Life in the River - Pastor Marc Cargill (August 30, 2020) | Life Bible Church

honor and privilege it is for us to be here.

Just an incredible weekend. I just want to, before

I get started this morning, just say a huge thank

you to all of you. Some of you may be online

watching, but everyone that helped pull off this

weekend, the marriage of Jackie and Trenton,

thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts.

You made that moment just an extra special. It

was a perfect day. It was a perfect day. The

wedding was just incredible. Two beautiful young

people knitting their hearts and lives for a

new future together. And you made that possible.

And thank you for all of you who served and helped.

Hours and hours and hours, just for days, just

helping make that happen. So thank you very much.

Appreciate all that you did. Thank you so much

for that wonderful gift to us. Back in May, I

decided I would come up for Father's Day to surprise

Trenton, which we did, and was here just to spend

some time with him and Jackie as well. enjoying,

I love my son a lot. We have a great relationship

and being able to spend some time. And it so

happened to be there was a wedding here that

weekend and Cheryl and I had kind of come here

and all the people were back there by the big

tree and chairs out and everything celebrating.

But I came over and was just enjoying the view

and the water and the river and the flowing of

the waters and just the wonderful, beautiful

spring, early summer day. wonderful weather,

there with my wife, and we're just looking out

over it and enjoying it, and the Spirit of the

Lord began to speak to my heart about you and

about this church. And it's funny how God works

with that sometimes, but man, I was just standing

there, and all of a sudden the Lord spoke very

clearly and said, this house shall be known as

the house of the river of God. and just very

clear, very powerful, succinct, just clear into

my heart, this house should be known as a house

of the river of God. And immediately dropped

into my heart the two passages of scripture that

I will speak from here in a minute out of John

chapter seven and Ezekiel 47 about the river

of God. And I just began to just think about

it, wait about it, and just say, okay, well,

and we had planned to come here and be a part

of a prophetic, weekend and time here, but Brad

so graciously canceled that on us, and I'm just

kidding. COVID canceled it, and so I just thought,

well, okay, I'll just trust God with how that

works out, and here this weekend came, and Brad

invited me to share, and the Lord really clarified

it in my heart. I want you to speak that word,

and so here we go. Are you ready to hear about

the river today? Let's jump in. Jesus, in his

ministry, began to encourage his people and his

disciples and the followers gathered to really

be people who understood, embraced, and got into

the river of God. This is how he said it in John

chapter seven, verse 37. On the last day, that

great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried

out, saying, if anyone thirsts, let him come

to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the

scripture has said, out of his heart will flow,

let's all say it, rivers of living water. But

this he spoke concerning the spirit whom those

believing in him would receive, for the Holy

Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not

yet glorified. So Jesus here kind of setting

the stage for how he wanted his followers to

live. He wanted them to Be filled with, he wanted

them to experience the river of God. Out of your

life, out of your heart would flow rivers of

living water. Years, hundreds of years before

the prophet Ezekiel received a vision from God.

And it too was about the river. And a messenger

from heaven was sent to him as he began to have

this vision from the Lord about what it was going

to be like as the house of the Lord was established

and built in this season and time. Jesus, I think,

confirming it in John 7. But in Ezekiel 47, the

prophet encounters this messenger from God with

this incredible vision. The Bible says in Ezekiel

47 verse one that he brought me back to the door

of the temple and there was water flowing from

under the threshold of the temple toward the

east for the front of the temple faced east.

The water was flowing from under the right side

of the temple south of the altar. He brought

me out by way of the north gate and led me around

on the outside to the outer gateway that faces

east and there was water running out on the right

side. And then the man went out to the east with

the lion in his hand and he measured 1 ,000 cubits.

A cubit is a measurement unit like a yard or

a meter. He measured out 1 ,000 cubits and he

brought me through the waters and the water came

up to my ankles. Again, he measured 1 ,000 and

brought me through the waters. The water came

to my knees. Again, he measured 1 ,000 and brought

me through and the water came up to my waist.

