Expecting the Door to More

Today, I told you on Sunday that today is like a appetizer for

this weekend. And you know, obviously I

recognize we're going to be here Friday night, Saturday, Saturday

night and then Sunday morning, Sunday night.

And and so being aware of that, I have it in my spirit that this

is to prepare you for. And here's the thing, you know,

obviously on Wednesday night, you want everyone on Sunday to

show up on Wednesday at the end of the day.

I don't believe there should be a drop off.

You know, now if people work during this time, that's a

different ball game. But if they do not work, I don't

care if you got you have kids, your children in sports, I don't

care if you're coming from work. And you know, when you work on,

you know, sanitation truck come doesn't matter.

Just show up because there's things God wants to impart.

But when you do come on Wednesday and Sunday, then what

that typically means is that you're really wanting to be a

disciple and that you're hungry for the word of God.

And it's amazing what God can do with hunger, what he can do with

hunger because God desires that none would perish.

Now that's a desire, but that's not going to happen.

He desires that none would perish, but that all would come

to repentance. But we know not all are going to

come to repentance. And when they stand before him

on that day, the Great White Throne Judgment, He's going to

let them know every opportunity they had to hear and hear, and

they did hear and yet didn't receive him.

Amen. So again, you know, we go

through life a lot of times, you know, and if we don't watch out,

you know, we're picking, you know, what we do, when we do,

how we do. And the reality is God's going

to hold us accountable to all the opportunities he set before

you. And did you make those

opportunities? All right, These are divine

appointments. And, you know, I could see a

service going every day. It could happen you know could

the world get so bad that we need to assemble everyday just

to keep ourselves sane and in the word and focus on the things

of God. If that's what was necessary,

sure. However, you know God does have

divine times that he wants to do things with congregations.

Obviously with us. We're doing a Kingdom rise

coming this Friday and those who are set aside time something

very specific to do some different impartation.

So tonight I want to talk to you about expecting, because

expecting is the door for more. It is a door for more.

Now you should expect every service, don't get me wrong, but

not every service is set up the same.

You know, there is a services that we do on Sunday, Wednesday,

things we do with the schools, things we do with the men on

Monday. I mean, there's a repetition and

a discipline aspect of that. And that's a part of God.

In fact, one of the keys of being a disciple is you must be

disciplined. All right.

But then there are times that God does the extraordinary.

He does things a little bit different than just the

day-to-day. He shows up in ways that are not

common. You didn't expect in you're

expecting because when you do expect, you give the Lord the

license to go exceeding abundantly far beyond what you

could think or imagine, which tells us you're thinking you're

imagining. This is why your imagination you

should cultivate because the minute I hit that scripture that

God will do exceedingly abundantly beyond what I can

think or imagine, I'm like, I need to be a thinker and I need

to be at imagine big because then it it puts God in the

position and says, Oh, you think that's something amazing.

How about this? And then all of a sudden,

something you weren't even thinking about, our imagining is

even bigger than you thought. Because I mean, how can our

finite minds even get around our creator God?

However, we should strive to want to know him, Paul said.

I want to know him. I want to know him, you know, so

we want to have a discipline and that's not a knowing him when we

go to heaven. That's a knowing him day in and

day out, knowing intimately, how does he function?

What's he doing? How can I be involved with the

work that he's doing because he wants to Co labor with me

because I'm Co laboring with him.

And there are many things we can do together, but expectation

really opens up the door for more.

So I'm going to show you this in Acts chapter 3, starting in

Acts 3 · chapter mention

verse one through 5, it says now Peter and John were going up to

the temple at the 9th hour, the hour of prayer, OK.

And it went on to say that the man who had and a man who had

been lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom

they used to sit down every day. How many days?

Every day. So when's the hour to pray?

The 9th hour. But how many days?

Apparently every day. Something's going on at temple

every day because if nothing was going, if this guy came to the

US churches, right? I mean, you better get the

mother lode one day, you know, most.

Anyway, he went there every day at the of the temple, which is

called beautiful, OK, in order to beg arms of those who were

entering the temple. Now, why is he doing this?

