Sunday, September 19, 2021 830am | Bishop Dale C. Bronner | Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral

[Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] lord for those of you that are watching live stream come on please along with us all right before there was you were seated on high from there you spoke we so with your [Music] that yeah could breathe [Music] [Music] you are [Music] [Music] [Applause] here we go [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] all right [Music] come on put your hands together [Music] [Music] hey is [Applause] [Music] it amazes me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] for me come on [Music] come on [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] your [Music] lord god we just know that you are the one and only true god we give everything to you you're the most beautiful name that we know the most sovereign name that we know you ain't know how [Music] one god i desire only this i see [Music] just here forever this will be my posture playing at your [Music] feet forever [Music] most [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] laying at your feet [Music] [Applause] [Music] come on stick it out if you know it's this beautiful you're the most beautiful name [Music] [Music] [Music] come on [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] nothing left oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh yeah [Music] oh [Music] i'm so in love with you you're beautiful so beautiful oh i fix my eyes on you you're beautiful so beautiful you're beautiful [Music] lord i will fix my eyes on your beautiful [Music] you're beautiful [Music] you're the author and the finisher [Music] [Applause] [Music] everything changes i'm captivated [Music] everything changes i'm captivating [Music] everything changed [Music] [Music] i'm calculated [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] will never be [Music] [Music] most beautiful [Music] most beautiful lord god you're the most beautiful name that we know [Music] lord god we just give all to you right now god we pray right now that you are in this place god that you move mightily through your people lord god speak to us in this moment god god you know the things that we're going through god the things that we've said the things that we haven't got we pray that we will just lay them down at your feet right now lord god i pray for somebody that's watching that doesn't know you god that they will come to know you today that they will know how great you are how much love you give how much mercy that you've shown us each and every day your grace in your mercy is new every single day and god we just want to say thank you we can't say thank you enough god thank you so much for you bled and died on calvary for us god you saw us you saw imperfections god but you still chose to lay down your life for us and lord god we just thank you right now we give your name all the glory honor and praise that your name is due and it's in your name that we pray god amen amen you can be seated welcome word of faith online church welcome word of faith if you're online with us today and you're believing god for a rhema word to take you through would you just type in the chat get ready get ready get ready hallelujah wonderful jesus we want to welcome our first time visitors if you're visiting with us for the first time here for a live service at word of faith would you please stand please stand and remain standing if it's your first time welcome welcome thank you so much praise the lord on your way in you should have received a visitor's information card we would ask that you would fill that visitor's information card out and turn it in one of our lobbies on your way out if you didn't get one you can pick one up on your way out please turn that in so that you can receive a gift from our bishop to you and on behalf of our bishop dr dale c broner and dr nina broner we welcome you to word of faith we are blessed delighted and so happy that you've chosen to join 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a result of our obedience and love in giving we thank you for raises and increases borrowed money to be returned to us bonuses in the mail we bless you for blessing the health of our bodies the sanity of our minds and the quality of our relationships now help us god to experience you grow together and change lives in jesus name amen worship the lord in the spirit of giving [Music] knowing everything i'm still loving this [Music] he knows my name [Music] he knows my [Music] know name he walks with me [Music] still amazes me [Music] father you know my name is [Music] and it still amazes me [Music] my heart [Music] i am [Music] my heart oh [Music] you know my name [Music] you know [Music] with oh [Music] that is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] me [Music] okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] lord you'll know my name oh you're wrong [Music] how you talk with me me how you tell me [Music] can we sing that again and just think about the faithfulness of god oh how you walk with me [Music] even through the valleys you walk with me oh god when it seems silent your voice is still there how you tell me [Music] [Applause] [Music] am [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah what a privilege it is for the lord to know us and what a grand privilege it is for us to know him and to celebrate him and thank god for his faithfulness to us even when we have been unfaithful to him god is faithful to us and we can count on the faithfulness of god no matter what's going on in our world and our own bodies and our minds and our relationships and our finances the faithfulness of god can always be trusted and we can grow with him day by day by day and see god doing new and fresh testimonies in our life each day well are you ready for our decree for today come on let's decree this with me like you believe