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I'm so grateful to the Lord that I could be with

you this morning. This morning when I got up

and I was praying, one of the songs that went

through my heart, yes, Jesus loves me. I know

it's a kid's song. I know children sing it at

Sunday school. But I thought of the cost that

he paid because he loved me. Sometimes we just

sing it for the sake of singing. And we forget

how much cost he had to pay. I pray that you

will never forget the cost that Jesus paid for

us. Even if you have kids and you sing with them,

yes, Jesus loves me. Just think, a filthy sinner

like me was saved by his grace. Because he was

willing to pay the cost for me. I didn't deserve

it, but he was kind. How many people tell the

Lord, I love you, Lord? That should be coming

all the time from the bottom of our heart. God,

I love you. You are everything to me. I'm willing

to give up everything. Pastors, thank you for

having us. It's always a joy to be here with

you. There are some people you can say are friends.

I have learned in 28 years of my ministry life,

you have very limited friends. You have friends,

but you don't have covenant friends. And thank

you. Thank you to this church for being part

of our lives. I'm your own missionary. I know

you got other missionaries. You can forget them

all, but do remember me in your prayers. I need

your prayers. But I want to say thank you. Thank

you. Came to know Dennis and Linda 24 years ago

in Poland, and they connected us here. And it's

a blessing. So thank you for the friendship.

Thank you for the love. This morning before I

preach, can we just sing that song, Yes, Jesus

Loves Me? I know, I just feel like a kid. I just

feel like a kid. Jesus said, you know, be like

a child. Be like a child. Some of my favorite

songs have started to change. One of the songs

I sing wherever I go around the world. God is

so good. I have seen the goodness of God. When

you have been in the prison. When you have been

shot. When you are away from your family. You

still taste the goodness of God. So I just want

you to stand up on your feet. Knowing that he

loves you. You are precious to him. I just want

you to worship the Lord. And tell him I love

you. And let the worship come from within. How

many of you know the Bible says living sacrifice?

Yeah. Living sacrifice. There's a difference.

You can worship from your mouth or you can worship

from your heart. A living sacrifice is what comes

out of your heart. So let this morning, let it

be a worship unto the Lord. It was amazing. Pastor,

this is what I want to say. As you were worshiping,

I was sitting over there and the Lord started

to say to me, there's been a shift in this ministry.

There has been changes. But the Lord says your

season is shifting for something different. It's

like stepping up. And the Lord would say to you

very clearly, son, I raised you for this time,

for such a time as this, to do great and mighty

things. You both are called and appointed of

the Lord. And you're raising up a generation.

The Lord says you're not only looking for older

folks. The Lord says you're even looking for

the next generation. And you will impart into

them the spirit that has been laid upon you.

And the Lord says he will use you mightily in

the coming days. Both of you will be a vessel

of honor, the Lord says. The devil will try to

disturb, but the Lord says, no, my covering shall

be. Upon you. And I will carry you forward. The

presence of the Lord will fill this place. Many

times. You will know. Tangible presence will

be here. And the Lord would say to you. And I

will start to do mighty things. A season has

shifted. And the Lord would say. It's a season

of seeing signs and wonders. In this house. The

Lord would say. Your signs and wonders will not

be just limited in this house. It will go out.

Touch and change lives. Father, we give our life

into your hands. Do your work in this place.

Let your glory be revealed. In Jesus' name. Yes,

Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible

tells me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, I love you,

Lord. I love you. Yes, Jesus loves me. Oh, yes,

he loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Lord, thank

you for loving us. Thank you for choosing us.

Thank you for appointing us. And I thank you,

Lord, for all the good things you have done in

our life. Lord, people have walked away, but

you promised you will never leave us nor forsake

us. We thank you for that great love. I bless

your saints. Speak to us today. Lord, I pray

our time will not be wasted in your presence.

May your glory be revealed. In Jesus' name I

pray. Amen. Amen. You may be seated. Thank you

once again. Thank you. I really appreciate what

you're doing for the Lord. I believe it's a new

season. I had prepared a message and I had come.

The problem with God is he messes it up. Yeah.

I thought I had everything in order. And when

I got up this morning at 4 .30 to pray and seek

the Lord, God started to say to me something.

And when the songs were being sung, I do not

know most of the songs. I'm still, I'm not that

old. But I still like the old songs. I like the

hymns. There's something in me. You know, when

you sing that song, old rugged cross. When you

sing, then sings my soul. You're commanding your

soul. I know your soul doesn't want to sing.

How many of you had that this morning? You didn't

want to come to church. Some of you have been

watching soccer. Actually, it's not soccer. It's

called football. Let me just correct you over

there because something you play with foot is

called football. I love you and I know you guys

love me so you won't beat me up. It's a joy to

be here. Open your Bible to the book of Exodus.

We are celebrating 250 years of freedom. We cannot

take it lightly. I was just sitting over there

and I thought there must be something about this

250. A year of Jubilee is after how many years?

50 years. Multiplied by five times. 250. Five

is the number of grace. So God would say to you,

This year onwards is a year of seeing his grace

with power in your life. To walk in freedom and

liberty. Those who are bound are called to be

set free. We are going to see God's glory in

this nation. As I have been praying for this

nation. The Lord has put burden in our heart.

Me and my family. I know my family is watching.

I love you guys. I still have the same wife.

We've been married for 23 years. You know, I

just love her. She's a blessing. She's a backbone

for my ministry, for my life. She stood with

me. My kids paid the cost. There were days when

kids have cried. Daddy will be back. But God

is good. So what I'm going to speak today to

you is related to your independence. Your freedom.

In Exodus 3 onwards, if you study very carefully,

I started to wear glasses from two days ago.

And all the people who complain or make fun of

us, the people who wear glasses, You got to realize

one thing. We pay more money to see you clearly.

So don't do that. Chapter 3, verse 1 onwards.

