Holy Spirit Flow | Mark and Janet Brazee | World Outreach Church

Oh, hallelujah. [singing]

Thank you, [music] Jesus. Lord, you're

worthy of all [singing] the glory,

honor, the honor, and all the

[music and singing] praise. And it makes

me, it makes me want to shout.

[music]

Shout to God with a voice of triumph.

Shout to God with a [music] voice of

praise. It makes me.

It makes me want to [music] shout.

You're good Jesus. You're faithful

[music]

Jesus. Oh,

it makes me say, [music] it makes me

[singing] want to shout.

Hallelujah.

Thank you, Jesus, Lord. You're worthy

[singing and music]

of all the glory and all the honor and

all the praise. [music]

It makes [singing] me want to shout.

[music] Hallelujah.

Thank you, Jesus. Lord, you're worthy of

all [music and singing] the glory.

>> All the glory, all the honor,

>> all the praise, all the praise.

We [music] want [singing] to shout.

>> Hallelujah.

>> Thank you, Jesus.

>> Lord, you're worthy. You're worth

[singing] the All the glory. [music]

>> All the honor, all the praise,

>> all the praise.

Hallelujah.

[music]

Thank you, Jesus. Lord, you're worthy of

all the glory [music]

and all the honor and all [singing] the

praise.

>> Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

[music]

Hallelujah.

Thank you, Jesus.

[singing]

All the glory [music] and all the

all the praise. [singing]

>> Hallelujah.

Do you remember when you were born

again? If you can't remember when you

were born [music] again, ha, maybe you

need to get born again. [music]

Each of us should have a very vivid,

very vivid memory of when we were born

again, when our life became brand new,

when he recreated us from the inside and

it worked its way on [music] the

outside. Each of us should remember.

Say, "Well, I don't know if I remember

that or not." Well, you should. [music]

You should because it's a monumental

event that takes place when God comes

and makes his residence [music] in us. I

can remember when I was born again. I

can [music] remember it like it was

yesterday. I have the picture in my

mind. [music]

I was four years old. I was sitting

towards the back, the center aisle. My

mom was actually pregnant with my

sister. I [music] was sitting next to

her on the end so I could see. My dad

had invited [music] this group to come

to our church that did drama

presentation depicting the [music] great

white judgment day.

The judgment day. And [music] so um

people in the church were in the in the

play, but it showed people coming up and

standing [music] before the throne of

God. And there would be some and he

would say, [music] you know, well done,

thou good and faithful servant. Enter

into your reward. But then there were

others that he would say,"I [music]

don't know you.

>> Depart from me." [music] I can remember

that my aunt was in that play. She was

one that he said, "I don't know you.

Depart from me." And I was like, "Oh my

goodness." I can remember thinking that

as a four-year-old. But it impacted me.

I knew what was happening. I knew what

was going on when they were having that

play. And I knew it was a moment of

decision for me at four years old to

make a decision. So, I am going to walk

with God. I believe in Jesus. I believe

he died for [music] my sin. I believe

that he's come to make me new on the

inside. Even as a four-year-old, I

[music] knew it. I received Jesus right

where I stood by my [music] mama.

Never looked back. Never looked back.

Never looked back.

You don't have to look back. You don't

have to be pulled back. Don't allow the

devil to pull you back into your old

life because you've become a new

creature with a new life. Your past is

washed away and gone forever.

[music] That's how God sees you. Brand

new. You say, "But my past." What past?

He says, [music] "What past?" He says,

"What past? There is no past. There's

only a future in him. And it's an

amazing future. It's an amazing future.

It's a blessed future. His plan for your

life is a blessed plan. [music] It's a

good plan. It's a wonderful plan. God

has a plan for each of our lives.

[music]

Each of our lives, he has a plan."

And then when [music] I was eight years

old,

I remember being filled [music] with the

Holy Ghost. I remember going to Boys and

Girls camp and I can remember going up

around the altars

tarrying [music]

cuz that's what they told you you had to

do. Just come up here and tar. And I can

remember people being all around me,

[music] you know, saying, "Let loose.

