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The Glory of God (feat. Richard Pedley)

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  1. As I was standing there, the Lord again gave me a word for

  2. this ministry, and the word is greater greats and higher

  3. heights, greater greats and higher heights and church.

  4. It's not just for the leadership of this church, Walatna.

  5. It's for every single one of you here because those who are part

  6. of Maranatha Family Church, you're all unique, you're all

  7. different, yes, but God wants to use you.

  8. God wants to use you to be part of the revival which is now for

  9. the future in Jesus name. God wants to get.

  10. God wants to use you to reach the unreached and touch the

  11. untouched with the glory of God. Amen.

  12. Hallelujah. Whoa, Jesus.

  13. You know, brothers and sisters, the truth is, and I want you all

  14. to do this every day. Every day when you wake up, you

  15. go to a mirror. OK.

  16. Mirror. Glass.

  17. Yeah. You know what that is?

  18. Mirror. I don't know what it is in

  19. Tibuano. You look in the mirror.

  20. Yeah, you do this, please. It's a good exercise.

  21. It's a positive affirmation. And you look in the mirror and

  22. say this is the greatest day I ever lived.

  23. Amen. Can you all do that?

  24. Please? Don't forget because you're

  25. speaking to the devil and he hates the truth of what you are

  26. now and what you are going to become in Jesus name.

  27. And you know why? It's the greatest day you ever

  28. lived. Today and tomorrow and the next

  29. day and the next day and the next day.

  30. Do you not know why? It's because Jesus is living and

  31. reigning in your heart all those who are born again, Amen.

  32. That's why it's the greatest day, Amen.

  33. Amen. We need to be transformed by the

  34. renewing of our minds daily, and we need to show the world out

  35. there that it's so great and fun to be a Christian.

  36. Amen, Amen. Amen, Hallelujah.

  37. You know, as I was saying, hundreds came to Christ in mid

  38. Saya, Catholics, Muslims. It was such a blessing to be

  39. part of revival there. And what day are we today,

  40. Sunday. Saturday.

  41. No, Friday. Sorry.

  42. We had a pack clip. That's my wife's family.

  43. You met my wife last time. Yeah.

  44. Grace. Yeah.

  45. It was a pack clip reunion. There were hundreds of pack

  46. clips up in the mountain in Davao.

  47. And towards the end of the evening, I noticed this man.

  48. He had a walking stick. He was walking very, very, you

  49. know, fragilely. And I tried to ask him but he

  50. couldn't talk. So I asked his wife and I said

  51. what is wrong with your husband? She said he had a stroke.

  52. Divine appointment. I didn't waste it.

  53. I said I'm going to pray and I pray for this man.

  54. He used to be a pastor, but now he was in his 80s and the glory

  55. of God touched this man. And after I prayed, I gently led

  56. him forward very carefully with someone else, and he started to

  57. walk easier and easier and easier.

  58. All praise, glory and honour belongs to Yahweh.

  59. Come on, come on. I believe the Lord, that moment

  60. touched him powerfully. Sometimes healing is

  61. instantaneous, other times it's gradual.

  62. And this man received gradual impartation of the healing power

  63. of God. Amen.

  64. Amen. And let's pray.

  65. I can't remember his name. So many names I meet.

  66. I cannot remember people's names.

  67. But I believe the Lord is already at work and he will be

  68. walking normally. Amen.

  69. We've got to believe it because what does the Bible say?

  70. Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God.

  71. And if you have faith of as small as a mustard seed, you

  72. shall move mountains. Church, we are all capable of

  73. being used by God, Amen. We have the same Holy Spirit

  74. that fell on Jesus like a dove when he came up out of the

  75. waters. When John the Baptist baptized

  76. him, the dove fell on Jesus and at that moment power came upon

  77. him. We can do the works of Jesus.

  78. Amen. Do you believe it?

  79. Church? Amen.

  80. Hallelujah. Right this morning, in fact, my

  81. subject is very prophetic for the way the Holy Spirit was

  82. moving this morning, My subject this morning is the glory of

  83. God, and the glory of God is already in the house.

  84. I feel it. I feel it so strongly and I pray

  85. that as I bring forth Your word, Lord, this morning, you will

  86. confirm Your word with signs following Jesus.

  87. Thank you Lord, let everything I say be all of you and nothing to

  88. do with me. In Jesus name, Amen.

  89. You know church, we need to come to that place where we decide

  90. within ourselves that absolutely nothing else matters.

  91. But ABBA Father, nothing else matters.

  92. No one else can meet our needs other than ABBA Father God, and

  93. we need to make a conscious decision every day to refuse

  94. this one. When you wake up in the morning,

  95. you make a conscious decision to put this one away and focus on

  96. the One who can make all things possible, where your desperation

  97. is so desperate for him that that thing doesn't matter

  98. anymore. That it is Secondly, Thirdly,

  99. Fourthly. Fifthly, but the choice is

  100. yours. Hello.

  101. The choice is yours. You know, this is a good tool.

  102. It can be a good tool. It can be a blessing to so many

  103. people if it's used in the right way.

  104. But it can also be a curse on your life because it's full of

  105. also evil and wickedness, especially for men and women.

