Mission Possible - Stephanie Ike

hey my friend god bless you welcome to the one youtube channel you're getting ready to hear a dynamic message that's gonna bless you richly i'm pastor torre and uh on behalf of myself my wife pastor sarah our incredible ministry team we're just glad that you're here and you're connected to us and we want you to stay connected really quickly there's two ways you can do that one is turn on your notifications we want you to know every time we're going live every time something powerful and edifying and encouraging is coming through so turn on your notifications click subscribe and if you want to support this ministry that's doing great work all around the world not just spiritually but even practically their instructions on how to do so here and last but not least if you haven't read my latest book balance if you don't have it in your life you're missing out it's changing lives all over the world and you can go to thebalancebook.com and get that book and be a part of the thousands of people whose lives have already been changed by this great work now speaking of great work here comes the word i'm so glad you're here enjoy family i i just love love just stand with me while we pray before we get into the word because literally there was a sound you know i've been in prayer asking the lord what is it that you want to speak on to your children and i had some thoughts because i was like okay god there was something you had told me that we should you know talk about but something was different something was it was almost like this alarm going off in my spirit and i said god what is it and there was this phrase that he kept her lighting mission possible you see as we were singing and we are saying that god we will see revival fill the nations but how do we see revival fill the nations it's through you is how the holy spirit partners through an individual who believes that god can use them to bring change into this nation that god can use them to change their society their community that god can use them to impact culture in such a grand way you see last week while our pastor was with us he said something that it's just the truth anyone that is connected to the sound of this ministry there is a vision on your life that is bigger than you have ever thought about anything in your life there is a vision there is a burden god has put in your heart that literally feels impossible but you see the bible says that with man it is but with god all things are possible [Applause] and so when you're drawn to this house you know this is a house of i'd like to call it both and people we're very layered one moment you might see us with a mic the next moment we might be in the magazine right we're very layered people you see you're not just that's why i love when pastor roosevelt preached that word about that that released so many people to realize like wow i'm also an author i never saw my life that way when you think about yourself you're like yes god has me you know in the medical department but he's also given me this idea for a film we're both and people we're not boxed into one thing because what it means is that we are willing vessels god however you want to use me i know i've been in the arts but you can pull me into tech whenever you feel like it and so when you are a person that is both and you always have to be at the feet of jesus because it would always seem out of reach but with god everything is possible and so he gave me this message mission possible and i'm going to teach a bit on it but i want us to pray because everything that has been happening in this house is so aligned with this charge i don't think this is just a sermon i believe that this is a prophetic charge for you to understand that that burden that god has put in your heart that burden he has put on your mind that it is possible and it can and it will happen but it just requires your partnership and we're going to talk about what that really looks like but just pray with me heavenly father we thank you lord jesus we love you lord as we come before you glorify yourself holy spirit we recognize your presence in this realm glorify jesus through everything that takes place in jesus name amen amen amen amen family you may be seated [Music] i want to go to this scripture is in psalms 33 from verse 16 to 21. and it says this no king is saved by the multitude of an army a mighty man is not delivered by great strength a horse is a vain hope for safety neither shall it deliver any by its great strength behold the eye of the lord is on those who fear him on those whose hope is in his mercy to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine our soul waits for the lord he is our help and our shield for our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name i love this so much because first of all the bible acknowledges like hey no king is saved by a great army in other words jesus is saying the victory is not the any anywhere you see victory you see my hand that you might look on the on the you know from judging from the outside you might be like oh man that that king had such a great army look at that that is why he had victory and in reality jesus is saying that you know no king is saved by a mighty army army now in those days literally it means an army but in our lives we have armies right because when you think about an army it's really just a multitude whether multitude of things or people that are brought together for a particular purpose so when god gives you a word you start looking for your army you're like okay god i need the finances i need the relationships i need this i need that i need the i need everything to be right we all have our armies that we build for victory but then the lord is saying to us whatever you build around you is not the guarantee for your victory and the beauty in this is that so whether you have it or you don't the victory is based on what i have purposed so that's why in the bible sometimes you will see how you know sometimes a king would have a great army and win the battle or two people will go after kings and win the battle because at the end of the day it is about who is the lord with so wherever you see victory you see the authority of god and what i love about this is that when it talks about waiting on the lord just as we were worshiping waiting is not like this passive thing that we do waiting is not what we do when we tell someone just trust god right we use it as hashtags man i'm just believing just trust god what does that mean because you see in the scripture there's something that they said that we're going to dive into it says for our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name but what does