Protecting the Church Nehemiah 7

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Chapter 7? Oh, there's one hand up there.

I can see some more now. I'm glad there's somebody

interested to hear. That's really good.

You know, for me, every word is very important.

The Word of God is inspired, and there's something that God wants

to say from most boring future portions.

Also, there will be something that God wants to say, so let us

see what He has to say to us from Chapter 7.

And yeah, I'm not going to go on all that, every name that's

listed there and the tribes and things like that, but some of

the things which are very important I want to share with

you from Chapter 7. So after the wall had been

rebuilt and I had set the doors in place that gatekeepers and

the singers and the Levites were appointed, I put in charge of

Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah, the

commander of the citadel, because he was a man of

integrity and feared God more than most men do.

Beautiful, very beautiful scripture.

Some of you may be thinking what's beautiful about it?

What is beautiful about it is that now the walls are rebuilt,

gates are set up, work is done in 52 days.

Amazing miracle. But now does the work cease

afterwards? There's no more work for to do.

There's plenty more to do on a daily basis.

So here you see Nehemiah doing certain things.

What is he doing here is he says he set the doors in place.

The gatekeepers and the singers and the Lee Whites were

appointed. Who are these three categories

of people? Gatekeepers are appointed and

you have the singers and Levites.

You don't disconnect the safety of the city from the worship of

the temple. They both are united.

They are 1. You have the walls rebuilt,

gates set up, doors set in place.

It's not over. You need to keep an eye on who

comes in, who goes out. So you need gatekeepers.

Now who are these gatekeepers? Probably there are some of them

who are gatekeepers of the temple were also used as

gatekeepers of the city. Am I communicating here

something? Gatekeepers of the temple are

appointed as gatekeepers of the city.

Do we have gatekeepers in our church?

Everybody's a gatekeeper. I'm telling you, you need to

keep your eyes wide open to see who is coming in, who is going

out, who is coming in, who is going out, because you don't

know who is coming in. Somebody may come in with the

wrong motives and somebody picks up those wrong motives.

It's good to communicate to somebody who is in leadership

because not everything can be done by a leader.

So there is a necessity for keeping your eyes and your ears

open as a gatekeeper. Everybody is a gatekeeper.

And then singers and Lee Whites. Now this is very important

position. Now if you have, if you have to

understand the background of this, you need to look at Second

Chronicles. You need to look at where King

David has appointed Asaph as the leader of those who will be, who

will be leading people in worship and in musical

instruments. And Asaph was not only a choir

leader, but Asaph was also a prophet because when they were

worshipping God and singing, he would also prophecy.

Sometimes we expect the prophecy to come out from nothing.

You don't want to do sing to God, don't want to pray, just

want to do your things. And you expect to become a

prophet. What kind of prophecy will come

out of a man who is not connected to God?

If you are tap into your own soul, soulish prophecies will

come out. But if you tap into the Spirit

of God, then the real prophecy comes out and singing and

worship. See, today John was encouraging

people to connect with the heart of God.

Say something to him, just like a child says to the Father, I

love you. Say something to the Father.

You know, that is what we need. Somehow tapping into the heart

of God is what is the central thing from which prophecy will

flow. Prophecy is not something you

think of. I shared with you when we came

back from America how God gave me a word about a church they

were meeting in a kindergarten. So you will expect that you can

easily get away with the prophecy.

You will get a land to build a church because they have a need.

You can say it, but God did not stop there.

He gave me the dream of a lady and I could, I could see be in

in that building and I said I am on the 3rd or 4th floor.

I see these things on this side and this side on this side and

that's my house. I dreamed about it last night.

Now the second one confirms the first one.

The second word of knowledge confirms the first word of

knowledge that they are going to get a land to build a church.

So you need to tap into the heart of God.

It is not coming out of your brain.

Prophecy should not come out of your brain.

Think about it and then just say something that will that will

fit into the situation. Somebody loses a job and you

hear about it and you say, don't worry brother, God is giving you

a job from your mind. You can say it, but if you go on

your knees and worship God and touch the heart of God and God

shows you, yes, I'm opening this door.

And then you go and say that word will be prophecy, because

it will come with power to fulfill it.

Am I communicating here? So you need the singers and the

Levites. And they were appointed by

Nehemiah. They were appointed by Nehemiah.

