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GUEST SPEAKER | SUNDAY 29TH MARCH | PS TREVOR MCDOWELL

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  1. Beautiful.

  2. Loved it. For those who don't know who I

  3. am, I'm Brody's dad.

  4. >> It's great to be here, guys. Thank you,

  5. Pastor Iron, for inviting me to speak.

  6. And um today, I know you've been doing a

  7. series on the wilderness, which has been

  8. brilliant. Uh and I'm going to speak on,

  9. you know, Jesus was led by the spirit.

  10. He was filled with the spirit. In fact,

  11. if you read your Bible, you'll see that

  12. Jesus depended on the Holy Spirit for

  13. everything. He was even born of the

  14. spirit. He was raised from the dead by

  15. the spirit. Hey, he cast out demons by

  16. the spirit of God. And there was a

  17. massive change in his life and how he

  18. ministered when he came out of the

  19. wilderness. So, I want to talk on the

  20. power of the Holy Spirit. Is that okay?

  21. >> Well, if it's not tough anyway, I'm

  22. going to do it. E. But I want to say

  23. this first of all guys just for anybody

  24. who's not sure and you're maybe just

  25. recently saved or I I don't know what is

  26. but I want to say this that

  27. when I heard about the Holy Ghost at the

  28. start I got to be honest I was

  29. frightened

  30. when somebody told me when I when I give

  31. my life to Jesus in a bathroom okay in a

  32. workshop when I went to my friend who

  33. was saved and I told him what I'd done

  34. and I felt a real peace in my heart and

  35. he said to me whoa that's the Holy

  36. Ghost.

  37. Now guys, you got to realize being

  38. Irish, the ghost is

  39. so I'm just being honest with you, I

  40. think it's good way to start. I honestly

  41. thought that I was in trouble. I

  42. thought, man, no, God's ghost is going

  43. to haunt me. I'm serious. And because I

  44. knew in my heart that I had made a

  45. covenant with God, it wasn't just words.

  46. It was it was it was a heart connection.

  47. It was a presence of God connection of

  48. somebody who was uh lost, who was full

  49. of sin and the drugs and everything else

  50. calling out to God for help. And there

  51. was a connection, serious connection. I

  52. knew that what I had prayed that I

  53. couldn't get out of. And I said, "Oh

  54. no." So I've give God the right to haunt

  55. me for the rest of my life. I'm being

  56. serious cuz I I know I'm religious. I

  57. didn't go to church. I went to church as

  58. a kid. I used to steal money to the

  59. offering.

  60. >> Used to put anybody remember the old

  61. coins?

  62. >> I used to put a a brass one in and take

  63. a silver when I

  64. >> But I've repented off that. And you

  65. know, so that's all right. So So I just

  66. want to say guys, I want to say this. I

  67. want to say that this Holy Spirit is

  68. your companion. He's your advocate. He's

  69. your helper. He's the one who comes

  70. alongside. He's the one who comes into

  71. He's the one who empowers us to do what

  72. Jesus has called us to do.

  73. >> He is awesome. And without the Holy

  74. Spirit, you try to do stuff in your own

  75. strength and forget about it. You have

  76. no chance. Are you with me?

  77. >> So, let's start in this in Luke chapter

  78. one. What do you call the PowerPoint

  79. person? Jimmy,

  80. >> who's on the PowerPoint?

  81. >> Dylan, are you willing? Here we go.

  82. Okay. Luke 4:1. And Jesus being full of

    Luke 4:1

  83. the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan

  84. and was led by the spirit into the

  85. wilderness being or being 40 days

  86. tempted of the devil. And in those days

  87. he didn't eat anything. And when it was

  88. ended, he was hungry. And the devil said

  89. to him, "If you are the son of God, let

  90. me tell you something, guys.

  91. When you give your life to Jesus, I can

  92. guarantee you that the old enemy will

  93. come and whisper in your into your

  94. brain,

  95. you're not worthy enough. You're not

  96. good enough.

  97. But I want to tell you something. If

  98. you've given your heart to Jesus, you

  99. are a son and daughter of God.

