DESIGNED | Part 1 | Designed on Purpose. For a Purpose.

Hallelujah.

You guys awake today?

>> Praise the Lord, man. Is this my amen

section over here?

>> Hallelujah. Pastor Jack, you're leading

you're leading the charge. You're the

amen section today.

>> Hallelujah.

Hey, uh you guys ready for a word?

>> I'm feeling some kind of way today.

>> You're going to hear it.

Leo, we need to get microphones out here

because we need people online to

interact a little more. Praise the Lord.

Hey, if you're a first- time guest with

us, uh my name is Ben. Have the

opportunity to serve as lead pastor

here. We are celebrating 15 years as a

church.

>> Hallelujah.

All right. I I need to know who the

old-timers here are here. Who's been at

Grace Summit Church since the very

beginning? Raise your hand. Look around

this room, guys. Look at all this.

And it's got to be a good church to hang

out for 15 years straight.

Hallelujah. When my wife and I came 5

years ago, uh we were impressed with the

foundation that God has laid here. Amen.

>> Uh man, and and uh it's not just 15

years as a church. It's 15 years of

salvations, 15 years of miracles, 15

years of households getting saved. Amen.

Let's just celebrate the work of God.

And where God has me as we're

celebrating the last 15 years, God has

me looking forward to what's the next 15

years look like?

>> Where are we taking this thing? Where

where is God leading us? Amen.

>> And I got to tell you, the best is yet

to come.

>> God's been speaking to me a few things

about the future of Grace Summit Church.

And man, I'm just excited to go where

he's taking us. Amen.

>> Man, I almost started preaching. Got to

my notes yet.

Hallelujah.

We're kicking off a series today called

a new series called designed. Say

designed.

>> Designed.

>> Pray with me. Father, I thank you, Lord,

for Lord, this atmosphere being your

atmosphere.

And Lord, your Holy Spirit reigns

supreme above all things.

>> God, we thank you for your anointing

today, God, that we can even hear from

heaven. God, that we can have spiritual

eyes to see what you're showing us. And

Father, I pray Lord today you use me as

your vessel to speak to your people.

And so Lord, I thank you for it. Have

your way. Your will be done in Jesus

name. Amen.

So design uh everything I preach in this

series over the next few weeks and

including today comes down to a very

simple statement

that you were designed by God on purpose

and with purpose.

Say purpose.

>> Purpose.

>> Man, I'm going to make you talk back to

me today.

>> Designed on purpose and with purpose.

Sometimes we'll get to the place in our

faith where we believe that we are

designed on purpose by God, contrary to

what the public school system tried to

tell you.

>> Well, it was a goo and then there was

some some lightning or there stardust.

Come on, get saved, man.

>> You're not an accident. There's a

designer. Amen. Sometimes we'll get to

that place where we be we believe that

we've been designed on purpose. But

sometimes it takes us a little while by

the spirit to get to the place where

we're designed we believe that we're

designed with purpose

and we're actually walking in and

fulfilling

that purpose. If you have a Bible this

morning, go with me to the Gospel of

John in the 14th chapter.

John 14.

And we're going to start reading at

verse 12. And these are some uh words in

red. You guys know what the red ones

mean, don't you?

>> That's my Jesus talking to me.

>> That's the good stuff.

>> John 14:12

John 14:12

Jesus said this, "Truly, truly I say to

you,

whoever believes in me," say whoever.

>> Whoever

>> whoever believes in me will also do the

works that I do. Man, I just want to

hang out there for a minute.

>> Do you believe in Jesus?

>> Do you do the works of Jesus?

>> No.

>> Appreciate your vulnerability, Carla.

>> We keep her in the front row for a

reason.

>> It's like Yeah. It's like the It's like

the school. Like, you're going to sit up

front so we can keep an eye on you.

Man, what a convicting text. And I think

about the first disciples hearing this.

They've been walking with Christ for

years, right? And they're watching dead

people get raised back to life. They're

they're watching uh people get healed.

They're they're they're seeing this

woman come up and just touch the hem of

his garment and she gets healed. I I

mean I mean eyes, blind eyes being able

to see, lame getting UP AND AND SHOUTING

FOR JOY. AND JESUS says to them,

"Whoever believes,

you're going to do the same thing."

