7/16/25 - The Power of Dependency on the Holy Spirit!

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(ROARING)

- GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. GOOD EVENING, LORD OF

HOSTS CHURCH. I ALWAYS SAY THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS ARE FOR THE

WILD AND THE DANGEROUS. NOT ONLY THAT, THESE ARE DEMON BUSTERS

THAT ARE UP IN HERE. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GIVE JESUS SOME PRAISE.

SAY HALLELUJAH, SAY PRAISE THE KING OF KINGS AND THE

LORD OF LORDS. COME ON, LET'S ENTER IN.

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- WE LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS. THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

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EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, EVERY TONGUE

CONFESS THE NAME OF JESUS.

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JESUS, JESUS, SAY THE NAME, SAY THE NAME, JESUS,

JESUS. SAY THE NAME, SAY THE NAME, JESUS, JESUS. THERE'S

POWER, THERE'S POWER IN THE NAME, JESUS, JESUS.

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THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS. TO BREAK EVERY CHAIN.

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- THERE IS AN ATMOSPHERE OF CHANGE COMING.

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CHANGE IS IN THE AIR, CHANGE IS IN THE AIR

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REVIVAL'S IN THE AIR

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- WE WORSHIP YOU LORD!

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YOU'RE THE GOD OF REVIVAL.

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- POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT. GOD OF... POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT

POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT. POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON US.

POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT.

POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT. POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON

US. COME ON, SING POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT,

POUR IT OUT, POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON US.

COME ON! POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT,

POUR IT OUT, POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON US. OH! POUR IT OUT,

POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT, POUR IT OUT,

POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT ON US.

- WE ARE CRYING OUT FOR YOUR SPIRIT. WE ARE CRYING OUT FOR

YOUR SPIRIT, O GOD. POUR OUT YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR MERCY.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

POUR OUT YOUR HEART OVER THE PEOPLE, O LORD. RELEASE YOUR

SPIRIT IN ABUNDANCE OVER THE PEOPLE, OVER THE CITY, AND OVER

THIS NATION, OH GOD. WE ARE CRYING OUT, NOT JUST FOR AN

ENCOUNTER, NOT JUST FOR A VISITATION, BUT FOR A DWELLING

OF YOUR PRESENCE, OH LORD. LET THIS BE THE HOUR OF

YOUR DOMINION TAKE OVER. POUR IT OUT.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

- WE COMMAND THE SPIRIT OF DELAY TO BE

LOOSED OVER THE PEOPLE NOW. WE SAY THAT THIS IS PROPHESIED

THE DECADE OF DIFFERENCE. SO WE ARE STEPPING INTO

SOMETHING NEW. WE ARE STEPPING INTO

SOMETHING NOW. NOW, NO MORE DELAY. WE SAY THAT

THE PRAYERS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT

THERE ARE SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM AND THERE'S SOME OF YOU

WATCHING ONLINE THAT YOU HAVE HAD PRAYERS, YOU'VE HAD THINGS

YOU'VE BEEN BELIEVING FOR IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. YOU KNOW,

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING AS A NATION GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF

THIS DECADE, BUT IT WAS PROPHESIED FROM THIS MINISTRY

THAT THIS WAS A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE. THAT MEANS NOT JUST

IN AMERICA, BUT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. CLAIM THAT RIGHT NOW. YOU

KNOW, I WAS LED TO 2 CHRONICLES 20, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT

JEHOSHAPHAT AND THE ARMY. IT SAID, "IF THEY STOOD FIRM ON THE

LORD THEIR GOD, WATCH WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM." AND IT

SAID, "BELIEVE YOUR PROPHETS." AND NOTICE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN

THEY DECLARED AND THEY SANG, JUST LIKE WE WERE TALKING AND

SINGING JUST NOW AND DECLARING THE DECLARATION. THE ARMY OF, IS

IT AMMON AND MOAB, TURNED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEY

KILLED EACH OTHER. GOD DELIVERED THE

NATION, AMEN? GOD DELIVERED, ALL THEY

HAD TO DO WAS DECLARE. THEY HAD TO SING. LOOK AT JERICHO, THEY

MARCHED AROUND. SEVEN DAYS, BUT ONCE A DAY FOR SIX DAYS. YOU

THINK THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE IN THERE LIKE, ARE WE IN THE LINE

OF FIRE HERE? HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO ALSO SIT AROUND AND

SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, AM I IN THE LINE OF FIRE? THE BATTLE LOOKS

TOUGH, BUT WE HAVE TO TRUST THE LORD. THOSE SOLDIERS PROBABLY

THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAN, THEY MIGHT HAVE SPEARS, THEY

MIGHT HAVE ARROWS, BUT THEY MARCHED AROUND, THEY TOOK THE

RISK, THEY TRUSTED THE VOICE OF GOD. GOD MOVES IN INCREDIBLE

WAYS, WE NEED TO LEARN TO TRUST HIS VOICE. SOMETIMES PROPHECY

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT WHEN YOU STAND IN THE GAP AND SAY, "NO,

I'M GONNA BELIEVE THE PROPHETS "AND THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS."

JUST LIKE JESUS DID IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, HE

BELIEVED WHAT ISAIAH 53 SAID. AT FIRST IT WAS, "LET THIS CUP PASS

FROM ME "IF ALL POSSIBLE," BUT THEN HE SAID, "NO, NOT MY WILL

BE DONE, YOUR WILL BE DONE." AND A NATION AND THE WORLD WAS

SAVED, OKAY? WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AMERICA WILL BE SAVED

WHEN WE BELIEVE THE PROPHETS. WHEN WE START DECLARING OVER

OURSELVES, GUESS WHAT, JUST LIKE IN 2 CHRONICLES 20, OH, DO YOU

THINK MAYBE HELL COULD FIGHT AGAINST ITSELF? WHERE HELL, THE

GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL. AND GUESS WHAT? WE CAN CONFUSE

THE ENEMY'S CAMP WITH OUR DECLARATION. AMEN. AMEN, THAT'S

WHY, YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMETIMES, DON'T PRAY IN ENGLISH, GET IN

THE SPIRIT AND PRAY IN TONGUES. PRAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE. LET'S

TAKE A SECOND, JUST PRAY IN THE SPIRIT TOGETHER. COME ON,

THIS IS STRATEGIC, THIS IS STRATEGIC.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

COME ON, YOUR PRAYERS ARE GETTING ANSWERED, I'M TELLING

YOU, THERE'S SOME OF YOU THAT ARE STILL UNBELIEVING FOR YOUR

VICTORY. GOING BACK TO 2020, YOUR VICTORY'S COMING, COME ON.

PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.

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- CAN YOU GUYS PULL UP EXODUS 34:5-6?

Exodus 34:5–6

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THIS IS JUST A REMINDER. I FEEL LED TO REMIND PEOPLE. PASTOR

MATT WAS TALKING ABOUT 2020 AND SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT

WAS, 2020 WAS AN INTERESTING YEAR BECAUSE MANY OF YOU LOST

LOVED ONES. MAYBE YOU LOST A JOB OR A CAREER. MAYBE THERE WAS

FRIENDS THAT YOU LOST. THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT SHIFTED AND IT

WASN'T NECESSARILY GOOD. BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED AFTER 2020 AS

WE'VE HEADED INTO SUBSEQUENT YEARS. AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF

PEOPLE HAVE CARRIED A SPIRIT OF DOUBT,

A SPIRIT OF, “WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN.”

- SAY THIS, COME ON.

- A SPIRIT OF, “WELL, I HOPE SO."

- YEAH.

- SO I FELT LED TONIGHT WITH PASTOR MATT TO REMIND YOU OF WHO

GOD IS. BECAUSE JUST A SIMPLE MESSAGE, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE

DEALING WITH SOMETHING, MAYBE YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CYCLE

THAT YOU ARE BELIEVING THAT IS GONNA BE BROKEN, AND IT IS. GOD

LOVES YOU. HE'S FOR YOU. AND HE IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS WORKING ON

YOUR BEHALF. EXODUS 34:5. "AND THE LORD DESCENDED IN THE

Exodus 34:5

CLOUD AND STOOD WITH HIM THERE AND

PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD."

VERSE 6. "AND THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM AND PROCLAIMED, THE

LORD, THE LORD GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS." THE NLT SAYS,

"YAHWEH, THE LORD, GOD OF COMPASSION AND MERCY. I AM SLOW

TO ANGER AND FILLED WITH UNFAILING LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS

FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS." THAT NUMBER 1,000, IT'S NOT JUST

A NUMBER THAT YOU GLAZE OVER. WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS THE

PERFECTED FULLNESS TO COMPLETION OF WHAT GOD SAYS. SO WHAT AM I

SAYING? DON'T LOOK BACK AT 2020. SHIFT YOUR FRAME OF REFERENCE TO

WHAT GOD HAS SAID IN EXODUS 34:5-6. AND RIGHT NOW, IN THE

Exodus 34:5–6

LAST COUPLE MINUTES WE HAVE HERE, I WANNA BE ABLE TO PRAY

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JUST BELIEVING FOR A CYCLE TO BE

BROKEN. MAYBE YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR, THAT'S ME.

I'VE HAD SOME THINGS THAT I'VE CARRIED WITH ME FROM 2020, SOME

BITTERNESS, MAYBE SOME SORROW. COME DOWN TO THE FRONT, WE'LL

PRAY FOR YOU REAL QUICK. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GONNA BREAK

SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. DON'T BE SHY, COME ON, COME ON.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THIS IS YOUR MOMENT. EDDIE WAS JUST SINGING. SOMETHING IS

SHIFTING IN THE ATMOSPHERE. IT'S SHIFTING, IT'S SHIFTING.

BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW AND TRUST AND STOP QUESTIONING GOD'S

CHARACTER, AMEN? PASTOR MATT, I'M GONNA GO PRAY DOWN

THERE WITH THE PEOPLE. WOULD YOU MIND PRAYING OVER THE VIEWERS

AND THE E-MEMBERS? 'CAUSE I FEEL THIS ONLINE TOO.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

- COME ON, LET'S PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.

