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Born For The Storm (Special Guest Christ Estrada | Nacido Para La Tormenta (Invitado especial Chris Estrada) 84 Parte 1

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  1. Welcome to Burning Lamb Podcast. A daily refresh

  2. for your life. Jesus is the center of everything

  3. we do. Burning Lamb Church. Burning Lamb Church.

  4. Thank you for always listening to our podcast.

  5. We hope they are a blessing to your life. Burning

  6. Lamb Church. Wow, you may be seated. What a tremendous

  7. honor it is to be here tonight. I just want to

  8. say it's been a long time since I've been in

  9. a room like this. And I miss it. My assignment

  10. takes me into a lot of different environments.

  11. But man, there's so much hunger in this room.

  12. And I can tell you that God can do anything with

  13. hunger. I've been in stadiums full of people

  14. without a drop of the presence of God because

  15. there was no hunger. But then I walk into a Saturday

  16. night service with a hungry group of radicals

  17. and I feel moved. These are the kind of services

  18. as a 17 year old kid. that I grew up in. These

  19. fires of revival and the devotion in the room,

  20. it is truly sacred. And I think that it's because

  21. of your heart that God meets with you like he

  22. does right now. But I also believe it's a pure

  23. reflection of quality leadership with Pastor

  24. Daniel and the whole team here. Come on, one

  25. more time, can you thank God for my friend Pastor

  26. Daniel and his life? I know we don't celebrate

  27. a man, but we are called to honor our leaders.

  28. And just hearing how you have stewarded your

  29. leadership in some of the high points and the

  30. valleys. And I really sense that the man and

  31. the message are the same. And I want to honor

  32. you. Thank you so much for carrying what you

  33. carry And I'm looking forward to being able to

  34. say man I remember burning lamp when it was just

  35. Saturday night Because I can sense it's gonna

  36. be not just Sunday It's not just going to be

  37. in America. I can't wait to say, oh, that's that

  38. one campus from Burning Lamp in this nation or

  39. in that city. They have a delegation going to

  40. this palace or going to this boardroom. And I

  41. believe that's what's being birthed here tonight.

  42. And so I did not come alone. I brought my closest

  43. ministry friend that I've had for 21 years. His

  44. name is Pastor Bondu from Sri Lanka. Pastor,

  45. would you stand up please and wave it to the

  46. people? I'll be honest with you, he is a definite

  47. general in his nation. He leads the pastors association

  48. with hundreds of pastors looking to him for leadership.

  49. He does not carry himself that way. He's more

  50. proud to just be married to his wife, Angel,

  51. and a happy father to his two daughters. And

  52. now a grandfather to his grandson, Caleb. They

  53. live in Toronto. But he's wearing a jacket. because

  54. he truly is cold, not trying to be trendy, he

  55. is truly cold. But then I have two of my kids

  56. here tonight. My two oldest, would you guys stand

  57. up? This is my son Elisha. This is my daughter

  58. Jasmine. And then we have a friend of ours, his

  59. name is Braden. Braden, would you wave at everybody?

  60. Say hi, this is Braden. So thank you guys for

  61. bringing us. into your home and into your family

  62. tonight. But I came with the Word. And I don't

  63. do no quiet church. I may not speak Spanish,

  64. but I am too Hispanic for a quiet church. And

  65. I believe a quiet church is a dead church. Because

  66. I believe the Word of God deserves a response.

  67. Hello. So you better not go quiet on me. Or you're

  68. going to see this half -breed Mexican with a

  69. mic get real insane. And I will throw it at myself.

  70. I need you to talk back to me tonight. Can you

  71. do that? Listen, if you like your church quiet,

  72. you do not want to go to heaven. Because there's

  73. going to be one Mexican making as much carne

  74. asada as possible. And worshiping as loud as

  75. possible. So we might as well have heaven on

  76. earth in here tonight. Are you with me? Can you

  77. talk back to me? Somebody shout yes. Say come

  78. on somebody. Say some old come body. I don't

  79. know how to spell that. That's a big word like

  80. mayonnaise. I don't know how to spell that one

  81. either. But are you ready for the word church?