Again, he measured 1 ,000, and it was a river

that I could not cross, for the water was too

deep, water in which one must swim. A river that

could not be crossed. He said to me, son of man,

have you seen this? And then he brought me and

returned me to the bank of the river. When I

returned there, along the bank of the river,

there were very many trees on one side and the

other. And he said to me, this water flows toward

the eastern region, goes down into the valley,

and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea,

its waters are healed. And it shall be that every

living thing that moves, wherever the rivers

go, will live. There will be a very great multitude

of fish because these waters go there. For they

will be healed and everything will live wherever

the river goes. It shall be that fishermen will

stand by it from En Gedi to Englaim. They will

be places for spreading their nets. Their fish

will be of the same kinds as the fish of the

great sea, exceedingly many. But its swamps and

marshes will not be healed. They will be given

over to salt. Along the bank of the river on

this side and that will grow all kinds of trees

used for food. And their leaves will not wither

and their fruit will not fail. They will bear

fruit every month because their water flows from

the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and

their leaves for medicine. Isn't that a great

passage of scripture? I mean, you just read that

and you're like, where do I get in? Right? I

want to jump in that thing like nobody's business.

I mean, that's just incredible. I want to be

a part of that. Before I dive into the rest of

my message, I just want to hone in on verse 11

where it says this. Its swamps and marshes will

not be healed. They will be given over to salt.

How is the salt and marsh formed? How does a

swamp and marsh get... birth or how does that

occur? Let me tell you how it happens. River's

flowing and all of a sudden the part of the river

gets diverted, gets distracted, gets disconnected

from the flow of the river. And what happens

is that part goes over and becomes still. Now

there's no flow. Now there's no infusion or release

and flow of the river through it. Now it just

becomes stopped up, held up, and the water begins

to die because it has become disconnected from

the river. I'm going to tell you the danger of

this season right now is people becoming swamps

and marshes. because they have begotten through

a habit of disconnection. And we love all of

y 'all that are in the room, and we love all

y 'all that are online. But I gotta tell you,

and I recognize there are circumstances that

are beyond our control at times, but let me say

this. Do not become disconnected from the river.

You will get into a place where the waters will

begin to die and it will become salt and you

will turn into marsh and swamp and the water

will not produce life like it should because

you have been distracted. You have been diverted

from the river. End of that. Moving on. I want

to share with you five things about life in the

river this morning. I'm going to speak to you

about that. Five things about the life in the

river. The river of God is incredible. It's an

amazing thing. If you're here in the meeting

today, I've got to tell you, it's almost as though

the heavens just opened over our time today.

I could almost just take off my shoes and kneel

down on this ground right here. And just let

the Lord do what the Lord does. It's that kind

of moment, that kind of atmosphere in this place.

What I'm gonna share with you, and I felt as

I was worshiping in the second service today,

to share with you, I honor the legacy and history

of this church. I'm grateful for what God has

done before. But we don't live in the past. We

live with our eyes on what God is getting ready

to do next. What he wants to do next. And I believe

that there are many people that are here that

are watching online. You have been up to your

ankles. You've been up to your knees. But God's

wanting you to go down. deeper. He's wanting

you to experience more and all that God has done

and all of the wonderful things. Listen, I prophesied

rise up and build I think a few years ago and

here we are. This is my first time preaching

in the new auditorium. You did it. You came here

and as great as it is, God has got more for you.

There's more things to be done. There's more

anointing to be experienced. There's another

level God wants to bring you to. So I want to

share with you this, that the river, first of

all, the river is the flow of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is presence and is power and

is purpose flowing in your life. Man, I got to

tell you, God's got an incredible life for you

to live and you're going to need the power and

presence of the Holy Spirit to do it. It's so

important. Jesus said, don't you dare leave Jerusalem

until you receive power from on high. And once

you've got it, go do what I've told you to do.

But don't you dare try it without the Spirit

of God. The river is the flow of the Holy Spirit.

In John 7, 38 and 39, out of his heart will flow

rivers of living water. This he spoke concerning

the Spirit. It is the river is the Holy Spirit

of God. The river of God is the Spirit of God

flowing, his presence and power in your life.

