Make Room For A Miracle | Pastor Jentezen Franklin

you have your Bibles open them open them with me to the book of second Kings I want to go to 2nd Kings chapter 4 for just a moment wow that's great 2nd Kings chapter 4 I want to show you something today that I think is so important it's so simple and yet it does it does teach us a Bible principle that our response to God is very very important I've heard people say that it's the preaching of the word of God that's the most important thing in the service and I understand what they're saying but I don't necessarily agree with that I think your response to the preaching of the word is the most important thing because you can hear it you can experience it but if you don't respond then it's it's it's not no effect and I want you to see in 2nd Kings chapter for something that's pretty powerful verse 9 and she said to her husband look now I know that this is a holy man of God who passes by us regularly who passes by us the King James says constantly so in reference to Elijah the Prophet and how that he through the power of God could work mighty miracles incredible miracles if he read about it he was the one that had the double portion you remember anointing and the woman said to her husband I've noticed that that this the power of God in this vessel is walking by our house continually and then if you read on she said let's make a room let's add on a room I don't want him just to pass us by I want to make room for the miraculous in my life I want to make room for a miracle in my family but notice that every day on a regular basis constantly Elijah who since perhaps the Holy Spirit the power of God is constantly going by but that doesn't mean just because it's passing by that it benefits you until you make room no Bible said when they added on a room and put a bed and a candle on a table that the Prophet turned in and he stayed and dwelt there because they made room for a miracle in Luke chapter 18 in verse 37 notice of pattern blind bartimaeus was told by someone Jesus is passing by seeing Luke 19 and 1 Jesus entered and passed through he was passing through Jericho in mark 6 and verse 40 there in the storm there there the winds are raging and the Bible said the disciples are in the boat there toiling with and rowing the wind was contrary and Jesus came walking on the sea listen to these words though this is mind-boggling and would have passed them by he would have passed them by highlight those four verses those verses that I just read and one says he's passing by one said he's passing through one says he would have passed them by and then and the second king said that he's passing by continually on a regular basis but it's not enough to know that the Spirit of God is here today because he is where two or three are gathered in his name he's here but apparently according to these scriptures is possible for God to pass by and it not benefit us if we don't make room for his presence the Bible opens by telling us something about the Spirit of God the Holy Spirit early in the book of Genesis it says and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters notice that the Spirit of God is new pictures as a as a river that's constantly moving the river is moving which means in that River the power the provision the promises of God are passing by and you and I are supposed to get in contact with that River don't just let it pass you by this morning you know what you'll get out of this service exactly what your faith reaches out for because this passing by it's not an issue of whether or not he's here the question is will it do you any good and we have the power to stop the passing by to make him stand still need does not obligate God to do a miracle just because you have a need if you just stand by or sit by and watch the river pass by you can miss all of God's provision in God's power what makes him stand still what makes him not pass us by I believe it's desperation I believe there's something about desperation that will stop him from passing by some people don't understand our passion in a church like this they don't understand people shouting in people clapping and people praising but some of us understand that it's not just God as God is gonna do whatever he wants to do I know he's sovereign I understand that theology but the truth is there's a reason why every one of these occasions he was just passing by passing through would have passed them by that's about as plain as you can get but they all did something they cried out in desperation and Jesus changed what he was doing and where he was going because somebody access more than letting him pass by and I'm saying to you this morning we can through our desperation through our faith what what makes him stop it's it's our faith it's our honesty it's getting real with God it's doing more than playing Church it's doing more than watching the river but it's getting in a place it's a big crowd people are everywhere but somebody can stop Jesus from just passing by and that's why we worship you call it some people call this energy this isn't energy this is that this is the Holy Ghost this is the power of the Holy Spirit this is worship this is praise this is calling on the name of Jesus because we're desperate to stop him from passing us by there's a little man in the Bible by the name of Zacchaeus he sought to see the Lord but was unsuccessful and the Bible said he saw a tree he could have let the crowd keep him but he saw a tree and climbed up in the tree because he was so short in stature that he was afraid as Jesus was passing by he wouldn't see Jesus so he climbed up in a tree and the Bible said we all have sinned and we have come short of the glory of God so what I'm saying to you is all of us are too small to see him but I like this guy because he had a problem he knew Jesus was passing by he was too short he couldn't see him and so he said my answer is not in me my answer is in a tree the tree which represents Calvary enlarged Zacchaeus the tree caused him to see Jesus and more importantly the tree made Jesus see him and when you get in the tree called