Oh, first of all, he's going to a place where God dwells #2 he's

going to a place where people are the probably the most

compassionate, right? In essence, he's going to God,

although he's not in the temple. And you understand, if we were

under if, if he's up underneath the thought of the law, there's

some challenges that go with being in the temple anyway.

And I'm not going to get into all the challenges that get into

that. But there were some issues,

especially if people had issues with blood couldn't even go

worship in the temple. The leprosies couldn't go into

the temple. You know, there was many things

that restricted them from being in there.

So here he is, he's going to God, he's going to the gate.

He's allowing God's people to come past him.

He obviously cannot work. If he could work, he would work,

but he cannot. So he's left to this lifestyle

of basically looking for the generosity of those who go to

the creator in heaven and earth to give to the poor.

All right, so it says when Peter and John came, right, they saw

when when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he

was asking to receive alms. So obviously he asked the

question. You have not caused you all

right? But Peter along with John fixed

his gaze on him and said. Now he, the beggar saw Peter.

He asked. And why is he asking?

Because he's expecting something.

Why is he even at the gate? Because he's like if he

expected. I never get anything when I go

to this temple. Every time I show up, no one

ever gives me a thing. I never get a thing.

Nothing ever happens. Well, there's no expectation,

you know what I'm saying? He's like, why am I going there?

He's going somewhere where there's an expectation and he is

expecting to receive. So here's he's expecting to

receive alms, right? But Peter, because that he's in

a layer of expectation. Peter moved into a Mordor

because this man's never coming to the temple with this thought

about what's about to happen. He is coming to God in provision

God's people with compassion. There's an expectation that I

will receive. I don't know where this guy's

hearts at entirely, although we probably can see it pretty

clear. The minute that happened, either

that was an instant conversion or his heart was towards God.

He just had limitations. He could not, you know, exercise

his praise as much as he wanted to in his condition.

Regardless, we see here that Peter fixed his gaze on him and

said look at us and he began to give them his attention.

Here it is expecting to receive something from them.

What's he expecting money. OK now Peter let's go on next

verse says this. Oh that's stop there five.

OK Peter then just goes on to say what silver and gold I have

none. Although he had gold, he just

saying I'm not going, I'm not giving you what you want.

I'm going to give you what you're not expecting.

We God decided to do an exceeding abundant for you today

because God just doesn't want you in the receiving mode.

God wants you to be able to not only receive, but to be able to

give because he's in a position that basically he's receiving.

Now, I'm not saying he couldn't give his arms away.

I'm just saying he's not productive in society because he

cannot work because he's lame from his mother's womb.

But God just elevated his status of life.

You know what we're talking about and not a, a Western

philosophy here. You know, in the Eastern there

was, there were classes of people, you know, and, and, and

these individuals that were beggars, you know, they were

looked down upon. God just elevated him out of

that. He was no longer limited to a

type of work. And so as a result of that,

Peter says they weren't going to have none but what I do have I

give to you in the name of Jesus, rise up and walk grabs

him and snatches his up out of the ground.

He didn't say how are you feeling?

Didn't do they said come on now try.

Can you let me let's work a little bit.

The Bible says that that he snatched him up.

Peter was so convinced he had heard God without any evidence

of what he heard, he grabs the man and snatches him up.

And when his legs came out from his cloak, they were

strengthened and hit the ground strong.

Now I'm not telling you they were Pastor Mike's legs when

they came out. They probably look more like

mine. However, they had strength to

them, right? OK, so he pulled him up.

There he is. This man received more than he

expected, but he did not come without expectation.

If you understand, here's the thing.

If, if you do not come to any service, you know, if you do not

come to service expecting, then you're getting exactly what you

came for. If you're coming with this, show

me. Let's see what you got.

You're not getting anything. You understand God does not move

on people like that because he's had plenty of religion.

People say, well, you far show me a miracle.

Do some. He's like you seek.

All you do is seek a sign. What did he say about those

people? He said, you perverse and wicked

generation, all you do is seek a sign.

