no one ever graduates from the altar no one ever graduates from the altar it's a daily thing and so God gives us opportunities every altar call to come down and lay down our problems and his feet too many times we come to church and we don't come and lay them down we keep it with us and we go home and watch this now we're more agitated than we've ever been huh we don't have room to receive other people's problems some people some so someone comes up to you and starts complaining that they have a headache and you don't have any compassion on them because you're going through all hell in your life come on somebody because you have not matured enough to lay down your problems at his feet to make room to receive somebody else's problem you have to learn and say god I'm not gonna do this anymore I'm laying it down at your feet and when she wept and she laid it down at his feet her weeping huh reached into his humanity huh and he began to weep and he began to groan in his spirit huh she finally summed up the courage and said I'm not gonna carry this thing any longer too many of y'all y'all try to be too strong to time I'm sorry the try to act right y'all I got it all together you got it all together you all that and a bag of chips nothing ever goes wrong with you no storms happen in your life you always happy hey brother yes I'm happy how are you hey sister oh yeah God's been good you're going through hell but your pride keeps you from laying it down cuz you like seeing how much you can carry I'm strong enough look what I'm feeling with you see I'm strong enough I can do it I don't need to lay it down I'm gonna prove to everybody how faithful I am and in the midst of my storm how I just can't keep my chin up and keep on walking but you don't realize it but in the spirit you know what's happening you're kind of crouching a little bit you're kind of walking a little bit slower you it's it's kind of affecting you as you're carrying this everywhere and you don't have anymore emotional capacity to understand anybody cuz you've been carrying weight after weight after weight problem after problem after problem you have to come to a realization that I cannot do this alone anymore I'm keeping it at the altar and I'm laying it down today somebody clap your hands for the Lord hey man you gotta lay it down and can I just talk to a leader right now leaders you have to lay it down sometimes leaders they don't want to lay it down like they don't want to cry because they don't want anybody to ask questions not you and some is everything okay and so you don't want to cry and give it to God in the altar because you got a reputation to protect I got to be strong here you go bless her Lord watch this and no power is coming out of you you're empty matter of fact you're burnt out and they're looking for living water and you come with a drop because you pride yourself and your reputation that's what the enemy is if you if you if you cry pastor won't respect you anymore don't look at me like that I'm talking about what goes through your mind he won't entrust with me with any more responsibilities if he sees me kneeling and weeping at the altar that's the devil talking to you matter of fact pastor will respect you more for it because you prioritize your walk with God over your reputation hey somebody clap right now hello it's amazing the people that will go through all this stuff and come in with a poker face ain't going through nothing I'm happy that's good that's good that's good that's a good body yet you're going through it right now but pride is keeping you from laying it down and the enemy has you right where he wants you because the you don't want anybody to find out you struggling when you're crying look folks I'm in the altar do you gonna general conference things like that would anybody preaches I don't care who's preaching I don't care where I'm hearing preacher preach I'm gonna be the first one in the altar weeping you know how many people come up to me is everything okay yeah I'm just giving it to God but I don't care what you think of me because I got a responsibility to lay it down matter of fact I was there was a youth convention I got to talk to you right now there was a youth convention 2500 people that I'm free that I was preaching so there was another preacher that got up to preach they were preaching the Holy Ghost is long right there in front of everybody in a in an arena I would I started rolling on the ground just weeping and crying just weeping my eyes out why I don't care about my reputation I've got a responsibility and my walk with God to lay things down no matter how I look come on somebody I I was preaching a youth convention last year and and after I was after I was done preaching in the altar I came down and I began to pray for some young people and the Holy Ghost convicted me and when the Holy Ghost convicted me I got down on my knees and I just began to weep and I just began to cry as God begin to convict me of things in my spirit literally all the young people left I'm the preacher and I'm the last one at the altar I was there for two hours by myself the youth president was waiting on me to go to lunch Wow leapin and I'm crying and I'm repenting and I'm calling my pastor and I'm talking you don't understand well you're the preacher you're not supposed to do that I'm the preacher I'm supposed to lead by example huh and I need God just