Let loose. Hang on. Hang on." on. And

I'm like, what do you do? Lay let loose.

Hang on. What do we What am I supposed

to do? Well, needless to say, that was

not the moment I was filled with the

Holy Ghost. I can remember I was my

[music] daddy had given he always gave

an invitation to come up around the

front and pray the end of every service.

And I was standing over by [music] a

side wall.

There were a lot of young people that

were filling that aisle. And we were all

just down there praying. And [music]

suddenly,

>> suddenly,

I didn't have to have anyone lay hands

on me. [music] I didn't have to have

anyone tell me what to do. But suddenly,

suddenly, I was filled with the Holy

Ghost just as they were on the day of

Pentecost. Filled with the Holy Ghost.

And I began to speak in tongues as he

gave me the utterance.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Woo.

Saved. Filled with the Holy Ghost. And I

can't even begin to tell you the times

I've [music] been healed. Healed by the

power of God. By the word of God.

[music]

By the word of God. He sent his word and

he healed us. He sent his word and he

healed [music] us. He sent his word and

he healed you.

He healed you. Laying on our hands is

one way, but it's not the only way. You

can receive healing right where you are.

Right where you are. [screaming]

Right where you are. Thank you, [music]

Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.

Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.

Hallelujah.

It makes me [music and singing] want to

shout.

>> Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

>> Thank you, Jesus. Jesus, Lord, you're

worthy. You're worthy, all the [singing]

glory, all the glory, [music] all the

honor, all the praise, all the praise.

[music]

>> Hallelujah.

Thank you, Jesus.

>> Thank you, Jesus. Lord, you're worthy.

Lord, you're worthy of all the [singing]

glory.

All the [music]

praise. It makes me [music]

want to sh

[music and singing]

[singing]

Hallelujah.

[music]

It makes me [singing] want to shout.

>> Hallelujah. [music]

Thank you, Jesus. Lord, you're worthy.

>> Hallelujah.

[singing]

>> Hallelujah. [music]

Hallelujah.

>> It makes me want [singing] to shout.

>> Thank you, [music] Jesus.

So if you're sitting in standing [music]

standing or watching and you say, "I've

never received Jesus. I I have [music]

no recollection of it." Or maybe you can

remember as a child. You received Jesus

as a child, but you've [music] turned

and you walked away from father's house.

You've just walked away. Today is your

day [music]

>> to turn around. Turn around. Make a

change. turn around and go another way.

Today is your day. [music] Or maybe you

say, "Yeah, I'm I'm I'm born again. I

know it. I know it. But I I've never

been filled with the Holy Ghost [music]

like they were in Acts chapter 2 on the

Acts 2 · chapter mention

day of Pentecost when they were all

filled with the Holy Ghost." And they

begin to speak in other tongues as the

spirit [music] gave them the words. It's

a very supernatural experience, [music]

but it is a cooperation between you and

the spirit of God. If you stand there

like this,

nothing's going to happen. If I [music]

said, "Tell me your name." What would

you have to do?

>> Open your mouth. Produce some sound.

Say, "My name is." It's the same with

the Holy Ghost. You invite him to fill

you to fill you with his Holy Spirit.

He'll give you the words. It may not

sound like a language. It may [music]

sound like gibberish, but I'll tell you

what the Bible says. He knows and

understands [music] everything that

comes out of his mouth. We're not

speaking to man anyway. We're speaking

divine mysteries. Divine mysteries.

Think [music] about that. When you pray

in the Holy Ghost, you are speaking

divine mysteries. Woohoo. I love that. I

don't have to know what I'm saying. I

don't have to know what I'm [music]

praying about because I trust the Holy

Ghost on the inside. He knows things far

greater than I know. He He is the

express image [music] of the father,

Jesus, and his holy spirit. So if

there's somebody here this morning, you

said, [music] "You know what? I want

that." If you God's got it for us, why

not have it all? Huh? Don't pick and

choose. [music] Don't pick and choose.

