The Undercover Blessings of Affliction | 08.08.21

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where we interact with each other we're going to play some fun a fun quiz i want to also talk to you and let you know about what is going on i'm going to be going back in the comments but as you all know all of our locations in the uk are currently open so if you guys can get down to a location please please please do that our lovely family in america don't worry in philadelphia your time will be coming soon that that location is not open as yet but it will do in due time so don't worry about that but for all our uk family in kilburn birmingham brixton walthamstow we are all open so get yourself down here be encouraged you guys can sign up on our website easy and straight there you can do that and get your tickets quickly it is so amazing being in the house of god and being in the presence but don't worry if you can't get to church you don't worry about it you guys are not missing anything you guys are online family don't worry about it you're not missing anything because as you know just as we in the building are here and getting touched by god you guys on your screen and at home can also be touched by god you know that the spirit of god has no distance and has no limitation it can spread everywhere and even though you guys are online and not here you guys can still be blessed and touched by god so don't worry be encouraged i want to go back into the comments and see who we have got on facebook so far we've got 16 people live fantastic we've got my letter williams wow and she's tuning in from buffalo in new york amazing amazing we've got hilda campbell saying afternoon saints good afternoon bless you we've got bishop john francis greetings everyone bless you bishop we honor you thank you we've got tasha saying happy sunday everyone greetings to you we've also got fran jones on facebook here saying good afternoon everyone greetings to you all greetings to you all we've got me my letter williams saying good morning everyone who is online greetings to you all i just want to welcome all of you guys as you start to come in and in and if you have just joined again my name is now and i will be your host for today i'm so excited for today even though guys i know this british weather is so demoralizing i open my windows i opened my curtains this morning i saw the rain and i was like oh gosh here we go again but guys you know this british brother we've just got to deal with it but guys don't don't be discouraged i hope and i pray for more sun honestly because i can't take this rain what i would do to be on the beach right now let oh my gosh tanning oh this weather god please give us some good sun give us some good weather give us some good weather lord oh my gosh i'm gonna be checking back in our facebook comments and seeing what you guys are saying we've got some more comments hello shireen gale saying good afternoon good morning good morning to you we've got eve jesus that is saying good morning all greetings to you we've got pauline richards that's at kilburn and saying almost at church fantastic we are so excited to see you soon fantastic fantastic i'm going to be going back in the comments to interact with you guys and see where you guys are coming in from and tuning in from i just can't believe it's august already time has really really flown by time has gone so quickly i can't believe it literally next month will be september i just remember the new year's eve service it's crazy how we've got to august already you know i know that this year has been tough obviously the pandemic is still hitting and it's still in countries globally worldwide but guys we are still here and in the midst of our circumstances i know it's been hard but we always have to give thanks and praise to god that we are still here we are still here so i want to give thanks everyone and if you are grateful that god has done something i want you to put in the comments thank you jesus type in the comments thank you jesus thank you jesus because we have something to give god praise for in the midst of our circumstances and what is going on i have got an advert for you first of all which is going to be on the housing advice sessions this is a quick notice for some of you so just wanted to let you know here at ruac city church we do have housing advice sessions and this is open to all the congregation and simply what this is is you will be getting simply advice on your current housing situation or if you need help we obviously know that the pandemic has come in a huge way and it sort of hit people in a financial way as well and it could have rocked your situation with your housing and so basically we're going to be giving out good advice to you and help if you need help in your current housing situation there is something available you can register on our website and or you can also call into the office and they can help you and direct and get you a space so i would encourage you to do that if you if that applies to you some of the topics that we'll be going through is eviction rent arrears conflicts homelessness so if you would just like advice on your housing on your current housing situation and if that is for you please please please do sign up register on our website you won't want to miss that great advice given so please please please guidance is needed and the guidance is there so get registered on our website or call our office as well i'm going to be checking now on our youtube family that has just come in fantastic we have got samantha h saying good afternoon everyone welcome to royal city church yes greetings we've got ivor saying good afternoon greetings to you we've got bishop greetings greetings kitty bonnie good afternoon react family have a blessed sunday fantastic thank you we have also got jesus keeps fantastic saying she's tuning in from london which is amazing amazing thank you so much we have got real grace saying praise the lord blessed to be tuned in on this lovely sunday the lord has made exactly this is a day that the lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it i'm so excited and buzzed for this sunday and for this sermon that is coming up and praise and worship which is amazing as usual all the time never never never bad so i'm just so excited for the sermon for this service i pray you guys are all encouraged and i want to help you also guys prepare your hearts for this sermon so you can receive all your blessings all your miracles that god has got for you to prepare yourself for this sermon i know it is going to be amazing i know it's going to be amazing thank god we've got some thank you jesus is coming in fantastic fantastic guys again if you just come in if i want you guys to put in the comment thank you jesus if you are thanking jesus and praising god that you are still here you are still alive fantastic it's good to always show our gratitude and our love to god secondly now i'm just gonna move on to our second notice we've got to you which is on our cornea food bank now there is going to be a video that is going to play right now and then i will be back with you to show you and talk to you more about what that encompasses we just wanted to let all our ruach partners and friends know that our koinonia food bank is still operating although our locations are closed as we adhere to the covet 19 restrictions we're still working hard to ensure that those who are experiencing financial hardship and difficulty are provided with food parcels to keep them going in these challenging times for more than 20 years ruac city church has provided this necessary service to our partners congregation and members of the community and we will continue to keep our koinonia food bank open as long as we can keep it stocked if you are struggling and you would like to receive a food parcel we are here to help receiving a coinage food parcel is simple call the ruac office on two zero eight six seven eight six eight eight eight or visit our website at www.ruaccitychurch.org or email us at admin ruckcitychurch.org the bible says that if one part of the body suffers the whole body suffers we are one body so if you need groceries please let us know wow fantastic fantastic so as you've seen about the koinonia food bank that is open to our congregation and also to the local community guys this is going to be such an amazing thing and i know it will help a lot of people that have really struggled in this pandemic it's taken a huge huge huge hit on a lot of people and just to reiterate it is going to provide support to those who attend relax city church as well as the community who are stretching our hands to the community and helping those as well so it is for those who have really just experienced a lot of financial difficulty in this time which is has been huge but we as a church are here to help you we are here to support you we can provide a lot of food items for you stuff like toiletries also and non-perishable items you know in terms of food items canned foods and stuff like that again non-perishable items that will be of a great big help to you so again this is for our congregation but it is also open to the local community so if you know of anyone in the local community that also needs that help is struggling we are here for them make sure you give them the details they can call our office or they can also register on our website please encourage a lot of people if you know someone and if they are shy just do it for them do it for them inquire and find out for them because we just want to help a lot of people we know that pandemic has been huge and it's had a lot of devastating effects on people so guys please please please make the most of this service and use it is here to help we are here to help the church is here to help god is for us so please again call the office or register on our website fantastic fantastic i am going to be checking back in the comments here we have got a load of comments on facebook fantastic we've got yvonne saying greetings greetings saints of the most high god we've got some more thank you jesus is coming in that's fantastic as you guys if you are new and you've just come in and you might be thinking why are people putting thank you jesus i said if you guys want to give thanks and glory to god that you are still here he has kept you we are now in august in the eighth month he has kept you all this time i want you to put a thank you jesus in the comments so that is why they're coming in i'm gonna go also to youtube we have got jesus keep saying the undercover blessings of affliction that's right that's right we've got lorna bennetts they're saying good afternoon greetings to you we have got essua that is saying thank you god from london greetings to you thank you for our love we've got martial pain saying good afternoon and blessings to everyone thank you jesus fantastic i'm seeing a load of thank you jesus is coming in i'm so happy that you guys in the midst of our circumstances in the midst of this world you guys have still got praise for god you guys have still got a message and we'll still thank god that's amazing keep them coming in we have got virginia douglas on youtube that is saying good afternoon rurak families i just want to greet again everybody that's come in all of our youtube family thank you for interacting all of our facebook family as well thank you for being online and again i just want to greet all of our listeners on [Music] a b rate radio thank you so much for coming in and listening to us we've got some more comments on youtube from june calling saying thank you jesus thank you jesus we've got so many more thank you jesus is coming in got virginia douglas as well thank you jesus lorna bennett saying thank you jesus claudette d saying thank you jesus fantastic i'm so happy that you all are saying thank you jesus so fantastic what we are going to do now is move on to our fantastic quiz time i know you guys have been waiting for this i've been waiting for this all week guys if you are at home i want you to get a pen or pencil a notepad and make this a really fun activity with your family if you're with family and friends everyone get involved everyone get involved get your notepads your pens your books interact this is going to be really