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Sunday Message - Dr. Yan Venter (February 08, 2015) | Life Bible Church

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  1. Glory to God. It is awesome. I'm so grateful

  2. that you are here today and that we could spend

  3. time together in the presence of the Lord. And

  4. there's more for us today. We believe in preaching

  5. the word of the Lord. Amen. We believe that God

  6. actually speaks from his scriptures, but he also

  7. speaks. to our hearts because He's the living

  8. Word, and we believe in that prophetic gift and

  9. grace as well. And I know we have a great Word

  10. that's going to be preached today, and Dr. Venter

  11. will release that text, but he also has a Word

  12. from the Lord that the Lord gave him as he was

  13. praying for our church in this valuable time

  14. and season of transition. I want us just to open

  15. our hearts today. I'm going to pray for us, and

  16. then we're just going to welcome our guest speaker

  17. and welcome God as He just speaks through His

  18. chosen vessel. Father, in the name of Jesus this

  19. morning, we thank You, Lord, for Your presence

  20. that's already here. And Lord, we just simply

  21. open our hearts to You to hear the Word of the

  22. Lord, that which is true and that which is holy

  23. and that which is pure. Lord, even as you said

  24. in James 3, that which comes from above is both

  25. noble and pure. It is true wisdom. It is life

  26. -giving. And Lord, we receive your word from

  27. the Scriptures. We thank you so much. We ask

  28. you to bless and anoint Jan as he brings the

  29. word of the Lord this morning. But Jesus, we're

  30. looking to hear from you. Open our ear to hear

  31. what you're saying to this house and to us personally.

  32. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Would you welcome

  33. Dr. Jan Venter as he comes this morning? Come

  34. on, just give him a big Life Bible welcome. Thank

  35. you. Thank you. Thank you very much. I love you.

  36. Love you. Thank you very much. You may be seated.

  37. Thank you. You know, I want to encourage you

  38. for tonight's service especially. You know, what

  39. I like about this church is the fact that they

  40. honor and recognize the supernatural. And any

  41. time we come in the presence of God, we must

  42. recognize that the supernatural is about to happen,

  43. because God is a supernatural God. So tonight,

  44. or this afternoon at 5 .30, I believe, when you

  45. come together, please, if you know of anybody

  46. that's sick, bring them to the service. We're

  47. expecting a healing. God is using me in the area

  48. of healing. And oftentimes, many times, I'm still

  49. so surprised. I was in Kenya in November. And

  50. a lady came to us while we were having a business

  51. meeting. And she came, led in there by somebody

  52. else, interrupted us. And she was totally blind.

  53. She had two blind eyes, totally blind. And no

  54. pupils, just white. They brought her in and said

  55. that she asked to be brought there because she

  56. believed God was going to heal her. Will I pray

  57. for her? And so we interrupted the meeting and

  58. prayed for her, laid hands on her. I didn't even

  59. feel an anointing. You know what I'm saying?

  60. Sometimes you rely so heavily on the anointing.

  61. This time we just laid hands on her. And when

  62. I took my hands away, that lady started screaming

  63. and shouting. God healed her, and what was so

  64. amazing, she could see, but there were still

  65. no pupils. I mean, she left there. She could

  66. actually tell, you know, where certain things

  67. were with no pupils. Look, God is the healer.

  68. He's not a healer. He's the healer. Come on,

  69. give God a praise offer. Normally, when I do

  70. two services in the morning, I try and do two

  71. separate messages. But this morning, I find that

  72. my spirit, the first service that I brought there

  73. was so important that I'm going to just do the

  74. same in this next service. I prayed this week

  75. because for me, like you, It's so important what

  76. is happening in the transition that is about

  77. to take place in your church. But I've been praying

  78. and asking God for a word, and then God gave

  79. me a phenomenal word. But you know how it is

  80. with God. When He gives you a word, He always

  81. gives it in the environment that you're accustomed

  82. to. You know, He'll give you a word picture or

  83. a vision, and it'll match what you already know.

