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When God Enters!

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  1. I want to thank you for the teaching today. Jacob actually gave me the choice to pick what

  2. I wanted. So I said, Jacob, you know what, just give me what you want me to teach on.

  3. And so he gave me Isaiah chapter 35. And he said, speak on Isaiah chapter 35. And even

    Isaiah 35 chapter mention Isaiah 35 chapter mention

  4. when it was Isaiah chapter 35, he said, you know, pick a point or choose what you want

    Isaiah 35 chapter mention

  5. to teach on. So I was like, it's my first teaching on a Sunday. Might as well do it

  6. well. You know, something that is comfortable to me is that something that's close to my

  7. heart. And I really want to do that. And I was actually starting to prepare that way.

  8. But I kept feeling that God was drifting me back. God was pulling me back to the teachings

  9. that we have been having in action over the last couple of weeks, which is the presence

  10. of God, the holiness of God, the arc of the God, the carriers of the arc. And I remember

  11. my mom telling me every time you feel like God is repeating himself, he's onto something.

  12. And so this is not my familiar topic. This is not what I want to teach on. But when God

  13. says something, you might as well do it because God is onto something. And so for me, one

  14. thing that I was thinking when I was writing this was I've been in Acts 29 for close,

  15. this is my 10th anniversary. And I think almost four and a half years, we have been waiting

  16. on a promise since 2021 or so. And the promise is this one thing that God is going to bring

  17. in a revival, that God is going to move like never before. God is going to touch the hearts

  18. of the young men and young women. God is going to do ridiculous things that we have never

  19. seen before, but we're still waiting. It's been four and a half years. And so one part

  20. of me is like, Father, I know this is you. I know this is you speaking these things.

  21. I know it is your heart for the city. But on the other side, I'm like, did we miss it

  22. or did we mishear it? Because what are the odds that we are waiting for four and a half

  23. years? And so as I was thinking through these things, one thing led to the other. And Kezia

  24. asked me to show a book to my mother-in-law. And so that book, some of you have probably

  25. heard of this book. And it's a book where my mom, before I came to Canada, she wrote

  26. all the promises that were spoken over me. So I think the first note in that starts in

  27. 2006 and it ends in 2019. I think she came back and she wrote extra because I came in

  28. 2015. But when I was reading through those prophecies that were spoken over me, one thing

  29. that stood out to me is that, man, some of the prophecies that were spoken over me when

  30. I was in 2006, I was like 12, 14 years old, are some ridiculous prophecies. I could not

  31. have seen that coming. I was a boy who had no idea what life was going to look like.

  32. And as I was reading through those words, I saw that God kept prophesying, kept speaking

  33. things over my life, kept adding to those things. But right now I'm living in a phase

  34. where he's fulfilling those promises. As I'm speaking right now on this pulpit, he's fulfilling

  35. a prophecy. The point I'm trying to make is that it does not matter how long I wait. If

  36. God said something, he will bring it to pass. That is the assurance with which I'm speaking

  37. right now because I don't care if I've waited for four and a half years right now. I don't

  38. care whether I have to wait one more year or one and a half more years. I don't care

  39. because I know if God has spoken something, he will bring to pass. A couple of weeks back,

  40. Remy was actually saying something that stood out to me during pursuit. You guys are all

  41. missing pursuit by the way. During pursuit, something Remy spoke really stood out to me.

  42. He said for us, the problem that we have been with Christians for a while is that the God

  43. of the Bible is still just the God of the Bible. As in, he's the God of Old Testament,

  44. he's the God of New Testament, but that's it. He's also the God of the latest Testament,

  45. which is you and I, guys. The very same God who was speaking things in the past, as I'm speaking

  46. right now, God is fulfilling promises left, right and center. He's raising dead bodies as we speak.

  47. He's healing tumors and cancers as we speak. He's setting people free as we speak. He's casting

  48. out demons as we speak. Just because you and I don't see does not mean he's not doing things.

  49. Just because you and I don't have the eyes open, that's the reason why I prayed about open our

  50. eyes because sometimes you're just blind to what is happening just around us. You're so blind to

  51. the fact that you are moving like crazy and I'm not able to see what you're planning. So this

  52. teaching, guys, and as I said, for me, I'm sure that God gave me this. I'm sure that I'm delivering

  53. on behalf of God. So I don't care what you think. I don't care what you, you know, how you feel about

  54. this, but this is the truth. And one reason I'm, again, when Jacob spoke about this prophecy of a

  55. revival coming, it was Jacob's prophecy. Like it came out of Jacob. But one thing that happened in

  56. my life was that it became mine. I had the ability to take it from Jacob. And now when I'm

  57. speaking, I'm not speaking on behalf of Jacob. I'm speaking on behalf of God who has given the

  58. conviction in my heart that he is going to do something. And so when you guys are listening,

  59. you have two choice. One is for, this is the same old thing that we have been hearing, what news

  60. is going to come. That can be one attitude. Or the second part is, man, God has been saying

  61. something. But today might be a different day where I cling on to what he's saying. Make sense?

