Moved by the Spirit - Pastor Will Roos

So the title of today's message moved by the Spirit, I really

believe this is a word for today, for this hour that we are

living in, because the times we are living in, we are living in

times of pressure, confusion, destruction, where there's so

many voices that wants to pull people to different the wrong

directions. But the children of God, we are

not called to be pulled by the culture.

We are not called to be pushed by fear or controlled by the

flesh. We are called to be moved by the

Spirit, to be led by the Spirit of God.

And that is why we need to learn how to move when the Spirit

leads. Amen.

And so let's go to our main text today.

It's in the book of Romans, chapter 8.

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Let's go there, Romans 8 and verse 14.

And for those who are led by the Spirit of God, we are talking

about the Spirit LED life are the children of Godfather.

We thank you for your presence. Holy Spirit, come and have your

way. You're welcome.

Move, lead us. Move with every heart in this

place, every home, every city in our nation.

Move, Holy Spirit, stir us, guide us, touch us, move us

forward. Lord, Oh Lord, we are ready to

follow in the mighty name of Jesus.

And everybody said Amen. Now Romans 8, it tells us that

being led by the Spirit is not just for a select few like

pastors or like leaders. It's not just for a select group

of people being led by the spirits, not just for the Super

spiritual people, it's for every child of God.

It's the birthrights of every child of God.

So if you're a child of God, you are born to be led by God.

That's your identity as a child of God, to be led by the Spirit

of God. Now, I love the way the

amplifier puts it this way. He says it in, he says that for

all who are allowing themselves to be laid by the Spirit of God

are the sons of God. So allowing themselves to be

LED. Now allowing ourselves to be

LED, that means that we have to yield, we have to respond, we

have to move with him. OK, So being led by the Spirit

of God, it means that I don't stay stuck when He's calling me

forward. Being led by the Spirit of God,

it means simply moved by the Spirit of God.

It's the same word. And so this message today is not

just only about hearing the message, but this is about

responding. This is about moving with God,

OK? And so when he moves, we move

because God didn't just save you from something.

God saved you to follow someone. Oh, I feel that.

I feel the power of God. Something is shifting in this

place. My Lord, thank you, Jesus, for

the praises of God. Hallelujah.

And so get ready somebody, because this is a moving forward

season. I'm bringing you the word of the

Lord today. I'm sharing with you what God

showed me. He said this is your moving

forward season. Come on, grab hold of this word.

This is your moving forward season today.

This is the season. Yes, Lord, wherever you lead,

I'll go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's the season we are in. OK, Hallelujah.

Not a lot of vitamins, but let's just moving right along because

I have made-up my mind, OK? I'm just bold and I'm just

saying to you right now I've made-up my mind.

I'm ready to move. I am ready to move by the Spirit

of God. Hallelujah, somebody.

I'm not stay. I'm not going to stay stuck.

I'm ready to move where God says listen, go move, dude.

I'm ready to move. I'm ready to move.

And so I want you to say that somebody say I'm ready to be

moved by the Spirit. Say it again.

I'm ready to be moved by the Spirit.

Now give him some praise. If you are ready to be moved by

the Spirit, Are you ready to move?

Because there's a mighty move of God in this place.

And so we see this clearly in the story of Israel.

They were in bondage and slavery in Egypt for generations.

And before Israel was ever stepped into freedom, God gave

them an instruction. And I love what God told.

God told them get ready to move. They've been in bondage for 400

years, slavery. And I love it when the move of

God breaks out in a place. I love it when God comes on the

scene and Gods move and he says listen, get ready to move my

God. I feel them waiting.

So that brings me to my first point.

Number one, for those who are taking notes, number one, get

ready to move. Tell your neighbor and say get

ready to move. God spoke to the Israelites

while they were still in Egypt, surrounded by bondage, hardship

and slavery. And God spoke to them in that

moment and he said get ready to move, OK?

He's like, listen, He told them, and I'm going to show you in the

verse. He told them to get dressed and

get ready because freedom is coming.

And so they had to prepare like freedom was already on their

way. Exodus chapter 12, verse 11.

Exodus 12:11

This is how you are to eat it with your cloak tucked into your

belt, your sandals on your feet, your staff in your hand.

Eat it in haste. It's the Lord's Passover.

He said when you eat this meal, don't eat casually.

This is just not another night in Egypt.

I want you to eat prepared and ready with such a sense of

urgency. Eat with your cloak tucked in.

Eat with the signals on your feet.

Eat with the staff in your hands.

In other words, don't dress to stay, dress to leave my car.

Come on, somebody. So don't dress like you are

staying. Dress like you are leaving trace

up, get ready, get shoes on, get Oh my God.

Because when God moves, he wants his people to be ready to move

with him. And God's like I'm ready to

move. I'm ready to bring you out.

I'm ready to bring you out of Egypt.

And that's what God said. I'm ready to move.

I'm ready to I'm ready to break Pharaoh's grip, the hold on your

life. I'm ready to break off the Palm

Beach. I'm ready to break off the

slavery, the hardship. I'm about to shift your season

and when I move I want you to be ready.

And I don't want you standing around searching for your

sandals. When I'm move, when I'm ready to

move, I don't want you standing around searching for sandals.

I want you to be ready. OK.