like every one of you need God and if you're gonna be a leader here you need to be the first one in the altar you need to be the first one responding we need to be the first one up front we need to be the first one oddly we need to be the first one standing we need to be the first one by example and if you can't lead by example you're not ready to lead see I'm milling something right now I apologize I'm a leader but I don't worship well you're not a leader you're holding the position of a leader but you're not a leader hello if I get up here and I talk about everybody clap your hands everybody worship but I'm just sitting there the whole time crossing my legs stuff for you to believe me are you hearing me right now so what about you you don't stand one time in the whole service and you're a leader you don't come up an altar and pray all the time you you you pray it's it's - just lay hands on somebody else but you can't give anything because you're in a drought or you got to give the appearance that you have something hello talking to you right now I'm almost done on this point I'm about to get off of it but I just gotta nail it because this is important only pride will keep us holding on to things that need to be laid down at the altar and I see I see how your pastor responds to the word higher past the response the worship he's the first one up front he's the first one worshiping he's the first one respondent and and and and you won't hello somebody just say hey man people that saying is he talking to me yeah you got that question in your thoughts yes I'm talking to you let's just get it out there take it up with me after service she wept and came at his feet and lay down her problems and she received answers to her problems at Jesus feet she comes to Jesus feet the third time and John 12 and this is my whole message if you haven't heard me hear me now the Bible says that after Lazarus has risen from the dead the Bible says that Mary took a pound of ointment spikenard very costly and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment this time she comes to his feet she does not come to receive a word of confirmation she does not come this time to receive an answer to her problems this time she looks at his feet and she sees something different about his feet everywhere Jesus walked in that and that rough terrain there were rocks and it was very common for travelers as they traveled forth those rocks to cut beside up their feet and where blood would be on their feet and blisters because of walking in the they ensure terrain there would be blisters that would be there would be blood there would be there would be cuts and there would be wounds on the feet so this time where she looks at his feet she does not come to receive an answer to her problem she does not come to receive a word of comfort Nation about her listening this time she looks at his feet and she decides I'm going to meet a need in the body of Christ she said I did not come to receive a word for God to Pat me on the packing give me an assurance I did not come this time to receive an answer to my problem this time I see there's a womb in the body and I've got the poor oil in the wound because it's bigger than me I come to preach see you in the Holy Ghost you've come here and you've got your words of confirmation you've come here and you've laid down your problems huh but there's people all around you that are wounded that are broken up and that are bleeding up and they're waiting for somebody to get their eyes off of themselves for a moment and reach their hand next to them and pour oil in the world become a machete McEntire she came this time as she showed us the true essence of Christianity where it's not about ourselves but it's about others huh it's not about us and our agenda huh it's about helping others that are broken and that are hurting huh here you are frustrated huh because you haven't gotten as far as you want huh in the call of God on your life while people everyday are coming into the church people every day huh or coming into the church with worse wounds and you have right now and all you come if you think about yourself and how bad it is for you you don't realize people that are dying on the inside that's waiting for somebody it's not picking up themselves I would just pick up the oil laying hands can I proceed in the Holy Ghost this church I'm telling you right now this church is gonna be powerful huh when you stop thinking of yourselves individually huh but when you begin to be sensitive to the needs that are around you huh and you say there's people huh that are broken and they're hurting huh it's going through something worse than I can ever go through huh I'm going to stop thinking of myself pastor huh you don't need to push me in the back to get me to lay hands on somebody huh I feel the Holy Ghost leading me huh I know that they're having smiled today huh and they're just waiting on somebody it's beyond the pastor come on now where is the ministry of the saints huh the body is supposed to minister to one another huh every joint is supposed to supply the feeble members are necessary I don't care if you don't have paper I don't care if you fill with now I don't care if you've been in trials you may be a feeble member but you're necessary from the oil to flow and the platter that's why God has granted you into this church that's why you've been born