  62. Any questions? I know I went on a tangent. Guys, one reason that we have to think of this is

  63. because regardless of whether you and I believe this and run with this, he will do what he said

  64. he's going to do. One, because it's not about you and me. It's about a nation. It's about a

  65. generation. It's about all the young people in the 20s and 30s and 40s going to hell. It matters to

  66. him. It matters to him. And that's the reason why whether we are on board or not, he'll still do

  67. what he's supposed to do. He's not going to stop. But he's giving us this invitation. Guys, get on

  68. board. Guys, prepare. And I'm not coming from a place of like, we are not doing that. I know we

  69. are. But he's, for the people who are yet to join or for some of us who have been restless in seeing

  70. this come to pass, this is God just recharging us. This is just God saying, the time is here. The time

  71. is now. And somebody said that while we were preaching, while we were praying, the time is

  72. here and the time is now. So if you want a topic for today, it is going to be when God enters. When

  73. God enters. And I'm just going to teach from Isaiah chapter 35. When God enters. And when I

    Isaiah 35 chapter mention

  74. teach about this, I might be touching on, you know, when God enters into a city or into a life or into

  75. a family or into a nation, it does not matter where God enters, because when he enters, it's the

  76. same. When God enters, the results are the same. So it does not matter in your heart where you want,

  77. what you want to cling on to today. If you want God to enter into your life, this is probably the

  78. first time that you're in a church. It's your first time knowing about this God. This teaching is

  79. perfect for you. Because may God enter into your life, enter into your family, enter into your

  80. household who have not heard of Yahweh and Yeshua. Enter into your life that, you know, you probably

  81. heard his name once, but may God do something. So let's go. Isaiah chapter 35, verse 1.

    Isaiah 35:1

  82. The desert and the parched land will be glad. The wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the

  83. crocus, it will burst into bloom. It will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon

  84. will be given to it. The splendor of Carmel and Sharon. Verse 6. Water will gush forth in the

  85. wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool. The thirsty ground,

  86. bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow. I want

  87. to read this one more time. The desert and the parched land will be glad. The wilderness will

  88. rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom. It will rejoice greatly and shout

  89. for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it. The splendor of Carmel and Sharon. Water will

  90. gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool. The

  91. thirsty ground, bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reed and papyrus

  92. will grow. I want to read this again because we can just read through this and completely miss

  93. the point. What God is trying to say is that I am going to do when I enter, I'm going to do

  94. something ridiculous that it may seem impossible at the moment. It may seem impossible when you

  95. look around that the state of your city, the state of your life is so different from what God is

  96. claiming it to be. He's saying that this parched land, how in the world is the burning sand becoming

  97. a pool? How in the world is the thirsty ground bubbling with springs? How in the world is water

  98. gushing forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert? It's practically impossible. It's not

  99. possible. And God is saying when I enter, this is what is going to happen. There is a word in the

  100. Bible called Ichabod. And the meaning of Ichabod is when glory departs, when God departs. There is

  101. a verse in Matthew chapter 23, verse 37 and 38. It says, Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who killed

    Matthew 23:37

  102. the prophets and stoned those who sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children

  103. together. As a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house

  104. is left to you desolate. It says, look, your house is left to you desolate. And he's speaking to

  105. Jerusalem. It is his house, but he's saying, look at your house. He's not claiming it to be his

  106. house anymore. You cannot find God in Jerusalem anymore. This is the meaning of the word Ichabod

  107. where he is not there. One of the first things when fall happened was the land was cursed. What

  108. did the land do? But just because God is not present, the place becomes a wilderness.

  109. And I know Jacob has said so many things about the land. I remember this one story when I think he's

  110. shared in 2021 or something where he said, when a revival broke out in one of the places, I think

  111. South America, the land was barely making any crops and any fruits. But when revival broke out,

  112. people started repenting and God was moving like crazy. And the land reflected what the presence of

  113. God looked like. The crops became bigger. It's not possible. Apples were this size. Or I don't know,

  114. I don't go to the grocery store much. Maybe I do, but I don't look at the names. But those things

  115. got bigger. The point that I'm trying to make is that guys, the effect of God entering

  116. is ridiculous. You will see it is not going to be a passive, subtle thing. It's going to be

  117. right on your face. One thing that will happen is that he will reclaim his house. It's not going to

  118. be your house anymore. It's going to be his house. It's going to be his house. He will dwell in the

  119. house. He's reclaiming what is his. He's reclaiming what belongs to him.