Today is your day. Today is your day to

go home a different way. So if that's

you, you're you want to be born again.

You want to come back [music] to

Father's house. You say, "I'm tired of

go things are not working well for me

going my way." Turn around. [music] Go

God's way. Turn around. Or you say, "I

want to be filled with the Holy Ghost."

[music] I want you guys to come down

here right now. Everyone, if that's you,

come down here right now. Just come down

[music] here. Stand here because I know

there's people in the God would not

interrupt a whole service to have this

invitation [music] given if there's no

one here. Come down here right now.

Don't be bashful. Don't be shy. Come

now. Maybe you [music] haven't prayed.

Maybe you got filled with the Holy Ghost

as a kid, but you haven't prayed in

tongues since you were since that

happened. You know what? You should be

praying in the Holy Ghost every day.

Every day. Every [music] day. While

you're driving, while you're getting

dressed, pray in the Holy Ghost. You

say, "Why?" Because it builds you up. It

edifies you. It's like charging your

battery with a cord. That's what praying

in the Holy Ghost does. [music] So, come

down here right now. I'm going to wait,

but then we're going to go on. Come,

come, come, come, come, come.

Now, quick. Come down here. [music]

Don't sit there and think about it.

Come, come, come.

We're going to sing, then you come. Come

on.

>> Hallelujah.

>> Hallelujah. [music and singing]

Thank you, Jesus. Lord, you're worthy of

[music] all the [singing] glory and all

the honor and all [music] the praise.

[singing]

>> Thank you, Lord. It makes me want to

shout.

>> Hallelujah.

>> Thank you. Thank you, Jesus, for your

all the [music] glory and [singing] all

the honor and all the praise.

It makes me want to shout.

>> Hallelujah.

>> Hallelujah. [music and singing]

>> Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.

>> Lord, you're [music] worthy [singing] of

all the glory and all the honor and all

[music] the praise.

Hallelujah.

[music] Okay,

let me just give you a little secret. I

learned [music] many years ago when the

spirit of God moves and that's you and

you don't [music] move, you're going to

be miserable the rest of the day.

I say it jokingly, but I'm very serious.

Throwing the net out, but it's up to

you. It's up to you. It's up to you. But

why settle for less [music]

when you can have all you can have all

all that God has for you?

He loves [music] you. He loves you. He

wants you filled. He wants you healed

in whole spirit, soul, and body. [music]

Okay, brave. Come on down here. Love

you. Come right down here. Okay. [music]

Come on. She's She cracked open the

door. Come on. Some other people come

join her. You want to be filled with the

Holy Ghost. You want to be able to pray

in [music] tongues like you need to get

down here. Maybe you've not received

Jesus. Come now.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Thank you Jesus.

Thank you Lord.

>> [music]

>> You're worthy, [singing] worthy, worthy,

worthy.

Oh, thank you, Jesus.

Thank you, Jesus. [music]

Thank you, Jesus.

[music]

Oh,

hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

>> Thank you, Jesus. You're worthy, worthy,

[music and singing] worthy, worthy.

Oh, we give you glory. [music] We give

you honor.

Thank you, Lord.

Thank [music] you, Lord. You worthy.

[singing]

You worthy. You worth your word.

>> It makes me [music] It makes me

[singing] want to shout

hallelujah. [music]

Thank you, Jesus. Lord, you're [singing]

worthy of all the glory and all [music]

the honor and all the praise.

It makes me want [music] to shout.

Hallelujah.

[singing] Thank you, Jesus. Lord, you're

worthy [music]

of all [singing] the glory and all the

honor and all the [music] praise.

>> It makes me It makes me want [singing]

to shout, "Oh, Hallelujah. [music]

Thank you, Jesus. Lord, you're worthy

[singing] of all the glory and all the

[music] honor and all the praise.

