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[Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] instrument of praise come on you don't need a song to stir you the bible says in jude 1 20 pray yourself up in the most holy faith come on you're not here to convince yourself you're not here to psych yourself we pray we pray ourself up in the most holy fate [Music] [Music] church this is a day that we stand in victory together victory belongs to jesus come on just say that victory belongs to jesus come and say that one more time as you believe it sometimes you need to say it before you see it victory belongs to jesus come on if you agree with it won't you shout amen and amen amen amen welcome to all the people that's been joining us in our different locations today we want to welcome faith tv we want to welcome impact radio we want to welcome our different location and locations welcome to durban durban we welcome you from inside this building come on let's let's welcome durbin we welcome secunda secundo we welcome you cape town we welcome you you're from victoria to the people watching us from woodbank we welcome you in this day we say in this day this is a victorious day because we are a victorious people because we belong to our unshakeable kingdom come on in this day i want to ask this one thing that's what we worship you don't need a song we can pray and we can praise every single person i want to ask you that in this morning come on you can pray and praise it's not about your feelings it's about jesus he's worthy of all praise and i want to ask that in this morning that you would use your body as a temple of worship so there's one thing i want to ask you here's the secret if you feel you can't sing nicely here's the secret sing louder [Music] it's not about the person next to you it's about jesus so now ask us one thing as our worship team leads us into worship it's not about a genre it's not about your favorite song it's about giving glory to jesus and i want to ask this one thing today let's lift our voices in praise as we worship him amen let's enjoy our jesus together good morning empowered church are you guys ready to worship jesus this morning are you glad to be in the house of the lord [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] to be in your house [Music] you'll praise the louder [Music] everything that has been [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] what you're about to do [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign um [Music] [Music] oh yeah what a privilege to be able to praise jesus here this morning not be praised if we lift your name [Music] you found you [Music] you're the god who fights for me [Music] team hallelujah you [Music] for my [Music] release for me hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] if [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] every victory hallelujah hallelujah you have torn apart the sea you ever led me through the deep hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] me is [Music] uh [Music] to this morning [Music] [Music] cause i'll search the world and it couldn't fail me man's empty praises treasures the fade i never enough [Applause] and you came along and put me back together [Applause] [Music] and every desire is now satisfied hearing your love come with one voice for single there's nothing all this laughing is better than you there's nothing the lord is [Music] [Music] show you my weakness my failures and floors lord you've seen me [Music] [Music] your mercy and grace [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] you give beauty [Music] before the [Music] foreign [Music] come on do you believe that this morning [Music] [Music] you're the only [Music] you're the only one [Music] he's [Music] [Music] oh lord you're our champion god and we worship you can we just give our champion this morning a big praise and just all honor and glory [Music] i've tried so hard to see it it took me so long to but you believe someone like me to carry your victory perfection could never burn [Music] [Music] in [Music] is [Music] you're teaching me how to receive [Music] for this is [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] every wall comes crashing that jesus has given me [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] uh [Applause] [Music] everybody [Music] is [Music] [Music] undefeated he's already done it for you [Music] he loved you so much [Music] oh [Music] [Music] is [Music] jesus [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] i am who you say i am you've crowned me with comfort i am seated in the heavenly place [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] when i'm still in your presence but old noise dies now lord speak to me now you have all my attention i will linger [Music] my heart wants something [Music] is [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] you're [Music] there is [Music] cause [Music] cause my desire is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] to you i open up my heart [Music] [Applause] but jesus [Music] you can [Music] [Music] to you to do [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we are [Music] uh [Music] me [Music] [Music] i throw my fears [Music] i do the same way would you just lift your hands to jesus christ this morning father we pray in this day father we pray that heaven will come down once again father we pray lord we are hungry we are thirsty we are calling out lord as a dear band above the streams of living water so our soul longs for you god father we pray lord for revival we pray that you'll pour down your spirit once again from on high father we are hungry and we are thirsty for more of you father we know that you have done it before and we pray that you do it again father we pray move with your spirit across our nation move with your spirit across our cities lord jesus that our children can be saved our generations can be saved lord jesus that this nation will be saved father we call upon you in this day once again we ask you heavenly father lord that the power that was poured out more than 2021 years ago that same power gets poured out once again father we are your vessels we are yours lord we are your servants lord jesus father do it once more do it once again lord we pray lord jesus that the name of jesus christ the only king the living king the undefeated king of the world let his name be lifted high once again in this place in jesus name where every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess across the world that our jesus our king our lord our redeemer he's alive and he as well father we pray in this day roar once again father roll through your people lord as we have come to worship you lord we are the head and not the tail we are above and not beneath we are the ones called out we are blood washed we are royal by nature we are royal by decree we are yours lord forever and ever and ever and we have come to give you worship we have come to lift up your name we have come to love you lord jesus in jesus christ's name we pray lord holy spirit come and fall again upon us lord come and shake this nation come and shake the government's lord come and shake everything that can be shaken so that all may know that there's a king and a kingdom in jesus christ's name we pray and all of him power let's give jesus christ almighty shout the bread [Applause] come on in power come on [Applause] oh come on in power give jesus christ a shout out [Music] [Applause] can we try that one more time you have more in you there's a power living inside of you it is the power of the holy spirit he's the same yesterday today and forevermore are you there you are a temple of the most high god you are blood washed child of god your name is written in the book of life your future has been secured your past has been redeemed everything is the same come on we are serving not just somebody we are serving the king of kings and the lord of lords across all the venues across all the locations let's lift up the powerful the only name higher than any other name come on we're soon gonna see him he's coming with his angels he's coming of his power he is coming to take over once again come on lift up his name in power come on let's give jesus christ a shout out come on [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] come on [Music] [Music] yes [Music] oh come on beautiful [Music] [Music] my gosh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] my desire [Music] i am desperate [Music] oh come on let's give jesus christ the praise of free listen i have a sneaky suspicion we might be 18 months into a blandemic but we are not over and it's not finished yet come on there's a remnant of these people still alive we are still on fire for jesus christ come on are you the empowered church are you with me this morning it might be in the 12th round it might be the 13th round but we are the undefeated people still we are the righteous remnant for this hour preserved by the power of jesus christ come on do you believe that you believe that give jesus christ one more praise offering come on [Music] as you stand 20 just lift your hands to the lord father we just i just wanna let's just acknowledge the king king jesus we acknowledge you in this place we acknowledge you lord holy spirit lord with you nothing can be without you nothing can be done with you all things become possible father we believe that you are the same yesterday for today forevermore we believe you are the god that open up the red sea we believe that you are the god that took joseph out of that prison we believe that you are the god that took daniel out of that lines then we believe that you are the god that led your people through the wilderness lord we are believing you lord jesus christ that you're the one that died rose and it's coming again you are the soon coming king lord we believe that the power that raised those who that came unto the 120 people in that other upper room lives inside of us we believe that your kingdom is the answer we believe that your dominion stretches and has no end