  120. I have so many stories that come to my mind. But I want to touch on this story because it's very

  121. close to my heart. The reason I speak a lot of these things is because some of these stories

  122. happened in my family. And personal people might know this. My uncle, when I met him,

  123. he is one of the most meekest people ever. He's one of the most nicest people ever. He's probably

  124. meeker than Tooney, who is the other meekest man I've seen. But I didn't know that he had a past.

  125. Apparently, he was wanted by the police. He was a black belt teacher. He used to do drugs and

  126. he used to drink a lot. He used to go and fight the police. He used to go fight with the people.

  127. He was on the wanted list. But when I see his past with what I know of him, it's not the same.

  128. There's a big difference. I'm talking about a drastic difference. If not for my mom,

  129. I wouldn't know a story like that because that man does not reflect the life that he led.

  130. There was one thing that happened because he walked into a church with a knife on his side

  131. and he was sitting. And the preacher said, you have a knife right now. If you surrender your

  132. knife and your life to God, he will make wonders happen in your life. I have not seen a man with

  133. such faith in my life. And I know I'm talking about life, because I don't want anybody to

  134. miss out because it's all about city. I'm talking about this kind of stories multiplied by 100.

  135. I'm talking about that is what happens when God invades a city. That is what happens when God

  136. moves like never before. You and I cannot imagine the magnitude of his presence.

  137. You and I cannot imagine what it will look like because you have not seen,

  138. you have not seen what God has in store. You have not seen what his plans are.

  139. So that is the first thing, that he will move.

  140. When the ark entered the house, Tuni talked about this, of Obed-Edo. It stayed there for three months

  141. and his house flourished. I'm giving examples of life of a house, of a city, of a nation,

  142. where God enters and it changes everything. One cool thing about coming from India is that

  143. I've seen people who were ravaged by the devil. Because there are so many, it's not that Canada

  144. is all perfect, eh? It's just that the demons are a little more subtle, I guess. But in India,

  145. it's very, they ravage because they serve other gods and demonic attacks are very visible.

  146. So I've seen with my eyes how God literally transformed families. I've seen a drunkard family

  147. who was known for ages, generations and generations of drunkards change like that.

  148. And that, I'm just painting a picture because I still cannot understand how big God is going to

  149. do it. But I've seen and because I've seen, I will speak. Because I've seen, I will testify.

  150. And because I've seen, I will believe. And I hope that this belief is not just mine and in the

  151. process, you cling on to what God is doing, eh? Second thing that I want to speak,

  152. strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way. Say to those with fearful hearts,

  153. be strong, do not fear. Your God will come. This is from verse three. I'll read it again. Verse three,

  154. strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give away. Say to those with fearful hearts,

  155. be strong, do not fear. Your God will come. He will come with vengeance, with divine retribution.

  156. He will come to save you. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

  157. One thing that you have to note in here is that he didn't say, I will strengthen the feeble hands.

  158. I will steady the knees. I will say to the, he's saying you do this. He's saying you go and

  159. strengthen the feeble hands. You go steady the knees that give away. You say to those with

  160. fearful hearts, be strong, do not fear. Your God will come. He will come with vengeance and divine

  161. retribution. He will come to save you. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

  162. It is one thing to pray. It is another thing to do. And I'm not taking away the emphasis on prayer

  163. because it's the most important thing. But with that, some of us have to do things.

  164. With that, I wish I can say everybody, but I know that's not the case, but I want that to be the

  165. case. That everybody gets on board. That everybody does something. That everybody participates in what

  166. God is doing. That everybody believes what he's saying and goes out. That it's not just prayer

  167. warriors, but then there are doers and action people because prayer alone, guys, God will do

  168. things with prayer, but why will he limit just for him to directly approach people when he can do it

  169. through people? If you read the books of the Bible, he has always done it through people.

  170. Sometimes the same people that prayed, who did it? Sometimes it's somebody else who prayed,

  171. but somebody else who did it. So for you and me, it's the same thing.

  172. I just don't want to be a prayer, a prayer-er. I want to do more than that. I want to be a doer.

  173. So many things coming into my... One of the most common excuses

  174. that I hear when I'm saying this is one, I don't know enough. I'm not ready yet because I am very

  175. new. And the other reason is because I don't have a PhD like Dr. Tooney. I don't know the word that

  176. much. And this is the reality. And a lot of people say this. I personally know people who say this.

  177. I sometimes doubt myself too. And one thing that I want to say is that when God enters the city,

  178. there's very little that you have to do because he cannot wait until you get your PhD.

  179. Because he cannot wait till you finish your Bible reading that has started 15 years ago.

  180. Because he cannot wait until you're done with every verse in the Bible. It's great if you have,

  181. but you'll find another excuse. You have a question, Rafa?