>> It makes me It makes me [music]

want to shout.

Hallelujah.

Thank you, [music] Jesus. Lord,

[singing] you're worthy of all the glory

[music] and all the honor and all the

praise. It makes it makes [music] me

want to [singing] shout.

>> Oh, hallelujah.

[music] Thank you, Jesus. [singing]

Lord, you're worthy of all the glory and

all the honor.

>> You're worthy, worthy, [music]

worthy.

It makes me [singing] want to shout

hallelujah. [music]

Thank you, [singing] Jesus. Lord, you're

worthy of all the glory and all

[music and singing] the honor and all

the praise.

>> [music]

>> Thank you [music] Jesus. Thank you

Jesus.

>> [music]

>> Thank you, [singing] Lord.

[music]

>> I just want to thank you.

>> Hallelujah. [music]

>> Thank

you,

Lord.

[music]

I just want to thank you. [music]

>> Thank you.

>> I just want to [singing] thank you. I

thank you,

Lord.

[music]

>> I just want I just want to thank

[singing] you. I just [music] want to

thank. So I thank

you,

Lord.

I [music] just want to thank you, Lord.

[singing] I just want to thank you. I

just [music and singing] want to thank

you. Thank

you,

Lord. [singing and music]

I just want I just want to thank

[singing] you. I just [music] want to

thank

you, [music and singing] Lord.

I just want [music] I just want

[singing] to thank you. I just [music]

want to thank

>> one more time. Thank

you. you, [singing] Lord.

[music]

I just want I just [singing] want to

thank you. I just [music] want to thank

you. Say, hallelujah. [music]

Thank you, Jesus. Lord, [singing] you're

worthy of all [music] the glory and all

the honor and all the praise.

>> [music]

>> It makes me want to [singing] shout

hallelujah.

Thank you, Jesus. Lord, [music] you're

worthy of all [singing] the glory and

all the honor and all the praise.

[music]

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. [music]

Well,

they were all filled with the Holy

Ghost. Each [music] and every one of

them.

See, it doesn't have to drag on forever.

Doesn't [music] have to be oh, hours

long

like some of [music] us experienced

growing up because we didn't have

teaching. We didn't know. And you know

what else? And let me just [music] say

this.

I always thought, and this was not, my

daddy didn't teach it this way, but

[music] you know, this is my assumption,

that you couldn't pray in tongues just

any time, that you had to kind of work

yourself [music] up, work yourself up

into a Holy Ghost frenzy, for a lack of

a better word, and then it would burst

out of you. You could pray in tongues.

But then I realized that being filled

with the Holy Ghost and receiving

receiving this [music] supernatural

prayer language is what it is

that it's like another language.

You know, I'm not fluent in any other

language, but I can say hello in a lot

of languages. I know how to say it and I

don't have to like Okay. Okay. Okay. How

do I say [music] can I say hello in

French? Can I say it? Can I say it? Can

I say it? No, I just say bonju. Bonju

sa

civa sava. There it is. I heard a sa.

It's a sava. I knew it was [music] sa

whatever. I can do good with hello and

then I'm about I'm done because then

they answer you and then it's like

the point is

I can speak in anything [music]

that I know at any point.

This is a prayer language. I I get a lot

of my praying in [music] tongues done

when I'm driving on 169.

>> [music]

>> It's a good time to be praying in the

Holy Ghost, but I'm not wanting to waste

time. And [music] so, I just drive and I

pray in my prayer language and I'm

building up myself on my host [music]

holy faith, preparing myself for the day

and what's ahead.

I encourage you, pray,

pray, pray with the aid of your prayer

language. The Apostle Paul said, "I will

pray in tongues. I will sing in the

spirit. Pray [music] in the spirit. Sing

in the spirit.

It's easy as that. You can worship him

in your known language and you can

worship [music] him in the spirit.