In other words, the spirit LED life is a ready life.

It's like get your shoes on. Somebody say get your shoes on,

Get your shoes on. OK, Parents will understand this

one. OK.

If you have children, you know, when it comes to the children,

getting the shoes on is not a two-minute job.

It's a full time ministry. OK, Thank you for that one.

Amen. Yeah, it's a full time military.

Just get the shoes on. Come on.

I'm telling you now. Ask my wife.

She's right. Yeah, it's full time ministry.

You say come on out, put your shoes on.

And then 5 minutes later he's still standing there with only

one sock on and holding a Lego man and he's saying where are we

going, Daddy, where are we going?

And I'm like, OK, so another one.

Then he says, well, I cannot find my shoes, but he's standing

right next to it. They stay right there.

I mean, just the shoes. Well, the shoes are right there

next to you. And then finally we get to the

door and I'm like, oh, yes, finally we're ready to go.

And you just when you think, praise God, we are leaving where

someone says, oh, I need the toilet.

You know, this is when you really know whether you have the

fruit of the Spirit. Just get kids and you'll have

you want some patience, OK, Fruit of the spirit, patience,

kindness, love, Joker. Can we talk about the fruits of

the spirit a little bit? Have kids.

Come on, there's my you want some patience, have some kids

and and you'll give quickly. Find out whether you are in the

flesh or in the fruit of the spirit.

And I'm standing there the door, I'm like, OK, you need the

toilet, right? OK, now fruit of the Spirit,

Lovejoy, peace, kindness, patience, and we're just going

to reply. Fruit of the Spirit.

Yeah. So God told Israel, get your

shoes on. I'm about to move and I want you

to be ready to move with me. Come on, somebody.

OK. And so that is the word for

somebody to do. Yeah, testing 1-2, three,

testing 123. Because maybe you have been

praying for movement. You've been asking God, God, I

need to move. Praying for movement.

Now. Have you prepared for movement?

You've been asking God for some doors, open doors, business, job

opportunities. You are with open doors now.

Are you ready to walk through those doors?

Have you prepared? Are you ready?

OK, Because you have got to be ready.

And so you say, Lord, my shoes on.

Somebody say my shoes on. OK so Israel had been bondage

for generations, 400 years. Pharaoh controlled they

schedule, he controlled their job, their labour, their

children, even their identity. Pharaoh controlled it.

So slavery, they know about pressure, hardship, difficulty,

bondage. But what I love about the fact

God comes in and God says I'm about to move and I don't care

how big and strong Pharaoh is. I don't care the control and the

bondage, whatever it is. And I don't care how long

there's been bondage. I'm about to move and I'm God.

And so when God says I'm about to move and step in, God opens

the door and he makes a way where there is no way.

And we have seen that in the Red Sea.

There was no way and he made a way.

That's our God. And God steps in.

He's like, listen, I am going to bring my people out, release the

plagues, breakthrough and he brings his people out and the

God that we serve. He's still the same yesterday,

today and forever. The same God that brought them

out of 400 years of bondage is the same God that brings these

people out today out of sickness, out of shame, out of

sin, out of addictions and fear. Any pattern of the old God can

break any bondage, any addiction, any difficulty.

God, when God decides to move, he can break it straight away.

Hallelujah, somebody God is saying when God steps in, he

says listen, get ready, get your shoes on, expect movement is

coming. And I'm sensing by the Spirit of

God there is an anointing in this place to bring about

movement in your life, in your family, in your finances, to

bring about a shift, to bring about a movement to shift.

Because when the Spirit of God moves, miracles happen.

He moves and he shifts you out of fear, into freedom, out of

fear into faith and he breaks the bondage and he brings you

out. I really believe there's a move

of God in this place today. I really believe that there is

anointing to break the yoke, to break the bondages, anointing of

movement of God, spiritual move of God.

We are not staying stuck, OK. We are coming out of the old

limitations, going around the same old, same old, same

problems, same old. No, I don't care if it's been

400 years. God, we are coming out.

We are coming out of bondage. We are coming out of old cycles

and patterns that has held us back.

Somebody says bringing me out and I'm taking my family with me

as well. Just by the way, the devil

cannot have my children. Hell cannot have my family.

I'm just telling you, I'm bringing my family with me.

My calling on purpose. Hell cannot have my purpose and

my calling. Come on somebody.

This is a move of God. God is moving in this place,

moving in here and so we are not staying the same.

We are not staying stuck. We're not staying.

Yes, OK, so we are moving forward.

It's time to move. Somebody say it's time to move.

Come on, give God some price. It's time to move.

It's time to move. It's time to move.

It's time to move. Hallelujah.

And that's the Spirit. Late Life.

OK, the Lord, if Lord, if you move, we move.

Lord, if you lead, we'll follow. Lord, if you say God, I'll go.

Amen. And so all throughout Scripture

we see how God has LED his people and we see this out with

the Israelites. Amazing how God, he came in, he

moved and he brought, you know, his people out.

And God came in with power, with a mighty hand, mighty move.

He sent the plagues. He opened the right sea.

How powerful is that? And God set his people free.

And then he started going before and ahead of his, and he started

leading them forward. God is the God.

He's always leading his people. That's our God, the God we

serve. He leads us.