Uh-oh. I'm preaching to an American

church.

I'm preaching to a church that has a

certain level of faith, but we don't

know if we ascribe to all of what Jesus

said.

Well, I believe in God.

Good. Good. First step, devil. The demon

said that

whoever believes in me

will do what I do is what Jesus says.

What's it? What else does he say? And

say and

>> greater works than these will he do.

Whoever believes.

Whoever believes, he goes on, he says,

because

I'm going to the father. Whatever you

ask in my name, this I will do.

Why Jesus? He says that the father may

be glorified

in the son.

I'm hearing some divine purpose laid out

upon our life.

You know, we're going through and very

soon you guys will get to see some

images. uh working on the redesign for

potential church expansion and been

working with architects now for a while

and they do these things called spec

sheets, right? Gives you all the details

of the design. Man, we're we're getting

the the spec sheet for you right here

from Jesus. What's your spec sheet? What

are you designed for? There's a purpose

behind

your life.

Jesus says in verse 14, "If you ask

anything in my name,

I will do it."

So half the battle is knowing why I'm

here. The second half uh is knowing what

I'm called to do.

What did God design you for? We're

talking about being designed. He says,

"Ask me anything." Man, that's a big

word.

Ask me anything and I'll do it. Jesus

says, "Ask me and watch me show up. Ask

me. Just ask me." He He's just waiting

for you to to to get in prayer and begin

to to ask for the miracles of anything

according to his will. God, I'm praying

for the miracle. God, I'm praying for

the freedom. God, I'm praying for the

breakthrough. He says, I'm just waiting

for you to step into that secret place

where you get serious with God and start

to pray the promises of God and watch me

show up in your life like you've never

seen before. Amen.

>> I'm preaching better than you're amening

this morning.

>> I want to speak something over you. The

psalmist said

that God knit you together.

Say knit.

>> Say he threw you together with some

leftovers.

>> Some of you I wonder about

You weren't accidentally assembled. You

were knit together by God himself.

Ephesians 2 10 says that you are his

workmanship,

his craftsmanship,

created in Christ Jesus for a purpose.

Catch this. for good works that he

prepared in advance for you.

I feel like preaching this morning.

You're not random. You're not a mistake.

You are designed by God on purpose and

with purpose. You are fearfully and

wonderfully made.

Fearfully and wonderfully made.

Man,

you know, a couple weeks ago, I think I

shared this with some of you. A couple

weeks ago, uh my daughter Zoe and I went

to Red River Gorge, Kentucky.

Man, was that a good time. Uh we did us

uh there's some pictures.

>> Isn't she beautiful?

>> Yes,

>> Miss Zoe Bell.

>> Uh man, we did some mountain hiking.

This picture is uh after quite the

vigorous climb. And uh that's not like

you'd drive to this beautiful beautiful

scenic spot and get out and walk. You

know, we had to climb to that point. So

that's why we're she's looking uh pretty

accomplished right there. And uh man, we

had to we had the gear before we went.

Look at that. Man, we went underneath

the mountain. Did the glass bottom

kayaks. Get to see the size of the

rainbow trout. Man, I was wishing I had

my fishing pole. Yeah.

And go go old school redneck on them.

I wanted to grab it. They were right

there. I just wanted to grab one.

>> Fight it. That would have disrupted the

atmosphere. Huh.

But man, we climbed up uh what they call

Indian staircase. And I got to tell you,

man, I'm looking I had the all trails

out and I'm looking at it beforehand.

I'm going that's pretty serious. CL says

it's hard, right? Uh I'm picturing a

staircase.

>> It wasn't a No, I don't even know where

they got the terminology stair. We got a

video. Look at this thing.

Look at

>> Yeah. This is after a couple of mile 2.4

miles we're already in now. And uh I got

Zoe with me,

man. And we're like we're we're just

hanging on up there. I mean, you look

over the edge and I'm like, "Woo!" There

was a couple of times Zoe she cuz I'm

pushing her up to get her up there,

right? And so she gets up there. She's

wandering off. I said, "Hey, hey, get

back over there. You're making me

nervous." Yeah. Look at the little

people up there.

>> Yeah, we we're But look down here.

That's where we came from right there.