  182. Yeah. Too easily we let fear. Absolutely. Absolutely. And so that is...

  183. I'll share a story that really changed the way I think about this. But

  184. in India, back in the day, I'm giving a lot of examples from India because that's where I grew

  185. up, eh? Nothing against Canada. I love Canada. But in India, when I was growing up, my mom used to

  186. take us everywhere on public transit. There's this huge bus where... And I like to sit in the... Right

  187. this is the driver's seat. In India, safety is not a concern. So you can sit literally next

  188. to the bus driver. And you'll see these massive guys. Their forums are like this big. Because

  189. they'll pull the steer with all their life to turn the bus around. And some of you have probably seen

  190. it. All you new generation guys, you have no idea what I'm talking about. But I'm just 33.

  191. If you're older than 33, you probably saw this. But one thing that changed when I went back in

  192. 2018 is that I'm seeing fresh out of school guys who are thinner, way thinner.

  193. I don't want to say a name, but way thinner, who would just drive the bus with one finger

  194. and another hand on the phone. Like this. You know what changed? The technology changed.

  195. There was a power steering that was put in place. The point I'm trying to make is that the driver

  196. with the same effort that he put back in the day, you don't have to put the same effort because

  197. God is on the move. You are power driven. It is the power of God that is doing things. It's not

  198. my preaching guys. I can preach here for all the day. None of you will get anything. But the words

  199. that I speak, if it is empowered by the Spirit of God, even before I open my mouth, people will

  200. start to get healed. There is a difference in power driven work that you do on the field. That

  201. is why I'm saying do not give me excuses. And when I say it's not me, God is asking,

  202. do not give God your excuses because you'll keep finding excuses one after the other. And he's

  203. saying, let me empower you. All I need is for you to open your mouth and I'll fill it. This is a

  204. verse from the Bible and it's probably one of the most misquoted verses because in Pentecostal

  205. backgrounds in India, that's where I come from. Again, India, right? I know.

  206. For a difference, let's talk Bahrain. In Pentecostal churches in Bahrain, I'm pretty

  207. sure every Pentecostal church in that area is the same. This is the words that they use when they

  208. lay hands upon you and fill you with the power of the Holy Ghost. And what they say is that,

  209. hey, open your mouth so that you can start speaking in tongues. That's the only time

  210. I've heard these words. But man, when I was going through this, God told me, you're limiting me so

  211. much. Open your mouth so that let me fill you with the power of the Ghost so that you can speak,

  212. not for yourself, but for the people around you. That is the reason why I say even before sometimes

  213. you open your mouth because God is on the move. You will see healings break out. You will see

  214. signs, miracles and wonders start to happen. You will see God just flowing because it's not you.

  215. You are just opening your mouth because you are just there, because you are just there to introduce

  216. Christ. And it does not matter whether you are one day in Christ. I know I'm making bold statements

  217. or whether you have been 50 years in Christ. It does not matter if he wants to use it.

  218. Because as I said, we are talking about revival. We are not talking about any other day.

  219. The point of a revival is that God wants to do something. His hands are itching. Whether you do

  220. it or not, he is going to move. So you just being there is only adding to the impact that he's going

  221. to make. So whether you are one day old or not, that does not make a difference because all God

  222. is looking for is blood washed people who don't have an excuse. Blood washed people who are just

  223. willing. One of my favorite stories is about this boy who was 17 years old. He attended a day. His

  224. name was David. I personally don't know that this happened somewhere else. I know the story, but

  225. he attended a, I don't know what the right word is, conventions. What is the other word for

  226. conventions guys? Like where people gather and preach at conferences? No, something with tents.

  227. What? Crusades guys, come on. Revival meeting.

  228. Crusades are happening. Seven day crusades. And this guy, for the first time in his life, he's

  229. knowing about this, this person called Jesus. And for seven days, he keeps hearing about this

  230. person called Jesus, who was willing to change his life and who is to, who's willing to change

  231. everything where he enters. And he's like, man, I want this Jesus. So this boy waits after the

  232. seven days are over and he tries to meet the preacher and he meets the preacher and he says,

  233. Hey, I want the same feeling that you were talking about. I want the same anointing and filling of

  234. God that you were talking about. So the preacher lays hands and he prays and this boy, he goes back

  235. to the village. And as he enters the village, there's a woman who carries a paralyzed or a weak

  236. kid. The first born of that lady passed away. So this is the second born and that, that kid is also

  237. sick. And he says, as he entered and as he saw it, the normal thing in the village is that you

  238. cannot speak to the, to, to a person of the opposite gender and who's older than you.