And I want you to see this in Exodus 1321.

By day, the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to

guide them on their way. So he's guiding them and by

night a pillar of fire. Somebody say follow the fire.

Oh, I feel that. Follow the fire to give them

light so that they could travel by day or night.

Neither the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by

night left its place in front of the people.

So the Lord went ahead of him. That means God is going in

front, ahead. He's leading his people, His

people. They are not alone.

They're not on their own. They know they didn't just come

out. God brought them out.

And now all of a sudden they have to figure it out by

themselves. Which way are we going?

Which route, which direction? The Bible says God let them.

And I love that about our God because by day he was the cloud,

and then at night He was a fire. Hallelujah.

Fire followed the fire. Yeah, that is so powerful.

Followed up, my God. And so then during the day at

the heat, he was their covering. And then at night when it's

dark, he was their light. I say your God is guiding them.

He's leading them. OK, so God didn't just bring

them out and say, OK, good luck, you're on your own now.

I got you out of bondage, Egypt or OK, now you're on your own.

No, God didn't say no. You got to figure it out all on

your own. God came with His presence.

He gave them the presence of God and lead them.

Hallelujah, somebody. And so I came to tell somebody

today that God didn't bring you this far all of a sudden now to

leave you the same God who brought us out.

OK, well, lead us through. So it didn't come this far.

And now all of the and now God all of a sudden leaves you now

he's still leading, He's still covering you, He's still

ministry, He's still moving by his spirit.

And so I like it because when I travel, unless I put my post

code in, maybe it's on Google Apps, any navigation system, I

put the address in. Now what I like to do is when I

put the address in, I like to see right where I'm going.

I want to see the full map because I want to see, OK,

exactly which exits, which offerings, where am I going to

take the next offset? And I also want to see where am

I going to maybe any delays. So for me, it's so important to

see the full overview. I want to see the, you know,

whatever the Google Apps or sat NAV, whatever navigation system.

And so, yeah, I want to see exactly because, you know, that

we like that because it keeps us comfortable.

Like wow, I can see the whole picture, how together.

But when God let Israel out, he did not give them a full map,

OK? He did not give them the full

details, the full route, the full map, OK.

And so God LED them step by step.

And according to the Bible, the Bible says that by his presence,

Oh Hallelujah, I love that song. But his presence, the air I

breathe is presence. That's all I need is a presence.

Because sometimes now the root that God chooses, OK, it doesn't

always make sense. And so there will be moments in

your life where you're like, Lord, why is this taking so

long? Why this delay?

Why this season in my life? Why this wilderness?

And it's like, why this root? Because it just doesn't make

sense. Why this way?

But when the root doesn't make any sense, don't panic if it

doesn't make sense. We God is taking us.

Listen, trust him. Why?

Because the Spirit knows the way.

My God, Somebody say the Spirit knows the way.

The Spirit knows the way. Oh my God.

Yeah, the Spirit knows the way. And so there's something that we

have to learn in this Spirit LED life that it's OK not to know.

Now that's hard for us because we like to have all the full

details. It's like, Pastor, you say,

well, it's OK not to know because we like to have all the

details, all the answers. We want the answers how it's

going to work out. We want the details.

We want the full map. We want to see where, where, how

long it's going to take. But faith doesn't always get the

full details. OK, Faith.

Trust the one who knows. Oh, come on.

Somebody that's faith. Trust the one who knows.

Yeah, that's right. Now picture this.

Here's Moses, the Israelites. Now I can imagine people asking,

OK, Moses, Right. Where are we camping, Moses?

Where's the food coming from, Moses?

Where? Where's the water coming from?

Moses? And Moses says, I don't know.

And somebody might be thinking, what kind of a leader is he?

What kind of a leader is Moses? He doesn't know anything.

But Moses knew the most important thing, the presence of

God, the presence of God. They are the presence of God.

He knew the most important thing, the presence of God, the

leading of God. Hallelujah.

Yeah, that's it. Because just because you don't

have the full map, it doesn't mean God's lost.

Moses was comfortable not knowing because he trusted God

was leading him. Moses was comfortable not

knowing. Full map.

How are we getting to the Promised Land?

Because he trusted the one who was leading.

He knew the presence of God. Come on, somebody, are you with

me? And so sometimes we think it's a

lack of faith to say, well, I don't know.

I think it's a lack of faith. I don't know.

I don't have all the answers, all the details.

We think it's no. But real faith says, I don't

know the way, but I know the Spirit of God who knows?

That's real faith. I don't know, but I know him.

And he knows where he knows. Yeah.

Hallelujah. So take the pressure off.

You don't have to know everything.

Praise God. Yes, You can.

Just relax. You don't have to know

everything. OK.

Because God knows. Yeah.

We don't have to know and figure it all out.

What's going on? This and that.

And the house is going to work out.

No. God knows.

Yes. And God is going to be before

you, ahead of you. OK.

And he's got easy. Hallelujah.

Somebody who knows the way. Yeah.

And so God gives you faith for the next step.

OK, so we want the full map, the full route.

OK, Lord, show me. Who am I going to meet?

Lord, this relationship. Who am I going to meet?

Lord, show me where the money is going to come from.

I want to know. I want the Lord.