We're climbing vines

>> and rocks and all this stuff. And I'm

going, God, what am I? And we got to

that point. That was like the hardest

point. And I'm looking at that point and

I'm going, I don't think I can get back

down. And I'm go I'm looking up going, I

I don't I think I think we're going up

whether we like it or not. Right now,

let's see the next video here. So, this

is after we've hiked and man, we more

mileage in and we got to a point and I

said, "Look, that's what we climbed."

You have to forgive the cameraman.

That's a 44 year old going,

"Look at this. Look at this." Okay, so

we we were down here, right? We started

way down in the woods and then made it

up to that spot.

All right, camera guy. Pull yourself

together, man.

Look at this. That's what we went up.

>> Uh oh, it started over.

We were uh we were we sat there long

enough to watch these little ant-sized

humans.

>> And I'm like, "Oh, that's where we

were." And I'm not going back that way.

We're going.

But before we left, we uh got some uh

new gear.

Uh we got some new backpacks. Well, my

mine is pretty cool, man. It has the

spot up front here, and I keep all my my

phone, all my goodies in there, you

know, uh, chewing gum, all the stuff.

But,

don't start.

So, but it has these hydration bladders

on the back. You guys ever seen these

things?

>> Oh, they're rad. Yeah. You need to go

today. Like, I don't care if you get on

your phone right now and get on Amazon

and have one.

They're amazing. I'm going to start

wearing them into my subdivision when I

have to go on a walk. I had 2.5 L of

water right here anytime I want. Walk

along then.

Yeah. And we had to get before we left,

we got Zoe some new hiking shoes uh to

be able to make it through. Now we were

making sure that we had the right gear.

So that's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

Did five hikes and got some miles in.

And then uh we left Red River Gorge,

Kentucky to drive to Nashville,

Tennessee to meet up with uh the rest of

our crew for uh a conference.

And part of that is we went down to the

downtown area of Nashville. And uh the

girls were I don't know what you girls

do half the time. They were shopping at

Free People, I think. Is that where you

were? Free People. So Lincoln and I are

bored to tears again.

And uh Mark, this is your your pick.

>> I'll put it right there.

>> Um so Lincoln and I are bored and he

sees the Nike store

>> and he goes, "Let's go to Nike." I said,

"Boom. Let's go." So we walk in there

and Link's drawn to this one spot on the

wall and we go over and he's he's

looking at the new Nike slides. Have you

guys seen these things?

>> Let's see a picture. Look at that.

>> Am I getting old? Because that's the

most hideous shoe I've ever seen in my

life. It looks like putting a cyber

truck on your feet

and he's all Link's all about it, right?

I was I was nice about I was like, you

know, whatever. Then you look at the

price tag and you're like, uh, you can

need a job, little boy. Yeah.

But I couldn't help but think about what

Zillian and I just went through and the

gear that we got. Then I was thinking

about, man, what are these shoes? What

are they even good for?

You know,

>> I don't even like flip-flops, let alone

a slide.

>> Am I getting old, Pastor Dan?

>> I mean, maybe to the pool.

>> Maybe around the house. I think I'm too

old to wear them to the mall. I think

I'd look like a goofball walking around

the mall in those things, as most of you

would. I'm not the only one.

>> But I was thinking about the Nike hiking

shoes

versus the Nike slides. Same swoosh,

right? Two different designs, two

different purposes. Let's see that Nike

hiking shoe. Yeah, you can go places

with that.

>> It's not my color, but man, you can you

can get somewhere with that thing,

right?

You're designed

on purpose with a purpose. Could you

wear those Nike slides up the mountain?

>> You can try.

Yeah, you're going to slip around and

stub your toe and I'd tip right over. I

wouldn't even make it through the woods,

let alone up a mountain.

Get done with that thing, your feet are

going to be screaming, "These shoes are

not made for this." Right? These shoes

are not made for this. Can I tell you

that when you live a life of sin, your

spirit is crying that your soul's not

made for this?

>> Amen. Amen.

>> You were designed on purpose for a

purpose.

>> With purpose,

>> same swoosh. Two designs, two different

purposes. One was designed for comfort.

One was designed for the climb.

Spiritually,

you're designed for the climb.

You're designed for kingdom terrain.

And when you sin or when you live a life

that you're just pleasing self, that's

why there's this overarching feeling on

the inside of you that this doesn't fit.

