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Dance In The Rain | Evangelist Tyler Smith

First Apostolic Church

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  1. Hallelujah. Come on.

  2. Can we lift our hands all over this house tonight?

  3. Can we lift our voices and just begin to talk to him in this

  4. place? And surely the.

  5. Presence of the Lord is in this house, and surely He's worthy of

  6. all honor, all praise and all. Glory.

  7. He's deserving. Of it tonight, he's deserving of

  8. it every. Day from the rising of the sun

  9. to the going down the same. His name is worthy.

  10. His name is worthy. Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

  11. It feels good to be in the House of the Lord on a Monday night.

  12. And the writer said, I was glad when they said unto me, let us

  13. go into the House of the Lord. And I don't care if it's Monday,

  14. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and even Saturday.

  15. I'm just glad to be in the House of the Lord and to feel his

  16. presence, to be with his people. And it's an honor, It's a

  17. privilege to be here. If you've got your Bibles, I'd

  18. like to take our attention. To the Book of.

  19. Ezra chapter #2 It is such an honor and a privilege to be here

  20. this week and certainly feel the presence of God in this house.

  21. And I believe there's a. Refreshing in the Holy.

  22. Ghost for us here tonight if we want it and there's strength in

  23. this house. If we want it, it's here.

  24. And and we give honor today to your leadership, Pastor and

  25. Sister McGee. We love them and appreciate

  26. them, appreciate their family, this church, such tremendous

  27. host, always so kind. And appreciate your hospitality

  28. to my wife and I. And we certainly say thank you.

  29. Thank you very, very much. And this is revival.

  30. This is revival. It's a wonderful night for

  31. somebody to be strengthened and somebody to be helped tonight.

  32. And Ezra chapter #2 I'm going to read one verse to us, and I'll

  33. let us be seated. Verse #18 when you're there

  34. shot. Amen.

  35. The Bible says the. Children of Jorah 112, somebody

  36. say God bless him. I don't want to be him.

  37. The children of Jorah 112 I want to preach to us for just a few

  38. moments tonight with the help of the Lord.

  39. Ain't got a clue where we're going to get to, but I believe

  40. the Lord's going to have his way in this house.

  41. And but I want to talk to us from this subject.

  42. Dance in the rain, dance in the rain.

  43. I believe there's revival rains that are in this house and

  44. there's a refreshing rain that is in this house tonight and.

  45. Would you? Lift your hands.

  46. Would you lift your hearts? Towards Heaven Tonight 1.

  47. More time, would you? Talk to him.

  48. God we love. You cheese.

  49. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Come on.

  50. I think some of you ought to just go ahead and.

  51. Press for just a moment to go. Ahead and lay aside every

  52. weight, everything that's tried to beset you, everything that's

  53. tried to bombard your mind. Go ahead and just cast it off.

  54. Cast it aside and say, God, I'm going to be receptive to what

  55. you have for me tonight, God. God, I'm not going to push away

  56. the refreshing that you have for my mind and my body and my

  57. spirit tonight, God. God, I believe there's a

  58. refreshing rain for First Apostolic Church.

  59. Oh God, would you have your way in this house tonight?

  60. Lord God, would you accomplish what only you can accomplish

  61. tonight In the name of Jesus, in the name of.

  62. Jesus. In the name of Jesus, somebody

  63. shout in. Jesus name in Jesus name.

  64. Before you're seated, would you clap your hands?

  65. Unto the. Lord, in the Jesus name, in

  66. Jesus name, in Jesus name, you can be seated tonight.

  67. God bless you. I know this has.

  68. Already been echoed, but I want to echo it as well.

  69. Thank you so much for being in the House of the Lord tonight on

  70. a Monday night. And I am certainly very much

  71. appreciative, just as your pastor and his wife and family

  72. are, that you are here because the.

  73. Truth is, if you weren't here. I wouldn't have nobody to preach

  74. to tonight. And so I'm very grateful that

  75. you are here tonight and I, I certainly hope you'll be here

  76. tomorrow night and Wednesday night.

  77. And because I believe the Lords got greater things in store for

  78. us this week. Somebody say ma'am.

  79. For most casual readers, you just might miss it if you're

  80. simply skimming through the scriptures because the truth.

  81. Is tonight it's. Just a name.

  82. That rhymes with. Dora that is found amongst a

  83. list of other names. There's no mention of miracles.