we believe more than anything that upon your shoulders raise the government and on your shoulder raise the government of peace which will have no end you call yourself everlasting father you call yourself a prince of peace you call yourself mighty god you call yourself the one that was and is and is to come and this morning we give you honor and we give you praise and we exalt you and we lift your name up lord jesus we refuse to bow our knees to the system of this world for we have already bowed our knees to king jesus and we pray that your name will be lifted high in this place in this day lord we are a professional group of lovers in love with jesus christ we are in love with you lord we have for not forgotten how much we are forgiven of lord we are mary's that worship you we are worshippers father in spirit and in truth and we acknowledge you sweet lord holy spirit we are we love you won't you just say that where you are with me we love you lord holy spirit we love you king jesus we love you father come on let's just say that to him father we just love you and we worship you in jesus christ's name such an honor and a privilege lord jesus just to honor you just to take a moment and honor you in jesus [Music] i just feel the lord says i'm not over i'm not done i'm not finished that's what the enemy has thought he's going to bring in like a flood i'll raise up a standard once again across this nation and in the nations of the world you'll see my spirit move rapidly as worshippers comes and as worshipers rise up across the world across the globe for the enemy does not have the final say he's not the alpha he's not the amiga he is most definitely not the ending he definitely doesn't have the say and you will see a move of god you will see a mighty move of my spirit across the globe because i'm gathering my sons and my daughters across this nation across the world and as the earth prevails so you'll see many many many of my children standing up as the spirit of the lord moves again to see the greatest harvest and the greatest restoration that this world has ever seen you are on the brink of that says the spirit of the lord in jesus christ's name amen and amen come on let's just say amen to that well before before we go further it's so good to have our faith tv audience of us good morning faith tv good morning faith now good morning cape town good morning durban good morning whitback good morning secunda good morning africa it's so good to be with you once again amen and though everybody cannot be together we are spreading everywhere and the kingdom of the lord jesus christ has no end as it is said in the word of the lord the gates of hell do you agree with me the gates of hell the viruses of hell the bacterias of hell the systems of hell shall not prevail against the church come on we will not be pushed down we will not be pushed back we will not be silent this is not just it's our fight for our children for our generation are you with me come on we are a bunch of lions together we are not just sheep we raw still and we don't just roar we bite also amen so good morning to every single one of you i just want to honor the lord of our giving this morning can we do that across all the platforms and in the house of the lord this morning won't you please just uh quickly get your your giving you're welcome to be seated just for a moment and can we bless the lord this morning with our giving and ye are in power we are givers we love to give amen and you'll see why we're just doing it in the middle of the service this morning and wherever you are watching me from this morning please just let me pray for us as you get ready to give again you know all the locations inside to give and i just want to pray fast and then i'm going to hand over father i thank you lord just for our opportunity once again to worship your forgiving lord all that we are is yours all that i am is yours and father this morning we just honor you once again of our times and our offerings across all the locations and lord thank you for an opportunity just to bless you once again a faithful god in jesus name we pray amen and amen can we quickly take a moment won't you please give you in the front there is giving um stations data back to our west eastern side there's many giving stations outside on all the locations there's let's just take a moment and let's just honor the lord everybody online thank you also for for giving let's just honor the lord of our giving thank you [Music] amen and amen thank you paul can i ask you just how slights can i ask you to please stand with me just for a moment just want to welcome this morning again across all the locations we want to welcome this morning pastor to billy mogamon with us and won't you just honor her come on in power come on you know how to honor [Music] possibility is one of the most phenomenal women and you'll see why just in a second or two from now she has a spirit of the lord upon her she's a good friend she carries the spirit of revival i believe she's a voice for this hour for this time for our nation she is she is absolutely spiritual a good friend and it's our honor to have you with us pastor tobili thank you so much and uh we are looking forward to having you share the word of the lord thank you come on power thank you so much [Applause] thank you so much [Applause] empire church good morning what a delight to be in this august house this morning let's just give the lord a hand of praise this morning he is the king of kings he is the lord of lords he's the creator of the ants of the at the everlasting god he is the god that wants and these and he's to come he is the god that made it possible for me to be here this morning for you to be here this morning i tell you if you think that it is your alarm clock that woke you up this morning you are making a huge mistake just sleeping and waking up is a great miracle from the lord of lords and for that we have to give him honor for that we have to give him glory for that we have to give him adulation there is no one like him in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth we may be seated in the presence of the lord hallelujah i acknowledge once again the presence of the holy trinity in our midst this morning the word of god declares that where the spirit of the living god is there is liberty so i have no doubt in my mind that there's not one of us here this morning two of us or three of us there's so many of us and therefore the holy spirit of the living god is with us this morning and that spells liberty that spells deliverance that spells restoration hallelujah that spells joy that spells deliverance that's most divine breakthroughs to somebody are you happy as i am happy that the spirit of the living god is here this morning and also i'd like to acknowledge the eldership of this wonderful house the empowered church the leadership the members of the empowered church and to pastor shannon and faster gilbert thank you so much for entrusting us for entrusting us with this holy place this is a holy ground you don't just give it to anybody your spirit has to agree with a person and you know when i first met pastor gilbert i sensed a like spirit i sensed a spirit of a kindred spirit hallelujah and i don't take it light it is truly an honor and a privilege and may god do so to you as you have done to us hallelujah and just to give you a little bit of background about us so that you know that you are not talking to people who do not have a background i am a senior pastor of victoria's life a church i love the lord with all my heart my mind and my soul and i am married to earl muggerman we have three kids our supposed to have uh attended the service with them this morning but unfortunately my children have engagements in our church so he had to be there with them and i am with me this morning i am with pastor villi daniel alero martin and sk hallelujah it is my prayer this morning that as we all walk out the door including myself that our lives will never be the same that the word of god would change us this morning because the word says that we have the power inside of us that is not of us the excellence of the power that is inside of us it's not of us but it is of god so i do believe that we would be touched i do believe that would be stretched in our thinking but above all that our lives will never be the same hallelujah and shall we just bow our heads my father in the mighty name of jesus i yield myself to you my spirit and my soul and my body lord i ask you to take charge in the mighty name of jesus spirit of the living god speak through me none of me and all of you i pray spirit of the living god and not my lips this morning make them as sweet as honey anoint my tongue make it like a pen of a ready writer i pray spirit of the living god in the name of jesus give me the ability this morning to deliver your counsel with absolute execute with precision and with accuracy in the name of jesus and circumcise every heart oh god make it a fatal ground for your word in the mighty name of jesus i bless you and i bless in advance the reading of your word let it minister to us lord let it be deeply deposited in our spirits in the mighty awesome powerful wonderful name of our lord and savior jesus christ of nazareth we have prayed and everybody said amen hallelujah i'm going to be talking to us actually i i love this sermon i love this amount for i get so much from it you know before you go and minister to other people you have to be ministered to the word of god has to sink deep into your own spirit you've got to get into it and you have to understand it and every time you know i i go into this subject by the rivers of babylon i get mesmerized because there is something that comes out all the time and i hope that it will change you as it has changed my own life and without wasting any time my subject for this morning is by the rivers of babylon and we keep we quickly go to the word of god in the book of song chapter number 137 [Music] if you ever say yey so we are all and it reads thus and by the reverse just the word