it really mean to trust god because you see jesus would say something like this he talks about how for these people they were talking about a certain people he said you know with their words they honor me but their hearts are far from me and in culture we have made trusting god a saying man trust god bro man i just trust god bro and we then put the bro and says right next to it man says what you do i'm just trusting god but your heart is far from god i want you to take a moment and examine how is your heart how is your heart doing with the very thing that god has promised you how is your heart doing with the things that are a burden to you because the reality is that if what you're believing for does not flow from the heart then it is void if you're just using your words to give jesus some lip service like jesus i just trust you but your actions don't align your thoughts don't align because jesus is not just watching what you say he's watching what you do and he's how watching how you think and this is what i want to dive into today because you see when when the lord was put in this message in my heart i realized that many times you're like god i trust you to make it happen but how do we make that practical in our lives and i believe that through that some of the key things i'm going to share today when you begin to embrace it in your life i believe that we're going to see incredible things happen through us because of the holy spirit you see the first thing he says is that we trust in his holy name now that word for name can translate to several things reputation authority character the report of jesus but there are three key things i want us to highlight today and i want us to start with trusting in god's holy name by looking at trusting in his word because when you trust in his name you're trusting in his authority and his word is his authority now i'm going to take this down a little bit of a different street because when we think about trusting in the word of god we will often have this understanding of you know what if god said it then that's what it is we rest in this idea that because god said it then you know what even if i'm disobedient even if i'm not submissive god will do what he said he will do in my life that is how we look at it and then we become very passive we don't have we don't take charge then the bible we forget that the bible talks about faith without works is dead so we say that we have the faith but we have no works and then what ends up happening is that we're not actually we're just walking dead and so we have this saying like we just feel so great like oh i have a promise from god i'm standing on the promise but you're not actually doing anything with that promise now this is the thing because you have to recognize that when god speaks there was a prophet by the name of samuel the bible said concerning samuel that the lord did not allow any of his words to fall to the ground meaning everything that prophet samuel says god backed it up every single word he uttered god backed it up to prove to the people that this is indeed my prophet if god will back up the words of a man then what about himself when god releases a word and here is where it gets tricky because this is where we have so many questions but man i you know i had this promise from the lord but i haven't seen it fulfilled in my life yet because we're like god you're not a man to lie but what is happening because the truth is every word from god will be fulfilled but you have to recognize that every word from god is connected to his mission and a kingdom agenda it is not connected to your happiness it is not connected to you being glorified it is connected to an agenda of the kingdom and so what makes you a partner is your willingness is your submission because the moment you come out of alignment that is when the bible says the eyes of the lord searches the whole earth looking for who he could make himself strong by so when you back down and you start living a life that could be a little careless to the call you start living a life that could be you know a bit aimless to the task whatever god has purpose to do in a season will happen the question is will it happen through you because when we take on this posture the worst thing we can do as believers is to think that we are the author of a vision that we are the author of a burden you see the reality is family if you want to see no homelessness in the country in los angeles to start with it's not because you're a good person it is because the spirit of the lord has shared a burden with you because you see last time i was with you i thought i talked about deception jesus even said this he said no one is good except the father but and when he talks about this is because you have to recognize that the nature of man the nature of the flesh is very evil the goodness you find in each and every one of us is the evidence of the spirit of god why i'm sharing this is for you to recognize that that vision you have that good intention and that good idea that you have if you think that you are the author of it you begin to lose your alignment because if i authored this idea if it started with me then i have all the time in the world to execute on it if this idea came because man i was just so moved with compassion i just love the whole world i just want to see people better if it started with me i'm saying this about myself i remember there was a time in my life that i was feeling myself a little bit i was like who god i just thank you that i just have compassion for everybody i just love people you know i don't even get offended wow this is shocking guy i said you really took your time with me i'm not exaggerating right and then the lord showed me myself and i realized wow that was in there okay what makes us the goodness you find in humanity that light you find in humanity started with jesus he is the first one to be called the light of the world and when he calls you the light of the world is because of what he has placed in you it's because of what connects you to the father and i'm saying this because you have to recognize that whenever you have a burden that goes outside of you whenever you have a burden for an idea a vision of our business that it's outside of just pleasing you you have to start taking inventory lord what have you purposed to do on the earth through this this i am not the author of this this did not start with me but you are sharing a burden with me that is why in the book of in with the man named isaiah right in the book of isaiah when the lord encountered him there was an encounter the lord had with him and the lord says this he says who shall i send and who shall go for us then isaiah says