fun and i want to see at the end if you guys put your comments in who won which one of you won guys please interact this is the quiz time this is i want you guys all to be ready so we're going to give up the first question now that says where in the scriptures is it written that man does not live by bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the lord if you guys got that question i want you to think about this very carefully i know this will be my memory is going back and i'm trying to think about this this is a very popular scripture so i want you guys to tell me where do you think that scripture where is it from in the bible man does not live by bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the lord i want you guys to get in the comments and tell me what you think that is i'm gonna check on youtube i'm gonna be flicking in between youtube and facebook so i want you guys to tell me where do you think that is what verse in the bible where does that scripture come from i'm going to be waiting here for some answers that are coming through on youtube and facebook tell me guys where do you think that scripture is written i'm going to give you guys some time i want the answers if you are home write the answers in the chat and also write it on your paper don't tell anyone don't show everyone this is a very serious competition guys no cheating nothing i want you guys to tell me where do you think this is from in the bible which book is it from i'm going to be flicking in between facebook here and youtube waiting for your comments and seeing where you think this is from we have got our first comment here on facebook fantastic jenny francis and she says on facebook matthew 4 4. interesting interesting interesting you've also got stephanie jean that says matthew 4 four very interesting very very interesting i'm gonna go over to our youtube family come on youtube family where are you guys tell me what you think the answer is so far you've got matthew 4 4 on facebook i'm going to be checking youtube now to see what people are thinking we've got martial brown that's come on and said the book of matthew interesting so we have a recurring pattern going on here a lot of matthews going on we've also got virginia douglas that have said matthew 4 4 very interesting we've got kelly bonney that said deuteronomy 8 3 wow interesting that is our first different answer deuteronomy 8 verse 8 wow interesting we have got claudette d that i said matthew 4 4 i think you guys have guessed so what i'm going to do now is reveal the answer to you so the answer is deuteronomy 8 verse 3 if you got that congratulations well done to you i'm going to go back in the comments and shout out some people that got that correct we've got kitty bonnie that got that correct congratulations well done to you fantastic on facebook have we got some more comments coming in of what people have guessed all right it seems like on facebook it was just matthew all right but now thank you for that guys we're just gonna move on to the next question so the second question is where did jesus christ go immediately after he was baptized in the river jordan this is again a very interesting one very interesting one where did jesus christ go immediately after he was baptized in the river jordan if you think you know the answer to that i want you guys to put the answer on your pen and paper but i also want you to put that in the comments and tell me what your answers are i'm going to be checking between facebook and youtube again to see if we've got any answers right we have got let me check on youtube family where did jesus christ go immediately after he was baptized in the river jordan interesting i'm gonna wait for some comments to come on here again in my mind this is a question i've got to go back to my bible school study days and remember that one this is a very good quiz honestly it's testing me as well it is testing me as well but thank god so if you guys have got any answers i want you to write that on your pen and paper again but also write that in the youtube comment on your facebook comments as well tell me what you think the answer is don't worry guys there is no shame if you get it wrong it is fine of course what you can do after the quiz is go back on it and read it again and and meditate on it and now you know the answer when you get it so don't worry guys you can go back and always learn a new thing so don't be shy in the comments i'm going to be checking the comments now and seeing what you guys are thinking so we've got our first comment on youtube joyce lake saying to the wilderness interesting you've got martial pain also saying into the wilderness which is very interesting i think we have got a lot of answers there interesting i'm just going to check on facebook quickly we've got one message from pat nape that's saying into the wilderness very interesting and then lastly hazel anne that says into the wilderness on facebook where he was tempted for 40 days very very very interesting guys well i think we've got our answers coming in we've got one more answer on donna royal on youtube saying in the judean desert interesting interesting i am going to reveal the answer to you so the answer is into the wilderness if you got that correct fantastic congratulations to you i'm going to shout out some people in the comments that i know got that correct congratulations on facebook to pat nape that got that correct fantastic hazel anne congratulations to you you got that correct fantastic martial payne joyce lake well done to you you have got that correct so guys the quiz has gone so quickly but i think that will be our last question i just want to shout out some of you guys quickly before we move on to the service well done to audrey thompson oh wait audra thompson put jude in desert that was wrong but don't worry now you know the correct answer no problem in that i just want to thank you guys for tuning in this has been a lovely time with you again my name has been there i pray that you guys are blessed by this time and also blessed by what is to come today is going to be amazing powerful service i pray you were blessed by the praise and worship blessed by the word that is to come and guys enjoy it and soak and get all you need to get from it and i will see you back here after the service on the deep dive i am so happy i will see you guys soon bye [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] this is rock city church please be aware that the video screen that you're watching behind the 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unwell in their bodies maybe physically psychologically phys mentally socially i don't know what sickness in your body if you're in the online i want you to stand up i want you to stand whether you're on your couch in the kitchen i just want your purse for a moment if you're in the congregation and you have somebody in the hospital or someone who's that thick at home maybe not a family member maybe a friend this is an opportunity we allow you to use your mobile phone and we want you to stand and i want you to connect them to the service because the bomb in gilead is in this place god is still moving is still proving how great he is the blood is still potent is still on the mercy seat [Music] jesus has won the victory of spoiled principalities and powers and make an open spectacle of the devil and the same power he give to the church for it is written i give you power to tread upon serpent and scorpion and over ever powers of the enemy it is god's divine will for you to walk in health and oldness third john said i wish above all things that you prosper and be in good health even as you're so prospering i want you to lift your faith and believe god i want to do a special prayer as well for those who have experiencing something called a strange thing there has been some strange occurrences happening in your life that should not happen but it has happened or it is happening in your life i want to share a quick testimony that something strange want to affect my physical body that should not happen you do not have a dietary need nor any health issue with your diet you're not experiencing trauma it's nothing to do with genetic there is no substance you put in your body but there is a strange thing that sending sickness in your body but god will sell angelic system unto you twice a strange thing happened and god sent angelic assistant physically to deal with that thing so i'm gonna give you the very quick one to lift and to build your faith i'm just gonna declare the word [Music] i'm not usually sick person my doctor signed me off because i don't go to the doctor when i was in east london but i transferred to mid to middle sex so i said it's a good thing to sign on to the doctor two occasions somebody spoke to me and said or prayed and said i have back pain a next person from a different part of the world declared our back pain i wasn't feeling any illness i was sleeping in my bed halfway off sleep but i was more heavy with sleep and the angel of god came in the room and began to massage my back that's the best massage i ever received in my life and what god revealed to me it was a strange thing that should not have happened but the devil was trying to be clever i am declaring by the power of the sovereign god i speak to every sickness and disease that have affected your body by the power of the suffering god i command it to be subject i speak the colon cancer by the power of god i command you to bow i speak to every bloody issue i command you to bow for it is written i sent forth my word and heal you and deliver you from your destruction i speak to pancreas this jesus i speak in the name of jesus christ to mental illness i speak to every vain imagination and every i think that exalt itself against to the knowledge of god to power to the lordship of jesus i send the blood of jesus christ to your blood i speak to every infection ever disease in the name of jesus i command you to dry up by the power of the living god i declare every physical sickness in your body every strange thing ever strange occurrence i intercept the spiritual realm in the name of jesus as a spiritual assassin i command you to lose the children of the living god i release the blood of jesus christ be thou healed in jesus name come on saints begin to worship i want those who are alive i want you to do something that you've never done before move god's body for faith is a correspondent action those on their deathbed by the power of the living god i command you to rise i blood up the hospital bed the room the instrument the doctors the nurses in the name of jesus i said rise up by the power of the sovereign god i want you to begin to worship god praise and worship get yourself ready begin to believe god come and say that while you stand on your feet i want you to rejoice with those the bible said worship the lord and i will bless your food and water and remove sickness and disease from you come on let's worship the lord the miracle working power of god is in this house so worship worship we bless the lord [Music] hallelujah hallelujah are we grateful to be in the house of the lord amen coming i dare you just take a moment to worship the king of kings and the lord of lords come he's great come on i see you on the balcony come on that day you lift up your hands and exalt him he woke you up this morning he gave you life you have the activity of your limbs you're in your right mind i see you online come on let's give them praise come on let's lift up the name of jesus i see you colleen i see you that's come on praise his name he's awesome he's great hallelujah we serve a great god hallelujah we serve a great king i tell you every week even if you've got a a mask over your face you can clap your hands you can stop your feet you can wave your hands those are the balcony you're not even got a master i want to hear your voice sir come on let's lift up this place with praise hallelujah we exalt your name we glorify you hallelujah we serve a great god this is the day that the lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it amen we believe that praise is rising out of this building i believe we want the holy spirit to come and have his way this afternoon amen hallelujah we give him praise he's worthy [Music] come on cub your hands i need you to club at home is rising and eyes are turning to you [Music] we turn to you [Music] we long for you come on you know i say it because when we see you we find shrimp to face the day and in your presence all our fears are washed away there washed away that you're worthy we welcome you here lord jesus on let's take it together so praise we is to you sing hope is [Music] you're worthy we welcome you lord sing praises once again praises rising oh praises rising hey praise is [Music] cause when we see you we fight strength to face the day and in your presence all our fears you are oh is oh please please come and have your [Music] please come and have your way lord please come and sing please please please [Music] you want him to have your way come on if you want him to have his way in your life hallelujah please come and have your way lord please please [Music] please [Music] we serve a great god hallelujah hallelujah his presence is amazing hallelujah his presence is heaven hallelujah we thank you jesus we honor you because you're an awesome god bless your name jesus his presence is heaven to us [Music] hallelujah all your work the worthy lord [Music] who is like you lord in all the earth matchless name and beauty endless words nothing in this world will satisfy cause jesus you're the cup that won't one drive [Music] your presence is heaven to me [Music] your presence is heaven to me cause treasure of my heart and of my soul cause in my weakness you are merciful [Music] [Music] days to come to your presence your prayers [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] you [Music] holder of my future days to come to your prayers is is there's nothing like your presence oh jesus jesus all your presence yeah your presence [Applause] is is your presence is your presence is your presence your [Music] jesus [Music] your presence is heaven to me oh jesus jesus your presence is heaven to missing all jesus [Music] your presence is jesus your presence is heaven to me hallelujah [Music] hallelujah jesus we thank you for your presence i thank you for your presence we thank you for your spirit [Music] hallelujah [Music] always bless your name [Music] [Music] there's nothing worth more that could ever come close nothing can compare you're our living hole [Music] and i've tasted and seen of the sweetness of love when my heart becomes free and my shame is undone [Music] [Music] so holy spirit you are welcome here come flood this place and fill the atmosphere your glory god is what our hearts long for to be overcome by your presence [Music] yeah there's nothing there's nothing [Music] sing your presence [Music] lord is holy spirit is holy spirit yes you i will come [Music] is let us become more aware of your presence let us experience the glory of your goodness say let us become more aware of your prayers [Music] [Music] experience [Music] holy spirit is holy spirit is the oh come on put your hands together give him praise come on clap your hands like you got the devil in between your hands come on clap him on the balcony clap him everywhere in the sanctuary hallelujah [Applause] [Music] we welcome you jesus in this place well come in this place we welcome you jesus right in this place we give to you the highest oh well come in this place you know what you got to know that this is the vessel of the holy spirit and all through the week the enemy has tried his endeavor best to enter in our bodies i don't know who i'm talking to in here i don't know who online i'm talking to but well come in this place come on say there's a testimony on the balcony say to hope well come in this we'll softly praise the worship oh we give to you the highest praise the high yes praise [Music] in the old school church we used to sing welcome [Music] well you hallelujah we welcome you jesus [Music] and somewhere in the i think it was about the 80s or maybe the 80s 90s no a little bit more than that around the 2000 part they'd say welcome into this place everybody remember that one welcome into this broad confessor you desire to abide [Music] so clap your hands and give him the praise that he deserves [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you for loving my outfit thank you hallelujah come on clap your hands give god praise amen amen come on praise him jesus keeps praise him lorna bennett praise him come on tomorrow white praise him stephanie praise him praise him the bible thing that have breath praise ye the lord amen i tell you something i'm glad i'm in the house of the lord and the devil can't do nothing about it if you're glad that you're in the house of the lord i dare you to make some noise let the devil know you're still here hallelujah glory to god glory to god uh we want to welcome all of the wonderful people that are watching us by stream thank you those are watching us on youtube and facebook all those who are listening to us on dab radio god bless you amen we are on different platforms and people are hearing the gospel and thank god for the massive audience that we have that is tuned into this wonderful service today there is a word from the lord for you today and i believe there's going to be victory for someone who's in the house somebody shout hallelujah hallelujah come on clap your hands and give god praise [Music] hallelujah let me greet all of my elders that are in the house and all my ministers thank god for the leadership that is here god bless you i honor every one of you musician praise and worship god bless you elder we need to thank god for you amen i i i murdered that a moment ago that i said you know thank um i'm glad you like my outfit i was talking to my wife she was texting me as i'm preaching amen hallelujah clap the hands and give god glory thank you jesus there was a word from the lord if you got your bibles get ahold of your bibles if you have your gadget get all of your gadgets uh we want to speak a word into your life today um i want to talk to you and minister a word hallelujah good to see you out even in the rain and good to see all that came out today thank god for your presence that's in the house of the lord we're glad that all of our locations are open up amen and people are enjoying the presence of the lord this weather is weird we don't know if it's going to be sunny when i mean one rain storm all kinds of craziness going on out here he meant supposed to be summer you know i um they used to sing a song in my olden days they used to say when it's winter it's summer in my heart yeah because trust me though if you follow the with the weather you'll feel miserable eh this weather outside just make you feel ill amen but i'm gonna have the weather in jesus name amen clap your hands give god praise amen first period first three to five verse seven which is our focus scripture for those who are tuning in for the first time if you're here as a visitor thank you for coming to our service this is the year where we declare to stand the year that god says to us to stand and with that we invite you to stand with us as we read the scripture those of you are able to stand please stand um because of our culture of reading scripture and we promise we allow you to sit down if you can in the presence of the lord someone shout a big amen hear the reading of god's word it says from verse number seven casting all your cares upon him trust me we got a whole lot of kids why for he careth for you look over to a neighbor or type in the chat says god cares for us i'm glad about that i'm glad about that when nobody else cares god cares he says now be sober be vigilant because of your adversary the devil is like a roaring lion walking about seeking whom he may devour if you were here last week we talked about he's not a lion it's all a deception he's walking like a lion seeking whom he may devour and it says in verse nine and i want you to focus on this it says whom resisted steadfastness in the faith and that's us we're standing in our faith we're resisting the devil the bible says if you resist him he will flee knowing that the same affliction are accomplished in your brethren that means everybody's going through the same thing that are in the world but god of all grace who have called us onto his eternal glory by christ jesus after that you have suffered a while someone say a while will make you perfect establish you strengthen and settle you hear and lift the reading of god's word somebody shout amen so that i may cement my texts a little bit would you go over and i didn't give this to the media team but i'm sure they'll get it to the book of psalms 119 and just verse 71 psalms 119 and verse 71 hear how it sounds it says it is good for me that i have been afflicted what a scripture that i may learn thy statutes it is good for me that i have been afflicted that i might learn thy statutes i want to talk to you if i can today everyone that is in the building i want to talk about the undercover undercover blessings of affliction the undercover blessings of affliction a very strange word but if you hang with me i'll be able to begin to dissect and uh take this apart and hopefully it'll be able to make sense to you look over to your neighbor and if you're in uh able to type in the chat type in the chat and say it right real quickly say the undercover blessings of affliction yes saying on the balcony come on say a bit louder come on say like you got some spirit you say the undercover blessings of affliction yes father i need you now let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable give us a word that will change lives let burdens be removed let yokes be destroyed in the name of yeshua the christ the son of the living god someone shout amen oh come on look over to your neighbor say neighbor you're gonna learn something through your affliction you may be seated in the presence of our god you all are well when we hear the word undercover normally it brings us to the mean of acting or executing a thing in secret something that is done in secret when we uncover something it reveals something that's been hidden so when i talk about the undercover blessings and blessings as a pronunciation it's a benediction of favor it's god giving you something you don't deserve so when we talk about the undercover blessings of affliction the word affliction simply means to cause pain and harm and suffering suffering is the state of undergoing pain distress or hardship so when we're saying to you today that there are some things that you will go through what you thought was designed to kill you to destroy you but god has a blessing that he's trying to uncover through your situation somebody who believes it type it and shout ain't there um it is a hard it is hard being a human it's hard being a human there is much unavoidable suffering that comes with being a human being every one of us at some point of our life will encounter some level of suffering there is what we call physical suffering the suffering that affects us physically from illness and some who's been through illness know what that feels like and then there is the other illness that is linked to trauma where something has happened that traumatized you that also causes pain someone shall pain it's called emotional trauma and then there's the suffering that some of us and everybody come on ladies and gentlemen who's been hurt by a relationship suffering from a broken heart don't look like you don't know what i'm talking about yeah and maybe you can't look around too much because someone who broke your heart might be in the building right now god have mercy uh the next one is the suffering of betrayal jesus don't i know that one when folks who were supposed to be friends folks who knew your secret folks who knew your life betrayed you then there is the mental suffering the psychological suffering where mentally you're disturbed by situations you can't sleep at night can't focus because something has affected you mentally or i'm not making any sense and let me say this to suffering from stress of life living in a modern society it's normal in this society every now and then to deal with some kind of mental stress last and not least there is what we call spiritual stress stress that's linked with demonic attacks something that's not normal something that the doctor cannot solve something that you