In my sin life, I used to have this ick

on the inside of me crying out, "There's

got to be more to life than this." It

was one of the things that put me in in

that that unsaved mindset of seeking

after God. If you're real, show me.

because there has to be more to life

than this. That same ache was a was a

thing that the devil used to put me in a

suicidal thought of going, "Why am I

even alive? There's got to be more to

life than this. And if this is all it

is, I'm out."

What are you designed for?

Look at your neighbor and say, "You were

made for more."

>> You weren't designed for sin.

Sin doesn't fit your spec sheet. Amen.

>> Scripture says you are his workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus

for good works. That literally means

you're designed for righteousness.

>> Hallelujah.

>> You were designed for good works.

That's why when you show up, when you

deny your own flesh and and man, you let

start letting God move in your life,

that's why it feels right. Amen. And

man, this isn't a walk of feelings. This

is a walk of faith. But when you step on

faith and you move with God,

>> you go, "Man, there was something right

about that.

>> Something good about that." And man, I

get hungry. I go, "Man, I want I'd liked

a little bit more of that."

>> That's the good stuff. Taste and see

that the Lord is good.

You're designed for the climb. You're

designed to walk with God.

You're designed to carry his presence.

You're designed to live

with purpose. Look at your neighbor and

say, "No wonder sin doesn't fit you."

No wonder sin doesn't fit you. Have you

guys ever noticed that rebellion

never actually really feels like

freedom?

>> Oh, y'all too holy on me. You never

rebelled.

I know you were 13. Bob Miller, I know

you were 13 once.

Yeah.

Rebellion never feels really like

freedom. Compromise always leaves you

feeling empty.

Looked like fun till you got there. Then

the consequence of sin comes.

Something on the inside of you saying,

"I'm not being used for what I was made

for."

>> I think that's the design of God. It's

what brought some of us to salvation

is that we're uncomfortable in sin.

So, I want to talk about what that

design looks like. I'm going to quickly

give you

three things

of what you're designed for.

Number one is you're designed for power.

You're designed for power.

You're designed for power. Whoever

believes in me will do the works that I

do. Man, that's powerful stuff.

heal the sick, cast out demons,

raise the dead.

I love that God takes average everyday

people,

looks them in the eyes, and says,

"You're going to do exactly what I do."

Man, one of my favorite scriptures is

God chose the foolish things of the

world to confound the wise.

>> To confound the first thing I ever felt

qualified for, foolish. Got it.

Amen.

God chose the foolish things of this

world to confound the wise. Think about

confounding.

Confounding isn't, oh, I go I joined a

small group.

I'm going to go serve here and do this.

That's not confounding to the wise.

Miracles, power, Holy Spirit movement,

anointing that breaks the yoke of

bondage. Those things confound the wise.

Especially when your life when they look

at you and they go this this foolish

this little thing and he and all of a

sudden he prayed and that power

happened.

>> You're designed for power.

>> You're designed to let the spirit of God

flow through you in such a way that is

confounding to the unsaved.

>> You're not designed to be stale. You're

not designed to be lukewarm.

You're not designed just to warm a seat

every Sunday. You're designed for power.

>> Greater works

than these will you do. It means the

same power is available to you will flow

through you. And he says because I'm

going to the father.

What happened when Jesus went to the

father?

He's able to pour out the spirit of the

living God upon all flesh. started with

the 120 in the upper room.

Same spirit that rose Christ from the

dead now dwells in you. Same spirit that

hovered over the waters of the deep in

Genesis now dwells in you.

Same spirit that fell in that upper room

dwells in you.

You're not designed to live powerless.

I want power, not mine. I want God to

use me in a in an amazing way over and

over consistently. I want him to look at

my life and say, "Oh, yeah, he gets it.

I'm going to use him. Ask him to pray.

Ask him to preach. Ask him to go. Ask

him to because I know he'll he'll let

the spirit out. He's not going to do it

in his own strength.

I want power.

You're not designed to barely hang on

till heaven.

Well, I'm a good guy. Do the best I can.

I'm I think I've done good enough. Good

Lord's going to let me into heaven

someday.

God bless you, sir. But you're designed

for more.

>> Yes. Amen.

>> You're designed for Bible calls us more

than conquerors.