here i am send me now all of this is happening as a spiritual encounter but you see what is happening who shall i send and who shall go for us there is a mission connected to your life but that mission started with god it didn't start with you and there was this charge in my spirit that if we don't begin to realize the urgency for the things that god wants to do in a season and when it shifts and have you ever because at some point god would this experience must have happened to all of us at some point in life when there was an idea you had for something and you sat on it too long and not long after that you saw someone execute the very same thing and you will begin to wonder like how did somebody leak my thoughts because it didn't start with you it was always in the mind of god to do this and when he saw your submission he says okay i can partner with you but if you just live a life and you feel like you know what i got time i could do whatever i want god said it it will happen it will but you have to go back to that question but will it happen through you that is why right after you see that okay saul was appointed king in the bible but when saul was no longer a partner with the lord when he started to listen to the voice of men and no longer the voice of god what happens next the lord tells samwell go and anoint david to be king instead whatever god has shared with you you have to see that as an honor the lord you will share this burden with me and the beauty is that we are not looking for victory we are coming from it our job is to take a stance and press towards what god has already decreed you see i'll share something with you that happened i think one of the i would rank this as probably the most crazy spiritual experience i've ever had but it taught me something so greatly a particular day this is a couple years ago i was laying in bed and literally a friend of mine she came out we were all just hanging now you know when your girlfriend's around everybody's just chatting and all that good stuff right and we're just having a conversation immediately i began to not even sense i i recognized that although i'm in the bed having a conversation it felt like my spirit was leaving my body and going somewhere else and i was aware of two realms at the same time i was like what is happening here and then all of a sudden i find myself in this room with the lord it's almost like it it took me into this place in heaven and in this room i would even call the room because everywhere was open in this place there was a table there was a particular you know just round table you you know heaven they be they have conferences and whatnot and there was this round table and the lord said this table is called the seat of influence so there were all these people sitting on the table and they were asked to now it was almost like a change happening they were asked to rise up and then have all these new people come sit on the table so then all these new people are sitting and there was a particular person that i saw and i recognized her and i was like oh this is cool like what's happening here and then an angel began to speak on things events that will happen in the world now one thing in particular this lady is someone who is very well known established in a particular field you know i just don't want to mention you know the person but very established and the angel began to speak that in a couple amount of years that she is not even a couple of man of years in a short time because it didn't take that long in a short time that there's a brand that she would establish outside of the industry that she's in and they will cause the brand to take off it would it would bring it would establish her in a new industry but they began to talk about the the plans of god behind it and they said because it would reach a point that her influence would grow so much and all of a sudden she would use that influence to begin to evangelize and she will start talking to people about jesus and what he's done in her life it almost felt like undercover and so they say the name of the brand they say exactly what it would do and so i come out of it so after that you know and a couple things happen and i come back to myself and i was like what just took place right and i was like okay lord so i have a conversation so i tell my brother and i was like man you can't even believe what happened so i shared the whole thing with him not too long maybe about i don't know if it was even up to a year or so this particular lady came out with this brand exactly as it was said everything happened and now i think she's more established in this brand in doing that than the former thing that she was in and so when i saw it play out in front of me honestly i felt like the fear of the lord came upon me even stronger because it made me ponder god wait i recall this i even wrote down the details because of how clear and vivid everything was and the lord began to teach me that what took place in the spirit is literally like a mirror to when you're just you know laying down one day and all of a sudden you just have a bright idea you're like wow i should actually do this and i should call it this and you you're so full of vision and it's so clear to you not recognizing that god is behind it and it is connected to what he wants to it has a kingdom agenda now why this is so important is because in the same way that's why you have to weigh out the things that you do because in the same way that they can be meetings in heaven concerning what god wants to do on the earth through your life it is the same way the enemy orchestrates things so you have to watch what you endorse in life you are creative but you have to watch what am i creating and who is the source of this when you eliminate yourself as the author and you recognize that the creative force behind everything has a spiritual author then you begin to weigh things out and god if this came from you then i am not going to be disobedient to the way you want me to move whatever it is that you want me to do i have to recognize i am not looking for an army i don't need an army for this to work i just need to follow your voice what would it look like if you began to think and honor every idea every vision every burden to serve humanity as an agenda of the kingdom and what comes from god cannot fail but where is our submission where is our alignment to say god you know what you have put this in my heart i'm going to take a stance of faith because you see family when we say that we have faith it means we have information the bible says this that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god and so to have faith and that's why it also says that faith is the