And it flows from his throne. Revelation chapter

Revelation 22 · chapter mention

22, verse one says, he showed me a pure river

of water of life. clear as crystal, proceeding

from the throne of God and of the Lamb. The source

of the river is God. It flows from his throne.

What does that represent? His throne represents

power. His throne represents authority. His throne

represents dominion. Come on, the river flows

out of that place and that river then carries

with it power and authority and dominion. I can

come to the river dirty and I go in and become

clean. I can come to the river addicted, but

I go into the water and I become free. I can

come to the water and I am sick, but I enter

into the water and I become healed. Why? Because

there is an authority and a power and a dominion

over sickness and addiction and sin and issues

and all that stuff. You say, oh, Mark, I don't

got issues. That's your issue. We all got issues,

bro. And you're here going, I've got an issue.

That's your issue. Then the river helps us be

free from those things. Here's the incredible

thing. Revelation is a picture of the eternal.

And the eternal flows into the temporal. Into

the temporary world we live in. Heaven flows

into earth. And the river of God is the supernatural

connection between heaven and earth. And someday

after you die and you go to heaven, the river

will still be flowing. It'll still be there.

And you will gather around the river worshiping

God as the river still flows from the throne

of God. The river will never stop. You will leave

this life and go into the next and you'll still

be in the river. Still in the river. Your kingdom

come, your will be done on earth as it is in

heaven. And one of those connecting conduit points

is the river of God. The river also flows through

you and the house of God. Come on. Out of your

heart will flow. rivers of living water. It's

a personal experience. It's a personal responsibility

that we have to be carriers, conduits, pipelines,

if you will, of the river of God. You need to

nurture it. You need to let it be released. You

need to let it flow. You have a responsibility

to not let it get damned up with bitterness,

damned up with unforgiveness, damned up and held

up with issues and things that you got going

on. Don't let strongholds hinder the flow of

the river. Let the Spirit of God break out past

those things and let freedom come and let healing

come and let restoration come. It's only found

in the river. It's also flowing in the church,

not just you personally in your own life, but

in the house of God. The Bible says in Psalm

46, 4, there is a river whose streams make glad.

The city of God. The holy place where the Most

High dwells. Where is that? What's the holy place

that the Most High dwells? It's the house of

God. It's the people of God. You are the holy

place. This gathering is the holy place. We are

the holy place where he dwells. And the incredible

thing is, is that we have the ability to go to

places that are dry and places that are barren

and places that are having a drought in the spirit.

And God has empowered you to be able to give

birth to a flow of the river that is not there

right now. But when you arrive, you can see the

river flow out from you and dig a well and the

river flows. You may not realize this, but the

word heart in John 7, out of your heart will

flow. It means the innermost part of your being.

It means the inward parts, the belly. And here's

another thing that the Greek word is, it means

womb. Out of your heart, out of your womb will

flow. In other words, what Jesus is saying is

you, by the Holy Spirit, have the power to give

birth to a river where there was not one before.

You have the power to birth something in prayer

and intercession. You have the power to birth

something in the spirit through worship. You

have a power through your life of faith and your

stand in the spirit of God to actually bring

into that barren place of your workplace, that

barren place of your family, that barren place

of your prodigal son or daughter, that barren

place of a nation or a mission field. You have

the authority and the power and the ability to

give birth to a river that was never there before.

because out of your womb will flow rivers of

living water. When a woman is with child, when

she's ready to give birth, her water breaks.

And then a child is born. Amazing, isn't it?

Hallelujah. Number three, the river has banks.

The river does have banks. A river without banks

hurts people and breaks things. You've got to

have some order. You've got to have some boundaries.

You've got to have some things that are there

that will help bring life and let the life of

God be wholesome and beautiful and fruitful.