>> Not designed to hang on till heaven.

You're designed to bring heaven into

your right now.

You're designed in such a way that when

you walk in the room, life walks in with

you.

>> Peace walks in with you. Spiritual

authority walks in with you.

>> We're not just a Christian that goes to

church. We are the church. We are the

carriers of the power of the living God.

I've warned

people

that I get bored really easy with stale

church.

I do. I got I got to see God doing

something. I I get bored easy with

anything, right?

That's why I'm uh this why I'm fasting

Tik Tok right now because I because I

get bored easy and nothing speaks to me.

Bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. Cool. Bored.

Bored. Right. Anyone

else get bored easy?

>> Yeah,

I get bored with stale lukewarm.

I'm ready to go.

And this is what God spoke to me very

recently in the spirit. I know it was

heaven. He says, "You go and whoever

wants to go with me will walk with you."

Amen.

>> So, I'm going going with God. You got

power dwelling on the inside of you.

It's sitting in your spirit and it's

waiting for your mouth to say yes. Amen.

>> It's waiting for your hands to say yes.

It's waiting for your feet to get up and

go where the spirit of God dwells on the

inside of you and your tongue has the

power of life and death.

You got power.

Man, I was thinking about jumper cables.

Told you I get bored easy.

>> I've retired my traditional jumper

cables. Man, those things are so 2010.

>> We got jump boxes now, right?

>> Yeah,

>> these things are cool. And and I've had

I had an old jump box finally died on

me. But man, I got this little one now

and it's like 165 jump starts I can do

on this. And I just plug it into my

USBC. It charges up. Keep it under the

back seat of my truck. We're good to go.

Man, that thing's got power. It's

serious. I was thinking about, man, I

got a battery. I got a I got a Holy

Ghost fire living on I want to touch

somebody. Get over here. Let me let me

charge you up, man. You're looking a

little dead. Hey. Hallelujah.

>> Man, I got to let it out. I get I've

been in the secret place, man. I've been

I've been with God. Amen. I got to I got

to tell somebody about Jesus.

I got a full battery

ready to let it out.

It's why the power of God,

let me say this. You have the power of

God in you. That's why the enemy works

so hard to isolate you.

It's why he works double time to

convince you that you're powerless.

Convince you that you're disqualified.

Convince you that you're not worthy.

Say, "Devil, shut up. Amen.

>> I'm designed on purpose with a purpose.

And that purpose is God's power flowing

through me

>> and I'm going to go

>> start laying hands on people.

Man, it devil tries to keep you silent

because if you ever realize what you

carry,

if you ever actually realize what you're

designed for, man, revival is going to

follow you everywhere. You won't Man, my

wife gets agitated. Well, you can't even

get out of Walmart praying for somebody.

Yeah.

Talking with folks. Pastor Jack, you

ever do it? Trying to get the waitress

saved. Hallelujah.

Where do you go to church, man? Let me

talk to you. Hey, I got something on the

inside of me.

If you ever realize what you're designed

for,

life is going to happen. Start seeing

people get healed. Man, you're going to

start having a revival right in your

living room. You're going to start

speaking life over your children.

Lives are going to change because of

you.

You hold the key.

It's up to you to fulfill the purpose,

to fulfill the design

or not.

Not only are you not an accident, but

where God has you isn't an accident.

That job that God has you in, the house

that you live in, the neighbor next to

you,

>> that 93y old in a Buick right in front

of you in the left lane.

>> I'm like you, Jack. I speak I I'm a

verbal processor a lot of times. I say

the gas pedal's on the right, ma'am.

Yeah. So, just a little bit.

>> Then I have to repent. Be nice.

Forbila's doing the best she can.

Hallelujah.

Where God has you is not an accident.

And and not only do you are you designed

on purpose, but where God has you is on

purpose. And it's not to you for you to

get frustrated or agitated or to pull

back. It's for you to express the power

of God,

>> to bless and not curse. Amen.

>> Do you know that you're the most

powerful person in every room that you

walk into?

Because the spirit of the living God

dwells in you. You're designed for

power. And that power flows from a

person. Number two, in your notes,

you're designed for presence.

You're designed for presence.

Jesus said, "I'm going to the father."

When he goes to the father, he sends the

spirit.