  82. Burning lamp, I said are you ready for the word?

  83. I believe it. Do me a favor turn on your Bible

  84. and go to Matthew 14, Matthew the 14th chapter

  85. and for the sake of time Find Mark chapter 6.

    Mark 6 chapter mention

  86. We're going to begin eating tonight in Matthew

  87. 14, but we are going to snack on something in

  88. Mark chapter 6. We're going to read about the

    Mark 6 chapter mention

  89. same encounter but from two different locations.

  90. And I'm only going to pull one verse out of Mark's

  91. gospel. Because I feel like he adds something

  92. extra that would benefit us tonight. In Matthew

  93. 14, Jesus has just finished feeding the 5 ,000.

  94. And how many of you know this is a miracle that's

  95. impossible? We serve a God that can do the impossible.

  96. He is not bound by stats, facts, and history.

  97. The odds don't apply to God, so therefore they

  98. don't apply to us either. So He does the impossible.

  99. And how many of you know when God gives you a

  100. breakthrough, He's not done. He is now moving

  101. you in from glory to glory. Victory to victory.

  102. You're going to go from one victory to the next

  103. one. I know a lot of people that want victory,

  104. but they don't want to go through a battle to

  105. get one. And this is why it's so important that

  106. you recognize that the disciples see this miracle.

  107. They distribute this miracle. And God being a

  108. wise master builder Immediately puts them in

  109. another lesson, in another challenge, in another

  110. moment, where they can only live in risk. Now

  111. have you know, God is very intentional with everything

  112. about your life. If God is doing something, He

  113. is doing something on purpose. And if God is

  114. doing nothing, He is doing nothing on purpose.

  115. So whether he's doing something or doing nothing,

  116. he's doing it all on purpose. So whether he's

  117. active or inactive, we ought to not lose our

  118. faith or our heart. And so here he finished feeding

  119. the 5 ,000, and now he is about to do something

  120. intentional and unusual. Would you read verse

  121. 22? Matthew 14, verse 22 through 24, please.

    Matthew 14:22–24

  122. Matthew 14, verse 22 through 24. Keep going,

    Matthew 14:22–24

  123. verse 22 through 24, please. Now watch this.

  124. It says immediately, after feeding the 5 ,000,

  125. Jesus makes them get in a boat. While he sends

  126. the multitudes away, but he gives them a prophetic

  127. word. You are going to go to the other side.

  128. He's not saying you might make it to the other

  129. side. He's not saying if you behave correctly,

  130. you'll make it to the other side. He is saying,

  131. I watch over my word to perform it. And I will

  132. do everything in my power to ensure you get to

  133. the other side. I feel a prophetic edge on the

  134. message for this house tonight. There is a other

  135. side to your pain. It's called healing. There's

  136. a other side to your confusion. It's called clarity.

  137. There's a other side to your blurred vision.

  138. It's called prophetic accuracy. But let me help

  139. you out. You can't bring everyone with you to

  140. the other side. He tells the side, you're going

  141. the other side, I'm sending all this crowd away

  142. from you. In other words, when I was in the world,

  143. I could find 10 people to go get drunk and high

  144. with. But I couldn't find one person to go to

  145. church with. When I was in the world, I could

  146. find 20 people to go to the club with. But I

  147. couldn't find one person to pray me through.

  148. To pray me through If that is your story, it's

  149. time to go to the other side. If that is where

  150. you are at, it is time to go to the other side.

  151. You cannot bring everyone with you to the other

  152. side. Listen, you can't bring everything with

  153. you to the other side. We have no business bringing

  154. our failures, our fears, and our insecurities

  155. into our new season. We also have no business

  156. bringing our successes, our wins and our trophies

  157. into our new season. The titles you have now

  158. will not work in the next season. Because I have

  159. watched trophies turn to anchors real quick.