And it's where the fruitfulness of the river

is seen in the trees on the banks. And so there's

these banks God has for the river. I believe

the banks represent the truth of God. Written

authority is his bank of help to keep that river

flowing well and flowing with life and power

and strength. The other bank is leadership, God's

delegated authority. So his written authority

of his word, his delegated authority of his chosen

leaders to help with the flow of the river that

it produces life wherever it goes and the power

of the river is harnessed in such a way it gives

life in every expression. Number four, the river

must be experienced. It must be experienced.

We don't just stand on the bank of the river

and go, wow, that's a beautiful river. You know,

somebody should get in that. We see people playing

out there. We're like, oh, that's great. How

you doing? Come on in. Oh, yeah, it's okay. We

can write songs about the river. We can write

books about the river. We can pray for the river.

We can think about the river. We can dream about

the river. But you should get in the river. Amen,

Mark. That was good. Amen. You should get in

the river. It's not meant to just be to watch.

I mean, here's the deal. Some people go, well,

yeah, see, but here's the deal. I've seen people

in the river and they're weird. I ain't doing

that. I got a newsflash for you. Holy Spirit

didn't make them weird. They were weird before

they had the Holy Spirit. Just telling you. The

Holy Spirit don't make people weird. They were

weird before, okay? So we need to recognize that

the spirit, the river must be experienced. My

wife, I'm the guy that I just dive in. I mean,

when it's time to go, it's time to get in the

river, boom, I'm in there. I'm just boom, whoo,

yeah. Not my wife. She comes up to the river

and she goes, you know, she's like, whoo, whoo,

whoo, whoo, she's calling me while I'm out there,

you know. Come on, babe, let's get in the river.

I am. A few minutes later, she's into her ankles.

A few minutes later, she's up to her knees. Meanwhile,

I'm swimming, and she's up to her waist. About

that time, I'm ready to get out. I'm done. And

so I'm starting to get out. She goes, where are

you going? Well, I was in. I'm done. No, no,

no. You need to stay so I can get in. You've

been getting in for 20 minutes. But that's okay.

You know, God's cool with that. As long as you're

getting in. But how many know you can get in

and you're up to your ankles, but he wants you

to go deeper. He wants you to go further. He

wants you not to let satisfaction or contentment

come in a way that you're okay with just staying

shallow. Let's go a little bit deeper and he'll

bring you along. Holy Spirit's a gentleman. He'll

bring you in. He'll bring you along. He'll help

you and he'll get you in and we'll all be swimming

together. Come on. Hallelujah. I want to spend

the rest of our time just drilling down on this

last part here. And that's this. The river changes

things. The river changes things. It's changed.

I don't know about you. I'm different because

of the river. I'm different because of the river.

I have a strength in me. I have an anointing

in me. I have a grace that flows through my life

because of the river of God flowing. And I'm

telling you, you will too. And I feel that the

river needs to, I wanna just drill down and this

river changes things and pull out a couple of

things I felt like the Holy Spirit spoke to me

about y 'all. First of all, the river sets boundaries

and inheritance. In the Old Testament, whenever

God talked about his possession and his inheritance

to Abraham, he said, you're gonna have for a

possession the land that sits between the great

river of Egypt and the great river of Euphrates.

He used rivers to delineate boundaries. And I

just want to prophesy to you today, in your own

personal life and even to this house. That the

river of God is expanding your boundaries and

expanding the territory of your inheritance.

He's expanding what is possible, the potential

of God, that he's working in you. Because the

river is flowing, he is expanding your possession.

He's expanding the territory of your inheritance.

Come on, I believe there's some business people

that are here that are gonna see some expansion

of their business, an expansion, new clients,

new doors, new opportunities. new things that

are gonna happen. Oh, but Mark, you don't understand

this COVID economy. The COVID economy must submit

to the river economy. It has to submit to the

river economy. The river economy cannot be stopped.

Once God says it flows, it flows. Once he says

this is where it's going, that's where it's going.

And no virus and no chaos and no fear and no

rebellion and no lawlessness can stop the river

of God as it begins to flow. You're entering

into a season of new boundaries and new inheritance.

New boundaries are being set for new places of

influence and access. I believe that the river

of God is going to flow into the University of

Oregon campus and other places around here. I

know I've said that before. I'll say it again.