  84. And so I realized when God gave me this word

  85. that I'll have to first explain to you because

  86. many of you will not have any idea what I'm talking

  87. about. I used to have a large ostrich farm in

  88. Africa. We had over a thousand breeding females.

  89. And the ostrich is really a phenomenal bird.

  90. And before I give you this word, I've got to

  91. explain to you what they do. mating season the

  92. female will notice the musk on the male on the

  93. ostrich male when she notices that it's normally

  94. when his legs turns very red and the redder it

  95. gets the more dangerous he actually becomes because

  96. he becomes very protective when she notices that

  97. she goes and prepares for herself a nest Never

  98. an old nest that she used the previous year.

  99. She'll always prepare a new nest. And it's quite

  100. something to see when she does that because she

  101. will move her feathers and move her body and

  102. then dig for herself a shallow hole and then

  103. line it out, you know, ready for the eggs to

  104. come. Then as soon as the mating season arrives,

  105. he will start his dance. It's a dance that is

  106. really something to see. And he cries out over

  107. her with a voice of a lion. When you hear the

  108. ostrich, the cry, the mating cry, and you didn't

  109. know he was there, you would think it's a lion.

  110. And so he starts moving his feathers like this,

  111. standing in one place, just moving his wings

  112. and his feathers. And then when she is ready,

  113. she'll approach him. And as she does, she pecks

  114. the ground, pretends like she's eating. telling

  115. him that she's ready for that mating moment.

  116. So having that in mind, I want to read to you

  117. now the word that God gave me to this church,

  118. for this church. The Lord said that the Lord

  119. have approached you and is standing over you

  120. like an ostrich in the musk season. Yea, the

  121. Lord is dancing over you to entice you into joining

  122. him. in the breeding season which is about to

  123. start. Just as the ostrich who have prepared

  124. her nest carefully for the laying of eggs, so

  125. also you have taken time to prepare a nesting

  126. place for that which will now take place without

  127. any interference. The Lord noticed the perfection

  128. and the excellence you've put into preparation

  129. of this nest. Now just like the ostrich male

  130. in musk, who will not allow any interference

  131. in the nest of his bride, but clothes with the

  132. red of his readiness, even so I am placing guard

  133. over you with jealousy. My readiness have great

  134. purpose, and your camp is my camp, says the Lord.

  135. Your nest is my nest, and no thief... will pluck

  136. you out of my hand. During this mating season,

  137. you will each discover your own destiny. To those,

  138. and God had me put this down specifically, to

  139. those whom I have called out to be riders, as

  140. the ostrich male in musk will produce his chicks,

  141. so I will release over you key words and phrases

  142. that will make the concepts easy to grasp. There

  143. will be a series of how -to books like God's

  144. Answer for Pain and Rejection. You have an anointing

  145. for cities and regions, and it will be like the

  146. turning of magnets to attract what God wants

  147. to come together, but also to repel the wrong

  148. things that God wants repelled. God is going

  149. to release you for your purpose during this time

  150. of nesting. Some of you, have had a desire for

  151. missions. Now during this musk season, I will

  152. impregnate you for that purpose. Many of you

  153. will learn how to work smarter and not harder.

  154. And so the Lord would say, the shift is on. A

  155. generation will be born out of you. I'm going

  156. to give you young men, young women, even foreign

  157. ministries that are going to come to this nest.

  158. And you will go to theirs, and you will train

  159. and develop and raise up a whole new generation

  160. of men and women that will operate in the same

  161. unction, the same anointing. Look at my dance,

  162. says the Lord. Lift your eyes up to the Lord

  163. your God, and see my eagerness to come to your

  164. nest. Notice the red on my legs, which is the

  165. blood of the Lamb, which serves as an invitation

  166. to you. And a warning to your enemies. For your

  167. nest is my nest, says the Lord. And to Pastor

  168. Brad, this word. My son, I hold before you the

  169. keys that you've asked for. Many have requested

  170. these keys. But they were unable to carry them

  171. and use them effectively. They've been left behind

  172. because so many of them decided to pursue fame.