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WE DECLARE RIGHT NOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, WE

SAY A SUPERNATURAL GRACE. WE SAY YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED. WE

SAY MOUNTAINS MOVE IN YOUR LIFE. THE SPIRIT OF DELAY IS OVER. WE

SAY YOU'RE STEPPING INTO THE NEW SEASON, THE DECADE OF DIFFERENCE

THAT WAS PROPHESIED. GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. SO RIGHT NOW,

WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING, STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND AND

CLAIM, CLAIM, CLAIM, CLAIM THE NEW SEASON, THE NEW, THE NEW,

THE NEW, THE NEW, THE NEW OVER YOUR LIFE. MOUNTAINS ARE MOVING

IN YOUR LIFE. I SAY FAMILY MEMBERS COME TO THE LORD. I SAY

PRODIGALS COME BACK. I SAY THOSE THAT ARE STEPPING INTO NEW JOBS,

INCREASE WEALTH. WE SAY LORD THAT, THAT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN

FAR FROM YOU, THAT HAVE, HAVE HEALTH CONCERNS, THINGS LORD,

THAT IN THEIR BODIES LORD ARE BOTHERING THEM. WE SAY HEALING,

SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY NOW. WE SAY THOSE THAT ARE DEALING WITH

MENTAL DISEASE OR DEPRESSION, WE SAY A SUPERNATURAL HEALING COMES

OVER YOU FOR YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST AND WE SPEAK IT OVER

YOU NOW IN JESUS NAME. THE DAYS ARE OLD, THOSE OLD DAYS, DON'T

LOOK BACK FOR YOU'RE STEPPING INTO SOMETHING BRAND NEW IN YOUR

LIFE. GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU, GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU, YOU

KEEP FIGHTING, YOU KEEP FIGHTING, YOU KEEP FIGHTING. AND

WE SAY FIRE UPON THE ENEMY'S CAMP, WE SAY FIRE UPON THE

ENEMY'S CAMP AND A VICTORY OVER YOU IN JESUS' NAME.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THANK YOU, JESUS.

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- SO JUST REMEMBER, YAHWEH, THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, GOD OF

COMPASSION, MERCY, LOVING KINDNESS, AND FAITHFULNESS FOR A

THOUSAND GENERATIONS. THIS IS YOUR NEW BEGINNING. NO MORE

LOOKING BACK. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN? AMEN.

- AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. WELL, GREET SOMEONE

IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD TONIGHT, AMEN. TELL

SOMEONE YOU LOVE THEM, AND YOU'RE GLAD THAT

THEY ARE HERE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. AMEN?

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- WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. ARE WE

READY TO SEE A FEW MORE CHAINS GET BROKEN? ARE WE READY TO

CONTINUE TO LEARN WHAT THE LORD HAS FOR US? THAT'S A YES OR NO

QUESTION. YES, YES. WELL, I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH

YOU ABOUT GIVING. THIS IS TONIGHT'S OFFERING MESSAGE AND

I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE THREE SIMPLE SCRIPTURES, BUT I THINK

THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THERE MIGHT EVEN BE

PEOPLE ONLINE THAT LIKE ME IN THE PAST HAVE TRIED TO FIGURE

EVERYTHING OUT. AND THERE'S SOME THINGS ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND HOW HIS WORD WORKS, THAT ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN UNLOCK

THOSE TRUTHS. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT TONIGHT. AND YOU'RE

READY TO HAVE SOME FUN. LET'S HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS. I'M

GOING TO SHARE A SCRIPTURE FROM NEHEMIAH, I'M NOT GOING TO GO

INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS SCRIPTURE. BUT

THIS IS WHEN NEHEMIAH I THINK IN THE LAST YEAR OR PROBABLY THE

LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT NEHEMIAH AND

HIM REBUILDING THE WALL AND HOW THAT PARALLELS WHAT'S GOING ON

IN OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND OUR WORLD. THE JOY OF THE LORD IS

OUR STRENGTH IS HOW THIS SCRIPTURE ENDS. AND I JUST WANT

TO READ IT REAL BRIEFLY. "AND NEHEMIAH CONTINUED," IN NEHEMIAH

Nehemiah 8:10

8:10, "GO AND CELEBRATE WITH THE FEAST OF RICH FOODS AND SWEET

DRINKS AND SHARE THE GIFTS OF FOOD WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE

NOTHING PREPARED." THERE'S A SERMON IN THAT RIGHT THERE.

"THIS IS A SACRED DAY BEFORE THE LORD," THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT,

THIS LAST PART. "DON'T BE DEJECTED AND SAD, FOR THE JOY

OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH." THE JOY OF

THE LORD. WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO JOY

IN A FEW SECONDS. I WANT TO TIE ANOTHER CONCEPT TO

THIS, AND IT'S CHILDLIKE FAITH. LIKE I SAID, WHEN I STARTED, FOR

ME PERSONALLY, OVER THE YEARS, WHEN LIFE WAS BUSY, AND I WAS

TRYING TO CLIMB THE CORPORATE LADDER, AND I HAD CHILDREN IN

SCHOOL, TASHA AND I WERE RAISING OUR KIDS, I LET THE BUSYNESS OF

LIFE TAKE OVER MY BRAIN. AND I HAD TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT.

CHILDLIKE FAITH FROM MATTHEW 18:1-4, EXCUSE ME. “ABOUT THAT

Matthew 18:1–4

TIME, THE DISCIPLES CAME TO JESUS AND ASKED, WHO IS GREATEST

IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN? SO JESUS IS SITTING WITH HIS

DISCIPLES, AND THEY ASKED HIM THAT QUESTION. WE'VE PROBABLY

ALL HEARD THAT, BUT I WANNA BRING THAT BACK RIGHT NOW. JESUS

CALLED A LITTLE CHILD TO HIM AND PUT THE CHILD AMONG THEM.” SO

PICTURE THAT IN YOUR MIND. HERE'S JESUS, OUR SAVIOR, OUR

LORD, AND HIS 12 CHOSEN PEOPLE, HIS 12 CHOSEN APOSTLES,

DISCIPLES, EXCUSE ME. AND JESUS GRABS A SMALL CHILD TO MAKE A

POINT. THEN JESUS SAID TO THEM, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, UNLESS YOU

TURN FROM YOUR SINS AND BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU WILL

NEVER GET INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. CHILDLIKE FAITH. MY

BRAIN SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT. THOSE

LITTLE CHILDREN, WE'VE GOT SOME SMALL CHILDREN IN THIS ROOM.

THERE MIGHT EVEN BE SOME SMALL CHILDREN ONLINE THAT ARE SITTING

THERE WITH YOU. SO ANYONE WHO BECOMES, JESUS CONTINUED, SO

ANYONE WHO BECOMES AS HUMBLE AS THIS LITTLE CHILD IS THE

GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. I'M GONNA PLAY A BRIEF

VIDEO FOR YOU. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME JOY IN THE ROOM AND I'M

GONNA TIE THIS ALL TOGETHER WITH THE

LAST SCRIPTURE. PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO.

- THIS MORNING WE HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR AND AS HIS

LORD AND HE WILL DEMONSTRATE HIS FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

BY WILLINGLY BEING BAPTIZED THIS MORNING. HE'S BEEN WAITING ON

THIS DAY A LONG TIME. AND SO, JORDAN, UPON THE PROFESSION OF

YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, I NOW BAPTIZE YOU IN THE

NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON.

- I'LL DO IT!

- AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

- SO I DON'T THINK JORDAN COULD HAVE MADE MORE CLEAR WHAT

CHILDLIKE FAITH IS ALL ABOUT. AND LITERALLY JUST GIVING IT TO

GOD. IF YOU COULDN'T HEAR HIM AS THE PASTOR WAS ABOUT TO BAPTIZE

HIM, HE SAID, "I'LL DO IT." AND HE DOVE RIGHT IN. WITH THE

OFFERING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN AND THE USHERS IN THE

AISLE, I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS LAST SCRIPTURE, IT WON'T BE UP

ON THE BOARD. GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER. SO LET'S TIE ALL

THIS TOGETHER TONIGHT. LET'S BREAK CHAINS ACROSS THIS ROOM

AND ACROSS THE GLOBE AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS MESSAGE. 2

2 Corinthians 9:7

CORINTHIANS 9:7 SAYS, "YOU MUST EACH DECIDE IN YOUR HEART HOW TO

GIVE." HOW MUCH TO GIVE, EXCUSE ME. "AND DON'T GIVE RELUCTANTLY

OR IN RESPONSE TO ANY PRESSURE, FOR GOD LOVES A PERSON WHO

CHEERFULLY GIVES." THAT'S TONIGHT'S MESSAGE. REMEMBER

JORDAN IN YOUR FAITH. REMEMBER TO LIVE LIKE THAT SMALL CHILD

AND JUST TRUST GOD. I'M GONNA LIFT US UP IN PRAYER RIGHT NOW.

LORD, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON WITHIN THE SOUND

OF MY VOICE. GOD, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND

YOUR ANOINTING THAT DESTROYS EVERY YOKE. FOR EVERY PERSON OUT

THERE, LORD, THAT STRIVES TO FIGURE IT OUT, I PRAY THAT THIS

SIMPLE VIDEO AND THIS LITTLE BOY, JORDAN, WHO DOVE INTO THAT

BAPTISMAL, LORD, WILL BE A CONSTANT REMINDER TO US TO HAVE

CHILDLIKE FAITH AND THAT THE WORDS OF JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES,

BUT AT THINKING AND BELIEVING AS A CHILD, WE CAN BECOME THE

GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. LORD, I ASK YOU TO

MULTIPLY THIS OFFERING. LORD, MULTIPLY IT BACK TO PEOPLE A

HUNDREDFOLD AS THEY GIVE TO YOU AND GIVE UNTO YOUR KINGDOM.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, LORD, AND WE ASK THAT

YOU WOULD RETURN THAT TO US RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

- THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOB, AMEN, AMEN. MAN, I LOVE SEEING VIDEOS

LIKE THAT WITH LITTLE KIDS HUNGRY IN THE SPIRIT, AMEN. THAT

CHILDLIKE FAITH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT. BUT SPEAKING

OF THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY FOR OTH THIS

COMING SEPTEMBER? COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. I THINK WE CAN DO

ANOTHER ONE. ARE YOU EXCITED FOR OTH? THERE YOU GO, THAT'S

BETTER. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU HAVE REGISTERED,

PLEASE COMMENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT, THIS IS THE TIME. AND SHARE THAT

WITH SOMEBODY TOO. GUYS, YOU KNOW, PASTORS SEND THEIR

GREETINGS, BUT HERE'S THE THING. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS OTH IS

GONNA BE A PIVOTAL THING FOR US, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED

AND PRAYED SO HARD FOR THE SHIFTING, THE CHANGE, OKAY, THE

NEW REGIME CHANGE, OKAY, GETTING PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK IN OFFICE,

BUT IT DOESN'T JUST STOP THERE, OKAY. COMPLACENCY SEASON'S OVER,

GUYS, OKAY. IF THIS IS THE DECADE OF DIFFERENCE, LISTEN,

2025 IS ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH. LAST I CHECKED. I DON'T LIKE

MATH, BUT THAT'S THE LAST I CHECKED, IS 2025 IS HALFWAY

THROUGH. BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS. PASTORS WANTED ME TO TELL

YOU GUYS THAT THEY'RE GONNA REALLY MINISTER IN HEALING, AND

THAT'S NOT JUST FOR THIS NATION, BUT FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM, YOU