by just on that i can preach a whole sermon as a matter of fact i can preach for two three and four days just with the word by it's a salmon and let me tell you why i'm saying so the word by it means closeness it means a close proximity it means almost it means at the crossroads you are almost there but not quite there and it also means a valley of decision bye so they were by i want you to note that that they were they were bi they were not in the rivers they were not at the rivers they were bi so anything could have happened there they could have fallen into the rivers of babylon or they could have reveted to their god but just note by by the rivers whenever you see reverse and that is why jesus said that out of our belly shall flow rivers of living waters so whenever you see rivers in the bible it represents the spirit so in this case it would be the spirit of the time so there was a closeness of proximity into the spirit of the age of the spirit of the time and remember that the physical is governed by the spiritual for anything to be in the physical it is first cooked in the spirit so the spiritual is very influential and that is why i want to use you this morning that be spiritually vigilant if you can if if if you can capture it in the spirit you have defeated it in the physical so beast open up your spiritual eyes you've got to pray a prayer every day that lord may the eyes of my spirit be flooded with light and that is the prayer that paul prayed for the people of ephesus they had been born again but that place where they were it was a very circular place and they believed in other gods and because these people had just been born again paul prayed a prayer for them and he said that i understand that you love god but more than loving god the eyes of your spirit have to be open because it's not going to be enough for you to love god if your spiritual eyes are not open so there is bai and the rivers of babylon and babylon was a dark place a godless system a system that did not have the fear of god but had all the sophistications of this world but a godless system and that is a dark place and a cold place a person can ever be and that is why the king of babylon i'm going to come to that nebuchadnezzar he was presented at the stage that daniel had seen as having a gold head because the gold it represents purity but it also represents riches and it also represents quality so in the secular system in this dark system there was something that looked like quality and there was something that looked like purity because they were prospering but with meanness of soul as they were prospering physically as they were prospering their soul was mean there was no relationship whatsoever with god hallelujah and it goes on to say that i'm just laying a background stick with me this morning and it goes on to say that um there we sat down they were by the rivers of babylon and they sat down so as i read that there is a progression of depression into the scripture they were by the rivers of a strange system a strange world strange gods and they sat down it means they god discouraged them it means that they got deterred at some stage it means that the circumstances got to them it means that they were almost losing hope and whatever happens in your life don't ever allow the enemy to sit you down it doesn't matter how dark it can be today don't ever allow the enemy to sit you down i always say to our people that if you are crying cry moving forward if you are moaning and murmuring mama and moan moving forward if you are complaining complain moving forward don't ever allow the enemy to sit you down once your city has set you down he has captured you hallelujah so they sat down and then it continues to say that and we wept and that shows the sorrow of spirit but it is not limited to just sorrow because tears mr gabbard there are waters that cleanse our soul so it is okay for a christian to cry from time to time it does not mean that you are a weak person it does not mean that you do not have faith in god it does not mean that you do not have hope for tomorrow it does not mean that you have turned from god or god has turned from you it only means that you are human and the word says that our tears god keeps our tears in a bottle they cleanse our soul and god keeps them and water we know that water cleanses so they cleanse us from the emotions and everything that we go through but anything in excess of anything is not good too much of anything is not good and that is why when we cry we do not cry like the ones that do not have faith in god when we cry we do not cry like the ones that do not know their god when we cry we cry moving forward hallelujah we cry moving on we try advancing hallelujah and then it goes on to say that when we remembered zion the city of the living god the city of the living god the city of our solemnities the bible says that ye have come unto mount zion into an innumerable company of angels i have no doubt in my mind because zion in our time it is the church of the living god that as we are here the angels of the living god are here with us i have no doubt in my mind that as we are here this morning the angels of the living god are moving the angels of the living god they have been dispatched as you entered the door god saw your need and he immediately dispatches angels to go and look for everything that the enemy has stolen from you he dispatches angels to bring back all that the enemy has stolen right now i wanna assure you that the company of angels has been dispatched outside and they are busy looking for everything that the enemy has stolen from you are you not excited about that don't you believe the word of god it is in the old in the new testament that you have come into mount zion into an innumerable company of angels into the sprinkling of the blood there is power in the blood of jesus there is healing in the blood of jesus there is deliverance in the blood of jesus this restoration in the blood of jesus the blood of jesus christ of nazareth does not just have power but itself it is power when the children of israel sprinkled blood on their doorposts their enemy passed by so i am here to say to you that as you are in zion and the pandemic is busy raging on outside the blood of jesus christ of nazareth as you enter the dog has covered you i am here to say to you that by the blood of jesus every yoke and every bondage is broken i am here to say to you that by the blood of jesus christ of nazareth everything that the enemy has orchestrated against you it has been nullified that by the blood of jesus every handwriting of the enemy against your name it has been erased this morning somebody shouts with me the blood of jesus somebody shout with me the blood of jesus tell the devil there is power in the blood of jesus there is power in the blood of jesus there is healing in the blood of jesus hallelujah and that is the promise that we have when you come into mount zion the sprinkling of the blood that washes away our sins that forgives us unconditionally [Music] that does not judge us according to our iniquities that does not punish us according to our transgressions i don't know about you but i am grateful for the blood of jesus it is the precious blood hallelujah that took just a young girl who is a nobody from a small unknown township of cattle home and he sat my feet on solid grounds the blood the blood don't ever take it for granted the blood of jesus what is what what was accomplished from me and you at that cross of calvary 3000 years ago by the blood of jesus we are clothed with honor and with dignity i always say to people that there was a time in my life you know if i went to meetings or if i were with people i would be talking and it should be almost like i'm just doing a lip service like nobody has an interest in anything that i am saying oh but i thank god for the blood of jesus christ of nazareth hallelujah so we have come into the immuno innumerable company of angels into the sprinkling of the blood where the spirits of the just are being made perfect and that is why the enemy is so jealous that is why the enemy wants to suffer touch our gatherings because he knows it is different for you to be alone at home and worship god and when we come together and there is corporate anointing so the enemy wants to make sure that before he kills you he has to isolate you somebody in our church a lady in our church had covert and like severe severe severe severe severe culvert in december and she kept on sending us photos you know with the oxygen and everything and i just sense it in my spirit that more than any other thing the poor lady is just so lonely because this thing its aim also it is to isolate you and get you into a state of depression imagine you are sick in your body and people are not allowed to come and see you and i said lord i'm going if i perish i perish i went to him laid my hands on her prayed with her and by the time we left it was three of us and i said to the others you know what you stand there by the door far but i'm gonna pray for him and when we when we got to her house she could not be she could not do anything she was almost gone and i said lord you are jehovah rapha you're the god that heals us your word says that when two agree is by touching anything you will do it for them there's more than two of us here holy spirit of the living god you are the spirit that resurrected jesus christ of nazareth from the tomb i am here with you i'm only an ethan vessel the excellency of the power it is not of me but of you take charge of the situation i cover myself with the blood of jesus christ of nazareth i went on an amsa and i prayed for her and god in all his faithfulness tender messes and unfailing love he healed the lady so we are not ignorant to the wiles of the enemy because more than any other thing when you are sick you need people you need love when you are sick i remember one lady told a story about how her child was born prematurely the baby was premature and in the hospital and somebody just told her that you know what just take that