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If you want a title for the teaching today, it's give the sun away.

Give the sun away.

Give the sun away.

Give the sun away.

Give the sun away.

So Acts chapter 3 verse 6, everybody knows the story.

Acts 3:6

So we'll start there.

It's along the lines of what we've been doing for the last one month where we've been trying

to be bold in our praying, bold in going out and speaking to people once we pray.

So it's not just praying for the world.

It's okay if we prayed and you're asking us to go down to the train station to speak to

somebody or you're asking us to do something about what we prayed.

Here we go.

Last Sunday, I think Jane was leading worship and she kept bringing up the topic of healing.

This last prayer meeting was Thursday.

Derek brought up the theme of healing.

So the intent is can we now not just preach the good news to the poor but after we preach

the word, can the works give evidence of the word and can the word point towards the works?

So we're still going down that line.

So Acts chapter 3 verse 6, and I know you know this.

Acts 3:6

I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you in the name of Jesus Christ

of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you in the name of Jesus Christ

of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

Guys, the thing is we have nothing else to give.

We have nothing else to give.

The only thing we have is the sun.

This is something that has to settle in my heart.

I begin to think that I have something else to give.

I begin to think maybe it's my ability to talk and convince somebody.

I begin to think perhaps it's apologetics.

I begin to think it's perhaps money.

I begin to think it's perhaps inviting someone home and engaging them in a discussion.

All those are methods, but the only thing that you have that you can give away is the

sun.

There's nothing else you can give away.

You can only give away the sun.

At the end of the day, all the other ways are methods and we get stuck with the methods.

Especially in the Western world, sitting and talking about methods and finding the best

method and writing a book on the best method, man, the amount of money made on books talking

about methods is crazy.

I'm hoping that we don't fall into that trap where we end up being a church that prays

over every method and does nothing with the method because the only thing we can give

away is the sun.

And so this idea of Acts chapter 3, 6 where it says silver and gold have I not.

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I remember going to a printing shop in Richmond and the guy came up to me and he said, I've

got a headache.

And I just read Acts chapter 3 that morning and he said, I've got a headache.

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And for some strange reason out of my mouth came the words silver and gold.

He said, I have a headache.

Do you have an aspirin or an anacin tablet in your car?

My response was an acid and aspirin I have none.

But such as I have, give idea.

I'm thinking to myself, why are you speaking in old English?

Speak proper.

And so I said, Randy, I can pray for you.

And so I prayed for him and I didn't expect anything to happen.

I thought in the sweet by and by his headache will go away.

Instead the guy starts shaking his head and he says, my headache is gone.

My headache is gone.

And I think I was as surprised as him because you don't expect things to go away so quickly.

It says silver and gold have I none but such as I have give I thee in the name of Jesus

Christ rise up and walk.

The only thing that you and I have that we can give away is the sun.

That's all we have to give away.

But here's the problem.

You only give away what is precious to you when you love.

You only give away what is precious to you when you love.

I love Jesus Christ.

I love the Holy Spirit.

I love the Father.

There's nobody else I like more than the Father.

But here's the problem.

I'll never give away something so precious and so important to me unless I love someone

else.

You never give away what is precious unless you love.

And our problem as Christians is we find him so precious that we keep him.

Jesus Christ is writing John 3, 16 where it says God so loved therefore he gave.

And our unfortunate predicament is that we do not love enough.

Who are we supposed to love?

The same thing that he loved like crazy the world.

And yet we are the guys who isolate ourselves saying we are Christians, we are the church.

We got to stay separate from the world.

Hey, rotting meat needs salt.

It preserves it.

And so here's the thing.

God so loved that he gave his son.

Therefore it is required of me to love to a point where I give away the son.

If I do not love the world, I will not give away the son.

I'll keep him in the church and that's it.

So here's the thing then.

We must, we must decide that we will build this church only for the world.

We are not building this church so we can have worship services.

We are not building this church so that we can have fellowship.

We are not building this church so that we can get stronger.

You cannot get stronger than this.

You get stronger than this.

It goes into fat.

You can only get fatter from here on.

You cannot get stronger because you've got all the strength you need.

What we need to do now is get to a place where we build this church only for the world.

What do you mean build this church only for the world some project some mission?

No, we build ourselves and we give it away because the only thing that we have to give away is the son

He is precious to you. But if he is precious to you, the only way he is going to be given away

Is if you love the world more

And so I would suggest to you that we have a few things

Changed in our prayer life. One of them is that I'll build a church for the world build

the church

for the world

That's one two

From now on every day being to ask God God is saying ask me

for love for

the world

Every morning being asking father. Can you give me love for the world?

