Following the Holy Spirit to Your Divine Destiny | Annette Capps | World Outreach Church

At the first part of the year, the Lord

told me, he said, "Everywhere you go

outside of Cap's Chapel to preach, I

want you to talk about the guidance of

the Holy Spirit."

>> I went, "Oh, wow. This is the first time

God's ever said anything like that to

me. I'm so excited because I don't have

to study and prepare for a new sermon

every time. I know what I'm speaking

on."

And yet so far, every time I've gotten

ready to speak, it's about following the

Holy Spirit, but it's on a different

level.

>> So today, this is what the Holy Spirit

gave me. And I want to start and begin

with first of all, let's just let's just

go over some basics and and then we'll

get into the text for the day.

But let's talk about what destiny is.

How many of you have heard the word

destiny? And when it happens, don't you

kind of get this woo? [singing]

Destiny. Woo!

You know,

and what what does that mean? What is

it? Well, and then we have people, and

I've used this scripture myself that

says that God says, "I know the plans I

have for you. Plans for good and not for

evil. Plans to prosper you. Plans to

bless you.

A and we think about God's plans and

God's purposes. And then we've got this

thing out here that's that's destiny

that kind of floats around. So let's

let's just start out by differentiating

the difference. How about that?

Differentiating the difference between

plan, purpose, destiny, and fate. Let's

just start there and then we're going to

go to the word. All right. What is a

plan? Has anybody ever had a plan?

>> How many of you don't like to plan?

Don't raise your hand though. How many

of you are really planners down to the

very last everything? Okay. So, you know

what a plan is? A plan is an actionable

stepbystep

method to achieve a specific outcome. It

is a blueprint and from current that

goes from current state to future

outcome.

That makes sense, right? It's a

stepby-step thing that goes from you

where you are now to where you're going.

So, you've got a plan to get there. How

many of you plan to eat lunch today

after church? Do you have a plan to get

there? Oh, honey, let's go to such and

such restaurant today.

Okay. So, in your mind, you know where

the restaurant is, how probably how

you're going to get there, right? So,

that's a plan. That's a plan. All right.

What is a purpose?

A purpose is the reason something is

done, created,

or exist.

The reason behind it. What's the reason

behind you going to lunch? You're

hungry.

[laughter]

That's pretty simple, isn't it? Okay.

So, there's a purpose and there's a

plan. So we talk about God's plans and

in a very expansive way God we know

God's plan from Genesis to Revelation.

It's revealed to us and exposed to us,

right? We know the plan of salvation. We

knew the plan to send the Messiah. So we

have the big plan. And what's the

purpose? We know the purpose is that God

wanted you back.

That's right.

>> He wanted you back.

>> And the ultimate end is he wants you

back and he wants the earth back.

>> His entire creation.

>> So there we have plan, we have purpose

and then we have destiny.

All right. So this is a

I guess well I got it off the internet

just searching you know for different

things on the internet.

Destiny is a predetermined course of

events in your life a force a power that

guides your future.

That sound about right? Okay. So then

let's go to something else.

Fate.

Anybody ever heard of fate?

>> In Greek mythology, there were three

sisters, the fates.

>> And they determined when you were born,

what you did. They determined how long

you lived. And one of them ended up

cutting the string. Says that's the end

of them.

>> That doesn't sound very godly, does it?

>> And it's also very not right because we

know that there is not a fate. There is

not a predetermined thing that you're

going to die on this date because those

things are changeable because we have

Hezekiah for one. God said, "Get stuff

in order. You're going to die."

>> And then he turned his face to the wall

and said, "Lord,

>> I'm not basically I'm not ready to go."

And God turned the prophet around and

sent him back

>> and said, "I'm giving you 15 more

years."

So there was not a fate attached to

that. Okay, that fate is

well listen to the difference here. Fate

is an unavoidable

external force that dictates exactly

what happens to you.

And people that believe that are called

fatalist.

Now listen to the difference between

that. Every time you hear somebody say,

"Well, that was just fate."

It's usually associated with car wrecks,

disastrous, death, and the negative side

of life most of the time.

So, if it's unavoidable, this is what

the devil would like people to believe.

It's unavoidable external force that

dictates exactly what happens so that

you don't make any attempt to change

anything in your life.

It doesn't matter what choice I make. It

doesn't matter what I do, it's going to

happen.