again of the water and of the Spirit because there are needs that only you can meet that I can't meet there are needs that holy you give me that pastor cannot me there are needs that only you can meet we don't have time as an individual to lay hands on everybody in this building huh it would take hours from lay our hands on every single person here but that's why you're supposed to use your hands and begin to pray for one another huh and join alongside them that's what being a brother and a sister is a friend loves at all times but a brother is born for adversity huh I was born for this huh I was born to pour oil in your wounds I was born to pour oil in your flesh Anna I was born the boyo dilemma and I'm not here for me yes I may be struggling but I see you [Applause] when's the last time you came to church that you didn't think about your needs huh but you came thinking about the needs of everybody around you come on somebody where's the last time that you came with an intention huh I'm not coming looking for a blessing huh but I'm coming here to bless somebody else huh I'm coming here to pour into somebody as was the last time you came up to the altar not because you were in desperate need of something huh but someone else was in desperate need of something huh listen when I tell you when you come to the altar you're not just coming for yourself you're coming for people that are hurting and that are broken huh but if you would just get your eyes off of not feeling any emotion you go to those that may be feeling okay when you start praying for them top of your head the soles of your feet when you pour oil in the pot she returned in her walk she said I didn't come the church to just receive a word I didn't come the church just to receive answers to my problems huh I came because I'm Lila I've got to pour oil in the wounds of the party she got on her hands and knees as she began to pour a sacrifice come on somebody huh long that wound she began to get the hair and begin to wash the feet with her hair blood and blood all over her hair as she washed it it was and a beautiful scene it was a gory scene huh it was someone that didn't care what anybody else thought of them huh and all the apostles were looking for position to who can sit closest to Jesus there she was on her knees pouring oil on the wounds they fall about position so much they missed the core they thought about position so much they miss why they were there and nobody had time to look at Jesus that was bleeding come on somebody but there is a woman huh that everybody counted out huh and she made herself their way up the aisle huh and she got on her knees and she began to pour the oil huh and she began to wash his feet because that's what Christianity is about pouring oil and the Wolves up the potty Oh somebody clap your hands right now [Applause] that's what Christian is a powder their opposition hookahs it closes huh who can say closest the Lazarus who can see closest to Jesus huh all the while Jesus is bleeding under the table huh and nobody cares they're thinking about themselves and their ambition huh they're thinking about their own agenda huh but a woman sees from a distance huh Jesus is bleeding huh and nobody cares and there's people huh and walk into this church that are bleeding and that are hurting huh and nobody cares because we're thinking about our next promotion huh we're thinking about am I gonna make more money on my job we think about what's gonna happen for my kids huh what's gonna happen from my marriage huh what's gonna happen from my ministry huh and the whole time you're missing huh oh wow you are you are part of the potty huh is because God has poured oil into your life huh and it's supposed to be a river of living water it's not supposed to be stagnating up it's not supposed to be kept into a vessel huh it's a bus supposed to flow huh every direction every time you come into the house of God there should be a point of contact my god ah I think God that your pastor has created an avenue for the oil to flow with the life groups but I preach to you you need to get this every Sunday get this every midweek you need to get this every day of your life and it can't be something that's created it needs to be something that flows out ha ha I can't give you that burden huh pastor Soto can't give you that burden huh he can bring the horse to the trough huh but he can't force it to drink huh he's doing everything he can to get you to connect but I'm telling you huh there has to be a burden that rounds up outside of you huh this is even if there weren't any life groups huh I've got to reach my community huh I've got to reach somebody that I don't know huh because there's people that are in worse situations than I'm in right now in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ God put you here in this body because only your hands can meet the need what happens when you refuse to use it to meet the need isn't met was the last time that a worship song was interrupted the first worship song because you stepped out of your pew where you were and you walked over to that pew and you laid your hands on somebody that's what ministry is about the ministry of the saints when's the last time the anointing felt so heavy that you couldn't take it anymore you saw that new person we've been and you step out of your seat as the glory was taken over her and you began to speak in