They were appointed by King David 1st.

And later King Solomon carried on with the same kind of

classification and he redid the job of his father.

And then you see subsequently many kings have failed to

continue the tradition. And then you come across

Jehoshaphat who ordains these people to go in the battle

singing before the the army. So worship is not just a thing

that you do when you are in comfortable zone, but worship is

something you do even in a situation of a war with an

enemy. That is what is going to give

you victory. You think you are being defeated

by the enemy. Start worshipping God and you

may say I am not a good singer. Do like what I do.

I put I record the things on my Apple Music thing and I play it

there and I sing with it because I am not a good singer.

If I sing, you will all run away from here.

So I can say boldly that I don't know singing.

I am just zero in that part. But can I sing to the Lord?

Yes, God will be pleased to hear my voice because He made me and

he loves to hear my not so musical voice.

He loves to hear it as well. And if you have a good voice you

have no reason to say I don't want to sing.

Praise God, I never knew that I can preach about my not able to

sing also. Its a thing.

So I put in charge of Jerusalem. So you have this temple and you

have the walls rebuilt and the people who are serving the

temple are not just busy with the things of the temple, they

are also busy with the security of the place.

Now you have to have security. Very important.

Security is very important. And if you are aware of the

computers and your other things, you know how how cyber security

is playing a key role. Basically to keep the enemy out

of hacking into your computer, into your details, its very

important. If there was ever any time in

history that security was most important, it is now, is now.

Countries are spying on other countries, hijacking things,

companies shutting down electricity, shutting down the

banks, shutting down the hospitals.

They're doing it from the little thing they have in their house.

They sit there and attack. So same way enemy is busy trying

to attack the Christian Christians and the church and

individuals. He is busy.

We are not busy attacking him. We are not busy becoming aware

that there's been attack going on.

We are not aware. Is there somebody with pain in

the right foot right now? Anybody with the pain in the

right foot, somebody he's attacking.

I know he's attacking somebody. So I bind it right now in the

name of Jesus. They will.

I bind you in the name of Jesus. You will not touch mice, the

children here, no one you will touch.

I bind you in the name of Jesus. Cool.

Let's go on. And the second thing we hear is

now, is there a place for what you call it, family

relationships, promoting family? That's not what I want to say

here. But basically you see Neymar

doing the exactly same thing I put in charge of Jerusalem.

My brother Hanani. My brother Hanani, who is this

guy? He's the same name you heard in

Chapter 1. He brought the news from

Jerusalem to Susa saying the walls have been broken down,

gates have been burned down, and city has got no security.

We are in a great its very insulting to live in Judah, in

Jerusalem, because there is no dignity anymore, no protection

anymore. And when he heard Nehemiah heard

that story, he sat down and he wept for months and prayed.

So that Hanani who brought the news, he is putting him as in

charge of Jerusalem. Why?

He has a heart for Jerusalem, he has a heart to sow, he has a

heart for his safety, he has a heart for his prosperity, he has

a heart for his to flourish. So how do you find people just

because he's name as brother, he's not appointing him there.

You have to find whether they have a heart for the ministry.

Otherwise we cannot put even the family into the positions.

Secondly, you see another man called Hananaya.

Hananaya, who is he? He was a commander of the

citizen. Where is the citadel?

We have seen the map before several times in the in the

northern part of it we have it there Citadel.

There is a tower of 100 is a tower of another 1-2 towers

there and he was in charge of that tower.

What does the tower do you when you are in charge of tower?

You are there appointing people day and night to see if the

enemy is approaching. You will see if the enemy is

approaching. And then you blow the trumpet so

that everybody knows that there's a danger to the city.

And he was in charge of that place.

And now that man, does he have a heart for the city of Jerusalem?

He has. And what he says is about him.

He says because he was a man of integrity, he was not partial.

There's no partiality in his heart.

He was a man of integrity, honest man, and feared God more

than most men do. Fearing God is the number one

quality to serve God. If you don't have fear of God

and you're serving God, I don't think you're really serving God.

You're serving yourself. Fearing God is more than to be

coveted than anything else, because fear of God is the

beginning of wisdom. Fear of God is the beginning of

wisdom. And you need to have that fear.