>> I know people right now that are

believing to die at a certain age

because their parents did.

>> That's that that's not

>> well, you get what you believe,

>> right?

>> You get what you believe, you get what

you say. But that's not the way God

wants you to do it.

>> He wants you to live out the full span

of your life. And he not only wants you

to live out the full span of your life.

He wants you to live it in health.

>> Not sick, not disease. He wants you to

live it in health.

>> Amen.

>> Well, I'm going lots of ways today, but

we're getting the point across.

>> You've been destined to something. And

the way people pick their destiny and

decide that their destiny is a certain

thing is that they do it from their own

mind, their own plans, and their own

purposes.

>> But we're not interested in that as born

again believers. We should be interested

in God's plan, God's purpose, God's

divine destiny for all of his creation.

>> Are you getting it? Yes.

>> Okay. So, let's go to our scripture if

we could and our

first Corinthians 2 verses 6-1

16

and I think this is the way translation

because that was the um the version I

chose for this. All right. 1 Corinthians

2 beginning with verse 6. When we are

among mature believers, we do not speak

words of wisdom.

That doesn't sound right.

How about I read it to you out of my

Bible?

All right. 1 Corinians

2 6.

Yeah, this may be a different

translation perhaps. All right.

He says there is a wisdom that we utter

among the mature. Do you know there's a

difference? There's a wisdom we utter

among the mature. A wisdom, however, not

deriving from the present age.

[clears throat]

>> I'm just going to stop there for a

second.

>> We usually say from the present world,

but that's not what this says. From the

present age. What age are we living in?

We're living in the church age, the age

of grace.

>> So, the wisdom that Paul's talking about

is coming from a different age.

>> It's not ages past.

It's not the present age.

It is the future age.

In other words, he's saying to those who

are mature in Christ, I can speak from

the future.

I can speak from eternal truths and you

will grasp it.

>> But he goes on to say about the ones

that are not mature. [laughter]

He doesn't he can't speak in the depths

of the wisdom. So not deriving from the

present age, not from the powers who are

in control of this age.

>> Does there is everybody familiar with

the powers that are in control of this

age?

>> The devil is still here. His cohorts are

still here.

These powers are still here. Jesus has

defeated those powers, but they're still

here. And why are they here? I'm just

going to follow the Holy Spirit. I know

I that goes without saying,

>> but they're still here. Why are they

still here if Jesus defeated them?

Because there is a time.

>> There is a shifting of the age.

>> And it is not until the next age that

the devil will be bound. That is why

when Jesus encountered devils, demons,

and evil spirits, they said, "Whoa, I

know you who you are, the Holy One of

God.

>> Have you come to torment us before?"

[clears throat]

>> The time.

Before the time.

>> They know they have a destiny.

[laughter]

And they know when the time has come,

that's it.

>> The end. But we're still dealing with

the powers of this age in the current

time. But we're not operating.

>> We are not operating from this age. We

are operating from the next age.

And Paul said, "And have tasted of the

powers of the world that is, no, have

tasted the powers of the world to come."

>> So you and I are challenged to live in

this earth and not operate in the powers

of this age or in whatever we think is

going on. But we are assign we have an

assignment and a destiny to operate in

the powers of the world to come.

>> In other words, we are to act as if the

world to come is already established

because Jesus said the kingdom of God is

in you

>> now. Not that the kingdom of God one of

is going to come during the millennium.

The kingdom of God is in you now. And

that is your divine connection to the

millennial age to the world to come.

>> Glory.

>> Glory. Okay, I need to get closer to you

guys. Can somebody move my podium down

there?

I want to look you in the face. I want

to see you because this is a word.

This is a word

>> for this church. Every time I come here,

God gives me a word for this body of

believers, for this church. This church

has a destiny.

>> We think of people having destinies,

>> and they do,

>> but this church has a destiny.

>> It was established with a destiny. And

you can see part of the destiny. Look at

all the flags around to touch the

nations of the world. But the other part

of the destiny of this church is to keep

alive the moving of the Holy Spirit to

keep some people somewhere on this earth

that know how to flow in the gifts of

the spirit that know how to flow with

the Holy Spirit of God.

>> You say, "Well, doesn't everybody do

that?" No.

>> [laughter]

>> So there is a destiny for this church.

>> Now you will not find your destiny a lot

of times in the in the places you're

looking for. Let's go on with this

scripture.