know it's another presence an adversary remember what i call him the adversary ad reverse opposing you something that consistently opposes you every time you try to move on in life but i come to let you know that the devil is not in charge i wish i had someone who sounded big amen there right there i said the devil all right maybe because you got mastered but the balcony can shout on your behalf i said the devil is not in charge that's right that's right that's right and every time you open up your mouth you make him nervous ah cause one thing the devil doesn't have i've been telling you for years he doesn't have a mouth oh y'all didn't know that he's a disembodied spirit he does not have a mouth all he does he tries to find people to talk on his behalf he sets up situations that negative so that you will speak because you know death and life and power is in the power definite life is in the power of your tongue that's why when you open up your mouth and you start shouting hallelujah he gets nervous every time you shout praise the lord he gets nervous in fact you don't even have to say anything just say chicken he gets nervous because he hasn't got a [Applause] mouth and when you use your mouth you make him know that he has you have not no you haven't got no space for him to talk through your mouth someone shout amen so let's look at some truths that we need to remember about suffering i want to just talk about first of all i want you to know suffering is expected no one in this building no one watching me online is in a place where they can say they are exempt from suffering suffering is expected and i'm sorry to tell you in this life you will have trouble and if you haven't had it now wait is coming some way and how it's coming and i'm telling you this message is going to help those who've never gone through trouble because when trouble hits you you're going to glad that you heard this message suffering is expected you will have suffering in your workplace you will have suffering with your families you will have watch this suffering in the church and for those who you've been waiting to get married and was excited about getting married you will have trouble in your marriage some of you won't even get married yet you'll just have trouble in the relationship in dayton don't sit down there look at me like that come on your lap and preach but there's a song that used to say trouble don't last always weeping may endure for a night but joy has to come in the morning number two uh our capacity for empathy deepens every time we deal with trouble trouble changes our character some of us would be full of ourselves if we didn't go through trouble some of us don't know let me say something to you one other thing that trouble does it teaches us empathy it makes us understand people sometimes we would look at people in a negative way because we don't understand what their pain is like can i teach you something and i'm going to tell you the truth of the matter is when i started this ministry in fact before i started this ministry i went through trauma i went through so much pain i went through so much rejection i remember one day i was walking this is where i started rex in the church i was walking down the street with tears in my eyes i walked for miles screaming and crying like i was losing my mind because of the things that i went through in order to birth this ministry and i couldn't understand and i remember saying to god god if you love me why would you put me through this i said god i don't understand if you have called me why have you put all i'm trying to do is obey your word the lord told me it was time to start a ministry and when i went and from my uh from north london to south london all the rejection all the criticism all the negative things that i went through and i said god this can't be you doing this it can't be you i remember speaking to my mom and she was in florida at the time and i was crying down the phone saying mom i can't handle it no more i can't take it no more and she said to me john i don't understand it myself this is what my mom said i don't understand it myself because all of this is causing problems in the family is causing problems between you and your father and i don't understand it but she said one thing she says if this is a god it will stand and if god before us oh god it's too early i feel to push it right now who can be against you it doesn't matter what you're going through and how many rejections you've gone through if god is on your side just give it time time's gonna turn around in your favor i wish i had about 50 people to clap your hands and scream at praise on the balcony because somebody's about to get delivered up there and this is what god said to me in the process of what i went through he said john i said god i don't understand he says yeah i put you through this i said what he said yeah i put you through all of this rejection and all of this pain because you've never experienced rejection you never experienced pain i said why he says because i'm sending you people i'm bringing you a church that's going to be hurting i'm bringing you people who's gone through rejection and you can't preach to somebody something you don't know so i put you through it so that you would have empathy that when people say i'm going through you say i know what that's like when people said i feel like giving up i know what says life when somebody said i didn't want to wake up the next morning i know what that's like because when you go through certain things instead of the thing destroy you it brings an understanding and you get to understand people more and that's why i've learned not to criticize folks when they're going through stuff i've learned i came from an old school classical pentecostal that when certain things happened to you in the old school church they used to say because you did something wrong if you got sick she did something wrong and then i realized some things that you go through have got nothing to do with you doing wrong paul said there was given to me a thorn in the flesh a messenger of satan and unworth satan became a messenger to paul who was the preacher and gave it to him and he said i prayed and said god take it away but he said no i won't take it i'm going to let you go through it because my grace is sufficient to keep you some of you don't realize god's been keeping you through all the hell you've been through that's why when you come to church and praise god please please usher leave her alone leave him alone because you don't know what it took for them to get into the house of the lord they don't know what it took but when you lift up your hands and praise god if anybody know what i'm talking about oh you have been through hell and back you should have lost your mind but god but god by god but god up somebody how to god [Applause] can i get a 30-second hallelujah and praise all over this building just just shout just just shout for a second because i want you to make the devil nervous at home come on jonathan shout shall jesus keep shout shout eve jesus come on shout shout shout give the lord a praise shirley stewart shout lorna turner let the devil know you're still here [Applause] la somebody say empathy somebody say empathy i understand i understand when folks shout i understand when people cry because when you've gone through it you get an understanding of what it's like to be in pain another thing that suffering does we all learn humility oh god suffering will humble you very quickly hello hell yeah i said suffering will humble you very quickly because suffering will make you make sure that you don't push your mouth on nobody because you know there goes i if it wasn't for the grace of god another thing that it does it makes us have a spirit of gratitude we develop a spirit of gratitude how many people are grateful because of all what you've been through god almighty grateful people grateful people don't need a praise and worship leader to lead them into worship grateful people worship before they came to church oh my god grateful people was glad when the praise and worship got up because it gave you another opportunity to bless the name of the lord is there anybody in the building is there anybody who is grateful to god for what he has done for you i want you oh no i want you come on come on come on i need a shout i need to pray in fact terry kept me because i need somebody to scream and let the devil know i'm grateful i'm grateful grateful i'm grateful i'm grateful i'm grateful i'm grateful spirit of gratitude and last but not least suffering does something really good it makes us strong i am not the weaky weaky christian i used to be lord have mercy there were times the devil would do certain things that would fall apart but because of what i went through i'm stronger i am better oh my god i make the devil mad because he does not know what to do with me in fact can i tell you something about me can i tell you one of my secrets if you want me to preach good if you want me to be anointed let the devil start attacking me i don't know what it is but you can let me tell you anytime you've heard me preach good because i'm on the great attack because something about the when the enemy attacks me it's a sign it's a sign that i must be doing something is there anybody know that you're doing something and if you're doing something make some noise and let the devil know i am i am unstoppable come on if you're unstoppable open up your mouth and let the devil know he can't stop you he can attack you but he can't stop your [Applause] praise oh my i feel that yes we're looking in the book the book of peter peter is writing he is writing a letter in fact and for you to understand this particular text you need to understand pete in fact most of uh the book the letters of peter is very encouraging he talks a lot about the devil he talks a lot about resisting the devil he talks a lot about uh coping through adversity he talks a lot about having your faith strong peter tells us when he was under attack from the adversary that we should stand in our faith please remember that stand in our faith enough i was thinking about it why would he say that and then i was brought to this scripture of luke 22 31 you would remember that scripture when the lord said to simon that's his name simon simon okay peter was the name that jesus gave him he said the lord said to him simon be all satan remember satan is the same word for adversary the accuser has desired or made a demand or asked for you that he may sift you as wheat peter knew what it was to be asked for by the devil i remember preaching this message some time ago he's after your faith and when i read the text i'm i understand that that there was a conversation about peter that peter knew nothing about satan was talking to jesus about peter and jesus is now relaying the message to peter he says by the way peter satan asked for you i wonder how many people in here that satan has been asking for i know you don't want to shout about that he said he asked for you oh the hebrew word he was making a demand on you in the hebrew culture they don't have to understand the word ask the word there is demand he was demanding you and he was demanding that he would sift his weak this is what happened to peter and so ladies and gentlemen every one of us it seems like in the realms of the spirit the devil is asking for us the trouble you're going through the affliction you're going through the suffering you're going through is because satan has made a demand on you i know you don't like that but he has made a demand on you is asking you but here's the most important thing you must remember about satan asking for you or making a demand on you he is asking and trying to demand you because he knows he hasn't got you he says he's asked you and he's asked you and he wants to sift you as wheat that's agriculture terminology sifting as we you know what a sift is it's a it's a big it's a big mesh a big mesh that normally when you have a sip you put in a corn or you put in a barley and it's got an outer case and what the sift does is basically separate watch this the chaff or the dirt or the non important part of the barley to one side when you sift it it helps to separate did you hear what i said what does the chaff