And when you do not have the fear of God, you can do many

religious things, but it is of no use.

It will be like an offering of Cain, not an offering of Abel.

So we need our life to be accepted, service to be

accepted. We need to have fear of God.

And here you have this two people, Hanani and Hananiah.

Some people think that it is just an error is Hanani and

Hanani are actually the same person.

But when you read there, it says because you're a man of

integrity. I said to them, verse three, I

said to them, them is plural. So Hanani and Hanaya not the

same man. They're two different people.

So he said to them in verse 3, what does he say?

The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is

hot. While the gatekeepers are still

on duty, have them shut down the doors and bar them.

This is another rule that is important when in times of

crisis and in times of peace as well.

There is a precaution. People can slip in through the

darkness. You remember what was the time

and what was the strategy the people had when they wanted to

kill Samson in a city. They said we will wait until he

goes out in the morning when the doors are open, gates are open.

But he did not wait until the morning.

In the middle of the night, he went and picked up, pulled up

the bars and gate, everything and ran away with it.

But they were waiting because once the gates are shut, you

cannot go out. You have to wait for the gates

to be open and people who want to come in to do business, you

have to open the gates for them to come in.

So Nehemiah is giving them orders.

What is the order here? You have to open when the sun is

hot. That means people are wide

awake, they are out of their beds, they are doing their

things and now is the time to open the gates.

Don't open it too early because when it is still dark, you open

the gates. People can sneak in and close

the gate when it is still daylight, so that you are

reducing the possibility of the enemy sneaking in through the

gates before your very own eyes. So he says when it is still,

when it is hot and before it is dark, you close it.

So these are the things. But what?

How do you apply this to us in the church today?

There has to be application, isn't it?

The application today is we need to be doctrinally sound.

All the doctrines that we learn about Trinity, inspirational

scriptures, justification by faith, sanctification, second

coming of Christ, baptism laying on our hands, impartation of the

whole gifts of the Holy Spirit. We must have a very good

knowledge of all the basic doctrines as in as a church, and

that will actually strengthen the walls of the church.

And then you need people who has a proper vision to when they

look at the people, they should be able to say, oh, I see

there's a devil behind that man or this woman.

So you need to have that kind of discernment, the gift of

designing of the spirits. When we have all this, this is

the New Testament pattern and this is the Old Testament.

You've got a physical building, a physical city, walls and

gates, but when you don't have the same situation, the church,

what the church is different body.

Now. Its a living Organism and we

need to have people who will have the gift of discerning of

the spirits and they have to make the right kind of church.

Church should have should be able to make a right kind of

dishes account to that as being led by the Holy Spirit.

So this is a high calling for the church.

Its not something you simply go clap your hands, sing songs, sit

there, listen to the message, put some money and go home.

No, there is more to being a Christian than doing these

things. Anybody excited about what I'm

saying? Can I hear?

Amen. Do you want to grow in the gifts

of the Holy Spirit? Do you want to grow in the good

doctrines of the Bible? That is how you protect the

church. And I'm telling you, it's not

something I am. These are the end times.

Everybody knows it. In these end times, false

prophets will come and false miracle workers will come.

They even will make fire come down from heaven.

That's what is written in the Book of Revelation.

So this is not a time I am not discouraging pursuing miracles.

I am not discouraging pursuing prophecy.

No, it should be from the Holy Spirit, not from the demonics

realm. And when you look into the Cham

in media like YouTube and other places, so much of the demonic

passing for as if it is from God and some of us have got

sometimes it is good to be generous to people, but gift of

discerning of spirits is something different.

You need to wait upon God. So many times I have prayed for

the people who are so well known on the media say God, what is

this from you? Can I trust this person?

I lost that ability to accept everybody because there are so

many of them now deceiving in the name of Jesus.

So you need to be very careful, very, very careful.

And and that's part of guarding the city, guarding Jerusalem,

the church. Then what happens here?

Gates have to be shut. OK.

Is there anyway mostly identical?

Oh, that's OK. Next thing.

And also apart residents of Jerusalem as gods, some at their

posts and some near their own houses.

Now you need people to take turns.

It is everybody's job. Protection of city is not just

handful of people appointed to take care of it.

It's everybody's job. So what is Neymar saying?

He's appointed them. Some of them.