  173. And fortune of their own. These are keys to unlock.

  174. Not only my power through revelation authority.

  175. But these are keys to unlock the prison houses

  176. of my children. Who are living as slaves. Keys

  177. to free those who have previously been produced

  178. by my word. But who are now living in fear. Living

  179. in drought. Living in distress. These keys will

  180. unlock the destiny. and the gifts of many. And

  181. as I spoke to you before and confirmed by my

  182. prophets, I will give you the keys to unlock

  183. ministries in this nest that will reach into

  184. the furthest parts of the earth. But just like

  185. this price tag on the keys, remember, there's

  186. a price to pay, Brad. I've already communicated

  187. that with you about this price. Do not pick them

  188. up without knowing and understanding there's

  189. a price for this nest, for these keys, for this

  190. privilege, and for this task. And I pray that

  191. you will all, you know, lift your pastors and

  192. the leadership up as they decide that they could

  193. actually carry these keys. And use them to unlock

  194. the destiny of many in this church. Amen. Come

  195. on, just praise Him. Come on, just praise Him.

  196. My God. Oh, Lord. Oh, my God. You know, I haven't

  197. done this in the first service, but remain standing

  198. for a moment. I wonder if the elders and the

  199. leadership and the other pastors can come. In

  200. fact, I'd like the other pastors to come stand

  201. with Pastor and Jenny right here. And then come

  202. elders. Come and just lay your hands on them.

  203. Spiritual men in the church, just come quickly.

  204. And come and surround them. In fact, some of

  205. the prayer warriors in the church, will you come?

  206. Hallelujah. The board of the church, you know,

  207. the deacons come and just surround them. We want

  208. to pray for them. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

  209. Stretch your hands out. Come, Brian. I want you

  210. to pray. Where's that microphone? Give me the

  211. microphone. Here. There's a microphone there.

  212. Glory to God. Somebody just grab that microphone,

  213. please. I want you to pray over pastor. Glory

  214. to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yes. Father,

  215. we recognize Pastor Brad and Pastor Jenny and

  216. the leadership in this house. Yes. I pray and

  217. I am of the laity here, Lord. We are so appreciative,

  218. Lord. That you would put the stature and the

  219. character in this house, Lord. It has been by

  220. your doing and your hand. So, Father, we pray

  221. that the dunamis power that is in your hand,

  222. Father, that is in your name, be released, Father.

  223. You have extended your mighty hand to give these

  224. keys, Father. We pray, Father, for an uncommon.

  225. strength, Father, and an uncommon wisdom, Father,

  226. that which is of heaven, Lord, not found in universities,

  227. Lord. God, we ask that you would just release

  228. the fullness of all that is in your intention,

  229. all that is in your heart for Pastor Brad and

  230. Jenny and the leaders that surround them, Lord.

  231. Hallelujah. We ask, Father, as in Deuteronomy

  232. 28, Lord, that you yourself, Father, mighty God,

  233. would command the blessing. Father, that you

  234. would command the blessing that the storehouses

  235. of this house be made full, Lord. And, Father,

  236. we ask, Lord, in the times to come, Lord, God,

  237. that you would give answers, Father. You would

  238. give wisdom and you would give strength, Father.

