What Did God Say? | Stephanie Ike

hey family i'm pastor torre i'm pastor sarah and listen you're getting ready to hear an incredible word for the lord i believe it's going to bless you i believe it's going to be timely do me a favor share the message if it moves you share the message and then also you have an opportunity to be a part of not only helping to spread this message but to be a part of our outreaches we're doing a lot of practical things to be a blessing to someone so feel free if god so moves you to use the information here in the video to support what we're doing we're being a blessing not just people spiritually we're being a blessed people practically we love you get into this message and change your life hallelujah family if you've been blessed by worship just put in the comments thank you god thank you god that you are my great defender thank you god that i can rest and trust in your word in your promise because i would rather have it god's way than my way family let's just praise god let's just take a moment to say thank you jesus just put that in the chat right now amen it's such a blessing to be with you tonight you may be watching this at a later time maybe in the morning or in the afternoon so such a blessing to be with you today whatever day you're in i'm so excited for the word that god has put in my heart for everyone watching i believe that this is a word that is purposed to protect the promise of god over your life manifesting this is a word to protect you from self-sabotage you know this word the way the lord gave it to me it it came in a manner that i really had to like sit with it because i also saw myself in it i love moments like that where you're not just teaching something but you're also participating in it and that's the beauty of relationship with god because it's not just about what god wants to do through you but it's what he's doing in you as well and so let's get into the word family we're going to read john 1 1 that's the first scripture we're going to go through a couple and the scripture says in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god i love that so much you see it's so interesting i mean first of all it's no surprise about the times that we're in right we are in very unfamiliar and unique times and there is this question that keeps coming up amongst i know it's coming up amongst my personal conversations with friends and strangers i mean uber drivers people at the grocery store people just look in the chat and that question is what is god saying on the global on a global level on a personal level maybe that's a question that you've been asking as well god what are you saying in these times what are you saying to the nations what are you saying in my life what are you saying concerning my calling what are you saying concerning this business this ministry this organization my marriage my relationship god what are you saying because we normally have this idea you see when we are going through change and transitions we we are in this vulnerable place where we believe like okay there must be something new that god must be saying to me there must be something different that god is telling me to do in this times and the very notion of this question of what is god saying it gives the idea that there is something there is an area of concern and it seems as though god is silent and i find that ironic to be honest because he is the word how can the word be silent how is it that god you are the word and you don't have anything to say now there are situations where you know we may not perceive what he is saying but there are moments where it literally feels like god is silent and i'm like god but you are the word the word always has something to say and then the lord began to show me and teach me that even his silence has a voice you see the silence of god is directional the silence of god is to direct you to what he already said you see a lot of times we're just in this season of like god yes what are you saying but i'm here to ask you what did god say what has god already said to you what are the words that he gave you in the past because you see the funny thing in life is that we think that the seasons of our life change as the seasons on the earth changes that when something new springs up then god must be saying something new to me but your season is connected to words your season is connected to revelation so although the world may be shifting but you may still be in the season of what god said to you a few years ago and the lord began to show me that we are that despite all the chaos and all the things happening in life right now we are in that season of the harvest we are in a season for you to receive the promise of his word and if you abandon it because you're just like god maybe you want me to do something else if you abandon it that you could sabotage the manifestation of the promise you see god was never ignorant when he spoke to you god is all knowledge he speaks from a place of perfect knowledge he is not like us you know our interests change over time based on exposure and all of that i remember when i wanted to have a music management company then i wanted to have a photography management company then i wanted to be a lawyer i want to do all kinds of things you know one time i really thought that i could have a shot in being a musician you don't want to hear me play but you see our interests change because in those moments i wasn't aware of what it is that god knew about me and so i can speak from a place of limited knowledge and limited exposure but when god speaks he speaks from a place of perfect knowledge god is aware of everything he knows the end from the beginning so when he's talking to you about what he's called you to do he already he saw everything that could work against you that could seem like it's working against you and he still said you are the one he still said you are the one i've assigned for this you are the one i've appointed for this this is the instruction i've given you and