"Living A Fasted Life"- Stephanie Ike

you know it's not with your series but we're just going to piggy back from last week so for those that we're not here the message was the year of deception now we are in a year of reward okay deception is just us highlighting the area that the enemy is trying to come and you know confuse God's people there's a passage in Colossians and it says let no one cheat you of your reward and that word she can also be deceive you of your reward now in summary what we looked at last week was deceived to be deceived by the enemy is only in areas that we have not been established in God's truth we see that in the life of Eve right even though because one thing the enemy does is that he would always test what you think you know so even though evils aware that they shouldn't eat the fruit the devil comes and says did God say this is that right and if fumbled and you see that is a frequent tactic of the enemy because even with Jesus right when you see you have there's a scene and Jesus is being baptized and God speaks and everyone there present can hear and he says this is my son in whom I am well pleased and then Jesus goes into the world and as the spirit leads him into the wilderness and he's fasting for forty days but the sprit is leading him so that he would be tempted or tested by the devil and it's so interesting how the devil says if you are the son of God do x y&z so he's testing his knowledge of what he's received God tells him this is my son and the devil comes if you are indeed this son right so he likes to test the things that we know and that's why we have to be established on his truth and so the heart of the message last week was really about intimacy with Christ that was what it all boils down to because when we have intimacy we are walking with truth and so today I want to speak about you know God has been dealing on this with me and the truth of any the truth of the matter is any perfect message you hear from someone it's probably one of their biggest struggles that the person is going through because it's not just that people come up here to dictate to you as God is teaching us he's teaching you right so it's you know I'm on the Autobahn probably be at the altar so today's message is going to be about living a fasted life now on Sunday y'all liked what I did there hey so on Sunday we know PT even mentioned and he spoke about you know we need to get into fasting right and fasting is not a religious practice for many of us what PT really did is he put words to what has been taking place in our spirit thank you baby here so he put words because I'm sure for many of us there's been like this this pool in our spirit like there's something I need to do this I need to go deeper and Pt just put words to it and we what we know that we should go into fasting now living a fasted life is different from fasting now both if you can do this and not fast or anything like that but we see that even in the life of Jesus right Jesus fasted before he started his ministry he fasted for 40 days and 40 nights but for the duration of his ministry he lived a fasted life and we're going to go into what that means and how we can apply that because basically today what God has really pressed in my heart there are disciplines that we need to incorporate in our daily lives when we're talking about intimacy with God now what does it mean to live a you know a fasted life fasting is what I believe lays the foundation live in a facet like build the house you see when we come well we're not gonna go into that right now but y'all can learn what fasting is right there but when we come before God when we say Lord I'm coming to you you know there's something I wanna I wanna fast about right you're fasting because there's a specific word that you want to receive we are in a new season and this season we need to understand what is the word of this season God what are you doing in and through my life in this time now the thing about God's Word is that what he's for many of us what he's going to release is the promise of this year but to get to the promise you also need to abide in his word and so fast then it lays the foundation because fashion is about your your seeking God for a word right you're not just fast in just a fast there's a word that you're seeking from him I believe that even as Jesus was in the wilderness it was just not about being tempted or tested by the devil he was prepped he was established in the truth of his ministry and he was able to walk out and just start that thing and so in order to do this because we see that Jesus is someone that he would say I only do what I see my father do Jesus always stayed in prayer right I want us even open to a specific passage and we're going to go into a few things let's go to 2nd Samuel 12 I want and even before we look at this when we talk about you know what is fasting it's to start with what fasting is not right fasting is not manipulation when you're fast is not because you're trying to move the hand of God to say yes to something that you want fasting is about receiving a word from God now in this case we see David so let's even read it and I'm going to go into the text so and he said while the child was alive I fasted and wept for I said who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me that the child may live let's go to the next one but now he is dead why should I fast can I bring him back again I shall go to him but he shall not return to me you see what happened here is that David kind of he was in a very funny situation you know he took a woman you know that belongs to someone else killed her husband it was really messy and then she became pregnant but because of the way that child came and just the yes in which that was that happened and God sends a prophet Nathan to tell David that the child would die and so there's