And how will it look you'll begin to notice people you'll begin to notice things

You'll begin to have this urge to go up and speak you will begin to have a boldness that comes over you

You'll begin to know the one that needs even though he's not expressed his need. You'll begin to know the one who

Is right to be plucked even though she hasn't said anything

That's what begins to happen when you ask the Lord to give you a love for the world

Just like he does because I will not give away what is precious to me unless I love

Here's the other thing guys to give God is saying to give my son away to give my son away

You have to give to give my son away

To give my son away

You have to give up

Big word self preservation

To

Give my son away you have to give up self preservation

And alongside self preservation you have to give up your dignity because you can't give up the Sun without giving up your dignity

You cannot give the Sun away without giving up your dignity

He had to give up his dignity

We're talking about the Son of God. We're talking about the one who created the world hanging naked on a cross

It's humiliating

He was paraded naked through the street. We just put a cloth on him in the movies so that he has some semblance of dignity

He had none

So it's not possible to give the Sun away Jacob cannot give the Sun away till Jacob decides that he's going to give up self-preservation

And he's going to give up his dignity

And both are things we hold on to so tightly so tightly

I

Cannot give him away if I don't give up those two things

Here's the problem guys

Jesus still lives, but he lives in me

Therefore if I have to give him I have to give him up through this veil of flesh

I have to lose my dignity. I have to lose self-preservation if I want to give him away

Any questions any thoughts

Self preservation seeks one's comfort first self preservation seeks to

Solidify one's dignity reputation safety first self preservation chooses

To think that God would not ask me to give this up for his sake self preservation

Seeks to keep oneself safe at the risk of someone else not being safe

You know when that couple that I showed you in Varanasi

When someone when the law told them to leave South India where they were very doing very well as pastors and go to

the Mecca of Hinduism

Sonar oxymoron

They decided okay, they'll pack up and leave and they had a six month old baby

I take the baby and go people are telling them this is a really bad idea. Let your child grow up

And then perhaps you can think of it but very clearly got to go they had about

Hundred bucks in their pockets they put take the hundred bucks and they go here's the problem. They don't speak the language

It's a completely different language. It's like French and English

They know words like we and that's about it

And so they go up and now they need a place to stay they finally find someone who gives them a place to stay

For three four days, they don't eat the child doesn't eat

You would think that is just heinous and how can you do something there like this to your child?

But they knew God had told them he'd take care of them. So they kept trusting

God tells him tells a guy listen

This is a city where devotees come three times a year and they do a circle of the city

It's about 20 kilometers around the city

So God tells him you do a Jericho walk around the city

And so the wife with a six-month-old and the husband they start walking around the city 20 kilometers man

Sometimes it would take them three days to cover it and they'd go around it

Did it six times quietly the seventh time they started singing and doing it

Went around the city took them almost a month and a half to finish the seven rounds

and then the meter guy

And a guy has a sickness that has been continuing for years on end every time he takes a medicine the sickness ends as soon as the medicine wears out he gets sick again has been going on for three years

Very specifically told to go to him. They go meet him and they begin to tell him about Jesus in broken language

They can hardly get it across

All they keep saying is Jesus heals Jesus saves in the language that they know the guy asked for healing

They pray for him. He gets instantly healed

Story after story after story I spent two days two days

I spent more time with the people in the church than with the pastor because I wanted to hear their stories

He brings 40 people in his family to the church

They get a translator they begin to speak in English and it's translated into Hindi

They must be an end to self-preservation and dignity in our lives if the Sun has to be given away

It's an extreme cost we have a we have an extreme King there's nothing moderate about it

Nothing balanced about him

We should spit on balanced Christianity. I know I'm coming across very aggressive right now

But we need to spit on

Balanced Christianity because it has no place in the kingdom. It's a counterfeit

Any questions any pushback any disagreements

Balanced Christianity is one that says no we need to follow Jesus and yes we should worship him, but we shouldn't

Step into people's space and we shouldn't think that he'll speak to us

We shouldn't believe that he'll heal his sovereign. We use the sovereignty as a mask to hide behind

He's sovereign we use the sovereignty as a mask to hide behind

It's it's it's taming the Lion of Judah. It is taming the Lion of Judah

very becomes

Where he's no longer?

Jesus Christ the only one who can save he's not no longer

Jesus Christ the only one who'll ask you to do stuff like go around the city six times quietly in the seventh time

He's no longer the one who will say I don't need you to go to your work today

I need you instead to take a day off and lose your salary and go and sit at this McDonald's because at

11 a.m. I'm gonna send someone there and you're supposed to talk to him

This kind of Christianity sounds absurd, but it is what the book of Acts is made up of

This is what the book of Acts is made up of there's a reason we call ourselves acts 29 time to live up to that name

Where's Jeevan? Shout amen occasionally

Yeah, there you go

Any questions guys

Okay

I

Could tell you so many stories another guy called Ramesh

He sat next to me and he told me how he was a guy who was a local

Witch doctor he said I didn't do harm to anybody, but when people come to me I would begin to

Help them. He said all the witchery I did was only helpful. I never did anything to affect people and

So he said and then one day

My wife falls sick her belly begins to bloat I take her to many doctors

I take her to multiple witch doctors nothing happens. I begin to pray nothing happens

I invoke every spirit. I know to help her nothing happens. So finally

I don't know what to do and I tell God the gods that he used to worship that you are useless because you do nothing for me

And then someone comes and tells them that there's a church and a pastor

And so he takes his wife there and

Goes there and the pastor just prays a simple prayer and he said nothing happened

I took her home and I told God you heal my wife and if this is true and this is you

I'll serve you for the rest of my life. He said about nine o'clock in the night

We went back home by midnight her stomach starts going down in terms of the swelling

And I told him I'm going to go and pray for her and he said I'm going to go and pray for her

And then back home by midnight her stomach starts going down in terms of the swelling by about 12 30 or one in the night

He said she gets completely healed after three years or two and a half years of great pain

And of every god and spirit you could appeal to and he said how does that happen in three hours?