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his

father -in -law, the priest of the Midian. And

he led the flock to a far aside of the wilderness

and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There

the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flame

of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that through

the bush. There was a fire and it did not burn

up. So Moses thought, I will go over and see

the strange sight. Why the bush does not burn.

When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look,

God called to him from within the bush, Moses,

Moses. And Moses said, here I am. Verse five,

do not come any closer. God said, take off your

sandals for the place where you are standing

is holy ground. Verse six. Then he said, I am

the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the

God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. At this,

Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look

at God. Now we know the story of Moses. He was

called to take the people of God into freedom.

If you ask me to, Put a title for this sermon.

Let me put it like this. God has a plan and a

purpose for your life. And if you put him first,

your priorities are right. You will see the fulfillment

of his kingdom being established. Where you will

bring people into freedom to worship the Lord

in freedom. That was a statement Moses made to

Pharaoh. Let my people go for worship. We are

called to see freedom in the life of others who

do not know Jesus as their Savior. If you study

the life of Moses carefully, I do not know how

many of you know what was Moses' life. Like,

in Exodus chapter 2, it says he was born in a

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Levite family. So he's from a priestly line.

His parents had to hide him for some time, keep

him aside, because they knew there was something

different. Turn to your neighbor and say, there's

something different about you. Yeah. God uses

some crazy people. I know that from my own life.

You're different because God wants to use you

differently. Otherwise, he would have made us

all look alike. Just look around carefully. You

don't look like a photocopy. Of the person near

you. Even if you have been married. Or you got

kids. There may be some resemblance. Somebody

came and said to me. Oh your son looks like you.

I said thank God. Uh huh. Then they said. Oh

he has the other side. He looks like your wife.

I said thank God for that too. We know now for

sure. So that's why the book of 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 7:14

chapter 7 verse 14 says, If my people who are

called by my name will humble themselves, seek

my face, turn from the wicked ways. Let me explain

that in a better way. I thought, God, we got

to seek your face and then turn from the wicked

ways. I thought we have to turn from the wicked

ways and seek your face. But God never writes

anything wrong. If my people who are called by

my name, my father's name is Virgis. That's why

I carry that name, Virgis. The family name. Because

I'm born in that family. If you are part of the

family of God, you will carry his name. And the

Bible says, humble yourself, seek my face, turn

from the wicked ways. That means, when you start,

let me explain in my way. I'm married, like I

said, 23 years. I come home, my wife looks at

me and says, what do you want, coffee or tea?

I've been married 23 years. And you still haven't

got it, whether I like coffee or tea. Hang on.

So if you seek his face, you will know what he

likes and what he doesn't like. That's why he

says, if you seek my face, you will turn from

the wicked ways because you will know what he

likes and what he doesn't like. In our mind,

we think we need to become holy and then, no,

no, no, no. He's saying, just come to me, love

me. And as you love me more and more, you will

start to see what I like and what I don't like.

And you will avoid. So Moses is born in this

house. And I don't know how many of you understand

his life was not an easy life. As he's growing,

he can't be kept quiet. How many of you know

kids? They're difficult. I have realized one

thing in my life. If there are kids who are two

years old, the best gift... I don't want anybody

doing, thank God my kids have grown up now. But

if I find anybody having a kid and has a two

-year -old kid, I'll make sure I'll buy them

drums. Oh, hallelujah. I would love to see. I

told my kids, if you don't behave, then your

kids are born. And they come to visit me. I will

feed them chocolate. I will give them sugar right

before they come back to your house. That is

my way of revenge. Moses could not be kept quiet,

so the mother made a basket. And she put it in

the Nile River. I looked at that word basket

because it fascinated me. Because I thought,

you're putting a basket with a baby in Nile River

that's full of crocodiles. So how can a baby

survive in that river? So I thought there must

be something to that basket. And when I looked

at that word basket, the Hebrew word is tebah.

T -E -B -A -H. That means ark. The ark of protection.

She just didn't put him in a basket. She put

him in a... ark. And I want you to get one thing.

Once you get into the ark of God, you will be

protected. See, the devil has a lot of plans

about this nation. The devil may have a lot of

plans about your life, but when you are covered

by the blood of the Lamb, let me say, America

does not belong to the devil. We have come to

declare openly that we are going to see a revival.

We are going to see the move of God because we

are covered by the blood of the Lamb. The devil

is going to have a nightmare. Because America

is going to see the glory of God. It may be a

Nile River. It may have crocodiles. But we got

God on our side. We got God covering us. So we

don't have to worry. The terrorists can plot

whatever they want. I'll tell you right now.

God will spoil all their plans in Jesus name.

This nation belongs to God. It was started with

a statement, in God we trust. And we as believers

who have been washed by the blood of the Lamb

still believe in God. And we are going to see

God's glory. So he's floating in Nile River,

in Theba. As he's floating, his sister, how many

of you have heard about his sister? She had a

job, a simple job to watch. Let me challenge

you as brothers and sisters in the Lord. Watch

for your brothers and sisters that they will

not fall. Now, I know some of us want to know

what is going on in people's life. Because We

think we are hired by the CNN. So we need to

know so we can share it with others. No. Your

job or your calling is to watch over your brothers

and sisters that they will not fall. There are

crocodiles. There are demonic forces that will

come against them. There may be a believer or

a brother or sister in the Lord who has a weakness

in their life. Let me give you a free advice.

Knowing the weakness of your life is the strength

of your life. Can I say that again? And this

time I promise I won't take an offering. Knowing

the weakness of your life is the strength of

your life. And if you know your weakness, find

a man of God. Or go to your man of God and say,

I struggle in that area and I promise they will

help you because accountability will help you

rise above that weakness. So he's floating, the

sister is watching. So let's watch out for our

brothers. Let me ask you, do you know each other?

In this house, do we know? How are you doing?

Put your arms around them. Are you okay? Yeah,

I'm okay. No, no, no, no. Are you really okay?

Maybe you can take them for a coffee. We have

a shop. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can just, I'm not

advertising, okay? Just to let you know. But

just sit down. How much do we care? That's what

people want to know. Do you really care? And

I'll say like this, in this community, we are

going to see God's glory in a greater measure.

Because this church cares. Thank you for your

amen. I did not know you were so excited about

it. And I'll tell you the truth because I know

where your church is going. I can see in the

spirit realm. That's why I'm saying that. We

are going to see God's glory in a greater measure.

And the baby is floating. And the Pharaoh's daughter

picks up. Bought out of the water. Moses. His

name Moses bought out of the water. In a way

symbolizing baptism too. Bought out. See, that's

why we don't leave you underwater. Matthew 3

says, and Jesus came up from the water. There

was a pastor. In India, when we baptize, at the

end, when we finish baptism, we ask openly and

loudly, is there anybody else to be baptized?

The pastor is here, the water is here. And if

you're ready to be baptized, just walk in. So

there was a pastor who did that. And he saw a

drunk man sitting on the other end. And he started

to shout loudly, is there anybody else? The drunk

man kept on looking at him. He's looking at the...

The pastor is looking at the drunk man and he's

calling again. The third time the drunk man thought,

okay, let me go. And he just goes in. The pastor

says, I baptize you in the name. He didn't even

ask him whether he was saved or not. Dipped him.

Pulled him out and he says, did you find Jesus?

He said, no. He dipped him again. Extra 30 seconds

underwater. And he pulled him up and he says,

did you find him? He said, no. He thought, let

me dip him again. Last time was 30 seconds. We're

going to make it a minute. He pulls him up and

he says, did you find Jesus? Now the drunk man

is confused. Already he's drunk and he's been

going underwater. When he comes out, he's shaking

his head and he says to the pastor. Because the

pastor asked, did you find Jesus? He said, are

you sure he was lost here? That's why we want

you to be saved before we baptize you. He was

pulled out of the water. And the mother is brought

back into the scene to take care. But then after

some time, he's back in the palace. He's growing

in the palace. Now you have to think of his.

Because I know many people will say, you know,

pastor, I've gone through so much. I'm not trying

to downplay you. But I want you to think of his

life. Put in front of crocodiles. Abandoned in

a way. Picked up by somebody else. Adopted by

somebody else. When he was at home, Aaron and

Miriam. See, Miriam had a bit of a problem. Because

you can see with his wife, he had a bit of an

issue. They must have said, who does he think

he is? Yeah, royal treatment he gets. Some of

you may have gone through things in your life,

but I want you to understand your purpose is

greater. So don't sit in your pain. This nation,

this church has a purpose. We may have gone through

things in our life, but don't let it stop us

from fulfilling the call of God. Because it's

a holy call from heaven above. And he's being

raised, and one day he kills an Egyptian. Next

day he's trying to sort out between two Hebrew

brothers and then he has to run because the Pharaoh

is going to kill him now. He runs off. Think

of it. One day in the palace, now in the wilderness.

Hang on. I was abandoned by my mother first.

Now I'm running from where I was being raised.

I'm losing everything in my life. He in the wilderness

is hungry. Thirsty. And he helps a family. The

family takes him in. He marries the daughter,

Zephora. Watch carefully. The secret of greatness

in your life is in gratefulness. I hope you will

remember that. The secret of greatness in your

life Is gratefulness. It's easy to complain.

That's why we say don't live in the complaining

street. Live in the thanksgiving street. Some

of us complain because there was no meat. It

was only broccoli. As kids we always said one

thing. God doesn't like vegetables. I hope there

are no kids here. Because he refused to take

Cain's offering. He doesn't like vegetables,

we used to say to our dad. We can complain about

everything. I have seen it. We have all that.

It's time to get out. Now he's watching chapter

3 verse 1. Now I want to get into my message

to understand. to make you understand the power

of the call on your life. Because God's plan

and purpose is greater so that you can see the

manifestation of his glory. So knowing the background,

chapter 3 verse 1, it says, Now Moses was tending

the flock of Jethro. Now, I started to think

of this. He was taking care of not his own sheep,

but his father -in -law's sheep. This church

is not your pastor's church or the leader's church.

This is God's house. We are only called to take

care of it. This nation, let me ask you. Many

of us, our parents came from different parts

of the world. Europe. Settle down here. We are

just called to be stewards. The freedom that

has been given to us 250 years ago, if we don't

take care of it, we will lose our freedom. If

we don't take care of this house, we will lose

the house. And I'll say like this, we are not

going to shut down any more churches in the name

of Jesus. And Moses is taking care of Jethro's

sheep, even though it is not his sheep. And I

found it very fascinating that he's very attentive.

He's not like, putting his hand through his nose

and checking out what is there. He was very careful.

He knew wild animals are around. This is why

I said to you, what has been given in your hands,

you got to be a good steward. He's picked up

a rod and he's sitting over there and watching

and taking care of sheep. And I thought for this

for a long time. As he's attentive, he sees a

fire. Hang on. If you are a good steward, I hope

you can remember this. If you are a good steward,

of the things that God has given in your life,

you will see God's glory in a greater measure.

Sometimes it can be tiring. I'm just taking care

of the sheep. No. Because I start to understand

when I looked at the 250, I don't know, how many

of you have looked at that word 250 in your Bible?

Because Korah turned up one day with 250 people

in Numbers chapter 16, verse 2. He turned up

Numbers 16:2

with 250 people. But in verse 30, at the end

it says 32, 33, it says 250 got dealt, God dealt

with them. They were gone. If you're not a good

steward of what God has given, you'll be taken

off. How old is this church, Pastor? 1932, before

I was born. Now my question is, it has been passed

down. How are we going to finish the race? Are

we going to drop the baton? Are we going to become

rebels? I have a sermon called, Nine Spirits

That Destroy a Church. One of them is Korah.

One of them is Miriam. They'll challenge leaderships.

One of them is Absalom. The sons will rise up

against the fathers. Then you have a spirit of

Ahab. Then you have a spirit of Jezebel. You

know what is the difference? Ahab will never

stand up. Jezebel will never sit down. Ahab will

never speak up. Jezebel will never shut up. They

are spirits. And we need to know. That's why

we are called to watch over. See most of you

when you pray. You pray with both your eyes closed.

I don't pray with both my eyes closed. I keep

one eye open. Because the Bible says watch and

pray. That's why if any man comes near my wife.

Watch and pray. You need to watch out because

this has been given in your hands. This is precious

because this is a house of God. This nation was

given in your hands. You got to watch out for

it and take care and be a good steward. And he's

walking up. Now, I don't know how many of you

have thought of the walk that he had to walk.

It was not, he saw there, ah, all plain. No,

no, no, no, no, no. He had to climb mountains.

He had to climb. And when he's climbing, think

how difficult. How many of you have climbed mountains?

Your pastor loves all this outdoor stuff. God

bless him. My wife tells me, if you need to go

for a walk, you can. But because I love her,

I go for a walk once in a while. You know, it's

not easy climbing a mountain. Because when you

start to climb a mountain, think of Abraham,

an old man climbing with his son, Isaac. We who

are young, I'm only 50 now. But we'll still...

We're breathing hard. Let's go for a run, one

mile. I learned because of... all the beatings

I got. My physiotherapist has told me one thing.

Blessing, your mind is so powerful. Even if you

can imagine that you're exercising, your body

starts to think it's exercising. I thought, wow.

Now I know what to do. So every time your pastor

goes out, I see the Facebook picture. I imagine

myself too. And my exercise is done. Now, here's

the thing. He's climbing up with a stick and

a rod in his hand. He comes in front of the fire.

Now, it says, I like that verse. It says, verse

3. So Moses thought, I will go over and see.

It's a strange fire. It's a strange fire, but

he has a desire. Let me say, the things of God

will be strange. But do you have a desire to

go deep and see what is going on? Deep only calls

to the deep. Somebody asked me, pastor, your

prophetic gifts, you know, are you happy? No,

no, no, no, there's more. There's more. We are

happy with what we have. No, no, no, you can't

be. You need to desire, God, there's more. You

need to push yourself. What is push? P -U -S

-H. Pray until something happens. You need to

start pushing and say, God, I need to push into

the things of God. I need to know you. Like Paul

says, that I may know him. Paul never walked

with Jesus. Peter did. John did. But Paul says

that I may know him. He's spending three years

in Arabia. Galatians says he spent three years

in Arabia that he may know him. That's why he

was able to write two -third of the New Testament.

Your relationship will create revelations in

your life. Let me say in another word. Your sacrifice

will create revelation. Many people are not ready

to give up. Many people ask me, Pastor, do you

fast? Because they usually look at my stomach.

But I let them know I do fast. And every time

I fast, one thing I have realized, I see the

same vision every time I fast. 28 years of my

ministry, I've seen the same vision the first

three days whenever I fast. It's a big chicken

flying saying, eat me. But you say no to it.

So let me give you a definition of sacrifice.

Write it down. I promise it'll help you. Sacrifice

is something that pains your body when separated

from your body. This is my own definition. I

have a copyright over it. And the word copyright

for an Indian or a Chinese means the right to

copy. Okay? So you can copy it. Sacrifice is

something that pains your body when separated

from your body. So he's willing to sacrifice.

Willing to let go of the sheep to go and see

the fire. Hang on. He was attentive, but now

he's willing because there's something strange.

That's weird. Are you willing to give up your

food? Wednesday night prayers. Uh -oh. Pastor

should have made the announcement after I had

preached. But pastor just said it. You know,

7 .30, 8 .30 is my sleeping time. Really? If

there's something important going on. For parties.

We'll keep a match sticking between our eyelids.

To stay awake. I was driving. A few years ago

I was driving from Lincoln. To Chicago. And I

started to get tired. As I was coming closer.

And I was like. God give me the strength. And

my daughter is sitting next to me. She's sleeping.

She's feeling the anointing. That's why the eyelids

went down. And so she's, and I'm like, what do

I do? What do I do? And I stopped for a coffee.

And I can't drink coffee and stay awake because

if I drink coffee, I'll go to sleep. Because

when I was young, I drank so much of coffee,

the effect is gone. I used to drink close to

14 cups a day. So I went and got a coffee from

the gas station and my daughter wakes up and

she said, Dad, are you okay? I said, yeah. I

said, I'm feeling sleepy. So she said, you're

going to drink coffee? I said, no. Then she was

like, what are you going to do? And I put my

finger into the hot coffee. I was awake the whole

journey because it was burning. How much are

you willing to give up to see God's glory? Are

you willing to give up one time meal? Let me

challenge this church because I still remember

when I came the first time, I was sitting over

there and the Lord reminded me the first time

when I came into this house, the Lord told me

very clearly, this house shall be called a house

of prayer. That was the word I gave to this house.

So I'm going to challenge you. If you, it may

not be Wednesday, it may be Monday, but can you

take 30 minutes, 15 minutes just to pray that

God's glory will be revealed? And it says like

this, he came up and then verse four, when the

Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called

him from within the bush. What did God call him?

Come on. What does it say in your Bible? He called

him Moses, Moses. Does it say that in your Bible?

Okay, just checking. Why does God call him twice?

God calls Abraham, Abraham, Abraham. Jesus is

verily, verily. Why does God say twice? Go to

Psalm 62, 11. Psalm 62, 11. He has spoken once,

but I heard it twice. Let's see. Does it say

that in your Bible? Psalm 62, 11. Verse 11. He

has spoken once, I heard it twice. What God speaks

in heaven. It's not only heard in the heavenly

realms, it's even on the earthly realms because

there's an echo of the sound from heaven. That's

why you hear it twice. Oh, you won't get this

in a Bible school, I promise you, or on your

bookstore. Are we hearing the voice of God? Hmm.

Romans 8, 16. It says, my spirit shall bear witness

with your spirit. How sensitive are we to hear

the voice of God? He's standing over there and

God is calling him. See, God is calling us in

this time, in this season. Faith Church, let

me declare boldly that God is calling your church

in this land. There's going to be a move of the

Holy Spirit. There's going to be a shift in this

church for something great and mighty. So the

Holy Spirit would say, be attentive to my voice.

Listen to what I'm speaking to you. Don't miss

the call that I have for your life because I'm

going to spread you. The Lord says to this house,

I'm going to spread you to the east, west, north.

and south. You are going to become an example

for many. Many young people will come and get

trained in this place to see the glory of God.

So the Lord would say, prepare yourself for what

I'm about to do through this house. He's standing

in the presence of the fire and God calls him.

And the next verse says, verse 5, do not come

any closer. Take off your sandal. I had to ask

the Lord, why are you saying take off the sandal?

He came looking for you. He desires for you.

You called him by name, but now you're telling

him take off your sandal. Because the place that

you stand on is holy ground. Now, I want you

to understand there was a statement. I don't

know who made it. I don't know if pastor made

it before. The place that you're standing on,

if that was still holy, we all should be going

there to worship. It is not about the place,

it's about the position that we are in. So I

don't know who said that this morning about the

position. But I believe many of us need to understand

the position that we are in. And God is saying,

take off the sandal. I thought, why take off

the sandal? Sandals were made out of dead animal

skin. So God says, when you come into my presence,

don't come with something dead. Many people,

see that was a problem with Cain's offering.

He had to cut it, it was dead. But Abel's offering,

he would come at the altar and then cut it. Many

of us give to the Lord our giving. Recently,

somebody asked me, Pastor, we have a lot of debt.

I said to them, write down the word debt. And

they wrote the word debt, D -E -B -T. I said,

let me give you a full form of it. Doing everything

but tithing. Good morning to all of you. It may

have hit you like a lightning. That's okay. Because

God doesn't want you to live in sickness. God

doesn't want you to live in debt. God wants you

to live in freedom. So the dead things have to

go when you come into his presence. He says,

take of the sandals. For the ground that you're

standing on is holy ground. The position that

you have, do you take God for granted? Isaiah

6 says about the fear of the Lord. I was preaching

in a church in London. After preaching, I walked

out of the church. And I'm a simple guy. I don't

have bodyguards, by the way. I know some preachers

need it because they don't believe in Jesus,

so they need bodyguards. No, I don't need one.

I've been shot, so I don't care. And here's the

thing. God bless them all. They can have. My

choice is to be a normal person, go to people,

shake hands with people, talk to people. That's

how I am because God called me for people. So

I just was like walking down the church and going

because my wife was pregnant and she asked me

to get one of the dish, Indian dish where we

lived. We didn't have any Indians over there.

So she wanted that one because she was pregnant.

And you know, when women become pregnant, they

have some demands. To have happiness in your

life, I have learned, happy wife, happy life.

Sad wife, miserable life. So I thought, let's

keep her happy. So as I'm walking out of the

church, I turn around, and I see one of the members.

In Indian culture, we show a lot of respect to

our pastors. Indian culture teaches you respect.

So as soon as I turned, he looked at me. Every

time an Indian will greet another pastor, this

is how they say, praise the Lord, pastor. So

he folded his hands behind and he said, praise

the Lord, pastor. And I said, praise the Lord.

And I started to talk to him. As I was talking

to him, I realized one thing. That smoke started

to come from the backside. Now. That's the time

I realized why he put his hands behind. And I

say funny things. So I just turned around and

said to him, I have seen people smoke from the

front, never from the backside. And I thought

he had a fear of pastor, but he had no fear of

God. I want you to have the fear of the Lord

in your life. Because this nation, like I said,

belongs to God. You people, you saints belong

to God. You're his child. Walk in the fear of

the Lord. The present generation will not understand.

The older generation will understand. When your

father spoke to you and you mumbled back at him,

they believed the scriptures. When a believer

shall lay hands on the sick, they shall recover.

They not only laid hands, they laid holy belt.

They laid shoes and every demon came out of us.

Yeah. Whenever I said something, I would walk

back to my room. But I will be very careful to

hear if I hear footsteps following me. Because

I knew if he was following, I'm in trouble. By

the way, when I was a pastor, I became a pastor

of the church. My parents were attending the

church. And I answered back when my mother asked

me something. I just told her something back.

I shouldn't have done. She didn't say anything.

She went to the kitchen. Came out with the kettle

electric wire. And I was lying in bed. And I

felt happening something down south. I just felt,

shh. And you could feel the pain. I didn't speak

in tongues, I promise you that time. And your

mother is standing in front so you can't even

say other words. And I'm already past by then.

And I got more mad and I said, here's a car key,

you do what you want. She gave me one more. I

picked up the car keys and said, what vegetables

do you want me to buy? It changed me very fast.

Some of us have escaped that. All parents, those

who are struggling with your kids, send them

with me to India. We will take care of them.

And we promise we will do everything in the name

of Jesus. So he's standing over there and God

is talking to him. And God says, I want to use

you, son. See, this is what, when you're in the

presence of the fire, when you're in the presence

of God, God will give you a mission. Remember

that. God always gives a mission when you are

in his presence. The mission may be to reach

your neighbor. The mission, it's not just India.

It's not just Afghanistan. It's not just Iran.

It's not just these nations. See, God uses us

in these nations. But some of you, God wants

to use you here in Jerusalem. It starts from

here. So God says, I have a mission for you.

And he says, you know, God, you picked up the

wrong guy. How many of you felt that God picked

up the wrong guy? Yeah, I felt that too. Because

I have dyslexia. I'm not highly qualified. In

my family, everybody has a PhD. PhD does not

stand for permanent head damage. But they have

a doctorate degree. I used to say before, PhD

stands for permanent head damage for this. Because

they always look down on you in an Asian culture

when you don't have much education. I just had

a bachelor's degree, bachelor's in business administration.

Worked in accounting for airlines. So they never

thought you're worth anything. Listen to me.

You were worth it. That is why he shed his blood

for you. I want you to hug yourself and say,

I'm precious to the Lord. Yeah. You are precious.

Maybe you heard the words, you're hopeless. Maybe

you heard the word, you're useless. Maybe you

heard the word, you will never make it in life.

I want you to know, you're not hopeless. You

just had less hope and Jesus is the hope giver.

And he tells you, you can make it in Jesus' name.

Let me prove it to you. The book of Romans 8

says you are more than a conqueror. Now some

of you, how many of you have heard the word you

are a failure? Anybody? Nobody? Maybe one person.

Thank you for being truthful. Yeah, we have heard

all these negative words. But when he says you're

more than a conqueror, I started to look at it

and understood. If Mike Tyson and Holly Field

had a fight for $10 million and a championship

belt, they're punching each other. At the end,

Holly Field wins it. Mike Tyson is on the floor.

He picks up the belt. He's a champion. He's a

conqueror. Takes the $10 million, walks home.

His wife is waiting at the door. She takes the

$10 million without giving a single punch. She's

more than a conqueror. Jesus fought the battle

for you. And he gives it to you. And he calls

you more than a conqueror. So Moses, you were

a failure. You had a lonely life. You were betrayed.

But now, I'm changing your destiny because you're

in the presence of the fire. When you're in the

presence of God's fire, I promise you, Your life

will be changed completely. This fire is an unusual

fire. It burns, but it does not burn. What kind

of fire is that? It's a fire that will consume

what is not right. But it will set alight what

is right by God. So God is trying to put things

right in his life. That's why the fire is not.

finishing off the whole tree, the bush. So God

is talking to him over there. And he says, God,

I'm not ready. How many of you know that Moses

made an excuse at the end? I'm a man who stutters.

I asked the Lord, was he really a stutterer?

Did he stutter? No, he did not. Go to Acts chapter

Acts 7:22

7, verse 22. I want you to look over there. What

does it say? Somebody can read it for me. Acts

7. 22. Let me give you the mic. You have a good

voice. Because people won't believe if I said

something. Moses was educated in all the wisdom

of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and

action. You have heard all your life he was a

stutterer. He was a powerful. Some other versions

will say he was eloquent in speech. So how come

he become a stutterer? Have you ever thought

of that? Because somewhere along the way, he

lost the gift that he had. He's taking care of

the sheep. He's talking to the sheep. And the

sheep are talking back to him. Moses is going

on for years. He's losing his ability because

all he's communicating is with an animal. Be

careful where you communicate. Be careful you

will talk to people who will set you on fire,

not take the fire out of you. So here you can

see, he is a person who's going to complain later,

but God says to him, I want to use you. He says,

use me? God says, yep. He says, how can you use

me? He says, what is in your hand? God is always

looking for what's in your hand. Now, Moses says,

God, I have a rod that I picked up. It was on

the side. I picked it up. I carved it, cut it,

made it a good rod that I can walk like a shepherd.

So he had made it a good rod so it won't poke

into his hands or anything. He took care of it.

And God says, Put it to the ground. Whatever

giftings you have. Listen to me very carefully.

Whatever talents you have. You may have done

it in your own strength. But the moment you lay

it in the presence of God. You will see the glory

of God. That rod turned into a serpent. And the

Bible says Moses jumped. Because he knew that's

not the right thing. Yeah. How many of you will?

I went to a house to preach in New York many

years ago. And they said, oh, we have a pet snake.

I just looked around and I said, if it comes

out, it's dead. Because I know in the Garden

of Eden, where Adam and Madam lived, they got

into trouble because of the snake. So Moses looks

at this and he thinks, uh -uh, that created problem

over there. And then God says to him, hold the

snake by the tail. Hang on. Have you any time

asked God why to hold the snake by the tail?

You don't hold the snake by the tail. You have

to hold it by the head. Why is God saying, to

hold it by the tail. Because it was in the presence

of the fire. In the presence of the fire, everything

that's deadly, anything that is not right, will

lose its power. Let me explain it to you in a

different way. Moses got kicked out of Egypt.

The crown that the Pharaoh is wearing on the

crowned as a serpent. That was their God. So

God was saying, son, in the presence of the fire,

I'm giving you new authority. Even if you hold

it by the tail, it will not be able to strike

you and kill you. Because it has been in the

presence of the fire. You have been in my presence.

That's why the Bible says, no doubt. Deadly poison.

No snakes. You shall trample upon snakes and

scorpions. So don't worry. Some of us believers,

we are very good in worrying. We Indians believe,

don't worry, eat curry. So let me ask you a question.

How much time have you spent in the presence

of God that you understand the authority that

God has given you over demonic forces? The demonic

forces don't have authority over you. The Pharaoh

may say, hang on, I rule. I am the one. The God

of this world may say, I rule. I have authority.

But when you have been in the presence of God,

God will say, pick it up. Don't be scared. He

is still not sure. He is like God. Thank you

very much. God says take your hand. Put it. Under

your armpit. Take it out. Leprosy. He says put

it back. Healed. Let me explain it. What you

have lost. What has become like leprosy in your

life. God says I will restore it back. Because

you have been in the presence of the fire. I

am going to send you back. to Egypt. The one

that sent you out that looked like a problem

in your life and I'm going to send you back.

Last time you came by yourself but this time

you're not coming alone. You're coming with a

bunch of people whom you're going to take them

into freedom and liberty to worship the living

God. Whatever you have lost in your life, whatever

is speaking to you that you will not make it,

I want you to know one thing in your life, that

God is restoring that power to go back and take

the blessing of the Lord and bring people into

freedom. God is giving us authority. Some of

us need to learn how to dance. See, the problem

is many of us have become chosen, frozen Christians.