there is going to be a harvest where i send you but if we have this feeling of god maybe you've changed your mind because don't you see the news god don't you see what's happening in my life don't you see all the obstacles and challenges coming against me and god is looking and he says i'm not limited by what limits you i'm not bound by what seems to bind you the word of god introduces to us the place of need for god just like pastor sarah talked about because nothing that he says can be done without him so god is aware that yes there's going to be what seems like limitations for you but when you partner with me there is nothing that can stop you you see there's a scripture i want to read to you and it's in genesis 16 16 and from into genesis 17 1. and this is about a man named abraham and i'm going to read a short part of this and i'll talk about him now it says abraham was 86 years old when hagga bore ishmael to abraham when abram was 99 years old the lord appeared to abram and said to him i am almighty god walk before me and be blameless abraham have some walk before me with integrity you see the story about abraham is one of my favorite stories in the bible you know there are stories that you just read and you just feel this draw to you feel this connection to the story of abraham is so unique and fascinating to me because we we see prior to this scripture there is this rhythm of communication that god has with abraham abraham is introduced to us when you know the lord meets him and he's just like hey abraham pack up shop leave your family leave your hometown leave everything you know and come go to a place that i will show you and this already tells you abraham just responded he packs up you know he's ready to go and this already tells you that there was a relationship there was an intimacy that they had for abraham to just move immediately as god speaks abraham leaves he's trusting the lord to be his guide and then abraham finds himself in the place and the lord shows up again he's like abraham this is the place that i'm going to give you the lord shows up to him again you if you have never read the story of abraham you should it's in genesis and then while you're at it you can just find yourself all the way through revelation but the lord shows up to him again and he's like abraham i am your exceedingly great reward and abraham is just like you know what god that sounds all great and stuff but lord i am without a child and the lord is telling him abraham look i got you on this you want a child i got you there's a purpose to the child connected to your lineage and he assures abraham that you will have a son you will have an heir and the funny thing is that when god speaks god is so aware of what's happening because abraham was married to a wife named sarah and sarah at the time was barren and god is aware of all the limitations he's aware of all the physical limitations but the voice of god it should match his his character you see when god gives you a promise if you have to compromise your integrity if you have to compromise your character to get to the manifestation of it that did not come from the lord because what comes from god it reveals his character so when god speaks to abraham he's aware of everything and he does not need abraham to compromise himself in order to fulfill what god has said so there is this rhythm there is this flow all through the story you see god having conversation with abraham and then all of a sudden sarah is just like you know what i know this is what god said to you but i don't think i'm the one why don't you sleep with my maid abraham sees what sarah says he thought that was wisdom he's like you know what maybe that makes sense but that was compromise he sleeps with the maid you know she gets pregnant and then she gives birth to ishmael now the moment he she gave birth to ishmael god goes silent in this scripture we read how you know it tells us that when abraham was 86 years old that's when the lady had had ishmael and it was not until he was 99 years old that god comes back to the scene for 13 years god says nothing because his silence was directional his silence had a voice it was that abraham turn your heart back to what i already said i'm not saying anything new i'm not going to tell you that ishmael is the promise because that was never what i said this is compromise you have compromised your integrity to manifest what you think is my will and that is not my will for you 13 years i can imagine what it must have felt like you see for all these years of abraham's life god is in the in the pivotal moments with him now he has a son and he's probably like god are you going to show up and talk to me about ishmael are you going to show up and say wow look at the promised child 13 years god says nothing you see you don't want to go 13 years you don't even want to go 13 months or 13 days matter of fact an hour and 30 minutes you don't want to build on the foundation of your fear your insecurities your doubts your unbelief you don't want to build on that foundation because it cannot sustain you it cannot carry what god said for 13 years abraham is building on the foundation of his doubts abraham is building on the foundation of his fear and god says nothing because it was to point abraham back to what god said in the first place and so 13 years goes by abraham is now 99 and he has this encounter again with the lord and this encounter shifts his heart this encounter brings him back to the place of what if i've actually got it wrong what if i've been believing a life for 13 years that ishmael perhaps you could be the promised child and when he encounters god his heart shifts his heart shifts to the fact that you know what lord i'm gonna believe you at your word his heart shifts to understand that as you're saying the same thing you told me 13 years ago that you will have a son and when god says be blameless before me it's an invitation to god's integrity i have integrity and abraham you cannot say you're going to manifest what