And he said that day I decided that I will only follow Jesus turn my back on my gods turn my back on witchcraft

And walked away and the guy said so many people in my family now belong to Jesus. This is a recurring story guys

So you think god is any different here you think the spirits are not present here that all the spirits have gone to india

They're in the western world as much in the eastern world

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth guys in that name there is the nature of god in that name

There is the nature of god

So when he says in the name of Jesus Christ in Nazareth what he's saying is listen

I'm talking about a name that reveals the nature of god

Reveals the nature of god

I'm talking about a name hebrews 1 3 talks about it

He he's talking about a name that is the will of god

God

1st corinthians 1 20 talks about that that every promise of god is yes and amen in Jesus Christ

He's talking about a name

That has all the power of god

And he's talking about a name axe chapter 3 16 talks about it

And he's talking about a name

That has salvation in it

Or sozo in it and when we use the word salvation remember it means rescue

And it means rescue from

sin

from the penalty of sin

From sickness

From physical danger

From false doctrine

From

Salvation

Sozo is basically a rescue

Rescue when we talk about salvation, we're not just talking about being born again

We're talking about god as a rescuer god as a rescuer god who rescues me from sin

God who rescues me from the penalty of sin with his death god who rescues me from physical danger

God who rescues me from sickness god who rescues me from false doctrine

God who rescues me from satan

This is what the word salvation means and therefore when it says that there is only one name under heaven and earth

Through which salvation can come. Yes. It's talking about our sins being undone, but it's also talking about

this whole

Package that jesus offers and you see it in psalm 91

In the name of jesus christ

Is actually talking about hey jacob whenever you use in the name of jesus christ

You are saying that this is the nature of the son of the living god

You are saying this is the promise that he will back up

Because he is the son of god and his word is faithful

You are saying that there is no other power on the face of the earth

But the power that belongs to christ and he's the one who gave any power to anybody that exists

This is the power. This is what i'm saying when I say in the name of jesus christ

When I say in the name of jesus christ i'm talking about what he can rescue you from guys

We got to marinate in this so that every time we use the name of jesus christ. We understand what we're saying

in the name of jesus christ

Go over it again and again and again in the name of jesus christ

It reveals the nature of the father in the name of jesus christ

It reveals the power the only one who has power in the universe in the name of jesus christ

It is his promise and he'll be faithful to his word in the name of jesus christ

He is a rescuer and look at the stuff that he rescued me out of

That is the name that I bring to you and that is the name that I now speak

We begin to think like this. See and as we begin to think we inhabit

You only inhabit what you think and when you begin to think like god imagine what you're inhabiting

Then he says in the name of jesus christ imagine i mean where did these guys get the audacity to say walk man

Jesus has just died and gone

Now at least when he was around you know that you had a backup plan if you didn't if you failed at it

Jesus would help because that happened many times they try to cast out a demon from a boy

Nothing happens when jesus came down the mountain. He cast it out and sure they'd get rebuttal you of little faith

But you had a backup now jesus is gone

In the name of jesus christ walk so

You see this again guys remember it's always the father who heals

In the name of it's always the father who heals through jesus in act chapter four verse 30

After they were threatened

Listen to their prayer from 4 28 onwards

Oh god, you have seen the threats now. Give us the boldness and stretch out your hand

In signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant jesus

So again, there's this idea of the father healing

Through jesus christ the father healing through jesus christ by the presence of the holy spirit who's there

And so when i say in the name of jesus christ walk what i'm saying then to haiti is hey haiti

I am speaking on behalf

of god

Whose will and nature it is to now rescue you from your lameness and help you to walk

Your lameness and help you to walk and as I say walk it is the hand of god

That is going to give you the strength to walk. It has nothing to do with me

Everything rests on jesus and therefore this is what I now speak

You got to go over this again and again

Our fear when we pray for people regardless of whether it's a lame or whether it's a simple problem with sorrow is we are not

Completely convinced that anything will happen

But that is not in my hands it is in the hands of jesus christ

So when I say to her in the name of jesus christ walk what i'm saying is it is the father's will and nature

For you to walk

So as I speak he will stretch out the hand of his holy servant jesus and will touch you so that you become whole

I just speak he's the one who acts

Got to get used to it

It's so scared of it. Hey hold on to our dignity and our self-preservation got to get used to it

All of us all of us

Nobody should have to bring people to the church building man

Any questions

So when you look at acts 3 16 it says

Look at acts 3 16

It says that

And his name

By faith in his name has made this man strong

Whom you see and know and the faith that is through jesus

Has given him perfect health in the presence of you all let me read that again from the anemone

By faith in the name of jesus

This man whom you see and know was made strong

It is jesus's name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him as you can all see

So the question is whose faith are they talking about?

Whose faith is it the man's faith?

Whose faith are they talking about look at it again?

Acts 3 16

By faith in the name of jesus this man whom you see and know was made strong

It is jesus's name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him as you can all see

Whose faith?

Faith in the name of jesus, but whose faith is it peter's faith? Is it the lame man's faith? Whose faith?