I want to know where the money is going to come from.

Lord, I want to know when the breakthrough is going to come.

Oh, God, give me the full map. 50, please.

The next 50. Nah.

OK. You see, God doesn't show us the

whole journey. He doesn't give you your 50

years ago. Nah, he doesn't now.

God has the full map. He knows.

He knows the beginning and the end.

Is God OK? That's the almighty God.

So he knows every door, He knows every battle in every miracle.

He knows every connection. He knows every breakthrough.

He knows the beginning from the end.

But he only gives you the next step.

What is a lamp? So he only gives you light for

the next step, not for the next 50 years.

He only shows you the next step. OK.

And so that's how he leads us. He leads you one step because

God, he wants us to trust him. And so that brings me to my next

point. For those who are taking notes

#2 move into the unknown. The unknown, yeah.

OK. Even when you don't have a map

moving to the unknown, Right. So because when Israel came out

of Egypt, they still had to learn to follow God into the

unknown. Because between Egypt and the

promised land, there's a wilderness.

And so the wilderness, sometimes we think, well, I'm in the

wilderness. I have misguards, OK.

The wilderness doesn't always mean you are outside of the will

of God. Because remember the wilderness

even Jesus the Bible says the Spirit LED in.

Oh the spirit LED life. I mean that's a whole nother

sermon all by itself. Jesus was spirit LED like

pastor. Why do we have to live a spirit

LED life? Well Jesus is our example.

Matthew 4 is how clear. Where did the Spirit lead Jesus?

The Bible says the Spirit LED Jesus into the wilderness.

That means the Spirit LED. Life is not always easy.

Oh, the Spirit's going to lead me.

This. The Spirit LED life doesn't mean

you you're never going to have any hard places, but it means

that you will never be alone. Come on, Somebody.

Yeah, he's with you. And so the wilderness, that is

the classroom of the spirits, because that is where we go

through the tests. OK, so the tests come in the

classroom of the spirits. We get tasted and it's like

Jesus was tasted. And so that is where in the

wilderness, that season, that is where we learn trust, and we

learn to trust God's provision. And we learn that Egypt is not

our provider. Egypt is not our provision.

The worldly system is not our source.

Pharaoh is not our source. People is not our source.

Your job is not your source. We thank God for jobs.

I'm not saying business opportunity, that's all good.

I'm just saying, who's your source?

Who's the one that's given you the job?

Who's the one that's opened the door for the bird?

Who is your source? Not Egypt, not Pharaoh, not

people, not circumstances. God is your source.

Hallelujah. God is your source.

That's what we learn in the wilderness.

We learn provision. Where's the bread coming from?

Where's the water coming from? Moses.

Where? OK, God's leading us.

This is what we're learning. Somebody say the Lord is my

source. So don't be afraid in the

unknown. Don't panic because you don't

have the full map or all the details, okay?

You're not lost. You're being LED.

That's how God leads. Okay, let me just explain to

you. For instance, let's say, and I

love this because I've seen it with my kids.

It's amazing. You walk in the place, big mall,

shopping centre, mall and it's busy.

There's people everywhere, movement, noise, distractions

everywhere. And so let's say your child's

walking next to you and the child is not afraid.

The child is right there walking, does not know every

turn, does not know the mall, the shopping centre, doesn't

know the exits. Let's say it's the lexicon.

The child is young, it doesn't know where to go.

It's a lot of people, a lot of noise.

Doesn't know. The child doesn't know how to

find its way back to the car. Where's the car park?

Don't know. But the child is not worried.

The child doesn't panic, he's not afraid.

Why is the child not afraid when walking a big in this noise and

all of that? Because he's holding your hand.

Jesus, I've seen this so many times with my kids.

The child doesn't need a map of the mall, which way, what shop,

what direction, how am I going to get back to the car?

The child doesn't need the full details.

The child just needs to to hold the hand of the one who knows.

That's right, just needs to hold the hand of the one who knows

the way. And so the child is not afraid

because he's with the One who knows the way.

I mean somebody, OK. And so that is the Spirit LED

life. I may not have every answer,

every turn, every exit. I may not know every exit, every

turn, every way, but I know the one who knows.

I don't know every turn. I don't know every exit.

I don't know every detail, but I know whose hand I'm holding.

I don't know all the details or the answer how we're going to,

but I know that the one whose hand I'm holding and when I'm

holding his hand, I'm not lost. When I'm holding his hand, I'm

not lost because I'm being LED. And that's what I love.

I've seen it with my kids when the whole Daddy's hand, they're

not scared because Daddy knows where they know Daddy knows the

way. Daddy, we knew we're going this

way. Somebody say I'm being LED now.

Point #3 Are you ready for point #3?

For those who are taking notes, write this down.

Move with the river. And I love that earlier on how

Pastor Michelle was just flowing prophetically with the river.

That's very scriptural because Jesus said in the book of John

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Chapter 7 that rivers of living waters will flow.

I'm like, Lord, how does that work?

Now I want to show you something.

It says here in John Chapter 7, whoever believes in me, as the

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Scripture has said, rivers of liver water will flow from

within them. By this he meant the Spirit.

So yes, Jesus. And he talks and explains to the

people this. And he did not say that inside

of you that there will be a pond.