  160. And then we get people stuck in a certain style

  161. or preference of ministry. And they only want

  162. to do things this way because they had a high

  163. point in their life then and they spend their

  164. whole life trying to get back to that point.

  165. I am honored by the fathers and mothers whose

  166. shoulders I get to stand on. But I don't want

  167. an outpouring that happened 40 years ago. I want

  168. the fresh outpouring of the Holy Ghost today.

  169. And the only way I do that is by letting God

  170. get a little wild in my life and prophetically

  171. tell me it's time to go to the other side. Burning

  172. lamp, you're going to the other side. You're

  173. going to the other side of where you've been.

  174. Can I tell you the last 15 years were just practice?

  175. And now you are coming into season. and God seated

  176. so much in you so that it would shake you to

  177. go to the other side and we thank God for Pastor

  178. Carolina who lived a life worthy of standing

  179. in God's presence today. But her life is a seed

  180. to make sure that you go to the other side. Can

  181. we thank God for what He's done in Burning Lamb

  182. up to this point? That there is blessing not

  183. curses in this church. That there is breakthrough

  184. not strongholds in this church. going to the

  185. other side. But then he says, he says, I'm going

  186. to send the multitudes away. Then he goes and

  187. prays. And it says, and the disciples get in

  188. the boat. And in verse 24 it says, and now the

  189. boat is in the middle of the sea. What is in

  190. the middle of the sea? Talk to me. The boat.

  191. What? Where is the boat? It is in the... Middle.

  192. I need you to remember that. Let's pray. Holy

  193. Spirit, I ask for the spirit of wisdom and revelation

  194. in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. I speak to

  195. this atmosphere and I thank you, God. It's full

  196. of faith and it's full of hope and it's full

  197. of peace and it's full of joy. And I come against

  198. every limit, every restriction. every barrier

  199. and every lie. I declare every demonic harassment

  200. is cancelled right now. And I call your men and

  201. women into their season. I call them into strength.

  202. And I call them into their rhythm. And I establish

  203. them in your word. And I establish them in your

  204. presence. In the mighty name of Jesus. And everyone

  205. shout it. Amen. Amen. Amen. I want to call this

  206. message born for the storm. Born for the storm.

  207. You do realize you were born for greatness. You

  208. were born for destiny. You were born to be loved.

  209. You were born to be blessed. were born to have

  210. victory in your life. But you were also born

  211. for challenges. And there are certain giants

  212. you are assigned to take down. And there are

  213. strongholds that your anointing will tear down.

  214. And you have to recognize that you weren't just

  215. born for the good days. You weren't just born

  216. for the mountaintops. You were born for every

  217. day. You were born for good weather and bad weather.

  218. You were born for the expected and the unexpected.

  219. And because God builds His people like this,

  220. we should not feel overwhelmed by challenges.

  221. We should feel activated by opposition. We should

  222. feel triggered by resistance. I am not responding

  223. to earth, I am responding to heaven with my life.

  224. God is so good, he knows how to create the right

  225. circumstances that will squeeze you and strengthen

  226. you so that you will take risks. One time we

  227. were hosting this massive conference. It was

  228. coming out on one of the Christian TV stations.

  229. And I asked the founder, I said, how many people

  230. does this conference reach? He said, when we

  231. put this on the channel, it'll reach 700 million

  232. homes. That's a billion people on planet Earth.

  233. I was like, dang, that's some reach. So I remember,

  234. you know, like I had our whole team, we had to

  235. be dialed and on point. The week long conference.

  236. And in the middle of the conference, one of my

  237. daughters comes to me and says, Dad, I miss you.

  238. I have four kids. I have two daughters, two sons.

  239. One of my daughters says, Dad, I miss you. I

  240. said, baby, I miss you too. I said, why don't

  241. you come with me? Be with me all day. At the

  242. end of the night, you end up on TV with me. And

  243. we're going to pray for some people. But listen,

  244. I can't have you be messing around. This 700

  245. million homes is a billion people that are going

  246. to be watching your baby TV. tonight. She said,

  247. Dad, I'm ready. I said, you sure you're ready?

  248. She's like, Dad, I'm so ready. I was ready yesterday.

  249. That's how ready I am. I was like, all right,

  250. bet. So then the next, we're in the car. I said,

  251. now listen, this 700 million homes is a billion

  252. people. So I need you to get something clear

  253. in your heart. She said, dad, chill, I'm ready.