  100. >> And but I want to I want you to realize

  101. something. You'll be challenged. The

  102. enemy will challenge you. You'll get a

  103. word at times from somebody. God might

  104. give somebody a word for encouragement

  105. and the very next day everything goes

  106. seems to go the opposite. But I want to

  107. tell you something guys, God will never

  108. leave you or forsake you. And you've got

  109. to guard the word like Jesus done. Jesus

  110. said, "No, it is written.

  111. >> It is written, guys. You don't live by

  112. Mr. Google. You don't live by bread

  113. alone. Although we all love our bread or

  114. kai everything else, guys. We live by

  115. what God says. What does God say about

  116. you? Who does God say you are? Amen.

  117. >> But you got to get that into your heart

  118. >> from your head into your heart. You gota

  119. you got to take time out and and read

  120. your Bible. And I you don't have to be a

  121. big scholar. But guys, the bottom line

  122. is you will find out who God is through

  123. spending time with God and worship and

  124. giving thanks and being grateful and

  125. reading your word. Amen. So the thing is

  126. if he came to the son of God and tried

  127. to get him to doubt who he was, you can

  128. be sure he'll come to us.

  129. >> Oh, you're only Aaron. You're only Deba.

  130. You're only Cllandon. You're only

  131. Isaiah. Who are you?

  132. But you can speak. Yeah, I'm a son of

  133. God.

  134. >> I've been forgiven. I've been set free.

  135. And the joy of the Lord is my strength.

  136. So he tried to get him to down. Now

  137. guys, I don't want to go into this stuff

  138. because I think the teaching has been

  139. great over the last few weeks, but they

  140. reckon that with Jesus getting into the

  141. wilderness, part of it was he cut back

  142. what Adam lost in the garden cuz Adam

  143. fell to the lust of the flesh, the lust

  144. of the eyes, and the pride of life.

  145. Jesus didn't.

  146. He didn't. He knew who he was, and he

  147. trusted God for who God said he was.

  148. Amen. Look at um in Luke 3:21, Dylan,

    Luke 3:21

  149. thank you. 21:22, when Jesus was being

  150. baptized, watch this. Look, when all the

  151. people were being baptized, Jesus was

  152. baptized as well. And as he was praying,

  153. heaven opened and the Holy Spirit

  154. descended on him in bodily form like a

  155. dove. What did it? Look, look at this.

  156. And a voice from heaven said, "You are

  157. my son." Come, give me give me what I

  158. hear people saying this stuff. who am

  159. well pleased. It doesn't say that first.

  160. >> Get a grip. That's it. It doesn't say

  161. that first. You are my son who I

  162. >> You need to realize something, guys. You

  163. don't impress God by what you do.

  164. >> And he doesn't love you for what you do.

  165. Jesus hadn't cast out a demon. He hadn't

  166. preached a brilliant service. He hadn't

  167. fed thousands of people. He hadn't done

  168. anything. And God said, "This is my son

  169. who I love, and with him I'm well

  170. pleased." So you need to realize when

  171. God looks at you says, "This is my son.

  172. This is my daughter who I love and with

  173. you I'm well pleased." Some people are

  174. getting got water baptized on Friday

  175. night. Brilliant. Praise Jesus.

  176. >> Yeah.

  177. >> Yeah. And you just need to realize those

  178. people if you're here today, you need to

  179. realize that although you didn't see the

  180. dove coming down upon anything else, you

  181. need to realize that heaven was open.

  182. There was an open heaven down in here.

  183. And God was looking around and saying,

  184. "This is my sons and daughters who I

  185. love and with them I'm well pleased."

  186. And next week also for those who are

  187. coming to get water baptized, that's a

  188. word for you, too. Grab it and take it.

  189. God is saying to you, "I love you.

  190. You're my son. You're my daughter. And

  191. hold on to it. Guard it with all your

  192. heart." Amen.

  193. >> Amen.

  194. >> I get warm. I knew this was going to

  195. happen.

  196. I don't know why. I think it was a bit

  197. of pride to put the jacket on. Maybe

  198. maybe hide the belly a bit or something.

  199. I don't know. But let's move on. Let's

  200. move on. See, guys, you need to realize

  201. something.

  202. Jesus knew who he was in God.

  203. He trusted God. And you got to realize

  204. he he left his glory in heaven. He came

  205. as a man. Yes, he was defined, but he

  206. came as a person and he trusted God. And

  207. look, you know, the night before uh the

  208. Passover, whatever it was, or maybe it

  209. was a night in the Passover, but in John

    John 13:1–3

  210. 13:1-3, Dylan, thank you. It was before

  211. the Passover festival, Jesus knew that

  212. his had come to leave the world. Guys,

  213. he knew he'd accomplish his mission. He

  214. knew, Father, here we go. It's

  215. happening.

  216. >> You know, even in the garden, oh Lord,

  217. if you can take this cup from me, but

  218. not my will be done, your will be done.

  219. Listen, he was bang. He was focused. He

  220. knew I'm going to finish what the father

  221. has sent me here to do. Are you with me?

  222. >> So it says there look he knew. Where am

  223. I? Get my notes. Uh that he was going to

  224. the father having loved his own who were

  225. in the world. He loved them to the end.

  226. G verse three. Jesus knew that the

  227. father had put all things under his

  228. >> and he had come from God and he was

  229. returning to God. Let me tell you

  230. something else guys. said he knew the

  231. father had given him all power. Can I

  232. tell you something? We haven't got the

  233. power to be all flash,

  234. all that sound effects and stuff. I'm

  235. being honest. You got no power. God has.

  236. But here's the amazing thing. Jesus

  237. didn't use his power to boss anybody or

  238. control anybody. The very first thing he

  239. done was was wrap something around his

  240. waist and he took told him, "Take your

  241. jandles off." And he washed their feet.

  242. Guys, he served. He came to serve. We're

  243. on this earth to serve the master. We

  244. Yes, the dunamis power of God is on you,

  245. the anointed of the Holy Spirit, but

  246. we're here for the benefit of others to

  247. show the love of God. That's what Jesus

  248. done. He loved his disciples right to

  249. the very end. Amen.

  250. >> Okay, you're with me? Good. I got to

  251. look at my notes because it's been a

  252. while.

  253. You see, guys, I want to say something,

  254. too. He knew where he had come from. He

  255. knew where he's going. And he knew his

  256. purpose. When you when I didn't have

  257. Jesus in my life, I don't know about

  258. you, but I didn't have any purpose.

  259. >> I really didn't know where I came from.

  260. I believed everything.

  261. >> I knew it was the Bobby Rascal.

  262. You said the wrong word there. Um

  263. but but I didn't honestly I did I didn't

  264. know. I did and and and I knew where it

  265. was going. I did know where it was

  266. going. And it wasn't heaven. I did know.

  267. For some reason, I didn't know.

  268. But when Jesus came into my life

  269. and loved on me and I started to build

  270. my relationship with him, I realized,

  271. God, I'm not an accident. My mom and dad

  272. weren't just having a bit of fun. And

  273. whoopsy do.

  274. No, it's all right. Sex is lovely if

  275. you're married. Well, not even. We not

  276. go there, but we not go there. But it's

  277. a gift to God. It's a It's a gift from

  278. God to multiply and to enjoy. All right.

  279. But what I want to say is, guys, I

  280. realize God, you you breathed me into my

  281. mother's womb.

  282. >> In the Psalms, it said that you're

  283. wonderfully and fearfully made. You see,

  284. the words that were spoke over my life,

  285. I didn't feel that I was wonderfully and

  286. fearfully made.

  287. >> Because I was used to people cursing me

  288. and putting me down and everything else.

  289. But God doesn't put you down. God

  290. encourages you. God loves you. God

  291. builds you up. He says in fact, "Hey, be

  292. careful what comes out of here. Make

  293. sure it's going to build people up and

  294. if it's going to benefit them. Let no

  295. one hold some talk come out of your

  296. mouth." Amen. But wait, so what I'm

  297. trying to say is guys, when I became

  298. born again, all of a sudden realize,

  299. God, I came from you. And I was excited.

  300. I thought, Lord, I'm going back to you

  301. when I die. I ain't going to the place I

  302. know I was going to before. And it's

  303. real. There's some teaching that this

  304. stuff about, ah, hell's not real. It's

  305. not. I'm telling you, it's a real place

  306. and it's not nice. And once you're

  307. there, you're there. But we're not

  308. focusing that. Let's focus on Jesus.