That's in your prayer language. It's

your [music] language. Your language

does not have to sound like anyone

else's language. It won't because it's

your prayer language. [music]

Don't get intimidated. Don't get

intimidated by how other people pray. I

don't pray like Pastor Mark.

He doesn't pray like I do. [music] But

there's not a right and wrong way to

pray. Just be you.

Just let him flow out of you. He's just

looking for a mouthpiece

[music] to spray out his will on the

earth. We're it.

>> We're [music] it.

So don't short circuit short circuit

what he wants to do through you

because I'm I'm not going to pray in

tongues. Are you kidding me? No.

It's a gift. It's a gift. It [music]

belongs to every believer. Every

believer.

Every [music]

believer.

Praying in the spirit

belongs [music]

to you. Well, they didn't teach it like

that in my church. Go read Acts. [music]

Read the entire book of Acts.

This didn't happen on the day of

Pentecost [music] when the 120 were

filled with the Holy Ghost. No. You look

back and I think it's Acts chapter 19.

Acts 19 · chapter mention

Paul [music] comes to a group of

believers and he says, "Have you

received the Holy Ghost since you

believed?" And they're like, "We don't

even know that there is such a Holy

Ghost. What you talking about?"

It says he laid his hands on them and

they were all filled with the Holy

Ghost. Another chapter in the book of

Acts, same thing. Same [music] thing. It

says the Holy Ghost came on them as at

the beginning.

So there are some non-negotiables.

I believe that you will speak in your

prayer language, in your field,

baptized. Let me just [music] say that.

Baptized in the Holy Ghost. Baptized in

the Holy Ghost. Jesus said, "You shall

be baptized in the Holy [music] Ghost,

and you will be witnesses." Why? What's

the purpose? Lots of purposes, but

you'll be witnesses. Witnesses. You say,

"I'm just a little shy." Then [music]

pray in tongues. Get over that shyness

because he said there's a boldness that

will come on [music] us. Not a rudeness,

a boldness that will come [music] on us

to be a witness to him. For him,

there being equipped equipped. It's part

of our supernatural [music]

equipment.

It's not weird. It's not uncomfortable.

It's [music] part of our supernatural

equipment. If [music] we serve a

supernatural God, how many of you

believe we serve a super supernatural

God? Then why in the world would he not

want a supernatural people?

H why in the world do we [music] not

want a supernatural sons and daughters?

because what's in his DNA becomes our

DNA. He's a supernatural God [music] and

we are supernatural children of a

supernatural God. Period. I guarantee

you that these [music] kids up here that

were up here with their mom and dad that

each of them have certain traits of

their mom and their dad. [music]

We are the body of Christ. We [music]

are to be a supernatural

church. I'm not talking about the

building. I'm talking about the people,

the body. We are [music] the body of

Christ and he's made available a

supernatural

equipment.

Amen. [music]

>> So, I can't encourage you enough. So,

yeah. Praise the Lord.

That's all I had. Actually, that was way

more than I thought I had.

So, um I'm done. He's He's done.

[laughter]

Why don't we lift up our voices and

listen? You know what? Yeah. Hold on a

second. We're Let's pray in the Holy

Ghost. [music]

>> Let's pray in the Holy Ghost. Don't

listen to the person next to you. Don't

do what [music] they do. You do what you

do because you said you're all filled

with the Holy Ghost because only these

four came [music] forward. So that means

everyone else is filled with the Holy

Ghost and praying in tongues. So

So let's do it. [music]

Let's do it. Lift up your voice.

[music]

>> [music]

>> Oh, show [music]

show.

for

[music]

Oh,

[music]

no. No.

>> [music]

>> Oh

[music]

>> [music]

>> Da

no

[music]

laudch.

[music]

>> [music]

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>> Allo.

Alas [music]

laushto.

[music]

[laughter]

Oh [screaming]

[music]

la

[music]

heaven. Hey. Hey.

[music]

Yes.