Jesus christ is the one we put our faith in but who is exerting faith here?

Is it the lame man or peter?

Yeah, it's peter the lame

Because the bible says that the guy was looking for arms and where anybody showed faith the writer would usually say and they had faith

So rather than read into what is not written

Let's just stick with what's written because there are places where it says someone exerted faith

So in this case it was peter's faith guys

Peter had faith for the man to be healed

And therefore peter is the one who reaches out and holds his hand and pulls him up

Peter had faith in jesus for the man to be healed now. Let's look at acts 14 8 acts 14 8

There's another lame man in acts 14 8

In acts 14 8 there's another lame man

And look at what happens in acts 14 8

Paul this time and paul seeing that the man had faith to be healed

Says to him arise take up your bed and walk

You got both guys. There are times when someone else before you does not have the faith and god will give you the faith

for the person

By the way, peter had passed this man many times. It wasn't the first time that he's seeing this guy

He used to go for prayer every day

Why is it that this never happened before?

In act chapter 3 it says and through the faith that jesus gave peter peter looked at the man and said

Arise and walk

Sometimes you have to be conscious of the fact that you may have gone past a situation

Four or five six times and then there'll be a day when jesus will give you the faith required for that person to be

recovered rescued healed whatever

Because it's specific to a certain day or a certain time in a person's life

There's that and then there's the other side of the equation where sometimes people have the faith to be healed in acts 14

The person had faith to be healed and so paul just says to him

Take up your bed and walk and if you notice in acts 14 the man springs up himself

He doesn't need help to be pulled up both were lame

There is a need to be very conscious of people around us say

So, you know when you know how you know what?

And then there's a third way and we'll talk about that in it so the first way is you exert the faith

You exert the faith because god shows you something god supplies you the faith for the moment

It's almost like a gift of faith sometimes

But god supplies the faith required for that moment for a man to be fully healed or fully recovered fully rescued fully comforted

fully put back fully delivered

Fully saved doesn't matter what there are times when you will have passed that way a million times and then it's a million and one time

And god says I will now supply you the faith to do what is required for this man because this is the right time

So that's one instance then the second instance is where you meet somebody and as you're speaking and telling them about jesus

The person has what it takes within them faith rises within them

But you and I have to be conscious of it

It's fascinating paul is walking and he looks at him and he says

Paul saw him and he said this man has the faith to get up and be healed

He he saw faith in that man jesus saw it many times jesus would go places and he would realize that there was faith

Present and he knew things would happen

To be conscious of the fact that there are people who have faith and faith comes by hearing so it requires that I speak about jesus

Because tell them who he is

Hey, remember one thing john 3 16 doesn't say god so loved the world that he gave his only son

So that none may be sick and all shall have physical life

Very often in

maybe

Hyper baptist and penicostal and charismatic circles. We make healing the main thing and we forget that a man can be healed and go to hell

Healed in hell is no big deal. It's as bad

You got everything intact

But the word says god so loved the world that he gave his only son

That none may perish so I need to present jesus as the savior and his lord and as one who does

Is also is of surpassing worth that none can compare must present jesus like that

And then that creates faith in people's heart to respond and we must open our mouths and do that

If I call emmanuel up right now

If I call emmanuel up right now

If I call emmanuel up right now

And I put him on the spot

And I told him that we were all pagans and he needs to tell us something about jesus. What would he say?

I would say that jesus is great

Um, jesus is wonderful is excellent and uh

Jesus is greater than the god you speak about

It's not great things in my life a lot

What

But just wait this is exactly what happens to us we are put on the spot and we don't know what to say

We know everything in here

But we don't know what to say when we are put on the spot

You think he doesn't know that jesus christ is the savior of the world you think he doesn't know christ died on a cross for his sins

You think he doesn't know that he rose again

He's born again

But we end up with words like he's wonderful he's powerful he's great but so is my god or my gods

We need to be able to phrase so quickly things for people, eh?

In act three

Peter is speaking to a jewish audience and he begins to talk about the one from nazareth which would make no sense

To the gentiles in act chapter 14 paul is speaking to a group of gentiles and he begins to talk to them

About a god who created the earth and the heavens and who sends rain and who now needs people to worship him and not idols

The context changes, but I must be able to phrase and may I suggest to you that we do not know how to phrase?

I

Could put anyone else on the spot and we'd have come up with the same words. He's wonderful. He's great

He's powerful and all of it is true and it reflects what he really thinks and believes

I don't know why I picked on you. I should have picked on someone else. That's not as nice as you

Yeah

He forgives me

Thanks, man, I'll call you up again in two minutes. You better have it right

Thanks, oh

It's exactly where we are at man all of us

It's exactly where we are at

I pray god that we phrase it at home

Because guys if this teaching is relevant in terms of the timing of god for this church

Then we are going to be put into situations where we will have to phrase things right

Not when you're ready and going to wall-e

When you're half sleepy and not interested in god, that's when it happens

Okay, the third option is

Acts 10 38 acts 10 38. I know you all know it

Acts 10 38

And it says

And god anointed encourage years of Nasrid and god anointed Jesus of Nasrid

with the Holy Spirit and power

and god anointed Jesus of Nasrid with the Holy Spirit and power and he went about doing good

And healing all who were under the power of the devil

accept it 10 28 and god anointed Jesus of Nasrid with the Holy Spirit and with power and he went about doing good

and healing all who are under the power of the devil because God was with him. So here are the

questions. Has God anointed you? Answer 2 Corinthians 1, 21, 22. Has God anointed you?