So the p it does not come from the

powers who are in control of this age.

Though their days are numbered, we speak

God's wisdom in a mystery,

a mystery,

a hidden wisdom

which before the world began,

before the world began, God

purposed.

There's that word purpose, a reason.

What was the reason? He purposed this

wisdom held in the ministry in the mi in

a mystery also held in the ministry. But

he purposed

>> this hidden wisdom that was in a mystery

that he purposed for our

>> glory.

>> To tap into the glory, you must tap in

the wis wisdom.

The wisdom that comes not in this age

but the next age.

>> This wisdom is a wisdom which not one of

the powers who control the present age

has learned.

>> Yeah, you can see that. For if they had

learned it, they would not have

crucified the Lord of glory.

>> Now here what it says. But we speak to

use the words of scripture. Did you know

Paul knew the scriptures?

>> Paul knew the scriptures.

>> And that's one of the reasons I like

this right here. This uh way is because

he sets apart

he sets apart the scriptures from the

Old Testament so that you know what

comes what is he quoting here. So Paul

says, we speak to use the words of

scripture of things which I has not seen

nor ear heard and which has not entered

into the heart of man.

All

that God has in readiness for them that

love him.

>> Your eyes haven't seen it. Your ears

haven't seen it. The powers of this age,

their eyes and ears haven't seen it. is

there's nothing in their heart there the

things that God has prepared for us.

But here's how you find it. You are not

going to find your destiny. Nobody will

ever find their destiny with their head.

>> With your mind. You'll never find it

with your mind. So let's look. I'm

telling you, I'm just preaching from

Paul here today.

>> Glory. says, "For God has revealed them

through the spirit."

>> That's it. Yes, ma'am.

>> The destiny comes into the spirit. It is

revealed through the spirit. For the

spirit searches everything, including

the deeps of God.

>> Now,

a lot of times the translators here like

to put the Holy Spirit searches all

things, the deep things of God. But if

the Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity,

why would God have to search God?

>> So I thoroughly believe that this should

be the spirit of man searches all

things.

>> Amen.

>> Including the deep things of God.

>> It is your spirit that seeks out and

searches a purpose in life. It is your

spirit that seeks out a reason for

things that seeks out a plan. That seeks

out a purpose. It seeks out a destiny, a

reason for being alive on this earth.

>> It is your spirit.

>> And even the unregenerate spirit of man

seeks these things.

>> Hallelujah.

>> And psychologists tell us that those who

have a sense of purpose live longer and

have happier lives.

>> Well, duh.

>> Of course.

>> Yes, sir.

But the the the issue is here and I've

thought about this much is that the

younger people often think about

destiny. What am I destined to do? Am I

destined to become a writer? Am I

destined to become a doctor? Am I

destined to become a plumber? Am I

destined? But you know, it's interesting

because when you talk about destiny,

it's never plumber. It's never a

mechanic.

it's president of the United States,

>> right?

>> Because you just think that sort of

thing, you know, you just think that

sort of thing. That's because we do not

understand the destiny of God, the

purpose of God.

>> As I said, God has purposed from the

beginning. He his whole reason behind

everything he does is to get you back.

>> So good. How many of you are back?

>> Yeah, I'm back. God, prodal son, the

prodical daughter has returned home. I

am born of the spirit. And those who are

born of the spirit are led by the spirit

of God.

>> Right?

>> And so as I thought about this as a

young person and remembering back when I

was 20, 25, 26 and on and I thought

about how I was, yeah, what is God going

to do? what is my destiny? And I kept

trying to figure it out in my head. But

who best to tell you your destiny and to

take you on that journey to your destiny

than the Holy Spirit,

>> following the Holy Spirit. You see, you

just don't realize. You have no idea

that when you stop at that gas station,

>> when you leave this place, that when you

walk in there to get that whatever it is

you go in to get, I'd say a candy bar,

but I know you don't eat stuff like

that. [laughter]

When you walk in that gas station,

>> that that was part of your destiny to

see that person there and leave them a

track or see that person and minister to

them or

Now, don't tell me this is unbelievable

because I believe it. or you walked into

that gas station and you took the glory

of God in that place and you left a

trail of the glory of God in that gas

station so that somebody that walks in

next goes, "Woo!" [cheering]

>> Why am I thinking about what my mama

told me 45 years ago about Jesus? That's

weird.