baby and put her on your chest and tell the baby that you love her because words are spiritual and she said that as soon as she began to do that the baby started coming alive she started getting healed she started getting ill and in no time she was out of the ventilator and she believes that it's only because she showed love and warmth to the baby so we are not ignorant to the wiles of the enemy hallelujah so we have come into where the spirits of the jews men are made perfect and then it continues to say on the wheel of trees in the midst for they who had let us captive required a song with us hallelujah they had captured us they say that we must not come together but when there was looting pastor gilbert who did they tend to the church of the living god they invited the leaders come and pray when do they believe in the power of the god that we serve at what stage it's almost like they have captured us but they require from us a song hallelujah and then it also says that there we hung our hearts there we hung our hearts and meaning what what it means to hang their hearts is that the jewish people when they hung their hops on the willow dream it meant that they were giving up don't ever hang your heart do not lose your song there is power in praising god you know somebody once said something that is mind-blowing that when we pray to god the bible says that the angels come and they take our prayers up to heaven and in the book of revelation 4 we see our prayers ascending to heaven and carried as an incense by the angels but the word of god declares that when we praise god he inhabits the praises of his people it is one thing to have the angels coming into our midst it is another thing to have the very presence of the holy living god in our midst so whatever happens in your life do not hang your heart do not lose your praise whatever happens in your life keep praising god keep glorifying god it doesn't matter how you woke up it doesn't matter where you have not been accepted it does not matter how many times you've been rejected or failed but when you wake up in the morning wake up with a song of praise when you wake up every morning whatever has happened the night before it does not matter you wake up saying lord i honor you i thank you for the miracle of sleeping and waking up i thank you for the greatest miracle that has ever happened to us as humankind the miracle of salvation i thank you lord that we are still here i thank you that you are still seated on the throne your praise must not be determined by your circumstances you should be the determinant of your praise never ever sit down never ever weep like there is no god never ever hang your heart when our praises go up the glory of god comes down there is power in praising god why don't you just open up your mouth right now and begin to clarify the king of kings begin to tell him that you love him begin to tell him that there is no one like him because when we praise god his power comes down so don't ever allow the enemy to put you in a tight corner where you will be forced to hang your heart you wake up every morning you take your heart and you begin to play it lord you are awesome lord you are wonderful that discourages then it demoralizes the enemy hallelujah and then it continued to say how shall we sing the lord song in a strange land and then number five it say if i forget you o jerusalem the city of peace jerusalem is a hebrew word that means the city of peace jerusalem shalom salem hallelujah and when you go to the book of revelations 21 the bible tells us about the new jerusalem hallelujah the city of our solemnities hallelujah the church of the living god is our new jerusalem do not stop us from coming together yes we do not have a problem worshiping on our homes we have no problem with online worship but jerusalem is our everything and we give everything to jerusalem for us to leave is christ and we don't need you to understand that the only thing that we need from you it is to acknowledge our basic human rights our basic key and fundamental rights that we can come together and worship as the children of god jerusalem is our city of deliverance jerusalem is our city of peace jerusalem is our city of victory don't slip our wings by stopping us from coming to jerusalem that will not work it cannot work hallelujah and then i'm gonna skip to eight and then it says that oh daughter of babylon who shall be destroyed happy and be blessed shall he who requires you as you have served us talks about revenge vengeance is not ours it is of god do not start with us we know how to pray the people that know their god they shall be strong in the midst of trying times and they will do exploits hallelujah we know our god we know that because god is forever with us any situation that we face we stand as the majority we understand what the word of god says that anything that is born of god overcomes the world and here's the thing for you to overcome you have to have been involved in a battle and let me tell you it is not nice to be in a battle beginning of the of the year there was a battle that we are fighting at our church and there is a defender that just comes naturally inside of me and it came but i was saying to them that you know what in as much as it can look like i'm balding as much as it can look like i'm saying that bringing on bring it on devil but it's not nice to fight because there are casualties and as you go into war you yourself from time to time you become a casualty but here's the thing about the children of god is that a war is made up of battles so from time to time we may lose a better but a battle is a battle it is not a complete war and for as long as child of god you have not won that war it is not over hallelujah you are persecuted but not stricken hallelujah sometimes you are struck down but not forsaken says the word of god for as long as you have not won it is not over it cannot be over we serve a god that cannot be defeated [Music] hallelujah and then it continues to say lastly happy and blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock we bless the reading of your word our father so in the scripture it's a scripture about a situation an era and a time that we are all aware of when israel was in slavery in babylon what happened is that the time it was the time of king jehoiachin and he had rebelled against god and he rebelled against king nebuchadnezzar and when he had rebelled against god god turned against him and when he had rebelled against king nebuchadnezzar he captured them so here's the thing about nebuchadnezzar nebuchadnezzar was not your average king that had come into the throne by virtue of being an heir he was a sophisticated king he was a king who understood politics he was politically astute and he was a seasoned politician he was a king who understood his dream he was a king who understood economy he was a prolific economist and he was also a king who was a military genius he was a genius when it came to war and military issues and jehoiakim unfortunately for him he angered king nebuchadnezzar so before i can even go further i want to say to you this morning that choose your enemies very carefully people say that choose your friends carefully but i want to add on to that that choose your enemies carefully there are people you do not want to make enormity with there are people that you do not want to be on their wrong side and unfortunately for joha kim he had chosen nebuchadnezzar as his enemy and nebuchadnezzar that was not your average king was very sophisticated hallelujah so what he had done in pukad nazam he had started israel he had started that these are the people that were one that were once captured by the egyptians and that as they were captured by the egyptians there is a natural a supernatural power that aided them out of egypt there is a god an invisible god and an invisible power that took them out of egypt with his mighty hand and with his outstretched armor and he had studied history and he understood that these people from time to time they would turn their backs away from their god and god will also turn his back away from them he understood that whenever they went back to god and they cried out to god god would redeem them god would restore them and god would fight for them and god would defeat their enemies and he understood that this god is not your average god he is an invincible god and for me to capture these people for me to suppress these people for life i have to be very strategic look at how the enemy operates and he said i will work on their psych if i can defeat them mentally if i can defeat them psychologically if i can get them demoralized and discouraged i am done with them they will be the ones that are defeating the power of god that is supposed to work for them i will not have to defeat them so let me operate strategically and use their minds so what kidnapped you did he first he attacked egypt and he attacked israel sorry and he killed everyone that he could kill he killed all the soldiers and what he did after killing them as he was taking 50 000 people from israel from jerusalem into slavery into babylon he lined up the dead bodies into two rows and in the middle of these two rows he created a path and the rose that the dead bodies mutilated bodies bloated bodies decapitated bodies stinking bodies had been lined up it was about a kilometer to your right and a kilometer to your west a kilometer is a long distance i don't know about you but when you are running just 300 meters it can be very long now a kilometer imagine dead bodies lined up for a kilometer and a kilometer and for two kilometers going northward and what he did as he was taking those people of israel out of jerusalem he made them walk in the middle of these dead stinking bodies and amongst these bodies for people that were working out with their sisters with their mothers with their wives with their children and he said to them as you are walking out you have to look down you're not allowed to lift up your head and he to the soldiers of babylon he gave them scarves