Now, there's nothing wrong with science.

God uses science to declare that God's full of authority, power,

He's supreme. The point though, is when we

have expectation, it moves God not only to meet your

expectation, but to exceed your expectation.

But if you just like, well, if this is really God in this

place, let's just see what happened.

Well, you know what? You'll walk out not thinking he

was here and he's jumped all around you and you didn't even

know because God's not obligated to, to prove himself to you.

He's God. He's God.

I said he's God. So we have to keep our mindset

in this. I'm expecting God.

I mean, I'm going to tell you I've not arrived to a place

where I don't, I don't need to expect anything.

I mean, how much more? The more I discover about God,

the more I realized what I still don't know.

And it drives me to want to know and desire to know and to see

things happen, you know, and experience things happen and to

be sometimes I'm just, a lot of times I come in to just expect

God to do something in someone else's life so they know that

God meets their expectation. And if that happens, I'm like,

praise God because I know, I know that he's alive, that he

loves me, that he cares for me, that he always meets the

expectation. Now, I could technically take

this word and we could use the the term we're most familiar

with when we talk about expectation.

It's called hope, which is confident expectation.

But I'm not going to say hope today because you know, in the

church today, most of them do not know biblical hope.

It is not. Most people do not have a

biblical hope. They have secular hope, which is

wishful thinking. It may happen, it may not

happen. If it does, great.

If it doesn't, well, God knew better.

Well, God doesn't function that way.

God always does what He says He does His word.

So that's why hope biblically is a confident expectation because

when God speaks, you can confidently expect, which now

moves you over into faith that I'm going to have exactly what

he says. And not only what he says, but

he can do exceeding abundantly. It can open the door for more.

You could literally be believing God for a financial breakthrough

and God do way more than your financial breakthrough.

You know, your financial breakthrough may not be getting

a raise. It could be someone pays off

your house. Well, that'd be a pretty good

breakthrough. I mean, God's not obligated to

meet your need the way you think he's supposed to meet your need

at all. However, if we have ears to hear

got to do some awesome things in our life.

Look at this in Psalms 27 verse 14.

Psalms 27:14

It says wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

Be strong and let your heart take courage.

Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

So we see here that the psalmist is saying wait for now.

This word wait is not passive. This is not passive.

If if you are a person that says you're waiting, but you're have

no attention to that which you're waiting, you are not

waiting. You have forgotten.

If all of a sudden someone's supposed to meet you and you've

gotten so busy that when they showed up, you're like, oh,

you're here. I forgot.

Well, I thought you were waiting.

Well, I am. I mean, I'm here.

No, you're not waiting. You had no attitude of waiting.

You were distracted. I mean, they could have passed

you by and you never would have known because you had no

expectation. So when we're talking about

waiting, there's an expectation. What do we call pregnant women

expecting? Right.

And there's something about it. I mean, if it was like, oh, I

didn't know I was having a baby, right?

I mean, what kind of wife would be excited about their husbands?

Like, oh, I went on the fishing trip.

I didn't, I didn't know that you were due.

I mean, hey, I'm here, right? I mean, I was just waiting on

the fishing trip. I mean, you're like, you're not

waiting. You had no expectation of what's

going on here, right? Because when you're waiting on

someone with expectation, you're standing at the door just kind

of checking, right? I mean, when I wait on my my

wife, which we do this, as you know, is I could track her, she

can track me, right? It's fun.

And so I'm like, I texted her the other day.

I said, Ah, so you went to Target instead of Walmart Right

Now the reason I check is because I'm waiting on her

return. That's the only reason, not

because I'm concerned about where she's at.

I know where she's at. She tells me she doesn't lie,

she doesn't deviate. I don't have that issue.

What I'm saying is is that sometimes she'll she'll be, you

know, tracking me and I'll give her, Hey, I'm almost I'm letting

her know why? Because there's this expectation

we're about to meet again, right.

So again, you're kind of looking today.

My wife had went out, had the dentist and I was at the house

myself in preparation. And I hit man wonder where she's

at. She's coming back.