AND YOUR PERSONAL LIVES, WATCHING ACROSS THE WORLD IN

THIS ROOM, OKAY? WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A BATTLE. THAT'S WHY

WHAT WE JUST DID UP HERE IN THAT TRANSITION, PASTOR ANTHONY,

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRAYERS OF A NATION AND THE

PRAYERS OF A PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR A WHILE

NOW. 2019, 2020, OKAY? HERE'S THE THING. DON'T LOOK BACK AT

THE OLD TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, BUT ALSO DON'T FORGET YOUR

PRAYERS AND THE THINGS YOU'RE STANDING FOR, AND LOSE HOPE AND

LOSE FAITH, OKAY? AND I BELIEVE HEALING IS COMING TO THIS

NATION, AND I BELIEVE HEALING IS COMING TO YOU PERSONALLY. AND WE

NEED TO SORT OF GRADUATE NOW TO LISTEN. HOW BAD DO WE WANT THE

NEXT MOVE OF GOD, OKAY? I DON'T WANNA BE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

WHERE I JUST STOPPED AFTER THE RED SEA AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT

TO DO FOR 40 YEARS. AND I JUST STAYED IN NEUTRAL, KINDA JUST

HAD GENERATIONS COME AND GO, BE LOST. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CYCLE

TO ME. AND I BELIEVE THAT OTH 2025, SEPTEMBER 11TH THROUGH THE

14TH IS GONNA SHIFT SOMETHING AND START BREAKING CYCLES IN

THIS NATION AND IN YOUR LIFE. AMEN. SO IF YOU ARE NOT, LET ME

SEE A SHOW OF HANDS. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE REGISTERED? HOW MANY OF

YOU ARE REGISTERED? OKAY, IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED, NOW IS

THE TIME. AND I'M GONNA BEG THE QUESTION TO YOU IN THIS ROOM

THAT DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HANDS AND THOSE ONLINE THAT MAYBE YOU

HAVEN'T COMMENTED OR YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED, 'CAUSE I MENTIONED

EARLIER, IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED, COMMENT. SO IF YOUR COMMENTS

AREN'T THERE, WE'RE WATCHING YOU. BUT I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU

GUYS, THIS IS THE QUESTION I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH BEFORE

PASTOR DOUG COMES. MY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS IN THIS ROOM AND

THOSE ONLINE IS HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT THE

PRESENCE OF GOD AND THOSE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN STANDING FOR THAT

JUST MAYBE HAVEN'T COME QUITE YET, BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE. AND

YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. YOU'VE BEEN

STANDING FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS NOW AND YOU WANT THAT

SHIFT. HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? GET REGISTERED

TODAY AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE ARENA, AMEN.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

- THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT.

- ABSOLUTELY.

- YES, GOD BLESS YOU. HALLELUJAH. GOD IS GOOD.

OH, I GOT A TABLE TONIGHT. I CAN, I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE

DINNER HERE TONIGHT WHILE WE'RE, THANK YOU, LES. YEAH, I'VE GOT

DINNER AND LET'S SEE, WE GOT ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF TONIGHT, SO

WE'LL JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN PULL OUT OF THE BAG THERE TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA DO THINGS A LITTLE

DIFFERENT. IT'S OKAY TO CHANGE IT UP, RIGHT?

- YEAH.

- AND YOU GUYS ARE THE SELECT FEW THAT CHOSE TO COME SEE, AND

IT MAY BE A FLOP AND IT MAY WORK, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THANK

YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ANYWAY IN ADVANCE. PRAISE GOD. WELL, LAST

WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT, OH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS, PASTORS ARE

HAVING A GREAT TIME ON VACATION, AND THANK YOU FOR JUST PRAYING

FOR THEM AND BEING WITH THEM HERE TO SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY

WHILE THEY'RE OUT, BECAUSE THEY DESERVE A BREAK. I MEAN, IF YOU

THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THEY DO, THE PROGRAMMING, THE PULLS

ON THEM, THE PULLS THAT WE DON'T EVEN ALWAYS KNOW ABOUT THAT COME

IN THE NIGHT AND OFF HOURS, AND IT'S CONTINUAL. SO THANK YOU FOR

YOUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM THE GRACE TO BE

ABLE TO HAVE THAT BREAK, 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE ENJOYING THAT,

AND THEY JUST NEED THAT EXTENDED TIME SOMETIMES TO DO IT.

SOMETIMES YOU TAKE A WEEK OF VACATION. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW

YOU TAKE A WEEK, AND ABOUT THE TIME YOU KIND OF GET RELAXED AND

READY, THEN IT'S GONE AND YOU'RE BACK. SO GIVING THEM THAT PERIOD

OF TIME, A LOT OF DENOMINATIONS OFFER THEIR PASTORS A SABBATICAL

TIME WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GO AWAY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A FEW MONTHS

SOMETIMES, AND JUST TO GET WITH THE LORD, SO I THINK, AND BE

REFRESHED, SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. BUT LAST

WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT ZECHARIAH 4:6. WE DISCUSSED THE VISION

Zechariah 4:6

THAT ZECHARIAH HAD AND HE PASSED THAT ON TO ZERUBBABEL TO HELP

HIM IN BUILDING OR REBUILDING THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. AND IT

WAS A BIG FEAT AND IT WAS A DISCOURAGING TASK FOR HIM AND

ISRAEL, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. SO IT WAS A TREMENDOUS VISION AND

PROPHETIC WORD AND THAT WAS NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY

SPIRIT, SAYS THE LORD. SO THE LORD OF HOSTS THAT IS ACTUALLY.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE POINT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IN FROM THAT

WHOLE SCRIPTURE WAS THAT ANY WORK OF ETERNAL VALUE IS DONE BY

THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND IT CANNOT

BE ACCOMPLISHED BY HUMAN STRENGTH OR HUMAN RESOURCES

ALONE. SO WE CONCLUDED LAST WEEK BY TALKING ABOUT THREE WAYS TO

PUT ZECHARIAH 4:6 INTO PRACTICE IN OUR LIFE. WE TALKED ABOUT

Zechariah 4:6

ACTIVELY PURSUING FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT,

ALLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT ACCESS IN YOUR LIFE, AND THEN SEEKING

GOD'S WILL, THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS WISDOM

CONTINUOUSLY. SO TONIGHT'S MESSAGE, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE

ON IN THE THEME OF THE POWER OF DEPENDENCY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND CALL THIS PART TWO, IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES. SO I'M

GOING TO STICK WITH THAT THEME, BUT I FELT THE UNCTION TO KIND

OF GO BACKWARDS AND LAY SOME FOUNDATION AND BASICS CONCERNING

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES AND GAIN SOME UNDERSTANDING OF HOW

GOD CREATED US IN THE BEGINNING, WHY THE SPIRIT OF MAN THAT'S

WITHIN US IS KEY TO OUR CONNECTION TO THE HOLY GHOST.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE ELEMENTAL AND MORE

FOUNDATIONAL THINGS, BASIC TEACHING. BUT YOU KNOW, WE

DEVELOP FAITH BY HEARING AND HEARING AND HEARING. SO

SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU

ALREADY KNOW. AND MANY OF YOU PROBABLY WILL SAY, I'VE HEARD

THIS BEFORE, BUT THE WORD OF GOD NEVER GETS OLD. SO SOMETIMES YOU

HAVE TO GO BACKWARDS IN ORDER TO GO FORWARDS OR FORWARD. AND I'M

GONNA GO BACK TO BASICS TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, MY WIFE, EILEEN,

THINKS SOMETIMES THAT I GO TOO SLOW IN CERTAIN THINGS. AND SHE

SAY, HURRY UP. YOU NEED TO HURRY UP AND GET THIS DONE. BUT

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO SLOW TO GO FAST. BECAUSE IF YOU GO TOO

FAST AND MESS UP AND HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN, THEN YOU'RE GOING

SLOWER THAN YOU WOULD'VE IF YOU'D JUST GONE SLOW AND DID IT

METHODICALLY. AND I'M A VERY METHODICAL PERSON. I THINK SHE

GETS TIRED OF THAT A LITTLE BIT SOMETIMES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

LIKE IF I'M PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER, I'M READING THE WHOLE

INSTRUCTION MANUAL FIRST, I'LL READ IT ALL, AND THEN I'LL GO

BACK STEP BY STEP AND DO IT 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA MISS A

POINT WHERE SOME PEOPLE WILL JUST POUR THE PARTS OUT AND JUST

START, THEY DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE INSTRUCTIONS. SO THAT'S JUST

THE DIFFERENCE THERE. THE ENGLISH AUTHOR LEWIS CARROLL

SAID THIS, "THE HURRIER I GO, THE BEHINDER I GET." SO, WE'RE

GONNA TAKE TIME TO GO BACK AND REVIEW SOME THINGS THAT YOU'VE

LEARNED BEFORE PROBABLY, MAYBE EVEN RIGHT AS YOU BECAME A NEW

CHRISTIAN. BUT IT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE

NATURE OF MAN AND HOW WE ARE CREATED AND THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE SOUL OF MAN AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN. SO I WANNA TALK

ABOUT THOSE POINTS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT AND HOW THAT WILL BRING

US TO SOME DIRECTION FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES. SO,

MAN WAS CREATED BY GOD IN THREE PARTS, A BODY, A SOUL, AND A

SPIRIT. IN FACT, 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23 IS A VERSE WHERE PAUL

1 Thessalonians 5:23

ADDRESSES THESE THREE PARTS OF MAN. HE SAYS, "NOW MAY THE GOD

OF PEACE MAKE YOU HOLY IN EVERY WAY, AND MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT

AND SOUL AND BODY," THREE PARTS, SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY, "BE KEPT

BLAMELESS UNTIL OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN." NOW, HE

ADDRESSES THOSE THREE PARTS. BUT PRIMARILY, MAN IS AN ETERNAL

SPIRIT BEING. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT WE POSSESS A SOUL AND LIVE

WITHIN A BODY. AND IF YOU PUT UP THE NEXT SLIDE THERE, THAT KIND

OF ILLUSTRATES 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23 THERE. WE SEE THE BODY,