  84. There's no armies conquered, you won't find where there is any

  85. sea splits, you cannot find where he escaped the lion's den

  86. unharmed, and you certainly won't read the scriptures of

  87. where he came out of the fiery furnace unharmed without the

  88. smell of smoke. Because it's simply a name.

  89. And I don't know about you, but I'm sometimes guilty of skimming

  90. the scriptures when there's just a.

  91. Bunch of names. But this is a hidden name that's

  92. found amongst many other names. It's it's just a name, a name

  93. Jorah. And while to many it's just a

  94. name, a hidden name, you and I know that God never includes

  95. something for nothing. Throughout the word of God,

  96. there are no moments where he just wasted words or wasted ink

  97. in the word of God. The Bible is not full of

  98. prophecy to simply fill the pages for us.

  99. The Bible is not full of instruction and inspiration so

  100. that we have something cool to talk about.

  101. The truth is God never includes something for nothing.

  102. The Bible teaches us that prophecy came not in old time by

  103. the will of man, by holy men of God spake as they were moved by

  104. the Holy Ghost. The writer would declare to us

  105. all scripture is profitable, is given by the inspiration of God,

  106. is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for

  107. instruction and righteousness. All scripture is profitable

  108. because God never includes something for nothing.

  109. After all, the writer tells us that we know that all things

  110. work together for the good to them that love God to them who

  111. are the called according to His purpose, because God does not

  112. include something for nothing. Can I tell us tonight there's

  113. not one of us sitting here that was sitting here for nothing.

  114. There's not one of us sitting here tonight just to feel a

  115. seed. But there is a purpose behind

  116. the reason that you and I are in the Pew.

  117. There's purpose behind the fact that we're in revival on a

  118. Monday night. I believe we can receive victory

  119. because we're in revival. We can receive joy unspeakable

  120. and full of. Glory, because here.

  121. There's purpose behind us being here in this.

  122. Moment in this moment. There's purpose behind this

  123. hidden name that we find on the pages of our text in Ezra

  124. chapter #2 you will find you will find in Hebrew that jorah

  125. means the first rain or the autumn rain.

  126. It's the early rain that softens the ground after a long dry

  127. season. Stay with me for just a few

  128. moments In the Bible days. Israel knew what drought would

  129. feel like, both naturally and spiritually.

  130. The Bible will frequently tell us of days of their days of

  131. drought as a consequence of their actions.

  132. The days of drought, there was no doubt, had an effect on their

  133. lives, on their food, on their water sources.

  134. It affected their chances of survival.

  135. But while Israel knew what drought felt like, both

  136. naturally and spiritually, there would come a time through the

  137. prophet Joel that God would promise that He will cause to

  138. come down for you. The rain or the former rain and

  139. the latter rain. Understand with me tonight,

  140. Church. The former rain refers to the

  141. autumn rain or the Jorah rain. In Israel.

  142. This was the rain that was essential for softening the

  143. ground. It was the first rain through

  144. the prophet goddess. I'm going to pour out what is

  145. needed. My measured provision will not

  146. be missing in the season of Chora.

  147. I believe. I believe Chora.

  148. By name was a. Prophetic reminder.

  149. That God has a way of sending you what you need, when you need

  150. it. And can I remind the church?

  151. On a Monday. Night that, that is just what.

  152. God is still doing. For First Apostolic Church, He

  153. is sending you what you need, when you need it.

  154. I believe God's trying to tell somebody tonight.

  155. I'll send you the right. Person at the right.

  156. Time. I'll put you in the right place

  157. at the right time. After all, I am still Jehovah

  158. Jireh. I am still the Lord that

  159. provides. I am still God.

  160. I am still God, and my God shall supply every need according to

  161. His riches and glory in Christ Jesus.

  162. The rain may start small, but it's starting.

  163. The. Healing may start small, but I

  164. believe there's evidence that it's starting.

  165. And I believe tonight we ought to rejoice in the Lord our God

  166. because our blessing is not just in the rain.

  167. We rejoice because we know we serve a God that is faithful day

  168. after day, week after week, month after month.

  169. It. May have been dry for a little

  170. while, but there's a rain that's falling.

  171. Upon first Apostolic Church. That is worth rejoicing.

  172. About. It's a rain that's softening the

  173. ground. I believe God is sending this

  174. church what you need when you need it.