substance of things hoped for that when you hope for something and you find understanding and revelation that what i hope for is actually in god's plans for me because when you have faith that means you have tapped into an understanding of what god wants to do whether it is a plan or a promise or a principle when you have faith then you have tapped into an information but what do you do with that information that is the key and where deception creeps in is that the enemy wants you to feel like it started with you because if it started with me i can take my time if it started with me i'm not pressed if it started with me i don't have to check my doubt if it started with me i could just chill in this unbelief maybe that idea is just too crazy i need to focus on something else let me come up with the next idea if it started with me but i want you to take some time today begin to weigh the things that are burdens in your heart you don't have to be in the industry for god to use you for it like i said we are both and people we are one thing one day and another day god pulls us into another field we are both and whatever god has put as a burden weighed in his presence lord did this come from you or is this a distraction but lord if i know that this came from you then i am going to press because what you have ordained to do will happen and i am making myself available that it would happen with me a couple weeks ago i shared that even the way the lord called me into ministry was very similar to that experience with isaiah it was literally who shall i send and who shall go for us and i was over there me me me me send me send me but it was a very similar experience and i recognized that my mission i am not the author i will keep saying this over and over again because many times we live like we are the author of our good deeds when i recognize that my mission for god's people my heart for god's people did not start with me but it started with him then i rest in him then lord whatever you need me to do you will show up because again i am not looking for victory i'm coming from it you see whatever is causing you whatever is causing you to feel overwhelmed in this season you see that whole that pressure and that feeling of like man this is too heavy for me to bear what is too heavy is not the actual task it is the idea of who it came from because if it's on me then definitely it feels heavier than it should be you see even the ways when you feel overwhelmed when you search it out you're not overwhelmed because of what needs to be done you're overwhelmed because your care you believe that this thing it starts with me and it finishes with me so if i don't do it who will and who's gonna have my back but when you begin to see life as god this is this is on you but i'm coming in partnership with you to do this you move differently and this is when you live a life that is so consecrated to god because you recognize what it means that for god to look at you and say look i want to partner with you to do some great and mighty things that's why the point god even got angry with moses when he was telling moses moses i've called you to deliver your people moses is giving the excuse after excuse the lord got a little frustrated and he's looking at him like every issue you're talking about you're talking to the solution moses why are you still carrying this on your shoulder like you did 40 years ago because you see 40 years before god encountered him moses thought to himself you know he was in the palace if you haven't read the story of moses in egypt you gotta read it or even watch the the movie prince of egypt moses grew up in the palace and his you know fellow israelites they're they're in the field and they're suffering and all that stuff moses wakes up one day and he just felt like i'm a good person i want to see my people set free i'm going to do something about it did not consult nobody he just said you know what i'm a good guy so he's walking around the field he sees an egyptian beating up in israelite and moses is like right here you can't do this because i'm a good person okay and we don't allow such things so he beat he he actually kills the egyptian and he's feeling himself you know the next day he takes a walk in the field again he's like all right what good people do over here we stop fights okay and then two israelites are fighting and he goes to separate the fight and they look at him and say do you want to kill us like you killed the egyptian but they said it with in such a dishonorable way and moses recognized wait they don't value me actually they don't even like what i did but i was over here just trying to help them and set them free moses runs because now the pharaoh finds out moses runs away so when god encounters him again moses is still looking at himself like god i i was good i really tried to help those people but they didn't want my help not recognizing moses even that desire it was not from you it came from me now the author of it is in front of you saying i will be with you when you do this and so the frustration of god was not about moses saying no but it was about moses perspective of who is sending him moses i'm not sending you to do something you want to do i'm sending you to do something i have already declared done and i'm calling you to partner with my mission that it would become our burden but it started with god it was the lord who said i have heard the cry of the israelites and i will send moses to deliver them what idea has god given you because he has already heard the cry of the next generation you see god is outside of time so he's not just listening to the burdens of this generation he's not just listening to the issues in this era he's listening to the issues that would happen in 20 years in 50 years in 100 years and so when he puts something in your heart he says i've heard the cry of 2035 and i have given you this idea to bring solution to it but how you move with it is what now qualifies if it will happen through you now when we talk about in this holy name name also speaks to character now one thing that the lord was teaching me on this literally this morning and there's just this download coming in and it blew my mind because he said when it comes to character again and which is true we said you know what god is faithful we say it all the time god is faithful and he has never failed god will be faithful in this and i trust the character of god but what cements that in your heart what actually builds roots in your heart for you to be established in trust in the character of god is when you have shared experiences with god what i mean by this is many times it's hard for us to believe that god can use us with even with your