Do not give up on those kinds of promises. Let

the river of God create things that were not

there, open doors that were shut before, and

create new places of influence and inheritance

for you. But in order for you to go into those

new places of inheritance and possess new opportunities,

you've gotta get and be willing to get out of

your comfort zone. A life promise and a principle

of the river, a principle of life is this. Everything

you want but do not have is outside your comfort

zone. You wanna go deeper, you've gotta get out

of your comfort zone. You want to experience

something new in God, you've got to get out of

your comfort zone. You've got to be able to step

into something fresh and something new. And your

hunger has got to be greater than your fear.

Your thirst has got to be greater than your hesitancy.

You need to press through into that new place

outside your comfort zone. And the river helps

you also reach new generations, the next generation.

In Psalm 78, verse 16, it tells the story of

Psalms 78:16

Moses in the wilderness as God caused water to

flow out of the rock. It says that he also brought

streams out of the rock and caused waters to

run down like rivers. Like rivers in the wilderness,

in the desert. Out of the rocks came rivers flowing.

Some of us kind of think of that Bible story

as though it kind of cracked and a little trickle

came out. We're talking three million people

plus and their livestock and animals needed to

get water. And it ain't gonna take some little

trickle. It's gonna take rivers flowing. And

the Bible says that rivers, plural, flowed out

of that rock. You know what God told Moses to

do? And I just feel this dropped in my spirit.

God told Moses, speak to the rock. Some of you

are facing a rock today. Some of you are facing

a rock of unemployment. Some of you are facing

a rock of limitation. Some of you are facing

a rock of sickness. Some of you are facing a

rock of hopelessness. Some of you are facing

a rock of brokenness and things that have just

shattered around you. Some of you are facing

the rock of fear and all these other things.

And I just have a word of the Lord from you.

Speak to the rock. Speak to the rock. You be

gone. You break open. That which was dry, let

it become fruitful. That which was barren, let

it become fruitful. That which was dry and wasteland,

let it be flourishing with the river of God.

Let hope flow. Let power flow. Come on, let that

fear be gone. Prophesy to that rock. Prophesy

to that thing that's in your path and let the

water flow. The river will flow. That story is

told so that the generations to come might know

and set their hope in God. It was written and

recorded so that the next generation would live

in the river, walk in the river, remember the

river, and say the river still flows. The river

is still here. The river is not come and gone,

and now you're just stuck. Good luck. The river

is here, and I don't know about you, this generation

is thirsty for the river of God. And I'm telling

you, there is a great awakening coming to the

planet. The Spirit of God is gonna be poured

out in every nation, every kindred, every tribe,

red, yellow, brown, black, white. God is gonna

pour out His Spirit upon the planet and upon

America. God is gonna bring revival to the church

in our nation. You're gonna see the Pacific Ocean

and the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

The rivers and streams and lakes are gonna be

lined with people that are being baptized in

water because they've come to know Jesus as he

begins to move by his spirit. For whoever in

the last days calls on the name of the Lord shall

be saved. There's an awakening coming. I wanna

be there. I don't wanna read about it. I don't

wanna hear about it. I wanna live it. Do you?

I want to be in the river when it happens. It's

for this next generation. I see hundreds of children

in this altar. kneeling down, being encountered

by the power and the presence of God, living

life in the river. Some of them are being healed.

Some of them are being saved. Some of them are

being filled with the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Some of them are just coming down under the power

of God, but there is a great awakening and move

of God that's gonna come even into this house

and this region with children and young people

in an incredible move of the Holy Spirit and

the river of God on the next generation. Jesse

Joe, I just want to tell you today, and I asked

you if you were going to be here with us, because

I believe God has called you to be a leader in

this move of God. Not when you're a teenager.