1 Thessalonians 5:23

WHICH IS FLESH AND BLOOD AND BONE. AND THEN WE SEE THE SOUL,

WHICH IS OUR MIND, WILL, AND EMOTION. AND THIRDLY, THE SPIRIT

MAN, WHICH IS WHAT PART OF US THAT ACTUALLY COMMUNICATES OR

CONNECTS WITH THE SPIRIT REALM, WITH GOD. AND THEN THE

CONSCIENCE AND THE INTUITION OR THE LEADING OF GOD. PEOPLE SAY,

"I FEEL LED BY MY HEART "OR I BELIEVE IN MY HEART TO DO

SOMETHING." THAT'S INTUITION AND COMES FROM THE SPIRIT MAN. IT'S

EASY TO DISTINGUISH OUR BODY FROM THE SPIRIT. IT'S EASY TO

DISTINGUISH OUR BODY FROM OUR SOUL BECAUSE THAT'S OUR PHYSICAL

PART THAT WE CAN TOUCH AND FEEL. THE BODY HAS CONTACT WITH OUR

PHYSICAL, TANGIBLE REALM OF EXISTENCE. BUT THE BODY IS THE

THING THAT MOST PEOPLE SPEND TIME TAKING CARE OF. THE AVERAGE

PERSON IS SPENDING TIME WORKING OUT, EATING RIGHT, TAKING

NUTRITION, GETTING THEIR HAIR DONE, GETTING THEIR NAILS DONE,

WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODY. MANY PEOPLE

ARE FAIRLY GOOD AT TAKING CARE OF THEIR SOUL, THAT OTHER

NON-MATERIAL PART THAT WE ARE CREATED WITH. THAT'S THE MIND,

WILL, AND EMOTIONS. YOU CAN LEARN AND EDUCATE YOURSELF AND

EXPAND YOUR MIND, AND YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD

EMOTIONAL HEALTH. YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND WE USE OUR

SOULS TO CONNECT WITH THAT INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL REALM

OF OUR EXISTENCE. WITH OUR SPIRIT, WHICH THE BIBLE ALSO

CALLS THE HEART, WE CONNECT WITH THE SPIRITUAL REALM. SO THIS

DIAGRAM THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP NEXT KIND OF EXPLAINS THAT

DIFFERENTIATION ON THE THREE PARTS OF MAN IN A LITTLE

DIFFERENT WAY. YOU SEE THE BODY THERE WITH THE BRAIN, THE CELLS,

OUR MINDS, THE ORGANS, NERVES, LIMBS, BONES, ALL THAT. AND THEN

THE ORANGE PART BEING THE SOUL, THAT'S A CONSCIOUS MIND AND A

SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. AND THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS RENEWED WHEN WE

ARE SAVED. THE SPIRIT MAN COMES ALIVE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A

SCRIPTURE ABOUT THAT, WHEN A MAN IS SAVED OR A WOMAN IS SAVED,

THAT SPIRIT MAN IS DEAD UNTIL THEY ACCEPT CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND

THEN IT BECOMES ALIVE. AND THEN THAT'S OUR WAY OF COMMUNICATING

WITH GOD. SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

OUR SPIRIT AS A BELIEVER IS WHERE GOD AS THE SPIRIT DWELLS.

OUR SOUL IS WHERE OUR MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS DWELL. AND

OUR BODIES IS WHERE OUR PHYSICAL SENSES DWELL. NOW, THROUGHOUT

BOTH THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENT, SCRIPTURES REVEAL

THAT MAN HAS BEEN CREATED WITH THOSE THREE BASIC PARTS.

THEOLOGIANS REFER TO THAT MAKEUP AS A TRICHOTOMOUS MAKEUP, OR

DESIGN OF MAN. THE TERM TRICHOTOMOUS REFERS TO SOMETHING

THAT'S DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. AND WE SEE THIS IN GOD'S WORD

EVEN FROM THE MOMENT OF MAN'S CREATION. LET'S LOOK AT GENESIS

Genesis 1:26–27

1:26-27. GOD SAID, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, "ACCORDING TO

OUR LIKENESS. "LET THEM HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE

SEA, "OVER THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND OVER THE CATTLE, "OVER ALL

THE EARTH, AND OVER EVERY CREEPING THING "THAT CREEPS ON

THE EARTH." SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE. IN THE IMAGE

OF GOD, HE CREATED HIM, MALE AND FEMALE, HE CREATED THEM. SO HERE

WE CAN SEE THAT GOD CREATED THE FIRST MAN AFTER HIS IMAGE AND

LIKENESS. NOW, IN THIS HOUSE, THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS, THIS

CHURCH, WE BELIEVE IN THE TRINITY OF GOD. IT'S CENTRAL AND

FOUNDATIONAL DOCTRINE TO OUR FAITH. GOD IS ONE BEING BUT

EXISTS IN THREE CO-EQUAL, CO-ETERNAL PERSONS, THE FATHER,

THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND THOSE THREE PERSONS OF THE

TRINITY ARE DISTINCT, BUT THEY'RE INSEPARABLE. THEY SHARE

ONE DIVINE NATURE. THE TRINITY IS NOT A BELIEF IN THREE GODS,

BUT RATHER ONE GOD IN THREE CO-EQUAL AND CO-ETERNAL PERSONS,

EACH FULLY GOD. ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES THAT I CAN GIVE YOU ON

THAT IS A PIECE OF COMMERCIAL ROPE. WE HAVE A ROPE HERE. IT'S

A VERY STRONG PIECE OF ROPE. THE REASON THIS IS STRONG IS BECAUSE

THIS COMMERCIAL PIECE OF ROPE HAS THREE STRANDS. MOST GOOD

SOLID ROPES HAVE THREE STRANDS. AND THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF

GOD, THE FATHER, THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE SON, ALL THREE

IN ONE, WORKING TOGETHER. AND THEN WE HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL

PIECE OF ROPE BECAUSE ALL THREE STRANDS ARE DOING THEIR JOB. AND

THE SAME THING IS TRUE ON THE HUMAN BODY, THE WAY WE WERE

CREATED, BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. WE'RE A TRICHOTOMOUS BEING,

BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT. BUT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER IN ONE

FUNCTION, WORKING TOGETHER IN THAT BODY, THROUGH THAT BODY, TO

ACCOMPLISH WHAT GOD'S CALLED US TO DO. FIRST DEMONSTRATION'S

OVER. YOU CAN BE THANKFUL FOR THAT. WE GOT ONE MORE.

HALLELUJAH. SO GENESIS 2:7, WE CAN SEE HOW MAN WAS CREATED.

Genesis 2:7

"AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND AND

BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE. AND MAN BECAME A

LIVING SOUL." SO GOD FORMED MAN WITH THE DUST OF THE GROUND.

THAT WAS THE ACT OF HIM, GOD, CREATING OUR PHYSICAL BODIES.

AND THEN THE VERSE CONTINUES, "AND HE BREATHED INTO HIS

NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE." BREATH IS DERIVED FROM THE

HEBREW WORD “NESHAMA,” WHICH IS THE SAME WORD TRANSLATED AS

SPIRIT IN PROVERBS 20:27. LET'S LOOK AT PROVERBS 20:27 REAL

Proverbs 20:27 Proverbs 20:27

QUICK. "THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OF THE LORD, "SEARCHING

ALL THE INWARD PARTS OF THE BELLY." SO THE SPIRIT OR THE

NESHAMA OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OR THE LAMP OF THE LORD. SO WE CAN

CONCLUDE THAT GOD'S BREATHING INTO MAN, THIS BREATH OF LIFE,

WAS HOW GOD INSERTED HIS SPIRIT INTO MAN, INTO THE PHYSICAL

BODY. GENESIS 2:7 CONCLUDES, "AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL."

Genesis 2:7

THERE'S THE THIRD PART RIGHT THERE. THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS THE

MOST FUNDAMENTAL PART OF WHO WE ARE. MOST PEOPLE ON EARTH, LIKE

I SAID, FOCUS THEIR TIME TAKING CARE OF EVERY OTHER AREA OF

THEIR LIFE, BUT THEY NEGLECT THE SPIRIT MAN, THE ETERNAL ONE. OUR

BODIES AGE, AND THEY'LL EVENTUALLY DIE. BUT THE SPIRIT

MAN IS ETERNAL. IT'LL NEVER DIE. THERE'S A SPIRITUAL BEING INSIDE

EVERY PERSON. WE WERE CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE AND LIKENESS

ACCORDING TO GENESIS 1:26. AND BECAUSE OF WRONG TEACHING OR

Genesis 1:26

MAYBE NO TEACHING AT ALL, MANY CHRISTIANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT. SO WE WANT TO TALK

ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. THE FIRST THING A SINNER NEEDS

IS A SPIRITUAL RESURRECTION. WHEN AN UNBELIEVER PUTS THEIR

FAITH IN CHRIST, THAT DEAD SPIRIT INSIDE OF THEM IS

RESURRECTED OR MADE ALIVE. WHEN A BELIEVER IS BAPTIZED IN WATER,

LIKE WE SAW TONIGHT ON THE VIDEO, THAT'S A DECLARATION THAT

THIS TRANSFORMATION HAS HAPPENED IN THEIR SPIRIT. THEIR SPIRIT

WAS DEAD IN SIN, BUT IT'S NOW BEEN RESURRECTED TO LIFE. IN

ROMANS 6:4 SAYS, "THEREFORE, WE WERE BURIED WITH HIM THROUGH

Romans 6:4

BAPTISM INTO DEATH, THAT JUST AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD

BY THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, EVEN SO ALSO SHOULD WE WALK IN THE

NEWNESS OF LIFE. SO WATER BAPTISM, BY IMMERSION BY THE

WAY, NOT SPRINKLING, BECAUSE BAPTISM ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE

GREEK WORD BAPTIZO, WHICH MEANS IMMERSION, THAT SIGNIFIES THAT

THE BELIEVER HAS DIED TO THEIR OLD LIFE OF SIN AND BEEN

RESURRECTED TO THAT NEW LIFE IN CHRIST. AND THE ACT OF BAPTISM

IS AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INWARD TRANSFORMATION THAT'S

TAKEN PLACE IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE, LIKE THAT LITTLE BOY THAT

WE SAW TONIGHT. AND THAT'S A PLUG FOR BAPTISM. BY THE WAY, ON

AUGUST 24TH, WE HAVE ANOTHER BAPTISM COMING UP. SO IF YOU

HAVEN'T BEEN BAPTIZED BY IMMERSION, THE BIBLICAL WAY, OR

YOU'VE BEEN RECENTLY SAVED AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BAPTIZED, PLAN

ON AUGUST 24TH. LET US KNOW. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FLY IN FROM

OTHER STATES THAT ARE E-MEMBERS OR WATCHING US JUST TO BE

BAPTIZED HERE. AND I DON'T MEAN JUST AS IT'S INSIGNIFICANT, BUT

I MEAN THEY MADE THE EFFORT TO DO IT. I THINK ONE FAMILY, IT

WAS LIKE SIX PEOPLE THAT CAME AND DID THAT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT.

GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER AND SIGN UP IF YOU NEED THAT

INFORMATION. AUGUST 24TH, THAT'S COMING UP. AND WE DO A LITTLE

CLASS THAT MORNING AFTER THE OFFERING IS RECEIVED AND THE

MAIN SERVICE WILL DISMISS YOU. AND THEN YOU CAN GO BE BAPTIZED

THAT DAY. AND WE DO THAT UP IN THE SOUTH AUDITORIUM. BUT THE

BIBLE TELLS US THAT UNBELIEVERS COME ALIVE IN THEIR SPIRIT WHEN

THEY BECOME BELIEVERS IN CHRIST. LET'S LOOK AT THAT SCRIPTURE

REALLY QUICK HERE. EPHESIANS 2:1-2. IT SAYS, I'M GONNA READ

Ephesians 2:1–2

THIS OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A

VERY GOOD WAY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS. AND IT SAYS,

"AND YOU, HE MADE ALIVE "WHEN YOU WERE SPIRITUALLY DEAD "AND

SEPARATED FROM HIM BECAUSE "OF YOUR TRANSGRESSION AND SINS. "IN

WHICH YOU ONCE WALKED, "YOU WERE FOLLOWING THE WAYS OF THIS

WORLD, "INFLUENCED BY THIS PRESENT AGE, "IN ACCORDANCE WITH

THE PRINCE OF POWER OF THE AIR, SATAN, "THE SPIRIT WHO IS NOW AT

WORK IN THE DISOBEDIENT, "THE UNBELIEVING, WHO FIGHT AGAINST

THE PURPOSES OF GOD." SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WHEN WE COME

TO CHRIST, WE RECEIVE SALVATION, WE BECOME A NEW PERSON IN THE

SPIRIT. HE MAKES US ALIVE WHEN WE WERE PREVIOUSLY SPIRITUALLY

DEAD. NOW WE WERE ALL BORN INTO THIS WORLD AS SINNERS. WE ALL

HAVE THE SIN NATURE. OUR SPIRIT MAN BECAME NEW AND IS TOTALLY

BROUGHT TO LIFE WHEN WE ACCEPT CHRIST. AND WE SEE THIS ALSO

EXPLAINED IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17. IT SAYS, "THEREFORE, IF ANYONE

2 Corinthians 5:17

IS IN CHRIST, HE'S A NEW CREATION. OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED

AWAY. BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW." ANOTHER PROOF THAT

YOUR SPIRIT HAS BECOME NEW AND ALIVE. THIS ISN'T TALKING ABOUT

YOUR BODY. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO LAY A FOUNDATION AND KIND OF

SHOW THOSE THREE PARTS OF HOW MAN WAS CREATED. IF YOU WERE A

MAN OR A WOMAN BEFORE YOU ACCEPTED CHRIST, YOU'RE STILL A

MAN OR A WOMAN. YOUR BODY REMAINED THE SAME. JANET, BEFORE

YOU WERE SAVED, YOU WERE A WOMAN AND YOU'RE STILL A WOMAN.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE TRANSGENDER PUSHERS ARE SAYING

ABOUT CHANGING YOUR SEX. IF YOU WERE BORN WITH MALE PARTS, EVEN

AFTER YOU GOT SAVED, YOU STILL HAVE THOSE SAME MALE PARTS. SAME

THING IS TRUE WITH A WOMAN. YOU STILL HAVE THAT SAME BODY. YOUR

BODY DIDN'T CHANGE. GOD'S WORD SAID HE CREATED THEM MALE AND

FEMALE. THERE'S NO IN-BETWEENS. IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.

HALLELUJAH. THAT WASN'T EVEN IN MY

NOTES, EILEEN, BUT I THREW IT IN.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I'M ALWAYS DOING THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE. BUT WE HAVE TO REALIZE OUR

SOUL, WHICH IS THE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL PART OF US, OUR MIND,

WILL, AND EMOTIONS, AGAIN, DIDN'T AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE

EITHER. OUR SPIRIT WAS MADE ALIVE WHEN WE ACCEPTED JESUS

CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR. IT BECAME NEW. BUT THAT DID NOT

CHANGE OUR SOUL. THAT'S WHY I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE

DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SOUL AND SPIRIT AS INTERCHANGEABLE.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE. SO YOUR

SOUL IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WE MUST RENEW OUR MINDS TO

EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGE IN THE SOUL. THE MIND, WILL, AND

EMOTIONS HAVE TO BE RENEWED. WE CAN LEARN TO FOLLOW THE HOLY

SPIRIT'S LEADING IN OUR SPIRIT MAN BY CONTINUALLY RENEWING OUR

MINDS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. ROMANS 12:2 SAYS, "AND BE NOT

Romans 12:2

CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT YE BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING

OF YOUR MIND, THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE

AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD." WHEN OUR MINDS ARE BEING RENEWED WITH

THE WORD, WE BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO GOD AND THE THINGS

OF GOD. GOD CHANGES OUR NATURE WHEN WE'RE BORN AGAIN. EVERY

BORN AGAIN BELIEVER HAS A BUILT IN DESIRE TO LIVE HOLY. IT'S

PART OF US WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR LORD, IT CHANGES

YOUR NATURE. YOU HAVE A DESIRE THEN TO LIVE HOLY. YOU MAY NOT

KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT. YOU MAY NOT AUTOMATICALLY DO IT

QUICKLY. IT MAY TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME. WE'RE ALL AT DIFFERENT

STAGES. BUT YOU HAVE A DESIRE. LET'S LOOK AT 1 JOHN 3:3 AND

1 John 3:3

AMPLIFIED AGAIN. IT SAYS, "AND EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE

CONFIDENTLY PLACED IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF JUST AS HE IS

PURE, HOLY, UNDEFILED, AND GUILTLESS." SATAN IS THE ONE

THAT ATTACKS AND USES DECEIT AND ANY TACTICS THAT HE CAN TO LIE

TO US, CONVINCE US THAT WE SHOULD MOVE INTO SIN. SATAN'S

DESIRE IS TO BRING DEATH INTO YOUR LIFE ANY WAY HE CAN.

SICKNESS, DISEASE, POVERTY, SHAME, DEPRESSION,

DISCOURAGEMENT, ALL SORTS OF NASTY THINGS COME ABOUT BECAUSE

SATAN IS COMING TO ATTACK AND DECEIVE AND HE'S THE ONE THAT

JOHN 10:10 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. BUT WE

John 10:10

ARE DISCERNERS OF THE TRUTH AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE THE DEVIL

ANY OPPORTUNITY TO COME AGAINST US. WE'RE CLOSING THOSE DOORS

RIGHT NOW, AMEN? NO DOORS ARE OPEN FOR THE DEVIL IN OUR LIVES,

AMEN. SO BEFORE WE WERE SAVED, OUR OLD SIN NATURE PROGRAMMED

OUR MINDS ON HOW TO BE SELFISH, HOW TO BE BITTER, HOW TO BE

ANGRY, RESENTFUL, HOW TO MOVE INTO LUST. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T

HAVE TO TEACH A TWO-YEAR-OLD HOW TO BE SELFISH. HOW MANY OF YOU

HERE HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD IN YOUR HOME? THEY JUST KNOW IF IT'S

THEIR TOY THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO PLAY WITH IT. ALL OF A

SUDDEN IT BECOMES VERY PRECIOUS IF YOU TRY AND TAKE IT AWAY.

WHEN WE'RE BORN AGAIN ACCORDING TO JOHN 3:3 WE BECOME TOTALLY

John 3:3

NEW IN OUR SPIRIT. PAUL CALLED THAT THE RESURRECTION LIFE. IN

ROMANS 6:5-6 HE SAID THIS, I'M GONNA READ THIS OUT OF THE NEW

Romans 6:5–6

LIVING. “SINCE WE HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH HIM IN DEATH, WE

WILL ALSO BE RAISED TO LIFE AS HE WAS. WE KNOW THAT OUR OLD

SINFUL SELVES WERE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST SO THAT SIN MIGHT

LOSE ITS POWER IN OUR LIVES. WE ARE NO LONGER SLAVES TO SIN.” HE

MENTIONS IN THE PASSAGE THAT OUR OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED IN CHRIST.

OUR SIN NATURE'S DEAD, BUT IT LEFT BEHIND A BODY, AND THAT

BODY INCLUDES THE CARNAL MIND, THE SOUL. THE SOUL, OUR MIND,

WILL AND EMOTION STILL FUNCTION AS IT WAS PROGRAMMED UNTIL WE

REPROGRAM IT, WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS RENEWING THE MIND. WE JUST

READ THAT SCRIPTURE. OUR MINDS OR OUR SOULS CAN BE COMPARED TO

COMPUTERS. JARED, YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE. JARED'S OUR COMPUTER

MAN HERE. HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS. BUT THEY CAN BE

PROGRAMMED. AND WE GET SAVED, WE HAVE TO REPROGRAM OUR MIND, OUR

WILL, AND OUR EMOTIONS. AGAIN, ROMANS 12:2, I'M GOING TO READ

Romans 12:2

IT TO YOU AGAIN. "BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE

TRANSFERRED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU MAY PROVE

WHAT IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD. OUR LIVES

ARE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF OUR MINDS. AND VICTORY IN THE

CHRISTIAN LIFE COMES TO US AS WE RENEW OUR MINDS AND WE

UNDERSTAND WHAT CHRIST HAS REALLY DONE FOR US, WE RECEIVE

IT, AND THEN WE BEGIN TO MANIFEST THE CHANGES IN OUR

ACTIONS AND OUR LIVES AS WE RESPOND TO WHAT WE'RE LEARNING

AND RENEWING OUR MIND WITH. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT THEN BECOMES

EVIDENT IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE SEE WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST. WE BECOME

LIKE HIM. SO TONIGHT, WE'VE COVERED SOME GROUND, SO I WANT

TO REVIEW IT QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO PUT A SLIDE UP HERE. LET'S DO

A LITTLE REVIEW. THREE PARTS OF THE CREATED MAN, BODY, SOUL, AND

SPIRIT. THE SPIRIT MAN IS ETERNAL. THE SPIRIT OF MAN COMES

ALIVE WHEN WE BECOME A BELIEVER. NUMBER FOUR, GOD CHANGES OUR

NATURE. THE OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED WHEN WE ACCEPT CHRIST AS SAVIOR.