I'm expect she should be. You know, I feel like she should

be here by now. So I was just about to pull out

where she was and there she was. I tried to play it cool, stayed

on the couch, you know, does she open the door?

But sometimes tell, tell them the truth.

Now I'll stand out in the driveway and watch her drive

down. That's called waiting on

something. There's an expectation.

I want to see it. I want to, I want it to arrive.

I want it to be in my possession.

I want it to be here where I can see it.

And you know, we if we're going to be here with God or when we

go into special meetings, you know, the set aside times that

God speaking to us, we got to say, you know what, I'm coming

with an expectation, right, I'm coming with an expectation not

oh, forgot we had a service. You're not waiting and there's

no expectation. But when you're like excited,

then you're doing. You mean, I know I could talk to

parents right now. You tell your children you're

going to Disney, they're like talking about it.

They're having a conversation, they're waiting, they're

counting down to days. They're reminding, you see,

that's waiting where we're going.

Just got to wait a couple more days and then they let you know

next day, you know, we going to Disney in two days.

I'm aware of that. That's called waiting.

So it's not passive. It's this expectation.

It's always on your mind. You're expecting something to

happen and that's what he's saying.

Wait for, confidently expect the Lord.

Be strong and let your heart take courage yes.

Wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

That means that if I'm believing God's going to give a word to me

to answer something that I, you know, need an answer for, well,

then I should come to service with a confident expectancy.

He's going to speak to me and whether he speaks to me through

a song, whether he speaks to me through the written word,

whether he speaks to me through a sentence or two.

That's have been priests, whether it comes through the

gifts of the spirit through the through the whoever ministers or

maybe even just within the congregation.

You know, it seems like the Lord's saying then you know

what, why? If you're like, I know I'm going

to get it. I know I'm going to get what God

has for me. You have to have expectation.

All right, Proverbs chapter 3, excuse me, chapter 8 verse 34

Proverbs 3 · chapter mention

Proverbs 834 says blessed is the man who listens to me watching

daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.

You know, a lot of times we miss God is because we're really not

waiting. Now I didn't intentionally did

not use the scripture tonight. Those who wait on the Lord.

OK, you know, can we use that a lot?

However, I do want to clarify that scripture when it says

those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength.

That word wait is where we get the word waiter.

And wait again is not passive. It means engaging and serving.

So that's not sitting in, you know, sitting in your house

waiting for God to bring it. It's you actually serving God.

You're waiting on the Lord. I'm here to serve you.

I'm your waiter. How can I wait on you?

What do you need me to do for you?

Because when I wait on you, then he'll say, why don't you just

you know what? I, I'm on one on the menu.

I just want you to sing a praise.

So you sing a praise to him. You deliver a praise to his

table. Come on.

You deliver a praise to his table.

All right. And then, you know, you deliver

what else he says whatever else. And you know what?

He'll give you the fattest tip you've ever had in your life.

I mean, it's called life changing tips because God is a

rewarder to those who diligently seek him.

So waiting on the Lord is like, I just wish you'd talk to me.

You need to go serve him. You need to go pray to him.

You need to go sing to him. You need to go worship.

You need to go exalt his name. You need to remind, you need to

remind yourself how holy, how blameless, how awesome he is.

You're bringing stuff to his table and, and even I was

talking to someone today sometimes you bring Isaiah 26 to

him. You bring your case before the

Lord Lord. I'm bringing my case to you in

essence, like a waiter. This happened to me at Black

Mild the other day. I was betwixt between two

places, 2 plates, let's put it that way.

I was betwixt between two plates, whether to eat shrimp

and crab cakes or to go on and have shrimp and fish.

And so my waiter says I'll pick it for you.

I'm like, that's cool. Surprise me.

It's going to be one of the other.

I didn't know. And he picked the shrimp and

grit cake. And I wasn't disappointed

because I didn't know which one I wanted.

I was betwixt between two plates.

He said I'll decide for you. No problem, right.

So again, you can bring things to the Lord you're bringing your

case now, Lord, we could go this way in this issue.