Right now. Right now. You're going to have an

encounter. With the Holy Spirit, he's gonna show

you things. The prophetic anointing and the word

of knowledge is gonna come upon you. You're gonna

have visions and you're gonna have dreams. Awoke

dreams, awake dreams. Part of when you're conscious,

but God's gonna reveal things to you. You're

gonna see things in the spirit that other people

will not see. I see you leading the young children

in worship and then leading them into the baptism

of the Holy Spirit. That in your own right, you

shall be a leader of children and you will see

the mantle of leadership develop and grow as

you continue to lean into the purpose of God

in your generation. And there was a scripture

the Lord gave me for you out of Isaiah chapter

Isaiah 11 · chapter mention

11. It says, and a little one, a child shall

lead them. And I believe in this moment and in

this season and in the next, even now and into

the future of this house, you'll be one of those

who will lead in this house in a very powerful

and specific way. There will be no spirit of...

of reservation or hesitation. They will recognize

the touch and hand of God upon you, and you will

step into a new and fresh expression of the Holy

Spirit flowing through your life. You will not

be given to a spirit of fear, but confidence

and boldness shall be upon you, and you shall

step into a new realm of expression and walking

in the river of God in your generation. Miracles

are gonna surround your life and the gifts of

healings are gonna flow. As God begins to flow,

you're gonna lay hands on the sick people and

they're gonna just miraculously be touched. Even

as a child, you're gonna see the power and the

presence of God flowing in your life. The river

also releases prophetic revelation. The Bible

says at the beginning of this vision in Ezekiel

Ezekiel 43 · chapter mention

chapter 43 that the voice of the Lord is like

the sound of many waters. The voice of the Lord

is the sound. It's the river is in the voice

and the voice is in the river. His voice will

be seen and the voice will be heard. And I know

that this church has been founded in the prophetic

and has experienced the prophetic and facilitated

the prophetic clearly and obviously. This phrase

keeps going over and over in my heart all morning

long. You ain't seen nothing yet. You haven't

seen anything yet. I believe a whole army of

prophets and prophetesses, people with the gift

of prophecy, the spirit of prophecy on the house

is gonna deepen to whole other different realms

and dimensions like you've never known or understood

before. This scripture keeps coming into my mind

as well as we move into the next one. The river

brings the miraculous. No eye has seen, no ear

has heard, nor has it entered into the heart

of man the things that the Lord has prepared

for those that love him. You've seen some incredible

things here, but I'm telling you, you're gonna

see miracles on a whole nother level. You're

going to see miracles in this house that are

going to be regenerative in nature. I see fingers

and hands growing. I see toes and feet growing.

I see things happening. Hopefully hair may be

growing. Who knows? But I just see God moving

by an incredible, magnificent hand throughout

the people of God in an incredible anointing.

And you've come in jumps and starts, stops and

starts as you've seen the miracle working power

of God. But I'm telling you, there is going to

come a supernatural normalcy, as it were. it

will not be just every now and then you'll see

miracles. You'll see them on a regular basis

and not just here. You're gonna see them in the

marketplace. You're gonna see them on the campuses

of the high schools and the college and university.

You're gonna see them throughout life around

this region. This place will be known as a fountain

of the supernatural and people, like in the end

of the movie, feel the dreams. They will drive

and the car lights will light the rural highways

around here as people come to see them. Move

and experience the river of God. Miraculous healing

will be here. Valina, I just prayed today. The

Lord actually spoke this to me last night, but

told me to wait till the last service, so I'm

gonna say it now. There has been an invasion

into your physical being, but I hear the Spirit

of the Lord saying, It has come this far, it

will go no further. I saw the Spirit of the Lord

draw like this line, and then it's just by the

Spirit of God, this thing began to recede. It

has invaded, and then I just see God begin to

push it back. By the name and the Spirit of the

Lord, there is gonna be a reverse of the curse.

There is gonna be a shifting. As the waters of

the Jordan River were rolled back, so shall the

waters of this thing that has come against you

be rolled back. And instead of a water of hindrance,

you're gonna walk in the river of healing. You're

gonna walk in the river of life. And there will

be a cancellation of that thing which has been

declared against you. Who shall believe the report

of the Lord? I do. I do. This house is going

to experience a miraculous catch of souls. A

life -giving atmosphere and a supernatural abundance

of fruit like you've never seen before. The Bible

says the trees on the banks give fruit every

month. That's a supernatural kind of fruitfulness.