  239. But in his heart, he felt this divine love of God that was surpassing everything. He had no choice

  240. but to step in and he had no choice but to go talk to the lady. He goes and prays and the kid gets

  241. healed. I'm talking about a person who just heard the word of God, but this is not the end of the

  242. story. After that, this lady starts talking because you talk because this kid was about to die, but all

  243. of a sudden there is life in the situation. So she starts talking. The chief of the village now hears

  244. that there is this boy who just healed a kid. So he says, Hey, get me the boy.

  245. And the boy walks and meets the chief and he says, I have a crippled daughter.

  246. Can you heal my daughter? And I know that when I'm saying these things,

  247. people don't know who is doing this. So they might say, Hey, can you? And it's absolutely

  248. okay with God. He is not this power hungry, glory hungry God who will be offended if his children

  249. take the glory for a minute. So going back to the story, so this boy says, yeah, I can come and pray

  250. because all he has seen is the one time he prayed healing broke out. He was like, you know what? I'll

  251. pray. So he gets into this hut and it's a dark room and he walks in and he sees this kid

  252. who is crippled sitting on the floor. And when I say crippled, legs are disfigured. It's crisscross.

  253. And so he goes in and the only thing he knows is pray. As he prays, he hears bones start to crack.

  254. As he prays, he feels something is changing. All of a sudden this kid starts to scream

  255. and starts to rise up because the bones that were crooked are now straight and she can walk.

  256. And then all of a sudden this man says, Hey, the chief says, Hey, why don't you do a prayer meeting

  257. in the city, in this village? And he pays for the entire event. The next seven days, this boy

  258. preaches seven guys, the revival breaks out. I'm talking whom did, whom did I break out through?

  259. Through a boy who was 17 years old, who heard about Jesus seven days back. What is your excuse?

  260. Why do you think that revival breaks out through only professional preachers and professional

  261. pastors? It's not the same. If that's against you and I, we are all done. Only Jacob will qualify.

  262. The question is, what did he preach for the next seven days? Because he knows nothing about

  263. this God. Tooni, I see you're laughing. Tooni is itching to preach, but today I'm not giving up to

  264. Tooni. What did he preach for seven days? When, and that was not the end of the miracle, see?

  265. Every day when he preached, signs, miracles and wonders would start to break out because God

  266. was on the move. The boy, all he preached was the seven day teachings that he heard from the other

  267. preacher. That's all he knew. And most of you have more teaching topics than that. Most of you

  268. know more about God. Word is stopping you.

  269. Kezia told me that I have to finish before Tooni usually stops. So I'm looking at the

  270. clock and I'll try my best. Verse five, we're jumping to the next point. Verse five,

  271. five. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the

  272. lame leap like a deer and the mute tongue shout for joy. Once you do this, once you declare who I am,

  273. then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the

  274. lame leap like a deer and the mute tongue shout for joy. Acts 26, verse 18 says, to open their eyes,

    Acts 26:18

  275. this eyes that was blind, to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light

  276. and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place

  277. among those who are sanctified by faith in me. The tongue that was once bound by brokenness and sin

  278. will now proclaim God. I'm not talking about just a deaf ear opening, just a blind eye opening.

  279. I'm not just talking about physical healing too. That will happen, guaranteed. But I'm talking

  280. about the eyes that do not see this God will open. The tongue that is deaf to speak will open.

  281. The power of God will break out through them. Some of them will do greater works than you ever did.

  282. The people, let me make that point one more time. Some of you whom you touch will do greater works

  283. and they are now in the deepest pit, but you will give your hand and you will lift them up and they

  284. will do bigger things than you could ever imagine. That is the meaning of this. Then will the eyes

  285. of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer

  286. unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer. Because leaping like a deer is not a normal leap.

  287. Like a deer. Then the mute tongue shall for joy and the joy is not the joy that you can give.

  288. It's a joy that will set nations apart. It's a joy that will capture the other hearts.

  289. And that is why the enemy tries so hard to give you excuses because it's not about you.

  290. Because you might be raising another Billy Graham, you never know.

  291. Because you might be the one who will reach out to one man who will touch another 500.

  292. Because as long as you are the person, the enemy will give you all kinds of excuses.

  293. All kinds of excuses. As we were preparing today and I was so sure this is from God, one doubt

  294. all of a sudden they came to me like, don't this is all you. This bluff is all you. Man the enemy

  295. is so active. He can fight to withdraw me from giving this to you because this is God's message

  296. for you. And if he is doing right when I'm about to speak, how much more will he do with you on a

  297. daily basis? Because whom you set free will set others free. Whom you touch will be the reason

  298. science miracles and wonders break out in their village. You have no idea. You have no idea.