AND NUMBER FIVE, THE SOUL NEEDS TO EXPERIENCE CHANGE OR BE

REPROGRAMMED OR HAVE OUR MINDS RENEWED TO EXPERIENCE A CHANGE

IN THAT MIND, WILL, AND EMOTION OF OUR LIFE. NOW, I WANT TO

FOCUS THE REMAINING TIME ON UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND THE HUMAN SOUL. I PROMISE YOU I'LL

GET YOU OUT OF HERE BEFORE 10 O'CLOCK. THIS WON'T TAKE THAT

LONG. THIS WILL HELP US IN OUR DEPENDENCY IN THE SPIRIT. IT'LL

HELP US TO DISCERN THE VOICE OF GOD SPEAKING TO OUR SPIRIT. AT

TIMES, WE'VE ALL HAD THE PROBLEM OF DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE

VOICE OF OUR RECREATED SPIRIT AND THE VOICE OF OUR SOUL, THE

MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS. THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL, AS I SAID,

ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

BUT TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT GOD'S WORD CAN SEPARATE

THOSE TWO ENTITIES IN OUR LIFE. AS WE BEGIN RENEWING OUR MINDS

WITH GOD'S WORD, WE'LL POSITION OURSELVES TO FOLLOW OUR SPIRITS

WITH CONFIDENCE IN EVERY SITUATION OF LIFE. UNDERSTANDING

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOUL MAN AND THE SPIRIT MAN IS KEY TO

LIVING LIFE ON THIS EARTH AND REALLY FULFILLING WHAT GOD'S

CALLED US TO DO. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN DOESN'T MEAN

THAT YOU WILL SUCCESSFULLY FULFILL GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR

LIFE. IT DOES AUTOMATICALLY HAPPEN. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE

GETS SAVED DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GONNA FULFILL THEIR DESTINY.

IT'S A CHOICE YOU HAVE TO MAKE TO MOVE ON IN THE THINGS OF GOD.

IF YOU HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND MADE

HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HIM, THE SIN

QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED. IT'S SETTLED AND YOU'LL GO TO HEAVEN

ONE DAY. HOWEVER, IT'S POSSIBLE, AND MANY CHRISTIANS DO THIS, TO

LIVE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING OR FOLLOWING GOD'S

DIRECTION OR HIS PLAN FOR THEIR LIFE, AND THEY MISS THE FULL

PLAN THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM. AND THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING MORE

IMPORTANT THAN FINDING OUT WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU TO DO WHILE

YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH, UNDERSTAND THAT PLAN AND MOVE INTO IT. YOU

HAVE A LIMITED SPACE OF TIME ON THIS EARTH. WE ALL HAVE A

CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE. AND IF WE DON'T

WALK OUT THE PLAN OF THE DESTINY THAT GOD HAS FOR US AND WE MISS

THAT ALTOGETHER, WHAT GOOD HAVE WE BEEN? THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING YOU CAN DO IS TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD. HEAR THE SPIRIT OF

GOD AND MOVE IN THE DIRECTION AND THE DESTINY THAT YOU'RE

CALLED TO ACHIEVE. WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. AND IT'S DIFFERENT FOR

EACH ONE OF US. WHATEVER YOU'RE CALLED TO DO IS JUST AS

IMPORTANT AS WHAT PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA ARE CALLED TO

DO. WE ALL HAVE A PART. WE'RE MOVING TOGETHER IN THIS EARTH TO

ACCOMPLISH GOD'S WILL. OKAY. WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SCRIPTURE

USES THE HEART AS A METAPHOR FOR THE NON-PHYSICAL SPIRIT PART OF

A PERSON. IN OTHER WORDS, LOOK AT MATTHEW 5:8, YOU DON'T HAVE

Matthew 5:8

TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT, BUT IT SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN

HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD." WELL, WE UNDERSTAND WHEN IT

SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART," IT'S NOT REFERRING TO

THE PHYSICAL ORGAN IN YOUR BODY THAT'S PUMPING BLOOD. IN FACT,

THERE ARE MORE THAN 800 REFERENCES IN THE BIBLE TO A

MAN'S HEART. AND VERY FEW OF THEM REFER TO THE PHYSICAL HEART

IN THE BODY. MOST OF THE REFERENCES IN THE HEART THAT ARE

IN THE BIBLE REFER TO THE UNSEEN CENTER OF MAN'S BEING, THE

INWARD SPIRIT OR THE SPIRIT MAN. AND SO WHEN WE SAY, "LISTEN TO

YOUR HEART," OR, "WHAT HEART ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?" EVEN IN THE

WORLD, PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY, "I MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY

HEART." YOU'VE HEARD THAT. OR YOU'LL SAY, "THAT MAN HAS A BIG

HEART." WELL, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ORGAN THAT'S PUMPING

BLOOD. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT "LISTEN TO YOUR HEART," WE'RE

REFERRING TO LISTENING TO OUR SPIRIT, THE INWARD MAN. WHAT I'M

TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS LISTENING TO OUR HEART OR OUR

SPIRIT. AND IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS

FOR WHICH THERE MAY BE NO SOLUTION IN THE NATURAL OR IN

THE PHYSICAL. OUR PHYSICAL SENSES MIGHT TELL US, RUN FROM

THAT PROBLEM. OR OUR MINDS MIGHT SAY, THERE'S NO WAY OUT. IT'S IN

THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS THAT WE NEED TO RECEIVE THE GUIDANCE

FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT, HIS DIRECTION TO STAND ON GOD'S WORD

WITHOUT WAVERING. SUCCESSFULLY FOLLOWING GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR

LIFE DEPENDS ON WHAT WE CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND WE HAVE A

CHOICE TO WHAT WE CAN LISTEN TO. WE CAN LISTEN TO OUR PHYSICAL

SENSES OR WE CAN LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD AND THE LEADING OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT. I MEAN, IF YOUR BACK IS BOTHERING YOU AND ACHING

AND YOU HAVE PAIN, YOU CAN LISTEN TO THAT AND SAY, OH,

PASTOR ANTHONY, MY BACK IS REALLY KILLING ME TODAY. I CAN

SAY THAT, OR I CAN CHOOSE TO SAY, I AM HEALED BY THE STRIPES

OF JESUS. I RECEIVE MY HEALING. MY BACK IS HEALED. HE'S

QUICKENED MY MORTAL BODY, JUST AS HE QUICKENED JESUS CHRIST TO

RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD. BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS, I AM HEALED.

AND WHAT YOU SPEAK AND WHAT YOU CONFESS WILL BE WHAT YOU ARE. IF

WE ONLY LISTEN TO OUR PHYSICAL SENSES OR OUR MINDS, WE'LL

EVENTUALLY LOSE OUR PEACE AND OUR JOY. THEN WE CAN MISS THE

VICTORIES THAT GOD INTENDS FOR US. FOR INSTANCE, IF WE ONLY

FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON WHAT WE HEAR ON THE NEWS, WE CAN REALLY

QUICKLY BECOME DEPRESSED ABOUT ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD.

IT'D BE EASY TO WONDER, ARE WE GOING TO EVER MAKE IT THROUGH

THIS? BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT OUR MIND OR OUR

PHYSICAL SENSES TELL US. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT FOX NEWS OR

THE COMMUNIST NEWS NETWORK SAYS. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE

CIRCUMSTANCES LOOK LIKE, THE WORD OF GOD IS STILL TRUE. ONCE

WE DETERMINE TO GET QUIET ON THE INSIDE AND BEGIN LISTENING TO

WHAT OUR HEART OR SPIRIT IS SAYING, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL

MINISTER THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD TO US. I THINK BROTHER ROBERTS

SAID IT SUNDAY ABOUT, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A MAN IN DALLAS, I

BELIEVE, JANET, THAT HE SAID, PRAYS FOR A HALF AN HOUR IN THE

SPIRIT, AND THEN HE LISTENS FOR A HALF AN HOUR AND JUST TO SEE

WHAT GOD'S SAYING. SO HOW DO WE DISTINGUISH OUR SPIRIT, OR WHAT

THE BIBLE MANY TIMES REFERS TO AS OUR HEART, FROM OUR SOUL?

THAT'S THE QUESTION. SOME DENOMINATIONS, LIKE I MENTIONED,

BELIEVE THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT ARE THE SAME, AND THEY GET ALL

CONFUSED ON THAT, AND TALK ABOUT THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT LIKE

THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE, AND THEY'RE NOT. THE BIBLE MAKES A

CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO. WHY WOULD THE BIBLE SAY

THAT OUR BODIES ARE MADE OF SPIRIT, THAT SOUL AND BODY, OR

THAT HUMANS EXIST IN THOSE THREE AREAS, THREE EXISTENCES COME

TOGETHER IN ONE, IF THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL WERE THE SAME, IT

WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED THAT WAY TO US. IT'S NOT. MANY

PEOPLE USE THE WORD SOUL INTERCHANGEABLY WITH THE WORD

SPIRIT. THEY DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. IT'S A COMMON THING

FOR THE WORLD TO TALK ABOUT SELLING THEIR SOUL,

BUT MOST LIKELY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

THERE WAS A MAN IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THAT USED AN INTERNET

AUCTION SITE. YOU CAN PUT UP THE PICTURE THERE. HE WAS TRYING TO

SELL HIS SOUL TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, AND AS IT TURNED OUT,

THE TOP OFFER THAT HE GOT WAS $400. AND SINCE THE SOUL IS NOT

PHYSICAL, IT CAN'T BE EXTRACTED FROM THE BODY LIKE A PHYSICAL

ORGAN SUCH AS THE HEART, THE MAN HAD TO ADMIT, "I DON'T THINK THE

HIGH BIDDER IS GONNA BE ABLE TO COLLECT ON MY SOUL." REMEMBER,

WE LOOKED AT THE APOSTLE PAUL'S WORDS IN 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23,

1 Thessalonians 5:23

"MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE KEPT BLAMELESS UNTIL

OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST RETURNS." HE DESCRIBED THREE PARTS OF MAN

IN THAT VERSE. IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LEARN HOW TO

CORRECTLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL. IF WE

DON'T, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LISTENING TO OUR

SPIRIT OR OUR HEART AND TO BE LED IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE

THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. SOME CHRISTIANS HAVE DIFFICULTY

DISCERNING BETWEEN A SOULISH EMOTION AND SPIRITUAL STIRRING.

THE EXCITEMENT OF A BIG CROWD CAN FEEL SPIRITUAL WHEN REALLY

IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN SOULISH ENTHUSIASM. GO TO A FOOTBALL

GAME. PEOPLE GET ALL EXCITED AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND THEY'RE

VERY ENTHUSIASTIC. IS THAT SPIRITUAL? NO. HOW ABOUT A

TEAR-JERKING STORY? SOMETIMES IT CAN FEEL SPIRITUAL. A WELL-DONE

SONG CAN STIR EMOTIONS WHEN NOTHING SPIRITUAL IS ACTUALLY

HAPPENING. A CARNAL CHRISTIAN CAN EASILY INTERPRET THOSE

THINGS AS SOMETHING SPIRITUAL. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THOSE THINGS

ARE WRONG. I'M JUST SAYING WE HAVE TO LEARN TO DISTINGUISH

SOULISH EXCITEMENT FROM SPIRITUAL EDIFICATION. AND IT'S

NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO. THE DISCERNMENT BEGINS WITH SIMPLY

RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. AND YOU HAVE AN EDGE

TONIGHT BECAUSE NOW YOU KNOW THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

SOUL AND THE SPIRIT. YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT, I'M SURE. BUT MAYBE

THERE'S SOMEONE ONLINE, MAYBE THERE'S A NEW CHRISTIAN, YOU

DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS REVELATION TO YOU. WE'RE

DEPENDENT ON BIBLICAL REVELATION TO TEACH US THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT. HEBREWS 4:12 SAYS THIS, THIS IS

Hebrews 4:12

A KEY SCRIPTURE TONIGHT, I WANNA READ THIS. FOR THE WORD OF GOD

IS QUICK AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED

SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING ASUNDER," LISTEN TO

THIS, "THE DIVIDING ASUNDER OF THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT AND THE

JOINTS AND THE MARROW." AND IT'S A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND

THE INTENTS OF THE HEART. BIBLICAL REVELATION, THE WORD OF

GOD, RIGHTLY DIVIDES OUR SOUL AND OUR SPIRIT. REPEAT THIS WITH

ME, BIBLICAL REVELATION, RIGHTLY DIVIDES MY SOUL AND MY SPIRIT.