Has God anointed you? 2 Corinthians 1, 21, 22. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm

in Christ. He anointed us, set a seal of ownership on us, put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit,

guaranteeing what is to come. One of the things that is to come is not just heaven. One of the

things that is to come that we miss out as Christians is there is this thing called the

kingdom that is going to come, the rule of the king that is going to come. One of the things we

are supposed to do is give people a taste of what that kingdom looks like already. We can't give

them a taste of heaven because we don't know what heaven looks like but we certainly can give them

a taste of the kingdom because we do taste the kingdom. This kind of brotherhood, sisterhood,

fellowship, nobody else has. The presence of a living God in your presence, nobody else has.

People healed. If I were to give you the mic, there would be at least 40 stories of healing in

the next two hours in your life. Comfort, surety of eternity, nobody has as it's a taste of the

kingdom that is to come and the question is has God anointed you and the answer is absolutely

he's anointed each one that is here. Second question, with whom has he anointed me? With whom has he

anointed me? With whom has he anointed me? I know it's a dull question but he has anointed me with

the Holy Spirit and with Paul. Acts chapter 1 verse 8, who has he anointed me with? He has anointed

Acts 1:8

me with the Holy Spirit and with power. At this present moment as you sit there and I'm standing

and walking and talking, he has anointed as in he has poured, as in he has smeared, as in he has

filled, as in he has immersed me with the Holy Spirit and with power in the Holy Spirit and with

power. Third question, what is the power for? What is the power for? Answer, to do good, to go around

doing good, to heal those harassed, bound under the power of the devil.

Where does it say that? Mark 16, 16 to 18. And then the last question, again a dull question,

is, I keep thinking the step is here, is God with me? Is God with me? Hey go over this again and again

till it becomes your matrix. Go over it again and again till it becomes your matrix. These are the

three methods we need to employ. Sometimes we have to use faith. Acts chapter 3 verse 6, if I don't

Acts 3:6

have the faith for it, God says I will give you the faith. The faith that comes through Jesus. Peter

exerts a faith, the man walks. Sometimes it's not your faith, it's a faith that arises in a man's

heart because of what he hears. Therefore I need to speak about Jesus. Once I tell him who Jesus is,

then faith begins to arise. As faith begins to arise, it is his faith that causes the man to be

rescued and to walk. And then there's finally Acts chapter 10, 38 where it says, but Jacob even if

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those two were not present, you need to be aware that I have anointed you with the Holy Spirit and

with power. I have anointed you for one reason alone, so that you can go around, not sit, go around.

Doing what? Doing good. And doing what else? Doing good and setting people who have been oppressed

are under the power of the devil to have them healed. This is why I anointed you with power.

These are the three methods that we have to use going forward, every one of us. Any questions?

How do we know that someone is under the power of the devil? Good question. One, their behavior.

Two, their response to the name of Jesus. Three, consistent patterns of sometimes sickness,

habits, addictions, trauma, emotions that rage that are beyond your control. But even though we

are humans, we cannot control. Four, because of years of worshiping other gods, they have a certain

dominance over the way you function, the way you think. So if you look in the New Testament,

you'll find these telltale signs always followed those that were in any which way oppressed, harmed

under the power of the enemy. Because God never intended sickness for us, never. Never intended

sickness for us. Never intended sickness for us. When he made us, he never intended sickness for

us. Just as when you have a child, you never intend the child to be harmed. All sickness came

after the fall because of sin. That's how it entered the world. I'm not saying we sin, therefore

we are sick. I'm just saying sickness came because of sin. And now God is saying, hey, can I rescue?

Can I rescue? Can I rescue? Oh, you want rescue? Great. I got someone called Betty that I can send

to her. So he wakes up Betty and sends her. Betty says, I don't have faith. Jesus says,

I'll supply the faith. Betty goes and starts talking about Jesus. Faith arises. The person

begins to recover. Other times, Betty does not have the faith. The person does not have the faith.

And Betty remembers Acts 10.38, that the Spirit of God has anointed me just like it did Jesus,

with the Holy Spirit and with power. And I'm supposed to go out and I'm supposed to do good.

And I'm supposed to heal everybody who is under the power of the devil. This is common to everyone.

It doesn't matter which denomination, how old you are as a believer, you can be trained in this. If

you think like this, we'll inhabit this space. Any questions, guys? I'm done.

So, Jigav, why is healing so important? Because it draws attention and because it attests to the

risen Christ. That's why healing is important. It draws people. Acts 3 verse 11, when they saw

Acts 3:11

the lame man walk, a crowd gathered. What else? Signs and wonders attest to the risen Christ.

Signs and wonders attest to the risen Christ. We cannot sterilize the church of these.

Just because you and I haven't been successful, doesn't mean a truth should be swept under the carpet.

Come on, man. How long are we going to do this? Just because I haven't found something successful,

I'm going to sweep it under the carpet. Your batting average goes up as you bat more.