OK, Because a pond can become stale and stagnant.

Jesus specifically, He did not say there's a pond in you.

He said there's a river in you. Because a river has movement, a

river flows, a river has a current.

It's got a movement and a flow, OK.

And so he was talking about the Holy Spirit, and that is what

the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit can only moves,

and he flows in and through our lives, our hearts.

The Holy Spirit moves and he refreshes and he cleanses us and

he directs us into life. Wherever the river flows,

there's life. He directs us to the right

place. Somebody say, let the river

flow. Now there's a story about a town

in Mississippi, and this town was a thriving town.

The reason why it was a thriving challenge was because it was

connected to the Mississippi River.

The river brought boats, business, trade, people,

movement, prosperity, life. But then something happened to

the river because, you know, this whole town was built around

the flow of the river, the whole commerce, the boats, business

all around. But something happened to the

river. And then over time, the river

began to change course in a different direction.

And so in the early 1900s, they've studied this thing after

a few years already, the town was then already several miles

away from the river because the river has moved the river.

And so when the river moved, life moved with it.

Businesses died, families left, prosperity disappeared,

activities stop. And a town that once was a

thriving town alive became like a ghost town.

Buildings still remain. The structures still remain.

The memories remain. But the river is gone.

Church. What a powerful picture.

Yeah, that's a powerful picture of our lives of the church.

OK, so if we that can, if we as a church in our lives no longer

allow the free movement of the Holy Spirit that can happen in

our lives, if we as a church, if we don't allow the Spirit as no

longer flowing freely in our lives, OK, You can still have

the structure. You can still have religion, but

there's no flow plus the flow. You can still have activities,

OK, but there's no anointing religious activities, a form of

godliness, but there's no power. There's still songs, but no

surrender. Jesus did not bring us a dead

religion, a dry religion, OK? He's he did not bring us

something that is a form of godliness.

It looked religious, but there's no anointing.

I I don't ever want that. Where there's no flow, no

anointing, no miracle signs and wonders, there's no life.

It's dead. On the outside it looks all

churchy, all religious, all good sing songs.

But on the inside there's no power, no flow, no movement of

the Holy Ghost. It has got to be alive because

that's what Jesus said. He didn't bring dead religion.

He promised that they will be rivers of living, not dead

living waters that's flowing. Not a form of godliness.

Call themselves a organization or a church organization, but a

spirit fault church. That is spirit fault.

Many religious organizations calling on God.

Big difference if they are spirit fault or not.

OK, so Jesus said out of your belly will flow rivers of

living. Somebody say living waters,

living water. Yeah.

And so that is why we must move with the river.

When the river moves and changes, we have to change

course. We have to stay with the river,

stay connected, stay in the flow.

Now I remember as children back in Africa on my grandfather's

farm, we love to swim in the river.

And this on my grandfather's farm has got this crocodile

river flowing through. Now, I've never seen crocodiles

there, but thank God it's called that's the name of the river is

the Crocodile river. And so we ask you to swimming in

this river. But I'm just amazed because I'll

never forget when I got into this river, how strong that

current is pulling. I was just walking and you just

feel this movement of the, I mean, when you're standing on

the House so you don't see it, but when you're in and you're in

that river. And So what would we just get in

this river? And we would not fight the

current, but we would let it. We would flow with it.

We don't know where we're going. The river would just go zigzag,

but we would flow in the river and we'd swim and we'd have fun,

enjoy ourselves. Not well, because we know, I

mean, the river would take us to the right place because we knew

that it was, you know, going to the farmhouse.

That's what the Holy Spirit does in our lives.

He flows and He takes us to the right direction.

So we just don't resist the flow.

Go with the flow with the Holy Ghost and he will take you into

the right position, the right job, the right relationship.

He will take you there. That's where the Holy Spirit

leads us into the promises of God, into life.

So if you just flow with him, He will direct you the right

direction. OK.

And so sometimes when when you want to say the wrong thing,

there will be the pull of the Holy Spirit.

And we've seen that last Sunday sermon where if you want to go

back to Egypt, then the pull of the Spirit, the river the Koran

will bring you, will pull you. And that is just God redirecting

us. Thank God.

I thank God. Because really there is

conviction. Redirection is going to be, you

ought to thank God for conviction of the Holy Spirit.

My God, I thank God, like, listen, I cannot go back.

You cannot go back to Egypt and feel at home.

Oh no, I'm not going back to Egypt.

No, Jesus, no, I'm not going back.

Go back to Egypt and feel at home.

No, because the Spirit of God is in US.

It's a new nature in US. You just cannot enjoy sin

anymore. That's what sin has.

Did I sin? But when we are the born again

new nature, there's something that pulls just before you want

to say that just wanted to. There's something that's going

to pull you. It's the Holy Spirit pull.

Thank God for the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

Somebody say stay in the flow. Yeah, Don't resist the flow.

Let this Holy Spirit lead. Yeah.

And that's Romans 8, the sons and the daughters of God.

They are allowing themselves to be LED.

I want to that's amazing Scripture allow the Spirit to

lead. It says they for allowing

themselves to be led by the Spirit of God.

That is the proof of sonship. It's not just about how many

scriptures you can quote, how many Bible verses we can

memorize. How could we know the Bible

quotes, know the Christian language, memorize the

scripture, post it online, good things.