  309. Right? So I realized, wow, Lord, and I

  310. felt so free. When I die, I'm going to

  311. heaven. But then I knew the purpose. I

  312. had a purpose in life. Cuz see, I'm

  313. working for years. I'm taking drugs and

  314. drinking, doing stuff you shouldn't do,

  315. thinking there's no there's no reason to

  316. life. There's no purpose. But when I got

  317. saved, I realized there is a purpose.

  318. People need to know about the love of

  319. God. People near the hood near hear the

  320. good news of the gospel. They need to

  321. hear about Jesus coming and dying for

  322. their sins and loving on them. And if

  323. they trust in him, they going to have

  324. eternal life also. Amen.

  325. >> So that's what changes us guys. God

  326. changes us from the inside out.

  327. >> Wow. Jingers, time goes fast.

  328. Okay. Okay. Let's go. So Jesus was

  329. filled with the Holy Spirit, led by the

  330. spirit in the wilderness, and he returns

  331. in the power. Guys, that's when his

  332. ministry really starts when he was

  333. filled with the power of the Holy

  334. Spirit.

  335. Oh, I need my wife up here quick.

  336. I'm only joking. I just know that that's

  337. given me a certain amount of time. I've

  338. learned I can blabber on too much

  339. sometimes. And it only took me 35 years.

  340. But

  341. so Jesus returned to Galilee and the

  342. power of the spirit and news about him

  343. spread through the countryside. Guys,

  344. the word dunamis mean the word power

  345. means dunamis. It's not just the power

  346. to be nice and stuff. You're born of the

  347. spirit. Yes, your character develops and

  348. the love, joy, peace, patience,

  349. kindness, the fruit of the spirit should

  350. be seen evident as all, right? But he's

  351. moving in the power of the spirit. All

  352. of a sudden, demons start to get cast

  353. out of people. All of a sudden, people

  354. start to get healed. People start to get

  355. set free. He raises the dead. That's the

  356. power of God. Amen. And that Jesus and

  357. Jesus depended on the Holy Spirit.

  358. >> Okay. You with me? Good. Good. Okay. In

  359. Luke 4:16-19,

    Luke 4:16–19

  360. we're going to pause after verse 7 16.

  361. Right. Thank you, Dylan. And it came and

  362. Jesus came to Nazareth.

  363. Ah, this thing's going to go off again.

  364. Can you give this to my wife and she can

  365. go off instead of it? And believe me,

  366. I'll I'll bear. Okay.

  367. Okay. Verse 16. And Jesus came to

  368. Nazareth where he where he'd been

  369. brought up. And as his custom was, he

  370. went into the synagogue on the Sabbath

  371. day. Church, brilliant to see you here.

  372. I'm telling you something. It's so

  373. important to be together. It's so

  374. important to come together to worship

  375. God and to bless each other, encourage

  376. each other, and pray for one another.

  377. >> Amen. So, I want to encourage I know

  378. there's some people online. I'm sorry I

  379. didn't say hi to you. Aaron told me not

  380. to, but

  381. that's all right. Um, but I just want to

  382. say I know that some people can't get to

  383. church because they're unwell and

  384. different things. And thank God for

  385. online. Even some people's maybe moved

  386. to town and they're looking for a new

  387. church. I I get that. But if you can get

  388. into the real atmosphere of the game,

  389. get into it. Get into church. You know,

  390. because the gifts that God has given

  391. you, the part that's on your life of the

  392. Holy Spirit isn't for you. It's for

  393. somebody else.

  394. >> I'm going to show you that in a minute.

  395. But for those who, if you can get along,

  396. good on you guys. Good to see you. Bring

  397. somebody with you next week. Go and pick

  398. them up. Bring them along. Let them feel

  399. the presence of God. Amen. Okay, keep

  400. moving. Verse 17. There Jesus would

  401. delivered onto him the book of Messiah.