  239. And, Lord, God Almighty. Father, that you would

  240. lift their eyes above the horizon line, Lord,

  241. that that which we can see, Lord, that we think

  242. we can attain, Lord, Father, that your vision

  243. is so much more. God, I pray that... Lord, you

  244. would just give them a new anointing. Father,

  245. I pray that you would send the angels of heaven,

  246. Lord, that are standing by for this very purpose,

  247. Father, with a fresh mantle, a fresh mantle of

  248. anointing upon Pastor Brad and upon Pastor Jenny,

  249. upon the eldership of this house, Father, the

  250. staff. Lord, that there would be unity that would

  251. be pleasing to you, Lord. There would be just

  252. a oneness in this house, Father. Lord, as you

  253. would look down, Father, With a smile on your

  254. face, Father. With, Lord, excitement about the

  255. season to come, Lord. That what you've called

  256. them to do, Father. They have been faithful stewards,

  257. Lord. And that you would lead them further, Father.

  258. And that when we look over our shoulder, Lord.

  259. At what has been done, Father. That we will glorify

  260. your name. And we will say, wow. Lord, you would

  261. wow us. Yes, Lord. Amen. Hallelujah. Come, Pastor

  262. Ron. Come and stand right here in front of Pastor.

  263. Come here. I watched. Pastor Ron, this week when

  264. I was moving around here, busy at that building,

  265. and I saw him blossom. How many of you have seen

  266. that? He's actually blossoming. He's actually

  267. doing what he's really called for. Kenny, come

  268. here. Pray over Pastor Ron, will you? Go ahead.

  269. Hallelujah. Yes, Lord. Father, we thank you for

  270. the new things that you're doing. Lord, for the

  271. new work. Lord, just like the work you're doing

  272. with the new building. Father, you started a

  273. work in Pastor Ron's life. Father, we thank you

  274. that we've watched it unfold. But Lord, the glory

  275. of what you're doing is just beginning to happen

  276. with Ron. Lord, I thank you for the new gifts.

  277. Lord, I thank you for the new growth. Lord, I

  278. thank you for the new things that are coming

  279. out of his life. And Lord, I praise you that

  280. even in this season, even today, Lord, he's recognizing

  281. the new heart, the new vision. the new purpose

  282. that you've given them. Lord, I thank you for

  283. greater things. Lord, I thank you for greater

  284. increase. Lord, I thank you for greater wisdom.

  285. Father, in every area, Lord, greater wisdom,

  286. Lord, greater reach, greater influence, Father

  287. God, in Jesus' name. Greater influence, Father,

  288. in Jesus' name. Now, just blessings, Lord, over

  289. him, over his children, Father, in Jesus' name.

  290. You've heard his prayers. Lord, children that

  291. honor and serve you, Lord, I just thank you.

  292. Thank you for the work you're doing in Jesus'

  293. name. Amen. Amen. Thank you. You may be seated.

  294. Do you have something you want to say, Pastor?

  295. Praise God. As you're seated, take your Bibles,

  296. please. I'm going to share just very briefly.

  297. I'm not going to preach long. I never preach

  298. longer than what it takes. Take your Bibles and

  299. please turn with me to the book of Numbers. to

  300. continue and conclude the Word that God has given

  301. me for you. Numbers chapter 15, and we start

    Numbers 15 chapter mention

  302. in verse 37. As you turn there, just to give

  303. you a little bit of insight into this chapter.

  304. This was a new time, a new season for the Israelites.

  305. They had just been brought out of Egypt. They're

  306. now following and pursuing a new destiny. God

  307. had laid down his laws to them. It became very

  308. important. You'll remember that they were so

  309. confused. They were such a confused people. They

  310. had no problem worshiping around a golden calf

  311. because that's what they learned after generations

  312. of being apart from God. God then instructed

  313. Moses with the law. He came back and told the

  314. people, this is what God wants. You understand?

  315. We have to know what does God want. Come on,

  316. can you say an amen? Say it with me. Say, we

  317. must know what God wants. And so here in this

  318. chapter, before we start reading, one of the

  319. men in the camp went on a Sunday, or I mean on

  320. a Sabbath day, which was a Saturday. He went

  321. on the Sabbath day and collected sticks. The

  322. people knew it was wrong. They knew it was offensive,

  323. not something they were accustomed to yet. And

  324. so what they did is they took the man, didn't

  325. know what to do with him. They took him to Moses

  326. saying, you know, he defiled the law. Don't know

  327. what to do with him. Moses himself really didn't

  328. know yet what to do. Went to God, what should

  329. I do with this man? God said, kill him. And so

  330. after this had all been done, The man was stoned

  331. according to the command of God. In verse 37,

  332. chapter 15, verse 37, read with me. The Lord

  333. spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children

  334. of Israel and bid them, that means instruct them,

  335. that they make them fringes in the borders of

  336. their garments throughout their generations.