comes from me and you will compromise yours and it's so beautiful because in romans we see this scripture in romans 4 19 it tells us about abraham after this moment and it says that and not being weak in faith he this is abraham did not consider his own body already dead since he was about a hundred years old so they probably just did a roundup number you know maybe it was around abraham's birthday that the lord showed up and the deadness of sarah's womb i love this so much because we see that when he had this encounter again with the lord and the lord says the same thing the only difference is that in that scripture later on the lord tells him the timing of when isaac would be born the timing of when the promised child connected to the word of the lord would come but abraham now shifted his posture and he's like god i'm going to believe you at your word because for the past 13 years i've been doing what was against your word and i thought that maybe i just need to keep waiting for you to confirm what i did but the silence of god and you may be watching this and you feel like there are areas that you're just like god what are you saying and god's question to you is what did i already say you see there are two key things that stood out to me in this scripture first it talks about how abraham not being weak in the faith abraham not being weak in his expectation not being weak in his belief in god not being weak in knowing that god you i can believe you at your word abraham not being weak in the faith you know faith is a word i love so much but faith is not like this one size fits all ordeal you know many times we think that being a risk taker means that we have faith no that just means you're a gambler and you have a great time in vegas but faith in its true essence the bible tells us that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god so true faith is when you apply yourself to what god said without compromising your character true faith is the word that comes from god is when you believe what god said faith is not just a blanket that you throw over anything that you feel like you want to take a risk and just let god bless it you see god is not our genie ready to grant us three wishes god is our lord he is our light to lead us in the path that we ought to follow and so when the word when when a word comes to you from the lord faith is your response and belief and it says abraham was not weak in the faith but this there's something so intriguing i was i was studying this and i was praying about this word as i was going to get ready to deliver it to you and the lord began to highlight even more the fact that he is our light that what does that word mean that god is our light you see light in the scriptures it it often points to wisdom revelation insight understanding and there is a scripture about the enemy that i want us to read and we're gonna just really have some fun with this it's in second corinthians 11 14 and the word of god says and no wonder for even satan disguises himself as an angel of light the reason that this is so critical is because you see when we read this scripture we're wondering you know does that mean that the end the devil will come to me looking like an angel of light or does he look like a light bulb you know with a dress or with wings no that if he's coming as an angel of light then he's coming to present what will look like wisdom what looks like inside what looks like revelation he's coming to present an ideology to you that you're like huh maybe this is actually what i should do this looks all wrapped up it's pretty it has a bow on it and everything but all of this is to mislead you because you see there's a there's a scripture in hebrews that our pastor talks about a lot when it talks about that do not lose your confidence for in it there is a great reward but confidence comes from the place of what you know confidence is rooted in knowledge you are confident about what you what you've come to know about god you are confident when you have understanding about god's word to you and so when the enemy wants to attack you what he attacks is your revelation he attacks the word that god has given you did god really say he said to eve and he's saying the same thing till today just in different ways you see there was an encounter that jesus had with one of his disciples named peter there was a moment that peter thought he was putting jesus on game he thought he was dropping gems to the lord and jesus looked at peter and he said to him get behind me satan but satan was not there i mean in the flesh you know it's like it was jesus it was peter jesus looks at peter and he says get behind me satan where was satan in the picture but you see he said something in that scripture that is so insightful he said peter your mind is not set on the things of god your mind is set on the things of people of men and this is where the enemy finds a loophole because when your mind is kingdom focused you're not moving from a place of your insecurity or your fear because jesus is talking to the disciples and he's like you know what i am going to go to the cross peter rebukes him because peter is coming from a place of fear what do you mean you're going to the cross we left everything to follow you what do you mean you're going to leave us peter was not moving in the revelation of the purpose of the messiah and so when fear showed up the enemy said i have a loophole peter thought he was speaking in wisdom when he rebuked the lord that no you would do no such thing but jesus was so in tune with his purpose jesus was so in tune with what god said concerning his life that he could recognize that the words of peter were the what was the wisdom of the enemy it was the false light the false revelation the false insight so he could look at peter and said get behind me satan and i'm sure that other disciples were like um when did lucifer show up to the party but jesus recognized that no this is a thought pattern that this is a thought that was implanted and that