  402. And when he had opened the book, he

  403. found the place where it was written,

  404. "The spirit of the Lord is upon me

  405. because he has anointed me to what?

  406. Preach the good news." Guys, I'm telling

  407. you, we are anointed to share the good

  408. news. First of all, that's the first

  409. thing. Share the good news. Okay? He's

  410. called me to preach to the poor. That's

  411. poor in spirit. We were all poor in

  412. spirit one day when we didn't have

  413. Jesus. Amen. He's He sent me to heal the

  414. brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to

  415. the captives and the recover of sight to

  416. the blind. Ah wow. And liberty to those

  417. who are bruised. Healing, freedom, body,

  418. soul, and spirit. So this is coming up.

  419. Just hold it, Dylan. Second,

  420. the spirit of God comes into your life

  421. and you get born again. I believe this.

  422. I believe before you get born again, the

  423. Holy Spirit's beside you. You're not

  424. even aware of it. But you know,

  425. sometimes you think about what what

  426. there's got to be more to life. What

  427. does happen when you die? You know,

  428. sometimes you go to a tongue. That's

  429. when you really start, oh, I'm going to

  430. die one day. But, but you maybe start to

  431. think, well, I wonder what happens. I

  432. think that's the spirit of God getting

  433. your attention a bit. But then there

  434. comes that bit where you get where you

  435. get convicted and the spirit of God

  436. comes into your life. But you see,

  437. that's for you, right? But when he comes

  438. upon you, it's for somebody else. So,

  439. we've got it on on the screen. Thank

  440. you. The Holy Spirit comes into your

  441. life for your benefit. Have we got it,

  442. Dylan?

  443. The Holy Spirit comes into us for our

  444. benefit, but the spirit of the Lord

  445. comes upon us for the benefit of others.

  446. You read the scripture, it says that the

  447. spirit is long is upon me for why? To

  448. set the captives free. Now guys, that

  449. whole captive thing, it could be a

  450. prisoner in jail. We know some people's

  451. got saved in jail. Praise God. But that

  452. mean we were all captive to sin. We all

  453. were captive to different addictions and

  454. everything else and the spirit of God

  455. turned up and he set us free.

  456. >> Amen. But can you see what happened? So

  457. when we're when when the Holy Spirit's

  458. upon us, when you're praying for

  459. someone, it's for their benefit. Amen.

  460. Like here's the thing. Oh, we'll not go

  461. there. No, we just we just we keep

  462. moving. So we're we're anointed. Amen.

  463. You still with me? It's God's will

  464. for people to be healed and to be set

  465. free.

  466. >> God's will was never we would be binded

  467. up.

  468. The devil came to rob, steal, destroy,

  469. and kill, but Jesus came to give life

  470. and give it in abundance.

  471. >> And Jesus said himself, "The works I do

  472. will you also do even greater works and

  473. these because I'm going to go on to the

  474. Father." Guys, I did. Trent McD didn't

  475. say that. The word of God said that. And

  476. when I learned when I seen people being

  477. healed at a church service in Gizbborne,

  478. I cried.

  479. I cried. I seen them people being prayed

  480. for by ordinary people. And I cried and

  481. I thought, Lord, I didn't know that you

  482. would do this as well. I thought, I'm

  483. just happy enough to be forgiven. And

  484. and I was thinking, I've got my own

  485. strength. I got to hold on tight until I

  486. die and go to heaven. I didn't realize

  487. that the spirit of God's on this earth

  488. that the kingdom of God breaks on into

  489. darkness with light and brings life. I I

  490. didn't know that. But when I seen it

  491. happening, I THOUGHT, "WOW." AND I

  492. WANTED to know why. I said to the

  493. pastor, "How come this is happening?" He

  494. said, "Trevor, the word of God says that

  495. when when you're when you're born again,

  496. you're a new creation. You're a new

  497. person. All things are passed away." And

  498. and he show I I knew that I thought,

  499. Lord, I want to pray for people, but not

  500. for me to look at me. Whoa. But

  501. thinking, God, I seen them people so

  502. happy.