  337. and that they put upon the fringe of the borders

  338. a ribbon of blue. I want to just use that this

  339. morning, and we'll read a bit further now, but

  340. God wanted them to put on the borders of their

  341. garment a ribbon of blue. I'm going to use that

  342. as a title, the ribbon of blue. And he said,

  343. it shall be unto you for a fringe that you may

  344. look upon it. That you may remember it and all

  345. the commandments of the Lord and do them. Say

  346. that we may look upon it. Remember it. And do

  347. it. Let's do that again. Say. Let's do that again.

  348. You know, at this point in time, let me just

  349. finish my reading. And God says, and that you

  350. may do them and that you seek not after your

  351. own heart, after your own eyes, after which you

  352. used to go a -whoring, that you may remember

  353. and do all my commandments and be holy unto your

  354. God. I am the Lord your God which brought you

  355. out of the land of Egypt. To be your God, I am

  356. the Lord your God. Very important at this point

  357. in time when God spoke to them and said, You

  358. have to make sure that you hang that ribbon of

  359. blue so that you may retain your identity. You

  360. understand? That's what it's all about. Say,

  361. that's what it's all about. You understand? You

  362. cannot, we cannot lose our identity. We must

  363. always understand that we are walking with God.

  364. Anytime you walk with God, it is very important

  365. that you note that it's got to be His way all

  366. the time. You understand, we're living in a time

  367. today when so many churches have totally lost

  368. their identity. So many Christians have lost

  369. their identity. They don't know anymore who they

  370. are. We are not like the world. Yes? We're separate

  371. people. We're still... Living under the instructions

  372. of the Lord our God. We've got to do things His

  373. way. And at this point in time, when God is about

  374. to move you into the nest, as it were. I like

  375. that name. When God is moving you into the nest.

  376. And you're preparing for the mating season, as

  377. it were. That you must remember, don't lose your

  378. identity. You must understand that as you transition

  379. from here to there, so many churches, I've seen

  380. it many, many times, they lose their identity.

  381. They once used to be a worshiping church. Now

  382. they go to a big facility, and there they don't

  383. know how to act and behave. Don't lose your identity.

  384. Come and look at somebody and say, we're not

  385. going to lose our identity. Not only so, but

  386. you understand, last night or the night before,

  387. I challenged you if you were here. You remember

  388. when I spoke about the salt. Jesus said, you

  389. are salt. You understand? Don't forget that you

  390. are salt. We hold the balancing factor. We have

  391. that identity as to who we are. We're not just

  392. a church. We're not just a congregation. We should

  393. not see any greatness in moving to that facility.

  394. We can do it under a brush arbor and God with

  395. us, it will still have the same effect. It's

  396. just something that God has blessed you with.

  397. To get yourself a nest and ready for that which

  398. prophetically God says you are now going to encounter.

  399. The thing that impressed me with this church

  400. so much the very first time I came here. When

  401. I came here, I found you to be a praying church.

  402. That's what impressed me, a praying church. Brian,

  403. when I came here first, I saw the prayer room

  404. in the back. And I saw how people were praying.

  405. I remember you leading it, you know, the praying

  406. church. I went away here and I said, my God,

  407. they're unique. It should not be, but you are

  408. unique. There's so many churches that no longer

  409. are praying churches. But that's what makes you

  410. stand out. You're a praying church. And when

  411. I challenged the people on last night about prayer.

  412. About uniting with other denominations for prayer.

  413. I should have been surprised when pastor got

  414. up. And he told us. He told the people. Well

  415. what Jan doesn't know. I really should have known

  416. that. But he said what Jan does not know. Is

  417. that we already have plans. And we already spoke

  418. to other groups. And it's already in the working.