>> Why? because you left a trail of glory

>> and then you go out and say, "Well, God

can't use me." You know, I'm

>> I don't have a destiny.

>> You don't know nothing about your

destiny in your head.

>> So, good.

>> You can only follow the Holy Spirit one

step at a time. And I got here to tell

you a lot of the time I'm following the

Holy Spirit and don't even know it.

>> It's not like I'm sitting around and

going, "Woo! Yes, Lord." Okay. Yes,

Lord.

>> I'll do that. Yes, Lord. I'll do that.

Somebody said, "Well, I've been praying

because I need a job." and the job a job

opened up but it's not one I want. Well,

do you need money?

[laughter]

>> Then unless God tells you no, take the

job.

>> That's right.

>> Well, this is not what I want to do with

my life.

>> Since when does your ego have anything

to do with God's plan for your life?

Oh, Annette, shut up. YOU'RE GETTING ON

PEOPLE'S TOES. [cheering]

>> Getting on people's toes.

>> So, the young people, you know, is where

am I going? What am I going to do? Who

am I going to marry? Will I have kids?

But then we go through the generations

and we get to the it's like, well, I'm

70 years old. God can't do anything with

me. I'm done with my life. Oh,

seriously?

>> Come on. Come on now. That's good stuff.

>> Come on.

>> How do you know that you shy person that

you are afraid to talk to anybody that

one day you run into somebody in Walmart

>> and somehow

amazingly the spirit of God comes on you

>> and you talk to that young man.

>> Yeah. Come on.

>> Thank you, Jesus.

>> It's happened to me. and you talk to

that young man and you give him the way

to salvation either by giving him a

track or you speak to him about his soul

and you go, "Lord, I can't even believe

I did that. That's not me."

>> But you do it

>> and that young man turns out to be

another Billy Graham.

>> Come on now.

>> And you say,

>> "No, God can't use me. I'm 80 years old.

>> You trying to do it in your head. Get

out of your head and get in your spirit.

[applause and cheering]

>> The destiny of God rest upon every one

of you. The destiny of God rests upon

every person born into this world.

>> But it's those that choose

>> choose that destiny.

>> Those that choose that destiny.

I uh I've been watching they came out

with a new thing on uh John F. Kennedy

>> several hour series and I watched it

because I was very interested in it. And

I knew these things but I didn't know

the extent of these things. I'll put it

that way. But I had no idea that this

young man was so sick. Half the time

they didn't expect him to live. He was

in pain most of his entire life.

He was in such severe pain when he was

running his his campaigns

that he had he could hardly walk. And

yet he'd walk up flight after flight of

stairs to go knock on somebody's door

and talk to him about voting for him.

>> And he was running for office. I think

it was Senate at that point.

You say, "Well, I can't." He could have

sat there as well. I I can't because I

have health problems.

>> I have health problems and and I can't

do that sort of thing. So, I'm just

destined to end up in a wheelchair. I'm

destined to not accomplish anything. I'm

destined because my circumstances

are not allowing me to complete my

destiny. So, I'm just destined to do

something else. Come on. Come on now.

>> But there was something on the inside of

him.

>> Yes.

>> That rose above every

>> obstacle, every pain, every diagnosis

>> that drove him.

>> Yeah.

>> Because he knew

that's where he wanted to be and that's

where he was going. And he made up his

mind. And I thought about that.

Here is this man in such pain and he had

a lot of problems. Okay, I don't you

know that's not the point. The point is

this is that he was so consumed with his

destiny and purpose in life that he

wasn't going to let his body falling

apart stop him.

>> And he didn't know about healing. He

didn't know about any of this stuff. And

I thought, God, what about us?

>> I thought about myself. You know,

sometimes it's like, well, you know, and

God has hadn't talked to me about rest

as well as somebody else. He's talking

about rest. [laughter] Not pointing at

anybody, but

God's hadn't talked to me about rest,

but there's been times it's like, well,

God, I Yeah, I'm just kind of tired. I'd

like to chill out. You know,

I'm sure nobody in here ever felt that

way. Hey, I'd like to just chill out.

There came a time when I thought, well,

you know, I've done a lot of things in

the ministry. I kept my dad's ministry

going. I've done all this, that, and the

other. And so, I'm just going to sit

back and I'm going to take it easy and

just sort of, you know, not retire, but

just chill out and and just let somebody

let some of these younger folks take it.