We could go here. All I know is your word says

this, your word says here and I'm bringing this before you.

This is what's on the menu. You tell me what you want to do

and then the Lord to give you some information.

OK, so we are we are waiting on the Lord.

But here's the thing that says blessed is the man who listens

to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorpost.

It's amazing how fast we'll go to everyone else.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with seeking advice.

There's nothing wrong with being surrounded by a multitude of

counsel. If the council live godly lives,

and I can even say it this way, the council is authorized in

your life. However, ultimately the scene

realm isn't where we go first. We need to go to the Lord.

And when we go to the scene realm to ask, it should only

start to confirm something already on the inside of us,

because that's the real direction we want.

Now sometimes it will happen that someone says the Lord will

give you the idea through someone, but it'll be confirmed

in your spirit. But again, you have to wait on

that. I know that through the

multiplicity of different things that I have to make decisions

on, I'm like, OK Lord, how in the world do you want me to

handle that one? And I go to scripture and I talk

to him and I'm like, Lord, where you at?

You know, and sometimes people are sending emails and wanting a

response and wanting this and I'm like, I don't have an answer

and I'm not letting their so-called emergencies move me.

I'm just going to hang out at the gates.

I'm going to stand by the doorposts because I know this.

When he speaks, I'll be blessed because I'm going to listen.

I'm going to do it his way. Hey, man, Hallelujah.

Just because you can go to I don't want to say things too

loud and it just all the ask me stuff.

Just because you can go there quick doesn't mean God's going

to respond to you the same way. Because God's not artificial

intelligence. He is the source of

intelligence. He's beyond intelligent.

He's wisdom, right? So don't get so conditioned that

thinking fast is the right answer.

Nothing wrong with it, I have no problem with it.

I use it myself to gain access to certain pieces of

information. But even then, I'm skeptical

because I'm like, I mean, at all the information in the world

this thing's drawing from, how many of these sources are even

right? Because I might have, I might

discredit some sources. You know, there's plenty of

things written in libraries that are false, but they're written

and AI is pulling that information, compiling it based

upon subjects. So, you know, unfortunately, I

kind of missed the old reference catalog where I could see the

book and see who it was. And then you could go track down

the individual and say, talk to me about this.

I need to know if your sourcing is right.

But I'm glad I can go to the author of the Bible that's

called, he's called the Holy Ghost, and he will talk to me.

Amen. All right, limitation.

Chapter 3, verse 25 says it this way.

The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly

for him, to those who seek him. Why aren't we supposed to seek

Him anyway? Acquire of and for and for him

and require him by right of necessity and on the authority

of God's word. Man, that's so good.

So again, let me tell you that the Lord is good to those who

wait hopefully and expectantly for him in our society today

where, you know, people can say anything they wanted to as fast

as they want to and and they can respond, you know, any way they

want to. You know, it takes a real man

and woman of God to be able to be quick to hear, slow to speak

and slow to wrath. And you know, I'm not going to

say, you know, Christians are doing a 100% great at that.

However, the Bible tells us that God is good to those who wait,

you know, and so when you're confronted with something, it's

always good to do this right. Take a step back.

Now they teach you that in the outfield as well.

When they hit in the outfield that instead of running up on

the ball, especially in softball, because the minute you

do, then you're like, it floats and it's go.

So they always tell them take a step back first and then go

towards the ball. Now, I didn't play outfield, I

played infield. And so, you know, you just took

off because it's usually coming. But with that being said, same

thing in the Spirit, you need to take a step back, stop.

Listen. Hearing is important.

Hearing is the foundation for us to have faith.

Faith comes by. So you can't rush in talking.

You got to step back in here so that you can then.

But if you step back to here with no expectation, then guess

what you're going to hear crickets, right?

Crickets. Amen.

You know, and if I was being ChatGPT ish, you know, delay

does not mean denial. I understand.

OK, Micah Chapter 7 verse 7 says, But As for me, I will

Micah 7:7

watch expectantly for the Lord. I will wait for the God of my

salvation. My God will hear me.

I'm curious in the realm of faith, you know, how many people

come to service in faith just to hear from God?