thought only has roots when you're focused on things of the world you see sarah was always also just having a conversation with abraham she was just having a chat she's like look she's like bae obviously it doesn't look like i'm getting pregnant so why don't you just you know meet my maid it looked like a regular conversation it looked like wisdom it looked like you know what sarah you're right you know because you know we're not getting younger so maybe let me give that a shot but that was not a wisdom from the lord that was the false light that that satan appears as an angel of light to mislead and deceive why am i saying this because you have to be so in tune with what god said to you because it is through conversations that you lose your way through conversations that sound like wisdom that in your vulnerability you're telling you're talking to people and you're just like yeah i'm not sure what to do in this season and people that are so earthly focused they will speak to you from a place of what is the best move for you based on the the conditions of your life but god never speaks to you based on the place of circumstances god doesn't speak to you and say you know what i see you have a speech problem so you're not the one read about a man named moses he thought he had a speech problem god said i've called you to speak for me god is not bound by what binds us he says that's the whole point i'm supposed to be your strength in weakness and so in your vulnerability you're opening your life to people and if their wisdom is coming from a place where their mind is focused on the things of men the things of this world the wisdom they're giving you is not the wisdom that comes from god you have to be in tune with what did god already say this is a season where you have to look back on your own journals you see many of you are watching and you've been drawn to old sermons you're finding yourself watching messages from years ago and you're thinking that maybe it's just quarantine i have time in my hand no there is something pulling you to what has already been said you're watching old sermons and you're like oh my gosh this is really speaking to me right about now but there's something pulling you that you're looking for god to say something new but he already said what is connected to the season of your life you see the bible tells us in isaiah behold i do a new thing not that he's saying a new thing i do a new thing and it's so beautiful he says i make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert you see god didn't say hey leave the wilderness he said no no it's okay i sent you to the wilderness i sent you to the place that looked like a dead and i sent you to the place that look like there's nothing that can grow here i sent you to the place that you're wondering that god can these dead bones dry bones live what is happening here god i'm in a room full of dry bones i'm in a place that just looks like this is where careers die why would you send me here and god was well aware he said i would do a new thing i want to use you to show the world my power i want to use you to even show you that i am your waymaker i want to use you to reflect my goodness to reflect that impossibilities is nothing to me when you said yes to me you said yes to this call you said yes to establishing the kingdom to establish the kingdom it's not that the kingdom of heaven is not buildings it's not that you can go down you know hollywood boulevard and you know wherever you are in the world whatever is a popular area if you're in nigeria you're going to maybe i don't know wherever you are just pick a public street it's not that you can just go down a random street and say look there is the building the kingdom of god oh look at that so beautiful the bible says that the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our lord what does that mean it's a mentality that the mentality of this world would start working in the kingdom mindset that you will start to think and live like christ you will not see things that you you will not see limitations as that which can stop you but you will see limitations as where god's power can be revealed the kingdom being established on the earth is a mentality it's a mindset being established you see i come from nigeria and we were colonized by the british and it's so interesting because it's not that there's a british flag in my country now you know i mean we've gained a dependence but it was the mindset that we adapted my country is very hot but you know what we do every morning we drink tea in the hot in the heat why because we adapted a mentality it is i mean even till now i have the same habit it will be nine degrees in la and i'm drinking a cup of tea in the morning because there was a mentality that i adapted there was a language that i took on you know funny story um when i moved to the u.s i remember one time a friend of mine took me to denny's and so we say um cutlery which is the british way and then in america i believe they say like silverware or utensils or something like that so i was at denny's and i was like yeah can i get some cutlery and she looked at me like i you know maybe she had a man named larry and i was about to cut larry it was just like the weirdest stare she's like what i said um do you have some cutlery i mean it really tickled me because i didn't know and so a friend of mine was like child you know you sound like you're trying to cut somebody and so i was like oh yeah you know like forks knives but why am i saying this because you adapt a language that is what the kingdom established in the kingdom is about on the on the earth and so when god is assigning you to that place that looks like a dead end when god is telling you to do something that you feel god nothing grows here he says this is how you establish the kingdom because you would move in the mentality not your own but you would move in my mindset you would reveal my glory you would reveal my power you would reveal that i am in control what did god already say