burden with the ideas with the revelation with the inside everything it is still a struggle to believe that god can use you and one of the key things that the lord revealed to me is when you only honor people that give you a reason to it is extremely hard to see how god can use you in spite of your flaws if you only respect and value people that give you a reason to then in the same way you start believing this is how god sees you why is it that many times if a person has daddy issues in their lives right maybe you didn't grow up with your father or abandonment or anything like that that it's also a struggle to receive from god as a father because your experience of a father kind of marked you in a very weird way that it takes process that even before god fully reveals himself to you as a father he starts to put people in your life to show up as what would be a good representation of a fatherly figure god begins to try to send people to you that would allow you to embrace him in a way that it's outside of a negative experience what you don't share in christ it is hard for you to also recognize that is how he operates and this is not from your will i'm talking about the holy spirit because when you say yes to jesus what happens is that the holy spirit begins to change your nature to his nature and this happens through obedience it is the moment when you want to be petty and the holy spirit says be quiet and then you go from trying to say something to girl you know how's the weather it is obedience in those moments because what it does is that it starts to change your heart it starts to change how you see people if you don't on if you don't honor the people that are dishonorable to you then it will be extremely hard for you and your mess to see how god how could you call me how could you use me because this is what honor does i mean the honor in itself it's a whole thing god is very serious about honor extremely serious to the point that the only thing that could hinder jesus from moving was a lack of honor can you imagine that that the lord wants to do a thing in a place this is what this takes us to when jesus went to his hometown and when he went there the bible says literally jesus before going to his hometown healing people opening blind eyes doing all kinds of amazing stuff right but jesus goes to his hometown and the bible says he could not do that many miracles but why is that because the people dishonored him the bible even says that they refused to believe in him and so when it says that he could not do many miracles because of their lack of because of their unbelief but that unbelief was tied to their dishonor jesus and what is that telling us i refuse to receive new information about you they looked at jesus and they were like oh no that isn't that the son of mary isn't that his brother and sister they said we refuse we already know you jesus how many times do we do that to people in our lives somebody hurt you somebody disrespected you somebody said something and and it could be very extreme and you've boxed them into that one thing and you refuse to receive new revelation about them you see honor is not you know in culture we say that respect is earned and so we use that same culture and bring it into our faith honor is not earned it is your duty to honor every individual because honor is not to honor is not to worship someone and to honor it is not to accept wrong but honor is to esteem to respect that word even has a sense of to give weight to and i was as i was seeking the lord what does that mean for for me to give weight to someone you see because even in the beginning of everything the bible tells us in the book of psalms that when god created us it was when it was in the scripture when it says who is man that you are mindful of him who who is man that you are mindful of him even says that you made him a little lower than elohim and you have crowned him with glory and honor when god made you he already crowned you with glory and honor and here's what happens when we honor people to honor someone is to crown them with their image you disrespected me and me honoring you in this moment is to remind you this is not you why god requires us to honor everyone even while they're having road rage this is not you i am gonna crown you back with your image i know you did this to me but i am not gonna allow myself to be petty in heart or indeed because we can be petty in action okay or in my thoughts because whatever you are exhibiting is not you this is not the version of you that god made against an honor is not to you know look away at wrong no but it is to do it with respect and love this is not you you see i remember you know um a couple weeks back right so i i went out for dinner with my fiance and the [Music] praise the lord but that is not the point the point is the it was extremely bad service the waiter at the service was terrible okay and in my mind i was like and he was like you know what should we tip them i said you don't want to ask me because this is one of the worst services i've ever had in my mind i was like nah you know it will still be a tip but not a tip tip and and at the end you know i saw him at another zero i said sir [Music] and he said no the holy spirit told me to do this let's honor that man and it ministered so much to me because we don't know what he was dealing with in his day i don't think anyone wakes up and just you know while they're taking a shower you know and washing their hair they're like whoo i cannot wait to ignore people [Laughter] okay i cannot wait you know joe my god i don't think that was his intention but whatever was going on in his life i know he know he he gave a bad service there's no way you know i believe that he took his time to pick up that check because he probably thought there would be nothing there but i wonder what happened when he saw the tip i wonder what that moment did for him it has given weight back to people why am i sharing this if you don't know how what it means to give weight to people then it becomes difficult to accept when god wants to give your life weight [Applause] [Music] but when you begin to live a life you see there was something there's a scripture i actually want to share with you i mean this was something that literally marveled jesus in matthew chapter 8 from verse 5 to 10. it says now jesus entered kirpania and a centurion came to him pleading with him saying lord my servant is lying at home paralyzed dreadfully tormented and jesus said to him i will come and heal him the centurion answered and said lord i am not worthy that you should come under my roof but only speak a word and my servant would be healed for i am also a man under authority having