  254. I said, all right, we get in the room behind

  255. the stage, the green room. I said, now listen,

  256. this 700 million homes, a billion people. And

  257. I need you to come strong tonight. She said,

  258. dad, I'm ready. I said, okay. So I remember we

  259. get in the studio, the producer shouts 90 seconds.

  260. I said, now listen, this is 700 million homes.

  261. This is a billion people. A billion with a B.

  262. And I need you to pray with accuracy. She said,

  263. daddy, I'm ready. I said, 60 seconds. I said,

  264. now listen, this is 700 million homes, a billion

  265. people. nervous. You shouldn't be nervous. I'm

  266. not nervous. But you're an astronaut. And you

  267. don't pray no weak prayers up in here. And she

  268. said, Dad, I'm ready. They said, 10 seconds.

  269. I said, hey, you ready? She goes, Dad, I don't

  270. want to do this anymore. Dad, please don't make

  271. me do this. Daddy, please don't make me do this.

  272. Daddy! screaming, shouting. I've got a director,

  273. I've got our PR team, I've got producers, and

  274. she's sitting there crying, Daddy, please don't

  275. make me do it. Now I'm the type of parent Then

  276. if you say you're going to do something, then

  277. you're going to do it. Because my Bible says

  278. let your yes be a yes and your no be a no. And

  279. I don't care how overwhelmed you feel. And you

  280. need a fidget spinner all of a sudden just to

  281. reconnect with the earth. No, trying to grow

  282. up little girl. If you said you're going to do

  283. something, you're going to do it. Daddy, please,

  284. I beg you. And they're counting down. Five, four,

  285. three, two, one. And the light comes on. I said,

  286. hey everybody, thanks for watching. I guarantee

  287. you're going to see something you've never seen

  288. tonight. I said, we just finished a great service.

  289. Man, I've got someone real special with me in

  290. the studio. I have one of my daughters here and

  291. I said, man, hasn't tonight been powerful? And

  292. my daughter goes, oh my gosh, dad, it's been

  293. so good the whole night. This is my favorite

  294. service of the whole week. I said, hey, there's

  295. some people need a touch from heaven. Why don't

  296. you pray for them? She goes, okay. She's like

  297. five, okay? She goes, Father, in the name of

  298. Jesus, I command the peace of heaven. And I said,

  299. whoa, that was strong. And she said, yeah, dad,

  300. that was really powerful. That was a good release.

  301. Somebody totally received it. Somebody totally

  302. got it. I said, hey, thanks for watching. We'll

  303. see you guys tomorrow night. The camera goes

  304. off. And she goes, I can't believe you made me

  305. do that! She was so mad at me, she didn't talk

  306. to me for two days. This is a true story, for

  307. two days. Why, what was going on? She was learning

  308. what we've all had to learn. What I've had to

  309. learn many times is that God, our loving Father,

  310. will not set us up to fail. But He has every

  311. right to stretch us. And He will challenge you.

  312. And He will grow you. And He doesn't care about

  313. how comfortable you are. And He doesn't care

  314. if you had it planned. And He doesn't care if

  315. you have all the money or the training. God has

  316. every right to put a demand on us whenever He

  317. wants. So if that means bring on the giants,

  318. bring on the challenges, bring on the storms.