[screaming and laughter]

>> [music]

>> Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. You say, "Well, I haven't a

clue what [music] I just prayed." I

said, "That's okay." Because he does.

He understands. [music] We're not

speaking to one another when we pray in

the spirit. Now, I wouldn't get up here

and say, "Open a service in prayer and

begin just, you know, speaking in

tongues." No, cuz [music] I'm I'm

opening the service. I'm I'm I'm

inviting the presence of God to come and

you need to know what I'm praying.

[music] But in cases like this, when

we're speaking, we're speaking divine

mysteries.

The Bible says it's a divine mystery.

and he understands everything

we say. And I'll tell you something else

that happens when you pray in tongues.

In Romans, it talks about how

there can be a situation where you you

know someone that's going through

something,

but you don't know all the details.

It says when you don't know how to pray

or what to pray, when you don't know

what to pray, there's always a how to

pray. And the how is to pray in the

spirit

because you bypass your mental realm.

You bypass praying your will for that

person.

You know, there are situations where I

just want to [music] pray my will. I

know what I want for their life. I know

what I want for them. But that's not

necessarily God's will.

And so take a step up higher

spiritually.

And when you find situations where you

[music] don't know exactly what to pray

for, you know, I pick up on I pick up on

people a lot.

Names will come to me. Some of you, your

names will come to me. People that don't

even live around, their name [music]

will come to me. And it's not the time

to go, I wonder how they're doing.

No. Come on, step up spiritually. Let's

grow up spiritually.

The spirit of God [music] will drop

names sometime in our heart for a

reason. You don't have to know the

reason.

Just begin to pray. Just begin to pray

in the spirit because when you pray, the

Holy Ghost will take hold together with

you and help you pray

for that individual [music] in line with

his will. Does that make sense?

>> So, we're going to do one more thing.

I want you right now to stop

and I want you to think of someone.

Think of someone that you don't We all

know people [music] that are going

through a hard time or or or whatever.

Think of someone that's kind of come up

in your heart or you've you've thought

about you've thought about but you

didn't take it any further. Someone that

[music] you know or maybe you don't even

know them. Maybe it's the lady at the

Walmart checkout counter that you see

every time you go. Someone [music] let

the Holy Spirit right now cause someone

to rise up in your heart.

And you don't know all the details of

what's going on. Maybe you know a little

bit. Maybe you know nothing. But I want

us to get very [music] pinpointed right

now. And I want us to take maybe three

minutes and I want [music] you to pray

in the spirit for them

because the Holy Ghost knows exactly

what's going on in that situation. He

knows far greater than we know. Our

knowledge is so limited, but [music] his

is unlimited. He's unlimited God.

Unlimited. There are no limitations to

him.

>> [music]

>> And when we plug into him, we can tap in

to those limitations

and pray without limitations. [music]

So, okay, everyone, there's one everyone

got someone in mind, lift up your hand.

Okay,

so

I'm going to count to three [music] and

I want you to begin praying in the

spirit for that individual.

One, two, three.

[music]

So

[music]

>> [music]

>> Yeah, that spirit of infirmity come

again. [music]

I love

Oh,

hello.

[music]

Thank you. Thank you. [music] Thank you.

>> [music]

>> Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Maybe you've never done that

before, but I would encourage you do it

on a regular basis. Stay sensitive.

[music]

Stay sensitive. When somebody comes to

your mind, a name comes to you,

just begin to pray for them. What can it

hurt? And it will even help. Pray in the

spirit. Don't just stay all in your

head. We've got to learn not [music] to

be so heady,

but to be spirit people, spiritfilled,

spirit led every step of the day, every

day. Because we are filled

with the his spirit.

Filled. Filled. Filled. And he wants you

to stay full.

Stay full. Stay full.

Your tank gets running low on fumes.

Refill.

Pray in the Holy Ghost. Pray in the Holy

Ghost. Pray in the Holy Ghost. Don't get

drained spiritually.

have time set apart where you pray in

the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. [music]

Hallelujah.