that they can cover themselves i don't know about you i once smelled a step a strange of a dead person it is the most horrific stench as a matter of fact as i am saying i can actually remember exactly how it smells in my smiles like if you've never experienced that i hope that you will never experience it it's the most disgusting and gross smell you can ever come across now can you imagine thousands hundreds of thousands of dead bodies to the east hundreds of thousands of dead bodies to their left and part of them are your family and they are your friends and you have to walk in between them and you are not allowed to lift up your head any one of them who raised their head when they got to the end and it was two kilometers when they got to their end they themselves were decapitated immediately and thrown into those dead bodies and they were not allowed to cover their noses so you know what nebuchadnezzar was doing he was demoralizing them he was working on their psyche he was making it impossible for them to ever think that they can ever get out of that situation but i am here to say to you this morning the devil is a liar the devil is a liar there is no problem that is too hard for god it doesn't matter how long you've been there it doesn't matter who has gone ahead of you the god that you serve he never sleeps the god that you serve he never slumbers there is no problem that is too difficult for your god i am here to say to you this morning do not get demoralized no matter what you are going through do not get demoralized and i'd like to greet our faith viewers and welcome them as you are seated on the first row we are so delighted to have in our midst this morning and also thank you pastor gilbert for inviting me to empower church as we continue with the summer this morning i am talking about the rivers of babylon and i'm saying to you that at home do not allow the enemy to demur but demoralize you the enemy is strategic he was there with god from the beginning of times but here is the thing our god is bigger than any strategy of the enemy and as they went out of jerusalem and as they came into babylon babylon looked like an imposing situation that is impossible to conquer because the walls of babylon when i look at that um at that panel it looks like it is five meters high to me i may be wrong maybe right but it looks like it is five meters so now the walls of babylon they were 60 meters high so you take that panel you multiply it about 10 times that would give you the height of the walls of babylon and they were about 12 meters wide and it was not just one wall and in circumference there are about 12 kilometers so babylon looked like an imposing city it looked like a very fortified city it looked like it was unconquerable but let me tell you the god that you serve never sleeps never slumbers as i describe to you that how fortified babylon was today where is babylon with all their might nebuchadnezzar with all his sophistication and with all their strategies where are they today so the wall was that high and it was that wide and it was not just one wall so as they were taking them in it was two walls of the same height of the same width so as they were taking them in they would go in and look at this world and think we're finished there is just no coming out of here and then there was a no man's land which was also about another 12 meters and so if you conquer the first wall you'd be in the no man's land and you would also have to conquer the second wall so by the time they got into babylon they were discouraged and they were demoralized the bible tells us about the three hebrew boys shadrach meshach and abed nego and the bible tells us how they're captured and they were thrown into a furnace of fire it's a story that we all know but here this here is something that i'm questioning i think they are our heroes they are the heroes and most of us we preach about them but in all their hero ship there is something that i still don't understand you have been thrown into a furnace of fire to an extent that the people that were throwing you they themselves they were bent your clothes were not even touched there's not even a smell on you that you were in the furnace of fire and as nebuchadnezzar was looking at this thing he saw a fourth man and he asked his people that i thought that we threw three people in there but i see a fourth man and they came out of the furnace of fire not touched listen to this and as they came out of the furnace of fire nebuchadnezzar himself he bows and he says i have never seen a god that delivers like the god of israel i have never seen a god like this one and he says from this day onwards you have to honor these people and he himself he bowed to them but here is something maybe you can help me that happened that i did not understand they had seen the power of god the mighty power of god they had seen the deliverance of god they had seen the ability of god they had seen the victory of god and they come out of the furnace of fire and they say hail king nebuchadnezzar how come how is that possible you had seen the power of god that he was with you in a furnace of fire that was heated up seven times he delivered you with a mighty hand why is it so difficult for you to think that you can gather all your people and tell that king into his face that the god that has delivered us he will deliver us again we are out of here we are going back to jerusalem the city of our solemnities but what doesn't make sense is that they come out and hail king nebuchadnezzar i'll tell you why they did that ever so often as human beings we get acclimatized with unpleasant circumstances and we tend to think this is how things should be we get comfortable in uncomfortable situations we resign ourself into a fate that was not destined to our lives by god that is what we do we look at these chairs that are empty and we say that it's during the pandemic time what can we do i am here to say to you there is always something you can do about your situation when david was facing goliath he remembered that when the bear attacked me god delivered me when the lion attacked me god delivered me that's exactly what i would have expected from these hebrew boys that when he threw us in the furnace of fire god was there with us and therefore we are out of fear but because they had been demoralized their morale was so low they did not see themselves beyond babylon so i am here to say to you this morning you've got to see yourself beyond what the enemy is doing in your life are you sick in your body the bible says that let the sikh say that i am healed are you feeling weak are you feeling defeated let the weak say that i am strong hallelujah we call things that are not as though they are because in the spirit they are already established and they are already completed three thousand years ago at the cross of calvary your victory was accomplished and then danielle the majestic of all the prophets daniel a stately man same situation thrown in a lion's den i don't know about you but i am scared of lions i see people going to lion parks and they take photos with lions they brush the heads of the lions i will never do that for me a lion is a lion is a lion i don't see how a lion can be tamed maybe it can be tamed but it still has not occurred to me not even when i see everybody that i'm with you know petting it on its head for me a lion is a lion is a lion and here's the thing do not trouble trouble before trouble troubles you so that just details me from playing with lions and here's daniel he had been thrown into a lion's den and god shot the mouth of the lion because the lions that were there in the den when they looked they saw the lion of the tribe of judah and they had to bow to the line of the tribe of judah and they befriended daniel and as a matter of fact they were even willing to protect daniel going forward so daniel is taken out of the lion's den and he comes out and the same thing again hail king nebuchadnezzar how can a person that has enslaved you after god has delivered you the way that god has delivered you how can you still regard him as your king it cannot be when you have seen that power of god and i have no doubt in my mind that each and every one of us who are watching this morning who are sitting here this morning that you have seen the power of god so whatever that you may be going through remember how god delivered you when you were sick remember how god opened the door when you thought that you would never get employment again remember how god restored your family remember how god delivered you from depression so the god that did it in the yesteryear he is the same god who will do it again do not get demoralized for as long as you are on planet earth you will fight wars my mom used to say to us life is about wars life is about fighting and i think that is why there is so much of if there's one thing i'm not afraid of it's fighting but i thank god for the blood of jesus and when i was growing up you know when i was growing up i was uh it's almost like i was alone at home there were five of us but i was the smallest smallest my elder sister is eight years older than i so there was this family they had seven kids you know all following each other so i'm alone and um in the township you know there's always this thing of discrimination so my mom is mixed she's half indian half black so there's some kind of mixed blood in me that could be detected by other kids in the township so they were mean to me they would always pull my hair and call me names and that would be that would hurt me so much and then one day i decided that enough is enough this will never at all small at the time myself and about 10 years old said this will never happen to me again you know what i did one by one i waited for them when they come from school because i know that they don't come at the same time so one by one as a kid i attacked each and every one of them actually but i thank god for the blood of jesus not anymore so i got like rocks and i worked on them i seriously worked on them even as a kid and everybody thought that there's something wrong with this child because a ten-year-old girl cannot fight the way that i was fighting but that was it and it became the story of my life as i grew up you know i used to fight so much and i used to fight like nebuchadnezzar my fights were kind of like strategic i'll not just get into a fight you know i'd be strategic i remember on time okay i'm gonna be very short just to show you the power of the blood of jesus one time we had a tiff with this girl on campus so what we did i mobilized my friends and we got a toy gun but that looked like a gun and these are just like 18 year olds at university so we went and we fetched her and i went to her all smiles and said please i need to talk to you you know we need to settle this can you come with me in the car blah blah blah and unfortunately she came with us there were four of us in the car so we put him in the we put her in the middle and we drove with her and yeah the rest is history i don't want to say what happened with a toy gun and everything so i used to like fighting so much but i thank god for the precious part of my lord and savior jesus christ of nazareth because i'm i'm able this day to just look you know at somebody disrespecting me and i'm like okay no problem you know we thank god for the blood of jesus but i was saying that so daniel also comes out and he helds nepe kadnessa and because of the time when you go to the book of numbers chapter number one number two and you go to you skip down to 46. the bible then it tells us about the people that came out of egypt young men who are strong who could make war and in verse 46 it says that there was 603 000 of them 550 able men who can make war and when you go into history history tells us that during the time of moses the armies of israel only had 29 000 men how is it possible that 600 000 abled men are defeated by 29 000 men let me tell you pharaoh had worked who had worked on their psych and that is why the bible says do not be conformed to the patterns of this world i said that they were by the rivers and one of the things that they were close to it was to be close to their identity being changed they were close to being changed how they thought how they did things they were close to being changed even their names because everything responds to its name if your name is penny if i can say to you hey jane you're not gonna look at me everything responds to his name and babylon nebuchadnezzar attempted to even change their names do not allow the enemy to change you know who you are in god hallelujah and here's the thing the word says that my enemy when i fall do not rejoice for i shall rise up again weeping may and joe for a night but joy will come in the morning so it doesn't matter even jesus said in john 16 and 33 b that in this life you shall face tribulations but be of good cheer why because i have overcome let me tell you the tribe that i am looking at right now is a fearless tribe the tribe that i am looking at right now is an overcoming tribe the tribe that i am looking at right now it is the tribe that goes into a battle with a winning mentality because we win before we go into the battle and that is why nebuchadnezzar made it a point that he defeats them in their minds before they can even go into the battle so that by the time they're in babylon there is no hope in hell for them to ever come out of babylon do you understand how the enemy operates he had been there with god remember that he was lucifer so he understands how god works that it is all in our minds victory is a thought away from you it is not about the circumstances that you are going through it's not about the door that has been closed it is not about who has left you it is not about who has overlooked you but it is all in your mind as a man things in his heart so easy if your body says that it is sick you say in your mind that i am healed i am strong i am well whether spiritual ways are powerful hallelujah then here's another one when you go to ezekiel chapter number one and verse one the bible that tells us that ezekiel was by the river of shiva [Music] and the bible says that now when in my 30th year look at this watch this they had already been 30 years in slavery they were supposed to stay there for 70 years so 30th yeah it's almost like they are halfway and in the 30th year in the fourth month in the fifth day of the month i was in the midst of captivity beside the river chiba in babylon amplified says the heavens were opened and i saw visions of god and here's the thing and it said that amongst the visions that ezekiel saw them he saw the prophets being chained on their arms and on their legs the devil is afraid of the word of god everyone else was in babylon but was not in chains the only people that were in chains were the prophets because the devil is afraid of the word of god because he understand that in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god and nothing was made that was made without the word of god and in him was life and that life was the light of man and that light shines through darkness and darkness cannot comprehend it so he understood the enemy understood that if we change the word we have conquered them let me tell you child of god you've got to love the word of god you have to be a doer of the word of god when you are going through trials and tribulations it is not time for you to be calling everybody and wanting to have sympathy from everyone and wanting comfort from everyone but when the enemy attacks you it is time for you to dig deep in the word of god last year i had covered and i woke up sometime i woke up one night it was 1am i could not breathe the first thing that i did i went into the word of god and in all his faithfulness tender messes love when i opened up the word of god the first scripture that popped out it was ezekiel 37 and verse 5 and it says that i will give you bread to breathe you shall live you will not die let me tell you the word of god is the spirit of god in a letter farmer in the ancient times they used to take the very scrolls up and they would shred them and they would put them in a glass of water and mix them up with a glass of water and literally drink the scrolls because they understood the power that is in the word of god so whenever they were going through they sought the word of god but they went to the extremes of physically taking the scroll itself shredding it and putting it and mixing it with water and drinking it because they understood that as they were drinking the scrolls they were drinking the very spirit of the living god so as the enemies are taking you the way that is attacking you what does the word say about that situation there is no circumstance that is not covered by the word of god is it marriage that you want healing for it is in the word of god is it your finances that you want healing for you will find it in the word of god is it relationships that are suffering you will find answers in the word of god the word of god works [Applause] and isn't it amazing that even the enemy knows that the word works but to whom the word of god has been provided for it's almost like we are the only people that do not understand the power of the word of god so the bible says that ezekiel saw prophets being chained hallelujah as he was there and then let us quickly now go to the book of ezekiel chapter number 37 and again and again from this one [Music] hallelujah it was the 30th year he was by river chiba in babylon and in 37 and then it says that and the hand of the lord was upon me and he brought me out in the spirit of the lord he brought me out in the spirit of the lord and set me down in the midst of the valley and it was full of bones 30 years down the line god takes his prophet back to jerusalem do you remember those dead bodies that they saw as they were walking out of jerusalem into slavery they were going into captivity those bodies that i said that they were lined up a kilometer to the right and a kilometer to the left 30 years down the line god takes his prophet and he takes him out of his body back to that veil that was full of bones and then number two it says that i don't know if that doesn't excite you but you know what it says to me is that devil you are a liar it doesn't matter how long the situation has been god is an on-time god god may have not come the way you wanted him to come may have not come through who you wanted him to come he may not even have come how you wanted him to come but god is always on time i am sure of the 30 years in the land of slavery they must have been thinking that god has forgotten about us they must have resigned themselves into that fate of being slaves forever and ever but god hallelujah the enemy tried it but god 30th here and he caused me to pass about among them and behold they were very human bones in the open valley of plane and behold they were very dry so even if your situation it looks like it will never work it will work i want to tell you today that it will work it is never too late with god hallelujah the only thing that gets defeated it is our minds god can never be defeated hallelujah and here's the thing remember that to god a thousand years is like one day daniel had prayed for 21 days meanwhile the answer had come on the very first day but it took prayers and fasting and that is why i'm here to say to you this morning maybe just maybe whatever you are going through it is one of those circumstances that jesus said this kind in matthew 17 this kind will not go except by prayer and fasting and remember that we are call laborers with god you do your part what you have to do and allow god to do what god can do and for you it is to believe god to believe the word of god and to do the word of god and do not stumble do not relent he says in his word that he takes no pleasure to those that draw back hallelujah you are you you are touching the heart of god when you press on you are touching the heart of god when you are crying but dragging yourself moving forward you are touching the heart of god when the enemy has