  319. Baby, you were born for the storm, and you might

  320. as well recognize that God Himself is with you

  321. tonight. you are not orphans you are children

  322. of God and God will watch over your life to make

  323. sure that you perform what he wants you to perform

  324. but if all you ever do is bless God when it's

  325. nice and easy then you have begun to stall your

  326. spiritual growth And you will never rise of past

  327. certain levels Because God is trying to stretch

  328. you and grow you But too many are fighting to

  329. stay the same It's as if our comfort or our normal

  330. has done more of the discipling in our life now

  331. Than his word and his voice But let it be said

  332. at Burning Lamp Church that it didn't matter

  333. the assignment or the giant. What mattered more

  334. to this house is that we were faithful and we

  335. trusted God even when we weren't aware and it

  336. was unexpected. We were born for storms. And

  337. if we're going to be born for storms, let me

  338. give you three things. Number one, walk where

  339. he tells you to walk. Walk exactly where Jesus

  340. tells you to walk. I don't care if you went to

  341. school or you've been trained for it. Do what

  342. he asks you to do. I don't care if you've seen

  343. it done or haven't seen it done. Do what he asked

  344. you to do. I don't care if you've tried 10 times

  345. and failed. Do it again. I don't care how young

  346. or how old. Walk where he tells you to walk.

  347. If you are so outside your qualification, you've

  348. probably hurt God. You probably heard God. I

  349. can't tell you how many times God has asked me

  350. to do something I didn't go to school for. I

  351. was never trained for. I was never built for.

  352. But by God's grace and the move of His Spirit,

  353. I just followed that cloud. And I watched God

  354. perform miracles in my deserts and bring me into

  355. the promised land, the fulfillment of a prophetic

  356. word. And I feel like somebody needs to know

  357. that tonight. That you just need to walk where

  358. he's telling you to walk. My job as a parent

  359. is to create storms in my kids' lives. My job

  360. is to put certain challenges in front of them

  361. just to stretch them enough where they don't

  362. have an idea of what to do. All they have is

  363. a goal or a vision. So one year at Christmas,

  364. I walked into our living room. I said, hey, we're

  365. canceling Christmas. And one of my kids was like,

  366. are we broke? And I was like, you are, I'm not.

  367. And I said, no, I said, mom and I feel you need

  368. a faith financial challenge. So. we want to ask

  369. you, instead of us buying gifts for you, the

  370. money we save for Christmas presents, would you

  371. be willing to pick missionaries or ministries

  372. or pastors to bless? And then we would take pictures

  373. of them and put it in picture frames, and that's

  374. what we unwrap. And so my kid said, okay, we'll

  375. do it. It took some of them seven days to convince,

  376. but yes, they did it. And that's why we did that

  377. Christmas. No presents, just knowing that we

  378. sowed. The next year, around the same time I

  379. walk in the lunar. I said, guys, we're gonna

  380. have Christmas. All my kids were like, oh, thank

  381. God. Oh, thank God. These materialistic kids.

  382. These are materialistic kids. Anybody got one?

  383. You know you got at least one, right? So I remember,

  384. I said, but your birthday's this coming year.

  385. Instead of people buying you birthday presents,

  386. ask people to donate money. to the orphanage

  387. that mom and I just signed the four of you up

  388. to build. We didn't use our names, we used your

  389. names. And you have to raise $38 ,650. Oh, and

  390. you have to do it in 10 months. They were like,

  391. what? So they, they were like, fine, challenge

  392. accepted. All I'm doing is creating storms. And

  393. they got through a couple of birthdays and realized,

  394. I can't, I don't think we're gonna be able to

  395. do it. Well then finally they came to me, and

  396. they said, Dad, They said, you know someone who

  397. designs for all these major artists? All these

  398. icons? He designs for every major designer label

  399. out there? Would you contact him and ask him?

  400. Could he make t -shirts after mom's messages

  401. and your messages? And then we would sell those

  402. and the profit would be given to this orphanage.

  403. I said, that's a dope idea. And my kids... ended

  404. up raising $38 ,650 in six months. And in March

  405. of this year, our family flew to India, did the

  406. building dedication and the prayer service for

  407. 25 kids taken off the street who will not be

  408. sex trafficked or put into child labor And it

  409. all started with four kids saying, I'll take

  410. on a storm. I'll take on a giant. I'll take on

  411. the assignment. Walk where he tells you to walk.