Visions and Dreams - Pastor Kipp Penrod

Thank you for listening to this message from

Lifehouse Church. Thank you for participating

and praying and continue to pray. We are truly

blessed with children in this church. And as

a church, man, I remember growing up, I had people

praying over me. I remember going to the altar.

I remember people pulling me off to the side

and just laying hands on me and praying over

me. So do that. You see kids running around this

church or walking around this church, get a teenager,

hug them and say, hey, I just want to pray a

prayer of blessing over you and speak over their

lives. It's an incredibly important thing. and

it's an amazing thing to be a part of and really

actually to be a recipient of those things. Well,

I want to read a little article, a little something

I came across this week. Dave Harvey writes in

Rescuing Ambition, he says this, For the past

couple decades, I've had a condition that has

kept me from sleeping well. The technical term

was apnea, so I went to see the doctor. The doctor's

solution, I'll remove your uvula, and you will

not snore anymore. You'll sleep better. I didn't

even know what a uvula was. But I freaked out

when he suggested removing it. And they cut it

out, and now I really can sleep. But there was

something that I didn't expect. When he removed

it, I found my dreams. You see, because I never

slept, I never really dreamed. Now, I know, he

says, the experts tell you that you dream all

the time. You just don't remember dreaming. But

not once do I remember a dream because I could

not sleep through the night. I didn't even know

I had lost my dreams until I found them, or rather

until they returned to me. Actually, they were

rescued, airlifted in from some cold, lifeless

crevice where dreams hibernate until the arrival

of deep sleep or something like that, he says.

Now, I know all this may sound a bit strange,

but it's true. My dreams were rescued by a guy

with a scalpel. Outside of survival, one of the

most motivating factors in all of life is a vision

or a dream. If you have a right vision, if you

have a right dream, it can change it all. A God

vision, a God dream will not just simply spice

up your sleep time, right? A God vision or a

God dream will send you on missions that may

last you a lifetime. It'll send you on a path

that will shift and change. And so many of us

have heard the stories, right? How many of you,

raise your hand if you've heard the story of

somebody that got a dream or a vision. They felt

like God placed something in their lives. Come

on. How many of you know someone like that? Right?

Maybe it was you. And they started a nonprofit.

They started a business. They started a ministry

somewhere because the moment in time God gave

a vision or a dream. You're sitting in a church

that started with a vision and a dream. God's

speaking into our hearts. You're listening online

this morning. You're listening to a church that's

birthed out of a vision and a dream. And back

in 2008, a few things, few things, very few things

are more powerful than a God -given vision and

a God -given dream. A holy snapshot of a preferred

future, right? They come straight from the throne

room of grace, right from God's house, right

from God's voice. How we live, it shifts what

we do. It changes the direction we go in. And

it is the Holy Spirit who gives us those God

-sized visions and dreams. Turn to somebody right

now. Tell them it's in visions and dreams today.

It's visions and dreams. Come on, preach to them

for a second. If you have your Bibles, we're

going to go to Acts chapter 2, verse 17. We're

Acts 2:17

going to jump back and forth between Acts chapter

Acts 2 · chapter mention

2 and Acts chapter 1. And I'm going to pray over

Acts 1 · chapter mention

the message and pray over the green invitation

balls that we have down here. If you're new and

didn't know what these are, these are invitations.

We're believing for people to come into the house

of God this morning. Father, we come before you.

Lord, we place our lives before you. We give

ourselves to you. Lord, we ask that you touch

our ears and our hearts that we might be able

to hear your word. And God, that it might settle

in. our spirit. And Lord, that we might live

out the truth of God in our lives. And we just

give you praise and glory. God, we pray over

these invitations. God, that have gone out, we're

believing for more. God, I'm believing to fill

this tank up by the end, God, of this summer.

And Lord, God, to see souls and lives come in,

represented in these orange balls. In Jesus'

name, we believe this. And everybody said together,

amen and amen. Well, following Pentecost, 120

believers. I preached about this last week. If

you want to hear more about that, go ahead and

back and listen to next week when you get home.

But 120 believers are baptized in the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is poured out. And these 120

believers that are in the upper room, they pour

out into the streets of Jerusalem. They begin

to preach. They begin to speak. The name of God,

the word of God, they begin to worship. And Peter

is one of these individuals who pour out into

the street. Peter is one of Jesus' closest disciples.

And as they go into the street and people begin

to listen to the noise and what's taking place

as the Holy Spirit is poured out, Peter sees

a crowd begin to gather, and he thinks this is

an awesome time to preach. And he ends up preaching,

and 3 ,000 people come to know the Lord. And

they begin to listen to prophetic words that

he speaks, and that's what we're going to pick

up in Acts 2 .17. And it says this. And it shall

come to pass in the last days. Now, I don't know

if you know this or not, but I believe we're

in the last days. If you know Bible prophecy,

if you're looking and listening in any kind of

way, this is true. This is relevant for us right

now. It says it shall come to pass in the last

days, says God, that I will pour out my spirit

on all flesh. Holy Spirit on all flesh. Your

sons and your daughters shall prophesy. That's

what it says. That means that your sons and daughters

will become spokesmen for God, that the word

of God will begin to come from our sons and our

daughters. That should get you excited for any

of the teenagers in the house, even children,

right? And it says your young men shall see visions.

Say visions. Young men will see visions. Your

old men shall dream dreams. The young men are

going to see visions. The old guys are going

to dream dreams. Amen? I thought about that for

about 30 seconds, and I thought. Why are the

old guys have to dream the dreams? And then it

dawned on me, they sleep a lot more, right? God's

like, don't wake them up. Just talk to them while

they're sleeping, right? They're going to dream

dreams. And young men are going to see visions.

And verse 18, ladies, he doesn't leave you out

either. He says, on my menservants and on my

maidservants, same for you, I will pour out my

spirit in those days and they shall prophesy.

They will speak God, right? One of the reasons

that the Holy Spirit was sent to them and to

us is so that we experience God -sized visions

and God -sized dreams personally. Now this morning,

I'm not talking about pizza dreams. How many

of you have ever had a pizza dream? You know

what I'm talking about. A pizza dream is one

of those weird dreams about people and places

you may or may not know. I had one of these the

other night. I didn't know the people in the

dream. I didn't know where I was in the dream.

It didn't make any sense. I think I ate too much

food before I went to bed. It was just strange,

random information. And if you don't know anything

about what happens when you sleep, your brain

kind of recategorizes all the information from

the day. Things that you took in consciously

and subconsciously, your brain will recategorize

and organize. It kind of drops into your memory.

That's what happens in the middle of the night.

I'm not talking about those kind of dreams this

morning. I'm talking about the kind of dreams

that God gives you. They're different kind of

dreams. When God gives you a dream, you're going

to know it's him, right? It's not a random bunch

of information that's flying around. When God

gives you a vision, when God gives you a dream,

it's not just... cataloging information. It is

something that God births in you. It's something

that settles in your head, your heart, and your

soul. I've only had this happen a few times in

my life, but I could tell you every one of them.

I could tell you in detail what God dropped into

my spirit. It's God bringing a dream alive. He's

birthing a plant. It's one of the ways God talks

to us. It's Holy Spirit communing with our spirit

so that we hear God. So we see him. It's one

of the ways God speaks. Visions and dreams. God

is amazingly creative when it comes to communication.

And this is a big deal. Because pre -Pentecost,

right? Pre -Jesus coming out of the grave. Pre

-Pentecost, the way God spoke was through prophets

and prophetesses, right? Prophets, men and women

who were prophets. Men and women who were sent

by God to be messengers of God. Basically, before

Jesus and before the Holy Spirit, when you heard

the word of God, it was kind of third hand. God

will speak to a prophet and then the prophet

would come and speak to the people. It was kind

of like YouTube, but more reliable, right? More

holy, more actually true. Right? That's how it

worked back pre -resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Pre -Pentecost. Pre -baptism of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit being poured out. Prophets would

speak. One of the reasons that Jesus said, when

I leave, it's expedient that I go away. He told

his disciples, the followers, he said, when I

leave this earth and I go back to be with the

Father, it is expedient that I go. Because if

I go, I'm going to send the Holy Spirit back.

And he's going to speak to you. He's going to

give you dreams. He's going to give you visions.

He's going to speak in your heart. He's going

to bring the word of God alive. And every one

of us have the opportunity. Holy Spirit comes

to every one of us in Christ, right? And if we

get immersed in God's presence, we have the opportunity

to hear from God personally. You can experience

hand -delivered visions, hand -delivered dreams

from heaven. It's not a third -party spokesman

like the prophet. It's direct mail from heaven,

right? How many of you like getting mail? Everybody

likes getting mail, especially if it's lumpy

mail. You ever get that mail that's got a pen

in it? You have to open it. Amen? It's true.

A direct connection through the Holy Spirit.

He's the third person of the Trinity who comes.

And so many people, you know, especially in Christian

circles, so many people are, you know, going

and chasing after prophets, people that call

themselves prophets, modern day prophets. And

I'm cool with a modern day prophet. Sometimes

God speaks through the word, but usually when

a prophet comes and speaks over you, it should

be something that the Holy Spirit's already speaking

into your spirit. Usually it's just a confirmation

of something that God's already saying to you.

We've got a direct line to God. Holy Spirit came

back. The word of God tells us came to dwell

in each one of us at salvation, so we hear from

God personally, and then we can have the experience

of being immersed in the Spirit. If you want

to hear and see the Holy Spirit, you want to

get God -sized vision and dream, I want those

messages, you want those messages, a direct line

from God. I want a snapshot of God's preferred

future for my life. Amen? It's true. It's always

so much better than mine. I know we all got our

own snapshot of what God's preferred future is,

or what our preferred future is, but God's is

always so much better. Seek him out. Seek for

this. And the Lord does not just give us visions

and dreams through the Holy Spirit, but he provides

what I call complimenting empowerments. This

comes along with Holy Spirit. This comes along

with the Holy Ghost. Visions and dreams, and

then he gives complimenting empowerments. Now,

I want you to go in your Bibles, jump back to

Acts chapter 1, verse 4, and I'm going to read

Acts 1:4

that. It says, being assembled together, and

I read this last week for you, with them, he

commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem,

he's talking to the disciples, but to wait for

the promise of the Father, which he said, you've

heard from me, for John truly baptized with water,

but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit,

not many days from now. Therefore, when he had

come together, they asked him, saying, Lord,

will you at this time restore the kingdom to

Israel? He said to them, it's not for you to

know the times or the season, what the Father

has put in his own authority, but you shall receive

power. Say power. Power. When the Holy Spirit

has come upon you. Come on, say that like you

mean it. Power. Come on, get it down deep. There

it is, all right. Use some deep voice, right?

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit

has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses

to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria

and to the ends of the earth. At the genesis

of the church, as Jesus completes the work of

salvation that the Father sent him to do, in

Jesus' final words to his disciples, right before

he would leave them, he said, you shall receive

power. power when the Holy Spirit comes upon

you and you'll be my witnesses, right? You'll

witness of me. One of the complimenting benefits

of Holy Spirit is God's power in my life. Holy

Spirit is sent. to empower the God -sized vision

and dream in your life. Holy Spirit was sent

to empower the believer in your walk and in your

talk. One of the reasons, right, the Holy Spirit

is sent to reside inside of you is so that the

power dwells with you. One of the reasons, right,

that Jesus said, I will baptize you, I will immerse

you in Holy Spirit so that the power of God is

at work in me, in me. Now, listen, church, it

has become abundantly clear to me over the years

that I have very little power on my own to change

anything. Actually, that my power just on my

own power is ridiculously limited in so many

ways. Physically. Limited, right? We were working

on a roof this weekend. How many know it was

hot this weekend? We were working on a roof this

weekend, and at the end of the day, I felt like

a wrung -out dishrag, man. I felt powerless,

you know, physically. I know that it's just that

God gives me some power, but it's limited, right?

Mentally, how many times have I felt mentally

exhausted at the end of the day? Emotionally,

socially, financially, relationally. How many

of you have ever felt powerless in a relationship?

You want the other person to change. You want

something to shift, and you try everything in

your power, and nothing turns. Nothing changes,

right? Because you can't change the person that's

sitting beside you. Only God can, and only if

they yield to him. Or maybe powerless in a social

setting. I've watched crowds of people lose their

minds, right? Get violent, begin to smash things.

It could be financially. You might be limited

financially. One of my teenage kids, when my

kids were teenagers, they're all adults now,

but when they were teenagers, one of them used

to say, Dad, I'm broke as a joke. That's what

they'd say. I'm broke as a joke. I don't really

know what that meant, but I knew it was pretty

broke, all right, because they were coming to

get money. I was broke as a joke. You might be

financially, you might be broke as a joke right

now. You might be thinking, I'm so powerless

right now. Sometimes we're powerless spiritually.

We feel so low. We feel so inadequate. We feel

like the enemy's running rip shot over top of

us. We need power that I do not possess to overcome

what I face in the world. You need power that

you do not possess within you to overcome what's

in the world. Significant power, life -changing

power, power that is not sourced from me. Because

I don't have the goods. I really don't. It's

why Jesus said, but you shall receive power.

He told this to his disciples, the ones he trained.

When the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you shall

receive power. One of the complementing benefits

of the Holy Spirit is power to live. It is power

to overcome. And more of him and less of me.

That's how it works in the kingdom of God. I

don't know if you ever realized, the world will

tell you the complete opposite. Reward of you,

go find yourself, all those kind of things. But

I found out that the less of me and the more

of him, the better things go, the more power

I've got at work in my life. It's true. It's

true because I am powerless. I'm powerless compared

to him. I really am. If you put God and I side

by side and you had to give us a rating of power,

mine wouldn't even hit the charts. I'm one horsepower.

He's a jet engine right on turbo charge. No horsepower

here. I need him. I need him. Do you need the

power of God in your life? I do. I do. Why would

I not want? God's power at work in my life. Why

would I not want to be immersed and baptized

in the one he sent to empower me? Why would I

not want to live and grab a hold of all that

God's given me to overcome? I don't know what

power you're tapping into or what power you're

trying to tap into. Maybe you're coming up empty,

right? Maybe you tried all the self -help stuff.

Maybe it's some lesser power that you grabbed

a hold of that's out there in the world. Maybe

you're trying to get the force to be with you,

right? Star Wars person of some kind. I'm telling

you, God sent the Holy Spirit, and he has unlimited

power to empower your life and to move you forward.

It's true. Last complimenting empowerment. I'll

give you another one. It's in Acts. It says that

the Holy Spirit adds this, again, to our God

-side vision and dream. And we see this, to get

you a picture of what I'm going to talk about

here, this empowerment for the visions and dreams

in your life that God places. You've got to take

a look at the disciples. Pre -Holy Spirit baptism

and then post -Holy Spirit baptism. Pre -Pentecost.

Post -Pentecost. So I'm going to take you to

Acts 2, verse 1. I told you we were jumping around

Acts 2:1

today. Right? And the day of the Pentecost, when

the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were

all in one accord in one place, and suddenly

there came a sound from heaven as a mighty rushing

wind, and it filled the whole house where they

were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided

tongues as of fire, and one sat upon each of

them, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit

and began to speak with other tongues as the

Spirit gave them utterance. And they were dwelling

in Jerusalem, Jews, devout men from every nation

under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the

multitude came together and were confused because

everyone heard them speak his own language. And

they were all amazed and marveled, saying to

one another, Look, are not all these who speak

Galileans? How is it we hear each one in our

own language, in which we were born, Parthians

and Medes and Alamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia

and Judea and Cappadocia and Pontus and in Asia?

Pergamon and Pamphylia, Egypt and parts of Libya

adjoining to Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both

Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs. We hear

them speak in our own language the wonderful

works of God. So they were all amazed and perplexed,

saying to one another, whatever could this mean?

When Pentecost takes place, the 120 believers

that are in the upper room waiting for the promise

for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, when it takes

place, they go out into the streets and they

boldly begin to proclaim Jesus Christ. Pre -baptism

of the Holy Spirit, these same disciples were

hiding out. They weren't speaking in the streets.

And if you read on, Acts 2 .13 says, others mockingly

said their full new wine. How many know somebody's

always going to mock the work of God? But 14

says, but Peter's standing up. Peter, standing

up. Peter's the same guy who previously did this,

not too many days before this, denied even knowing

Jesus. When Jesus was being arrested, Peter's

the guy that three times before the roaster crowed,

right, denies that he even knows Jesus. He curses

and pretends he doesn't even know Christ. He

goes and runs off. He hides. This is the same

guy. And it says Peter standing up with the 11,

right, raised his voice and said to them, there's

a crowd around. He's preaching to thousands of

people, men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem.

He's preaching the same place that he was hiding

out previously, the same place that Jesus gets

crucified, the same place that he was worried

about the Roman leaders and the religious leaders

who crucified Christ, crucifying him. That's

why he was hiding out, is now in the streets

boldly proclaiming Christ. And he says, for these

are not drunk as you suppose, since it is only

the third hour day, but this is what happened,

which was spoken by the prophet. Joel. Peter.

Preaching in the streets. Holy Spirit baptism

embolds us in the God -sized vision and dream.

It makes us bold for the witness. It makes us

walk into life boldly in whatever God has placed

before us. We go with an emboldened vision and

an emboldened dream and passion in our hearts.

It's one of the complimenting effects of the

Holy Spirit is to remove the fear in our lives,

right? And embolden us in him. Now, I got to

clarify something here because the Holy Spirit

boldness in our life is not arrogance in my life.

Amen. I need to clear that up because sometimes

people take boldness and they mix it with arrogance.

I don't care what you wrap arrogance in, it's

a sin. You can try to wrap it in anything, even

if it sounds spiritual, it's sin. That's not

what I'm talking about. I'm not talking about

spiritual arrogance. I'm talking about boldness,

right? And boldness, arrogance is self -confidence

on steroids. Boldness is confidence in Christ

on steroids. It's a whole different thing. And

I heard somebody use this term and I like it.

So I use it. I kind of stole it from him. It

plagiarized, borrowed, whatever you want to call

it. All right. But I heard this thing. You know,

if you want to understand boldness in Christ,

it is not self -confidence. It is Godfidence.

It is God -fidence. That's what makes you bold

in Christ. It's not that I'm self -confident.

It is that I have God -fidence. I got confidence

in God. I got confidence in the Holy Spirit.

I got confidence in His power. My reliance is

on the one who cannot fail, not on the one who

fails regularly, right? It's all in with Him.

Boldness, confidence. It's one of the residual

effects of Holy Spirit filling my life. Peter

hopped up and began to preach fearlessly. Thousands

of people listening had no idea how they were

going to react, had no idea if he was going to

get arrested, had no idea if they would do to

him the same as they did to Jesus Christ, and

he did not care. He came out boldly and began

to preach. And that didn't happen because he

sat off to the side somewhere after he failed

and did deep, introspective work in his life.

That's not what happened. It was after he was

filled with the Spirit. There's a boldness that

comes. It comes. I'll never forget. Way back

when I was a youth pastor, I refer to that about

to 100 years ago because that's what it seems

how long ago it was. But I remember when I was

doing youth pastor work, I remember getting a

call from a pastor of another church. And he

called me up and he said, hey, I know you're

heading on this youth trip. You're going to take

a bunch of teenagers. You're going to this youth

conference. I said, yeah, I am. And he said,

could you take a couple more? I got a couple

of kids from my church and, you know, they want

to go. And I'm like, sure. Because back then

I'd be like, yeah, I'll do anything. So I said,

sure. So these kids show up. There's like four

of them. And three of them get out of the car.

And then this one kid gets out of the car. He's

got a cigarette tucked behind his ear right here.

He's got a cigarette tucked. He's wearing punk

clothes. And I'm like, oh, man, it's going to

be a long weekend. He gets on the van. And I'm

like, oh, this is going to be a long weekend.

That person came with all the attitudes. You

could stuff in the clothes that they were wearing.

And, you know, you could tell they didn't want

to be there. Somebody made them go on this trip.

You know, they challenged me at every turn. Every

time I'd say do this, they wanted to do something

else. There was this kind of thing that was going

back and forth. They'd be getting church, right?

We'd have church service. They'd just cross their

arms. Right, and sit in this seat and just like,

go ahead, try to make me move. It was kind of

the whole thing, the whole vibe. And I remember

the whole weekend, this kid, you know, just with

this. and attitude the whole way. And it wasn't

until the van ride home, I'd like to say something

happened amazing in one of the services, and

they broke down. It didn't happen that way. It

wasn't until the van ride home that I finally

got a chance to talk with this kid, this long

van ride, and they opened up. They finally began

to break down. The walls began to break down,

and I got into this conversation, and I'll never

forget what they said. Because they went and

watched a bunch of teenagers worship God and

connect with God. I remember this kid sitting

in the seat and looking me in the eye and he

said, they were honest as can be, they said,

I have never seen so many teenagers with no fear

in their eyes. Never seen anything like it. This

kid who had no experience with God, no experience

with the Holy Spirit, he said, I've never seen

anybody, I've never seen it. No fear in their

eyes. It's because God was moving. that weekend.

And these kids were pressing in to Holy Spirit

and all that God had for them. And there was

this boldness that came, not arrogance, but boldness,

the love of God, the peace of God, boldly in

their lives. And it blew this kid away. They

didn't know what they were looking at. They couldn't

get their head around it. And I saw the wall

begin to come down. As we journey through the

book of Acts, you're going to be blown away by

God's power. and boldness and what God accomplishes.

Worship team, if you'd come. Just a few weeks

ago, we got the opportunity and the privilege,

honestly, to go to Guatemala, to Casa Shalom

Orphanage. And there, as a short -term missions

team, just one week being there in that country,

we got the opportunity just to minister and do

some small slice in the kingdom, right? To be

part of a dream, actually. be part of a vision.

We have a team right now that's currently, this

weekend, is in Tangier Island, and they are down

there working as well. But I'm here to tell you,

it is the Holy Spirit who emboldens you, who

empowers you, who raises you up. It's the one

that God sent. And I want you just to hear and

see a little bit, if you turn your attention

to the screens, and then we're going to talk

about your vision and your dream. What if losing

your family wasn't the end of your story? At

Casa Shalom in Guatemala, children who have experienced

loss, hardship and uncertainty are finding something

many never thought possible. A home, a family

and the hope of Jesus. For 40 years, Casa Shalom

has provided a safe place for children to grow,

learn, heal and discover God's love. Every meal

served. Every lesson taught, every prayer offered

is helping shape a new future for these children.

But like many ministries around the world, there

are real needs. This year, one of the greatest

needs was replacing a roof that helps provide

safety and shelter for the children who call

Casa Shalom home. Through the generosity of our

church family, the funds were raised to make

this project possible. Then our team traveled

to Guatemala to help bring it to life. Together,

we weren't just building a roof. We were investing

in the lives of children and in the future of

this ministry. One of the ways I saw God move

was through the unity of our team, each person

using their gifts to serve. While the courage,

love, and faith of the Casa Shalom community

challenged me to see God's calling in a whole

new way. While on our project with the roof,

I got to experience God's protecting hand in

a way I'll never forget. But I am very grateful

on how faithfully he watched over not only me,

but over our team as well. Even though heavy

rain was in the forecast, God gave us exactly

the time we needed each day to work on the roof,

holding back the rain during the most critical

moments and reminding us that he was faithfully

providing every step of the way. It's easy to

believe the lie that what we have to offer is

small and doesn't really matter. But during our

mission trips to Casa Shalom, I've seen firsthand

the impact each person can have. Each year, God

doesn't assemble a random team. He brings together

the right team for the work he's called us to.

And each person's role reveals itself along the

way. One of the things that impacted me the most

on the trip was the unity of our team. Spending

a week serving alongside people who love Jesus

and were united by the same mission deepens my

relationship, strengthens my faith, and reminds

me of the beauty of the church. Well, another

roof is complete, but the story isn't over. Casa

Shalom continues to provide hope, healing, and

a future for the children every single day. And

as a church, we invite you to partner through

prayer, generosity, and a future mission opportunity.

Because when we say yes to God's call, lives

are changed, both theirs and ours. God will give

you a dream. He'll give you a vision. He'll give

you an opportunity to be part of somebody else's

dream and somebody else's vision. When we go

on these missions works, we're part of a different

vision that's taking place, a different dream.

Part of the body of Christ, part of all over

all what God's doing. And God empowers us by

the Holy Spirit to go do these things. There's

a... deepening that comes. There's a power that

comes when we are immersed in God's spirit so

that we can go do what we normally cannot do.

We all went this year and we weren't a bunch

of roofers, I can tell you that, but we got it

on as a team. And those who went will tell you,

God equips, he helps you. And I'm going to ask

you to stand this morning. He's doing this very

thing with those who are currently in Tangier.

on Tangier Island serving this morning. I'm sure

in a place of worship at this very same time.

But God said in Acts, Jesus said in 217, it shall

come to pass in the last days, says God, that

I will pour my spirit on an all flesh. Your sons

and your daughters shall prophesy. Your young

men will see visions and your old men will dream

dreams. And on my men servants and on my maid

servants, I will pour out my spirit in those

days. and they shall prophesy. We believe in

the power of the Holy Spirit. God sent Him. Jesus

sent Him to us. And if you have a desire to be

full, to be immersed, to be baptized in His Spirit,

to further serve God, We wanna give you that

opportunity. We have the prayer team over here.

They're poised and ready to pray with you if

you want to. As they go into this last song,

you can just slide over there. They'll pray with

you. They'll begin to, all the prayer team members,

I'm gonna slip around there and I'll pray with

you as well if you want to. But we. I want you

to have vision. I want you to have a dream. I

want you to see what God has for your life. And

not only just to step through, but to thrive

and to move to what God is speaking in your spirit.

And that might be a dream or a vision that he

gives you individually to start. That might be

joining in on a dream or a vision. I believe

we're all part of that here at LifeHouse. a dream

and a vision to see God move in our lives, to

become biblically healthy, to see people come

to Jesus Christ. So with your heads bowed and

your eyes closed at this moment, I'm going to

ask you, do you desire the power of God in a

greater way in your life? Do you want God to

move and speak in and through you in ways that

you've never experienced before? Do you want

immersed? in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

It is something that we can continue to do, but

there is a separate experience. Holy Spirit comes

to dwell in us at salvation, but there was a

separate experience. The disciples were given

that separate experience. God gives that still

today. This is the last days. He said, I will

pour my spirit out on all flesh. You're all flesh.

So if that's you, don't talk yourself out of

this. Don't try to, you know, I'll do this another

time. I want you to do something this morning.

When they begin to play and sing, when they begin

to worship, I want you to make your way over

to the prayer team. I want you to slide over

there. You may have another need as well. If

you want to know more about the baptism of the

Holy Spirit, as your eyes are closed and your

head's bowed, I got something. I got a gift for

you. I got something that will be a minor investment

for you, a $5 investment that will change your

heart. You might say, I don't know that much

about the baptism of the Holy Spirit. If you

want to know more, I'll give you something that'll

make it so clear if you engage and read. But

we want to pray with you. But if you're ready

this morning, we want to pray that you're going

to receive. So Father, I thank you, God, for

each one in the house. Lord, as you prepare hearts

and minds, God, for those, God, who want more

power in you. God, they want more confidence

than they've ever had in their lives. God, they

want to know the dream or the vision. God, maybe

you've spoken the dream or vision. And Lord,

they need clarification. Maybe they just need

prayer this morning. God, I pray that you give

them a heart to move, God, so that they can be

ministered to. And Lord, we ask this in Jesus'

name. And amen. Visit our website at www .lifehousecog

.com.