It's all good. I'm not that's amazing.

Memorize the Bible. I'm just giving you the proof.

Romans, I says the proof of our sonship is when we allow the

Spirit to lead us. That's a proof.

That's a proof of a real Christian.

There's many people that can quote a Bible verse, put it

online on Facebook media. Are they spirit LED Big

difference. Big difference.

These atheist people don't believe in God.

They can quote Bible verses. It doesn't mean if they quote

the Bible verse they are Christian.

Come on we listen. We have got to be wide awake in

this world. Not everything everybody says in

post online and the Bible verse they are a Christian.

Please, there's proof. The real Christians, it doesn't

say how many verses you can quote out of the Bible.

The real Christians are the ones who are led by the Spirit.

Jesus was led by the Spirit. The Holy Spirit says go this

way. Yes, Lord, that's a mature

Christian, a son and a daughter of God.

Holy Spirit says go into that shop and go speak to that person

right now, Lord, but I'm basically doing my shopping.

It's fine Lord, and I get that prompting.

I stop everything. I walk onto the person.

Excuse me, Sir, can I have a word?

Can I talk to you? Because the Holy Spirit is

leading you to your next connection.

He's leading you to life. He's leading you in the right

direction. It's like you have got to meet

that person, yes, somebody, wherever, on the airport,

wherever we are at work, go make that person coffee, go talk to

them. That's the cry of Moses.

Spirit lead us. Moses was saying this Exodus 73.

Moses said to him, if your presence, come on, somebody say

presence. If your presence does not go

with us, do not send us up from here.

Moses was saying, I want your presence, I want you.

If you are not in it, I don't want it.

If you are not in it, I don't want to go.

It has to be the cry of our hearts.

Church. God, do not let me go where

you're not leading. Do not let me go there.

Lord, do not let me chase that opportunity.

Let me not chase that business. Let me not chase that job or

that business opportunity. If you are not leading it, if

you are not in that job, in that business, if it's going to cost

my peace and cost my family, I don't want it.

I'm sorry because God is not in it.

This is what Moses said. I don't want to go into that

situation if God's not with me. Oh, listen, church, we have, we

have to got to be very sensitive to the leading of the Holy

Spirit. Like Lord, if you are not in

that relationship, I don't want to be in that relationship.

That person I'm phoning and speaking to on the phone that

frame that. If that is your wrong

relationship, I don't want it. I don't want it because if God's

not in it, I don't want to lose my peace.

Somebody listen, We need the presence more than anything, the

presence of God. That's where life is.

The wrong relationship, the flesh is deaf.

We read that last week, Romans 8.

It leads to death, very painful. We we've looked at that last

week. That leads to death and

destruction. Our relationship, when it talks

about death, it talks about relationships that can cause

harm. So we have to be very wise and

sensitive to the Spirit of God. That is why we cannot afford to

lose the flow. We need the presence.

Somebody said I need his presence.

Now someone might ask, well, how is it possible?

How can that river that brought so much life and so much

pressure, how can that river change direction?

And it's amazing if you go back to it, they've studied it, the

engineers, it's amazing because they studied the town and and

the answer was simple. The reason the river changed

direction is because there was a debris build up over time.

And so the current started shifting, shifting, shifting.

And then the river started moving the other way, the other

direction. And so it was no longer running

by the town. The river was running the other

way, OK and was flowing the other side.

And so this didn't happen overnight.

Little by little there was the style and the, and the debris

and the gravel and things pulled up from the boats and the

business that was coming in. That's how the engineer studied

it, that the river started changing the direction.

So just little, but by little, but that is about our lives, our

in our hearts, how the river can get blocked up, not by one huge

thing, a little offence, a little bitterness, a little

pride, a little hurt, something little compromise, a little

prayerlessness, OK. And so many people, I've seen

this over years, I've been around the world, I've seen many

different revivals, many people, you know, going back to South

Africa, I can remember we started off then job, a very

powerful science, one of some miracles.

And I've seen many people, they start up in the spirit, they

start on fire, they start the race, they get on fire, born

against both, they are on fire. They run with the word, they run

with the spur, they run. But then life happens, things

get busy, hurts come, distractions come, things start

white start piling up. And this is what Paul warns us

in the book of Galatians. I want you to see this.

He says here, Galatians 3, verse 3 of the beginning by means of

Galatians 3:3

the spirit. Are you now trying to finish

running by the flesh? You're trying to finish by means

of the flesh. He says, listen, yeah, that's

good. While the you've started in the

spirit, you've started right. You got spirit fault.

You started off, but now you're trying to finish in the flesh.

Don't let the debris block the flow.

Don't let the debris and the offences and the hurts and the

difficulties of the challenges of life block the flow of the

river. OK?

Because he's saying let the Holy Spirit come and wash and cleanse

and remove the blockages out of the heart.

Because nothing can take the place, all of the presence of

God. There is just nothing in this

world. Come on, we've tried everything.

There is nothing in this world. We've been around people.

Can you send? There is nothing that can take

the place of the presence of God.

Nothing. No success, money, positions,

popularity, cars, houses, titles, nothing can take the

presence of God. Oh just taste and see that the

Lord is good and you will know there is nothing that compares

to the presence of God. Absolutely nothing.