  175. There's hope in this. House there's.

  176. Healing in this house The power of the Holy Ghost is in this

  177. house I. Wish you lift your hands with

  178. them for just a moment. What we need is in this place.

  179. What we need is in this house. Tonight I don't need to feel

  180. good. Tonight, I just need a touch of

  181. the master. Tonight I just need his shrink.

  182. I just need his presence. I just need his.

  183. Power what you and I have. Need of tonight is in this.

  184. House tonight, it's not up the street.

  185. It's not around the corner, it's right here.

  186. At First Apostolic Church. Is where your hope is found.

  187. Oh if you believe that, would you clap your hands unto the

  188. Lord? Come on, I wish you a clap a

  189. little bit louder like you believe that God is sending you

  190. what you need when you need it. In Ezra chapter #2 the Bible

  191. tells us the children of Jorah 112.

  192. I'll say it again, I don't want to.

  193. Be him. But you got to understand, I

  194. don't have time to read all of this tonight, But you got to

  195. understand if you was to read the Ezra chapter #2 you would

  196. find a genealogical listing, A roll call of those who returned

  197. from Babylon to Jerusalem. I was those that returned to

  198. rebuild the temple to re establish life life.

  199. You can read it for yourself and you can find individuals that

  200. were leaders and you can find individuals that were priests

  201. and Levites and servants. You can find a lot of great

  202. people listed in Ezra chapter 2. But also, you can find everyday

    Ezra 2 chapter mention

  203. families like the children of Jorah.

  204. You can find everyday people like you and I that show up to

  205. church on a Monday night of revival.

  206. You can find everyday people like us who are standing in the

  207. shadows, just us and our family or you and your family.

  208. Can I tell you, while it's true we can't read a lot about Jorah

  209. and his family, we don't know a lot about their history.

  210. We don't know a lot about their children.

  211. We just know because they're listed there that they showed up

  212. and they came back and I've come to preach to some people on a

  213. Monday night that feel like I'm just in the shadows.

  214. I'm just here. I'm just here on a Monday night.

  215. I feel overlooked. I feel like I'm nobody cares

  216. about me. I'm hearing the lies of the

  217. adversary that says I'm insignificant, that my family

  218. doesn't matter, that I'm just a janitor, that I'm just a.

  219. Part of the praise. Team, I've come to tell them the

  220. church tonight, the role that you play in the Kingdom of God,

  221. it matters because the truth is you don't have to be loud to be

  222. faithful and you don't have to be famous to be fruitful.

  223. But when you made-up your mind I'm coming to revival, it made a

  224. difference. It made a difference in the

  225. house when you chose to come to church.

  226. You don't understand. All I do around here is adjust

  227. the sound. Am I all right?

  228. Am I all right? I'm going to shut my eyes so I

  229. can't hear you. I don't remember what I'm

  230. supposed to say. Clock it you'll.

  231. Clock that 750. Clock that you don't understand.

  232. I'm just here because Pastor said I had to be here anyway.

  233. I'm here. You don't understand the role

  234. that I play. I'm just the first one in the

  235. prayer room praying that the Holy Ghost will move.

  236. You don't understand the role that I play.

  237. I just play my instrument and I just pray for pastor and his

  238. family. You don't understand.

  239. What I do is no, no, it's not insignificant.

  240. The role that you're playing in this church is key to the

  241. revival that is taking place in the church.

  242. I'm going to come over here and preach a little while.

  243. Can I tell you the role that you play in this church?

  244. It matters. It's making a difference to

  245. what's happening in this city. It's making a difference to

  246. what's happening. What we felt.

  247. Sunday morning what we? Felt Sunday.

  248. Night. What we feel right now is

  249. because somebody made-up in their mind, I'm going to show

  250. up, I'm going to roll up my sleeves.

  251. I'm going to be a part of Revival in Mount Carmel, IL

  252. because somebody showed up. It's not insignificant.

  253. It does matter. Tired, it matters.

  254. Don't feel good. It matters I ain't got all my

  255. ducks in a row. It matters I ain't got

  256. everything together. It matters.

  257. It matters that you walk through those doors on a.

  258. Monday night 'cause I. Believe something's going to get

  259. down inside of your spirit that. Says this ain't just.