soldiers under me and i say to this one go and he goes and to another come and he comes and to my servant do this and he does it when jesus heard it he marveled and said to those who followed assuredly i say to you i have not found such great faith not even in israel now what again is faith faith is knowledge faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god there is an access of information that activates faith in you jesus says i have never seen such great faith in all of israel now a lot of amazing things have happened up to this time but when jesus heard this man speak he said wow he can you imagine what will make jesus marvel that he looked and was like oh my say it again and slowly but what did they have in common a shared experience when the man said look i also know what it means to be under authority if i tell my servant to do something they do it so jesus i don't need much from you i just need you to speak because i understand what it's like when you speak a thing and someone does it if you want to be established in your trust in god if you want to be established in trusting his character concerning you if you want to be established trusting that when god sees you he sees a beautiful artwork if you want to be established that when god sees you he sees what he formed not however you might be acting now and he anointed what he formed if you want to be established in knowing that even in your mess god can walk with you out of it how do you treat people and i'm not just talking about people far from you because a lot of times it always starts in the home what is your relationship with like with your parents with your siblings with your cousins and this is not to say that they were great people no not all of them might be great maybe some of them even cost you a great deal of pain but if you don't know how to honor on i see it's it's a seed it's not selective because what happens when you honor a dishonorable parent for example you're putting weight on them i don't know where this behavior came from i don't know if it happened there were things that happened to you as a child that's why you treated me like this or that's why you abandoned me or that's why you were never there for me but i'm going to put weight on you i'm going to put the weight of your image back on you because the word of god tells us that even when it comes to family you will see honor in so many levels in the bible because god god there's honor for authority in the land honor in your family honor amongst your friends and all that stuff you see god talks about honor all over the bible but everything really starts from the home because those are the people that can get on your nerves in ways that people will never know because have you ever noticed that it could be something so random a stranger could give you fiji water and you're like oh my gosh thank you so much you're so sweet your brother gives you fiji water really because i drink fiji right i said how you gonna fight they know how to push buttons that makes no sense it starts in the family and so when we're talking about god the mission is possible it's also there are practical things that your life must embody to fully receive it and when the lord was putting this weight on me that even connected to how do we honor our family members how do we honor our loved ones because this is what honor does honor brings you into access what you honor you can also access from and so sometimes you have not yet accessed the beauty of what god knows about a person because you have not put weight on them yet and so what you may be waiting for and crying out to god for literally could start by you honoring the person do you know that honor is so serious i'm even diverting a little bit but honor is so serious in god that even in a for a married couple he says to the man he says you know what honor your wives right because if there is dishonor your prayers might be hindered can you imagine that god would say he would hinder he's not even hearing your prayer he said oh who's talking didn't hear it because of this honor in between a family between a man and a woman even when he talks about your parents he said because in them you would access life he said so that your days may be long and that it may be well with you what is that because you have to understand that even though maybe your parents might be maybe they thought they met as an accident but god said but you were not an accident and you will honor the vessel that i used to bring you to this earth and whenever things look weird put back put weight of their image on them i'm sure even in this moment maybe there are people coming to your mind that one person that you refuse to call you refuse to check in on you refuse to just send like a a message of encouragement that one person that when you hear their name you just like get aggravated again i'm not saying i'm not saying that to honor people means that you you clap for stupidity no but how you treat them is with love and respect not just in action but in your heart that even how i think of you would be well i'm not going to wish evil for you i'm not going to think evil concerning you and i'm not saying that this is very easy to do no because sometimes it's easier you see when i was telling you that i was over there saying god who you took your time with me and somebody wronged me oh all my heart intentions for them i don't even want to share it out loud it was terrible and i said god i will not lose sleep if you did this let's be real right but when you go before the before the lord and say god heal my heart and even a practice you do you start praying well for them one of the key things is that when you have bitterness or hatred in your heart for someone i charge you to pray for them pray a blessing over them pray for them like you will pray for yourself because at the end of the day you don't realize that you're cultivating something much stronger in your life you're cultivating a heart of compassion you're cultivating a heart that sees like god and that changes everything so when god begins to show you you you accept it when god begins to show you the things that he has planned for you regardless of your past regardless of your mistakes you're going to say when the lord is saying to you who shall i send you say lord send me with confidence knowing that god i have learned something about you that you do you really do not hold me you don't hold me against the sins of my past you're looking at me the same way you've always seen me even before you placed me in this earth and so that's with honor right and the third thing is to trust in god's report and what do i mean by this we talk about this all the time right it's