>> Like Elijah's sitting here. He's going

to speak tomorrow. Just let me sit back

and let Elijah take it.

>> Well, that worked for about a month.

Yeah. [clears throat]

>> And then here I was back.

>> Yeah.

>> But it took me that many years.

[laughter]

It took me that many years to fully

yield myself to the purpose of God, to

the destiny of God, to what God had for

my life.

>> And I didn't start out knowing where I

was going. If you told me where I was

going to be doing the things I'm doing

today, I would have That's not what's

going to happen.

>> But it all happens because of the Holy

Spirit in us taking one step at a time.

>> One step. You don't know exactly where

you're going, but I feel like I'm

supposed to do this.

>> I feel like I'm supposed to take a job

at Costco. It's the only thing

available. Take it.

Some people are sitting around just

waiting for God to give them the message

about taking a job at Costco when that's

the place that's open. That's the place

that'll pay their bills.

>> That doesn't mean you're called to do

that forever.

>> Boy, I just keep getting on people's

toes and stuff like that. Let's go back

to the Bible and I'll hide behind the

podium here a minute. All right.

[laughter]

>> Right.

>> Eye is not seen. ear is not heard,

neither has entered into the heart of

man the things God has prepared in

readiness for them that love him. For to

us God has revealed them through the

Spirit. For the Spirit searches

everything, including the deeps of God.

For who among men knows a man's thoughts

except a man's own spirit within him? In

the same way, only God's spirit is

acquainted with God's thoughts. But we

have not received the spirit of the

world, but the spirit which comes

>> from God,

>> that we may know,

>> hallelujah,

>> what is freely

>> given us by God.

>> And this we also utter, not in language

which man's wisdom teaches, but that

which the spirit

teaches. Amen.

>> We could just stop right there.

It says, "Adapting spiritual words to

spiritual truths. The unspiritual man

rejects the teachings of the spirit of

God. They are folly to him." Why?

Because it doesn't register up here.

>> That doesn't make any sense. I'm not

giving my life to God because he'll make

me go shout hallelujah and be one of

those holy rollers.

>> I'm not going to do that. And you have

no idea, no idea that that's what you've

been looking for all this time

>> because it's of the spirit.

>> The unspiritual man rejects the

teachings of the spirit of God. To him

they are folly. He cannot learn them

because they are spiritually appraised.

But the spiritual man appraises

everything although he himself is

appraised of none.

So

the misconceptions about destiny is that

there is a plan

like a blueprint

that God sets out.

>> And you ever looked at the blueprints?

Okay, there's a foundation here. We've

got to put rebar in it. It's got to be

18 inches deep. It's got to be this.

It's got to be that. And then we start

putting the studs up. And then we put

nails in there so many places. And so

God's plan is like this. It's like that

blueprint. And if you leave out a nail

>> Yeah.

>> or miss hammering that stud in the right

place and the whole house falls and

you're you're done because you made a

mistake. You missed it.

>> I'm just letting it set in. Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> There's been times that I thought, God,

if I hadn't messed up, you've been able

to do something with me.

And he said, move on.

>> Move on.

>> If you don't think God's big enough and

smart enough [laughter]

>> and wise enough to know that, you're not

going to walk by that blueprint.

See, we're missing the whole thing. We

think that it's this, this, this, and so

I missed it here. So now I've missed the

perfect will of God for my life because

this happened.

>> That's not how it works.

>> That's not how it works. Because see,

there is an o you've got to have the

first before you find your destiny,

you've got to find first of all what God

destined you for. Amen.

>> All right, let's just take a look at it

real quick and then I'm going to come

back.

All right, Ephesians 5 1 and5 says that

we are predestined. Oh, there's that

word predestined. I don't believe in

predestination.

Well, the church has sort of wrestled

with that idea for centuries and we've

sort of moved past that. So, let's just

talk about this. What does the Bible say

we're predestined for? Because that word

is there. Predestined, predetermined.

It's there.

>> So what are we predestined for?

We are predestined for adoption as his

child.

>> Ephesians 15. Ephesians 11. Because we

are his child. Ephesians 1 11

says that we are predestined to obtain

an inheritance from him.

>> You still with me?

>> Amen.