a word that has already been established and so David is coming before it got too fast to see maybe this word might change he's not fasting to say God because I'm coming with the fast that means you're going to do what I say it's open your heart to receive what God is going to speak but the word didn't change right and so the child died and even something I really want to highlight even when we talk about that because for some that might not even be well versed in this children are a gift from God right and everyone is burn with a purpose if God takes a child away perhaps the purpose of that child was to even teach a lesson not because God is evil or God is like I'm just going to strike this child or whatever everything serves the purpose every person serves a purpose there's one that that's not the message but just to clarify that God is not just evil and just gonna oh you did this I'm going to strike this no the child probably even served a purpose to teach a show David that this is not the way that I want you to go right so in the fast even before we go into what fasting is in the fast what it is important what happens after the fast as much as it's important what happens during the fast now many of us might be in a fast many of us might be starting soon many of us might have started and stopped or whatever took place but it is very crucial because we see that there's a man named Moses and Moses is someone that he goes up to the mountain he's led by the spirit to fast and he's in the mountain fasted for 40 days and 40 nights and during that time God writes the Ten Commandments on a tablet and gives it to him so there was something he receives from God in that time but then Moses goes down and is offended by what the people are doing that he throws what God has given him and it broke and so now he has to be led again to the mountain too fast for another 40 days and 40 nights - nah but this time he like God has him right in the the commandments just because it's like you know what if you write it probably you won't break it I but I mentioned this because fashion is not a religious practice it's not just something you do like you know what every June of the year I'm going to do a forty day fast right there is a reason that we do this there's a word that you want to receive from God there was a word that would build or establish a foundation and something needs to be built upon there's a word in the Bible I love so much and it says that unless the Lord builds a house the laborers labor in vain and so when we receive a word from God we are receiving a promise and in order to get to that promise we also need God to guide us there right so let's talk about what fasting is and unless we can pull up that image now fasting hmm what is that fasting is positioning your heart to hear from God it's a physical discipline for spiritual development so when we come before God was saying lord I am positioning my heart to hear from you you see so because you see a lot of times we're so caught up right with so many things in the world we're so caught up with what's going on an Instagram what's going on on whatever you know what's going on here what's going on there even food could be a distraction right and so when we say that Lord and fasting we're turning what our heart is pointed to to God and so it's focused on God and that's why you know I'll give you my personal story so I started fasting and I fasted for you know specific little deals a specific reason and on the first day God answered you know God gave me the word you know the second day I'm like you know what I said three days Lord we're going with this but on the second day around maybe four o'clock my heart is positioned on food I start thinking of clam chowder you know things that I don't even eat rice krispie treats and God is like break you can have some food I said Lord we said three days you know and he's like that's being religious because you already received what you're asking me why you still fasted and if your heart is no longer turned towards me and it's turned towards food you're wasting your time you see when you're fasting and your focus is on the very thing you're fasting off that's torture not fasting and God is not interested in that he's not because he's saying that when you come to me come with your heart turned towards me right and we do this because you see we are three dimensional beings right we have the body the soul and the spirit now God is spirit so when he speaks to us he speaks to our spirit now the spirit translates that message to your soul and your so communicates that to yourself right and so a lot of times why we think we're not hearing from God is because our soul is turned to our body and the body is influenced by its environment and so you have all these desires that are taking place based on your environmental influence is the thing that you're after and so when we say Lord I'm coming to you and fasting and that's why I love it when PT talks about you know fast enough Instagram and all these things because fasting is not literally just about food it's about the things that feed you right and it's like you know what I'm going to take a break on these things to be fed by God and so we're turning we're positioning our heart to hear what God is saying and that's why a lot of times even when you start your fast you still you feel like you're getting attacked because the attack is not about you it's about the word that God released towards you you see there's a man named Daniel and he there was something that took place and the Bible says that the moment Daniel turned his heart to gain understanding and he was fasting that God sent the response right he sent an angel to answer him but the only problem is that Daniel was held up because obviously the enemy is not interested in you getting the answer and so the enemy had