  419. And it's already happening. I'll tell you why

  420. I should have not been surprised. Because that's

  421. your identity. I should expect nothing less.

  422. And you understand your connection with other

  423. churches. You should become and you will become

  424. a forerunner in this community. In the area of

  425. prayer. Let it be known. That the Bible church

  426. is not just somebody that have a great facility.

  427. But let it be known. This is a church that bases

  428. everything upon prayer. Influence the nation.

  429. Come on give God a praise offering. Yeah Lord.

  430. That's what it's all about. That's our identity.

  431. Last night when I tested the church. You know,

  432. many churches I go to and I ask them to pray.

  433. You're going to go into an uneasy time of silence.

  434. You ask the church to pray. I mean, it just seems

  435. like they're going to hang their heads and they

  436. don't know what to do next. I was absolutely

  437. blessed last night when I said, let's take some

  438. time to pray. And all of a sudden, I had to struggle

  439. to get the service back because they were praying

  440. so much. That's really how it should be. That's

  441. our identity. Don't lose your identity. Come

  442. on, say it. We're not going to lose our identity.

  443. You understand? You're also a worshiping church.

  444. And the new facility, I'm told, pastor told me,

  445. the board told me before when I was here, we're

  446. designing that church for sound. It's designed

  447. for sound. Why? It's because you're a worshiping

  448. church. That's who you are. You're going to excel

  449. in worship like never before. You're going to

  450. become known as the praying church and the worshiping

  451. church. People will come in there and be changed

  452. just through your worship. Come on, give God

  453. a praise offering. Glory to God. Yes! Somebody

  454. praise Him. Glory to God. Glory to God. And it's

  455. already working. When I was in India, I had the

  456. smuckers, you know, just watch the smuckers.

  457. Just absolutely influence India. India with worship.

  458. They told me, you know, the first time they went

  459. there with a guitar. You know, they just happened

  460. to leave the guitars behind for those people.

  461. Now, it's a regular thing. They're coming from

  462. your church. group of people. What should I call

  463. you? From this ribbon of blue. Went over there

  464. and now it's a regular thing. They now have a

  465. worship school. So influence them. You understand?

  466. This is what God said in this prophecy this morning.

  467. It's going to happen more and more. You're going

  468. to go to the outermost parts of the earth. But

  469. let your identity be held very close to your

  470. heart. And that when you hear what God is doing,

  471. that you remember what he said. Remember it.

  472. Look upon it. And then do what God said you should

  473. do. Get involved. Say, get involved. Now finally,

  474. you understand, our identity is not just connected

  475. to this church. But our identity is connected

  476. as children of God. You understand? We're children

  477. of God. Come on, say it. We're children of God.

  478. Don't lose your identity in this world of generality.

  479. One world order. New world order. Everything

  480. in this whole world today is the same. Except

  481. when you go from one church to another. It just

  482. seems like everyone is just doing their own thing.

  483. And here and there, there's some churches that

  484. just excel. And others try and match them. It's

  485. like the Reading Church in Bethel here in California.

  486. The church is all over the nation now, flying

  487. in from all over the world. I remember Bill Johnson

  488. in the very early hours when he had nothing like

  489. that going. I met with him, sat with him around

  490. the table. And he shared with me his vision.

  491. This was way, way back. Now today, it's happening.

  492. You understand what I'm saying is, learn to understand

  493. that you are no longer just going to be followers.

  494. You're going to develop your own identity more

  495. and more. And others will come to you to come

  496. and match themselves. Because there's going to

  497. be an anointing that will be shared worldwide.

  498. I remember years ago when I was with Yonggi Chow.

  499. Yonggi Chow told me something really profound.

  500. When he said, Jan, you have to learn to walk

  501. with giants. You know, when you walk with people

  502. with smaller steps, it's easy to walk with them.