Your batting average goes up as you bat more.

It attests to the risen Christ and so it should be a non-negotiable that we as a church must pledge

not to bypass. It is a non-negotiable that we as a church must pledge not to bypass. That, oh God,

we will not bypass speaking about you, Jesus, first as Savior and then as Lord. You cannot

preach him as Lord till you first preach him as Savior. He must save before he can be Lord.

You can't ask someone, hey, do you want Jesus as Lord? He has to be saved first. I know I've said

this before, but it's critical. We offer Jesus as Lord to people that have not been saved.

You have to offer him a Savior first because if one does not need to be saved, then one does not

need to acknowledge one's sins. This is the hard part in today's culture, right? You got to tell

her that, hey, you need a Savior. She asks why because you have sinned and therefore you need

to be saved. She has to be now bankrupt enough, humble enough to acknowledge the need for a Savior.

Now that she asks to be saved, you present to her the Savior, Jesus Christ. Now he becomes Lord of

her life, but I can't go up to her and say, hey, do you want to accept Jesus as Lord? Because that

is easy, man, because you don't have to acknowledge your sin. That's a non-negotiable. We should not

bypass that in this church that we will present Jesus as one who is Savior and Lord and two,

we will walk under Acts 10.38.36 and 14.8 saying there's more that we offer than Jesus Christ. We

give the Son away. We give the Son away. We give the Son away. We give the Son away.

I'll end with this last line. Years ago when this church started in 2006, I think it older some

stories I keep repeating. You just have to put it to old age. Bob does that all the time with his

jokes. There was a lady here called Betty, not this Betty, another Betty. Betty went to an all-night

prayer meeting in Glad Tidings. There was a guy there by the name of Keith Abraham who was very

prophetic and he didn't know Acts 29. He didn't know anyone in this church. Betty goes up and

this guy comes to Betty and says, your church, Acts 29, has wells of healing.

Wells of healing in this church. I'm saying to you, the time has come to roll away the rock on top

of those wells, that well, man. Everybody needs to begin to think like this, engage like this.

We've got to be foolish, man. You've got to be foolish not in the church. You're all very

foolish in the church. This is a very foolish church but now we've got to be foolish in the

world. You've got to be foolish in the world. Come back with stories of absolute awkwardness

and foolishness and failure. That'll be something else. I can see Nick doing it.

Thank you. Anyways, we'll stop with that. Any questions, guys?

Yeah.

I just want to give a quick testimony. I think the...

I'll try and talk like an Indian.

We... I think the third reason maybe from my side is why the people that are healed is neither

did I have the faith, neither the person, but Jesus wanted to show off. I was walking into a

shop about three years ago to have my cell phone fixed and it was a Muslim owner and I know the

owner of the shop and I know he's Muslim and his counter is quite high and so I'm standing there

saying, can I please have my phone fixed? A lady walks in behind me but she's walking like this.

And she just puts her phone on the counter and she can hardly lift her head and I'm thinking,

oh no. I mean my first thought is, oh no. I don't want to pray for her. This is a Muslim. It's his

shop. It's his territory and I can see this lady's in pain. So she's like, just fix my phone please

and I'm standing there and I'm going and I know Jesus saying pray for her and I go, please Jesus,

I do not want to pray for her. Not here. Let's do it outside and something just came over me,

no faith and I said to the lady, what's wrong? She says, I've got a terrible headache but not

like nice. It's like bent over. I've got a terrible headache and I'm like, well, let's pray. Can I say,

can I pray for you? She said, yes. I put my hand on her shoulder and now the Muslim owner is standing

right here looking and I don't want to say Jesus. So I just say, be healed.

And I step back and I'm thinking, this is not going to work.

And she says, and I say, is it any better? She goes, there's like a slight relief. Now I'm like,

what? There's a slight relief and I didn't say Jesus because I'm thinking of the Muslim guy.

The slight relief gave me so much confidence that I then stood up and said, I need to pray

for you again. Let's get rid of this headache. So this guy's leaning in and I'm praying and I say,

in the name of Jesus, be healed. She pops up. She goes, my headache's gone. Like gone. This guy's

staring and I'm going, I don't know what to do now. And I just like, the miracle is the seed for him.

She runs out. I didn't even get her name or anything, but Jesus was glorified.

And I think Jesus wants to show off. And the second one really quickly, Ava, I asked Ava and

she's really excited about me telling the story is last week we were in Eric's church and during

the worship, Ava hears this sound, this voice saying, pray for the lady behind you. So when we

came off, we were worshiping and we got to the chair and she asked us, daddy, can I pray for the

lady behind us? So she asked mommy. Mommy said, yeah, sure. Let's pray for her. And Ava prays

over the lady and she just says, you will live and not die. That's what the voice said. You will

live and not die and you are blessed. And we sat down. After the meeting, the woman came to us.

This was the first time she was ever in Eric's church. She said, I just got a report in the

week that I have kidney failure and that the doctor is giving me a few months to live.

And the Lord can use, the Lord can use anybody. A seven year old, she hears the voice of God.

So this is just some testimonies for you guys.