No drug, no money, no house, nothing in this world can

compare to the very presence of God is the highest form of life.

Come on, somebody. It's the highest, it's the most

fulfilling. When the river of the Holy

Spirit flow. Whoa, the praises of God.

My goodness, I wish I could put this into words.

My God, I wish I'm in this. How do I explain what I've

experienced this morning on my morning prayer walk?

How do I explain that, Lord? But I pray that that encounter I

had with the Lord will be imparted upon you, because that

was my prayer. And I had in one moment I had a

shift from the deepest cry of tears running from my eyes to

the deepest joy that broke out. And I realized the only thing is

only the presence of God that can do that in a moment of time.

And I said, God, what I've encountered here this morning

walking past the fisherman at the pond, and I was walking

around this way and the Spirit of God, whoa.

And you just know God is there. And I said, Lord, impart this

upon your people today. God said, yes, my son, I want

you to get ready this morning. I want you to open up your

hearts this morning for an encounter that will bring

movement in your life. It's going to move.

It's going to shift things. It's going to shift you into

that place of life. Wow.

I feel the presence of God in this place.

Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord, that no one will leave the

same year today. And God was showing me your

faces and I was praying for each one of you.

And I said thank you, Lord. Today's going to be a great day.

Today's going to be a great day. And so David prayed in Psalm 139

because one of the things that we as church believers, we have

to God protect jealously, God, the presence.

It's like when somebody walks around and they have a diamond

in their pocket. They're not going to walk

carelessly. Something that's of value.

I'm not talking about man. I'm talking about something that

is of value when we have the presence of God is value.

So we have to protect and God if we lose the river, something

starts dying on the inside. David prayed Psalm 139 search me

oh God and know my heart. See if there's any offensive way

in me and lead me in the way if I lost him.

David was saying Lord don't let anything block the flow in my

life. I don't want nothing.

I want to be so open to the flow of the Holy Spirit.

I want to be so sensitive to your Holy Spirit.

I don't want nothing to block your flow.

And that's what I asked this. I'm like, Lord, if there's

anything in my heart, search me. I don't want anything blocked.

Come Holy Spirit, wash me, cleanse me, refresh us, remove

any blockages. Somebody say let the river flow.

And that's how powerful when it comes to point through, move

with the rubber. Because here's the thing, that

river, when that Mississippi River changed course, the people

had a choice. They could have stayed where the

river used to be and slowly die. Or they can move with the river.

It's a choice. They could have stayed where the

river used to be and slowly die. Oh, the river used to be.

Yeah, that it used to be good used to and slowly die.

Or they could move with the river and live.

The river has changed. It's changed course.

I remember years ago God told me he said that season in that it

was over. I need you to move to a

spiritual church. I needed to move on.

Where is the river flowing? That's where there's life.

That's where there's life, OK? And so we cannot live in the

past and move on where God wants us next at the same time.

So we cannot stay in the past and live in the past and move

with where God is taking us at the same time.

Now I'm grateful for what God used to do, but I need fresh oil

to die. I need fresh water, fresh fire,

fresh surrender, fresh obedience to die.

Not yesterday's flow, today's flow.

So if the rubber is flowing, OK, the Spirit is moving.

And the Spirit, I am moving with the Spirit.

I am moving with the spirit. Come on, somebody say I am

moving with the river. Say it again, I am moving with

the river and I believe today God wants to send fresh fire,

fresh rubber, a fresh flow. I really believe God wants to

send a fresh flow today, a fresh cleansing, a fresh flow of the

Holy Ghost, because Jesus said out of your belly will flow

rubbers of living waters. Now my final point, last one,

move forward and then go back. So #4 move forward, don't go

back, OK? Because the Spirit will always

move you forward, but the flesh will always try to pull you

back, OK? And so the flesh remembers Egypt

and the flesh remembers Egypt better than it really was

because Egypt was a lot of hardship, a lot of trouble, a

lot of oppression, a lot of pain, a lot of difficulty in

Asia. But it's like the flesh

remembers the the food, OK, that's the flesh.

So go back to Egypt. OK, that's what the flesh was.

The fleshes go back because it was easier there.

But the spirit says go forward. The promise is just ahead

because here you've got the Israelites.

They've been set free and delivered from bondage and

slavery of years and years of bondage.

And then later they start talking about going back to

Egypt. Going back to what the flesh

says is easier because the Spirit leads forward, but the

flesh leads backwards, back into the old habits.

OK. And so if you are going to move

forward, there are some things that you have got to cut off.

And so anything that's trying to keep pulling you back, we have

got to cut it off. And so I heard about the story

of a young mountain climber and he was hiking alone.

And so one of the big boulders shifted and his hand got trapped

under the boulder. He tried everything possibly to

cut himself free, to get free of it.

He used his mountain gearing equipment.

He chipped at the rock, at the boulder.

He ran out of food, out of water.

For days, he tried everything. His hand stuck.

After a while, his hand, his arm had no feeling at all.

And it looks like he's going to die there because his trapped is

alone. He's got no more food, no more

water. It seems like there's no way

out. But on the first day, he made a

decision, one of the hardest decisions of his life.