  260. Another Monday night service. There's revival happening in

  261. here, there's a rain that's falling, there's a glory that's

  262. being released in this house. The devil is a liar, I said.

  263. The devil is a liar. The fact that you made-up in

  264. your mind, I'm showing up. It made a difference when you

  265. made the declaration. As for me in my house, we're

  266. going to serve the Lord. It made a difference.

  267. It made a difference when you're made-up in your mind.

  268. I'm going to pursue the promise that God has for me and.

  269. My family, I may not get the recognition I want, but thank

  270. God I get the revival that the church deserves, that the church

  271. needs, that the church desires. I heard it said once that

  272. sometimes the greatest legacy isn't the one written, it's the

  273. one walked out in the rain when Jorah made his way back, his way

  274. back to rebuild, when he left in pursuit of his promise, in

  275. pursuit of everything that was designed to be rebuilt.

  276. I just believe Church, something got inside of his spirit that

  277. said I'm going to dance in the rain.

  278. I'm not going to wait for the rain to stop so I can stare at

  279. everything pretty that's been produced because of the rain.

  280. I'm going to. Learn how to dance.

  281. In the rain with. Every step back.

  282. I believe something got. Inside of His Spirit.

  283. That said, I'm not just going to enjoy the sights and the sounds.

  284. I'm going to rejoice over what God is doing as the promised

  285. provision is being poured out. I believe we're.

  286. Living in our church where we don't have to wait for the

  287. fulfillment of everything before we rejoice about what God is

  288. doing in this hour. Dancing is biblical.

  289. I hope you brought your dancing shoes.

  290. Because it's biblical. You don't believe me?

  291. You can find in Exodus 15 that dancing is a natural response to

  292. God's goodness and mercy. The women danced to celebrate

  293. the Israelites deliverance from Egypt.

  294. You can find in Luke 15 there was dancing as the prodigal son

  295. made his way back home. You can find in First Samuel 18

  296. as the victorious troops were returning home after killing the

  297. Philistines. There was dancing and there was

  298. singing. I still believe it's Apostolic

  299. that we dance unto the Lord. That's why the Bible.

  300. Said let them praise his name in the dance.

  301. Praise him with a. Tremble and a dance.

  302. I know there's a time to weep and there's a time to laugh, but

  303. there's also a time to dance. There's a time to rejoice.

  304. There's a time to be excited about what God is doing.

  305. David dance before the Lord with all of his mind.

  306. That means don't worry about and I believe First Apostolic Church

  307. has every right to dance as God is softening the ground, as God

  308. is preparing the harvest for this season, I'm glad.

  309. That I don't have to wait for 100 Soul Revival to get excited.

  310. Because I know. When rain is falling, the ground

  311. is softening, and that's enough. That's enough in itself to

  312. rejoice about. The fact that the rain is

  313. falling is enough to rejoice about.

  314. God have mercy. I wouldn't embarrass nobody for

  315. nothing, but I'm so glad this sister's here tonight, I said.

  316. I'm so glad you're here tonight. I'm glad she's in this house

  317. tonight because it's proof that God is softening the ground,

  318. that God is softening the ground for what is getting ready to

  319. come. We may not understand.

  320. It all but I just know I don't have to wait.

  321. Till there's a. Hundred of these.

  322. Sisters, I can rejoice because. There's one in the house.

  323. I can rejoice the fact that there's.

  324. One in this place. That says, hey, I got to get

  325. hold of something. I don't know about you, but I'm

  326. glad tonight to know that God is still drawing, that God is still

  327. bringing in the harvest, that God is still restoring lives.

  328. It's worth rejoicing about. It's worth being excited about

  329. because. It won't be long.

  330. And your sons and daughters are? Coming.

  331. And your grandchildren are coming.

  332. It's worth dancing in the rain. It's worth being excited about

  333. what God is doing in this hour. It's worth being excited about.

  334. I know some of y'all are thinking.

  335. I don't know if I can do what Bishop McGee just did.

  336. Yeah, I believe you can do it. I believe you can rejoice over

  337. what God is doing. Can I take us we?

  338. All got reason to dance. We all.

  339. The fact that we're breathing tonight is a reason to rejoice.

  340. The fact that there's life in the church, the fact that God is

  341. working is reason, isn't enough to rejoice.