WE NEED THIS UNDERSTANDING. THIS VERSE EXPLAINS THAT THE SPIRIT

AND THE SOUL ARE SEPARATE ENTITIES AND THAT THEY CAN BE

DIVIDED OR DISTINGUISHED FROM ONE ANOTHER. THE WORD OF GOD

DIVIDES ASUNDER OR SEPARATES THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN

BECAUSE THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE, DISTINCT ENTITIES. THE NEW

LIVING TRANSLATION CALLS IT CUTTING BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE

SPIRIT. HEBREWS 4:12 IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION SAYS, "FOR

Hebrews 4:12

THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE AND POWERFUL, IT'S SHARPER THAN THE

SHARPEST TWO-EDGED SWORD, CUTTING BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE

SPIRIT." I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT IN YOUR MIND. IT'S CUTTING

BETWEEN THE SOUL AND DIVIDING IT. AMEN. THERE'D BE NO NEED TO

DIVIDE THEM IF THEY WERE THE SAME. YOU CAN'T SEPARATE

SOMETHING FROM ITSELF. THE WORD OF GOD TEACHES US THAT THE SOUL

AND THE SPIRIT BEING TWO DISTINCT ENTITIES CAN BE

SEPARATED. SO LET ME DEMONSTRATE ILLUSTRATION NUMBER TWO TONIGHT.

LET'S HAVE SOME FUN. WE PRETEND YOU'RE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL AND

WE'RE JUST DOING A SCIENCE ILLUSTRATION HERE. BUT IT'S

GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THAT BECAUSE THIS HAS ETERNAL

VALUE. SO WHAT I HAVE HERE TONIGHT IS A PICTURE OF BLUE

OCEAN WATER. IT'S REALLY NOT OCEAN WATER, IT'S JUST WATER

THAT'S COLORED BLUE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

WE DIDN'T REALLY IMPORT IT FROM THE PACIFIC. I ALSO HAVE SOME

GRAVEL HERE. AND THIS IS SPECIAL PEA GRAVEL IN HERE. SO, THIS

ROCK OR THIS PEA GRAVEL I WANT YOU TO PRETEND IS YOUR SOUL.

THIS IS YOUR SOUL. THIS GLASS IS YOUR BODY. THIS IS THE THING

THAT HOLDS YOUR SOUL AND YOUR SPIRIT. SO TONIGHT, IF I POUR

SOME SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WATER, LET'S PUT SOME SPIRIT IN THAT

BODY. YOU'RE CREATED WITH THE SPIRIT. SO WE HAVE A NICE

CONTAINER OF BODY AND SPIRIT HERE. CAN YOU SEE THAT? OKAY,

THAT'S GOOD, IT'S SHOWING UP GOOD. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD

OUR SOUL TO THIS. THAT'S THE INDICATION OF THE ROCK HERE.

WE'RE JUST GONNA PRETEND THAT THIS ROCK IS OUR SOUL. NOW WE'RE

GONNA MIX THOSE TOGETHER. AND HERE WE HAVE BODY, SOUL, AND

SPIRIT ALL IN ONE CONTAINER. HERE'S THE KEY THOUGH. HERE'S

THE KEY TO THIS. THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH IS MY STRAINER, THIS

IS THE WORD OF GOD, CAN BE A SEPARATOR. SO I CAN SEPARATE MY

SOUL AND MY SPIRIT. HERE WE GO. I HAVE SPIRIT AND I HAVE SOUL.

THEY'RE SEPARATED NOW. WHAT DID IT? THE WORD OF GOD. THE WORD OF

GOD SEPARATED IT BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, THE

SOUL, THE BLUE WATER, AND YOUR SPIRIT, THE ROCKS. THEY CAN BE

DIVIDED OR CUT ASUNDER BY THE WORD OF GOD. WHEN ROCKS AND

WATER ARE MIXED TOGETHER LIKE I DID THERE, IN THAT ONE BODY,

THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER AS OUR BODIES DO, OUR

HUMAN BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT WORKING TOGETHER. BUT THEY CAN

BE SEPARATED. THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER

THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING

ASUNDER OR THE CUTTING APART OF THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT. SO EVEN

THOUGH THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT ARE INTERTWINED WITHIN THE

NATURE OF EVERY PERSON, JUST LIKE THE WATER AND ROCKS WERE

MIXED, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. THEY CAN BE SEPARATED

BY THE WORD OF GOD. BY RENEWING OUR MINDS WITH THE WORD OF GOD,

WE CAN LEARN TO FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT'S LEADING IN OUR LIVES.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED YOU TO SEE TONIGHT. ROMANS 12:2 AGAIN. “BE

Romans 12:2

NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING

OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND

THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD.” WE BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO GOD AND

THE THINGS OF GOD WHEN OUR MINDS ARE RENEWED WITH THE WORD. SO IN

CLOSING TONIGHT, EDDIE, YOU CAN COME. WE'RE GONNA BE DONE BY

ABOUT 8:15, I BELIEVE. REMEMBER, WEDNESDAY'S ICE CREAM NIGHT, SO

YOU DON'T WANNA BE TOO LATE. PASTOR MATT TOLD ME HE WANTS AN

ICE CREAM CONE TONIGHT, SO WE GOTTA GET HIM OUTTA HERE. THERE.

BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU THREE METHODS IN CLOSING TONIGHT

THAT'LL HELP YOU CONTINUALLY FILL YOUR MIND WITH GOD'S WORD

SO THAT YOU CAN DIVIDE YOUR SOUL AND YOUR SPIRIT SO THAT YOU CAN

COME TO A POINT WHEN YOU CAN DISCERN THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT

IN A GREATER WAY. HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD

IN A CLEARER WAY? YOU DO THAT BY RENEWING YOUR MIND WITH THE WORD

OF GOD. IT SENSITIZES YOUR SPIRIT TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE AND

UNDERSTAND AND DISCERN. SO I WANNA COVER THOSE THREE SIMPLE

THINGS. HOW TO FILL YOUR MIND WITH THE WORD OF GOD. READING OR

HEARING THE WORD. JUST SPEND TIME READING. TURN ON, IS RUDY

HERE TONIGHT? I DON'T SEE RUDY, HE MUST BE HOME. BUT HE WAS

TELLING ME, HE JUST SENT ME A TEXT THIS WEEK AND HE SAYS, "I'M

LISTENING TO THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION OF THE NEW

TESTAMENT EVERYWHERE I GO. I JUST HAVE IT PLAYING AND I'M

LEARNING AND HEARING." SO HEARING AND HEARING IS GOOD.

THEN MEDITATE, MEDITATE OR CHEW ON GOD'S WORD. YOU KNOW, THERE'S

MORE THAN JUST, IN FACT, LET'S PUT UP THAT NEXT SCRIPTURE,

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 IN THE AMPLIFIED. THAT WAS THE NEXT ONE

2 Corinthians 5:17

I WAS GONNA GO TO. BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA CHEW ON A SCRIPTURE AND

MEDITATE ON IT, YOU WANNA JUST NOT READ IT. THEREFORE, AS

ANYONE IN CHRIST THAT IS GRAFTED IN, JOINED TO HIM BY FAITH, YOU

KNOW, YOU HEAR IT, BUT LET'S TAKE SOME TIME TO CHEW ON IT,

DISCERN IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE FOOD INTO YOUR BODY SO THAT

YOU CAN DIGEST IT BETTER, IT FIRST GOES THROUGH THAT PART OF

THE MOUTH THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CHEW WITH YOUR TEETH, DOESN'T

IT? YOU'RE BREAKING IT UP, YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING IT BETTER,

THE SAME WAY IS TRUE AS YOU LOOK AT THE WORD. THEREFORE, IF

ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, OH, SO THAT IS SPEAKING TO ANYONE THAT IS IN

CHRIST. THAT MEANS SOMEONE THAT'S BORN AGAIN, THAT'S SAVED.

IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S GRAFTED IN. HE'S JOINED TO HIM BY FAITH. OH,

OKAY, SO THAT MEANS IT MUST TAKE FAITH FOR ME TO RECEIVE CHRIST.

I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT. THAT MAKES SENSE. AS SAVIOR. HE'S A

NEW CREATURE. OH, OKAY. THEN WHEN I CAME TO GOD, I GOT SAVED

BY FAITH. I BECAME A NEW CREATURE. I WAS REBORN AND

RENEWED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. OH, AND THEN I SEE THE OLD THINGS,

THE PREVIOUS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CONDITION THAT I WAS IN, HAVE

PASSED AWAY. OH, THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S CHANGED IN

MY LIFE. SO I DON'T HAVE THE SAME DESIRES THAT I USED TO

HAVE. I'M CHEWING ON THIS SCRIPTURE AS I GO. AND BEHOLD,

NEW THINGS HAVE COME. OH, THAT MEANS I DON'T HAVE THE SAME

DESIRES AS I HAD BEFORE. I'M LOOKING TO LIVE A NEW LIFE NOW.