[music] Hallelujah.

Thank God for the Holy Ghost.

>> You know, a

friend of ours had a great church for

years. He just recently turned it over

to his son. I think about two years ago.

But um you know church they launched out

in a particular region of the the states

here and in the first two years they

grew to about 2,000 people. It just

[music] exploded. But the thing they

always had was they always had a good

flow of the spirit of God. [music] Good

move of the Holy Ghost. And um you know

that's different different places. But

uh I was talking to him one time and he

said I said how was your weekend? He

said well interesting. He said, "I uh"

he said, "I I I ministered." This is

number of years ago now. He said, "I

ministered." And he said, "Uh" he said,

"I I you know," and he said, "I I can

teach." And I said, "Yeah, I know that."

And he said, "Uh" he said, "Uh on the

way home, I was just kind of grumbling a

little bit." And he said, "The Holy

Ghost spoke to me." He said, "What's the

matter with you?" And he said, "Uh well,

you know," he said, "Uh [music] the

service today, it just wasn't it just

didn't have a lot of my interpretation,

a lot of punch to it." He said, "Well,"

he said, "I'll help you with that." He

said, "Sometimes, sometimes I want a

good day, just a good day in the word."

And they'd had that. He said, "Sometimes

I I just want a good day in the spirit."

They'd had plenty of that. He said, "As

a general rule, I want a little mix of

both,

>> the word and the spirit. That's that's

the best. I believe that's that's the

the dimension of the church God's

raising up in the day we're living in

right now." And we had a good mix this

morning.

>> Hallelujah. I mean to put tags on it's a

little difficult but you know it's

important to not be only be fed but to

be pastored

>> you know and uh you know Jesus Matthew

the 9th chapter

9:35

he uh he had compassion on people

because they were scattered as sheep

without a

>> shepherd not without an apostle not

without a prophet not without a

evangelist there he had compassion

because they were scattered as sheep

without a shepherd.

And uh shepherd is pastor. Pastor

shepherd kind of a synonymous terms. And

uh you know if there's a if there's a

dimension the church needs in the day

we're living in also it's to be pastored

uh with the flow of the Holy Ghost. And

so I'm appre I appreciate appreciate the

way the spirit of God moved this

morning.

>> He just he just moved among us touched

lives you know. And I I'm I'm going to

finish it with this. I was thinking back

when Pastor Janet was sharing different

things. Uh, you know, she was born again

at four, filled at 8. Uh, you know, at

four I was in a church and by the time I

was 12, I was still in the church. By

the time I was 16, um, I didn't go. I I

had I had

made some commitments, but man, I turned

and ran away from those. I was away I

was a long ways from the things of God.

and um

uh got off to college and I thought I'll

just see kind of how far away from God I

can I I can get still hope I make it

into heaven you know and uh but I

remember that you know uh 1972

and um it was like uh I went to a

meeting and uh there's a guy uh Leighton

Ford Billy Graham associate was doing a

meeting in the coliseum in in Lancing

Michigan East Lancing I believe it was

and somebody talked me into going I

thought well can't hurt anything. So I

went and uh the message the guy

preached, I still remember the late and

forward the message he preached was uh

how many of your friends and family

would even know that you're a believer.

How many would know you're a Christian?

I thought, "Oh my goodness, I'd never

get accused of that. In fact, I'm the

one kind of leading most of them

astray." And uh but you know, he gave

that invitation. I thought, you know,

time to get it changed around. I know

the difference. I know what it's like to

walk with God. I know what it's like to

be to be saved, but man, I've been so

far away from that. Um, won't go into

that at all, but it was it wasn't a

pretty sight. Uh, long ways from God.

Friends were further away from God than

I was. And uh, but I I'm I walked an

aisle, prayed a simple prayer, headed

back to my dorm.