And then it goes on, and we are

predestined to receive his Holy Spirit.

>> And then in Romans 8:29, it says, "We

Romans 8:29

are predestined to be conformed to the

image of his son."

>> That's right.

>> So, we are predestined

to become a child of the living God, be

filled with his Holy Spirit, and grow up

into him

>> and become a mature person. Yeah,

>> that's what we're predestined for. I did

not read anything in there about

marrying John so and so or such and such

or

>> we're pre certain people are predestined

to die at a certain age. I didn't that's

not in there.

>> You got to understand the

predestination.

Once you come into Christ, you're in the

family and you are predestined to be in

that family and all that the rights all

the rights of being in that family.

>> So that's the first thing you need to

understand about destiny.

>> And then you need to understand the

purpose of God.

>> And the purpose of God is just this.

And I'm going to talk about us right

now. You and I

here in this period of time, we are

living between the first coming of the

Messiah

and the second coming of the Messiah.

>> There's been almost 2,000 years between

those events.

>> Approximately 2,000 years.

And where are we at this period of time?

You know, Paul was back here. This was

the first coming. Paul was here.

And then we're over here near the coming

in of the new age, the second coming of

Christ. And if you can see my thumb,

we're right here.

>> We're just butting up against it right

there.

>> This where we are.

>> See, you may say, "Well, I don't have a

destiny. I don't have a this or that."

Oh, but you do. You and I have been born

into such a time as this.

>> But what we don't understand about our

and I'm going to talk about a minute

about the destiny of the church.

>> You and I have been born over here at

this time. There were people that were

born here right before the first coming

of the Messiah. The prophet looked for

the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Many looked for the coming of the

Messiah.

And then the word of God said something

very interesting.

It said, "I send my messenger before my

fa face to prepare the way for the

Messiah, the coming of the Messiah." And

guess who that was? John the Baptist,

right?

>> He was the messenger.

And so why was it important for John the

Baptist to be born?

>> Prepare the way.

>> Jesus had to have someone prepare the

way and get people ready. And what did

John do?

Get ready. Get ready. Get ready. Get

ready. The Messiah is coming. No. John

the Baptist said, "Repent."

>> Yeah.

>> Get your life right.

You don't want to be in this shape when

the Messiah comes,

>> right?

>> And you know what? The Messiah had

already been born.

>> Isn't that interesting? The destiny, so

to speak, of John the Baptist and the

destiny of the Lord Jesus Christ

>> and the importance of John the Baptist

preparing the way. What does that mean?

Well, in the old days, let's Well, I

tell you what, I'm going to jump here

because I don't want to miss this. This

is so good. Let's go to um

Isaiah

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

chapter 40 really quick because this

this is what we're getting to what the

Lord

wants you to know.

Let's see.

Yes.

Isaiah 40. I'm reading out of the uh BSB

version. Listen to what this says.

Isaiah 40:3, a voice of one calling.

Isaiah 40:3

Now, I look up here and it says, one of

the versions says, "A voice cries in the

wilderness." Okay? A voice of one

calling. Prepare the way for the Lord in

the wilderness. Make a straight highway

for our God in the desert. Every valley

shall be lifted up. Every mountain and

hill made low and uneven ground will

become smooth and the rugged land a

plain.

So everything's going to be raised up,

brought down and a straight path made.

Right

>> now this was a messianic prophecy about

the Messiah.

It was listen to this. John the Baptist

was a key in ushering out the old

covenant, the old age, and ushering in

the new age.

>> And new age,

>> somebody stole that

>> new age,

>> the age of the church, the age of grace.

John was a key

of preparing the way of the Lord for the

new

dispensation,

the new era, the age that was to come

from their perspective.

>> So John the Baptist was a key. Now what

happened in those days is that when a

king was going to come to visit a city,

they sent people out before the king to

knock out the rocks out of the road,

take out the bumps, even pave roads. Can

you imagine? The king is coming. It's

going to take us 10 years to get him

here, but we're going to clean

everything out, right? And so this is

what it's talking about. The way is made

clear for the Messiah when he came

because John got people to repent so

they were ready to receive the message

>> from Jesus.

>> Amen.