You need to learn how to rejoice. Rejoice, and

again I say, rejoice. The joy of the Lord is

mine. See, if you don't have strength, you can't

fight battles. That's why you need the joy of

the Lord. That's why you need to learn how to

rejoice. That's why after I preach on Mondays,

I sit and watch Tom and Jerry. I watch Charlie

Chaplin. And suddenly I'll get a reminder from

my wife. There's a prayer meeting going on on

Facebook. Your pastor gets up and I'm just sitting

and watching. But she'll let me know. I have

text from her. Hey, pastor is online. See, your

authority comes only in the presence. The joy

of the Lord comes in the presence of the Lord.

Let me go a bit fast and finish it. It says like

this, God is saying to him, go back. Now see,

when you have been in the presence of God, God

will send you back. What you lost, what the canker

worms ate, what has destroyed, the locusts has

eaten, God wants to restore it. But God wants

you to go back, to take it back. We used to sing

the song in the olden days called, I went to

the enemy's camp and I took back what he stole

from me. The problem is he comes and steals from

us and then we go and steal from him. Then he

comes back and steals from us and we go back

and steal. So we go to another conference and

we get recharged and we go back and steal back

from him. And he comes back after three months

and steals from us. Hang on. Until you don't

tie the strong man. You need to get in and make

sure he's finished. Pharaoh and his chariots

and all his men were drowned in the water. We

need to make sure that this time when we go,

we are coming back as an army. It may look like

dry bones, but we are coming back as an army.

Because God has a promise for this land. God

has a promise for this church. God is not done

with this house. God says there are certain things.

The Shekinah glory is going to rise up in this

house in a greater way. And you're going to see

the glory of God in a greater way, the Lord would

say. So he says, go back. And they turned back.

Now, he must be scared of his own life. Think

of this. Moses going back to Pharaoh's palace.

But when you have been in the presence of God,

you'll have boldness. You're not a sissy. Lion

of Judah rolls through you. I'm going to challenge

you. Be bold. Don't be ashamed of the gospel

of Jesus Christ. My son, who's a young man, started

to preach. And a few months ago, he said, listen,

can I do a YouTube show? And you know what? He

started to preach on YouTube and started to share

with all his schoolmates. His sermons. Okay,

he gets booked on Sunday mornings in some places,

sometime. But his friends who do not know Jesus,

I asked him, recently I asked him, I said, hey,

does anybody bully you because of the gospel

you share? He said, no. Huh. The fear in us will

tell us what is fear. F -E -A -R, false evidence

appearing real. Even though I walk through the

valley of shadow of death, it's a shadow of death,

not reality. He goes around like a roaring lion,

like, not a real lion. But you need to have faith.

Your church is called faith. Let me give you

a definition. I have a copyright over it. Faith

is father all in thy hands. F -A -I -T -H. Have

faith. The one who has called you is faithful.

He will not abandon you. See, God does not take

you to the Pharaoh's palace and runs away. How

many of you had friends who ring the bell and

they run off and you're stuck at the door? Did

you do that as a kid? We did it. We knocked.

We didn't have bells that time. We knocked. And

suddenly your friends run. God does not do that.

He said, I will never leave you. Nor will I.

Having that assurance, let there be boldness

in you. Let me say like this, Lincoln should

see the glory of God. I pray when I come back

next time, I pray that we will have double service.

I pray that we will grow and become bigger in

the name of Jesus because God has called us to

be fruitful and to multiply. Going to the enemy's

camp, don't be scared. I'm going to challenge

you. Those who feel ashamed, every Sunday after

you hear the sermon, go back and send your friends

the link and say, hear it. It'll help your life.

Don't be ashamed. What will they think? Their

opinion don't matter. God's opinion matters.

So be bold. And it says like this. He turned

up in front of the Pharaoh and they turned. He

says, let my people go. And suddenly, there's

a rod on the ground and there's a serpent over

there. Now my question to you is, Aaron went

with Moses to the palace. Whose rod was thrown

to the ground? I know most of you are thinking

Moses' rod. But in Exodus chapter 7, Verse 8

Exodus 7:8

and 9, it says, and it was Aaron's rod. Huh.

Have you ever thought Moses had the experience,

but it's Aaron's rod being thrown in front of

the Pharaoh? Does that say in your Bible the

same? Does it say? Just see. Same? Okay. Just

checking. Because I don't want you to think I'm

making up stories. Some of us have watched too

much of movies. That's why we think it's the

apple in the Garden of Eden. No, it doesn't say

it was an apple. It can be a banana too. It just

says fruit. So here's the thing. How come Aaron's

rod is being used when it was Moses' rod? In

the presence of God. Let me explain it to you.

Who you walk with. That anointing will transfer

on your life. Anointing is transferable. Moses.

And Aaron walked together. And in that process

of walking together. There was a transfer. of

the anointing. The Lord told me recently, son,

I want you to come into the fatherhood ministry

and teach churches, teach leaders, speak into

their life, be a father figure. And I said, okay.

And God took me to the life of Elijah and Elisha.

Every prophet in 1 Kings chapter 2, it says,

1 Kings 2 · chapter mention

every prophet said to Elisha, Your master is

going to be taken. Hang on, hang on. The prophet

said, the ones who were being trained by Elijah

are speaking to Elisha. How come they not say

our master? Huh. They're saying your master is

going to be taken up. But when the time of being

taken up comes, Elisha never says, my master.

He says, my father. Anointing is always transferred.

That's why the last miracle of Elijah was parting

of the Jordan River. The first miracle of Elisha

is parting of the Jordan River. Where the father

leaves is where the son picks up. So if you walk

with the man of God, the anointing will be transferred

into your life. Who are you walking with? Psalm

1 says, Blessed is the man who walks not in the

counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way

of the sinner, nor sits in the... That means

your fellowship. What is fellowship? Two fellows

in one ship going in the same direction. How

many of you know one doesn't go this way, one

doesn't go that way? I was flying recently and

one lady asked me in the plane, where are you

going? I just looked at her. I thought, both

our seats go to the same destination. Huh. Where

are we going? Are we walking with the man of

God? Are you connected with the spirit of this

house? So that the anointing can be transferred.