it a thing decreed shall be established let's decree this out of our hearts today come on i'm getting my life back i'm getting my health back i'm getting my faith back i'm getting my values back i'm getting my mindset back i'm getting my relationships back this is my comeback season in jesus name amen amen amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah to the lamb of god you may be seated i'm glad for what god is able to restore back into our lives and for in the process of it i'm grateful to god for divine reformation of where things have been off kelter in our thinking and our philosophies in our lives that god will he'll reform us he'll reform us oftentimes before there's a transformation there's a reformation back to the truth if we've deviated and so before god will bring revival he will bring divine reformation and i believe that we're on our way that he's he's introducing some new paradigms that are really back to the old way of god saying i need you to come back because we need to go to reformed school now and i'm so grateful for god's love and his patience toward us well our scriptural lesson today is coming from second timothy chapter one verse six and seven notice there these words for this reason the apostle paul is writing to timothy and saying i remind you to fan into flame the gift of god which is in you through the laying on of my hands for god gave us a spirit not a fear but of power and love and self-control i want to talk today from the subject simply rekindle re-kindle rekindle isn't it interesting here how uh the apostle paul as a spiritual father to young timothy is telling him listen i want to remind you sometimes we have a greater need to be reminded than we have to be informed it's just to be able to be reminded to do the things that you know that are right to do what a what a different people that uh that we would be if we just remembered to do the stuff that we already know and so every now and then god has to put us in remembrance of something that he's already told us before there are times that people are looking for a new word and looking for a new this and a new that and god says you know no no no i need you to just come back to what i've already told you get back to your foundations get back to what you know is true get back to what you know to do and in terms of your health in terms of your finances in terms of your relationships in terms of human decency just being able to speak to folks you know and that's one of the things that i loved about the country they didn't have to know you to speak to you my dad was a country boy he just speak to everybody hello good morning hello how are you doing he spoke to everybody as though he my dad had never met a stranger but it was like that in the country they would be out on their front porch if cars came by they didn't have to know you they would just wave and you were just embraced into a community and and i miss some of that community of where you where you knew people and and you just waved at people even that you didn't know and you were polite and it was just a gift of hospitality but here the apostle paul is is telling young timothy listen now isn't it interesting that the older one is having to remind the younger one and you thought that old people are forgetful and he says listen uh timothy for this reason this reason i remind you to fan into flame to rekindle in other words fan into flame the gift of god that is in you that was put into you by the laying on on of my hands we confirmed what god was doing in your life through the laying on of hands he says i want to i want to remind you to actually fan into flame rekindle that gift that is in your life what gift is in your life that needs to be rekindled that god called you to something that he assigned to your life uh what needs to be rekindled uh the the word kindle actually refers to lighting and feeding a fire lighting and feeding a fire when you kindle a fire you you light it and you you give it a fuel source you you light it and and it's igniting it and then fueling it feeding that particular fire so just as it is with our natural god-given gift you cheat the gift that god has placed in you if you never take time to sharpen the gift and develop the gift you may be gifted but you know every gift can be sharpened every gift can be developed i mean what are you doing with the gift that god has given to you that he's entrusted into your stewardship that's why you you learn from others you practice the gift to sharpen it to make it better you just don't assume that this is as good as it gets no no you can become better in in whatever gift it is i don't care whether there's a music gift it requires practice that's the that's the detriment sometimes of being gifted is that it makes some people lazy because they feel like i can do this with no eating with no no problem this is this comes easy to me but if you sharpen it if you practice it if you're musically gifted and if you practice it you can make it better even if a person has a gift of prophecy that the bible talks about you know prophesying in the company of some other uh prophets and yielding have enough maturity to be disciplined to where you can yield and even be corrected and you you submit your prophecy to some other seasoned folks in god to see if this is on target with god or not you practice the gift you sharpen the gift you can actually make the gift better and when you're the only one who's hearing from god and you the only one hearing that word from god i mean i wouldn't trust it if it hasn't been tested by the other seasoned prophets to see whether this is this is something genuinely of god i mean if if you're the only person on the planet out of nearly 8 billion people that he's speaking to i mean have you got a secret that deep i mean really but sharpen the gift rekindle rekindle rekindle that gift that god gives us and when you think