He appointed residents of Jerusalem.

They are living inside Jerusalem.

But they also have to take turns to care for wherever this

protection needs. Somebody has to do the night

shift. They has somebody has take turns

for it and then some at their own, at their own residency,

their own houses. The houses may be closer to the

wall and there is a gate and then you, your house is there.

So you go and do your shift. There is a night shift.

You know, so many times there was not yet.

I mean in Christchurch we didn't have crime rates as it's

becoming more and more these days. 23 years ago when we came

you don't hear once in a year or twice in a year you'll hear

about a stabbing or a murder. But now its just going on and

now not even being reported looks like sometimes.

So drug cases, shootings and so many things are happening which

is just an increase in the crime rate and cars are being stolen

in the night in the most decent of the areas.

What I'm trying to say here is that the crime is going up.

So people are coming together and forming neighborhood, you

know, guard duties. They form a committee.

They're into small groups. They're going driving in the

night to keep looking suspicious cars stop them, talk to them.

You know, people are taking security into their own hands.

And what are the police doing? That can be a big question mark.

But police have their own hands full that that's what they say.

They cannot attend to it. Even if you hold somebody,

arrest somebody and say your hold, I'm holding him right now,

this guy who was walking with a knife will say no, no, no, don't

just let him go. They are saying so it's not

right. But in Neymar's time, people

took security in their own hands.

In turns. They are going standing there in

the nights and taking care of the city.

And we cannot physically translate that into the church.

But one of the ways anybody can protect a church is to maintain

doctrinal purity. Well, there, there will be

differences in doctrines. I am not trying to say there is

a uniform way of understanding everything.

There will be some. Some things you can say, OK, I

accept it or I can leave it and don't have to force the other

guy. He had to believe what I

believe. No, I don't have to do that.

But at the same time some things non negotiable.

You disagree on this matter? We cannot have fellowship, that

kind of a thing. Cool.

Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few

people in it. As I told you, it was only the

whole you can go around the city walls, 2.4 kilometers roughly.

It will take you about 25 minutes to 30 minutes to walk

around the city on the walls. It's not a very big area, but

very few people who were there. So he had to encourage some

people to come and dwell inside the city so that the security

will increase. When you have only few people,

you cannot ask. Everybody will be have to be

doing the shift all through the nights, every day and they get

tired. So he was saying, OK, come in.

Also, there's a lesson here for the church.

There's more room for others to come into the church.

Can we say that again, there is more room for others to come

into the church? Let's say it again.

Yeah, we are actually few now, like the Jerusalem, there is

more room. We need people to come in.

So when you just keep sharing the vision of Omega with

somebody who will, who is interested, and they may say,

OK, we want to come in and see what happens here.

We are not here to steal sheep. We are here to share the gospel

and so that they will believe in the name of Jesus and then we

disciple them and that they will be rooted and grounded and bear

fruit, much fruit in the glory of God.

That's the vision of Omega. So everybody has to do it, not

just one person. So we need to do all of us

should be sharing the gospel, bringing in people because

there's more room in the church to bring people in.

Cool. And the houses have not yet been

rebuilt. So my God put into my heart to

assemble the nobles and the officials and the common people

for registration by families. Now this is very important thing

for Nehemiah Chapter 7. This is a very important

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statement. We are reading here what he was

trying to say. OK, we have few people here, but

the people have come from different parts of Judah.

People have been taken as captives.

When they return, they go back to their own home, like you are

living in, let's say #1 Warden St.

You are taken away and you come back.

Where will you go #1 Warden St. And see, ah, is my house still

there? Is there something that I can

recover? Can I rebuild it?

So people who came back from Soussa, who came back from

Babylon, from the Persian Kingdom, and they had to, they

were going back to their own places.

That's the reason why we have less people inside Jerusalem.

So he said its important that we should register the family.

We should make a registry or make registration by families.

What he was trying to do here is he wants to have a pure race

comeback. Its simply OK tell me who is

your father and who is your grandfather?

Who is your great grandfather? You have a list of they used to

carry the story by orally by mouth most of them.

You ask him who are you? He will tell his fathers name

and son of so and so father who is son of so and so who is son

of so and so son of so and so. They'll go back to the 12 tribes

leaders. So he was trying to get that

back and make sure there's a pure Israelites coming back.