BECAUSE I'VE HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING THAT BRINGS A NEW

LIFE. HMM. THAT'S HOW YOU CHEW ON A SCRIPTURE. DON'T JUST READ

IT OR HEAR IT AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING. YOU'RE BETTER

OFF TAKING THAT SCRIPTURE AND SPENDING 10 OR 15 MINUTES ON IT,

CHEWING ON IT, THAN YOU ARE TO READ 20 VERSES AND NOT GET

ANYTHING OUT OF IT. NOT THAT YOU’LL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT

THAT WAY, BECAUSE HEARING IS BUILDING FAITH. YOU'RE ALWAYS

GOING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD, BUT WHAT I'M

SAYING IS YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO A DEEPER LEVEL IF YOU MEDITATE

AND CHEW. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THEN FINALLY, NUMBER THREE,

SPEAKING THE WORD. SPEAK IT. WHEN YOU DECLARE THE WORD, YOU

BRING IT INTO BEING. SOMETHING THAT'S SPIRITUAL IS THEN

BECOMING MANIFESTED IN THE NATURAL IN YOUR LIFE AS YOU

SPEAK IT. AS YOU SAY, I AM HEALED BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS,

THAT MANIFESTS THAT SPIRITUAL THING. WHEN YOU JUST READ IT OR

YOU JUST HEAR IT, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS SPEAKING IT. AND I

SUGGEST THE WAY TO RENEW YOUR MIND WITH THE WORD OF GOD IS

WRITE DOWN FIVE SCRIPTURES AND PUT THEM ON NOTE CARDS IF YOU

HAVE TO AND SPEAK THEM OVER YOURSELF. PEOPLE WILL THINK

YOU'RE NUTS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT. THAT'S WHY

PEOPLE CAN GO ON FOR YEARS AND NOT RECEIVE SOMETHING FOR GOD

THAT THEY'RE BELIEVING FOR, WHETHER IT'S HEALING OR

PROSPERITY OR WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE THEY NEVER SPEAK IT.

THEY BELIEVE IT. THEY MAY KIND OF INTERNALIZE IT BECAUSE THEY

UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THEY NEVER SPEAK IT OUT AND DECLARE IT. AND

AGAIN, IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, DON'T SPEAK THE

PROBLEM, SPEAK THE WORD OVER IT. NEVER SPEAK THE PROBLEM. THE

FACT IS I MAY HAVE CANCER IN MY BODY, BUT THE TRUTH IS I'M

HEALED. THE TRUTH IS I'M HEALED BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS, SO I'M

NOT GONNA SPEAK THAT I HAVE CANCER, EVEN IF I HAD IT. IT

WOULDN'T COME OUT OF MY MOUTH. UNLESS BY ACCIDENT I MOVE INTO

NEGLIGENCE AND JUST MOVE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT HAPPENS

SOMETIMES. AND THEN YOU GOTTA SAY, "FATHER, FORGIVE ME. "I

SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT." TAKE THOSE WORDS BACK, AND YOU CLAW

'EM BACK. YOU DON'T WANNA SPEAK THAT INTO YOUR RESISTANCE. THE

THINGS THAT YOU SPEAK TODAY ARE SETTING UP YOUR FUTURE. IF

YOU'RE A NEW BELIEVER, IT'S A NEW WAY OF THINKING. YOU NO

LONGER THINK LIKE YOU DID BEFORE. AND LET'S LOOK AT

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 IN THE AMPLIFIED AS WE CLOSE HERE

2 Corinthians 5:17

TONIGHT. THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST THAT IS GRAFTED IN,

JOINED TO HIM BY FAITH, IN HIM AS SAVIOR, HE'S A NEW CREATURE,

REBORN AND RENEWED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE OLD THINGS, THE

PREVIOUS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CONDITION HAVE PASSED AWAY.

BEHOLD, NEW THINGS HAVE COME, BECAUSE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

BRINGS A NEW LIFE. HALLELUJAH. AS WE LEARN TO STAY FAITHFUL AND

RECEIVE THE WORD INTO OUR HEARTS AND MINDS, IT'LL BECOME EASIER

AND EASIER TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART OR YOUR SPIRIT MAN, IS

WHAT I'M SAYING WHEN I SAY HEART, WITH CONFIDENCE.

FOLLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT'S LEADING IN ALL SITUATIONS AND

CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR LIFE IS WHAT WE WANT TO GET TO. AND

UNDERSTANDING THAT TRICHOTOMOUS BEING, I LIKE THAT WORD

TRICHOTOMOUS. IF YOU DON'T LEARN ANYTHING ELSE TONIGHT, YOU CAN

GO HOME TO YOUR FAMILY AND SAY, I LEARNED A NEW WORD,

TRICHOTOMOUS. ALEC, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THAT WORD, BUT SOME

OF US DIDN'T. BUT IF WE'RE NOT RENEWING OUR MIND, WE CAN END UP

RESPONDING TO SITUATIONS IN THE WAY THAT WE DID BEFORE

SALVATION. THEN IT'S HARDER TO RESIST SIN. AND AS WE RENEW OUR

MINDS WITH THE WORD, WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN

FOR OUR LIFE. A RENEWED MIND MAKES YOU MORE SENSITIVE TO THE

THINGS OF GOD AND WILL ASSIST YOU IN HEARING GOD'S VOICE. AND

THEN YOU'LL BE LESS LIKELY TO RESPOND TO CIRCUMSTANCES FROM

YOUR EMOTIONS OR REASONING. JAMES 1, I’VE GOT ONE MORE

SCRIPTURE. I TOLD YOU I WAS ON THE LAST ONE, BUT I DO HAVE ONE

MORE, I GUESS, HERE. JAMES 1:21 SAYS, "GET RID OF ALL

James 1:21

UNCLEANLINESS AND ALL THAT REMAINS OF WICKEDNESS. AND WITH

A HUMBLE SPIRIT, RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH IS

IMPLANTED," OR ACTUALLY, "ROOTED IN YOUR HEART, WHICH IS ABLE TO

SAVE YOUR SOULS." THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO STUDY AND PRAY

DAILY. SPEAK THE WORD OVER YOUR LIFE. KEEP CONNECTED WITH OTHER

BELIEVERS. COME TO PRAYER TIMES. ASKED PRAYER IS IMPORTANT,

RIGHT, JANET? IT'LL SHARPEN YOU AS YOU'RE AROUND OTHER BELIEVERS

THAT PRAY WITH YOU. AND WHEN YOU ARE HEARING OTHERS PRAY, YOU'LL

HEAR THE WORD OF GOD. SO THEN YOU'RE RECEIVING MORE, AND

YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR FAITH. JOIN A 242 HOME GROUP IF YOU'RE PART

OF THIS LOCAL CONGREGATION. IT'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY

FOR FELLOWSHIP, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU SOME ADDITIONAL

TEACHING THAT YOU WON'T GET ON SUNDAYS OR WEDNESDAYS. IT'S

IMPORTANT. TAKE A LIFE EMPOWERMENT CLASS. WE HAVE THOSE

GOING MOST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I MEAN, JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME OF

THE YEAR. WE HAVE LITTLE BREAKS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE LIFE

EMPOWERMENT CLASSES THAT WILL HELP SHARPEN YOU. DON'T FORSAKE

YOUR ATTENDANCE ON SUNDAYS. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, BE

FAITHFUL. WHEN YOU'RE HOME AND YOU'RE TUNING IN, FOCUS ON THAT.

RESERVE THAT TIME FOR GOD. DON'T TRY AND DO ALL YOUR HOUSEHOLD

CHORES WHILE YOU'RE LISTENING. FOCUS ON IT JUST LIKE YOU WERE

IN CHURCH. SOME OF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOCAL CHURCH TO ATTEND

BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE PREACHING TRUTH IN YOUR AREA. AND YOU NEED

TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE. JOIN THE CONFERENCE CALLS

THAT ASK PRAYER HAS AND START HOOKING UP WITH OTHER BELIEVERS.

DO WHAT YOU CAN WHERE YOU CAN TO BE AROUND THINGS THAT WILL

STRENGTHEN YOU AND MOVE YOU FORWARD IN YOUR LIFE. BECAUSE IF

YOU DETERMINE TO PUT YOUR SPIRIT MAN FIRST IN YOUR LIFE, IT'S THE

VERY THING THAT CAN MAKE YOU THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE

ENDEAVOR, FULFILLING THE DESTINY OF GOD FOR YOU, AND THEN IT'S

THE THING THAT WILL MAKE YOU MOST SUCCESSFUL ETERNALLY.

BECAUSE THE REASON THAT GOD WILL SAY, WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND

FAITHFUL SERVANT, AND YOU'LL GET A REWARD IN HEAVEN, IS NOT JUST

BECAUSE YOU ACCEPTED HIM AS CHRIST AND BECAME SAVED, IT'S

BECAUSE YOU DID HIS WILL WHILE YOU WERE ON THE EARTH. AND

THAT'S HOW YOU GET REWARDS, WHEN YOU FOLLOW HIS PLAN. BUT HOW ARE

YOU GONNA FOLLOW HIS PLAN IF YOU CAN'T HEAR HIS VOICE? SO THAT'S

WHY I WENT BACK TO BASICS TONIGHT, TO TALK ABOUT THE BODY,

SOUL, AND SPIRIT, AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIVISION

BETWEEN THEM, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU CAN HEAR THE VOICE OF

GOD. AND WE JUST KIND OF TOUCHED IT TONIGHT. THERE'S SO MUCH

MORE. WE'LL PROBABLY GO INTO THAT AGAIN NEXT WEDNESDAY IN A

DEEPER WAY, SO. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. STAND WITH

ME IF YOU WOULD. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN

YOUR HOUSE TONIGHT. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE MOVE OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE ANOINTING, THE GRACE,

THE MERCY, ALL THAT YOU GIVE US. THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU HAD A

DIVINE PLAN FOR US WHEN YOU CREATED US, BODY, SOUL, AND

SPIRIT. AND NOW WE'VE HOPEFULLY REMEMBERED OR WE'VE LEARNED SOME

THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME, LORD, THAT WILL HELP US WHEN WE LOOK

AT THE DIVISION OF THAT AND HOW WE CAN RECEIVE IN OUR SPIRIT MAN

AND THE TRUTH OF GOD, THAT YOU GUIDE US AND YOU DIRECT US, YOU

SPEAK TO US CONTINUOUSLY. WE JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO HEAR. AND

WE WANT OUR MINDS RENEWED, LORD, SO WE COMMIT TO YOU TO HEAR YOUR

WORD, STUDY YOUR WORD, MEDITATE ON YOUR WORD, CONFESS YOUR WORD,

AND SPEAK YOUR WORD, SO THAT WE CAN BE SHARP AND WE CAN RECEIVE

EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR US. WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE

UNCTIONS, THE VOICE OF GOD, THE DIRECTION, THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU

GIVE US. EACH ONE OF US WANT THAT, LORD, BECAUSE THAT

GUIDANCE, THAT DIRECTION, THAT WISDOM CAN HELP US TO AVERT

ACCIDENTS, TRAGEDIES, CALAMITIES. ANYTHING THE DEVIL

HAS INTENDED FOR US, YOU HAVE A WAY AROUND IT AND THROUGH IT. SO

WE THANK YOU FOR THAT GUIDANCE AND THAT DIRECTION. WE RECEIVE

IT TONIGHT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT WEEK I PROBABLY WON'T DO THE SCIENCE

EXPERIMENTS, BUT I THOUGHT WE'D DO IT FOR FUN TONIGHT.

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