So this week, man, and for the rest of your life, just go and be just so foolish, but out there,

not in here. Yeah. Come back with such stories of, you don't know what happened, but I did

something really foolish. Yeah. Got to be like those guys. Always remember the Holy Spirit is

provoked by your foolishness. The Holy Spirit is always provoked by foolishness. Foolishness,

all I mean is when you're no longer preserving self or your reputation or your dignity. Cool.

You got to baptize people. Besides Megan and Annie, is there anyone else who wants to be baptized?

Anyone? Because the Ethiopian said, look, I see some water.

Yeah, he did. And so he got baptized. So you don't, we can do a baptism class after the baptism.

Anyone who wants to get baptized? Cool. So we'll have Annie go in first and then Megan after.

Hey, Danny boy.

Sure. Hey guys, just remember one thing. We baptize them with water, but then I'm reminded of what John

the Baptist said. I baptize with water, but he baptizes with Holy Spirit and fire. So once they're

baptized, they're baptized with water. So they're baptized with water. So they're baptized with water.

I baptize with water, but he baptizes with Holy Spirit and fire. So once they're baptized and

they come out, we'll pray that the Holy Spirit fills them. And why are we praying for the filling

of the Holy Spirit? Because it'll empower them or give them extraordinary power from Christ-exalting

ministry, Christ-exalting mission, Christ-exalting witness. That's what will happen. So once they

come out, that's what we'll pray for. In Luke 3.16 it says, I baptize you with water, but he who is

mightier than I is coming. The strap of whose sandals I'm not worthy to untie. Jesus will baptize

you with the Holy Spirit and fire. So we'll baptize with water and then Jesus will baptize with Holy

Spirit and fire. That we'll have them both stand and pray for them. And when we pray for the

baptism of the Holy Spirit for them, you pray for a fresh baptism on yourself too.

Because this is subsequent outpouring. It's not one. The disciples were baptized in Acts chapter

two with the Holy Spirit. Then in Acts chapter four. Then in Acts chapter 13. So it's a subsequent

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filling for the sake of extraordinary service. Because what God is calling us to is not small

potatoes. So any more kids want to come and see what you'll be doing soon?

Hi Phoebe.

Because she's going to get baptized.

Yeah. Hey Derek there's a mic there eh. So when you speak it'll carry.

Yeah. Can you hear me? All right. Annie I'm going to ask you a few questions.

We've heard your confession of faith but I'll ask you a few questions and then I'll baptize you.

Are we good?

Do you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord?

Do you believe that you were crucified with Christ and you no longer live and Christ lives in you?

Do you publicly proclaim that Jesus Christ is the Lord of your life and that he is the only one

who can save? Are you committed to live as part of a body? Not as a separate individual

but as part of a body and live as Jesus wants you to live?

It's a big deal guys. Father we praise you. Father we bless you. It's always a pleasure to see someone

publicly acknowledging you saying I got eyes only for Jesus. I belong to him. I publicly declare it.

I'm surprised at how you still so rejoice over this father.

How the angels rejoice over one getting saved but this is the is the is that act where there it's a

point of no return. It's a point of no return. It's a point of no return and we thank you for Annie

and we celebrate with her this point of no return. We'll sing that song no turning back later.

Thank you.

Okay Megan am I supposed to stand here or there? You're supposed to stand here. Yeah facing this way.

Okay I know that you already have answers to these questions but I'm going to ask it anyway

for the sake of the rest of the church. Do you receive Jesus Christ as your savior and your Lord?

You do. Do you believe that you were crucified with Christ when he died on the cross and that

you no longer live but he lives in you and that when you go down and come up that's basically

what you're symbolizing. Great so you said yes right okay then do you recognize that once you're

baptized you're baptized or added to this family the church not Acts 29 just that you become part

of the body of Christ you recognize that okay and do you choose to not live your life as an

individual Christian but as a believer who will be part of a larger family okay.

Jesus Christ is Lord. It is our pleasure.

She's making a declaration not just to us she's making a declaration in heaven she's making a

declaration on the earth she's letting powers know that I belong to one called Jesus Christ

who alone is Lord and savior of my life. That is why heaven celebrates every time one person

decides that this is who I belong to this is who I belong to I'll be a fool for Christ that's what

she's doing.

Baptizer so now I baptize her in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit.

Last chance anyone else?

Okay

You'll have to just hang around till we come out.

What should we do while we're here?

Just stop.

Oh

Oh

Oh

Oh

Oh

Oh

Oh

Oh

What are you turned into wine

Open the eyes of the blind

There's no one like you

none like you

Out of the darkness you rice

Into the do do do do do

There's no one like you

None like you

Our God is greater

Our God is stronger

Our God is higher than any other

Our God is healer

Awesome our God our God

And if our God is for us

Then who can be against us and if our God is with us?

Who can stand against?