My roommates were all sitting there

partying. And they said, "Where you

been?" I said, "I went to a meeting." He

said, "What kind of meeting?" I said, "I

went to a church meeting." He said at a

church meeting, they said, "What

happened?" I said, "I got saved." And

they said, "Saved from what?" I said, "I

have no idea.

I don't have any idea. All I know is I'm

not going to hell." And that's all I

needed to know tonight. I got that part

settled. Well, that was November 1972.

So, so, uh, still walking with God

today. You know, it's a it's a

progression that we walk through. And I

thought, you know, I thought there's one

more group in here. Probably it'd be

really good for some folks to say,

"Okay, I need to get before God." Don't

even have to here. We don't have to call

you to the front, but probably wouldn't

hurt to get before God and say, "Well,

Lord, would I ever be accused of being a

Christian? Would my co-work co-workers,

family, friends, other people,

neighbors, would anybody even know I was

a believer? They sure wouldn't have

known it with me, you know." And uh I

went to a beach project, Daytona Beach,

and there were a bunch of my friends

that were down there, and we were

soul-winning down there. And one of them

came up to me and said, "I saw you

giving that Jesus freak freak." And he

gave some explanations. Uh and I said,

"No, I'm the Jesus freak. I was getting

him saved." He turned, walked away, and

I never did see him again. But I thought

he at least he knew fi first time in two

years. First time he knew what I

believed. And uh we we turned things

around from then. So, um, if there's one

more invitation we could give, it'd be,

you know, it wouldn't hurt for, uh, a

few folks maybe in here to, uh, get

before God and say, "Lord, I I need to

get my consecration right. I need to get

my commitment right. Nobody knows a

believer. No, nobody'd believe it if I

told them I was, but I need to get some

things right." If that's you, I would

recommend you get some time this

afternoon and just get into a prayer

closet, drive your car, whatever. say,

"Okay, Lord, I'm coming back." Okay, you

are you still going to heaven or not?

That I don't know about that department.

All I know is uh if if things aren't

right between you and God, you know

they're not right, and it's not his

fault. And so, uh it just seems to me

there's one more step here. Some folks

just need to say, "Okay, God, uh it's

time for me to come back. I got things

to do, places to go. You got a plan for

my life, and if I don't walk in that,

it's not going to be your fault. You got

a great plan for me. I don't know where

it's going to take me, but I'm I am

ready to go do that. Uh I finally said

that I I didn't serve God because I was

afraid if I did, he'd make me go to the

mission field.

About 250 trips later, I took him up on

that. [music]

Wouldn't trade it for anything in the

world. But but the thing I greatly

feared upon came upon me and I thought,

boy, if id have known it was this good,

I'd have gotten in a lot earlier. So

anyway, anyway, uh thank God for the

service this morning. Spirit of God just

took us a whole different direction.

Some lives are changed. Some other folks

probably didn't make a move.

>> Should have, would have, could have. But

that's all right. Uh find somebody as

you're leaving. Say, "I need somebody to

lead me in prayer. I got to get saved. I

got to get filled." Don't be ashamed to

find somebody and say, "Just lead me in

prayer." Go pray with me. A lot of folks

here be glad to. So anyway, Father, in

the name of Jesus, we thank you so much

for the flow of the spirit of God, for

people being saved, backsliders coming

back, people being filled with the Holy

Ghost. Thank you, Lord, for what's been

done this morning, [music] eternal

results, and we thank you in Jesus name.

Amen. Amen, Robert.

Amen.

So glad I came to church. How about you?

Amen. Well, if you were a first-time

guest, thank you so much for being with

us. Don't forget to text welcome to

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and get that drink of your choice in the

cafe. [music] We sure want to bless you.

Thank you again for being with us. We'll

also have pastoral care assistants at

the front here that would love to pray

with you. So, please make yourself

available right after service. We'll be

right up here at the front. Uh, also

before we go, we want to say our vision

statement. Say it like we mean it. Amen.

We live by the word. We're led by the

spirit. And we [music] love the world.

God bless you and we'll see you

Wednesday.