what is changing around you does not change god's words to you but what is going to change in your life is that you're going to go from one who heard what he said to live out what he said this is not a season to turn your back on god's word just because things got harder or more difficult this is a season to press in because you're going to see the manifestation of it this is a season to receive the promise you didn't put all that work in for nothing just for you to walk away and be deceived by what looks like wisdom but it's false wisdom because if you're honest that is speaking to a different part of you it's speaking to your ego you see there's something that we often like to do we're like you know what god said god said this god said that and i i say god said to a lot you know but you have to be careful with using god said because of what god said to you yesterday contradicts what god is saying today perhaps is not god speaking perhaps it's your wisdom that is giving you insight you know there's a there's a scripture in the in the in the bible that tells us to not lean on our own understanding you have an understanding you have a way of reasoning that might not look like what god would say in that moment and so we have to learn how to humble ourselves to say lord search my heart what i believe that you said what is it feeding is it feeding my insecurity is it feeding my fear is it feeding my unbelief is it feeding my doubt or is it making me more dependent on you does it cause me to surrender does it does it challenge my ability to love does it mature me in love does it make me more like you we have to take a moment and not be so quick to just put god on everything because if you and this has happened this has happened to me we can't be so quick to just say oh god said because we just want that affirmation that i'm doing the right thing you got to take a moment and pause because one word from god can change your whole life one word from god can can last you a whole decade god's words are precious so he cannot be contradicting himself every other day you have to check your heart and say wait did god what what let me understand what god is saying you have to be willing to take the time to know what god has said to you is a worthy investment of your time to spend time in his presence to say god what are you saying what not even what are you saying my apologies what have you said already what is it that you already said to me what have i abandoned what have i ignored because there are words that i've written in my journal they're words that stood out to me they're words that jumped at my heart and i've abandoned it because i'm thinking that you changed your mind and maybe because things got a little hard that you're removing me from the place that you sent me you see if you feel like because things around you look dead it's a it's a marker for you to to to shift then you're not look you're not it's not being kingdom minded because you're saying that this limitation is greater than your god you see another thing that that we do is when we talk about like you know what i don't have peace on this anymore i don't i don't feel peace on this you know my my peace is gone and i've been a victim of this too you know funny story i remember i was dating this guy and um i reached out to my pastors you know my oh lord this is so funny so i remember i reached first i reached out to my spiritual mom pastor sarah and i was telling her about this guy and i was like you know what i feel so much peace on this who the peace of the lord is just resting on this relationship and then a few weeks went by i said you know what i don't feel peace on this anymore and i just feel like the lord has shifted the lord is not in this no more and i had to take some time because i'm like okay stephanie was the lord in it or was the lord not in it because now you're just using peace as an excuse but the fact of the matter is that i really felt like i lost my peace and i really felt in the beginning that i had peace i was like which one is it lord do i have peace oh don't i have peace and there's a scripture there's a scripture in let's go to it in john 14 27 the scripture says peace i live with you this is jesus speaking my peace i give to you not as the world gives do i give to you let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid you see there is a peace that comes from the world and there is a peace that comes from god the peace that comes from the world is shaped by your surrounding when everything in your surrounding matches what god said to you when it feels like you know there's no obstacle there is no there's no challenges everything is just smooth sailing i'm sure this is what god wants and the moments things begin to shift you're like uh maybe maybe it's not from god now for me you know the story i shared really it was never god in the beginning it was never the peace of god i felt in the beginning i just felt the stability of the waters you know in the beginning and then i cut up to the reality that this was something that was not for me but there are moments where i've also said you know what i feel peace on something the next moment i shifted i'm like i don't feel peace on this but it was not because i didn't feel peace on it it was because my focus shifted you see you have to not be so quick because peace is something that is we normally talk about it that when god gives you a word how do you know that god was the one who gave you the word is that you feel a peace on it you feel you feel a sense of peace about it but you have to also be able to discern what type of peace you're you're you're feeling or you fall out of because god god is not unstable god does not tell you something to do today and then tomorrow he's like okay i changed my mind he's not unstable so if you feel like your peace is always shifting and that is why some of the things that god said to you years ago you're like you know what maybe i don't feel peace about this anymore you have to discern where did