  299. It's not about you. And the story I want to share, I'm giving stories because it makes

  300. imagination a little big. This is a story from Reynard Bonke and I love the guy, but that's on

  301. the side. One story he shared is that in Nigeria he was speaking the word of God in a park called

  302. Uhuru Park. And in the park, again it was a conference kind of thing and then people were

  303. gathered and there was one lady who was coming to see God. And the difference of this lady was that

  304. she was a divorcee. She had just been kicked out of her house. She had nothing to claim. And so she

  305. sat through these conferences and one thing that she asked is, God you have given Reynard Bonke

  306. a million souls. Give me 100. Give me 100 souls. She didn't ask for anything else. She didn't ask

  307. for a personal redemption. She didn't ask for a new husband. She said, God give me 100 souls.

  308. Years go by and she couldn't meet Reynard Bonke. So she's like, you know what, I don't know, wait

  309. till I meet Reynard Bonke so that he can lay hands and give me. And that's not the point here. That's

  310. because she didn't know better. All she had to do was ask. She would have received then and there.

  311. But she waited and then she got an opportunity to meet Reynard Bonke. He laid hands and this

  312. girl got filled with the power of the spirit. She goes back to the village. She says, I'm gonna

  313. talk to women. I'm going to rent a small house. I'm gonna start teaching them. First day 17 people

  314. showed up. She said, you know what, I feel like God is telling me to go bigger. She rents a room.

  315. She rents a banquet hall. She rents an auditorium. People keep flooding. People keep flooding.

  316. People keep flooding. She rents finally the Uhuru Park where Reynard Bonke once preached.

  317. And more people gathered to listen to her preaching. The point that I'm trying to make

  318. is that some of you will touch people who will do greater works than you.

  319. In that story, he says, I asked God why he chose this lady.

  320. He could have found so many people who are better than her. She was a divorcee. She was a lady.

  321. Why did he chose her? There are guys who have gone to Bible schools. They are not going to

  322. there are guys who have gone to Bible schools and Bible colleges ready to do the ministry.

  323. Why did he choose her? And God said, I am going to make the broken vessel, the noble vessels.

  324. And that is why I'm saying none of you are disqualified into joining this.

  325. None of you have probably been kicked out of the house and is going through a rough time like her.

  326. But what she asked mattered. She asked for a hundred souls and God gave her plenty and plenty.

  327. Next point, and a highway will be there.

  328. This is verse eight, and a highway will be there. It will be called the way of

  329. holiness. It will be for those who walk on the way. The unclean will not journey on it. Wicked

  330. fools will not go about on it. One more time, and a highway will be there. It will be called

  331. the way of holiness. It will be for those who walk on the way. The unclean will not journey on it.

  332. The wicked fools will not go about on it. One thing I know that Tony specifically spoke on this

  333. two weeks back. I just want to click on one word. He calls it the highway of holiness.

  334. He did not call it a side road. He did not call it a single lane road. He said highway.

  335. Because you won't miss it. This holiness and this road of holiness that he is preparing

  336. is not just for you and for me. It is a big six lane highway or 12 lane highway

  337. where there will be many more who will enter.

  338. There will be high traffic. It's not just for one person or two people. And the point I want to

  339. keep bringing to you is the question. Don, you're making ridiculous statements. Yes, I am.

  340. But I am not the one who's doing this. It's God who said something. He will do it. He will do it.

  341. So there is an urgency that God will put in the people's heart.

  342. You are not the one who is making this happen. There will be people out of nowhere who will want

  343. to know more about God. Even without you speaking in their dreams and the visions, God might move

  344. them. You wouldn't know, but they might need somebody to talk to. They might need somebody

  345. who is ready. And that's why Remy, when he was on the sea, he said, go to the highways,

  346. go to the inroads, speak, because at the end of the day, somebody has to give them what they need,

  347. at least a clue of where to go. With our eyes, we'll see a generation that will desire and hunger

  348. for holiness. With our eyes, we'll see a generation. This is not what we're seeing now. The world that

  349. we see, the world that we know, the schools that we see, the workplaces that we see,

  350. the streets that we see, is not the same. And God is saying, I will change the direction.

  351. I will put in their hearts a desire and a hunger for holiness. I will give it to them.

  352. Remy. One thing, as I was writing this, God specifically spoke to me was that,

  353. now we need to pray for our kids who will go to schools, because

  354. God can break out a revival in a school. God can use our kids who can be forerunners

  355. of this, what God is doing, because he wants to touch young men, anybody who is not in their

  356. masters and under. Let's pray for them later today. Or I don't know whether we'll get the time, but

  357. pray that they are the ones who will be used to make a difference in schools, because God is on

  358. the move. That is the generation that the enemy is after. That's the same generation God is after.

  359. And so you and I, we have a duty to pray and equip our kids, equip our kids, tell them that

  360. they can do this, because they might be under confident. They have no idea what the mantle

  361. that's upon them. They have no idea that this calling is good for them. They have no idea that

  362. if they lay hands and speak, miracles will break out. They have no idea. Tell them that this is the

  363. God who is moving and he's inviting these kids out of the babes mouth is what it says in Psalms.

  364. Out of the mouth of babes will come glory that will drown the enemy, will drown the enemy.

  365. I want to repeat this. May these verses not be some old tale and you know, some proverbs that

  366. you use occasionally. May these things come to pass. May these, with your and my eyes, man,

  367. I want to see this. I want to, before I die, I want to be drenched in the revival.

  368. But that's a long time. You know what, before I, in 10 years, I don't want to say that's also too

  369. long. Before I know, I want revival to break out and I want to be in the thick of it,

  370. because I know this is not, this is not something that my mind just made up. This is not something

  371. that Jacob just made out of nowhere. This is what God is doing. This is yours to claim. This is

  372. yours to take and run with. This is yours to move. A few things we need to be aware of as we wait for

  373. his promise. One thing is that, and again, as I said, it does not matter whether you're one day in

  374. Christ or 50 years in Christ, the enemy will try to distract you and tell you you're not ready for

  375. it. There will be a blurring of your calling. Blurring, as in you kind of know it, but you don't

  376. really, really know it. There will be a blurring of your calling. Blurring, as in you kind of know

  377. it, but you don't really, really know it. There will be a blurring of the calling that's upon you.

  378. How many of you know Barack? Barack, not Barack Obama, no, Barack of the Bible.

  379. Maybe it's Barack, I don't know, B-A-R-K, you know? Okay, that's the whole point that you wouldn't

  380. know. Let me read Judges Chapter 4 verse 6 to 9. Deborah sent for Barack, son of Abinuam, from

    Judges 4:6–9

  381. Kadesh in Naphtali and said to him, the Lord, the God of Israel commands you, go take with you 10,000

  382. men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them to Mount Tabor. I will lead Cicero, the commander of Jabin's

  383. army, with his chariots and troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.

  384. Barack said to Deborah, if you go with me, I will go, but if you don't go with me, I won't go.

  385. Certainly, I will go with you, said Deborah, but because of the course you are taking, the honor

  386. will be, will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Cicero into the hands of a woman.

  387. You all know Deborah, right? Otherwise, you have to read the Bible. The other one, the other one

  388. can be an excuse because the glory was not his. You know why? Because it was his. It was supposed

  389. to be his, but he missed it. There will be a blurring of the calling that is upon you. The enemy

  390. will tell you, man, you're not the one that's supposed to do it, or he might just blur the vision.

  391. One thing that happened to me when I was reading through those prophecies is that I am,

  392. what I do at Axis-Pininen will not be the end of it. If I die at 80 years and all I do is preach

  393. to you guys, it will be a waste of my life. Not because you're, that's not the point, but

  394. because the calling on me, I know. Because the calling that's upon my life, I know.

  395. Are your eyes blurred to the calling that's upon your life? David, is the calling that's, Daniel,

  396. man, I messed up your name. God won't. Daniel, the question is, do you know the calling that's

  397. upon your life? Do you know the calling that's upon your life? Bishop, do you know the calling

  398. that's upon your life? Or is it blurred? Do you want to go back and listen to what God spoke over

  399. you years back, even when you were a boy? George, Ashish, and I'm picking people from Pursuit because

  400. I know them. I know every one of you has a calling that's been blurred sometimes because

  401. that's what the enemy wants. Because if you know your calling, you won't sit and you won't settle

  402. for what you have. Second thing, fear of failure. And I spoke about this. What if I am wrong? How

  403. many times have we not stepped into places? How many times have we not spoken the word that God

  404. gave us because of one question that was in our mind? What if I'm wrong? What if this is out of

  405. context? What if this is not what God wants to speak? Fear of failure is not the fear of going

  406. wrong. It's mostly the fear of failure. And that God is saying, leave it with me. Because of the

  407. boy who heard about me seven days ago, if I can do it through him, I can do much more through you.

  408. Now, when I was a growing boy and I was, I think, seven or eight years old, I would jump into

  409. occasions to lay hands and pray. I'm not like that anymore. You know why? Because I'm scared of failing.

  410. Back in the day, all I knew was that if I lay hands and pray, God will heal because that's all

  411. I've seen. Now that's not the case anymore because I've seen failure. And now I'm worried that if I

  412. lay my hands, my reputation will go. Not that I have any with you, but outside, what if I lay my

  413. hands and they're like, nothing happened? My fear of failure will drive me from stepping into places,

  414. opening my mouth.