Who can stand against

Our God is greater. Our God is stronger

Our God is higher than any other

Our God is healer

Awesome in power our God our God

Water returned into wine

He opened the eyes of the blind. There's no one like you

none like you

Holy

Spirit you're so welcome

Come here come flood this place and fill the atmosphere

Your glory God is what our hearts long for to be

By your spirit Lord

Pray for these two as we sing it a

Holy

Spirit you are welcome

here

come flood this place and fill the

atmosphere

your glory

God is what our hearts long for to be

Overcome by your spirit

Lord

So when they come we'll pray that what Jesus did happens to them a John baptized him with water Jesus can baptize them with

Spirit and with power Acts chapter 1 verse 4 and 5 tarry a few more days and

Acts 1:4

The promise of my father will come upon you so that you may be witnesses unto me

that's what we'll pray for them, so I'm gonna ask even and Derek to come and

I'm gonna trouble Bob and Lyle up again

We'll just pray for them come guys

You can just stand here and

So if Lyle Bob Derek Jeevan Sue Gillian can come

Hey, there's nothing God desires or we desire and to see you both just

Become firebrands for God a set on fire by Jesus Christ

for his

Name to be known we desire nothing more than that it doesn't matter which church

You will end up going to which country you will end up going to

My desire for you Annie and for you Megan is that God sets your light today by the power of his spirit even as we pray

right now

As something transpires in your life where you both have extraordinary power for the mission and for the work of Jesus Christ

Yeah, so I'll just read out a few verses these guys are lay hands on you and we'll pray feel free to gather around them guys

I

Chapter one verse four and five you heard from me for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit

not many days from now

Luke chapter three verse 16 I baptize you with water, but there is one that is coming who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit in fire

And guys as we pray for them expect a fresh outpouring on yourself ask God ask God for yourself to

Cry out to God saying I need a fresh baptism. I need a fresh anointing Jeremy you need a fresh filling

Nick a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit so ask for that for yourself as they pray so lay hands on them guys

Yeah, so father we just come to you right now as we lay hands on them

This was done in the New Testament so many times and you honored it father you honored it

So he asked for Megan and Annie about we ask Holy Spirit that you do only what you can do

We can baptize with water, but you can baptize with the Holy Spirit

But we are asking for a baptism in the Holy Spirit for an outpouring there will be many more fillings

We

Extraordinary power

That separates them to their new they belong to nobody else

They don't belong to their families. They don't belong to a church. They don't belong to the domination. They belong to Jesus Christ

And so we ask

Spirit of Christ when you fall upon Megan and when you fall upon Annie

That extraordinary power is released from heaven

for these students

That's a father they know what they're about to give you

Don't you open your mouth and give praise to so we pray

We ask for a baptism in the Holy Spirit

When you fall upon Megan and Annie

That extraordinary power is released from heaven

for these students

That extraordinary power is released from heaven

for these students

That extraordinary power is released from heaven

for these students

That extraordinary power is released from heaven

for these students

That extraordinary power is released from heaven

for these students

That extraordinary power is released from heaven

for these students

We must all ask for that blessing

We are scared in each moment

We are afraid in each moment

And so we ask for our self

And we ask for each other

In Jesus Christ, the Father

In Jesus Christ, the Father

In Jesus Christ, the Father

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Church, shall we all stand up and lift our hands towards them?

Oh, glory, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Father, in Jesus name

In Jesus name

We speak anointing upon these people

In Jesus name

Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, may you take control of their lives

From this point onwards, in Jesus name

From this point onwards, in Jesus name

That nothing can stop them

Nothing, there is nothing that can stop them from accessing you

There is nothing that can stop them from enjoying you

There is nothing that can stop them from celebrating you

There is nothing that can stop narration

From receiving you, Holy Spirit

In Jesus name

In Jesus name

As a body together

We receive them

We receive them into our family, in Jesus name

As a body together

We receive them into this family

Into this body, in Jesus name

And we stand up for them

and we speak for them and we celebrate with them in Jesus name. Thank you Father.

Thank you for this wonderful life amongst us Abba. Thank you for the things that you have appointed them in your time for them.

Abba, Abba we empower them. We speak for power upon them in Jesus name.

Thank you for this beautiful family and together we celebrate with you.

You are celebrating in heaven along with us. So we celebrate Abba.

Abba what a beautiful day it is. What a beautiful time it is.

All glory belongs to you. Jesus Christ you have given your life as a sacrifice

and Father you have attracted them and Holy Spirit you have convicted them

and you have convinced them and now you take power, you take control upon their lives.

Thank you Abba. We celebrate with you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Thank you guys. As they go down, yeah!

Paul you want to come up?

Are you ready?

Betty, Megan's dad, did you want to say anything?

Betty did you want to say anything? You can come up.

No, not this one. The one after the power points.

It's there after the pictures. After the pictures we put up today.

At the end of the pictures.

Thank you.

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be your name

Your kingdom, your kingdom has come Your will be done on earth

So we go where we are set

Jesus Christ we represent

In our life for all to see For the glory of the Lord that dwells in me

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be your name

Your kingdom, your kingdom has come Your will be done on earth

So he sends us two by two

Take no bag or bread with you

When the lamb of praise is dead For the glory of the Lord that lives in you

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be your name

Your kingdom, your kingdom has come Your will be done on earth

Sent to shore the works of God Sent to shore the Father's love

To seek our healer's demon's peace For the glory of the Lord that lives in me

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be your name

Your kingdom, your kingdom has come Your will be done on earth

Your kingdom, your kingdom has come Your will be done on earth

Your kingdom, your kingdom has come Your will be done on earth

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be your name

Your kingdom, your kingdom has come Your will be done on earth

Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be your name