represents in the bible the bible says the ungodly are not so there like the char which the wind driven away so anytime god is taking the chaff away from you he's taking the ungodly side out of you he's saying oh my god that i'm bringing you into this sift that's what satan says and i'm gonna sift you as wheat ah knock you from side to side but it doesn't realize that it's still an undercover blessing because he thinks what he's doing to you is destroying you but god says i allow him to separate some things out of your life that's not conducive for your destiny somebody said undercover blessing now here's what he said and i want to get this is still my introduction i'm preaching a minute he said this he said however this jesus talking conversation luke 22 31 and verse 32 jesus said he wants to sift you as we however i pray for you i pray not for your house i know your house is giving you a problem i pray not for your job i know the job's giving you a problem i pray not for your marriage no i know your marriage is giving you a problem i pray for the no not the money i prayed for your faith i prayed uh for thee that your faith don't fail oh god can i preach this uh uh i pray for you that you don't lose your belief system because when you're going through some stuff the first thing the devil's trying to do is stop you from believing what god says over your life but i come to mess up the devil today i come to destroy his works and i come to tell you what god said over your life it shall come to pass in fact i need a thousand oh yeah even at home i need some of you in this building saying it shall come to pass it shall come shout is that it shall come say it again it shall i need to break a demon that's been lying to you shout it one more time it shall come to pass now clap your hands and scream like you lost your mouth [Applause] oh god i feel like terry you just made me feel like i want to preach now but it's after your faith the devil is not about your belief system he knows that if you give up on your faith you give up on your destiny but god told me to tell somebody this is your year to stand up this is your year to believe if god said it i wish i had somebody to help me because i got to break this thing if god said it it's got to come to pass do me a favor somebody in your bubble pull them grab them by the handle say neighbor you're coming out today your cat's coming out your dog's coming out anything that was messed up is coming out and i need you to shout like you know [Music] hey terry i feel like preaching with that orchid [Applause] [Music] he said i praying praying for your faith i'm praying that it doesn't fail i'm praying that you don't give up on what you believe that's what the devil is doing all of this plan all of this fight all of this opposition is because you are still believing look at you keep coming to church look at you keep praising god nobody has a clue what's going on in your life yet still you're shouting you're praising god some of you are jumping on a leg that's pain in you some of you are lifting up her arm that's caused pain ah but you don't care who am i talking to somebody carly miller who out there who am i preaching to to pisa who am i talking to shirley stewart come on come on come on come on elizabeth come on come on somebody out here chris barney you gotta understand the devil is after your faith is after your belief system i'm almost there yeah but he said that's what i'm praying for i'm praying that you don't give up on your faith i'm praying that you don't backslide i'm praying that you will go through the process and this is what he says ah i prayed that you don't fail but when you're converted when you're converted he says you don't mess up but when you converted what you're going through is never for you is for the benefit of your brethren what i went through wasn't for me it was that i could preach the way i do somebody said well bishop i wish i could preach like you i wish i had your anointing all right welcome to trouble i invite you to trouble i invite you to suffering let me lay your hands and release suffering and problems and situation and betrayal and hate all on you right now in the name of jesus yeah i didn't think you want that but some of you won't have to go through certain things because god puts some of us through it on your behalf [Applause] paul tells the philippians brethren 3 10 this is paul writing that there's fellowship and suffering what you say there is fellowship inside hold on a second fellowship fellowship and suffering yeah there is something that happens there is a connection with god that you get that you don't get when you're not going through something your worship sounds different when you're going through your praise sounds different because i mean when you're going through you become more grateful you become more empathetic you have more empathy about you is something that changes in us oh my god he says there's fellowship in suffering and so when we read now peter is talking again and he's saying knowing that the same affliction and and and stuff that you're going through afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world in other words i come to let you all know a big secret if you didn't know we're all going through hello imagine me saying to you know sister lift your hands the lord showed me you're going through we're all going through there's only no prophecy over that we're all going through something in here the pandemic alone has made the whole world come on talk to me say chickens say rice and peas or jello for we're all come on say something touch your neighbors that we're all going through this is this is a wonderful verse of scripture i said what a scripture for the year peter is saying just let you know everybody is going through suffering and one of the things that satan likes to do is isolate us am i making sense make us feel like we're the only one how many of you feel that way you know you're the only one you're the only one something wrong with you nobody in your family going through this nobody yeah look at you look at you your marriage can't go well your relationship going well it's just because folks ain't telling them about their mess about their marriage and you think you're the only one trouble is in everything i don't care how they sweet oh they look so good together look at them yes they look together good together now what did they look like before in the house when they were arguing peter was saying afflictions everything is happening to everyone everyone's going through another one no in other words no one is exempt from affliction no one is exempt from affliction but he says after that you have suffered a while and i'm almost done now after you have suffered a while that means suffering has an expiry date y'all don't believe me every suffering has an expiry date yes yes all right i'm gonna say this someone said well you know what bishop i don't understand my my my brother died he died he was suffering and then he died i said yeah expiry day every suffering has god is either going to heal you and set you free one way in life or in death i know you didn't want to hear that death is not an enemy to christians i know you're scared of death but everybody at some point is gonna have to die but i'm not talking about death because some of you in here i'm saying it just to explain expiry death but i'm not talking about someone's gonna die i'm trying to tell you that every suffering has expiry day you either gonna be delivered in this world from it or delivered out of this world from it are you listening to me so then he says you will suffer for a while and peter's being very clear here he's not talking about death he's talking about a period of suffering a period of being under attack a period of affliction he says this is a point that will happen in your life but it has an expiry date what did i say weeping may endure for a night but joy is coming in the morning everything has a season after a season is finished there must be another season that changes from the season you were in if you were in pain pain has to stop joy has to come next i'm finished now he said after that you have suffered a while number one he said that he will make you perfect somebody say perfect the better translation in the greek is not perfect it's the better translation that he will repair mend and restore i like that one you know after you've been traumatized by some stuff you need some repairing going on but god says i'm going to repair you and then i'm going to restore i like restoration restoration means that god is going to give you back everything you lost and more lord have mercy look at someone say restoration is on its way yeah it's on its way god says i'm going to make you perfect that means repair you mend you restore your number two he says i'm gonna establish you that means i'm going to establish you i'm gonna stabilize you oh god i'm gonna put you in a place where anything the devil tries to do it won't work because you're stable ah somebody say i'm about to get stable this year that's what standing means it doesn't matter what anybody says about you doesn't matter what they do to you see it's all right me preaching this it's about you living while i'm preaching because people are going to do things in your life but god says what i'm doing to you through this portion of suffering i'm stabilizing you i'm teaching you to stand firm even when all hell's breaking loose who am i preaching to in this place i'm gonna give you the anointing as a palm tree every time the enemy attacks you you'll knock from one side but you won't fall you'll come back and straighten up again is there anybody about to straighten up in this year 2021 help me shout glory in here number three he says i'm gonna strengthen you somebody's strengthened yeah that means i'm gonna confirm you i'm gonna i'm gonna firm you up i'm gonna give you spiritual knowledge and power oh my god in other words i'm gonna make you stronger and that strength that you have has got nothing to do with your body you're going to be mentally and psychologically strong that you can see the enemy coming and instead of you running you stand firm and say devil i've been through this before you've left me down last time but you ain't gonna knock me down this time is there anybody in the building that knows you got power [Applause] one last more point i'm going to confirm i'm going to spiritually give you knowledge and power and last and not least i'm going to settle you that's what he said i'm going to settle you i'm going to sell you he says i'm going to sell you someone say he's going to settle me yeah yeah after you suffered for a while i'll make you perfect i'm going to establish you i'm going to strengthen you and then i'm going to sell you someone say he's about to set me this year yeah he's about to settle me this year lord have mercy i like this he's about to settle everything that was out of place he's about to put some things in place the word settlement he's gonna ground me he's gonna give me a foundation hallelujah i've come to let somebody know that the devil should not mess with you anymore you're not the same flimsy person you were in 2019 all what you've been through in 2020 to 21 now you're a difference anybody know what i'm talking about you're so different that the devil don't even know what to do with you why because your foundation has been stronger you've gone deeper in god yeah yeah yeah yeah we can tell you're more deeper than what you were because your praise sound different your hallelujah sounds different your cats sound different your rejoicing sound different i'm not the same anymore oh glory to god hallelujah somebody shout hallelujah ah and now i'm so strong in god that i am not affected by people's opinion because when you're going through people got a whole lot to say when you're going through it like the devil sends so many haters so much people to say some stuff to knock you of course but when you know who you are you know that you are righteous through god it is not because you are unrighteous why you're suffering you know why the bible is very clear and it's very clear in psalms 34 verse 19 he says righteous people go through afflictions oh let me say how he says it it says many are the afflictions of