  415. Biscinus of the world will choke the time out of you so that you cannot concentrate on your calling.

  416. As you are closer to your calling, more things will be added to you by the world. And these are

  417. good things. Maybe you deserve those things. Maybe that is how the projectory of your life is because

  418. more things will be added. But one thing that can happen is that the enemy can use those things to

  419. choke the time and the priority out of you. What you were built for, you won't get there because

  420. you'll be distracted or you'll take time. You'll keep wasting time. And by the time you step into

  421. I am ready, you're getting your hours speed. If you have one. You guys are not laughing. So what

  422. I'm supposed to do? You probably don't have our RRS piece. I don't know. Okay.

  423. Dullness of the heart and dullness from the enemy. One thing that can happen is because you're

  424. waiting. It can be just another promise. Just one of those promises that God spoke. Just one of those

  425. things that can be added to the 30 other promises that have not been fulfilled yet. There is a chance

  426. that the enemy will dull your heart and your mind. Think about this Abraham and Sarah.

  427. You know this story well enough. But sometimes I think did Abraham not tell Sarah what was happening?

  428. I mean, they must have talked because God told Abraham, hey, through you, I'll raise a generation.

  429. And then Sarah tells him, hey, I'm not worried. I won't have a child. So why don't you take Hagar?

  430. I'm like, didn't you guys talk?

  431. Sometimes your faith,

  432. if you don't protect it, somebody else can come and damage it. Abraham knew for a fact, but he

  433. fell for it because the faith was not Sarah's because she did not catch on to it. Because

  434. later even God comes to Mamre and he tells her, hey, you will have a child. And she laughs off.

  435. Sometimes some people won't just get it. And that's okay. It should not take away from the faith that

  436. you have, that God has deposited inside of you. The person sitting next to you may not get it

  437. today, but that should not stop you from what God wants to give you. Tuneet, do you want to join me

  438. and rest of the worship team? The reason I stopped early is because I felt like God was saying, hey,

  439. tonight I want you to spend time. Join me guys. And before we spend some time in worship, hey,

  440. it's up to Tuneet. I'm not the responsible one. Tuneet can take an hour. I don't know. Usually he does.

  441. But in this time, it's not about what I've spoken. It's not about what you've heard.

  442. It's about your heart and God's heart. And there are two questions that God asked me to do today.

  443. One is, I think Jacob spoke about this, but a rededication of yourself to God.

  444. That's the first thing. Second thing, if you don't have a calling yet, he's asking, can you

  445. ask of me? Can you ask of me what you want? Can you ask of me a hundred souls?

  446. It's because you don't ask. It's because you don't need it. And so right now, as you're spending time

  447. in worship, hey, I want some of you have never gone through this process. I have a calling to step up

  448. and be like, Abba, what is my calling? It's not just meant for people who are upon the pulpit,

  449. because majority of the work will be happening through you who is listening. Some of you have

  450. blurred your calling. You have lost what you had. And he's saying tonight, by the power of God,

  451. I will reignite things in your life. For some of you, you may think I am never the guy for this.

  452. And God is saying, come and ask and see what I can do. So for some of us, all it takes

  453. is to submit, surrender, rededicate. For some of you, it will be the fresh start of your life,

  454. not for yourself, but for what God is calling you to do. So regardless of whether, guys, you

  455. how much you know about Jesus or not, all you have to know is that he is willing to work through you.

  456. You don't have to know Genesis to Revelation,

  457. because God is looking for a willing person

  458. who will step up and answer the call, who will step up and say, Abba, here I am. Use me.

  459. So Father, I've been obedient to you. I come to you because you said,

  460. this is what you'll do today. And this is what I've done. I've spoken what you've given me.

  461. Now it is up to you, Abba. I pray there are hungry hearts. If there are hungry hearts in this room,

  462. you will fill them, not for their sake. I pray, Abba, if there are people who are listening to

  463. these, some of these stories and thinking, I will never see this because I don't have what it takes.

  464. Abba, I pray that you give them the calling. You give them a fresh mantle. You give them

  465. a fresh anointing. You give them the fresh taste of heaven. I pray about that. They will experience

  466. you like never before. Some of them will break out into tongues. Some of them will be healed

  467. because it's the power of God that will invade this place. Abba, I pray as Thuny sings and the

  468. worship team sings, I pray about that you move, that some of the hearts here Abba will be fresh

  469. and fertile to take what you have deposited tonight. I pray about that some of the people who are

  470. standing on the verge will jump into the thick. I pray about that some of the people who are in

  471. the outskirts will choose to be in the highway. I pray about that some of them who have not made

  472. the decision to follow you will choose to follow you. Today is the day. Nick, you said it. Today is

  473. the day. Abba, I leave the room open to you. Come and do what only you can do.

  474. Come and do only what you can do. In your precious name Jesus I pray. Amen.