this peace come from because you can have the peace of god and not just and not even understand that it's on you because your focus has shifted you see we talked about peter earlier and there was a moment where peter was walking on water peter saw the lord jesus come into the boat on water jesus was just you know doing some cat walk you know and just having a place just having a ball on the water imagine if tyra banks was there during that time it's like wow you know want to be on top america's next top model okay if you've watched it then maybe you know i digress the focus is jesus was walking on water peter sees the lord and peter is like god you know what wow jesus if that is you just tell me to come jesus says you know what come peter peter is walking peter is he is in the presence of jesus jesus the prince of peace he's walking on water he's having a party too but all along his focus was on jesus the moment peter's attention shifted and he began to focus on the waves and the storms all of a sudden peter began to drown but you see peter was not drowning because he was not in position peter was not drowning because he did he he responded to the wrong word peter was not drowning because he was not where he was supposed to be peter was drowning because his focus shifted and sometimes when we say we don't have peace about something it's not because that really god did not position you there but your focus has shifted you're looking at the waves you're looking at the distractions you're looking at the the offense you're looking at the people you're looking at the past you're looking at all these things and you're like yeah you know i no longer have peace concerning this we have to be honest with ourselves there were this message checked my own heart where the lord was like no stephanie just be humble you know and sit down be humble and recognize that what you thought came from me did not come from me even the scriptures tell us that it requires humility to receive the word from god it says there's a scripture i believe it's in james i have it in my notes and i want you to note this down and and read it in your personal time in james 1 21 it talks about in humility receive the word it requires humility to truly receive what god has said because we have to check ourselves and say wait what is this feeding am i running the other direction from god's word simply because i'm scared and if that's the case you can be honest with the lord you can be honest with him when peter was drowning it wasn't a moment of shame he said lord he cried out to jesus to help him his focus shifted you see what does it mean in a practical sense to focus on the lord is to focus on your why why did god send you there those are the two things that in your personal time in your personal devotion that you need to sit with god god what have you already said that i've ignored or abandoned and why because it is the why that will keep you anchored in times of uncertainty and instability it is the why that will that will keep you rooted in the things of god but if you lose your why you can be influenced in so many ways you see there was another thing that abraham said in that scripture that i want to point out abraham when when the scripture in romans talked about him it said that and he and not being weak in the faith and we've talked about that but he said he did not consider i love the king james version i just don't read the king james version because i feel like i'm in the time of romeo and juliet but the king james version talks about he considered not and i just love that language that abraham considered not his own body the deadness of his body that abraham considered not the deadness of sarah's womb because in that moment he received what the lord was saying and he recognized that god you are bigger than anything that could challenge us the problem sometimes is what we are considering we are considering you know the people that may feel like gnats just you know you just want to you know just shoo away we may be considering the the pain the hurts we may be considering the wrong things you may be considering that maybe i'm not i i'm not i don't feel adequate for this abraham considered not what is it right now even in the chat room i believe that the holy spirit will begin to put things on your heart that you have been considering that you need to consider not because in order to receive what the word of god in order to manifest what is in heaven on the earth there is something that you must not consider because if you are too earthly minded then you would come up with all the reasons that it cannot happen but when you begin to say you know what even the deadness of my body can stop this even the deadness of sarah's womb can't stop this child from coming he said because we we serve a god who is life and the words that he gives us it is life they are spirit and they are life that is the beauty of god god is supposed to speak to you in what is dry because his word is to bring life you cannot send life to what has life you send life to the place that is dry and barren so when god positions you in a place and you feel like god i don't know what to do with this i don't know what i'm working with he says exactly that is why i sent you because you would reveal the life that is in this word you would manifest my purpose and you will manifest the kingdom here what has god said what do you need to stop considering put it in the chat room right now what do you need to consider not you see a lot of times if if we are able to just pause and recognize that lord before the the pain before the hurt before the unforgiveness before all of that before the obstacles before the limitations before all of that there was something that was on fire about there was something i believed that all i needed was just you all i needed was just you and i was just like god i can't wait for this but then all of a sudden life happens you know i don't know if you've watched lion king and when they're singing i just can't wait to