about this this kindling of this fire that god put in this remember on the day of pentecost there appeared unto them appeared unto them a cloven tongue's like as a fire isn't it amazing that when god touches your life he sets something on fire in your soul and sometimes i've seen people on fire for god and then you see them down the road and it looks like their fire has gone out and he's saying rekindle it it's a rekindling time but what distinguishes us if you if you think about it what distinguishes a divine fire from uh man-made fire let me let's look at just a few things uh man-made fires have a tendency to go out you know whatever you start in the flesh you're gonna have to continue in the flesh whatever you get by manipulation and trickery you're gonna have to keep by manipulation man-made fires have a tendency to go out man-made fires are not sufficient for today they just always leave you wanting something always leave you wanting something because they can always go up on the fuel price man-made fires they're not sufficient for the day and then man-made fires are not contagious you start something you can't fabricate a real fire of revival it doesn't have the contagion in it so they're not contagious but god-given fires let's look at god-given fires god-given and prayers remain as long as our focus stays on him if you have a god-given fire as long as you still keep god as your focus jesus is the center of your joy that your god-given fire will remain as as long as he remains the center of your of your focus and god-given fires are more than enough to meet our needs god-given fires when god sets something on fire in your life in your heart they're more than enough to meet our needs and then god-given fires are contagious for those who see them you see somebody else who's on fire for god and it it'll make you bristle up and say you know what i got to pray better you know i'm ashamed of myself you know you see somebody else on fire for god and it'll expose your your state of coldness so it's it becomes uh contagious and so if you're going to continue to burn a fire needs a few things a fire needs heat it needs fuel and it needs oxygen if it's going to keep burning so when you think about uh being a good steward of the fire that god gives us it's it's got to have some heat and it's got to have fuel source and it's got to have oxygen in order to live but then to extinguish a fire there must be cooling cooling which is a removal from the heat or the water years ago you know this was back in the day when um pastors didn't just trust people to come to church pastors went to folks houses and a home visiting pastor produces a church-going people and so this is back during the day when the you know the preachers they stopped by the house and one pastor stopped by one of his members houses because he hadn't seen him in weeks and he looked out of the window and saw that it was the pastor and invited him in it was a cool day and he had a fire going in the fireplace the pastor just came in and sat down in front of the fireplace with his estranged member and all of a sudden the pastor got up and took the tongues that were near the fireplace and pulled a piece of of wood out and just sat it there on the on the hearth of the of the fireplace and they watched it cool and then turned to a white ash the pastor never mentioned anything about his attendance the man just said you know what seems as though i've lost something he said pastor i can't figure out what it is the pastor never said a word he just looked at the piece of wood that had been brought out of the fire and cooled off and ashed over and then he took it and put it back on the fire and the man looked at him and he said pastor i'll see you sunday he got the message he understood that he had withdrawn himself from the heat he had withdrawn himself god doesn't leave us we have a tendency to withdraw from him prayerlessness is a form of hiding where can you run from god but we we we assume in in our immature understanding that if we can't see god he can't see us but it's just as silly as as a young child who plays pickaboo and because they cover themselves they are soon as though they have disappeared and you can't see them but you can see them and that's all when we refuse to pray we're just playing pickaboo with god god says i see you i see you i see you so if you want to extinguish a fire there must be cooling which is a removal from the from the heat and then there must be smoldering smoldering which is a reducing of the oxygen level it's reducing when you want to smother a fire you put a blanket over it you use foam you throw flour on it you get a fire in the kitchen throw flowers on you're smothering it you you're trying to to smother it and sometimes the burdens and the cares of life can smother out your fire the concerns too much responsibility stress and it burns you out and all of a sudden you used to be on fire for god but something has has smothered it there's a smothering you can smother a fire and then the third thing is starvation schooling smothering and then there's starvation where you remove the the fuel source the the combustible material you remove that and in starving the fire where you don't feed it on the word any longer you don't feed it on the fellowship any longer you don't feed it on rekindling and activating your gift and that begins to starve that thing it is interesting to note that in uh in biblical times think about it that when the sun went down that light in biblical times was never from an electrical source but it was always from fire think about that their light was from fire it was from fire and and uh whether it was the sun which is a fireball or whether it was a lantern but it their light was from fire if they lit a torch if it was a candle their light was from fire this little light of mine i'm gonna let it shine because their only light source when the sun wasn't shining was always from fire what happens then when our fire goes out in a dark world what happens when there is no light from the fire of who god has made himself to be in us and sometimes we have over-glorified that it was a light that was drawing people when sometimes in a dark and cold world they were actually drawn to the warmth and he's saying come it's amazing at night time you turn on a light and here come insects bugs just start flying around the night light isn't it amazing they're attracted to the light to the light there's a lighthouse that's by the seashore that guides the ship it's the lighthouse it gives guidance what happens if your light goes out but the light source is actually fire and when your fire goes out you lose your light and when you lose your light you lose your your way no wonder there's a charge to rekindle so that you'll have a light of understanding because all of their light in bible times it didn't come from a battery-operated thing it came from fire it didn't come from a fluorescent bulb it didn't come from an led source they didn't have all of that it came from fire their light came from fire you lose your fire you lose your light and that's why jesus reminded us that you are the light of the world matthew 5 16 but most people's light nowadays flickers at best flickers flickers and i'm i'm amazed at how some people have become so discouraged because their gift is not valued where they are their gift is not valued where they are but here's what i want you to think about i've noticed in my travels you know you can go to a store you can buy a bottle of water for for a dollar but if you buy that same bottle of water in a hotel it's about three dollars me this is the same brand and and i paid a dollar over here but it's three dollars if i consume the water i just i just starve until i can get to a restaurant and get me some free water i'm not gonna pay three dollars for bottled water and and then the unmitigated gold same bottle of water i'm at a sporting event at a stadium five dollars in the airport five i'm not gonna pay five dollars you're gonna put some flavor into some sugar up five dollars for some water and i used to be on the side of the house with a garden hose coming from a spigot ask somebody with gray hair what a spigot is i know you don't know drinking from the spigot we'd be playing outside and we're just going to turn it on and and i'm now supposed to pay five dollars for something that has no sweetness to it it doesn't have any lemon in it it doesn't have any cucumber it it's water it is plain boring dull water and it's a dollar in the store and three dollars in the hotel room and five dollars in the airport and at a stadium event it's the same water but it has a different value in each place and maybe if you're not valued it might be time to move [Applause] maybe you haven't found your audience yet you will be surprised i was absolutely blown away when i was over in europe and i discovered that the people there loved the blues and we got some blue singers here in america who are like they can't even find a job and there's some people in another part of the world that absolutely loves their music sometimes during the days of segregation many of our uh greatest artists moved over to europe and started performing in clubs there and they've got a huge fan base i've been amazed blown away over in asia and to hear the sounds of america coming in another land and sometimes people need nobody about my stuff maybe you haven't found your audience you're not a tree move [Music] move the gifts sometimes if you're not valued if your value is over here they don't understand your value sometimes it might be time to shift and make a move rekindle the fire there's nothing wrong with the gift it just has a different value in this place and sometimes that's why you don't cast your pearls among the swine because they don't value the gift of who you are that's why sometimes god doesn't even turn your gift on with your relatives because they don't value your gift they're too uh you know familiar with your flesh and so don't try to activate it and be recognized in your ministry in your gifting your anointing in your business with your family members because they see your flaws and remember all of your idiosyncrasies and they know your granddaddy who messed up and they're trying to remind you of your history and snuff out god's ability to be able to to propel you in your destiny anybody know what i'm talking about there's nothing wrong with the gift sometimes you have to just go where the gift is appreciated where it is valued at a different level and sometimes people have left you feeling cheap because they didn't know how to value your gift they didn't know how to value your gift it's amazing here's some signs that you may not be living in god's purpose you feel stuck you lack passion for life you're angry all the time some people just you know you say good morning what's good about it just angry all the time you constantly blame others for what's wrong in your life you have no direction in life you don't feel fulfillment in your work these are some signs that you may not be living in god's purpose you might need to rekindle the gift that god has given by god putting his hands on you may i tell you this that you really don't get fulfillment by what you do for yourself and buying yourself the latest in jewelry and clothing and fashion and hairstyles and glasses whatever it is the type of neighborhood that you're in that's not really where fulfillment comes from a new automobile no no as martin the king mentioned life's most persistent and urgent question is is what are you doing for others what are you doing for others that's where your fulfillment comes not based on what you do for yourself life most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others and i encourage you that they live for something bigger than you are your gift is never about you it's always about others your gift is through you you are not your gift it is a gift of god that's coming through you and your greatest fulfillment comes when you're using that gift to pour it out to others and so now is the time to do something about this flickering smoldering light that we as christians sometimes portray to the world but to begin rekindling your flame here's a few things you need to do number one clear the ashes clear the ashes we have to clear out whatever has asked over over time because ashes are the residue of burning materials clear the ashes clear out your stale experiences your stale testimonies here's one of the reasons that i'm saying to to clear out the ashes it's thinking if you if you understand anything about a barbecue pit you can't just keep burning stuff and barbecuing and never clear the ashes you have to clear out the ashes if you really want to rekindle a fire clear out the ashes let me say it to you this way the greatest enemy to a new move of god is your still celebration of the old move of god of something that he has moved on from looking at at the good old days trying to go back to a paradigm that god has moved on from god is a moving thing he's a moving entity and you have to walk with him you have to move with him you have to trust him even when you saw things happening that you didn't understand but god's a moving thing clear the ashes whatever has burned whatever has failed in your life clear the ashes those are ashes and you have to think about this what if the disappointments that you have been experiencing in your life were a part of the recipe for a miracle that god was posturing you for miracles come out of deep stress distress disappointment and suppose the very disappointment that you're experiencing in your life right now is a part of the recipe this goes into the formula for a miracle and you can't get the miracle without having a deep problem that is beyond human help and so clear the ashes clear the ashes because what god has already sent the fire to burn he's finished with that he's finished with that but there's something that can rise out of the ashes clear the ashes make room for the new thing that god wants to do to say god whatever you're doing in this season i don't know what it is god but i won't don't do it without me let me be a part of it clear the ashes clear the ashes you can't be trying to still build a temple to moses and elijah this is a different kind of temple that jesus is with on the mountain of transfiguration and it has little to do with the old things that have happened so clear the ashes here's the second thing trim the wick trim the wick if something offends you you know cut it off trim the wick uh the wick that's already been burned you've got to trim the wick trim the wick look to see what needs to be cut off from your life what needs to be cut off from your life that you're dealing with what needs to be cut off sometimes it may be who needs to be cut off from your life trim the wick sometimes the wick that needs to be trimmed is your comfort zone or the over indulgence in pleasure that have an ability to put out your fire but nothing please hear me nothing helps you to trim your wick better than going on a fast oh somebody just got the confirmation nothing if if you really want to know how to trim your wick fast go on a fast turn your plate down it will it will trim your wick it will trim your wick the word wick literally means twisted whatever is twisted in your nature that you can undo god said is this not the fast that i have chosen to undo the burden this bondage and that your health would spring back you don't know what god is trying to do in your life to untwist it's time to trim the wick the things that have been limiting your life that have been offending you that have been holding you back trim the wick trim the wick nothing trims your wick better than dedicating special time to prayer and fasting here's the third thing that helps you with your fire meditate on the word of god meditate on the word of god notice what the bible says psalm 39 verse 3 notice what it says my heart grew hot within me while i meditated the fire burned then i spoke with my tongue you know it so many people have proven when they speak with their tongues that they have not been meditating in the word of god because the mouth is the evidence of what you've been thinking about and so notice he said but when i meditated the fire burned when i meditated the fire burned not when i was scrolling on instagram when i meditated the fire burn you meditate on god's word it'll rekindle your fire meditating just just gazing and sometimes the real power of gazing is not what you see when you look but it's when you lose your focus when you start staring to the degree that you lose the focus of the things around it then the image emerges out of that you know those some of those 3d posters and you had to lose your focus before you could actually see the image that's what happens when you gaze in the word of god you got to take enough time you cannot rush meditation in the word you have to lose your focus you look at the word of god and then you lose your focus so you can see god's focus you got to lose your own mind so you can find he is that's what the souls that that are beheaded under the altar it's about losing your mind so you can possess the mind of christ it's about losing your focus so you can see things from god's perspective but meditate on the word of god it has a way of rekindling your fire god will just give you a word one word from god is enough to fuel you for the whole week for the whole month for the whole year sometimes just a word from god will enliven your spirit listen what you think about is what you eventually bring about just watch what you meditate on but the word of god is the best source because the word of god uh is a fire uh in the