  503. >> I seen them so joyful. And I I knew that

  504. if I couldn't find in the word where it

  505. said about praying for the sick and

  506. everything else that somebody was going

  507. to challenge me and people have what

  508. gives you the right to pray for people.

  509. Who do you think you are? I I can say

  510. guys I'm only doing what Jesus asked.

  511. I'm born again and Jesus said that I

  512. believe I follow him and if I pray

  513. >> that's all I I don't have to prove

  514. anything else. And I've prayed for

  515. hundreds of people who didn't get

  516. healed. But I'll tell you what I know

  517. for one thing. If I had to prayed for

  518. nobody, nobody would get healed.

  519. >> So if if there's 500 healed, but 5,000

  520. were prayed for, praise God for the 500.

  521. >> Does that make sense?

  522. >> So it's the spirit of God. It's his

  523. will. It says in Acts 10:38, God

    Acts 10:38

  524. anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy

  525. Ghost and power to go about doing good

  526. and healing those who were oppressed of

  527. the devil. So he wasn't just going

  528. about. Now, he was good. You don't What

  529. did Jesus do when he was 15, 18, 20, 25?

  530. That That's good. Good. That could be

  531. good on the fact of he'd have been a

  532. good son. He'd have been a good

  533. carpenter. He wouldn't have been selling

  534. you rubbish stuff. No, he he'd have been

  535. loving. He'd have been kind to people to

  536. eat with me. But when it says that God

  537. anointed them with the Holy Ghost and

  538. power, hey, again, that power, dynamis,

  539. miracle working power. And I'm going to

  540. close this off shortly. In Acts 18, it

  541. says, "You will receive power." This is

  542. Jesus, guys. Listen, listen. This is

  543. Jesus talking to the apostles, right?

  544. Acts one verse two. This is what it

  545. says.

  546. Jesus gave these commands to the

  547. apostles through the power of the Holy

  548. Ghost.

  549. So even then after he's raised from the

  550. dead, he's given orders through the Holy

  551. Spirit. I want you to wait for the

  552. promise to come and you will receive

  553. power to be my witnesses. Guys, that

  554. witness number one is yes, we can share

  555. the good news. We can share even hope

  556. that you don't have to share how you get

  557. saved. Just this is why I've got hope.

  558. This is why I'm joyful. This is why I'm

  559. free. You know that's sure that that's

  560. Jesus in your life. Right? But the thing

  561. is it goes beyond that. But it's so sure

  562. the good news will be my witnesses.

  563. Guys, this the thing when you pray for

  564. somebody who's feeling down and all of a

  565. sudden they feel joyful. You with me?

  566. That's a great witness to Jesus because

  567. you didn't do that. The Holy Spirit did.

  568. Does that make sense?

  569. >> You still with me? All right. Finishing.

  570. born again. They were born again in John

    John 20:22

  571. 20:22.

  572. Jesus said, "Receive the Holy Spirit."

  573. But he told them to wait for the day of

  574. Pentecost to receive power. He had

  575. already breathed into them the Holy

  576. Spirit after his death and resurrection.

  577. Okay, you with me? But here's what I

  578. want to say, guys. I remember reading

  579. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and I

  580. loved it when I was just saved. I loved

  581. it. And I remember coming to the end of

  582. John and thinking, "Oh, no. I'm finished

  583. the Gospels." I thought, "What? I I had

  584. no clue what Acts was about. It was just

  585. a word. I didn't even dawn on me. I

  586. thought I'll read the next book. Just he

  587. was like, Jers, I couldn't put it down.

  588. I couldn't believe it. I thought, wow,

  589. the miracles haven't stopped.

  590. The mira

  591. and he told his followers, "Go, you're

  592. anointed. You go and do what I done."

  593. Man, I was excited as heck.

  594. >> Jesus tagged and passed it on. You with

  595. me? Yeah.

  596. >> So, what I want to say is, guys, the

  597. book of Acts 2 is full of it's full of

  598. miracles. I loved getting a revelation

  599. of what it was all about. Now, we're

  600. finishing off. Is there a photograph,

  601. Dylan?

  602. Look at that.

  603. >> Hi. What a specimen. A bike.