you know there was these you know demonic forces and in the realm that held his angel up and so God had to send another angel to release that and so I bring that up just to say that when we are fasting as long as your heart is focused on God whatever is it one go around you never let that distract you because all that is to steal that word right and that's what and if the enemy can have a word he can deceive you in that area and that's not what we're having amen so now we're going to talk about the need to live a fasted life now a fasted life we've talked about fasting and we're going to really apply these principles in to what it means and how we can do this the disciplines that it takes out it know we're going to carry out but live in a fasted life is dependency on God for your every step you see when Jesus what's really interesting that you know when we talk about when the the enemy was tempting Jesus you know sometimes we read the passages and were like oh he was really silly for thinking that Jesus will fall for that or something like that but the truth of the matter is that you cannot tempt someone with something they don't desire and so when God releases a promise to you the enemy knowing okay I have an idea of what this promise is let me see if I can give you a counterfeit version faster and so we need to live a fasted life because we need God's voice directing the way we should go in order to obtain the promise you see when Jesus was in the wilderness and he was tempted one of the things the enemy said to him he said if you bow down to me I will give you all the kingdoms of the world that was a desire of Jesus you see there was a promise towards the Son of God that he would have a name above all names that he would be the King of Kings right and we will see that in um what passage is that I believe we have that once I want us to read it actually let's see here maybe we don't have it I believe it's in Revelation so if you read your whole Bible you will find it like PG says but we see that there's a passage that talks about after Jesus had you know he lived he was obedient to the point of death right and because of that because he was obedient to the voice of God that he received a name above every names and that is why we call him the king of kings and the Lord of lords right and so the enemy knowing that look I know you have a desire for this I am going to present to you a counterfeit version and if you bow down to me you don't need to go through the cross you don't need to go through the headaches of what is going to happen tomorrow I don't know the way I don't know how this is gonna happen right here right now I will give you maybe less than but enough to maybe satisfy you that was not just a random thing because you see Jesus was as much man on earth as he was God but he was man right and the reason that we can he understands us is because he went through what we go through so that temptation was real you see right before that we see that the enemy tempted him with food and the Bible says because he was hungry so we see that these things were desires that he had but he was able to say no and he was able to say no with the Word of God not by anything else with the Word of God right and so let's open so I want us to look at something really quick actually let's open to proverbs 23 26 this right here is the whole purpose of why we fast and this right here is the whole purpose of living a fasted life using the passage it says my son give me your heart and let your eyes observe my ways that is it even when if when Jesus talks about love the Lord your God with all your heart all your soul and all your mind if your heart is not with God we are not fasting if our heart is not with God we can't live a fasted life Jesus would often say my will my you know my food is to do the will of my father is it was this there was this scenario and he's talking about food and his disciples think he's hungry and he says no and they're like oh there's somebody give him food and he's like no no not that kind of food my food is to do the will of my father because his heart was turned to God now let's go into let me let me see here how to live a fasted life actually not even that let's go into the need where what was you talking about the need to live a fasted life let's open to John 5:19 2:20 it's something so fascinating here you see right here Jesus is talking to his disciples and then he says then jesus answered and said to them most assuredly I say to you the son can do nothing of himself but what he sees the father do for whatever he does the son also does in like manner for the Father loves the Son and shows him all things that he himself does and he will show him greater works than these that you may marvel now what is interesting let's go to the previous passage really quick and you see these are the benefits of living a fasted life because we're always coming to God like God what does my day hold now when I was reading this the word do for some reason was really highlighted to me and I said let me look into that word what does it mean that the son only you know the song will only do what he sees his father do and what is interesting in the in the Greek that word actually means to agree or purpose so Jesus is saying I'm only seeing what God is in agreement with I'm only seeing what God has purposed Wow you see when we talk about the model prayer people call it the Lord's Prayer you know one of the things that he said is that our Father who art in heaven hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven what we're praying is that God show me what you have agreed with what has been the purpose of my life you see when what the life were living is a finished work we're only in the process of it but it's a finished walk on the path of what God has purposed to take place and so when Jesus is speaking