Holy Spirit poured out upon all flesh,

sons and daughters, young and old. Not a

special class of people, not priests,

not prophets, just ordinary men and

women.

>> The spirit of God was poured out upon

them. And Jesus said, "Everyone who

believes in me, man, you're going to do

miracles. You're going to have power.

You're going to have presence. You're

designed to host the presence of the

living God,

not just visit him on Sundays.

He says the spirit will be with you

and in you. That means when you wake up

Monday morning, man, there's a revival

to be had.

Amen.

I suspect there's some in this room that

have never really felt

the tangible presence of God.

I suspect that maybe you felt it today.

I did. I do right now.

It's evidential the presence of God.

Can I say this? The God that we serve is

not playing hideand go seek

with believers.

Hunger and thirst after his I mean I

think they just chase after him.

Chase after him and say, "God, I want to

feel you. I want to see you." And God

says, "All right, come right. I'll do

it." Because it's his desire that he

would be made known unto you.

And when you get it, don't leave it.

Steward the presence of God in your

life. Host him.

God's closer than you think.

That presence that you've been searching

for in other people and your phone and

other relationships, it's a God-shaped

hunger that only he can fulfill. And I

believe this. You're one prayer away.

>> Amen.

You're one prayer away, man. Uh you're

not a thermometer.

You're a thermostat.

>> Let me say this. You weren't designed

just to read the atmosphere. You were

designed to create atmosphere.

Amen.

>> We're so victim mentality and so

reactive to the things that are

happening out here when God designed you

for the spirit of God to be led out of

you.

I don't want to hang around her. She

gossips.

They just give me the ick. Let's not go

over there.

And and instead of being evangelistic,

instead of having the power of God flow

through us, we keep isolating and

pulling back to where we have no

relationship and no influence because

we're reacting to everyone else's flesh.

We're being a thermometer instead of

being a thermostat and walking into the

room and setting the temperature of God.

>> Amen.

>> Stick around me. I'll set your

temperature for you.

Want to gossip? Hey, I don't want to

hear that. We got We got too nice in

America.

Oh, we'll just We're too passive. We'll

just pull back. I don't want to say I

don't want to offend anyone. So, we just

won't be around them again. Hey, say

something. You're called to be the salt

of the earth and the light of the world

to shine light in the darkness. Amen.

>> Hostess presence.

That wasn't in my notes. That was free.

When we worship, when we open our mouth

in prayer, we walk in obedience. We set

the temperature.

We create the atmosphere. Life comes

with us.

Sometimes I hear people talk about man I

have uh unhealthy home life. I have

feels heavy. I don't like my job. Walk

in it's oppression, confusion, chaos.

Well, change the temperature.

Change the temperature. You're designed

to host a different atmosphere.

Number three is designed for passion.

You're designed for passion. Colossians

Colossians 3:23

chapter 3 verse 23 says, "Whatever you

do, say whatever."

>> Whatever.

>> Whatever you do, work heartily

as for the Lord and not for man.

Hardily. We don't use that word much

anymore.

Maybe we should bring it back.

I ate heartily last night for dinner.

Yeah.

Work with passion. Says whatever you do,

man, go do it.

You're going to pray, pray.

You're going to read the Bible. I just

read a I read a chapter and I get

sleepy.

I'm not trying to offend, but I'm saying

get saved.

>> Amen.

>> If you're going to read the Bible, read

it. Pick a book and say, "Man, I'm no

I'm no dummy. I can figure this thing

out."

>> You have every resource available, MORE

THAN ANY OTHER HUMAN IN ANY other

generation has had to figure out what

THE BOOK SAYS. SIT DOWN AND STUDY.

Bible says to study to show yourself

approved, a workman that needeth not to

be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of

truth.

>> How many Sundays are you going to get

spoonfed before you learn to feed

yourself?

>> Man, I almost started preaching.

>> You're designed for more.

>> Whatever you do, man, go after it. Work

with passion. Work heartily as unto the

Lord. God, I'm not doing it so I can

impress somebody at church. I'm doing it

so I can get to know you.

>> There you go.

You going to pray?

I did my five minutes.

Oh, my phone went off again. Oh, so this

Oh, pray.

If you're going to pray, pray.