interesting because for many times it's easier for us to dwell on disappointment than to dwell on the good things it's so easy that when god did not do that one thing you were just like you see you know we were singing here he goes again showing up as friend you just remixed the whole song you see here we go again god just another disappointment now now the beauty of life is what you practice becomes your norm if you practice dwelling on disappointments then this is how you start your day you start your day from just a very negative mindset about everything that could happen the bible tells us this that we come into the presence of the lord with thanksgiving one of the reasons we also praise god even be in the beginning of a service because we are coming into his presence with thanksgiving and praise when you start your day something i want to charge you to do practically when you start your day in prayer and worship reflect on the goodness of god in your life have a gratitude journal think about the things you're just like god even if you say every day there are three things that would outline think about the things you're like god man i just thank you for this god i thank you for this because what are you doing you are coming into his presence that you would live there the whole day and and furthermore but when you start your day because you can even start your day with prayer but it's still from a negative place because you're starting your day with prayer and questions god why didn't you do this god i i waited for you and you haven't still shown up so although you're starting with prayer but the posture of your life is disappointment but when you start your day with gratitude god i thank you for this god i thank you i'm telling you what it do it changes your atmosphere it changes how you perceive things and it changes how the holy spirit is amplified to walk with you throughout your day there are little things that when we begin to tweak that all of a sudden all you see around you is possibilities when i start my day recognizing god there are things i don't understand but i i want to acknowledge you for what you've already done there are things that yes maybe they hurt me because it didn't happen according to my timeline but the moment you begin to praise the lord you begin to recognize but your ways are greater and indeed i will wait on you you see family whatever is assigned to your life whatever god has spoken over your life you have to rest in knowing that god will do it but in order for him to do it through me i have to be aligned god is faithful to his word and i want to be faithful to the call let's not live the the times we are in is extremely crazy and it might only get wilder and this is when the light shines so brightly in the midst of darkness whatever god has called you to do as an answer some things don't always seem fun because a burden is not it's not fun to carry who who walks around just lifting 75 pounds of weight just you know doing reps all day of their lives no at some point it gets heavy a burden is not fun but when you recognize that you're not doing it on your own and when you recognize that there is an agenda connected to the kingdom for this thing to be established then you do it in joy you do it in gratitude you do it and you press on that no matter the hiccups that might come on the way no matter the circumstances no matter the trials the bible says that though the weapons will be formed they will not prosper so weapons will be formed because it's not coming against you it's coming against the agenda of the kingdom that wants to be manifested through you so when you recognize god if this weapon prospers then that means you failed it can't prosper it changes your disposition in life it makes you walk with your health your head held high knowing that god you are with me you see when the lord began to deal with me on this word it also challenged things in my life i began to reflect even on some of the things that i was prideful enough to think i authored it was just in my heart to do no these are the burdens of heaven that are shared with us and so family stand with me we're going to pray thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord now family if you know that there is a call that you need to answer there's something that god has placed in your heart that you have been prideful about because you just felt like god it's me you know i i woke up one morning you know had a sigh bowl and i just thought about this bright idea but if you're recognizing that this started with god then i want you to meet me at this altar as a way of you saying god i surrender and i will be in alignment with the very thing that you have called me to do i am no longer running i am no longer you know i'm not gonna embrace this prideful nature any longer but i am going to say yes to the call thank you jesus thank you jesus now if you're in the house and you have given yourself to creativity in a way that is against the plans of god because you thought you were just being creative not recognizing that everything in this life serves something it either serves the kingdom of heaven or it serves the kingdom of darkness and in particular when i shared that it hit you because you recognize that i have been using my gifts and my creativity for things that are aimless not recognizing that i was actually serving a different master if you know i'm talking to you and you're just like god i want to use my gifts to honor your kingdom i want you to meet me at this altar right now thank you jesus thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord i want you to get as close to the altar as you can thank you lord thank you lord thank you jesus thank you jesus god is doing something powerful god is doing something mighty and you haven't you you know you haven't believed in yourself in such a long time because you were looking at your army not recognizing that the armies of heaven is all around you you're looking at an army in this realm but the armies of heaven surround you you see reminds me of elisha when there were armies that came up against him and he had a servant who panicked and he got anxious and scared and he says the armies are coming against us and elisha was just chilling and then he had he prayed a prayer he said god open the eyes of my servant so he can see that those that are with us are greater than those that are coming up against us and god opened his servant's eyes and he saw angels all around just holding their ground waiting for whatever the lord wanted to do to protect his prophet god has an army around you god has an army around that idea god has an army around your life thank you jesus thank you jesus there's so