here he's saying we are only supposed to be doing what God is in agreement with we're only supposed to be doing what God has purposed for our lives are you in a relationship that God is in agreement with are you in a career the God is in agreement with are you in a place that God is in agreement with Jesus was so in tune with God that everything he did God was in agreement with and this is the power because if not if we don't see this we can even get caught up in false promotions you see those are passage Jesus is doing all these incredible things in Israel right and as a pleaser there's a passage if you read your whole Bible you will find it but it's a passage that we see that the people wanted to make Jesus King the people are like let us make him king of Israel but this is a low level promotion when Peter talks about seed and harvest that is below the seed because they're trying to make him a king of one region but God is calling him to be the king of kings and because Jesus was aware that I know you want to promote me but these promotion is not in agreement with God and so because of that I have to walk away and he leaves them this is the importance family why we need to live a fasted life because there are so many things are going to take place it's going to look like there's promotion is going to look like the booze on the way it's going to look like all kinds of things everybody likes that look at y'all all right now I do too hold up come on down but that is why that is why family I tell you we have to live a fasted life every area of our life has to have total dependency on Christ we need to know God what are you in agreement with over my life what have you purposed over my life the step I am taking which path am I going right you see David would say that your word is a lamp unto my feet so your word shows me which way I should go imagine if this whole room was dark we're going to be bumping into each other you know stepping on each other whatever the case is but it's going to be a mess but when you can see where you're going you're aware of what the door is with exit is is there's a fire okay we know exit right there right but when you don't see where you're going probably we'll just all burn up nobody wants that come on now and so we have to say Lord I need to know I need I need you in my life I need you to I need to know what you have agreed for me to do because that is the path of success family now let's go into how to live a fasted life okay and the the main thing there's one thing and it's really tied to a disciplined prayer life but it's not just a discipline prayer life is a discipline that the planned disciplined it's a disciplined prayer life with the intention to seek God right it's not just we're praying just to pray we're praying with the intention to seek the Lord now prayer is not just what happens in your bedroom you know when you're laying down or something like that what I find amazing is that there are people in the Bible that God was you know they would they identify them as people that walked with God no I was one of them they said Noah was a man that walked with God and everything he did he was with God everything about his life was with God if his farming he did it with God if his cooking he did it with God what I love about that sentence it is an action word right it's not just it wasn't that you know nowhere knelt with God but he walked with him everything about his life God was involved in it right and so there are certain principles from fasting that we can incorporate into living a fasted life now one of them I want us to look at Ezra 821 and the first thing I want to talk about is you because fasting is an expression of humility and how we can incorporate this because you see family we're not going to pray every morning unless we understand that God I need you today more than I needed you yesterday I need you to direct my path even more than I needed you yesterday when we get out of the way because pride is not just what we think it is pride can also be saying that I can rely on my own understanding enough to get me through the day and now we see this passage it says then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of was that I hava that we might humble ourselves before our Lord to seek to seek from him the right way the right way for us you know the right way for us and our little ones and you know all of that possessions but what's fascinating about that is that they're talking about they humble themselves through fasting that God may show them the right way to go and so it's humility because a lot of times we are so caught up with how we understand things we rely on our own wisdom every time I have to get up here and speak I said God if you are not with me this ain't happening Holy Spirit if you don't direct this I'm not speaking because it's not about oh God has given me gift of wisdom of God has given me gift of this you need God to do God things you cannot rely on yourself and everything that God has called you to do family be it might not look like you know on a pulpit as what the MGP talked about on Sunday your ministry could be your business right but everything every purpose every desire every gift God has placed in you you need him to carry death in out when we start to rely on ourselves even the Bible says relying not on your understanding it's not just about people even you cannot trust yourself we need God for these things family secondly fasting is a sacrifice it cost you something when we're fasting you know what's one so hilarious is that when it's so interesting how people want to invite you for all these things when you set your mind to fast oh there's a birthday party there's a wedding there's whatever you know in my in my language who's not even in my language in my country who say no be me on you and what that means is you can