of the whom not the unrighteous he says those who are righteous are going through many afflictions but he says although they go through it the lord delivers them out of the lord i feel a deliverance in rural city church there's something that's about to deliver you i feel somebody's about to get a deliverance if that's you clap your hands if that's you it don't sound like you lost your mind [Music] many are the afflictions of the righteous but god has a way to make you escape somebody's about to escape somebody's coming out today i said somebody's coming out today someone at home you're about to come out huh someone on the balcony if you jump three times what something's about to happen this week that's gonna pull you out is there anybody believe yeah yeah not just on the balcony but down here if you jump something oh yeah it's going to break you free somebody shout yes many of the afflictions many are the afflictions of the righteous but god delivers them out of their poor and so ladies and gentlemen we now come to the understanding that all that i've been going through has just been an undercover blessings that has been linked with my affliction if i didn't have the affliction i wouldn't know what the problem would do to me how it would change my character how it would prepare me for my future god is toughing you up for the next level you're about to step in [Applause] that's why i call it the undercover blessings of affliction you don't always understand it till it reveals itself and that's why david said it like this it was good for me to be afflicted oh now i get the text it was good for me to go through the suffering i would not know who i was i wouldn't know what i was capable of if i didn't go through it and i would not know who my enemies were if i didn't go through it and sometimes god will reveal some things to you at this level because when you get to the next level you don't want to be dealing with that no you don't want to be fighting people while you're fighting to do business you don't want when someone's trying to devour your business and devour your ideas it's all right fighting an external demon but it's horrible having to fight someone who's supposed to be your friend so god says i make you go through some stuff to reveal who really was on your side i know it was shocking i know it was heartbreaking i know you wish you never saw some things and some things was you wish it wasn't revealed but god said no i didn't allow you to go through this without you knowing who was really who and the point that i want to make you thought that situation made you worse it didn't it made you wiser you're no fool anymore [Music] have you ever had now certain people come to you who remind you of someone in your past come with the sweet talk and where was before you used to fall for that sweet talk i just love his voice this time around when you hear the voice you're like they think i'm a fool they thought i was born yesterday you know my dad used to say that to me all the time he said john my dad's from jamaica so he would say things like this when i used to do some stuff i used to do some stuff and he you know as a child he said john [Music] you think i'm stupid that means stupid if media bond is big me would i kill my mother in other words he says if i was born this size as a big person i would have killed my mother in other words he was saying all the tricks you know i did it when i was your age [Music] but you cannot know about life until you go through a process can i help you can i help you don't get mad at the process the process is teaching you some stuff stand to your feet all over this building stand your feet lift your hands lift your hands keep flowing keep flowing god said i am showing you that in the midst of all the crazy thing you're going through right now i've under i've uncovered a blessing most billionaires most millionaires most people who have excelled in life will tell you before they got to where they needed to get through they had to go through a course of suffering a course of betrayal a course of pain could it be could it be the reason why you're going through you're on your way to your next level of blessing your next level of success [Music] it was good for me to be afflicted david said so i may learn your statutes you know what statues mean laws rules he says i there's some rules to life there's some decrees there's some commandments to life i won't understand it unless i go through the course of suffering let me just say just keep your hands up i'm almost finished you know pain is information pain is information a doctor cannot help you unless you tell him where the pain is before he can start helping you say so where's the pain does the pain even if he gives you an x-ray he still needs you to cooperate because the pain is information [Music] suffering gives us information but a lot of us are ignoring the information when you got pain something is wrong that's why you go to the doctors because the pain tells you something is wrong now not every pain watch this and i'm done means something is wrong because when a pregnant woman has pain it doesn't mean something is wrong it just means the baby is coming and it is the pain that the baby uses in order to come out of one season into another season [Applause] so if you're in this building and you're going through pain you're going through suffering [Music] it's not necessarily because something is wrong it could mean that you're moving from one season to another season [Music] and there's one thing there's one thing that the midwife will say keep playing when the suffering starts it says every time the pain comes push push somebody say pray the acronym is pray until something happens push push someone else says praise until something happens push push there's a blessing there's a blessing coming out of this push [Music] there's a miracle coming out of this i feel the holy ghost push my god come on music push push push push push push push come on i want to feel you in the spirit come on don't give up don't give up go out i hear the holy ghost say push push because something's coming out of this open up your mouth open up your mouth all over this building push praise him you have to pray if you have them all i'm not saying i know it's been a wicked season that's been a horrible season a painful season a season that caused you pain but god said push push that's what i hear him say push [Music] hallelujah do me a favor clap your hands and scream and praise one more time come on come on come on come on come on come on everybody everybody shout shout just make some noise let the devil hear you hallelujah [Music] shall [Music] is worthy is worthy hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah look at your neighbor one more time as a neighbor the undercover blessing of affliction yeah god has undercover some stuff and there's blessings in the midst of your affliction if you believe that clap your hands oh come on clap your hands and give him praise just real quickly somebody's watching us right now somebody in the audience you've been going through i see your tears i see your tears and god sees your tears yeah hold on hold on you know it's in this season it's one of the worst things to be going through broken and you can't even get the comfort you need but jesus said i'll never leave you not to forsake you he's got his arms around you someone's watching me right now someone on the balcony someone in this auditorium you've been going through a process that's been unbearable a process that's like god when is it gonna stop when is it gonna finish how long god god says trust me remember what he says i'm praying that your faith don't fail it's your faith your belief system don't give up now don't give up [Music] i just can't give up now [Music] i come too far from where i started from nobody told me that the road would be easy and i don't believe he brought me this way to leave me can i everybody i'm gonna say again i just nobody told me nobody told me that the road would be easy and i don't believe he brought me this far [Music] everybody help me sing it at home i come too far from where i started from nobody told me [Music] i hear the lord says it's coming it's coming it's coming it's coming it's coming it's coming to your breakthrough it's coming hey hey hallelujah the road will be easy and i don't believe he brought me [Music] [Music] yes yes yes yes please don't believe me bro i don't [Music] he mean me this far to leave me if you believe that clap your hands and say yes come on tell him yes oh come on tell the lord yes open up your mouth and tell him yes do me a favor grab your neighbor and pull him pull him pull up say he ain't gonna leave you he ain't gonna leave you he ain't gonna leave you in all the hell you're going through he ain't going to leave you he's with you all away [Music] grab your hands giving praise i feel like staying on a little bit but i gotta close yeah yeah yeah nobody told me that your roar would be easy i don't believe [Music] he brought me this far to leave me through it all through it all i've learned to trust in jesus anybody know that song i've learned to trust in god somebody help me say through it all [Music] learned [Music] [Music] i better i better stop sit down quickly because i will start singing hey come on catherine pollard i have learned to trust in god to manifest through [Music] [Music] we see that we see to be seen so i thank him for the valleys and i thank him for the mountains and i thank him for every storm he brought me through because if i never had a problem i wouldn't know that god could solve them i wouldn't know what faith in his work could do yes through it all through it all i've learned to trust in jesus [Music] somebody needs jesus in their life if you're not saved you're not born again you've been going through so much if you need jesus if you're on the balcony if you're in the audience if you're at home watching me i want to invite you to jesus the bible says believe on the lord jesus christ and you shall be saved confess with your mouth believe that he's been raised from the dead you will be saved if you want jesus in your life you're a backslider person that don't know jesus just raise your hands where you i want to pray with you for you right where you are if you don't know jesus is your personal savior raise your hands if you're in here you need jesus say preacher i need him if you're in here you need jesus raise your hands let me see your hands hallelujah if you're on if you're on watching the broadcast type your name say i need jesus type your name i need jesus and i'm going to pray with you i don't care if you're watching the rebroadcast you need jesus type say i need jesus father we thank you because no one comes to you except you have drawn them i thank you for those that are in the building that need you thank you for the hands that are up fans the hands that are home hands that need you lord those that type in the chat that they need you salvation lord i command in jesus name you will wash them in your blood satan we command you take your hands off of them lord everyone that has been going through challenges suffering help them to understand that there's a blessing in all what they're going through we thank you we believe you lord for a turn around in jesus name someone say amen i want everybody in this building to help me say this prayer it's the salvation prayer if you're in here and you don't know the lord and you're watching us you don't know the lord by you the personal savior i want you to repeat say dear lord everybody say dear lord i come before you i am a sinner i need you in my life your word declares that if i confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that you've been raised from the dead i shall be saved and so lord i confess that i'm a sinner i need you in my life wash me now cleanse me from all my sins and today i make a decision to serve you now satan i declare to you i don't belong to you i'm washed in the blood of jesus and i'm now saved in jesus name amen if you said that prayer and you meant it welcome to the family of god somebody clap your hands and give god praise for those who make a decision hallelujah we're gonna at this moment play a video because we want to invite you to be a part of our discipleship and we want you to know christ as your personal savior watch this video and we'll be back to you straight after this god bless you hi my name is audrey alexander i'm one of the elders at rural city church i personally want to congratulate you in making the decision to follow jesus congratulations on behalf of bishop francis co pastor penny the eldership team and the ruach family we want to welcome you into the family of god as a church we would love to support you with your new life in christ so we are inviting you to our discipleship care program we host a 12-week program where we teach the fundamental principles of the word of god we support new believers with their personal growth and spiritual development and equip them in becoming disciples of jesus christ please listen to some of our course facilitators as they give you more information about the program our discipleship care 12 week program is for new believers and christians who want to build their faith on a strong foundation in jesus christ we've covered topics such as how to study and grow in the word the life of jesus repentance and water baptism how to pray and fast how to hear god's voice how to persevere in times of temptation how to live a victorious life in christ and much much more the sessions are facilitated in small groups in an atmosphere that is warm friendly fun interactive and engaging we have a good supportive team that will assist you with your learning sessions take place every thursday at 7 00 pm on zoom we will be running some of our group sessions at the various locations please listen out for future announcements register today on our website to join our zoom sessions see you there clap your hands give god praise amen hallelujah hallelujah thank you very much for the decision that you've made make sure you connect with us give god in one more hand clap amen we're asking most of you all to stay young people to stay beyond we're going to have youth discussion straight after this service we won't keep you long we're going to worship the lord with our giving and i'm going to challenge every one of you that you will honor the lord with your substance and your giving the bible says god loves the cheerful giver we give god of our tithe the tithe is ten percent as god bless us and we honor the lord with our giving um we are able to do this great work um all the things you see happen in this ministry is because of your giving and we want to ask you to continue to be loyal and consistent in giving those of you who are are watching us my stream we're going to give you an opportunity to give those of you in the sanctuary you should have an envelope if you want to give physically today you can do that on your way out at this time we're going to ask you to watch the screen as we get ready to give to god there's several ways you can give to this ministry and we want you to sow and keep this vision going watch the video as we give and i'll come back and make a decree over your giving in jesus name god bless we're about to participate in giving in our services today and if you've been blessed and you'd like to join us also you can do so we know that god will bless you and he will favor you as you give the lord loves a cheerful giver and we know that when we give to him he gives back to us press down shaking together and running over we want that blessing for you also so if you would like to give today follow the instruction video that you're about to see how to give by bank transfer if you would like to set up a standing order or make a direct payment to iraq city church for your ties or offering please use the following details account number zero three zero eight seven two four sort code 30 9607 how to give online go to the ruac city church website and click the giving tab at the top of the page select your chosen offering type for example your tithes all you need to do now is enter the amount it's really simple follow the instructions on screen to complete the transaction we hope you have a blessed day clap your hands everybody give god praise amen it's already done everybody repeat after me our decree say according to god's word in job 22 28 the things that decree shall be established in jesus name say amen i decree that 2021 is my year to stand in agreement with ephesians 6 and 11 i put on the whole armor of god so that i will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil in jesus name i decree that 2021 i will walk by faith and not by side i decree that when i hear bad news i will stand firm remain steady trusting god stay focused on his word in jesus name in 2021 i will be steadfast immovable always abounding in the work of the lord i'm standing on god's word as a giver and a tither so all financial curses are broken off my life therefore i decree quick progress in my money my business my health my job my property my education and all that pertaining to me in jesus name i decreed at 2021 god builds a hedge of protection around me and my family in jesus name i decree that everything opposing my success will be completely destroyed in jesus name in 2021 i rejoice always praying continually giving thanks in all things in agreement with god's will in christ jesus i decree that in 2021 i stand in the power and the authority of the name jesus i decree that i will have victory over all the schemes of the enemy principalities powers and evil rulers of the unseen world in 2021 i will stand in jesus name somebody say a big amen god bless you i command that you will see god's blessing upon your life in jesus name i command that you will see and increase like never before i come against the spirit of the parliament can't wear them glass over every stages of the locusts that were try to devour and speak blessings upon your people lord bless those who had to give those who didn't have to give in jesus name somebody clap your hands one more time give god a praise amen i just want to thank god for all that is in the house um i just want a big big shout out to asawi who's been um watching us on online and uh she made her way by church on the bus where are you just give me a wave if you're here shall we good to see you on the balcony would you get excited amen god bless you thank you for coming make this your church i want to be your pastor amen anybody here for the first time raise your hands as well here for the first time welcome welcome welcome amen god bless you hopefully and welcome hopefully by next week we will start pulling back some of the things we used to do and um with all of those who are in our service elder wallet is coming at this time to make a quick announcement and then we're going to have the rec news god bless you ashley come hallelujah clap your hands for her good afternoon everyone um wanted to tell you guys about our youth conference amen is there any youth in the house [Applause] so um as you know we are having our youth conference it it's um ablaze fireproof and we're really excited so the first night we're gonna be doing which is friday the 20th august we're doing a hangout spot at 5 p.m um called sipping pain obviously it's mocktails amen um and so you'll be able to have some mocktails and paint and fellowship music it's going to be absolutely amazing and then at 7pm we're doing i will not bow so we've got churches coming together all the youth um churches that we know of and we've reached out and they're going to be connecting with us and doing praise and worship with us and we're going to be doing a worship night on that night at 7 pm all are welcome to attend okay so if you want to just have a night of worship you want to be there on friday the 20th of august and then on saturday the 21st of august at 8 a.m standing in flames is our prayer breakfast okay so we've noticed some of the the slots are going okay so we want to make sure you register online especially those who are watching in the building make sure you register online get your spot okay so you've got continental continental breakfast which is seven pounds and then we did something different this year we got hot breakfast which is 10 pounds okay so make sure you register but if you just want to come to the prayer obviously that's completely free but if you want the breakfast that's what you need to register for okay and guess what someone paid for someone to go to a breakfast so i need a young person who says i want to go to the prayer breakfast put your hand up now let me see let me see anyone in the building anyone before i go online anyone that's a young person that wants to go to the prayer on saturday the 21st he can't afford it wants to go anyone and you want to go amazing okay in the corner you're in the red jumper if you see me afterwards can we clap it's a free breakfast all right um after the service if you come see me okay um i'll make sure i get your name and your details and you can come to the prayer breakfast okay and we we've had a lot of adults saying they want to sponsor so if you do want to do that what we're encouraging you is still pay online and then just let the um admin office know that that's what you're doing okay and then on seven o'clock um at two o'clock sorry and we've got the flip out off-site activity so that's only young people okay and we're gonna be jumping around on the trampoline park so if you want to go and do that as well you can register online okay it's going to be fun we have asked because we've had a few adults ask this if you've got children under the age of 13 we're asking that you accompany them because we're not going to be responsible for anyone that's under age so your child can come if they're under the age of 13 but you would need to accompany them okay so just want to put that out there um as that question came in and then at 6 p.m we're doing a bit of a karaoke so make sure you come early before service we're gonna have some fun and then at seven o'clock we'll have normal service and we'll be having a tag preaching it's gonna be absolutely amazing so you make sure you don't want to miss it so again it's friday the 20th to saturday the 21st youth conference are placed at roc city church kilburn okay invite someone invite your cousins your nieces your nephews bring someone along it's going to be absolutely amazing all are welcome to attend praise the lord clap your hands again well i want to thank god for all of those that are listening to us on wreck radio how many been listening to radio you can get us on dab it's our radio station tune in if you've got a dab radio retune and look for rural radio it's only london wide by the way if you can't get it on the radio you can get us online we're live and also uh those who are watching us on facebook youtube and on our website and on our app god bless all of those who are tuned in today would you give all our streaming audience a big hang clap may the lord bless you and may the lord encourage you stay with us we are now going to have our news and straight after that you will go to deep dive um clap your hands and look towards the screen for react news god bless hi my name is nicole joy and this is the rurak news so i hope you have all had the most amazing week mine inside of a little bit iffy i hurt my neck and was out for a couple of days but i'm right is right now and in that vein i would love to invite you if you have a testimony or something that god has done or you would like to share your personal testimony we want to start capturing some of our confident amazing testimonies of what god has done in their life so if you would like to get involved why not email us at admin react citychurch.org and we will get you plugged in as you may all be very well aware all of our locations are now open yes that includes the wolverine brixton kilburn and birmingham locations last weekend we had the most amazing time and we do not want you to miss out so make sure to head on over to our website to register to attend this week so now that all our locations are open we are looking for volunteers to help the church run a little bit more smoothly we're looking for ushers peacekeepers cameramen and women so if that sounds like a bit of you why not join or we also have things like kids ministries where you can become a teacher or outreach ministry where you can help deliver the gospel there is so much to get involved