So that's what he did and genealogical record of those who

had been the first written. This is what I found written

there. So this is he is relying on some

other record. What is he saying here?

Who had been the first to return?

This is what I found written there.

So he is looking at some document.

Where is the document Ezra chapter 2?

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That document is in Ezra chapter 2.

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So if you sit have a lot of time, sit with Ezra chapter 2

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and Nema Chapter 7 and look and compare.

There will be some differences, but those differences are not

irreconcilable. They can be reconciled.

Like the total number of people that you find in Ezra is certain

number and in Neymar it's a certain number.

There's a difference of few thousands, but that difference

can be explained if you have time to sit down and do.

I don't find any great moral value in doing it, so I'm

skipping that part. I can do it for you, but it's

not so important. So you have all these people

come back. You've got a dozen people

mentioned there and I was thinking about the dozen names.

Why does he use 12 names? Are they referring to the 12

tribes of Israel? No, because you don't have 12

tribes. Come back to Jerusalem, the

northern part, 10 tribes, they are gone and now we don't know

where they are. And that's why you have the

Samaritans, the Sun Ballot and Tobiah.

There are mixed race now from the northern tribes and some of

them are the southern tribe as well.

So you are looking at a list of people who belong to Judah and

he's giving you 12 names of leaders who who are leaders and

who you can connect to one of the 12.

Its like that. So now after all these things,

where do we go? Now these searched for their

family records but they could not find them and so they were

excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

Now this is a very bold statement.

Neymar did OK. Some people claim to belong to

the priestly family. We are from the priests.

Who is your father? Grandfather.

Great grandfather. I can tell some things, but some

things are missing. I just.

I can't prove that I'm 100%. I am from the priestly family.

OK. You cannot prove it.

You will not eat from the food that is allowed, only for

priests to eat. You will stay away until we make

sure by consulting Urim and Tamim.

What is Urim? Tamim again you have to go back

to Aaron the priest. He had on his robe a set of I

think 2 stones or a set of 2 stones, 6 + 6, whatever.

Urim is one set of stones or one stone, and Thummim is another

stone. And when they have to find out

something, the will of God is this right or wrong?

So some priest will come and ask the question as the high priest

is standing wearing these robes and one of them is going to

light up, and if that lights up, it is a South and the other one

lights up, it is a number. So this is how they used to

determine the mind of God, will of God, on every individual

matter and every individual matter they used to console Orim

and Tamim. If you look back into the story

of Saul, when Jonathan went in and attacked the Philistines,

they had a great victory. But then he said he made a vow,

he took a oath. No one should eat anything until

we finish our enemies. But Jonathan, he put his stick

and ate some honey and he was refreshed.

His eyes became bright and he was able to go in great vigor

and go after the Philistines and finish them.

Kill the mall. And now that the mattress

brought to Saul, your son Jonathan ate some honey.

Oh, did he? I told anybody who eats honey

will be put to death. So he has to carry the thing

forward. So he wanted some more support.

So he says, let us now consult the priest, Urim and Tamim.

So he says OK if me and my family are at fault speak

through Urim, if rest of the Israelis are false speak to

Tamil. So the this light comes up, he

and his family are guilty. So now he next time he says now

speak O God, is it between me and my son?

The son was taken up. And then he says tell me what

you have done. Oh I ate some of the honey.

OK, you will be put to death. A whole Israelite just said no

you cannot put him to death. Because of him, we got a

victory. Because of him we got victory.

We are not going to put him to death.

So that day the people rescued Jonathan from being put to

death. This is a very glib way of

finding God's will, misusing the provision of Urim and Tamim.

That's what he did. But when he wanted, when he was

in a crisis, when he wanted to go into the war and he wanted to

hear God, God, are you going to give me victory there?

It says in the book of First Samuel, you see that he says

that God did not speak to him through dream.

God did not speak to him through a prophecy.

God did not speak to him through Urim and Tamim.

God says, no, I am not going to speak.

You cannot make him speak. But in the New Testament it's

different. Can I hear everybody say it?

In the New Testament is different.

Why is it different? You have the gift of the Holy

Spirit dwelling in you. You are in union with the Holy

Spirit. And when you get into the habit

of hearing His voice on a small matters and then hear His voice

on the big matters, it is something you can grow into.