go but I'm not going and so it's a sacrifice right it's not everywhere you're just you you you want to go it's not everything that you're going to do and so when we come before God we're saying god I'm going to sacrifice this time for you I'm not going to fit you into my schedule but my schedule will fit into you and so it's not just about you know let me see what I can work out here and then we know God I'll place you here but no Lord I'm going to seek you first and everything else comes after right fasting is a discipline right you have to be disciplined when we say we're fasting you know a lot of times God would even drop a timeframe you know a period like even when Esther will fasted and she set her mind to fast for three days you know and everyone else to fast for three days and they all came together it was a discipline there are certain things you say no to there studying food you say no to right and so in the same way with God we have to be disciplined about our time and this is the this is the heart of the message we have to be discipline and say Lord I am going to spend this time with you I'm going to spend this time to seek you as I start my day I'm going to spend this time and even as I walk with you I'm going to be in tension I'm going to be disciplined to say Lord what do you think about this right fasting is commitment you have to be committed to what you're doing when you're saying god I want to hear your word I'm committed to hearing from God and so in living a fasted life is a commitment it's not just for two days or three days we're saying Lord each and every day of my life I am mitad to hearing what you have to say over that day you see there was a sermon PT print it cracked me up because he mentioned how we talked about you know same thing different day and there's a way he's like says who but really who is saying that not God right it's never the same thing different day today I'm just I'm looking on the news and it's crazy how it's so crazy how people that have all these plans for their life and it's ended just like that and if we are doing the same thing different day are we going to be satisfied with our lives if it just it ends just like that and that is why we have to be in tune God what is it that you have for me that is the whole point of this family and it hit a really hit me to write because there's some things I'm like okay God we got this you know we're going and he's like no I really want you I want you to hear what I'm saying about that don't walk ahead of me walk with me you see a lot of times we're walking ahead of God we're like god this looks right it feels right I'm going to do it and then we get caught up in all these consequences and then we blame God as if he's the one that told you to do it right and it's just to kill this myth kill whatever that God cannot speak to you in every area of your life he desires to he desires that relationship he desires that intimacy with you I want us to read something and it's proverbs 2 I'm going to look through verse 1 to 11 now this is a bit longer so I have it on here because I'll be straining okay it says my son if you accept my words and store up my commands with within you turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding indeed if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure wow I was going to stop there quick because God is showing us this is not just you know what let me just test how it goes he says we need this in the same way we need treasure if you search for my word as a hidden treasure see there's a passage oh my gosh I love this passage so much and that's lazy would move into that and we'll come back to this and it's about Jesus let's go to mark 1 1:35 I'm going to come back we are on another verse were on you see it says now in the morning having risen a long while before daylight he went out and departed to a solitary place and there he prayed there's a lot of intentionality in this word it says now in the morning before daylight while it was still dark Jesus gets up now he he went and departed to a solitary place first of all he got up how many of us like praying laying down Lord the same position you woke up Laurie I'm here Jesus all the temptation to fall right back to sleep right he got up he's like I am NOT going to be tempted in the same position and then he went to a place where no one could find him he was intentional about removing himself from distractions he's a lot of time we say we're praying the TV's on somebody's in other room having a conversation and you put it the funniest thing I've done it so I know you're praying with someone then you put it on mute yeah girl will happen having a whole conversation somebody else is praying right and a lot of times we do this even with God we're over here like yes thank you lord Instagram pops up with who like my picture hold up I need to know all right somebody dropped the comment we do this with him and so we see that Jesus removed himself he removed himself from distractions when we are saying that we are intentional about our prayer life we have to be all the way we have to pursue it as though seeking for a hidden treasure right so let's go back to the Proverbs and I believe we are on lapel surgery on there five will go to five right then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God that is amazing to me find the knowledge of God because of Jesus lifestyle he lived the fasted life he always had insight about his life he always had insight about what God is doing and inside as I described it is God's will insight it's a visual word you see when God gives you a word and you begin to visualize what he's saying about you you begin to visualize what he's what he's telling you to do you have understanding you have knowledge about it right so let's go further where we actually okay for the Lord gives wisdom and his mouth