>> And actually there was one spot there

where um the religious leaders came and

they came to check it out and maybe to

be baptized. And he said, "Who

you," he called them snakes,

you group of vipers and snakes, who

warned you about the wrath to come

>> because that was the condition of the

religion at that point in time. So here

we have the prophecy of the first coming

of the Messiah and John the Baptist is

the one that paved the way so to speak

for Jesus

to come and minister to the people. But

this has a second thing and this is the

word of the Lord to you today and to the

church of the Lord Jesus Christ. And

that is that we the church are the ones

that are paving the way for the second

coming of the Lord and for the reign of

the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

We are the ones paving and segging in

from the age of the church into the

rapture, the tribulation. And that's

only seven years

>> and into the millennial age

>> where Jesus will reign on this earth,

the second coming of Christ. It is our

responsibility to number one get

ourselves ready.

Number two, go out to the harvest,

>> right?

>> That's our responsibility. But here's

here's the clincher because we keep

talking about the glory of God.

You ready?

>> All right. Every valid valley shall be

lifted up. Every mountain and hill made

low, and uneven ground will become

smooth, and the rugged land a plain. And

once the way is prepared and the ground

is level and the path is cleared, the

glory of the Lord will be revealed

>> and all humanity together will see it.

>> Why? For the mouth of the Lord has

spoken. Amen.

>> So here is the prophetic message in

this. Pray for John. John the Baptist

came and prepared the way for Jesus.

You got a destiny as a child of God to

prepare the way for the second coming of

Jesus.

>> And let's just put it in perspective

here.

It's up to us individually to get before

God and say, "God, I've been focused on

this. I've been focused on that. Been

focused on the other. Focus me

on your

destiny for the church of the Lord Jesus

Christ." Everybody say, "I am the

church."

>> I am the church.

>> I am the body of Christ.

>> I am the body of Christ. It is up to us

>> to prepare the way

>> the way

>> for this coming.

>> It's a it's just it. That's what that's

what the word. And if you want to see

the glory and we want to experience the

glory of the Lord is and we got to

remove the mountains, raise the valleys

up, pave the way. And you go, "Well,

what does that mean?" Well, you're not

going to understand it here, but you

understand it in your spirit.

in your spirit. Something's something's

stirring.

>> You're going to understand it in your

spirit.

>> And you are going to hear the voice of

the spirit of God. Because here's what

God said everywhere. Everywhere you go,

I want you to talk about the guidance of

the Holy Spirit. And I'm talking right

now about

>> following the Holy Spirit to your divine

destiny.

Quit thinking in terms of mind and ego

of my divine destiny to to be a

millionaire to run a company to do this

and God may do that with you and that's

fine but your ultimate divine destiny is

to usher in for this generation

>> good

>> those of us who are alive right now

>> to usher in the coming

>> of the Lord Jesus Christ

>> that is our divine destiny.

>> Let's get the let's get God's view.

>> Let's get thinking about on our our

about well, what's God's plan for my

life? I don't know what God's plan for

my life is, what his purpose is. I don't

know.

Let's get our mind off that. You got an

internal guidance system,

>> the Holy Spirit, a divine GPS.

that all you got to do is set it on the

right thing.

>> If you if you want to go to Little Rock,

Arkansas, you don't set it for Dallas,

Texas.

>> But if you set it on Little Rock,

Arkansas, being a pilot, I've used GPS

for that kind of stuff for years. All

right? And it was just a piece of cake,

man. Once you could do that, you just

set it in there and you just make sure

your airplane stays on that line.

And it's the same thing with your car.

Just make sure you do go where it tells

you to go if it's working right.

I got news for you. The Holy Spirit

always works right.

>> The Holy Spirit, your internal GPS.

>> If you got it set on

other stuff, I don't even want to go

into it. other stuff of what your

destiny is.

Then you're going to

>> you may go around this way

and you may go around again and you may

go around and some of you feel like

you're stuck right here. You just keep

going round and round and round and

round. Then you try to get out and then

you come end up right back at the same

place.

>> You need to reset your GPS.

>> Reset. I'm going to put all this aside.

And I'm setting

my divine destiny and destination

>> on the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ

>> and the next age to come, which is the

millennium. And for those of you that

think you're going to go in the rapture

and stay in heaven for all eternity, I

got news for you. We're coming back

here. Yeah,

>> don't get me on that. That's enough.

That's enough. That's the message for

the church today. And I say the church,

everybody that hears this online,

wherever they hear it,

>> this is the message, church. We are John

the Baptist in the way.