What grass seed farmer around here plants a seed

in the beginning of the month and reaps the harvest

on the end of the month and every month sows

and reaps, sows and reaps, sows and reaps. That's

miraculous. And you're gonna experience that

in this season and in this house. A miraculous

catch of fish and fruit. on the vine. Hallelujah.

This is the catch. Jesus said, if you want this,

you want this life in the river? Okay. Then let

him come to me and drink. Let him come to me

and drink. Y 'all stand your feet with me. Hopefully

you got something out of this today. But I believe

there is a miracle being birthed in the spirit

in this house today. Not because of me. It's

funny, the humor of God. He brings several pastors

to come and work together to see something birthed.

That's just like God. God's doing something unique

here. There's something special happening in

this moment. Someday you'll look back on it and

go, I don't remember. I remember when this started.

I was there. I watched that service. I watched

it online. I was in the room. God did something

special, something unique. Friend, if you're

here today and you know in your heart that you're

far from God, That you're not just standing on

the bank of the river. You're way back and the

river's way over there. But listen, there is

a life and a destiny and a purpose that God has

created you to fulfill. You can't do it without

him. All you need to do is receive him into your

life. Turn from sin and turn to God and embrace

the living Christ. And miracle will happen in

your spirit, the Bible says. You will be born

again and a new life will open up to you. You

just need to receive it. We all bow our head

right now. Everybody online, if you're watching,

I wanna give you this opportunity. If you're

here today or you're watching online and you

know you're far from God, your relationship with

God is broken. In this moment, I wanna give you

this opportunity. In a minute, I'm gonna count

to three and if you're ready to say yes to Jesus,

raise your hand, but I want you to know God loves

you. His plan for you is beyond your imagination.

He's ready to set you into the river, set you

into a place of purpose, set you into a place

of wonderful, loving relationship. with him.

All you need to do is say yes to Jesus. Turn

from your old life and embrace the new life in

God. And in a moment of faith, you'll be set

on the right track and in a new life with Jesus.

You just need to say yes to him and receive him.

For as many has received him, he has given them

the right to be called sons and daughters of

God. You need to receive him. So in this moment,

I wanna invite you. If you're ready to say yes

to Jesus, if you're ready to say yes to him and

his purpose for your life, you know you're far

from God, your relationship is broken, but you're

saying, I wanna see a connection between me and

God and a relationship happen in this moment,

and you're ready to do that. One, two, three,

raise your hand. Raise your hand, thank you,

thank you, thank you, thank you. Anybody else?

If you're online, raise your hand. Amen, everybody

in the room, pray this prayer. Dear Jesus. Thank

you for loving me. I receive you now. Forgive

me of my sins. Be the leader of my life. In this

moment, I choose to follow you. I repent of my

own life. And I turn to you. Help me now to follow

you. In Jesus' name. Amen. All right, second

group of people in the room. If you're here today

and you want more of God, you want to go to that

next level of depth, that next level of the river.

Maybe you're at ankle deep. Maybe you're just

kind of dipping your toe in. Maybe you're just

kind of looking at the edge going, wow, it looks

nice. I'm not sure. God has more for you. And

if you're ready to jump in to this incredible

move of God being birthed right now in the spirit,

if you're ready, Raise your hands up right now.

If you want to come down to the front, feel free.

But I'm telling you, God's moving. And he is

going to bring a fresh move of the Spirit of

God in your life. Come on, let's pray right now.

And as I pray over you, Father, in the name of

Jesus, let the river flow. Let the river flow.

Let a spiritual awakening and a supernatural

move of God. Come upon this region. Come upon

this church. Come upon these people. Come upon

this place and move. Move, Lord. Move, Lord.

Move, Lord, in us. We're thirsty for you. Spirit

of God, be poured out in our lives and flow like

a river in Jesus' name. Call us at 541 -995 -8282.