  604. I'm going to get a cinch. Is that what

  605. you call them? So, this is my lovely

  606. wife Debbie. When we done the you know

  607. what did we do this track? What do you

  608. call it?

  609. N just saying if you're awake or not.

  610. No, no, no.

  611. >> We done the what?

  612. >> Trail.

  613. >> Dunston trail. Now, would I tell you

  614. something, guys? We didn't know what we

  615. were getting into. Honestly, we didn't

  616. didn't have a clue. But what I want to

  617. say is there's power in that bike. It's

  618. an ebike. But what I want to say, one

  619. time we were on this nice flat ground

  620. riding away and I was always in front of

  621. Debbie and we stopped for a coffee. We

  622. went and we got on our bikes and we we

  623. took off. Didn't go very far. Next

  624. minute she ramps by me but she'd have

  625. got a speeding ticket if they had been

  626. on the main road.

  627. And I'm thinking so I'm peding harder

  628. and and nothing's happening. I'm

  629. serious. Now these bikes are something

  630. like 30 kgs in weight. That's how heavy

  631. they are, right?

  632. >> And you believe me? There's more than 30

  633. kgs on the seat. But never mind. So I

  634. come to this small hill and I thought

  635. I'm going to really ramp it here. I

  636. couldn't get up it really small. So she

  637. was way in front and obviously so

  638. whistle hard.

  639. She heard it one wheeler. She came back.

  640. I said honey we we can't do this.

  641. What do you mean we can't? I said we we

  642. got to take these bikes back. She said I

  643. said I I can't do this. I said I I can't

  644. catch up with you. So she has a look at

  645. the bag and said, "Oh, here you go."

  646. Pushes the button. There you go. I

  647. forgot to switch on the power.

  648. So for those who have got a bag that has

  649. let me back, you try riding it without

  650. the power on and you'll know what I

  651. mean. And what I want to say is guys, I

  652. had disconnected from the power. This is

  653. not a religious thing. It's not by laws

  654. and rules, everything else. We got to

  655. stay connected to Jesus. Be thankful

  656. every day. be and and let me tell you

  657. being filled with the spirit is not a

  658. one. It's it's it's an ongoing every day

  659. we should be Lord fill me fresh in Jesus

  660. mighty name and help me to do what

  661. you've called me to do today in Jesus

  662. name. Amen. And believe for healing and

  663. believe for people to be set free and

  664. believe for Jesus to be glorified. So

  665. guys, you got to connect by faith every

  666. day. Surrender. Now listen, this is

  667. closing off, right? I I feel we need to

  668. pray for some people right the moment we

  669. need to pray for some people who's never

  670. been filled with the spirit of God right

  671. read the book of Acts guys I'm not they

  672. they laid hands on them believers in

  673. fact they asked what baptism did you

  674. have oh we were baptized with John well

  675. that's all right but you need baptism of

  676. the holy spirit they prayed they and and

  677. these people started to speak in in

  678. tongues and they started to prophesy and

  679. stuff you know the gift was released

  680. onto them right you with me so there's

  681. some people who have ever been um filled

  682. with the Holy Spirit?

  683. Only if you want, we would love to pray

  684. for you this morning.

  685. >> Is that all right? Now, I think we can

  686. come this side. There's other people who

  687. need prayed for other stuff and that's

  688. cool because there's some people maybe

  689. unwell or they need different things,

  690. whatever. Come. Does that make sense?

  691. >> The only thing you need before you can

  692. be prayed for the baptism of Holy

  693. Spirit, you need to be born again.

  694. That's the only thing you need. You can

  695. get baptized Holy Spirit before you get

  696. water baptized, but you need to have

  697. Jesus in your heart. Does that make

  698. sense? And I want to say it is the

  699. baptism of Holy Spirit that makes a

  700. difference.

  701. >> Let me encourage you. So, I'm in church

  702. on a Sunday night

  703. and the altar call for the baptism of

  704. Holy Spirit. Now, I knew I needed I

  705. thought I I I need I need this.