be king you know when simba was younger he was just like wow look at this all of this is mine he was just this exciting little you know cub and then life happens and betrayal happens and all kinds of things happen and you see simba i'm preaching about simba i am [Laughter] and you see simba he's confused now and he's just like you know what i don't want to go back i'm fine just living an ordinary life i'm just you know whatever not even ordinary life a counterfeit life symbol was like i'm good i'm good on this because he had the wrong perception about it because so many things came and clouded his judgment what was it that made you just excited you were your own alarm clock because you had so much passion and fire for what god said and then life happens and then you're like god maybe you've changed your mind let this be a reminder if you find yourself in a place that you just feel like god this is this feels like a barren land it doesn't feel like it's worth it i don't know why i should keep going at it then you have to remember that the words that god gave you they were spirit and they were life and you are that word and you are the word sent don't turn your back on what god has already told you because this is the season for you to receive the promise don't turn your back those two things i want you to do that take some time in the presence of god and whether you want to bring out your journals whatever the case might be what did god say it doesn't matter how many years has gone by because god watches over his word for the manifestation of it that's what the word of god tells us he watches over it and if that word hasn't manifested you are still connected to that season [Music] what did he say and why did he say it you don't want to lose your confidence because the bible tells us that in your confidence is the reward in your knowledge is the reward in your understanding of what god said you would receive and you will live out the manifestation of it family i want to pray with you because all of none of this is possible really without the holy spirit without the holy spirit this would just sound like noise but the reason that this is touching your heart and impacting you and their and their things come into your mind is because the holy spirit is who is bringing it to your mind that these are the things that you have neglected and the lord is saying go back and pick it up don't wait 13 years to build something that was that will be built on a lie built on your fear built on your on your insecurity no go back to what god said and so let us pray heavenly father we thank you we thank you for your goodness oh god we thank you for your love o jesus we thank you that in this moment that you are speaking to the hearts and minds of your sons and your daughters and you were bringing to their memory what you already said that they may be wondering god maybe you're saying something new but you've already spoken and until that word manifest they are still connected to that season i thank you lord that they would humble themselves before you that for those that feel like every moment it feels like their peace easily shifts it feels like the word of god there's a contradiction that they would say what if this is not even coming from the wisdom of god well if this is my wisdom and my understanding lord that they will humble themselves before you to say god search my heart and show me what is this feeding is this feeding the what you have called me to or is this feed in my flesh lord i thank you for what you are doing now i thank you that you are having your way now in the living rooms of your sons and daughters in their cars oh god that you are having your way you are flooding the atmosphere and i thank you jesus that they will submit and surrender even to the why that they will keep their eyes on you that they will not lose their focus so that they would not lose sight of their peace have your way o precious savior in jesus name family you may be joining us and perhaps you haven't made the lord jesus your personal lord and savior you may have heard about him you may be trying him out you know you can't really try him out but maybe you really want to open up your heart you want to say lord i want to know you there's something about this word that is really knocking on my heart you feel this weight you feel some of you may even feel just a heat on your chest and that's the lord saying let me in just let me in lord i want to know you i want to be committed i want to have intimacy with you i want to have relationship with you i don't want to just hear a sermon as a you know as a talk of the day i want to hear a word so i can be drawn to you and if that's you i'm talking to just put in the chat i'm coming home and just say this prayer with me and it's not just about saying the prayer the prayer is to reveal that that sometimes you don't have the words of what your heart is feeling and the prayer is one step the second step is your commitment the second step is surrounding yourself with like-minded people that would grow you in the faith we have amazing community groups that would be of great value to you we have small groups we have our women's ministry our men's ministry you want to get plugged in with a community group and you will see the information right now in the chat you want to take one step right now as we pray but you want to take a second step to say lord i want to be around people i want even though we're virtually around each other it's powerful what happens in a small group it's powerful what happens in our men's ministry in the women's ministry because now you're meeting people that you can share with and that they can sharpen and everybody's growing together and so just say this prayer with me lord jesus come into my heart make my heart your home i accept you as my lord and my savior in jesus name amen family we love you you

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Length: 48min 55sec (2935 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 01 2020