  342. My God, it feels good in this house, I said.

  343. It feels good in this house. It feels good in this place.

  344. Feels like a place where we can dance, I said.

  345. It feels like a place where we can dance.

  346. We can dance unto the Lord because he's a good God, I said.

  347. He's a good God. He's a good God.

  348. Some of y'all think I ran out of words.

  349. I ain't ran out of words. The Holy Ghost is in this house

  350. right now and some of you are going to have to grab a hold of

  351. this that there's enough strength in this house to dance

  352. in the midst of your miracle dance.

  353. If you ain't got no other reason, you can rejoice because

  354. the rain is softening the ground.

  355. There's a rain in this house that is bringing.

  356. Revival. We can dance because we can look

  357. around. And see what the Lord has done,

  358. how He's healed our bodies, how He's.

  359. Touched our minds how he saved us just.

  360. In time. I know the adversary fed you the

  361. liar that the drought was going to be forever, but there's

  362. provision in this house. There's provision in this

  363. sanctuary. I just believe that God is

  364. getting ready to turn our morning in the dancing.

  365. I just believe there's a joy releasing in this house.

  366. Come on, there's a rain in this house.

  367. Come on, there's a rain in this. House There's a rain.

  368. In this house that's. Happening right now, you want to

  369. go ahead and dance in. The rain In the name of Jesus.

  370. In the name of Jesus. Right now, in the name of Jesus.

  371. Every spirit of sadness be lifted, every spirit of

  372. depression be lifted, every spirit of anxiety be lifted.

  373. Let the oil of joy fall in this house.

  374. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, come on.

  375. The Holy Ghost is in this house. The Holy Ghost is in this house.

  376. Every hand lifted, everybody praying across this house in

  377. the. Name of Jesus.

  378. Come on, there's joy in this altar right now.

  379. Come on, there's joy in this altar right now.

  380. There's peace in this altar right now.

  381. There's a refreshing in this. Altar.

  382. Right now there's joy, unspeakable and full of glory.

  383. It's in this house. It's what you've been praying

  384. for. It's what you've been believing

  385. for. It's what you've been fasting

  386. for. It's what you've been craving.

  387. It's in this house. Yes, yes, Yes, God.

  388. Yes God, yes God come on there's more in this house.

  389. They just need to make their way out of their seed and make their

  390. way around the Salter. Right now the Holy Ghost is

  391. doing the work. Right now, the.

  392. Spirit of God is doing the. Work right now.

  393. There's a refreshing in the Salter.

  394. The strength that you need is. Right here.

  395. The hope that you need is right here.

  396. I would step out of my seed. I'd make my.

  397. Way around the Salter. And say, God, let it rain on me,

  398. God, let it fall. Follow me God, I've showed up.

  399. Now bless me. Yes, Yes.

  400. Yes, yes, yes. Come on.

  401. Here it is. In the name of Jesus.

  402. In the name of Jesus. Here it is the.

  403. Healing that you've been wanting, it's here in this

  404. house. It's here in this sanctuary.

  405. It's here, it's here, it's here. I can't explain it, but it's

  406. here. God, it's here.

  407. God, it's here. It's here.

  408. Come on. Heaven already knows you showed

  409. up tonight. Heaven already knows that you

  410. made your way into his house. Heaven already knows.

  411. That you made your way here, you're on the list.

  412. You're on heaven's. List tonight he.

  413. Wants to touch you. He wants to help you.

  414. He wants. To save you, it's here.

  415. You're Lobo. Yes God.

  416. Yes God. Yes, God, Every stronghold be

  417. torn down in the name of Jesus, every high thing that exalts

  418. itself against the knowledge of God.

  419. Oh God, we're bringing into captivity to the obedience of

  420. Christ right now. In the name of Jesus, In the

  421. name of Jesus, every lie be torn down.

  422. Every lie be torn. Down every lie.

  423. Be torn down. God, let your truth.

  424. Come alive. Let your truth be resurrected in

  425. our. Lives.

  426. In our minds. In our spirits tonight.

  427. Come on. There it is.

  428. There it is. It's the revival that you

  429. thought you'd never have. It's the revival that you

  430. thought you'd never experienced in your whole life.

  431. It's the revival that the Adversary said you would never

  432. have. But it's yours tonight.

  433. It's yours tonight. It's for you tonight.