come knowledge and understanding he holds success in store for the upright Wow he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of the faithful ones then you will understand what is right and just and fair every good path for wisdom will enter your heart well and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul discretion will protect you list hold up there real quick discretion will protect you you see when you're in tune with God you become aware of what not to say and what to say you see a lot of times what kills our vision what kills the things that God has told us is that we're speaking to the wrong people but when he says discretion will protect you because God will lead you to the people you should discuss with God will lead you to the people that you shouldn't discuss right because it's not just protecting and one and I love when it says it will protect you because your life is your purpose your life is the vision God has given you and so when that thing is taken from you because those around you are discouraging you because you spoke too soon you see you cannot expect people to agree with what they have not seen you cannot expect people to agree with what they have not heard and so when you are dependent on approval from the wrong people we tend to slow down we tend to start questioning am i doing the right thing because we opened our mouths in places we should have been quiet and so discretion will protect you and understanding will guard you wow you see this whole thing just fascinates me because in this we see everything that God is saying my word will do for you it will protect you it would keep you it would lead you into success in every area one thing we need to understand is that God is interested in every area of our lives funny story very very funny story you see sometimes the good will tell you you don't need to ask God what you're going to wear just put something on and you know yeah you know just put something on right but one day I'm like Lord show me what to wear and I picked this this particular shirt that you know I was kind of more lean towards too and I picked that out but that day I met someone that the character on the shirt was like his favorite than ever and he's like oh my gosh that is such a dope shirt but that person needed to hear about Jesus and so when when you can give every area of your life he can use every area he can use what color you want to use on your toe somebody might see that so-and-so Wow I do love yellow but really really I'm telling you I try a lot of random things because if you know me I'm very random and oh my god what color should we use on this pinky but but reals either and it's so funny that God always shows how when we can open our lives to him he can use it he can use every area of it so family it's really today is all about living a fasted life and as I said this message is as much for me as is as much for all of us we receive a word from God we receive a promise from God but how we get there is still dependent on God everything we need to know what his word is saying to guide us to that place you see what I love about this time we are in and what I love about the promise you see when the Israelites were in the wilderness they were fed with you know what the Bible calls manna and what is fascinating is that God will tell them only gather enough for that day only for that day but the promised land was a land of abundance it was not just about enough for that day and so we've been living a life that has been enough for each day Lord I have enough for today and God is like I am leading you to abundance but you see one of the things that God told the Israelites is that when you get there do not forget my teachings right do not forget it's not about getting to the destination you see when we are so focused and that's that's why a lot of times we don't live fulfilled lives when we are so focused on the destination we miss everything that happened in the process and God is saying when you are living when you are walking with me the destination is just another level of our walk it's not a place to forget or abandon me it's not a place to imagine that it is your understanding that brought you here and so he is so key about us having this mindset God out my heart being turned towards you my heart being positioned to hear from you always because for God to tell the Israelites when you get there do not forget is because there was the possibility that they will write no matter everything that he showed them there was the possibility that these people might forget enter family we're not going to forget because the purpose of the destination is still to glorify Him is to carry out his will is to do the things that he has positioned us on this earth to do positioned us in this time to do and to rise with me we thank you Lord well you see as simple as this message is it's one of the most important things that we have to hold on to it's great to come here and you know we can encourage you all day right but when God is in your ear you would always be encouraged and so a lot of times you want to hear you can do it you know I was that movie you can do it well maybe I'm just a movie person uh but we want to be like that right we like that bum telling you this the simplicity in this is so key its key for our lives is a game-changer because when God is in your ear they're setting things that you would be so quick to say no and yes because now his keys his training you up in discernment his building you up to know what is for you and what is not you see when you have been in a place where you've been receiving enough for each day anything that looks like promotion you would jump at it but that might be a seed that might be below what God has for you and like Petey says when you are committed to one thing you are automatically disqualified for