We realized that he knew that he had to cut off his arm to be

able to live. So he realized that if I stay

attached to what is already dead, I'm going to die with it.

And so he cut himself free and he got up, he walked and he

found help and his life was saved.

And that's is like sometimes what happens in our lives in a

sense that something, some way, something has ended.

Sometimes it's something is over, it's ended.

That season is over. OK.

And it might deeply, it might don't understand it all, but you

have got to attach from what's dead in order to move forward

with what God has got next for us.

So we have got to attach from what is over and dead.

And you have to make a decision. I'm going to cut off.

I'm going to move forward. So if something is dead, don't

die with it. Don't hold on to it.

Let it go. If the relationship ended, don't

let your future end with it. If the relationship is over and

done, don't end and die with it. If that season closed, don't

spend the rest of your life sitting outside of a closed

door. Cut it off.

Come on somebody, you got it. Sometimes you have to cut off

the bittersness. Cut off the offense, Cut off the

flesh. Cuts off what's holding you

back. Listen, cut off that wrong

relationship. It's holding you back.

You don't want to die there. Come on.

I'm talking to somebody here. Please.

You don't want to die there. That thing is dead.

Cut it off. Who are you talking to?

Who is that? This part of God is saying cut

it off, cut off fear, cut off the wrong relationship.

It's very disturbed. Cut off the thing that's pulling

you back, because the flesh will pull you back to Egypt.

It wants to pull you back to Egypt, pull you back to bondage,

pull you back. But the spirit leads forward.

So let go of the past, move forward, keep following the

spirit, because the spirit leads you into the promise.

So as we close gods, the same God who brought you out, the

same God who leads you through, don't run back to Egypt, don't

follow the flesh, don't let bitterness clock the spirits.

When the Spirit of God is calling you forward, when the

Spirit of God is stirring and moving in your life, when the

Spirit of God says move now, you don't need the full map.

You just need to hold the hand of the one who knows the way.

Yeah. OK.

And so you need the presence. You need his leading.

You don't need to know it all. You need him to lead.

And I declare over you the spirit.

And the rubber is flowing in. The fire is burning again.

I declare over you that your shoes are on.

Your heart is ready. You are not stuck in yesterday.

You are moved by the Spirit. Somebody S Hallelujah.

Come on, let's all stand. Stand to your feet.

Come on, glory be to God. Everyone stands for a moment.

Let this be a holy moment before God right now.

And I want you to ask yourself, where do you need the Spirit of

God to move in your life? Is it in your family, your

future or your emotions? Maybe your calling, maybe your

next step, What it might be my next step.

Is there an area where the river has been blocked?

Maybe you feel stuck, dry ground.

Maybe you feel unsure what to do next.

Maybe fear has been trying to pull you back.

But today I believe God is saying get your shoes on.

You're not staying stuck. Get ready to move forward.

So if you're saying pass the wall, I don't want to be ruled

by my flesh, OK? I, I, I want to follow the Holy

Spirit. I'm ready to move forward.

If that is you lift your hand before the Lord.

This is your response to God. You're saying Lord, yes, let the

river flow. My shoes are on.

I'm ready to move. So right now, put your hand on

your heart. Let's pray, Holy Spirit, I pray.

Move on us today. Every person in this room move.

Holy Spirit, move. Thoughts, choices, words,

families, future right now, Holy Spirit, move.

So where there's been dryness, let the river flow.

Where there's been debris and blockages, wash it away.

Where there's been disappointment, restore hope.

And so Holy Spirit move upon every heart.

Holy Spirit, touch, stir us again.

Let no one walk out the same way they came in the Holy Spirit.

Move us forward. Move us out of fear into faith.

Move us out of bondage, out of all cycles, out of yesterday.

Move us into the promise, into freedom.

Move us into fresh fire burning us.

Let the river flow and today we put our shoes on.

We are ready to move with you Lord, in Jesus mighty name.

Now say this with me out loud. So I am led by the Spirit of

God. I am ready to move.

My shoes are on. I'm not ruled by flesh.

I'm not going back to Egypt. The rubber of God is flowing in

me. I am moving forward.

I am moved by the Spirit in Jesus mighty name.

Come on, give God some praise in this place.

So right now, before we close, if you've never made a

commitment to follow Jesus, this is your invitation.

Maybe you've been trying to lead your own life.

Were you carrying guilt or shame?

Today Jesus is calling you into a new life.

He didn't just come to improve your life, He came to save your

life. So right now, if you want to

give your life to Jesus, become a child of God.

Jesus came to save you. He died on the cross for your

sins. He rose again so that you could

be forgiven. So if you want to give your life

to Jesus and receive forgiveness, just flick your

hand, Amen. Amen.

I see that, and thank you. Thank you.

Receive forgiveness. This is a brand new beginning,

right? I see that hand.

I see that hand. This is your moment.

This is a fresh surrender. It's a fresh commitment.

The child of God, so everybody proud lies.

So Jesus, I invite you into my life, be my Lord and Savior.

I repent of my sins. Forgive me, make me new, fool me

with your Spirit, lead me forward.

From this day on, I give you my life.

Amen. Hallelujah.

So you are a child of God, born again in a family of God.

Let's celebrate those who made a commitment for Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah.