The Madness of the Prophet - Pastor Nathaniel Urshan

[Music] [Music] [Applause] how can we all stand across this building and magnify the name of the lord thank you jesus oh we worship you god because somebody lift up your voice oh hallelujah give him a handcraft of grace oh thank you lord thank you lord you've been so good to me jesus you've been so good to me now oh when i think of his mercy when i think of his goodness oh i can help oh come on [Music] to magnify the name of the lord in this place help us oh me be [Music] [Music] [Applause] is oh oh oh is oh magnum oh hey [Music] oh [Music] is i know that he is worthy oh somebody magnified the name of the lord in this place we thank you jesus oh that's the name of of all names come on somebody give you my hand clapping praise [Music] thank you lord thank you jesus the bible says in the kingdom of heaven suffer a violence but the violent taken by force amen hallelujah this is not a friendly fight we in this to win hallelujah we're not just going through emotions we are in this to win we are in this to make it to heaven hallelujah and i'm thankful tonight to know the name that it's above all names hallelujah when the name is jesus come on somebody shout jesus oh let's magnify the name of the lord in this place is [Applause] glorious foreign foreign is is [Applause] foreign [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] we're gonna ask this enjoy to sing that part one more time but i want you to step out of your of your view of your seat or you step out in the eye and if you know that that's the name that it's above all names i want you to shout from the top of your lungs and lift up your hands and throw your head back and declare tonight we're gonna worship the kingdom of kings and the lord the lord's in spite for what the world says come on somebody do it right now come on we [Music] is [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] me dump your voice let's go [Music] magnify the lord with me and let us and let us oh i can solve a position let us let us exalt his name together somebody praise him in this place if you're at home if you're in your living room in your bedroom come on why don't you lift up the name of jesus oh i feel power i feel dominion i feel authority in this place come on in somebody take batter take it back [Music] yes that's it but i feel it i feel it in the holy ghost [Music] this is what happens when you begin to magnify the names of all things [Applause] somebody just take a few moments and magnify the lord that's it oh i feel healing beards and bullets i feel pain bryson come on yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh what's the name what's that name [Music] somebody shout at me [Music] yes [Music] somebody oh we gotta move on we gotta move on is this all right is this okay come on somebody shout but i feel like if you have a need i believe that god can answer right now so i i i dare you to step out of your pew or right there will you rather just lift up your hands this pray for sister coffee that's having back pain but if you have a need if you need something from the lord this is the type of atmosphere where anything can happen i don't know what you came i don't know what type of problems you brought here tonight but there is a god there is bigger instead of magnifying the problem just magnify the name of the lord because that's what we're doing right now anything can happen come on let's go to the lord and prayer lord in the name of jesus lord in the name of jesus [Music] oh in the name of the lord [Music] oh i feel the holy ghost in this place let's say with your own words with your own voice come on let him know lord oh yes i need you lord i need you lord somebody cry out to the lord right now yes he's listening he's right there beside you oh he never left you he never left you he's just calling you two deeper waters come on just follow him just trust him tell him lord wherever you go alcohol whatever you lead me lord i'll follow hiko in jesus name in jesus name oh somebody cry out to the lord you do miracles oh yes somebody sing that with us tonight there is no one make that your prayer make that your song is no one else like you nor you are great oh you are great i can't do this on my own there is no one else i can't make it on my own there is lift up your hands to make that your prayer there is no [Music] [Music] like you [Applause] you are i know you're working on my behalf [Music] [Applause] [Music] there is [Music] oh somebody give him a hand clap praise in this place [Music] well why don't we lift our voices one more time and give him thanks oh your great god hallelujah you're a great god you're a great god you're a great god come on if he's a great god hallelujah give him great praise hallelujah hallelujah god bless you it is so good to be in the house of the lord you may return to your siege maybe you may be seated the bible makes a unique statement in romans 5 where it says where sin abounded grace did much more abound that word abound is a is a powerful word but in the original text those are two different words because the word when the word sin when it uses the word abounded uh it talks about plenteous meaning laterally there's a lot going on this way but when it talks about the grace of god much more abounding that's a different word that word means super or above or much greater or much powerful what was the writer saying it doesn't matter how difficult things get going this way there's always a god there's always a kingdom that's greater and they'll never ever equal what god can do in our lives and in in the church and in the earth friend i'm telling you we serve a winning god we're on a winning team never ever absolutely responsibility or that power today to understand we're always always winning and as we talk about abundance i'd like for the ushers to get ready and we want to give this evening unto the lord we want to receive our tithe and also give our offerings and while they're getting ready want to make mention of a couple of important things there is still there still are some plates available from the sister hands seed money dinner three cheesy beef enchiladas uh frijoles charros charros beans it's hard to say that because chad rose is spanish and then you say it in english and it just anyway spanish rice and salsa seven dollars per meal there's banana nut bread and all of this is going for missions missions house seed money and please please don't forget that they'll be out there selling after service and also ladies paint night for seed money is saturday september 12th monday september 14th at 7 p.m cost is 25 includes all materials and freshmen and i uh refreshments and sister garland has already bent my ear on this she's looking forward to this night so please see sister laura about these to register for this it's gonna be a great time all of this seed money all of this going to help us for the missions house the missions work how many believe in reaching the world amen we can't go but we can help send somebody else we can help fund that hey that's important friend let's pray together father thank you for your blessings your mercy god we ask you to help us today lord bless what we give to you lord give it back in abundance to your people in jesus name god bless you as they sing and we receive the giving tonight in jesus name me [Music] but now are my glory the lifter up of my head i cried unto the lord with my voice and he heard me out of his holy hills [Music] me [Music] oh [Music] i will not be [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] oh thank you for lifting thank you thank you for listening thank you for listening [Applause] me for me [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] when i could my head thank you for listening oh lift up your head oh ye gates and be lifted up the everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in who is this king of glory he's the lord strong and mighty he's the lord mighty in battle so lift up your head on your gates and be lift up your everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in let's give the lord a handcuff of praise tonight amen i'm in love with jesus i came to lift up the name of jesus [Applause] aren't you glad that he lifted your head hallelujah aren't you glad that he lifted your countenance hallelujah hallelujah praise god praise god praise god god knows how to lift us in a world of depression [Music] in a world of post-traumatic stress disorder in a world of compulsive manias and xanax and every other opiate that hits the market i'm telling you there's a god that can lift your head [Music] he can he can cause you to look into the future instead of what happened here today instead of what happened yesterday he can lift your head and you can see afar off and you can see the promises of god hallelujah hallelujah oh let's love him in this house let's love him in this sanctuary praise god praise god praise god praise god glory to god i feel the holy ghost in this place somebody speak that name of jesus in this house [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you for lifting thank you for lifting thank you for lifting [Music] my head you for lifting thank you for lifting i'm thankful that he lifted [Music] he's my strength he's my strong power [Music] let's give the lord a handclap of thanksgiving amen amen amen amen hallelujah hallelujah god bless you you can find a seat in close i will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that set themselves against me round about there's a spirit of this age that wants to wants to silence the worship and the praise of god and and what people will say is that it's okay to protest but it's not okay to go to church that's not right that's not right no sir no ma'am amen we came to magnify the one that can do something about it we came to exalt the king we came to lift up the name of jesus christ [Music] they say well it's important to protest it's important to express yourself i agree it's important to express but let's express it to jesus christ amen let's let him know that he's worthy let's i say it's important to praise i say it's important to worship i say it's important to lift up holy hands without wrath and without doubting [Applause] hallelujah praise god praise god amen amen you can be seated in the presence of the lord we're so glad for our visitors that are that are here tonight we want to welcome william and tanya samson and family amen god bless you guys we're glad that you're here sarah bowling guest of sister celia mullins god bless you sarah wes the grandson of brother wayne and sister ethel williams is here amen god bless you zariah and sunayai friends of mariah kimray april banks and her husband anthony amen god bless you all mary claiborne and dynasty we're glad that you're here and vincent and b hunt are here again amen so we're glad you came glad you've joined us and came to lift up the name of jesus christ welcome to fpc praise god we're also very very glad to have with us in service tonight uh brother sister maynard's daughter and son-in-law amen we're glad that you guys can worship the lord with us amen welcome to the house of the lord god is so good god is so good those of you that are visiting online we're so glad that you have joined us we know these are difficult times i have received your emails i have i have heard from you and many people want to be here they want to be able to worship god we're thankful for the streaming ministry we're thankful for everybody that has helped produce it and all the the technology and the people that work so hard we have a good tech team we have a good media team that is helping put that together god bless you guys we're glad that we have a team putting it together but the truth is it's not the same as when you're here to worship god there's something about coming together in one place in one accord to lift up the name of jesus man you should feel the electricity in this house tonight amen thou o lord art a shield for me my glory and the lifter up of my head praise god praise god praise god [Applause] and so if you are not able to make it we love you we appreciate you we're praying for you many people are dealing with covet symptoms and they have relatives some people don't have covet but they've been exposed to somebody that has coveted so we're just working our way through this and and god's going to help us god is helping us amen amen and tonight after the service we have the seed money uh dinner that we're going to be continuing to give but but i should have mentioned i mentioned meant to say this to brother galindo it's actually five dollars and so it's what a deal enchiladas for five dollars that is the will of god particularly when sister han makes those we love and appreciate the hands and the hard work that they put into this so glory to god in the highest amen amen thank you so much for your prayers and your well wishes for my family um sister ursian is still at home with them in indianapolis and and sister jordan is there as well and they'll be coming home this next week so keep my family in your prayers they're they're doing good they're everybody's recovering well but i'm thankful the lord's a healer amen i'm thankful that he has kept his hand upon his people and thank you this last tuesday brother galindo and bishop godaire for for holding down the fort for us in heaven church amen amen thank god for great men of god that keep the work of god moving forward stand with me tonight in the presence of the lord let's open our bibles to the book of second peter second peter chapter two and while you're turning there i'm grateful for everybody that is teaching home bible studies people are coming to me saying brothers and we're teaching bible studies we're talking to people about the glory of god and we're baptizing people and people are receiving the holy ghost i'm thankful for a church that continues to do the will of god and if you're going through a tough time first thing is keep going and the second thing is get involved in the work of god i said it this morning it bears repeating that ruth she had lost her husband and orpah had lost her husband meylan and chileon and naomi had her husband had died there are tough times that come to the people of god there's this is not god never said tough times wouldn't come he never said difficulties wouldn't come just because we're in church doesn't mean we're immune from the ailments and the maladies of the world and the tragedies of life but when you put your hand in the hand of the master when i get involved in god's business he has a way of taking care of his people amen god will take care of his people so i'm just going to get busy about my father's business there's souls to be one there's people to be taught there's a gospel to be preached to be preached in all the world amen amen second peter chapter 2 and let's start reading it verse 9 the lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government presumptuous of a self-willed they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities whereas angels which are greater in power and might they bring not railing accusation against them before the lord but these as natural brute beasts made to be taken and destroyed speak evil of the things that they understand not and shall utterly perish in their own corruption and shall receive the reward of unrighteousness as they counted pleasure to riot in the daytime boy does that resonate spots they are in blemishes sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you having eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin beguiling unstable souls and heart they have exercised with covetous practices cursed children which have forsaken the right way are gone astray following the way of balaam everybody say the way of balaam following the way of balaam the son of bosor who loved the wages of unrighteousness but was rebuked for his iniquity the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet peter is describing a condition that people can find themselves in a state of mind that that people can begin to develop if they don't stay connected to the spirit of god and we're seeing it in our world right now we're seeing a degeneracy we're seeing a a way of thinking that's very foreign young people we have seen this rise younger generations millennials we have seen it rise but but i know that an older generation is looking at this saying what in the world is happening and tonight i want to talk about the spirit of this world and even it can happen inside of a church nobody is immune to a prayerless life and a carnal mind so tonight i want to talk to you for a few moments i want to talk a little bit about the madness of the prophet the madness of the prophet amen god bless you you can be seated a few weeks ago i had the opportunity to to talk a little bit about the mind of christ and we had a good time the lord helped us spirit of god moved i believe that i believe that when the word of god is preached and people's hearts are open and receptive that god will confirm his word i believe people will be blessed i believe people will be restored i believe people will be rejuvenated praise god and a big part of serving god is getting into that atmosphere sometimes you just got to get to church just get to church if you don't do anything else get to the house of god things happen in the house of god that can't happen anywhere else and the world might not understand that the world might not put a premium on that the world might say what's up what's the big deal just take a few months off you can't ask church folks to take a few months off the writer said i need him more than my necessary food hallelujah i'm hungry and i'm thirsty for righteousness tonight and i could no more take a month off than than not eat food and not drink water we need the presence of god we need the presence of god there's power when you come into the presence of god the united prayer of god's people the preaching of the word and let me say it this way it puts us in our right mind if you spend time out of god's presence things will start to change you will change i will change one of the greatest dangers of of this pandemic is not covet 19 it's carnal prayerless lives and people that live begin to live a life of ease and a life of of sedentary spiritual dynamics where you can just sit down and and get out of the habit of going to church that's more dangerous than covet 19 ever was praise god you got to make up in your mind i'm not letting the old me come back to life i crucified my flesh with the affections and the lust thereof i'm a new creature in christ jesus and i'm hanging on to god's promises i'm hanging on to the holy ghost atmosphere i'm breathing deep in the presence of the lord and so the bible says to let this mind be in you which was in christ jesus and though he was rich yet for your sake he became poor i want the mind of christ i want to think like jesus i want to talk like jesus i want to look like jesus act like jesus dress like jesus be like jesus when people see me i don't want them to see gold and silver and paint and and everything that says look at me look at me no flesh should glory in the presence of god when they see me let them seek jesus hallelujah when they see me let them be attracted to the treasures that are on the inside of the tabernacle let them be attracted to the gold that's on the inside not the cheap earthly gold hanging on the outside we don't need that gold we need a greater gold that's in the heart and the mind of a man or a woman let them that's why we have this treasure in earth and vessels that the excellency of his glory and power may be of god and not of us gold on the inside earthen on the outside i want that mind when we're in our right minds god can speak to us when we're in our right minds god can deal with us believe i believe we're supposed to be in touch with god all the time i don't mean a couple times a day i mean 24 hours a day and that shouldn't be such a crazy idea we say well i i'm going to try to pray 30 minutes a day brother urshan pray 24 hours a day pray without ceasing and that doesn't mean that you just talk to god every single second of the day but it does mean keeping your signal strong your prayer life should show four bars of 5g in heaven's network all the time i think there should be downloads happening in the background all day every day you don't even know it's happening but there's apps that are updating in the background there's a spiritual dynamic god is recharging my joy he's recharged he's talking to me hallelujah i'm not receiving from hollywood i'm not receiving from the entertainment industry i'm receiving from jesus christ when i walk by people that need the holy ghost i get a little signal from heaven let's just talk to him right now when i'm talking to my co-worker when i'm talking to my friend i get a little signal that says now's the time you've been waiting on now just a little just a little signal praise god praise god this generation should understand connectedness amen so you can stay in a state of prayer some when you're connected to god when you're connected to god you'll feel uncomfortable around carnal people that doesn't mean you're losing your mind that means your holy ghost signal is strong that means that it's sending you a message there's a text popping up on your screen saying watch out look out be careful what you say be careful this is not your friend this is not somebody you need to you should not talk like this just a friendly reminder stay connected in the holy ghost let that mind be in you god my i've had it happen i've had it happen i can remember one time vividly when i was young i was i made it up in my mind i wanted to hear god i know some of you have prayed that prayer lord let me hear your voice how will i know god's voice i'll tell you one way that you can know god's voice is get to know his voice if you know how god talks in here you'll know how god talks in here and everything he says in here will line up with what's in here amen i was saying god i want to hear your voice i want to hear your voice and i began to pray and i fasted and i i called on god i pushed away the plate and and i i called on the lord and instead of eating food i began to partake of spiritual food and man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of god shall man live and i i was i was feeling after the lord i was weak in my body but my spirit was so happy i had gotten past a lot of things in my spirit overcome a lot of things in my spirit and and i can remember it so vividly i woke up one morning and i heard somebody talking it was a man he had a strong masculine voice and and and i could just tell i think i was 19 still living at home with my parents it was before i was married i was preparing to for marriage and i can remember thinking who in the world left the radio on it was about 5 a.m in the morning and it was gray outside it was that early morning wasn't even light yet and i remember thinking who left that crazy radio on and you know it was one of those things where you turn over and try to put a pillar over your head and whoever had left it on wasn't changing anything and this guy just kept on talking for a second i thought maybe it was like a dj from the radio station and but but there was no sound effects and there was no jovial tone to it it was just it was just this voice and as i sat there and consciousness began to grow in my mind i could hear what the voice was saying it was saying i love you more than you could ever imagine it just kept saying it over and over again i called you from your mother's womb i know you i know the hairs on your head i i know you from the beginning i'll keep you until the end it was non-stop love and joy and i could feel my spirit growing hallelujah and i remember that i sat there for ten full minutes as i heard this voice i don't know if it was an angel i don't know if it was god but all i know is the lord was speaking to me in a manner that day in that house it wasn't a voice that i could hear with my ears it was a voice that was in my spirit it was in my mind hallelujah i want to hear his voice i want to know what he is saying to me i want to hear him hallelujah god's got a plan god's got a purpose god has a relationship that he wants to he wants to have with men and women and i believe we can tune to the right channel in our spirit i think we can tune to the right frequency there's voices in this house right now voices and and i don't even have to speak spiritually there's a million voices in this room right now all you all you would need is a radio turned to the right frequency and you could pick them up and they were in here the whole time and all you'd need was the right cell phone number and you could tune in and you'd hear conversations you'd hear you'd hear conversations in arabic right now you would hear conversations in russian and and and portuguese and other languages they're flowing through this room as they zip around the world as they're conducted through cell towers and and from satellites they're flying through this room the only reason you can't hear it is because the frequency is not right and you don't have the equipment to pick it up and that's on an earthly scale that's on an earthly frequency i'm telling you there are voices that you can pick up if you will just tune to the right thing it's one of the reasons we come to church is because it tunes us to the right frequency preaching will put it on the right frequency reading the word of god will put it on the right frequency prayer walking into the prayer room and overcoming flesh and overcoming satan and tuning your mind to the to the thoughts and the words of jesus christ all of that tunes to the right channel in your spirit praise god i'll never forget my brother calling me one time he said he said nathan do you have a moment i said yeah he was he was his voice was shaking and he said i i was praying one time he said i was wrestling with something in my spirit he said i was very troubled i was troubled i was having a hard time he said i had these thoughts going through my mind i just felt like i was no good i felt like i was no good at all i felt like nobody cared about me we had some problems we had some troubles we were working through some difficulties and i just felt like he said i felt like the church was going under and i felt like everybody was gonna leave and everybody was gonna backslide and and and i felt like nobody cared and i felt like i was no good as a person and and he said i just felt so depressed he said i went into the prayer room i said god help me with this he said i grabbed a hold of those thoughts and he knows enough to pray and he grabbed a hold of those thoughts he said lord i need your help with this and he began to pray against those feelings i'll just say this a lot of things that people call feelings are actually devils that will work against your mind and against your heart and he began to pray and he began to call on the name of the lord and he prayed for 30 minutes prayed for an hour and finally there laying over the bench he fell asleep he fell asleep praying and calling on the name of the lord and as he slept he dreamed to dream and in the dream the lord was talking to him and the lord said i'm going to pull back the curtain and i'm going to show you the unclean spirit that is speaking against you today and he said a big curtain pulled back in his mind and behind that curtain was this monster this unclean wicked thing and it was speaking blasphemies and hatred the the force of it felt like a blast from a heat furnace and and and the shock of it hit him in the dream and he remember he said i remember feeling uh pushed back and propelled backwards the force of the hatred and the venom and god dropped the curtain and said that's the spirit that's been working against you all day long he said i want you to know that it's a lie that he is a liar and they are the father of lies and you are my son hallelujah i'm just telling you to get tuned to the right frequency i'm telling you don't you let the wrong thoughts get in your head don't let the wrong voices begin to speak things into your mind grab a hold of the voice of jesus learn the voice of your shepherd learn the voice of the almighty god and drive out every depression drive out every doubt drive out every discouragement hallelujah i came to preach somebody out of depression tonight i came to preach somebody out of trauma tonight i came to preach somebody out of the chaos that's in your head because if you don't understand that spirit world it'll drive you crazy praise god i'll just go ahead and say it in the middle of the message here the madness of the prophet is when you lose the mind of christ praise god the madness of the prophet is when you start to think like a fallen human being when you start to think that that that you and i know everything and that we have all the answers when you start to look at the things of god differently that's the madness that can grab ahold that word madness comes from from a a greek word it's paraphromea and it's the same root that's in paranoia that's a modern word we use same word and it means wrong thoughts it means irregular thought patterns forbade the madness of the prophet i'm telling you that you can lose right thinking our world has lost right thinking we we lived at one time in our culture in our society in a much more god-centric world was it perfect no were there problems yes was their hypocrisy of course but people had a fear of god that they did not have today church was a big part of people's lives people would come to hear preachers and they would they would they would come and they would rejoice and preachers would preach and god would touch people not everybody had the full truth but god would move through his word and america was much more god-centered than it is right now with the advent of television there were voices introduced into people's lives and with broadcasting and with thoughts people stopped going to hear the preachers and they became entertainment oriented and and their thoughts begin to change the bible says it like this in romans chapter one this doesn't happen by accident the bible says that when they knew god they glorified him not as god praise god i just want to go ahead and say that the steps to backsliding are not a mystery amen when you read the the degeneracy of romans chapter one it did not start with the horrible horrible stuff it started with not glorifying him as god i think we need to glorify him as god tonight i think we need to give him the glory that he deserves i don't think we need to approach this as another sunday night service or another tuesday night service as another item on our agenda as another thing that we're you we've got to glorify him as god worship belongs to god praise belongs to god thanksgiving belongs to god these hands they were mad made for clapping unto the lord oh clap your hands all ye people and shout unto who unto god with the voice of triumph this voice i have was made for glorifying it wasn't made for cursing it wasn't made for mocking it was made for praising [Music] they glorified him not as god neither were thankful so so a lack of thanksgiving is the next step down the ladder of degeneracy sitting quiet and cold in church is the first step glorify him as god well that's just fpc you know how they are no no no glorify him as god i don't want to be comfortable i don't want to be complacent i don't want to be dried up i don't want to be plucked up by the roots i don't want to be a well without water i don't want to be carried about with every tempest i want to be a son of the most high god glorify him as god glorify him as god glorify him my first step towards losing my mind is when i stop glorifying him as god if you'll do that then you'll take the next step down the rung neither we're thankful i'm so thankful for what we have right now [Music] i'm thankful for a church [Applause] i'm thankful for this facility i'm thankful for decades of sacrifice and faith and continuity i'm thankful for revivals in the past i'm thankful for strong apostolic leadership that didn't buckle when the pressure got intense i'm thankful for leadership that came through the protests of the sixties and the sexual revolution of the seventies and the decadence of the eighties and the post-modernism of the nineties and the insanity of the 2000s i thank god for a church that preached acts 2 38 and that preached separation from the world i thank god for a church that knows that there's one god i am thankful i'm thankful i'm thankful matter of fact i want to enter his gates with thanksgiving and enter into his courts with praise that's how i approach the monarch of heaven thankful don't you let the devil talk you out of the church i don't care who says something ugly to you don't don't leave the church be thankful for the church well don't don't let the devil give you some raise somewhere that tempts you out of the church because you can chase money the bible says he ran greedily after the reward of of unrighteousness you can chase money and get to where you thought it was and find out that the church you had is the greatest church in the world and the presence of god that was in that place is not everywhere not everybody touches heaven like that not everybody loves souls like that not everybody preaches the word of god like that i'm thankful i'm thankful for doctrine i'm thankful for church i'm thankful for worship it's madness it's insanity to lose the good promises of god it's crazy to walk away from revival it's crazy to walk away from holiness it's madness to walk away from jesus name they became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened when you stop praying when you stop getting in the presence of god your imagination will run away the root the root of imagination is image it's image and there's an idolatry to that there's a seduction to that you'll fall in love with an image rather than god the bible says that that the weapons of our warfare are they're they're mighty through god they are not carnal but they are mighty through god to the pulling down of strongholds the bible says we cast down imaginations you've got to let the same spirit get a hold of you that got a hold of gideon when he looked at the idols of his father and said that's the reason why i don't have victory that's the reason my house is in chaos that's the reason why the enemies have triumphed that's the reason why the famine is here is because we're worshiping something that is not god and he threw down the idol and god began to give victory to the people of god there's a casting down you got to get victory over that cell phone you got to get victory over the internet you got to get victory over the image of this world you've got to cast it down if i don't pray if i don't pray i'll be carried away into an image they became vain in their imaginations men will know what's going on in the sports world but they won't know what's going on in the kingdom of god women will be enamored with the with the seductresses of of hollywood and and society they'll know more about what's going on in the in the glamour section of the society magazines and all the the people and the us and whatever internet weirdos stuff is out there they'll they'll want to look like that and talk like that and be like that when they stop praying when they get carried away with their imaginations hallelujah but if you can grab a hold of the right mind david said my feet had well nice slipped my feet had there's some people that are about to slip i can feel it in the holy ghost tonight i don't know if you're on the internet or if you're in the building but don't you slip from what you know is right don't you slip off into the abyss don't you slip off into the crevasse and the dark canyons of this world david said until i went to the house of the lord and when i went to the house of the lord i understood i can't afford to lose my mind [Applause] my children are dependent on me to keep my mind right my wife is dependent on me to keep my mind right god needs people that have the mind of christ you can be seated [Applause] professing themselves to be wise they became fools there's a pride that'll grip a person when they begin to leave the things of god they'll harden themselves the bible says pharaoh hardened himself the lord hardened his heart somebody asked me one time they said why would god harden his heart why wouldn't god help pharaoh and i read something one time it was it was a pretty interesting perspective the stuff that you are made of will determine whether you're hardened or whether you are softened it was a pretty interesting insight it said the same sunlight shines on the wax that melts it and the clay that hardens it and depending on what you are made of is how you will respond to the sunlight that comes down i'm going to tell you that what you're made of will determine whether you're hardened or whether you're softened if you have a right spirit if you've if you've gotten a hold of some things if if you're ready to humble yourself under the mighty hand of god then god can talk to you and god can deal with you like moses but if you've got the wrong thing in your heart the same sunlight that softens moses hardens pharaoh [Music] i want to be made out of the right stuff i want to have a right spirit praise god and that's when people begin to speak against spiritual voices and speak against the things of god have you ever noticed how the scripture talks here about balaam it talks about him it talks about the donkey it says he spake with man's voice and he forbade the madness of the prophet there are things that that to the carnal mind they look crazy i'll tell you right now they're not crazy if you have the right mind people say what we're doing here tonight is crazy they say we're crazy for clapping our hands and crazy for dancing for everybody out there watching that that might be laughing and mocking go on ahead you can do that there's always been mockers there's always been ishmaels there's always been people who have laughed at the people of god amen but but while you're watching that also watch the blessing while you're sharp eyed and watching the things that you think are funny watch how god blesses watch how god gives grace watch the joy of the lord become the strength i'm not ashamed of the gospel of jesus christ it's the power of god it's the power of god [Applause] the scripture says of the pharisees and sadducees that when the apostles came and they preached jesus that they made a statement they said these that have turned the world upside down or come thither also and that's what folks that are upside down think when you turn it right side up when you were upside down to start with you think they're turning it upside down there's people that think living right is turning it upside down there's people that think that getting off drugs is crazy there's people anybody know what i'm talking about when you were addicted to everything in the world they just accepted you when you when you had your your hair all wild and crazy and you live like an animal they thought you were crazy but when you walked in and you got cleaned up and god delivered you from drugs all of a sudden they got worried about you all of a sudden they began to think that you lost your mind i didn't lose anything i gained the promises of god i gained the favor of the most high god god didn't turn it upside down god turned it right side up praise god god wants to turn me right side up i'm going to be praying like i need to be praying i'm going to be thinking like i need to be thinking all of a sudden i love my family all of a sudden i've got right thinking all of a sudden i can see clearly you look back you look back at old pictures of yourself and you say i can't believe i ever [Applause] look at that look what the lord has done look i can't believe i ever thought that looked good i can't believe i ever thought that sounded good i can't believe i ever wore that there's women that look at how they used to dress i can't believe i ever thought so little of myself that i would ever allow myself to be objectified but i got my right mind i got my right mind i got my right thinking i got my my mind is drawn to the book of daniel when nebuchadnezzar said that he had created all things and that he was the one who had done all these great works and the voice of god came down from heaven and said this day i'll take from you your reason and your sanity and the bible says that god took from him his awareness and he knelt down like a beast his hair grew like a beast his claws grew like an animal and he ate grass like an ox until seven years would pass that he might know that the heavens do reign [Music] all you got to do is go to seattle and portland and go to the major metro areas and you'll see people just like that right now that are living like animals and talking like animals and they're drunk and they're out of their mind and they're full of devils i'm just here to tell you there's a right mind after seven years god caused him to stand upright like a man and his thoughts came back and his mind came back and he said now i know that there is no god but the one true living god thank god for the day he gave you your mind back thank god for the day he drove the insanity out the dumb ass spake with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet [Applause] i'm preaching against the madness that grips the mind of a man and a woman i'm preaching against the thoughts and the imaginations that would steal the peace from a home and from a man i feel the holy ghost right now somebody needs to hear what i'm saying god's god's talking to somebody in this house right now i can feel you hey totally i can feel you [Music] i can feel the torment in your spirit i can feel the thoughts that are running riot in your mind hallelujah i can feel you trying to gain control of your eyes the bible says having eyes filled with adultery that cannot cease from sin i can feel the struggle that people have i'm talking about a mind of christ that will give you peace and give you strength and make you the man and the woman of god that you were designed to be praise god praise god praise god let's love him right now fpc let's love him right now let's [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah god knows how to send an angel to stand between you and the mistake that you're about to make god knows how to send a messenger to you to say don't go that way don't hang around that group don't talk like that don't live like that [Applause] [Music] it's madness [Applause] [Music] i want to say this musicians can come i want to say this tonight balaam the bible said that he loved he loved the wages of unrighteousness he loved the things of this world balaam asked god he said god should i go with balak and god said no do not go balak said i'll give you money [Music] and when balak said that balaam went back and said god can i go god had already told him but this time god said you may go i want to be so careful i want to hear god the first time i want to know the true mind of god because when my heart begins to change god will begin to let me hear something else [Music] the bible says that because they didn't receive a love for the truth not a love because they didn't receive the love of the truth that god sent them a strong delusion god spoke and said you can go i want to be so careful when i start feeling like it's okay and i feel like the lord said i could do this brother er should i i really feel all right and as balaam got up to go the bible said the lord was wrath with him [Music] at the same time on another mountain not too far away was another man and god met him on the mountain too and when god met him on the mountain god told him things that man whose name was moses said let it be unto me according to your word i just want to hear your voice i just want to see your glory [Music] the bible said that moses went out to do the what he thought was the work of the lord and the lord was wrath with moses and an angel met him to kill him [Music] he hadn't taken care of the word of god he had made some mistakes he'd been careless and how he handled the things of god and he had a wife and his wife stepped in and took care of what was wrong i thank god for the marrying the right person i thank god for a praying spouse be thankful for a praying spouse that when you're losing your mind they don't lose their mind you don't want somebody to go along with you you don't want somebody that is less carnal or more carnal than you you want somebody that knows how to touch god that can hear the voice of god that can jump in when necessary and say wait a minute you're not thinking right this is not how we were raised this is not what bishop preached this is not what the word of god says the bible says the angel turned his wrath away and moses lived but on that first mountain i maybe it was the same angel i don't know an angel came to balaam and he didn't even see it when your mind's not right you can't see what you used to see [Music] messages that used to stir you don't stir you anymore altar calls that used to cause you to weep and cry and feel the power of god you yawn your way through them and you can't wait to get home if you're the last one to arrive and the first one to leave i'm afraid that you can't see the angel anymore when you hear something that you don't like you start to curse the beast and god has to speak through the mouth of the animal and forbid the madness of the prophet realize there was an angel standing between you in judgment because if you keep going that way balaam god's going to give it to you and you're going to die that's what the madness brings i have friends that today they're not in church they used to preach this with compassion they used to love souls they prayed for people we cast out devils out of people but today they've lost their minds the mind of christ i want to hang on to what god's given me tonight all across this building i want somebody just to reach your hands up to heaven i want you to open your heart i want you to speak unto the lord right now don't you let porn desensitize you don't you let the dark back alleyways of the internet pull you into places there's an angel standing between you and the judgment of god saying don't you go that way i forbid the madness i forbid the insanity that's gripping this world [Music] let's love the lord together right now somebody call on the name of jesus somebody call on the name of jesus somebody speak his name right now don't you lose your mind your wife is depending on you your children are depending on you your husband is depending on you come on moses you can see the angel you can hear the voice of heaven you can live you can be in your right mind you can be in a right spirit creating me a clean heart renewing me a right spirit [Music] i'm gonna open up this altar i'm gonna open up this place why don't you lift your hands why don't you call on the names of jesus lord i love to be like you with your goodness there's a mind of christ there's a mind of christ oh let's love him in this house let's love him in this place glorify him as god be thankful unto him bless his name is [Music] me touching people's hearts [Music] fill me with your spirits oh fill me [Music] that i loved [Music] [Applause] tv [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] me [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] fill [Music] [Music] fill me with your power [Music] like you fill me with community [Music] the holy ghost is falling on people right now i'm rebuking the madness i'm rebuking the insanity i'm rebuking into me empty me [Music] [Applause] make me me [Applause] [Music] me one more time kill me [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] tv hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] me empty me of anything empty [Music] me [Music] fill me fill me with your presence fill me with your goodness and your love has no limits [Music] what i love to be like fill me with your glory fill me goodness [Music] will lord i love to be [Music] do [Music] so [Music] in tv [Music] oh that's it that's the holy ghost the holy ghost is touching people the holy ghost is renewing people the holy ghost is fearing people [Music] me [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me fill me with your goodness [Music] fill me with your glory i want you to fill me we love you [Music] [Music] [Music] tell me [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] oh let's love him tonight in this house let god do an inside work let god do a restorative work let god create a clean heart let him renew a right spirit [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] all it takes all it takes is time spent in the presence of god just get to church and let god touch you again don't forsake the prayer room and god will restore you and renew you and put a right mind inside of you the bible talks about a man who walked among the tombs