boiler room of your heart it's a fire and notice what happened uh to the disciples as they were walking with jesus on the road to emmaus in luke chapter 24 and verse 32. they said to each other didn't our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explain the scriptures to us my god what a a relationship with god when you begin to talk about the things of god and your fire is rekindled when somebody begins to touch on something and all of a sudden it quickens and you feel the holy ghost on the inside of you stirring you because somebody is speaking your language i get excited what i can just get with people that have revelation on the inside of them it charges my battery i want to talk to somebody that's got the zoy life of god on the inside of them i don't want to talk about who's that this and who had on this at the gala i want to find somebody that's got a revelation in their heart so that my heart can burn faster and better with the fire of the holy ghost on the inside of me meditate on the word of god here's the fourth thing go back to the source of the fire and remain connected go back to the source these are simple but not everything this simple is easy go back to the source of the fire and remain connected go back to the source of the fire and remain connected notice what the scripture reminds us of in habakkuk chapter 2 verse 2 then the lord answered me and said write the vision and make it plain on tablets that he may run who reads it write the vision write the vision and make it plain a clear vision so that he may run who reads it and listen let me say this to you prophetically if your vision doesn't make you want to get up and do something it's the wrong vision if your vision doesn't want to make you get up and do something it's the wrong vision and if you've lost your fire go back and read your vision again you've lost your focus on your vision go back to the source of the fire that's why he says write it because he knows you're gonna get discouraged sometime and your pharah's gonna go back go out go back to the vision and read the vision so it will inspire you to run after it again put it back in front of you put what god said prophetically if god gives you a prophetic word if it's on if it's on a on in an audible recorded format go back and listen to it again if you've written it down go back and read it again read it read it when god speaks to you write it so you can read it because when you get discouraged and you're wondering is this thing actually going to come to pass go back and read it in the same faith that inspired you the first time god will rekindle that thing in your heart and you'll realize yes this is the lord god you did indeed speak to me and now i got it now i got it i i had broken my focus by the circumstances that happened in my world but return to what originally inspired you and whenever you are tempted to quit just remember why you started in the first place whenever you tempted to quit just remember why you started in the first place please understand that the word focus has come from an old english word that literally means fireplace isn't that interesting focus it literally means fire please go back and do the research i've i've already done it but focus means fireplace whenever you lose your focus you lose your fire when you lose your focus you lose your fire focus is a fireplace and whenever you go into a room and there's a there's a there's a fireplace it becomes a focal point it's a focal point it's a focal point just to be able to have a fireplace whether it is in your in the family room or if it's in your bedroom if you're blessed to have a fireplace it's always a focal point you're not going to have a fireplace in a in a room in a house and nobody notices it and particularly if it's a cold night you're not merely focusing because of what it looks like but how it feels a fire is a it's a focus is a fireplace it's a fireplace it's where the family gathers it's where hearts are warmed it's where conversations happen get your focus back get your focus back it's it's back in the family room where the family gathers together and they are not digitally distracted it's a focal place that's where the fire comes from remember hebrews 12 29 our god is a consuming fire our god is a consuming fire and if you've lost the fire the best way to rekindle that fire is to refocus re-center your focus on the main thing i love something that randy remington said he says that the devil doesn't care whether he discourages you or whether he applauds you just as long as he takes your eyes off of jesus the devil doesn't care whether he discourages you or whether he applauds you just as long as he takes your eyes off of jesus i implore you today keep the main thing the main thing keep the main thing the main thing keep jesus as the center keep him as the focus keep the word and the vision and the prophecy that god has given you as the center when you know that this is god and then the fifth thing that i would say to you is this respond to the promptings of the holy spirit you want to keep your fire strong you want to keep your fire strong respond to the promptings of the holy spirit i mean first thessalonians 5 19 says this don't put out the spirit's fire king james version says this way quench not the spirit quench not but don't put out the spirit's fire have you ever thought about the fact that jesus didn't even ask people to accept him he asked them to follow him if you followed him it was proof that you accepted him follow me follow me he just touched people and said follow me he didn't stand there and present a whole type of thing and and say i need you to accept me do you accept me as your personal savior no no he just said follow me it's like you're walking and he stops the car and opens the door and says get in come on roll with me follow me follow me follow me follow me wouldn't it be something if jesus happened