I mean, what layers on a consistent basis Are you in

expectation? I expect to hear something from

the word I've not heard before. I mean, is there that in you?

Is there that you know? I mean, are you in the

expectation of we earnestly desire spiritual gifts and we

know that you move on the body as it pleases.

You can be me today and I expect it can be me.

If it's your will to be me and I'll move, I'll yield.

But if it's not, I'm expecting it nonetheless.

Now again, God doesn't have to do it, but if the expectations

not there, then why is He doing anything right now?

When it comes to other meetings, other meetings are not better.

They're just designed to do what they're ordained to do.

Do you know how many believers run from conference to

conference to conference to conference to Holy Ghost

meeting, the Holy Ghost meeting, the Holy Ghost meeting?

Because they're trying to get in this little bubble thinking

that's the expression of God, which that is a expression, and

many of them miss this expression of day in and day

out. You need both aspects, Both.

This is why we have specific services throughout the year on

different things, whether it's a marriage conference, you know, a

workshop we would call whatever we call it, or parenting, or,

you know, something to do specific with men or something

to do specific with women. You know, we do a men's meeting.

It's designed specifically for the male.

And we should expect something different in that service than

just what we would have when we are here together like this.

Yet expectations should be in everything.

And here's the thing, the greatest struggle you'll have in

our special meetings is to expect from Apostle Marcy and I,

because it's pretty easy to expect from a guest minister,

because the guest minister, you don't hear them every day.

So your expectation is based upon my communication.

You need to receive the gift of God.

I want you to pull on them. I wouldn't want you to come in

and be skeptical. Well, I've never heard.

That's irrelevant. You're not hearing, doesn't

matter. The same principle will apply.

I am going to take everything that I hear, put it with the

Word of God, and receive what's of God.

That's pretty simple principle. So it doesn't matter whether

you've heard them or not. You should expect that you would

hear God through them. Now, you already know that we're

going to vet them before we really let them in the pulpit

anyway. So we're really not going to put

somebody in and go like, I don't know what they're going to say

either. And if it's bad, we'll clean it

up. I mean, I, we don't bring people

in like that, OK. I mean, we already have some

kind of relationship. There's something the Holy Ghost

has already, you know, done. And I'm not saying that people

can't make mistakes. I'm just saying that, you know,

you, you purposely do that. But because they're not our

vocal cords, then all of a sudden the expectation of

someone that you have no relationship becomes greater and

more things can move in those services simply because of a

greater expectation of the unknown person.

This is why the traveling minister is pretty it can be

dangerous for them because they live off.

They live off the expectation the pastor has given about them.

They don't have to establish any credibility themselves with

anyone. They have borrowed reputation.

But yet the people will then elevate their voice even above

their own pastors. Oh, I'm preaching better than

your Amen. But that's OK.

This is the tough deal because again, most of the time they

don't come in with a message of correction anyway.

They come in with something, you know, that's edifying,

encouraging, and then, you know, things can happen because the

body's expected and then things happen.

And then all of a sudden we have such a great service with them.

Can't wait till they're back yet.

The one that is laboring over your soul day in and day out.

Do they get crumbs of your expectation?

Hallelujah. I'm glad that's not in this

house. And if there is, just look at

your name or say get it right. I'll have to slap you because

you need a good spanking. Hallelujah.

Amen. No, that's why Hebrews says to

obey those who give watch over your soul.

And again, they're not obeying you to tell you what to do with

your life. They're the obedience that you

are to obey us. The word says this.

You should apply this to this, and that's what you're obeying.

You're not obeying their every whim.

That's foolishness. OK, so Micah again said, But As

for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord.

I just want us to really ratchet up our expectation because

again, Apostle Marcy's doing Friday night, you know, and I

would hate for us like, well, we'll wait till Saturday because

we always get to hear her. But you don't get to hear what

she's going to do Friday night, nor in the environment of that

particular anointing of that meeting because how she

ministers here. But again, if you come with the

expect, well, she's probably just going to preach like she

does on Sunday and Wednesday, Guess what?