  706. So I go up the front. We're in line.

  707. The pastor's praying, but what he does

  708. is he calls three or four other people

  709. up. Come and pray with us. So I'm

  710. standing the line. I'm just being

  711. honest. I'm looking to see where the

  712. pastor is. That fell's got to pray for

  713. me. See, I'm serious. So I start moving

  714. cuz I'm looking to where he's coming

  715. along. And there's one person in

  716. particular. I'm seriously there's this

  717. guy that had a really bad attitude with

  718. him.

  719. I did. I'm just being honest. You got to

  720. realize I'm not making excuse. I wasn't

  721. saved that long. But he but he did get

  722. up my nose a bit. And he's coming. Oh my

  723. Lord Jesus said, "Please don't. Please

  724. rep come take me home." What happens to

  725. this guy prays for me. Seriously, she

  726. was praying for me. Now I want to

  727. encourage you guys. Listen,

  728. he was praying. You just touch somebody

  729. gentle head and ask him, Lord, baptize

  730. him, Holy Spirit. come and release the

  731. gifts of God in them. We have to do any

  732. any more than that, right? So, he's

  733. praying for me, you know, seriously. And

  734. then he's all of a sudden he's he's

  735. speaking in the spirit and he says,

  736. "Who? Who? There it is. Bring it out."

  737. Right? I'm just being really honest with

  738. you. Right?

  739. So, I'm thinking, "Bring what out?

  740. There it is."

  741. And I'm seriously guys, I got I says

  742. before the Lord, I've repented off this

  743. cuz my attitude wasn't good. So I just I

  744. just

  745. he said that's it. I was gone

  746. home cigarette.

  747. Still smoking at the time. Said to I'm

  748. never going back to that church. What's

  749. wrong? I said Mr. Big M who's pay for

  750. me, Mr. Big Mouth.

  751. I said I was feeding. He said, "If I

  752. didn't do something, I never would have

  753. got to that church. I'm serious.

  754. >> So, you don't have to worry about this."

  755. All right. This This is a great church

  756. to be in. This is a safe place to be.

  757. I'm just being honest with you and real.

  758. So, what happens is so next day I go to

  759. work. Still had a bad attitude.

  760. Lunchtime comes around. I go to the I go

  761. I'm going I'm going to get my lunch and

  762. I'm standing watching the traffic.

  763. There's a guy with me. He's watching

  764. this side. I'm watching and seriously I

  765. look down the road and all of a sudden

  766. I

  767. I I said did did you hear anything

  768. there? No. I said I thought thank you

  769. Jesus cuz it it took me by shot. But

  770. what I realized guys when you desire the

  771. gifts when you step out in faith and you

  772. want God had turned up now I had to

  773. repent. I had to repent from the

  774. attitude towards that guy and him and I

  775. are really good friends today.

  776. >> I'm serious about that by the way.

  777. cuz I had to go and apologize a couple

  778. of years later and ask for forgiveness

  779. and stuff. But but I'm only saying that

  780. in the simple fact is guys.

  781. We'd love to pray for you if you've

  782. never been filled. Do you want to call

  783. it the baptism Holy Spirit? I think it's

  784. the same hand. You know it's the same

  785. thing. If you have, we would love to

  786. pray for you on this side. But first of

  787. all, just finishing. Is there anyone

  788. here and you haven't you've never gave

  789. your life to Jesus because you need to

  790. be born again first of all. But if you

  791. become born again today, we would still

  792. love to pray for you for that as well.

  793. So if there's anyone here, there's

  794. anyone here who's

  795. here and you know you need to give your

  796. life to Jesus. I'm going to count to

  797. three. Three.

  798. Okay. Praise you, Jesus.

  799. Okay. We're going to finish off now. Is

  800. that all right? And those who would like

  801. prayed for the Holy Spirit decide

  802. anybody who's got prayer for anything

  803. else, please come up front. Before that

  804. guys, we're going to release you now to

  805. go and enjoy some fellowship together

  806. and enjoy some coffee and stuff. But

  807. let's realize we're in the presence of

  808. God. The presence of God is here and

  809. people are being prayed for. So, let's

  810. respect that and go quietly and enjoy

  811. catching up with each other. Amen.

  812. >> God bless you.