to be your uber driver your lift and you've summoned him and he pulls up in the and you open the back door and he says get in follow me follow me follow me follow me i want to encourage you today fan into flame fan into flame the gift of god that is within you and what you'll realize is this is that one of the most powerful weapons on earth is the human soul on fire one of the most powerful things on earth is the human soul on fire don't ask what the world needs what the world needs are people who are on fire with the purpose and the call that god has placed in their life this is why john wesley the founder of the methodist church could say when they wondered how in the world when he was put out and he's out in the wilderness preaching how do you get people to come out there and john wesley says i set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn it's amazing are you worth looking at is there anything to turn aside and see when god wanted to get moses attention he set a bush on fire what is he setting on fire in your life just to get your attention to reignite you and the beautiful thing that i love about god is that if i am a candle the bible says in proverbs 20 and verse 27 that the spirit of man is the candle of the lord searching all the inward parts of the belly it's like it's a candle it's a candle as a candle but the beautiful part is that if your candle has gone out you can lean your wick over to my flame and without diminishing my fire i allow you to catch a fire and now you've got a flame sitting on your wick as well and it is time church for us not to just glory in our own flame that sits on us but there are a whole lot of other candles that are around us that are sitting in darkness and in depression and in anxiety disorders who are in darkness and they're cold and their flame is out and all that they need is for somebody to lean over and to just hold a fire to their wick for just a few moments a few seconds of your time just to speak a prophetic word and something that was dead in somebody all of a sudden starts leaping on the inside leaping and praising god i just tell you that when you are pregnant with something that god has put on the inside of you and you've not felt your baby move at all but when you come into the contact of somebody that is the light of the world my god he was shining from inside of a womb and john felt it and had a quickening in the holy ghost here's my question have you discovered your why yet because remember that the story that you tell yourself shapes your future the story that you tell yourself shapes your future it shapes your future and i want you to know this that what gives me the greatest fulfillment in my own personal life it's not about fulfilling my own story what brings the greatest fulfillment to me personally is when i'm a part of somebody else's story when i meet people that says that because of you i didn't give up when somebody else walks up to me and shares a testimony and says you know you saved my marriage when somebody else sends me an email and says you know what you motivated me to start my own business when i bump into a pastor that says i'm in ministry today because of you when somebody speaks to me and they said you know a prophetic word that you gave me years ago changed my trajectory it means something to me when somebody says to me that you showed me my potential it's not about my having such a great story i'm a part of his story and we've got too many selfish self-centered people that think that they are god's gift to the whole world the epic is not about you we are not the center we want the starring role jesus is a star and if we can't all play a role in that to say hey hey hey hey you know what the star of the show asked me to to tell you this because if what we do the spirit of prophecy is not our testimony it's the testimony of jesus the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of jesus it begins to point people back to say how did you know that jesus told me to tell you he's the star of this show it's not about us if he blesses your business it's not about you it's that jesus wanted to manifest something to you and he realized that he gives you power to get wealth so that you can establish his covenant in the earth this thing is all connected it's not about your having such a fascinating story and bringing all the eyes on you because when the eyes come on you and you have to realize that it begins to mess you up because here's the truth that whatever gives light must also endure burning and my god sometimes when you give light to others there comes such a burning in you because it becomes confusing to you to give light to others and then you're burning out yourself and you're giving light to others and yet you stand in a place in a personal decisions of your own life in your own personal world of wondering god why is this not working that god i need you i need you jesus i need you i know that you've used me to help others god but i i've been doing burning i need you jesus i need you i need you i need your jesus in my heart i need you in my understanding i need you i need you i need you i feel god in this place catastrones when you walk yet in dark places and you pray unto me and you cannot feel me near when you pray will you still trust me when you're in a place of darkness and you've lost what you loved you prayed that they would live and they died can you still trust me when you asked for one thing and it did not manifest can you still trust me or will you impugn my character that i have been unfaithful can you trust me when you do not receive from my hand will you trust my heart will you believe that i have the best in store for you and that i will even work good out of what you do not understand at the moment will you trust me but when you will walk and ask for something and if it is the wrong requests the answer will be no and if it is the wrong