attacked you and it looks like he has embarrassed you and he has finished you off but you rise up and you take up your harper and you say the devil you are a liar the very fact that i am still alive it's a declaration that tomorrow will be better than yesterday you will not demoralize me deva you were defeated 2000 years ago at the press of calvary you cannot come and defeat me today why because greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world hallelujah and then in three again he said unto me professor open up your mouth our mouths are not just to eat but our mouths are to create what lives in your mouth lives in your future you don't have to tell me where you will be 10 years down the line i just need to sit next to you and listen to what you are saying then i know exactly where you are headed and let me tell you it doesn't matter where you come from it does not matter what your educational qualification is your skin color does not matter in the kingdom of god the only thing that matters in the kingdom of god it is your faith in him anything that is born of god overcomes the world so he said to ezekiel son of man prophesy upon these bones i don't know about you but i know that from time to time as a human racer we go through trials and tribulations and circumstances that look like there are dry bones we go through situations where it looks like everything is dead like it could never happen i want to speak to somebody this morning who has given up on the dream you know that the dream is the purpose of god about your life but things have been so difficult for you and you have given up on it and you think that it will never work for you i am here to say to you this morning that there is more than enough anointing in this house right now for you to begin to open up your mouth up and begin to speak on that second on that situation begin to speak over those circumstances begin to call those things that are not as though they are because already in the spirit they are hallelujah i am here to say to you prophesy you know yesterday we had a women's conference at women's gathering and it was so beautiful everything was just beautiful and these ladies come to me and they said pasta you know congratulations the spirit of excellence we see everything and i sat down with them i said it is all about being patient and not being demoralized no matter what happens in your life human beings will rule you out human beings will write you off but god will never write you off god gets excited when he sees that stubborn heart that will not give up so i tell them how we started that you know the very first conference that we had we had it in like a sports arena the first thing in that sports arena the conference was supposed to start at 10 and we got a very very mean caretaker and he would not allow us to do anything before 9 30. i mean what kind of preparations can you do for 30 minutes for a conference that's number one number two i was very ill experienced i didn't know anything about organizing anything so there's a main caretaker i'm inexperienced and around 9 30 we walk into the sports arena and it smells sweet and everything is just in disarray it is dusty you know and i'm thinking to myself oh my goodness what are we gonna do i'm in i'm i'm not experienced remember so the first thing that i do i phone people that could come and help with cleaning and then in the middle of cleaning we're supposed to start at 10 in the middle of cleaning uh i remember that you can't invite people your guests and not give them anything and we were studying ministry at the time so i had now it's around like half past 10 to 11. something you know i've got to give people something then i rent to pick and pay on the day of the conference i run to pick and pay i am the one that is buying things you know i bought things and i bought things and i came back and when i came back there's like 12 people i was not experienced i did not know that you have to market things like even as christians we still need to market things there's part that god has to play but we also have a part to play i've never been so disappointed when i walk into that sports arena that is stinking of sweat and it looks so it just looks so horrible and there's only 12 people i was almost discouraged but that young girl that i told you about that fight that will not get demoralized it's almost like an anger holy anger rose up inside of me and i said that even if i was going to host this conference just once but for the shame that the devil has put me through no ways no how i have to settle the scores i have to redeem myself this will happen this will happen so i was telling them that you know what you have to stay the course do not get demoralized no matter what happens and i started researching about how to conduct a conference how to do a conference what to do things and i went around asking to asking people how to do this how to do that how to do that it took me time we started in 2014 now in 2019 you know yesterday i didn't have to touch anything nothing at all on friday i just went to just see if everything his weight should be yesterday i didn't touch anything and i just went into the conference hallelujah do not get demoralized because i am sure beyond any reasonable doubt that amongst the 12 people that were there some of them were looking at me and thinking what the hell is she trying to do this is surely not for her can somebody please talk to her this will never work you know what kind of incompetency is this i'm sure there were those you know when you're preaching persecuted you can tell what people are saying in their hearts just by looking at their faces you can tell that this one is saying that you are talking nonsense you know so i was just thinking to myself that i wonder but by the grace of god one of the ladies that was there that first day never came back again she was there yesterday i was like you see god sauna say to you this morning that do not get demoralized not talk to somebody that has given up on their dreams there's a reason why god has spared you you'd have been dead we've never in history even in our time you know i don't even think that our parents or our grandparents have gone through what the world is going through it is unprecedented that you wake up every morning you hear of somebody that has died if not two or three people that have died the other day i went to buy something and i met this other lady she's she's a muslim and she was showing me that they have a group so she was showing that what is happening it has never happened before she was saying that just today in our group you know there are 12 people who have died and in just this week we have over 100 people throughout throughout south africa in their group it has never happened so there is a reason why god has spared you and why god has spared me god created you with his purpose and for as long as your purpose has not been fulfilled or the purpose of god about your life has not been fulfilled you are not going anywhere hallelujah so whilst you are exactly where you are i just want to pray with somebody who has given up on their dreams with things that it will never happen for them who thinks that it is over who feels discouraged and demoralized who is almost deterred who is by the rivers because there are two spirits we have the holy spirit and we have a billion of other spirits so if it is not the holy spirit that is in charge of our lives it can be any one of these other billions of of spirits but you are bi the holy spirit wants perfection for you and you have to partner with him by saying that yes lord i do believe still that it can still happen so i just want us to all stand up right now and right where you are i want you to raise your hand so that i can pray with you for restoration thank you i see those hands i want you to raise your hands if you haven't got to restore you and in particular the dreams that you have lost i'm going to pray with you and i believe that the anointing that is in this house is more than enough as i pray the spirit of god is going to touch those areas in your life you are going to step into a new week and you things are going to happen in your life further in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth i pray for every hand of god that is raised this morning that is crying out to you lord and saying like henna remember me you are the god of hannah lord you are the god of sarah you visited sarah lord when it was past her child's bearing stage when lord all had given up on her even she laughed when your angels went to tell abram that they would have a child the following year my father and my god by that power that visited sarah in the name of jesus there's no difference in the spirit nobody has to touch it let the holy spirit himself touch you i always say that my life was so much in disarray i went into a meeting where nobody touched me and the holy spirit himself touched me and it's almost like every piece just fell into place it's almost like everything that was not working in my life began to work without a touch of any human being so it is okay if nobody has to touch you allow the holy spirit to touch you allow the holy spirit to breathe breath into those dreams allow the holy spirit to revive everything that the enemy has stolen from you allow the holy spirit to resurrect everything that the enemy has killed in your life and you just need to take a step of faith and believe that it is done you just need to take a step of faith and believe that it is done i thank you king of glory for total and complete restoration in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth i thank you king of glory in the name of jesus christ of nazareth even for strengthening lord each and everyone's in a man with might by your spirit this morning in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth i thank you our father for doing only what you can do i thank you lord that as we come together lord we will tell a different story i thank you for testimonies that will come i thank you king of florida