There's something you need to invest your time.

You cannot always depend on somebody to prophecy to you.

It don't depend on somebody prophesying into your life.

Why you can hear yourself, everybody can hear the voice of

the Holy Spirit. So the last time you see the

people make a mistake is in the book of Acts chapter 1 where you

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see that because Judas was killed already, I mean he

committed suicide and out of the 12 you have got only 11

disciples. Now Peter says OK, we had to

replace according to the Psalm he quotes on the Psalm, we had

to replace the one who is missing in our side.

So let us cast lots, write the names of they found two people

and they both they write their names on two pieces of paper or

something and cast lots and it was taken a Matthias came out

and he was becoming one of the 12:00.

But that is the last time you hear in the church this kind of

external means of finding the mind of God.

Some Christians, some some people come and tell me, oh, I

wanted to know the will of God, should I go to Australia or not?

So I made two pieces of paper, Australia and other people, New

Zealand and I prayed over it and folded and I picked up with my

eyes closed, it came Australia. That's not how God wants to

communicate anymore. He doesn't want to communicate

to you through lots. He has given you the Holy Spirit

to live in you 24 by 724 by 7. He is not going to leave you

Monday. He is not going to leave on a

Tuesday. He won't be leaving on a Sunday.

But we are not despising the gift of prophecy.

No, we are encouraging everybody to become a prophet.

Everyone of you can prophecy. That's what Paul wrote to them.

All of you can prophecy. All of you does all have your

name included? You believe that your name is

included in that all and set aside time to pray.

Pray. I took me 7 years.

I'm telling my friend seven years to hear the I used to hear

on and off. But I had one encounter with the

Holy Spirit. He spoke to me for seven days

explaining the scriptures every evening.

That changed my life. But you need to have that hunger

to hear the voice of God. You may not understand what's

going on in your life. Why is this happening?

Why is that happening? Why is that happening?

Why? Why am I losing money?

Why am I becoming sick? Go to God and ask God what is

the root cause of all my problems.

Wait in His presence, pray in tongues, wait in His presence,

Pray in tongues, wait in His presence.

If he doesn't speak tomorrow, do the same thing tomorrow and day

after until he says the problem is this and puts the finger on

the problem. When we don't want to pay the

price, we have no solution. When we don't want to pay the

price, we have no solution. We need to have the time with

God and then bang you, you have these things.

At the conference they said, oh all of you pair up and pray for

each other. So I pair up with a man and he

happened to be a man who has been a fourth generation

minister of Four Square, great grandfather who worked with Amy

Simple MacPherson. And she said just go to this

place and do the ministry. And he went off to Argentina and

he started a church there and then his son and his son.

And this man is now the 4th generation man is serving in

Foursquare. He was born in Argentina,

brought up in the US. And he says I'm a Argentinian, I

speak Spanish, that's my motherland, that's my first

language. English is my second language.

You see a Spanish man bound in a white man's body.

I said that's inspiring testimony, how somebody's

consecration can impact 4 generations and on and on.

When you love God, your children will love God and your

grandchildren will love God. Some things can go wrong.

Don't worry about that every. We cannot take guilt about it,

but you bring it to God and say, well, I put that blood on my

family now. It's never too late for God to

put his finger and change things.

So put that family, bring the family before God.

As a high priest, as a king, you have the responsibility to hold

the family and let that thing begin to work.

Now. It's never too late.

It's never too late. It's never too late.

We need to go back to God and say, I will wait in your

presence until you give me an answer.

And he, the Holy Spirit who lives in you wants to speak to

you. Decision making.

Everybody said decision making. I will conclude it very soon.

Jesus Christ has to make the decision.

Did he? He wanted to select the 12.

What did he do? He went away on the mountain

top, prayed all night. Was it the only time he prayed?

He must have prayed several nights and said, God, who do you

father? Tell me, who are you selecting

out of this? Children of Israel?

Whom are you selecting, father? Brother said take 12 people.

Hi, that guy Peter whom you called Rock, take him.

He is one of them, and his brother Andrew and all the 12

names. And in the morning he comes and

calls the disciples and selects 12 out of all the disciples.

And he said, I am sending you, sorry, I am calling you

apostles. Should we do anything different?