Then you're not pulling on something different.

But if you say, you know what, we're in a different meeting.

We're in Kingdom rise, there's a different impartation.

And so, Lord, I don't, I expect something beyond our regular

church services. I expect an anointing and

impartation of revelation. Something's going to happen.

I expect that Pastor Apostle Marcy is going to minister

something most likely under the prophetic.

She's going to move over into that prophetic role and I'm

going to pull on the prophetic in her life because that these

meetings would be set up for that.

And I expect, Lord, that she's going to say things that she'll

openly have to admit. I did not study this.

It just came up in my spirit. The reason these things come up

in the spirit is because the congregation has the

expectation. Now, I can tell you this, two or

three people can do this and change an environment.

It can happen with just a couple.

What would have happened if everybody here shows up Friday

night and brings that kind of expectation?

Then you go ahead tomorrow, call the ones that you know normally

you hang out with and see at church and say, hey, aren't you

excited about you're going to be there Friday, right?

Look, man, you're going to have to be expected.

I'm telling you, it's going to be and you go ahead and build

theirs up, right? Because again, this, I'm not

hyping you. This is I'm reading scripture.

This is not hype, this is you in your spirit saying I have a

godly expectation and godly expectation makes a demand on

something, but it will open the door for the exceedingly

abundant. I mean, don't you want to leave

Sunday night and and have your mind blown with what God has

done? I do, I want that.

I want my mind blown on what God has done.

Glory to God I believe in that He can speak through me like

he's never spoken through me before in that setting and it be

life changing. Oh Hallelujah Psalms 53 I'm

almost done two more verses. I'll probably get you out early

so you have no excuse. Say you held us there till, held

us hostage on Wednesday night till 10:00.

Psalms 5 and three says this. And the new living translation

says listen to my voice in the morning.

Lord, each morning I bring my request to you and wait

patiently. I mean, I'm, I'm hoping that

you're praying out your expectation so that Friday,

Saturday or Sunday, it's met 'cause I do believe God will do

something in this small sliver of time because of the anointing

of this particular service. Hallelujah.

You know, God can do, God does amazing things, period, period.

He does amazing things. Should we expect, right?

But again, all these scriptures that I have read today is not

hype. It's a godly something that God

wants us who are in covenant with Him to be in this position

in our heart, in our heart. Not impress me.

That's a religious person. All right, I'll believe it when

I see it. That's a religious person.

You know, you just sit back and let's watch and see what

happens. No, cause again, like tonight,

obviously we did worship different. 2 reasons, one

because I let our worship team and I said we are way too, God

is way too talented to do worship the same way all the

time with the exact same instruments.

I mean did you see the cello people?

We had a cello on the platform. This is amazing, you know, I

mean all these awesome instruments that are out there

and we've relegated in the Western culture to just, you

know, guitar, bass, drums, keys and all these other instruments

are out there. You say, well, we're past

orchestras. God's not past orchestras.

No, I I believe he loves all those sounds and we just don't

have the talent base apparently to have them in.

And if you have can play another instrument, you're like, well,

well, I play the trumpet. Why you holding out?

And we might not have you play every song with the trumpet, but

we will make some arrangements so that you can bring your gift.

There's no reason why trump is we, you understand, God is not

coming back with electric guitar.

And I heard the sound of electric guitar from heaven.

It's not a bass. It's not even the drums,

although it will sound like Thunder.

So it's probably kind of God's Thunder, right?

Thunder and lightning. However, it will be a trumpet

the trump will sound. And that we don't even have a

Trump. I would hate for you to miss it

because you don't know what they sound like anymore.

All right, Thank you, Christopher.

I like you. He's with me.

OK, So the expectation of these meetings, I mean, it's all on

you because I know what I'm going to be doing on Friday

night. I know what I'm going to do on

Saturday. I'm talking about when I'm

sitting, hearing. If something moves me, I'll

stand. Something makes me want to jump,

I'll jump. Something makes me want to

dance, I'll dance. Doesn't matter if I just sense

it should happen. I'll do it even if I don't feel

it Doesn't matter because it's that OK.