Calvary Jesus sees you and then Jesus had come down out of the tree because I'm going to your house today he could have just passed by but when he got in the tree Jesus said I'm not passing by I'm going to your house and I'm gonna bless your whole family and I'm gonna change the future of your family because you got in the tree if you can get in Calvary's tree he'll go home with you this morning depression won't go home with you defeat won't go home with you if you get in the tree and say Lord it's not in me I can't do anything but it's in the tree my answer is in the tree Jesus will notice you blind bartimaeus the Bible said was told Jesus is passing by and he cried out with a loud voice son of David have mercy on me and some of the church junkies came to him and said you need to calm down and the Bible said he cried even louder he cried the more with a loud voice listen to that he cried louder in other words he got a miracle for crying out loud turn to your neighbor and say you can get a miracle for crying out loud or you can miss a miracle for sitting there don't you minimize of my praise don't you act like we're emotionally shallow because sometimes we fill a hallelujah down in our soul and we've been been through hell all week long and we just raised our hands and we shout it out you might be one hallelujah away from a miracle because when he shouted the Bible said he got a miracle everybody take a praise spray and lift your voice and thank God for a tree and thank God for mercy Jesus Jesus heard the cry for mercy have mercy Joshua under the Old Covenant made the su end the Sun the physical Sun in the sky when he prayed your Bible said he's fighting a battle running out of daylight and he looked in faith and said son stand still su in stand still the Bible said he stopped the wrote the whole universe from rotating and finished his battle but bond Bartimaeus didn't just make the SU n stand still he made the one who made the Sun stand still he made the Son of God the S o n the Son of David the son of Jesus Christ God stand still oh my goodness you mean he's passing by and if I cry out in faith if I learn to worship and I learned to praise and I get desperate and I get in a place of faith that I can cry out that I can make Jesus stand still I know and some of you have having problems with the theology of me I don't care what you call it the bottom line is in every one of these cases Jesus was going somewhere else and he was stopped by somebody who cried out Wow the Bible said the disciples got in a boat they went out on the Sea of Galilee got in the middle of the Sea of Galilee way committed and all of a sudden a storm comes and I love what your Bible said it said and Jesus was on the land on the shore but he saw them in the storm when you can't see Jesus because of the storm he can see you some honey needs to hear that today have you ever desperately needed to see him and you can't see him cuz there's so much going on around you but when you can't see him he can see you you're never in a valley so deep that Jesus can't see you you're never in a trial so great that Jesus can't see you you feel overwhelmed by the storm you feel conquered by the contrary winds but Jesus has his eyes upon you this morning and what gets me about this story is Jesus the Bible said they were tolling and they were laboring tolling with those oars trying to go and they couldn't get anywhere they couldn't move anywhere the waves were overcoming them and filling the boat and they were about to drowned and died and Jesus came walking on what they were warned Jesus came walking on what they were worrying with Jesus was walking on it he was walking on your problems he's walking on your negative circumstance he's walking on what your warring and talling with he's walking on it I'm gonna say something big right here what you're worried about is what's gonna bring him to because he's walking on but the obvious does not obligate God listen if you want son this whole message up that's it and that line the obvious does not obligate God you would think if Jesus saw them and even when He healed blind Bartimaeus before he healed and he said what do you want me to do oh well it's obvious I'm blind heal my toenail no I'm blind but have you here's the principle the obvious does not obligate God faith it's what moves God desperation people crying out in faith is what moves God jesus said to the blind man by him blind Bartimaeus what do you want me to do for you and he said that I might receive my sight and he got it but it was obvious but obvious doesn't obligate God same thing in this story so there they are in the storm they're drowning about to go under and Jesus comes walking on the water in the part of this story that blows my mind and it says and he would have passed them by because the obvious does not obligate God to meet your need he would have I mean fully knowing they're gonna drown the whole Bible plan is gonna go under the water the big book the Bible's in those guys it's gonna go under the water and he would have passed them by if somebody had cried out and said help until until we understand that danger and despair is not why Jesus did it he did it because somebody cried out and the Bible said when somebody cried out that the wind Jesus walked on the water to the boat and the wind ceased the word cease means to no longer exist the problem that existed when Jesus was passing by and they made room for him and cried out to him and got him where their need was the Bible said the wind ceased it was no longer in existence they were tolling with that and all of a sudden instantly it was gone what happened to the wind when it be something today if you left this service saying what happened to the disease what happened to the depression what happened to my sin what happened to who I was what happened to my addiction what happened see we need to get back to Bible preaching because I believe Jesus can take somebody today and the old things can pass away and all things become new and you can leave here saying what happened to who I used to be I'm not that person anymore I've been born again