>> We are the one who prepares the way.

>> So, let's get busy preparing. But the

first step is to get our GPS set on the

right thing. All right, let's all stand

up.

>> Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus.

>> You know,

[laughter]

[snorts] I have a tendency just to tell

the truth and tell it like it is and

just

spit it out there.

>> I can preach this message to you today

and I can pray for you and I can lay my

hands on your head till I wear every

every hair off your head.

>> But I can't set that destiny and

destination for you.

>> You've got to make up your mind. I am

going with God.

>> I'm gonna focus on the things of the

spirit and the things of God. And oh

yeah, you know, don't look at me and

think that all I do is sit around go,

"Oh yes, God." I mean, I have to deal

with insurance. I have to deal with

cars being broken down. I have to deal

with all the stuff you do. That's right.

>> But my

my GPS, my destination, and my destiny

is set. And I say it all the time. I say

it.

>> Yes.

All the time.

I say, I will complete what God's called

me to do. [music]

>> You say, "Yeah, but you're a minister."

Well, you're a human.

I will live out the full span of my life

and health

>> and I will accomplish

>> the full purpose, plan, whatever you

want to call it, destiny

and I will reach my destination. And

that's what Paul said, you know, I

fought the good fight.

>> I've run the course. I crossed the

finish line. I'm going on

>> fine.

That's good.

But a lot of you have said that I've hit

the finish line and I'm going on and you

ain't done.

>> That's good.

>> The Bible recognizes gray hair is a sign

of wisdom. Longevity is not a bad thing.

It's a good thing.

>> It's like my dad told somebody one time,

they said, "Well, I don't know. I just

keep having these birthdays and getting

older."

My dad said, "Well, there's only one way

out of that.

[laughter]

>> If you die, you won't have any more

birthdays."

But none of us want that.

>> In reality,

we need to set fixed purpose.

>> Fixed purpose on our part,

our part to play in this end time. And

it's not all apostles, and it's not all

prophets. And it's not all this stuff.

It is all members of the body of Christ

working together in that area that God's

called

>> you to.

>> So,

I'm going to ask this right now. I'm

going to ask you right now. How many of

you are willing to do everything that

God has called you calling you to do

>> all the way to the I'm asking for a

commitment today. I'm not asking for a

commitment for this week, for this

month, for this year. I'm asking for a

commitment until you grow up in the

rapture

>> or until you decide you've lived out

enough years and it is time. I'm asking

for a commitment until that day.

If you're willing to do that, I want you

to raise your right hand and I want you

to say this. In the name of the Lord

Jesus Christ. In the name of the Lord

Jesus Christ,

>> I commit myself

>> spirit, soul, and body

>> to accomplish

>> the will of God

>> the will of God.

>> The purpose of God

>> the purpose of God

>> the destiny of God

>> for my life

>> for my life.

>> I declare it.

>> I declare I will live out the full span

of my life.

>> I declare I will live out the full of my

life

>> in health.

>> In health. None of my days will be

shortened.

>> None of my days will be shortened.

>> And I will finish my race.

>> And I will smile.

>> I will smile.

>> When I'm done.

>> Amen.

>> Glory be to God.

[music]

>> Glory be to God. Glory be to God. Glory

be to God. All right.

>> Hallelujah. What I said about sometimes

you make mistakes. I was talking about

that blueprint. You know, the nail goes

in the wrong place.

>> It's not built right. There's some of

you here that been wrestling with all

the stuff you did wrong.

>> And some of you have done some things

that you're really ashamed of. But you

know what? God did everything he did cuz

he wants you back.

>> He wants you back.

>> And if you need forgiveness today, I

want you to raise your hand right now.

All right.

>> Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray

right now for divine

forgiveness and the love of God to flow

over every person here who has had

that situation in their life. They've

missed it. They've done wrong. Lord, I

just ask in Jesus' name that you restore

them to fellowship. Right now, I want

everybody in here to say this. Thank

you, Lord.

>> Thank you, Lord.

>> I am forgiven.

>> I am healed.

>> I am restored to fellowship.

>> I restored to fellowship.

>> You've forgiven me.

>> And I am free.

>> And I am free

>> to complete my destiny.

>> In Jesus name.

>> in Jesus name.

>> Amen.

>> All right. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.

Glory to God. I believe we're done here.

>> Yeah.