  503. You don't have to exert yourself. When you walk

  504. with giants. They take large steps. And it's

  505. time that you learn. You know, God, help us to

  506. walk with giants. My God, help us to stretch

  507. our strides. Because not too long from now, you're

  508. going to find out that God is going to put you

  509. in a high place. Your tent is going to be in

  510. a wide place. And God is giving you an enormous

  511. challenge. And as I said, there's a price to

  512. pay. Are you all willing to pay that price? Come

  513. on, give God a praise offering. And then finally,

  514. our identity is that of a Pentecostal movement.

  515. Yes? Charismatic. Influenced by the Holy Spirit.

  516. Don't forget that. Don't ever forget who you

  517. are. You must understand that in our midst, we

  518. make it our business to hear what is God saying.

  519. Make it our business to stand aside. I liked

  520. it this morning when I said to Pastor, Can we

  521. do this and this and that? And his answer to

  522. me was, hey, let's wait until we get there and

  523. see how the Holy Spirit flows. You understand?

  524. That's our identity. We go according to what

  525. God says. Our lives are being changed. We carry

  526. with us the ribbon of blue. The ribbon of blue

  527. speaks of holiness. That's the color of heaven.

  528. It's the color of God. If you carry that ribbon

  529. with you, You must understand that you live a

  530. clean life. Yes. We live a holy life. Doesn't

  531. mean we look down on other people. But we ask

  532. God, Lord, how should I live my life? Come on,

  533. church. Don't lose who you are. In fact, excel

  534. in who you are and watch God take you and walk

  535. with you to your new nest. Stand on your feet

  536. and give God a hand clap of praise. Will you

  537. glory to God. Come on, just praise Him. Hallelujah.

  538. Come on, just praise Him, my God. Hallelujah.

  539. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. My God. Hallelujah.

  540. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Just lift your hands

  541. up like this for a moment. Say, God, don't let

  542. me become confused. Let my identity, come on,

  543. say it out loud. Let my identity be clearly seen

  544. by others and also by me that I may look upon

  545. it. And that I may remember your words. And that

  546. I may do it with all my might. In the name of

  547. Jesus. I'm going to give an invitation here.

  548. Just look at me, please. The altar call. And

  549. I want to give it like this. It's very important

  550. as you stand there that you must recognize something

  551. may happen. Something may have already happened

  552. that distracted you. I remember one time, you

  553. know, I was distracted with money. And I almost

  554. lost my identity. God had to bring me back. We

  555. get distracted. As you stand here this morning

  556. in this church, very important that you say,

  557. God, don't let me forget who I am. I am not like

  558. the rest of the people at my work. I am not like

  559. the rest of the people in the world. I am blood

  560. washed. Spirit filled. A child of the most high

  561. God. Come on, give him a hand clap of praise.

  562. That's who you are. Amen. If you have been distracted

  563. or you've lost ground, you've grown cold, you've

  564. allowed yourself to just be consumed by things

  565. around you. It's time for you, following this

  566. word that God gave you today, it's time, say

  567. it's time. It's time for you to say, I'm coming

  568. back to who I am. You're a child of God. Live

  569. like God wants you to live. Don't go home today

  570. without making a new solemn decision. God, please

  571. let me remember who I am. Don't start your days

  572. like you used to in the last few days or weeks.

  573. You start your day with just no prayer. You hardly

  574. read the Bible anymore. You've just gone on to

  575. automation. And it's not good. Seek the Lord

  576. with all your heart and with all your might.

  577. When you go out of church here today and this

  578. week and for the rest of your days, Ribbon of

  579. blue. Your identity. As to who you are. So in

  580. just a few seconds now. I'm going to ask you

  581. to come out. And this is the way I do it. I ask

  582. you to do it with everybody looking. You know

  583. why? This is your house. Say it. This is my house.