what happened to our marriage what happened can you imagine them tolling and instantly it ceased it's like you ever played tug-of-war you ever you ever got a rope and tied a flag in the middle and got one team on one side and one team you but then this team says let's just let act like it and in a minute just let the Rope go I think that's how they were they were out in that boat I could see them tolling tolling tolling and all of a sudden it all ceased and it's like whoa what happened do you know that we serve a God that can do that this morning where did where did it go where did my sin go I dare you to turn to somebody beside you and say will you help me come on tell them say will you help me I'm desperate I want to make room for a miracle this can be another Sunday morning another service another church and Jesus is passing by or these buildings can become a building like that woman when she said he's passing by continually but I'm not content with him just passing by I want to make room for him and when she made room for him the Bible said the Prophet turned in and one day she needed it because when her son died the Bible said that he took that boy and put him in his bed Wow in the room that she made and raised him from the dead build him a room this morning a room of faith a room of praise a room of desperation a room of crying out a room of seeking God I need a touch I need God to booth I don't need another church service where where where I know God's passing by I need him to come home with me and I'm gonna get in the tree I know I don't deserve it so I'm going to the tree and it's not in me it's in the tree and if I'm in the tree Jesus can't ignore me because there's a covenant he made in that tree and today I believe that this can be one of those services where things will never be the same again for somebody's life throw your hands up at every campus and for the next 30 seconds I don't care what anybody thinks open up your mouth and cry out to God if you want more than a pass-by you want more than a drive-by you want more than knowing that Jesus is real but you need to make room for your my body is the rim or the temple of the Holy Ghost now in your temple make room for his power not just the past by the Bible said and Jesus stood steel he stood still when blind bartimaeus cried out Jesus would it be something if he stood steel at every one of our campuses there's nothing God can't do when people believe in faith Jesus Christ the same yesterday today and for ever it's time for some things to cease to no longer exist hallelujah stand to your feet at every every one of our campuses right now hallelujah I said hallelujah the Bible said he inhabits the praise of his people so if you're in a rush to get out of here you need to just remember we're not through with this service I want you to throw both your hands up in the air I want you to forget about everybody around you and I want you to create room for him to work room for him to touch you open your mouth open your mouth and fill it with a praise phrase everybody in this room get a praise phrase hallelujah glory thank you Jesus I need more than a pacifier today I need you to come home with me I need you to come in here we need your touch we need something God today somebody's desperate somebody today needs more than another church service somebody today is hungry somebody today is saying Lord I really really really need a fresh touch today send your anointing to my house just get in the tree you get in the tree and Jesus can't pass you by don't stand in your own will I've been good and I deserve it no you don't just get in the cross get in the cross and then it'll come because of the cross because worthy is the lamb he'll go home with you he'll go home with you spell your heads one moment in every campus here in this room then you'd say pastor I'm desperate I need to get right with God I know I'm far from God and I want to get right with God this morning pray for me if that's you right where you are without hesitation without negotiating your way out of it just obey God I can't call you down front because we're about to pray for our kids but everybody in this room and in every campus that we have that wants to make room for Jesus in your family in your life in your heart in your body he'll take you just like you are but you got to invite it you got to make room just like that woman did you got to make room this is your home and all you got to do to make room is say I need him if that's you I want you to raise your hand high right where you're standing I need to make room for Jesus this morning this is phenomenal I'm telling you there's so many hands raised I'm not right with God but I want to get right with God I'm not right with God but that's what you're saying when you raise your hand raise it high on the shake there are so many hands here in Gainesville I'm sure it's happening everywhere this is pretty amazing really it's beautiful all the way up in the top valcon in the overflows wherever you are pray this prayer everybody say these words out loud Lord Jesus I make room for you in my heart i I know I can't change me I know that I don't have the answer the answer is not in me the answer is in the tree a place called Calvary a man named Jesus I believe his blood cleanses me it's healing me it's gonna go home with me I received today an instant change the wind ceases some things no longer exist that used to exist because I am born again come on say it I am born again I am a new creation and I receive new life in Jesus mighty name now would you do something would you lift up your voice in which you praise God as they come hands-on students on teachers or coaches all home scholars own parents who are dealing with home schoolers and we're going to bless our kids and we're making room for God in 2016-17 school year to do mighty things in their life agree with us don't stand here and watch them worship worship with them come on out guys and Leslie [Music]

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Length: 25min 17sec (1517 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 08 2017