something else in that same you know region or that same you know what I mean you know what I mean and so this is not a time to just jump at anything this is not a time to just say oh the special approach me know just like Jesus said I only do what I see my father do I only do what he's in agreement with I only do what he has purposed for my life and that should be our motto as we leave here we should say Lord Jesus I only want to do what you are in agreement with because time is ticking life is too precious to be wasted it is too precious to play games with and I believe it was was David or with the whole Bible and you'll find it and he said teach us to number our days that we may have a heart of wisdom time is not something to play with family time is your life and you cannot give it to things that God has not agreed over and so if you're like me and you're like Lord I want if you're doing these things already praise God right but if you're like me and you're like Lord it is time everything in me should be turned towards you my heart should always be turned towards you and what's fascinating is that God will help you it sounds so crazy but he will I'll give you a pearl in a very transparent Galloway's you know I used to think I know I dealt with you know dealing with being like being approved by people and when I felt like God I think I've passed this stage you know there's either one because even when it came to ministry and all those things I'm like I used to really struggle with that even though that was my passion even though that is what I knew God called me to do but I struggled with it because everyone had these ideas of what I should do Oh Stephanie you should model because I got cheekbones right you should do all these things and I'm like how can I be modeling and doing all of that right and not because it was and it was not even about modeling but money was not my passion I admired it but it wasn't what God had put in my heart and so I thought that when you know Lord I wrote this book I came out right I wrote this book about you and all these things and I'm like Lord I am not dealing with approval and then all of a sudden you know when we these messages go on YouTube and I'm just going to be transparent these messages go on YouTube and I'll go look at it and I'll see you one dislike I'm like why is this hidden whose account does this belong to right and I'm like God what did I say that made them dislike this but there's this so and then he started showing me and he started speaking to me he says my child you don't need to be approved by men I have called you approved but it doesn't end there because how many of us know the right thing but we're still in the wrong thing you're still like God I know but who is this let me not say the word I want to use right and literally I said god I need help right because that is us Ben that is us being humble God I need you to help me take this thinner way and I didn't know what I was saying when I made that prayer but that night in a dream a man comes to me and is I don't even know to explain this but he took something out of me and I knew that thing to be a need for approval and I woke up and I'm like there was just it's like the taste of wanting to know what people are saying left me and so when I say these things that you're saying that God I need you to help me turn my heart to you because there are so many things that my heart is turned to right now that does not glorify you if that is you come down because he will help you he will help you you see when we have been so and that is why the the literal way of fasting when you you know you fascinating things why that is so important is because we've been so turned to the world we've been accustomed to things that have become a stronghold in our lives and I'm just going to say how how I see it right some up some some in this house have even an addiction to pornography there's been an accustomed to that and you're like God I and it's it you've been fighting that you've been fighting that God how can I be so caught up in this thing and I want to serve you I want my heart to be turned to you and God is going to break that family whatever it is you're going through being being in the house of the Lord doesn't mean we're all Saints right we're all developing and that's what's beautiful about God that's why he does not judge us because he says I love you enough to build you and so he's not looking at you and judging you insane you have this problem why no he says you have this problem but I need you to just open that area to me that I can help you that's humility and so whatever you are struggling with that has caused your heart to not be turned fully to God come on down mine was the need for acceptance y'all and he helped me with that because you cannot serve God fully if you're wondering if people are going to like your message because not everyone will like the truth and he helped me with that thing if that is you come down it doesn't matter what it is God is not judging you he wants to help you he wants to help you thank you lord thank you lord now there's there's some of you that you're you're really going through it I mean not really going through it everybody's fine named Jesus but you've opened your mouth too soon and a lot of people have discouraged you about the very thing that God has told you to do and he's going to strengthen you and he's going to put people in your life is going to surround you with relationships that will build you and not tear you down and so if you know there are dreams that God has put in you and you are too quick to let that thing go because of how many people that said no not because it's a know just because discretion did not guide you in that area calm down if that's you come down if that's you God will put yes family we see you we see you what literally it's going to