for divine breakthroughs i thank you for restoration in the name of jesus christ of nazareth and i speak to somebody who has been crying because of things that are not working in their lives crying yourself to sleep at night and i command the joy of the lord to come upon you in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth that as the holy spirit is moving in this house right now the joy of the lord may come upon you that you're moaning from this moment onwards it may be turned into joy in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth thank you king of glory in the mighty name of jesus i thank you lord for restoration i thank you lord my god for delivering each and every one of your people oh god from every hold of darkness and translating them oh lord into the kingdom of your dear son we give you honor lord we give you glory we praise you in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth we have prayed and everybody shouted amen hallelujah there is no difference in the spirit i want to believe that restoration is coming your way i want to believe that restoration is coming your way i'm just short of time to tell of the testimonies that we have had through this pandemic time where we do not often touch people and while every eye is closed i would have done injustice if i do not do that every eye closed and every head bowed if you are here this morning or you are watching you do not know jesus as your personal lord and savior maybe you once accepted him but you're backslided or you want to accept him maybe you think that there are certain things that you need to fix in your life first his word says that come unto me all of you later and i have a laden i will give you rest you do not take the burden and come to him you come as you are so you are here this morning you do not know him as your personal lord and savior i just want you to sleep up your hand in a way that i can see it right where you are again i'm gonna lead you this time to accept jesus and make him your lord make him your savior if you are here this morning even you are at home you do not know jesus is your lord and savior i just want you to pray this prayer with me dear jesus savior son of the living god i accept you today as my personal lord as my savior come into my heart in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth from today onwards lord i give my life to you i am a new creation i believe in my heart that you are the son of god you died on the cross you are raised on the third day and i receive your lord as my personal lord and my savior forgive me lord of all my sins cleanse me of all unrighteousness let the blood of jesus lord wash me today i thank you lord that i'm a new creation i'm a brand new man and i am born again from today onwards in the mighty name of jesus christ of nazareth we have prayed and everybody said amen come on somebody let us shout a resounding amen hallelujah if you prayed that prayer with us this morning you are born again jesus is your lord and your savior your spirit is a new person completely just do me a favor find a bible believing church near you and continue to tune in with the empower church every sunday at 10 a.m god bless you i mean can we just give jesus christ and passes the villages another praise offering oh come on in power let's do this a little bit better come on let's give jesus just a little bit of praise and honor and glory thank you so much and as you take your seat so just one person stephen to come very very briefly just want to encourage each and every one of you that as we go into this day as we go into this evening we have baptisms this evening i'm so excited about that you know one of the things we can test the fun i'll just i'll just use two seconds and i'm handing over to paul stefan it's very simply this that even in the midst of a pandemic or i will say plandemic that jesus christ is still growing his church amen so we are so excited to be with you again tonight and let's just do it one more time can i ask you in power won't you just stand and honor pass it to billy just one more time as our friend of empower church let's honor her across all the platforms let's honor her just take a moment come on bible says let's prefer one another let's honor one another why don't you do it come on one more time come come come come empower church a spirit of honor thank you boston stefan amen you're welcome to be seated as we have you been blessed today i think [Applause] so let your mouth agree with what you believe i want to take this moment and maybe just remind every single person that's that's getting baptized in this evening honestly it's something we're celebrating this is going to be the best funeral you'll ever ever attend it's the only one where you die to yourselves you live for christ and um honestly we we just want to make sure that every single person that if if whatever location you're in get to somewhere and get yourself baptized the bible says if you believe that's one of the first things you do it's an inward decision with the outward evidence if you believe do it it's easy as that here's your theology jesus did it so i'm gonna do it okay plain and simple so honestly i i want to i want to thank you for every single person that has been that's been partnering with us in terms of our ladies dignity drive i want to ask this one thing is that what we are going to be doing is that in terms of yesterday some of the ladies joined pastor shannon and and the rest of the pastoral girls as they went out and they um did what girls do best and uh but here from we we're doing a dignity drive what does that basically mean is that we are going to as as a church we want to empower ladies in terms of um restoring dignity in areas and some of the things that's going to be presenting is sanitary packs to to people and really that's really a need obviously you would know the statistics in south africa how many uh young ladies can't even attend school because of of the monthly cycle and we want to restore dignity in that area and we believe that every person can be the answer in that area so once you partner with us by donating there's a link that's coming up and we want to restore as would believe that is what the lord called us to do practically in such an area so you'll see the the link is coming up please partner with us then you will see the congregational spring day celebrations coming up on the 18th of september it's going to be a saturday you need to at least register for this why why do you need to register because family is important you would see that us as a congregation they've limited us to to together in groups of 50 we believe that jesus also called the crowds together and he the bible says this this very interesting thing and he says as jesus called the disciples says disperse the people in groups of 50 and make them sit on the green grass on that saturday we're going to be sitting in groups of 50 on the green grass and we want to celebrate family and being family together so please do not miss this opportunity more details will come soon from the week but you can't miss this then lastly from our two two last thing sorry otherwise i'll be a liar there's our young adult camp that's coming up you don't want to miss our young adult camp that's coming up come on if you're a person from the ages about 18 to 35 one of this one of the things that we do every year is we trust that the fire of god to ignite in the hearts of believers come on this is our time to rise up we're not going to be stagnant we want to trust the lord to baptize people afresh if you're over that age group come and speak to me personally and will discern if you really can be on this camp but it's going to be awesome you don't want to miss it it's going to be a 750 rand for the whole weekend covered at a four star lodge if you've been there you would know it's going to be good then lastly is that i want to invite you that after the service even our people are sitting in a different locations obviously here in pretoria uh afterwards we've got some awesome people that's going to be that's going to be serving you cappuccinos and frappuccinos and whatever chinos you want to accept the pants they can't do that but please go and support them for the coffee and things that's around you and may you have a awesome awesome sunday just enjoying family my faith arise i want to invite you as we close of our service here won't you stand with me maybe the people that's in your different locations we're going to be greeting durbin we're going to be greeting cape town secunda some of our woodpeng family won't you stand father i pray that in this in this day as we physically stood with our bodies i pray that there will be a stand according to your word ephesians 6 who said if you've done everything to stand then stand there for [Music] the lord as would be stood as a prophetic action i pray that that standing will be in the spirit as well [Music] father every form of disappointment thank you lord that faith would arise [Music] thank you lord as we pray i i ask you lord holy spirit you are the one you are god but i pray that in this moment lord that you would speak words of life into every single person lord we pray that in this morning lord it should be we wrap up the service we're reminded of hebrews 13 5 that says never will i leave you never never will i forsake you your presence is not just linked to when we gather you are with us wherever we go we are temples of the holy spirit and i pray that it is what we go from here my every temple be a resounding praise as you take the kingdom with you that's already inside of you want to pray lord lead us to people that need to encounter you make us bold and courageous lord may we lose our reputation to gain people for your kingdom in jesus name amen and amen bless you thank you so much for joining us in this day we want to ask that as you as you go out from here please please go and sign up to whatever has been announced and may you be blessed amen [Music] so [Music] you

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