Dwelling in the secret place of the most

high. That's my calling. I'm going to

dwell in the secret place of the most

high. I am going to pray without

ceasing.

I am going to walk with spiritual

authority and power and the presence of

God is going to walk with me. NOT

BECAUSE NOT BECAUSE I conjured it up,

because I've been in the secret place

with God.

You'll never get wholehearted results

with half-hearted efforts.

Romans 12

10 says this, "Love one another with

brotherly affection.

Outdo one another in showing honor."

Listen to this. Do not be slothful in

zeal.

Another word I want to bring back.

Dagum sloth.

Do not be slothful in zeal. Catch this.

Be fervent in spirit. Serve the Lord. Be

fervent in spirit. Serve the Lord.

Don't be slothful. Be fervent in spirit

and serve the Lord.

Rejoice in hope. Be patient in

tribulation. Be constant in prayer. Man,

when book of Acts, Holy Spirit came out.

Do you guys know that it was tongues of

fire,

a rushing mighty wind that came in?

It wasn't. God could have done anything.

He could have gave him blankets and warm

milk to curl up in the corner with.

He was representing himself, but man,

tongues of fire. Do you know that they

disrupted? Jack liked that one.

You all right, Jack?

>> Yeah.

Sit around sucking our thumbs, man.

>> Fire fell, wind blew, they got loud.

Holy Spirit spilled through them out

into the streets. Peter stood up and

preached. Thousands got saved.

>> Hallelujah.

>> Daily. Thousands got saved. Daily.

Thousands got saved. There was a fire

that fell on the inside of them and they

were passionate about Jesus and about

the works of God. For the first time in

their lives, they probably felt like

they were fulfilling what they were

designed to do.

Not designed to be spiritually bored and

lukewarm.

That pastor almost done.

You know what time the game comes on,

pastor?

I don't know.

I'm just hungry for more.

I'm just ready to go.

>> Yeah.

Stinking bored with status quo.

Time to get up, get out, and go with

God. Close

with this. You're designed to burn.

Jeremiah 20:9, he says, "There is

Jeremiah 20:9

in my heart a burning fire shut up in my

bones, and I am weary of holding it in.

I cannot."

That's God. That's your design. I got a

fire shut up in my bones. in the deepest

place of my being and it is it is

starting man it's kindled and it's break

it's starting to rage

God's burning on the inside I can't hold

this stuff in anymore I got I got Holy

Ghost jump I got to go touch somebody I

got to go tell I got I'm man I'm I'm

feeling some kind of way I got to let it

out that's your design you're designed

to burn with the passion of heaven

>> you're designed to burn wi with a

passion for lost souls you're designed

to burn with a faith that moves

mountains

You know, we were at that conference in

Nashville. Pastor Corey Russell was one

of the keynote speakers. He said

something

that's stuck with me. I've been kind of

hanging out on it for a while. He said,

"Intimacy creates pregnancy."

Pregnancy.

This is what I've added to it. I've been

thinking for praying into that.

Pregnancy is life. It brings life.

Intimacy

creates pregnancy.

That means we get in that secret place

with God.

Dwelling in the secret place of the most

high.

It brings life.

When I know when I get bored is when I

see a whole lot of plastic babies in the

American church world.

A lot of plastic worship. A lot of

plastic smiles,

plastic programs

because we refuse to go to the secret

place. We refuse to tap into the spirit

of the living God. And so we know what

it's supposed to look like. And so we're

going to fake it till we make it. And so

we're going to we're going to come up

with our own version. Look, it's a

little baby. It's plastic.

I want you to picture an adult woman

carrying a plastic baby and treating it

like it's a real living child. You'd go,

"Uh,

uh, we got screw loose.

That's bizarre.

>> We need to we need to pray for that

woman, right?

We do it in the spirit.

We do it in the church world.

We have meeting after meeting. God never

shows up. God never does a thing. But

we've learned how to do church really

well. It's plastic Christianity.

Not here.

Not in this house.

I need authentic.

I need the real thing. I need life.

Let's stand to our feet all over this

house. I'll ask the worship team to join

me.

spirit of God will cause a holy

dissatisfaction with going through the

motions.

And I'll say this, life cannot be

manufactured in your flesh or in your

own strength.