tongues huh and I know it feels uncomfortable huh but you know how I'm the only one that can meet that need and you come out and you just begin the John alongside them huh and you just begin to pray huh and tell them that you love them huh and tell them that you're glad that they're here and I tell you that's why God puts you in the body huh that's why God puts you in the party that's why God puts you in the party God is trying to birth a ministry of the Saints huh but we're not only relying on the great leadership that is here the great leadership team huh but I'm telling you every joint supplies when's the last time you just got up and you just walked over here and said I need your brother huh I need you brother I can't do it without you brother huh I need your brother God's gonna make a way for you huh God's gonna come through for your family huh you just keep holding on you don't give up we're glad that you're here we notice you we notice you come on somebody I'm telling you I'm telling you I'm telling you that's what God wants Oh somebody lift up your hands to the Lord right now and speak in tongues while I was if it cant tire I got ya he let me me me me me kiss him every kid tire tire hallelujah my mama died I remember whatever God called me to the Ministry and I gave up everything to follow him and I went through the worst three years of my life yes the worst three years of my life because God began to bend begin to strip me of a sports mentality huh he began to strip me of the sports pride huh he began to strip me of things that I thought that I knew huh and he began the poor right things into me but I remember when I was on that golf course working maintenance so hot I remember calling out to God and complaining huh and God spoke to me said Victor huh I never called you for you huh I never called you to do your own thing I never called you to do your own mission and get your home goals accomplished the only reason I called you Victor huh is to meet knees in the potty huh it's never been about you victor huh I would have never spoken to you huh if I had not been thinking huh of others huh the only reason I brought you into the kingdom huh and called you to be an evangelist huh because I thought of people that were hurting huh and don't you miss the goal huh don't you miss the vision huh don't you miss why you exist huh it's never about you the man is half dead on Jericho Road and thieves beat him and stripped them it's a terrible scene bloody bloody almost corpse on side of the road and this priest he's on a journey and this priest while he's on his journey he had things that he's wanted to get accomplished things that he's wanting to get done he's got programs he's got all of this things in his mind and he see someone that's dying and hurting and the Bible says he just continued on his journey and he just walked past them as he's gasping for his last breath he walks by he has too much important things to get done for the day I don't have time to help anybody there's a Levi that comes who holds mission huh it's the help people but he looks and he comes a little closer and he looks on him he's dying he's planning he may die right there but he doesn't care huh I've got things that I'm trying to get done I'm on an important journey huh and you're messing up where I'm trying to go I'm not stopping for you huh and he keeps on walking finally there's a Samaritan it comes and they called him the Good Samaritan why huh because the Bible says hear me right now the Bible says then as he journeyed he came where he was the Good Samaritan interrupted his journey to me a need because the knee is more important than the journey [Applause] Good Samaritan had things that he was trying to get done huh he had programs he had things I got I got school I've got to work I've got this I've got that I'm busy I'm busy but the Bible says as he journeyed he could not pass up the cry of a need and he sacrificed his journey to meet a need any port oil huh in that knee and he's remembered more for the need that he met then the journey he was on can I preach to you and the Holy Ghost God's gonna remember you not by your journey he's gonna remember you by the needs that you meet better lay before you every day huh and if you will not meet these needs now he will not meet Lee needs later huh so stop telling Donna hey God once I get this much money huh once I get this house huh once I get this degree then huh you can't use me for your glory God said that's a lie because if you don't do it now you'll never do it [Applause] sacrifices journey to meet a need that's the high cost of change in the world console looking for people that will sacrifice their journey it's a mean needs because the needs more important than the journey I could've did my own thing I could have kept playing I could have kept playing the college basketball I had a bright future I had the vision one scholarships all across the nation cleansing University Missouri LSU Kentucky these colleges still calling me I still got the letters I still got it as they petitioned on me but I could not ignore the cry of these basketball players they seemingly have it all together and here they are weeping in the altar they seemingly have everything that everyone wants in life all the recognition all the notoriety but they're weeping and they're crying out to God and while I'm trying to focus on my journey huh