much more to you so much more to you you see some of you literally you should not even be alive today but there is an army of god around your life [Applause] you're still questioning someone in particular there's a scar that the lord is highlighting to me this scar on your on your right arm and it came from an accident and while you're still questioning god like you know why did this happen and all this what you're failing to realize that scar is just a reminder there's an army literally surrounding you who am i talking to you have a scar on your right hand yes actually come meet us at the altar meet me at this all to meet me at the psalter thank you jesus thank you lord even to our global family god sees you right where you are what i love about god for those watching us even right now all around the world that he does not he he he's not you know separated by his time and space he knows where you are he knows when you're listening to this and there's an army of god all around you you see that lady with this scar stop doubting yourself you need to run towards the thing that god has called you to do stop looking at the scar as a mark of whether god was faithful or not stop looking at the scar wondering god where have you been because the scar is a reminder i have an army an army an army and army around you [Music] family when you apply pressure to the things that god has put in your heart you will begin to see the pressure of heaven moving in the world things will not even make sense that will just start aligning itself you have to move in excellence trust in the timing of god trust in that god everything the times and seasons for this is in your hands but i am going to be obedient to the best i can with what you have charged me to do there is an army around you even all around this room there are angels of the lord surrounding this place there are angels of the lord surrounding your lives [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] i'm so excited in my spirit because i feel like we're not even i feel i know that we are a house that gets it a house that will answer the call a house that will change this culture a house that will change this world because we recognize who is with us not who is against us but who is with us [Music] i know in this culture we like to focus so much on your haters you know tell my haters girl all these people be hating you know what haters gonna hate but i want you to focus on what god is doing because you see that that that mindset is so backwards because first of all it you it makes you mentally want to keep them as haters not seeing anything else that could come out of them but let go of this whole thing of like who's hating on me you know no who is for me and how can i put weight even on that hater now family if you're in this room and you want to give your life to jesus the truth is that there is no life outside of him the bible says that in him we live and we move and we have our being the real you is found in christ outside of him there is nothing i know many times we might be after a spiritual high and and we we find ourselves in all types of places but the best supernatural experiences you can even have is in christ but because it is led by the holy spirit you see sometimes a supernatural experience outside of christ is dangerous because who gave you access and what are they accessing as a result [Applause] but being in christ is the safest place to be it is the truest place to be it is what we were created for because earlier past ebenezer and ty were talking about the event our pastor is doing on about breathing right but even the breath that is in our body who did it come from the lord we are a living soul because of what came out of him and what does that tell you everything about my life is connected to him outside of him i cannot thrive outside of him i don't even know who i am so if you have not given your life to jesus you know right now you're fluid you're just like you know i'm just testing the waters of everything but there is a conviction right now happening in your heart and you know that it's time i stopped playing games and stop giving access to things that are beneath me the enemy is beneath you why are you giving him authority in your life [Music] if that is you i want you to just raise your hand and release a scream that you want to give your life to the lord thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you g family can we praise god in this house hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah let us pray heavenly father we thank you lord jesus we worship you we thank you for what has taken place today in this house oh god we thank you for your sons and daughters who are saying yes to the call recognizing that god you are the author of this vision you are the author of this burden and without you i cannot do it but with you lord god this mission is possible i thank you god that they are recognizing that there is an army of heaven all around them an army that will facilitate and orchestrate everything connected to your agenda for this world the kingdom's agenda for the times and the times to come we thank you lord that we submit and we release every form of pride that will cause us to walk a life of disobedience and disregard to your holy name heavenly father i thank you for those who are saying god i've used my gifts i've used my talents to do things outside of your nature and lord in this moment i am repenting lord connect me to the kingdom's agenda use my voice use my my everything that you have given me use my ideas use this vessel for your glory i will not limit myself to an industry because my god is unlimited my god is all power is all knowing he is sovereign in everything whatever you lead me to do i will do that with obedience i thank you god this is our prayer and our declaration i thank you lord for those who have said yes to you and saying lord jesus i am committing my life to you i am committing my ways to you i'm not trying to live in this fluid lifestyle i want to live and be everything that you say i am and it starts with saying yes to jesus lord i thank you that on the cross the cross didn't take your life but on the cross you put to death sin you put to death anything that could come up against us anything that could keep us bound and when you were raised up you raised us up as well and so lord i thank you for your sons and daughters who are tapping into their raised up identity the identity you've always known have your way in jesus mighty name thank you lord thank you lord there is something so beautiful happening in this house thank you jesus thank you jesus

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Published: Mon Aug 08 2022