Life is manufactured when you surrender

yourself to the lordship of Jesus. When

you surrender yourself to the presence

of God. When you surrender yourself to

the secret place of the most high, life

begins to happen, intimacy brings

pregnancy.

John 7:38,

John 7:38

Jesus said, "Whoever believes in me, as

the scripture has said,

out of his heart will flow rivers of

living water.

Praise you, Jesus.

I believe in you, Lord.

I'm believing God in such a way that the

river of life can flow through me.

In just a moment, we're going to

transition.

We're going to sing some worship.

Our prayer team is going to be up here.

There are several in this house that I

don't want you to miss this moment.

You're designed for power.

You're designed for presence.

And you're designed for passion.

Can I say this? You're overbuilt for the

life that you're settling for.

You're overbuilt by God for the life

that you're settling for. And if you're

in here and you're hearing this and

going, "Man, uh, I'm seeing a passion.

I'm hearing about this stuff, the power,

and and I don't think I'm I don't think

I'm functioning that way and I'm hungry

for more. I I want you to come to this

altar.

I don't mean in a few minutes. I mean

right now in this moment, I want you to

step out from where you are and I want

you to come up to this altar and say,

"God, I'm hungry for more. I'm hungry to

be used by you. I'm hungry to fulfill

the design that you have in my life.

If you're in here and you feel

powerless, I want you to come.

>> If you're in here and you're hungry

for the presence of God, maybe you've

had it before and it's been a while.

Maybe you've never had it and you're

going, "Man, I I want to I want to sense

what you're talking about, pastor."

Same thing. I want you to come to this

altar.

H

maybe home feels heavy or your mind

feels noisy and you're looking for God

to quiet that down a little bit.

Ready for the peace and the power, the

presence of God.

If you're in this room also

and you know that your passion

for Christ has grown cold,

that you're not on fire like you should

be,

>> I want to invite you to this altar.

If you're in here and you've never given

your life to Jesus Christ,

>> I think today would be a good day to do

it.

Praise you, Jesus.

Thank you, Lord. Could we pray together?

Father, I thank you for freedom.

Thank you for spiritual authority. I

thank you for an anointing in this

house. I thank you God for taking us

from there to here.

>> Praise you Jesus.

>> Thank you Lord. There's a shifting in

the atmosphere.

>> Praise you Jesus. We worship you today.

When every eye closed, if you're in this

house,

>> you're hearing God minister to you,

speak to you today, and you're going,

"Pastor, I need to give my life to Jesus

Christ." I want you to lift your hand.

Not going to embarrass you.

I'm gonna call you out. I see your

hands,

>> but I'm ready to go all in.

>> Thank you. You can put your hands down.

We're all just going to get saved again

together today.

>> Praise you, Jesus. If you lifted your

hand,

>> and you believe,

>> you pray this prayer with your heart,

>> God says you'll be saved.

So, I'm going to ask everyone in this

room to follow me in this prayer. Say,

"Father in heaven,

>> Father in heaven,

>> I'm a sinner.

>> I've messed up.

>> I fall short.

>> And I'm asking

>> I'm asking

>> for forgiveness.

>> forgiveness.

>> Wash me.

>> Cleanse me.

>> Purify me.

>> By the blood of Jesus,

>> by the blood of Jesus,

>> I confess with my mouth.

>> I confess with my mouth. From here on

out,

>> from here on out,

>> Jesus Christ

>> is Lord of my life.

>> Lord of my life.

>> And I believe

>> I believe

>> in my heart

>> that you raised

>> you

>> Jesus from the dead.

>> And according to your living word

>> according to your living word

>> I'm saved.

>> I'm delivered.

>> I'm healed.

>> I'm set free.

>> In Jesus name.

>> Amen. Can we celebrate the work of the

Lord?

Hallelujah.

>> Our prayer team is going to be

available. They might be drifting. They

might put a hand on your back. They

might pray for you. But for those that

have come to the altar and this at any

moment, you can step out and come

forward.

But we're not going to hold your hand in

prayer today. whatever purpose, whatever

reason you came to this altar for in

your own way. I'm going to ask you to

chase after God for that need in your

life.

>> And we'll agree with you in prayer. And

everyone back there is going to be

agreeing with you in prayer. And we're

going to worship the Lord

>> together.

>> Amen.

>> Praise the Lord.