tears but getting the wound up in my eyes I could not see the journey anymore all I could hear were the cries of people that needed someone to get their eyes off of themselves and begin to invest and give themselves to the wounds that were around and the world my coach they don't remember me for the journey I was on they remember me for the need that I met that's how God recognizes you and that's how the world recognizes you because there's a distinct difference between a Christian and the world a world that's full of themselves living of themselves Christians the Bible says that as Christ lay down his life for us even so we should lay down our lives for the Brethren your response to the crucifixion is not just serving him it's laying down your life of the body and if you haven't lay down your life for the body you haven't been what God has created you to be yet I want you to stand on your feet right now I'm not gonna pull on you here tonight but somebody needs to come up front and find a place to pray and make a decision that is not about me anymore it's about meeting needs in the body step out of your pew right now and come find a place to kneel if you never step out of your pughnell as the time the step out of your peel ain't coming find a place to kneel and you need to cry out to God right now he baba sithi be hated in a bah-bah-bah custody there because see baby she tire mama mama-mama ma-ma-ma-ma-ma KC here ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba she didn't a behavior he robbed a baba baba baba kety dee dee dee dee dee da ba saya that's it find a place to kneel or find a place to sit up close but God has to baptize us with the fresh vision ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma make a baby city DDD David Catania la Momo Momo Momo Momo Momo Momo Shiva Vicky Bahama Mama mama mama mama case a B hey Tanya Jesus it's not about me lord help me to hear the cries of the wounded I'm gonna hear the cries of the hurting help me hear the cries of those that are waiting on me to stop thinking of myself and pour myself into the wounds of the body I'm gonna hear the wailing I'm going to hear the cries he kept a bossy hey let their cries override my cries of ambition let their cries override my cries for recognition their cries over led Neera Neera bbbc taya hoorah baba baba sithi baby katrina bah ha ha ha ba ba ba ba a TTT TTT hee ha la la la mama mama she Tia now that's it now pour oil and the person next to you right now I want you to lay your hands on the person next to you right now and I want you to begin to pray hallelujah your God's using you to meet needs right now you don't understand that your hands right now are preventing a suicide you can't see it right now but your hands are preventing somebody from giving up he come up and said today their baby became huh they didn't think anybody cared but here you are laying your hands on them can type of Prayer is a current prayer he said a current prayer is the second type of prayer that God answers it's a situation that you do not have you don't have a long time for God to do this you need God to do it now does that make sense yeah you can have a lost loved one you can that's a memorial thing you just pray until God does something but you could have a situation where you need God to intervene now and when you have that type of prayer Memorial prayers know what you need you can't just go bring the name up or bring the situation of in passing and say god I'm making another payment on this I need you to come through when the situation is desperate it requires desperation in your prayers a current prayer you can't come with a situation with a grant that's tragic and real and severe and come to God and give God a you know Lord what we're going through right now and I need you to come through because the deadline is this week and we need an answer we need some peace we need a miracle and walk out that's there's no desperation there you're giving God the right facts but you're not giving God the heart behind the facts you're showing God I'm really not serious about this because a current prayer requires desperation it requires you to be I need an answer now I don't have 60 years to pray about this we need a miracle in our house that is desperation that's a current prayer and a current prayer God will hear and I want to show you something that that the Lord answers prayers while you're praying them I know that we've got God in this box that if I pray today he can come through by Thursday or he can come through by tomorrow he comes through by next month but actually God the Bible said I can hear you before you and say what you're gonna say in fact I need Jesus I know what you're saying before you even ask [Music] [Music]

Channel: The Faith Once Delivered To The Saints

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Keywords: salvation (christianity), holy spirit (deity), christianity (religion), the bible (religious text), jesus christ (deity), miracle (quotation subject), angel (character species), television (invention), Jesus Christ (Deity), God (Deity), music video (tv genre), oneness pentecostalism (religion), christian (adherents), holy spirit (christianity), pop music (musical genre), martin luther (founding figure), catholicism (religion), Victor Jackson

Id: EgImcJ1xEk4

Length: 67min 30sec (4050 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 05 2018