time the answer will be slow and if you have the wrong character the answer will be grow and if it is the right requests the answer will be gold trust me says the lord hallelujah to jesus i feel god in this place he so loves us he cares for us in such a special way jesus loves you and he is faithful even when others are not when the times are not faithful god is faithful [Music] he's faithful can you trust him can you trust him can you trust him will you let your trust rest solely in the god of heaven who sees you hurting you've given light and you've endured burning and instead of complaining about the burn marks know that you have walked in a light and shown others away timber as it were sent toward heaven to build something ahead of you of where you go jesus is the way and we are his servants and may fire today she cora basket now once again kitty there's an interruption of the holy ghost i allow him it's his service it's his church you're his people god can do what he wants to do some of you burned out you've been in confusion and you've wondered god why would you bless so many others through me and yet here i stand in need i've given light but i've burned haha there's a healing there's a rekindling of saw fire this time and out of all of the storm as it settles there's a still small voice it wasn't about the fire it was about the voice letting you know that you're mine that i care for you when i came to reignite something in your soul to set your blaze and then to turn you loose to braid as it were foxtails and turn you loose and everything that you touch will spread the fire our god is a consuming fire may he fall on us may he fall on us may he fall on us just express your love just tell them i love you i love you i love you lord today because you can't for me all gone in such a special way and yes i and i lift you up and i magnify your name yeah yeah that's why my [Music] tell him again that you love it tell him i love you she says i love you jesus i love you [Music] [Applause] because you can [Music] belong in such a special way and yes [Music] and i magnify your day yeah that's why my heart [Music] can you tell in my heart my mind my soul belongs to you [Music] you jesus the price for me way back on calvary and i lift you up [Music] and i magnify your name yeah that's why my heart [Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] oh jesus that's what [Music] how many of you glad you came to the house of the lord today how many of you know he led you here today thank you for those that are tuning in today i pray that you receive the word of the lord today and i pray that you will learn to wait in his presence and just be refueled and reconnected to the source of who he is and learn the tremendous power of just meditating in the word of god and even when you're going through a storm to just wait for all of that to pass because after that there will be a still small voice that'll give you your next steps your marching orders as god sets your blaze with new purpose and direction for your life and remember that it's not about you it's about how you serve other people with the gifts and callings that god has placed in your life this is bigger than you it's bigger than me it's about him and we are just privileged to be able to play a role in the economy of god in the plan of god in saving the whole world it's a big world and we have a big god and he's got an epic that he allows us to be a part of and we are so thankful to god that he allows us to be a part of the epic move that he has and i encourage you today to surrender your heart to jesus if you don't know him just sit under your heart and just follow him just follow him just follow him follow him follow him follow him follow me if you're online and you want to follow him and be a part of this local body of believers you can just text join wf2484848 and we've got folks that will minister you and lead you right in the process of joining with us and if you want to give your heart to jesus and if you want to come and be a member of the church you can just come right here and go to my left and to your right and we'll take care of you and invite you right into the wonderful fellowship of the lord thank you so much for being here today we love you we appreciate you but don't leave the way that you came in jesus name i pray that god has set a process of just rekindling a fire that he's placed on the inside of you and i pray that you've heard his voice today in a way that reconnects you with divine purpose god's hand is on you and i'm excited about what god is doing these are dark times but dark times give greater significance to light we were born for times just like this and here we go now with our torch the fire of our god who is a consuming fire so that not only does it bring light but it brings warmth to people who have felt isolated and have been in the in the dark corners and now they come into fellowship and are connected and so we invite you today if you want to surrender your heart to jesus if you want to join the church you can just go right here to my left and to your right let's pray father we bless you thank you for the privilege of loving you today thank you for speaking to our hearts oh lord god we declare the day that our hearts burn as you talk with us along the way thank you thank you for what you even said to us prophetically today thank you thank you thank you thank you for speaking by your word today thank you for speaking by your presence thank you thank you thank you thank you for being faithful lord and for tolerating us when we have waffled and doubted thank you thank you thank you god we love you and we pray that you will shine through us over the course of this week until we gather again in your name jesus name amen god bless you we'll see you next week [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] you

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