and who cried night and day and he cut he cut himself and no man could bind him because when they would bind him with chains he would pluck the chains asunder the bible says but when jesus came he cast the devils out of that man they went into the swine who ran down violently and choked themselves in the sea and i love what the bible says after that that when the people of the city came to see the man they found him sitting at the feet of jesus clothed and in his right mind [Music] i want my right mind tonight i want the mind of christ i want the presence of god i want my signal to remain strong [Music] oh let's love him one last time let's just lift our voices let's lift our hearts [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] the presence of the lord is is in this house tonight is a good night to be baptized in jesus name hallelujah let's rejoice let's rejoice let's give god praise let's give god thanks [Music] oh let's praise him let's praise it is there anybody else here tonight that would like to be baptized in the name of jesus [Applause] anybody else we have one right here one more to be baptized in jesus name anybody else it's a good night it's a good night to be baptized in the name of jesus head over this way brother beckwith is standing ready we'll baptize you in the name of jesus christ hallelujah anybody else that would like to be baptized right here some of these brethren help this brother let's help him find his way up to the baptismal tank anybody else want to be baptized in jesus name it's a good night it's a good night to take the name of jesus on yourself praise god praise god praise god praise god [Music] amen if there's anybody else please see us we'll be happy to baptize you in the mighty name of jesus anybody receive the gift of the holy ghost tonight speaking with other tongues amen right back here right over here amen praise god anybody else receive the holy ghost anybody else speak with tongues as the spirit gay utterance right here praise god these young ladies right here amen praise god [Music] several people received the holy ghost several people baptized in the name of jesus praise god [Music] god's going to have a church that has his mind that has his spirit [Music] that follows the direction of the holy ghost praise god [Music] what what could change what could change peter from denying and cursing on the night jesus was crucified what could change that to just a few [Music] weeks later the day of pentecost the fear is gone the the worry is gone the anxiety is gone jesus met them on the seashore jesus told him feed my sheep jesus undid all of the wrong thinking that peter had and on the day of pentecost the apostle peter stood up and let them know this is that which was spoken by the prophet joel your sons and your daughters are going to prophesy your young men are gonna see visions your old men are gonna dream dreams and upon my servants and on my hand matings i will pour out my spirit he was in his right mind he was in his right mind thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus for new souls thank you for new people to take upon themselves the name of jesus christ [Music] praise god praise god [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh let's praise his name let's praise his name yes yes yes yes yes [Music] so [Music] let's thank the lord tonight let's love the lord tonight god is doing great things not only are people being baptized in the name of jesus christ but people are teaching home bible studies people are teaching the word of god the bible says in acts chapter 2 that we are to repent of our sins and be baptized in jesus name for the remission of those sins and the promise is that we will receive the gift of the holy ghost and that will be evidenced by speaking with other tongues [Music] but then the bible says that they went house to house breaking bread and in fellowship and they preached the apostles doctrine god's doing great things [Music] amen i want to be part of what god is doing i want to believe god for his great promises praise god [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so ah let's give god glory tonight let's give god glory let's give god glory oh thank you jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah praise god while they're getting this precious sister ready covet 19 has has had a devastating impact on a lot of a lot of people that that had churches and we get reports that say brother urshan our church doesn't have church anymore they've shut their doors some churches said they're not open until next january and and that's very unfortunate but but god's church is going to keep on moving forward amen there is a church of the living god [Music] the holy ghost is being poured out people are being baptized in jesus name and i say we just have revival i say we just believe god let's believe god for all the things that he's done praise god [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh let's give god praise tonight let's rejoice in the lord hallelujah hallelujah let's clap our hands unto god let's let's give god praise let's give god praise praise yah yah yah glory glory glory [Music] [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we got one more to be baptized my my mind [Music] the devil's gonna have a bad day the devil's having a bad day right now because the church of jesus christ is in business and the doors are open and whosoever will let him come let him come i said let him come and let him drink from the waters of life freely and the spirit and the bride say come hallelujah glory to god glory to god glory to god my i say we go ahead and just use covert 19 as an excuse for revival i'm sorry everybody closed their doors but let's just have church let's just have a move of the holy ghost let's praise our way let's dance our way let's shout our way let's pray our way through this [Music] through this tragedy praise god praise god praise god [Music] so oh come on let's give him praise tonight come on give me praise well i've already been to the water i've already been baptized well i've already been converted and i feel i feel i feel i feel alright i've been changed in jesus name and i feel i feel all right well i've already been to the water and i've already been i've baptized been converted i feel i feel i feel i feel all right i've been changed in jesus name and i feel i feel all right put your hands together and clap into the wall well i've already been to the water and i've already been baptized i've already been converted and i feel i feel all right i've been changed in jesus name [Music] i've already been converted and i feel i feel i feel i feel all right i've been changed in jesus name and i feel god bless you tonight as you go greet one another in jesus name grab a seed money dinner let's build the kingdom of god let's come back on tuesday night ready to praise and glorify the lord you're dismissed tonight in jesus name [Music] so [Music] [Music] you

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