  584. Say it again. This is my house. You know the

  585. world intimidates the Christians out there. You're

  586. not going to allow yourself to be intimidated

  587. in this house. Because this is your house. And

  588. even if you're a visitor here this morning. Or

  589. you're not a member of this church. Doesn't matter.

  590. This is still your house. The moment you walk

  591. through that door. This is your father's house.

  592. So that makes this your house. You should not

  593. allow yourself to be discouraged. For fear of

  594. what will other people say. Maybe you have been

  595. very involved in ministry. Now. God speaks to

  596. you here this morning. Then don't stay back because

  597. of pride. It's very important that other people

  598. say and see. It's not just happening to them.

  599. It's happening to all of us. Say it's time. Now,

  600. I'm going to ask you if you feel you need prayer.

  601. Will you just, and people will clap hands as

  602. you come out. Will you walk out and come and

  603. stand right here in front of me right now. In

  604. front of everybody. Just walk out. Clap hands

  605. for them. Come and stand here and say, God, change

  606. my heart. Change my ways. Come stand real close.

  607. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Wow. Come

  608. on. They're still coming. Clap hands for them.

  609. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Stand real tight. Because

  610. there's many people. Stand real tight. Shoulder

  611. to shoulder. Glory to God. You know what I love?

  612. And they're still coming. Clap hands for them.

  613. Don't stop. Clap hands. Even for the late comers.

  614. Now the prayer warriors are coming. I want only

  615. one person behind each. And please put two hands

  616. on their shoulders standing behind them. Come.

  617. Just one person. And then put both your hands

  618. on their shoulders. I need some more here. Yeah,

  619. pastor will stand behind this tall man. Glory

  620. to God. Make sure they all have one person behind

  621. them. Glory to God. Glory to God. If you still

  622. need prayer, you can also still come. There'll

  623. be somebody for you. Glory to God. Now, don't

  624. pray for them yet. But this is what I want you

  625. to do. I just want you to lean forward and speak

  626. in that person's ear in front of you and tell

  627. them who it is that's standing behind them. Go

  628. ahead. Just tell them. Introduce yourself. Glory

  629. to God. Maybe they already know. Now. Let's pray.

  630. You that are standing here, look at me. I know.

  631. I mean, I can look at you, just give you one

  632. look, and I can tell you are a child of God.

  633. And we all realize that what you're here for

  634. is just to get your priorities back in order.

  635. Because we lose our sense of priority. That's

  636. all it is. And then before you know it, you lose

  637. your identity. So we're going to pray, and I

  638. want you to pray out loud when I ask you. I'll

  639. pray first, then I want you to pray. I know you

  640. can pray on your own, but just in childlikeness,

  641. follow me. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I come

  642. to you this morning, and I know that as they

  643. come and stand before you, just like I've done

  644. many times myself, I want to ask for a miracle

  645. here today. I want to ask you, oh God, will you

  646. change their hearts? And when they go home today,

  647. give them a new sense of priority. Give them

  648. a new sense of value. And Lord, help them to

  649. come alive in this upcoming nesting that's now

  650. going to happen. Let their eyes see and recognize

  651. the dance of the Holy Spirit in front of them.

  652. Ready to bring and come to their nest. Now you

  653. that are standing here, say these prayers. Say

  654. it. Say it out loud. Say, Jesus, I ask forgiveness.

  655. Now can you say that on your own? Just say it.

  656. Please forgive me for everything I've done wrong.

  657. Just the way that I started my day. The way I

  658. ended my days. It's all become one big mess at

  659. times. Now I ask you to change my heart. I accept

  660. my forgiveness right now. I will not go home

  661. with guilt. But I will go home knowing that you've

  662. heard my cry. In Jesus name. Will you please

  663. turn that person around and face the person and

  664. pray with them right now. Go ahead and just do

  665. that. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. If you are

  666. interested in hearing other podcasts or contacting

  667. Life Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch

  668. .org or call us at 541 -995 -8282.