Because here you cannot have your own agendas.

Because God gives a vision and a mission for

the house and we need to connect with that. So

we can become effective. Aaron walked and he

became effective. You know he became the high

priest. There's a reward for the price that you

pay. There's a reward when you walk with the

man of God. I worked as a driver in my father's

ministry. Even now, I still drive people. Recently,

a man of God came. I drove him around. He was

like, you must be tired. I said, don't worry.

I said, as long as you're comfortable. Six hours.

I'm not preaching. Driving. Two weeks ago. Why

do you do that? Because I know when I walk with

a man of God, when I sit with a man of God, when

I talk to a man of God, the anointing that is

upon them will be given. When I'm discouraged,

these voices are the voices that speak to me

still. And it says like this, he brought people

into freedom. But at that fireplace is where

the snake, I thought in the New Testament, is

there a snake anywhere else? In Acts 28, you

see the life of Paul in the island of Malta.

Now, he brings some stick, puts fire, hang on,

wherever there is fire, if it is a real one,

where God is showing his manifested glory, nothing

will happen. But when it's not a real, The fire

will make it jump out. Your prayer life has the

power to bring every demonic force out of your

life. The curses that has held your family, you

have the power because of prayer life to bring

it out. You don't need to live with your generational

curse. The devil and his mother -in -law both

are liars. Don't ask me if he has a mother -in

-law or not, but it just sounds good. you to

know, you need to break that in prayer life.

When your prayer gets into that hot moment, it

gets heated up. Every snake is going to come

out. It comes out and bites him. Hang on. What

has spent time in the presence of the fire cannot

kill you. It bites. The whole village is excited.

Now, hang on. He's going to die. He's going to

die. They're waiting for him to die. But he has

been in the presence of God. It's not going to

kill him. Because of his testimony, the whole

island gets saved. Now, I thought of this. Acts

stops in Acts 28 with a snake. Now, my question

to you is, can you become Acts 29? That the fire

of God will burn every snake out of Lincoln you

will chase out in the name of Jesus. Every witch

doctor you will chase out. Every hex will be

destroyed. Every generational curse. Listen to

me, God, hang on, Abraham Lincoln, where was

he born? Kentucky. But where did he live? Now

my question to you is, for you, you had the freedom

because of some great men. Who paid the cost.

Now will you carry that fire. That will burn

and destroy every demonic force. Because demonic

forces are rising up. But they have no authority

over us. So become Acts 29 where the fire burns.

And whatever rises up. And it may try to strike

you. But it cannot destroy you. It cannot destroy

you. So this question arises to you. This morning.

As we celebrate 250 years of God's goodness in

this land. And I'll say this. God's goodness.

The land of the free. And the home of the brave.

We are the soldiers of Jesus Christ. And we are

brave. And we will bring people into freedom.

That they can live in this land in freedom. So

let's become Acts 29, where the fire of the Holy

Spirit will burn through us. Where the glory

of God will be revealed. This day I'm going to

challenge you. Don't give up. Don't shut up.

Don't sit down. But get into the presence of

God. And say God more of you. I need. It may

look strange to other people. It may look weird

to other people. But I want my flesh to be dead.

Watch carefully. In Genesis 22. I'm going to

finish with this. Just two minutes. It says like

this. And Abraham and Isaac are on the mountain.

Isaac is laid on the wood. I can't go into the

whole explanation. It's a beautiful. message

I have on that Abraham's life. It says like this,

he picked up the knife to kill him before the

fire fell. The body had to die. If your flesh

can die, if your agendas can die, God can put

his fire upon you that he can use you greatly

in this nation. I'm going to challenge all of

you right now that fire of God may fall. Every

eye closed. Let's get into the presence of God

and ask God to touch you. Ask God to touch you.

Ask the Holy Spirit to move in your life. Say,

Lord, my agendas are dead. My fleshly desires

are dead. Lord, it's all about you, Lord. It's

all about you, Lord. More of you in my life,

oh Lord. I'm not happy. where I am. I need more

of you, Lord. I need that power to flow. That

power that Moses experienced. The power that

Paul flowed in, oh Lord. Do you know Paul was

one of the most boring preachers? His preacher

was so bad that man fell asleep and then he fell

down and died. But he had so much of power to

raise the man from the dead. You may be boring,

you may not be eloquent in your speech, but if

you have the power of God, That'll do great things.

This day, surrender yourself in the hands of

the Lord. All to Jesus, I surrender. Take me,

use me the way you want. Father, I pray for my

brothers and sisters. I thank you for this house,

your house. I thank you for the leadership. Pastor

Darren and Pastor Cammie and the other leaders,

oh Lord. I thank you for the branch church. I

thank you for what you're going to do more coming

up. I thank you for your faithfulness. But I

pray each and everyone in this house may experience

the tangible presence of the Lord. Lord, if they're

sick in their body, I rebuke that sickness. And

I say, get out in the name of Jesus. Right now,

I take authority from heaven above. And I speak

healing and deliverance. In the mighty name of

Jesus, may God be glorified. Do your work in

them. Let their life become a testimony in the

name of Jesus. Lord, let Lincoln be saved through

this church. As they call themselves, Faith Church.

Let faith be revealed through them. that signs

and wonders will happen in this house use everyone

use everyone Use everyone. I thank you for what

you're going to do. I thank you for what you're

going to do. I thank you for your faithfulness.

I thank you for your goodness. I thank you for

your power that will flow. The call of God is

so strong on your life. The call of God is so

strong on your life. The Lord says, you can't

run anywhere. I'll hold you and I will use you

because I have called you with a plan and purpose

the lord says i will use you in such a way young

people's lives will be changed through you the

lord says i will do great and mighty things through

your life for my hand shall rest upon you i have

not given upon you the lord says i'm taking you

into a greater glory and i'm taking you into

greater things the lord would say to you for

the lord says i will use you in an unusual way

come holy spirit come holy spirit take over