Should we have a structure just because we need to have a

structure? No, I don't believe so.

I personally wait upon God for everybody here.

You may think, oh, I just go, sit there and go.

I don't think Ramana ever remembers me in his prayer.

You are wrong. I am praying for everyone of you

and there are times I pray and say God show me what's happening

in this family and I may release a word of prophecy here.

I will not tell the name. I know that that person if they

identify, they will come and send.

Many times I missed it. Though I have given the word for

the family, they did not respond.

They think that's not my problem.

If God says that's his problem and people don't come forward,

that's not my problem too. My responsibility ends with

prayer and waiting in the presence of God for each one of

the families. So it's the same thing for

everything. We don't make decisions just

because I want. I like somebody, take him.

I don't like somebody, I don't take him.

This is not the way I function. I go to God and say, God, show

me are you raise your hand on this person to join me.

I think that's how we need to be guided by the Holy Spirit.

And He wants to guide. Who wants to guide?

Holy Spirit wants to guide. He is interested in your

business. He he is interested in your

health. He is interested in your

finances. He is interested in your

children. He is interested in your every

kind of unforeseen circumstances.

He is interested in it. He wants to give you warning.

He wants to protect you. He wants to guide you.

He wants to bless you. And I encourage you to connect

with the Holy Spirit. If you say, oh, I have not, no,

I have never done it like this before, You can do now.

Until you hear from the Holy Spirit, you don't get up.

That is a determination with which you go on your knees.

So many times I go on my knees, I say, Father, I want to hear.

I want to hear your voice. I want to hear the voice of the

Holy Spirit. I don't want to get up until you

hear. I'm waiting there for one hour I

don't hear, two hours I don't hear, 3 hours I don't hear.

And then I carry the problem into the next day.

Do the same thing. Wait, wait, pray, wait, pray,

wait. And usually takes three days,

not longer than three days. He will speak even before 3 days

or even the third day. Many difficult decisions I made.

The third day he spoke to me. That's why I'm telling you 3

days. Try it.

Then you can come and stand here and give your testimony.

I am not telling you what doesn't work.

I'm telling you something that works.

Shall we pray? Thank you Jesus.

Savarana Sastre Bharano Harasaktasandarano ristaka

barano Rosa barani mandarani sastaroni ho bash rastako

sandana mana re sastar E barano ho rabasha nakasek reni risha

rabahano Rosa bahari mandastakoroni.

If some of you says no, I never heard the voice of Holy Spirit.

I want to hear just stand where you are.

I am going to pray and ask the Holy Spirit true touch you feel

you refresh you in such a way that you will begin to your ears

will begin to hear his voice. Your eyes will begin to see the

spiritual realm in the name of Jesus.

He paid a great price that you should hear his voice.

Why do you want to lose that gift?

Why do you want to lose the lose the privilege of hearing his

voice? I never heard his voice.

I want to do so. Just stand where you are.

I am going to pray for you. Thank you Jesus.

Rashi Khandarani Marsu who? Rabba Shandosto Kandaranaste

rista raho ribbonama Sandasakuroni.

Thank you, Jesus, Lord, I pray for your children.

Now I confess the blood of the powerful, blood that you shed

for each one of us. I put that blood on the spirit,

soul and body, and I disconnect every voice of the enemy.

Right now I disconnect the Satan, the thief.

I kick you out of their life now You will not stop them from

hearing and seeing in the spiritual realm in the name of

Jesus. I bind you, I bind you, I bind

you in the name of Jesus. Let my children go free.

Let my children go free. Let my children go free in the

name of Jesus Ears be open to hear the voice of the Holy

Ghost. Eyes be open to see in the

spiritual realm in the name of Jesus, right now, right now,

right now, right now. Holy Ghost, come with power upon

your children. I light upon them now.

Come Holy Ghost, Come Holy Ghost, come Holy Ghost, come

Holy Ghost, touch them now in the name of Jesus.

Thank you again for your children who have this hunger.

Give them grace to wait in your presence.

Pray in tongues and become silent to hear your voice and

pursue that day after day after day and before they know.

Let them hear your voice and see things you have kept in store

for them. I bless them in the name of the

Father, Son, the Holy Ghost. You are blessed.

No one can change it. Jesus mighty name, Amen.