Whatever expression God wants to have, we want.

And it's not. We're not making it happen.

We just have an expectation that anything can happen.

According to scripture, not what's not scripture.

So don't come up and be throwing up and saying, you know, we're

getting rid of demons. That's we're not doing that.

That kind of stuff was all wrong.

OK, but we want to come with great expectation.

All right, Last scripture is this Luke chapter 8 verse 40.

Luke 8:40

Oh, I was saying the band. Second reason is that we have a

new stage design that we're unveiling for Kingdom Rise.

And I'm letting you know it is our last stage design in this

sanctuary. I will not do another one

because the new one is the new sanctuary.

So if I want you to get bored with it quick, so we can go on

to to the to the next conquering territory.

All right, Luke chapter 8 verse 4 says this.

Luke 8:4

The Williams translation says now as Jesus was returning, the

crowd welcomed him for they were all expecting him.

Are you expecting God to move? Are you expecting God to

manifest when apostle Apostle Joshua Adams begins to are you

expecting now in order to have an expectation, you have to be

somewhere you can't expect and then not arrive.

See here says now Jesus was returning.

This is after he ministered to some people.

He gets in a boat and he goes to the other side.

When he gets to the other side, he casts the devil out and then

he won't let the guy come back with him, but go tell everybody

about what he's done. When he shows backup, people are

waiting on him, meaning this not in 124 hour period.

But what's happened is, is that they were ministered by him.

They couldn't get enough. And so they were always, he

went, he's going to come back and they kept coming to the

shore. Waiting is a rival and when he

showed up, two things happened. Jairus's daughter was raised

from the dead and the woman with the issue of blood.

In this account, Luke was healed from her infirmity.

Expectation opened that door, something greater than they

could even imagine because Jairus just wanted her daughter.

His daughter healed. He wasn't even believing for her

to be raised from the dead because when he was told she was

dead he sunk emotionally and Jesus had to say only believe

right now. The one with the issue of blood.

That was a whole nother ball game.

Jesus didn't even know she was around till after she touched

him and then power left him. Do you understand?

That's pretty powerful. Number one, it shows the

humanity of Jesus that He was all God, but also all man, and

He was functioning as a man, anointed of God, of which God

withheld from him. This woman coming.

He did not let Jesus know. So Jesus was ignorant of the

fact a woman is pressing through the crowd with a blood problem.

He did not know this as Jesus in the flesh, but when she touched

the hem of His garment with what expected if I just touches him.

I mean, I need some people in this room tonight say if I just

touches him. If I just touches him.

You got to come with some. I mean, because some of you may

be in situations that it's that desperate if I just touches him

right. Don't don't disregard the power

of God. Don't come in, you know, because

she could have said, well, if he's really a man of God and

he's really, and God talks to him, they got to tell him my

address and he'll show up at my house.

Did not happen. She heard he was in town because

of all the commotion. She said, oh, I've heard about

him because he had just been in the community and this man can

change me and I'm not waiting for him to come.

I'll get to him. And if I just touches him, I'm

going to be healed. And she touched it.

Power left him. Not only did he have power to

heal her, he still had power, more than enough power to raise

a girl up. Oh my gosh.

I mean, you can't pull power. He's like, I got to sit down and

and and get not just keep pulling on the power.

He'll have enough power for you. Kelsey have no power for you,

Matt. You have no power for for you

and you and you. I can just go around Wayne.

He has no power for you. Just pull the power out.

I mean, y'all, we all can just touch his him all weekend long.

You can do a Friday night, you can do a Saturday morning.

You can do a Saturday night. You do a Sunday morning, do a

Sunday night and he'll still be releasing power at your

expectation. So don't let King the Kingdom

rises for us and there will be some guests in the room, but

man, pull on. Don't miss this opportunity

because power is ready to come, revelations ready to come,

change is ready, transformation an anointing different than just

our services that can become such a marker in your life that

you'll set up a spiritual memorial and say it was on this

day that God said this and changed the course of my life.