be like a fire you're just is going to be a fresh fire over that thing and you're not going to be bothered by who said no because in this moment I tell you God is saying yes and he wants you to know he wants you to know how many you know what's so funny you know this is passage where it says you know if two or something confirms the thing you know then the Lord is talking to you but you got to be careful who's confirming it to you because if it's people that God did not appoint you're being deceived and so whatever people have said you can't do this thing just because you spoke too soon that did not mean God was the one speaking through them and so if that is if there's any more of you in here come on down come on down he's gonna put then you fire you yes thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord Wow Wow and and this is amazing you know some really have a struggle waking up enough there that you have the desire you actually have the desire to pray you have the desire that God I want to set you first you have that desire but it seems that every time you want to wake up you know it's like there's this struggle there's this battle and you wake up and it's like you're beating yourself up every time and God is not in that God is not in you torturing yourself because you feel like you can't come up you see if there's anything you need to take with you alongside with this message understand that any area that you feel like you've reached your end God is not over there judging you like you can do better no they said that in our weakness he is our strength he wants to help you and so even as something as you not feeling like you can wake up on time the Holy Spirit will wake you up and so if that is you you've been beating yourself up about this thing calm down calm down calm down yes family we see you come down calm down amen amen and you come come on this seems like there's someone else there's someone else don't be ashamed don't be ashamed I we see you come on down amen amen amen amen god what god is our oh my gosh I don't even know what words to call him he's our everything and the Holy Spirit Jesus sent the Holy Spirit he said I will send you another helper right he wants to help you in every area of your life understand this anyone any any feeling whenever you feel guilt or shame or condemnation because of something you did that did not glorify God he's not in the condemnation he's not in that he's saying that open that area to me whatever you're struggling with open that area to me let my light shine in there so I can help you the Holy Spirit will help you thank you Lord we are all going to be stronger people we're all going to be better people we're all going to build ourselves right not even else building ourselves with the Holy Spirit building us right this is so beautiful there's something there's something hmm something someone is in here and it seems either I don't if it's a family member or it seems someone been on life support I don't know or something something about life support and if that is you God wants you to know that or if it's life to me if you're here God wants you to know that that person will not die if you're here you can come down if someone in your family or someone you're connected to is on life support amen amen amen they will not die they will not die they will not die thank you Jesus Wow Wow come on let's praise God Wow amen amen and God sees you when he says that he's healing people it's like you had that hesitation to believe that because it seems that it was a done deal oh they're on life support but God is they're going to start breathing on their own their God is gonna be amazing come on Jesus hey I could sing right now come on praise God praise God God family God is in the business of healing restoration right he wants you to have everything he died for you to have there's no in-between right when he says be fruitful and multiply these are signs that he wants to bless you he wants you to have every good gift come on let us pray this is so beautiful thank you Jesus thank you Holy Spirit just you know what just just don't eyes closed everyone even if you're not up here don't focus on who's next to you or anything like that focus on Jesus focus on Jesus thank you Lord for what you're doing in this house well thank you Lord oh god we just lift you up father God we lift you up we know that you are with us in all things and we know that you would help us in all things Lord God we open every part of our lives to you we open and say lord help us help us to live the life you have called us to we thank you lord we thank you for the healing that moved in this house we thank you Lord for the testimonies that would take place we thank you Lord because even when we decree a thing it is established and so we declare and decree permanent healing in the name of Jesus Lord God we come against anything that is none of you and we ask that thing to leave and never return in the name of Jesus Lord God we thank you because what people call impossible you even laugh at that word because all things are possible with you thank you Jesus when you died you said it is finished everything we need is finished in you Lord may we never settle may we never settle may we never settle may we never settle Lord but we would always know that in you is abundance in you is life in you is our healing our restoration the blessings that do not come with sorrow have your way in our lives Lord not just here but outside these four walls let this message Lord God may it be applied each and every single day of our lives because Holy Spirit we know you would help us we know and we trust you we trust you lord have your way always in Jesus name thank you Holy Spirit for what you're doing right now thank you Lord amen you

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Published: Thu Jan 14 2016