in there's something for everyone so get involved if you would like to sign up why not head on over to our website or if you are in kilburn location today i will personally be at the back to help you sign up do you feel like you're cool to preach but have fear of talking in front of people or maybe you feel like you're called to preach to people on the street but lack the confidence if that's you we are here to help the rock city bible institute has a range of courses to help you excel spiritually and mentally for more information head on over to our website and see all what's available now just in case you didn't know merak radio is now live so tune in and listen to all the latest gospel music and interesting thought-provoking conversations we have to offer also if you have a business and wish to advertise please contact us at ruraccitychurch.org if you live in a borough of brent and have interest in helping your community then perhaps the brent community champions might be of interest to you brennan is looking for local people who are willing to volunteer their time on the brent health matters program every champion will be involved in this program in a way that is unique to them if you would like to become a brent community champion go to www.brent.gov dot uk website and press the community champions tab alternatively go to the vurac website and click the brent community champions link the ruac bookstore is open and ready for you to enjoy and access stories and information you need our catalogue is growing every month and with new books being added and if you have written a book you can now also be a part of that growth if you wish for your book to be added to our shop please send an email to admin realexcitychurch.org burak city church will be holding housing advice sessions for our congregation areas include rent arrears eviction disrepair neighborhood dispute homelessness and much much more if you would like to register please head on over to our rural city church website and find out more our ablaze conference is literally around the corner guys if you blink you're going to miss it so make sure to keep your eyes peeled and take a look at this perhaps never in peace time has britain known such a far as this and as increasing flames raw 200 feet above the rooftops the question was could the fire need to be contained i'm coming here have you just given your life to christ and would like to take the next step if that is you we have got great news because baptisms are back they will be taking place at our brixton location every fourth sunday of the month including some wednesdays throughout the year for the month of august baptisms will be taking place on sunday the 22nd for more information please head on over to our website and get involved baptism t-shirts will be available and purchased in advance and upon arrival at our brixton location for the last 18 months many of us have been stuck in doors with nothing to do the same places same faces sometimes no faces but now ruac singles ministry have something special in store summer is here and it is time to have some fun rat singles ministries presents party in the park relax play games meet new people make friends and shake a leg join us on the 28th of august at a south london park register now on the react city church website [Music] it is youth discussion week so joining us today at 3pm our youth team have some very juicy topics that you will not want to miss register now on our website and come down to the kilburn location to meet new people and to get involved if you can't attend the person then simply feel free to join in via zoom do not miss this ruac city church has many members and would like to help as many people as possible our wellbeing team work hard to provide courses and resources to help you with your health finance housing and education just to state a few we offer advice and programs which support healthy living including health checks fitness diet stress management and much much more representatives from our wellbeing team are in attendance our sunday services and are available for a quick chat and to sign post you to various therapies that are available to you in these difficult times look out for them in their bright green t-shirts you can see them after the service at the back of church and alternatively you can visit our website and click the well-being tab please remember to tune in on wednesdays for our insightful and engage in bible study sessions with one of our elders we stream every wednesday on youtube facebook and on our website let's get into the bible together it is our married couple's prayer night join the marriage team for an hour of worship and prayer as we stand together in faith believing god for victory in our marriage and families join us on saturday the 14th of august at 8pm register now it's that time again it's the rurak family challenge where you get the chance to take a picture of yourself or with whoever you are with and tag us at rural city church so we can keep connected so let's do it together in these three easy steps step one you know what to do take out your phone step two go to instagram or whichever platforms you're on and take a picture of yourself with whoever you're with and then step three tag us at rerec city church it's really easy and very simple and we would love to see our faces we've loved seeing all your beautiful faces and each week we'll pick a picture today we are picking this one [Music] and next week it could be you this has been the rock news have an amazing week [Music] hello everybody and welcome to the deep dive we are live again if you are just joining us i am your host i am nero and the deep dive is live right now my goodness me what a message that was what a powerful message that was the title was the undercover blessings of affliction how powerful was that i know you guys were definitely blessed by that message because during the sermon i was looking at the comments and i saw all of you guys were touched and really strengthened by that and it's so important and if you guys are new and don't know what takes place in the deep dive the deep dive is a time where we reflect on the message and we interact with one another and we talk about how we can also implement this message that we've heard today into our daily lives how are we going to move forward with it how are we going to keep that in our minds how are we going to meditate on the words i'm going to go into the youtube comments and the facebook comments and see what you guys are saying i know you guys are blessed i i want you to even if you want to sum it up in a sentence or a line a couple of words of how would you how would you sum the word up what would you say really touched you what spoke to you what stood out to you i want to know so i'm going to be going in the comments to see what you guys thought and whilst i'm doing that i mean there were so many things to unpick so many things to unpick such a powerful word and i don't even know if i could get this into one but a couple of things i that really stood out to me is you know bishop really went through the process of allowing us to understand that you know it's good to be afflicted it is so good and i know that sounds tough and hard to what why but it's so important because that prepares us and gets us ready for our next season that is coming it is good to be afflicted as seen in psalms 119 verse 71 you know a lot of suffering comes with human being human that is just what happens you know suffering can be in the form of physical emotional mental stress betrayal by friends sometimes spiritual stress stress as a bishop said in the form of demonic attacks as well but when we deal with trouble we start to understand people better and it gives us more sympathy to allow what others feel as well and god puts us through these things because he knows that grace is sufficient and will enable us to overcome you know when we go through life and and pain and suffering and struggles we understand each other better and we also become stronger within ourselves you know another thing that the bishop mentioned you know the devil is after our faith and that was something that stood out to me so much the devil is after our faith because once he knows he gets hold of our faith it's like our whole belief system crumbles and that's one big way that he can come in and destroy everything so we have to learn how to stand and as a the prophetic declaration was for this year this is the year to stand and now we see how important it is to stand and to know that you are not the only one suffering as well sometimes the devil likes to make us think that we are the only ones that are going through it you know we're going through this by ourselves but little do we know there are a lot of people in our same struggle or in our similar situation so i'm going to go into some of the comments we've got sheila that says yes i was truly blessed by this powerful message hallelujah we thank god for that that's amazing i'm so happy carlin miller has said suffering is a part of our walk with the lord yes it is that is what it's about and suffering will be there but it's a part of our walk with the lord amen tt says such a refreshing word i'm happy you thought that i'm happy i agree with you such a breath of fresh air and so comforting and encouraging as well we have got mariah that says the analogy of the woman giving birth and how we should push yes yes yes yes yes i remember that so vividly and so well it is true and i remember bishop was saying just because you know when a woman's giving birth just because she feels pain it doesn't mean that that pain is bad it just means that something else is being birthed and at the end of the day it's a great thing that is being perfect so pain is not always a bad thing and i think it just allows us to change our mindset and view things differently as jesus keeps us just said pain is information exactly pain is information for our future jesus keeps his also said it's not really about us at all it's all about jesus absolutely absolutely yes and samantha says what we go through is not just for us but it's also to help someone else i remember bishop i remember bishop talking about that and of so many so many points and you know i could also really when i was listening to the message i also linked this to rob walls message that he preached a couple of weeks ago when god waits and in his message he was talking about the idea of god pruning us in this season and that's truly what's happening in this season where things are going on there's a lot of suffering going on but god is preparing us and pruning us in this season season and getting us ready for what is to come so in this season we need to understand that just just because we've gone through heartache you know pain suffering the next season is joy the next season is laughter the next season is happiness so we just have to stand on that faith and you know it's so amazing that in the midst of a storm god has uncovered a blessing you know before we get somewhere else we have to go through a course of pain betrayal and suffering and it is so important and i just want to thank you guys for your comments we've got so many great comments uh jesus keeps saying amen so powerful i want to thank you guys for interacting and tuning into the deep dive i really hope you guys were blessed by this and i pray that during the week you also meditate on this and go back to the word revisit the word watch it again tomorrow watch it again tonight revisit it and keep it on the front of your mind and meditate on it thank you so much for tuning in to the deep dive i have been your host nero i pray you guys have a blessed week and i will see you guys soon god bless you we hope you've been blessed by our webcast today please be sure to visit our website www.ruapcitychurch.org to find out more about us don't forget to subscribe to our youtube facebook and instagram if you would like to help us as we help others through our ministry efforts and endeavors you can visit our giving page at www.grunoccitychurch.org we hope you can join us for our next webcast until then it is our prayer that you stay safe and stay well god bless you you

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Published: Sun Aug 08 2021