  106. With the subject of pornography, I'm not going to go into that

  107. subject this morning because it's so deep that I'm just

  108. saying it. Everyone of us sitting here

  109. today can be trapped by the evil of pornography.

  110. Whether you are a woman, young or old man, young or old, you

  111. can be trapped in it. It would destroy your

  112. relationship with God and also with relationships with your

  113. families. Please believe what I am saying.

  114. Nothing else can satisfy you apart from Jesus.

  115. Amen. OK, I want to read to you from

  116. the book of Acts a very very popular scripture verse.

  117. Acts chapter 3. One day Peter and John were

    Acts 3 chapter mention

  118. going up to the temple at the time of prayer at 3:00 in the

  119. afternoon. Now a man who was lame from

  120. birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful,

  121. where he was put every day to beg from those going into the

  122. temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about

  123. to enter, he asked them for money.

  124. Peter looked straight at him, as did John.

  125. Then Peter said, look at us. So the man gave him, gave them

  126. his attention, expecting to get something from them.

  127. Then Peter said silver and gold I do not have.

  128. I'll just stop there briefly. Church.

  129. There's nothing wrong in wanting Pestle.

  130. Nothing wrong at all. It's a human instinct to want

  131. Pestle. But you know, we can get so

  132. obsessed with wanting pestle that it ruins our lives.

  133. What was the greatest commandment for Jesus did what

  134. He gave his one. Sorry, God the Father gave his

  135. one and only Son. Christians, we're not here to

  136. get, we're here to give. And if we focus on giving, not

  137. just financially of ourselves for one another, what you reap,

  138. you will sow back. God will see your heart and He

  139. will reward you because God is naturally a giver and He loves

  140. you all so, so much more so than your own parents.

  141. He loves you. He doesn't want any lacking in

  142. any of your lives. So the truth is, church, we're

  143. not here to get wealthy Walatna Siguru.

  144. We're here to be Christ like, to serve him, to serve him with all

  145. of our hearts. That's where we get our reward.

  146. Who wants one day for the Lord to say to each and everyone of

  147. you, if you put this into practice, well done my good and

  148. faithful servant. Hallelujah, Hallelujah,

  149. Hallelujah. So church, please get away from

  150. the mindset of the world. Which ones to get, We're not

  151. here to get. We will never be satisfied by

  152. always trying to get. Never, never, never, never,

  153. never. God is a rewarder.

  154. He sees your need. It's not good for man to be

  155. alone. He shall provide your partner

  156. those singles here. Just serve him with your whole

  157. heart. He shall reward you.

  158. He's already preparing someone for you.

  159. Singles, do you hear me? He's already preparing someone

  160. for you. Just serve him continually with

  161. all your heart. Amen.

  162. Yeah. Smile.

  163. Yeah. It's exciting.

  164. I'm excited to hear from Buddy about future wedding dates.

  165. Hey, Buddy. Hallelujah.

  166. Thank you, Lord. Yeah.

  167. Thank the Lord. Come on.

  168. Thank the Lord. Start thanking the Lord for your

  169. future partners. Come on.

  170. Because God is preparing. Come on.

  171. Start. Start thanking him in the

  172. spirit. Come on, come on, come on.

  173. Yes, get excited. Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

  174. And I just feel a prompting from the Lord.

  175. I feel a prompting from the Lord.

  176. Just to add to this as I'm on this subject.

  177. Hear me please, when you do, when you do it's, it's really

  178. men I'm talking to now when you do find the right partner,

  179. please men, young man, make sure it's of the Lord.

  180. Don't just get married because it feels good.

  181. It will never last. Amen, married men.

  182. Amen. Eric, please hear me.

  183. Don't ever do it for that sake. And never be tempted to have sex

  184. before you're married. Never.

  185. It would be a bondage to you in the wrong direction.

  186. But when you do find someone men who you feel you want to get

  187. married to, as I said, make sure it's of God.

  188. When I got married to my beautiful wife Grace, I don't

  189. know if Buddy knows this story or not, but I had a very bad

  190. past, very promiscuous past. I'm not going to go into

  191. details, but I did not want to mess up my wife and I didn't

  192. want to make a mistake. It felt good, it looked good

  193. spiritually, we were friends. But I needed to know from Aggie,

  194. not all. And hear me, you need to know

  195. she is of the law. Fast and pray, fast and pray.

  196. I did and I got onto my knees in my room, shut the door, fasted

  197. and prayed. And I said, Lord, if grace is

  198. for me, show me, Reveal something to me, and if your

  199. heart is sincere, He will. Because what does the Bible say

  200. in the book of John? My sheep know my voice.

  201. Amen men. Amen men.

  202. And the Lord gave me a scripture, and when I read that

  203. scripture, I had no doubts at all that grace would be my wife

  204. and men. What I'm saying is when you know

  205. that Lady is of the Lord, when you know God has confirmed it to

  206. you, then you go ahead and get on your knees to the father of

  207. the girl and ask for her a marriage.

  208. And let me tell you, 26 years later, Grace and I are still

  209. strong. In our marriage, we've been

  210. through very tough times, and I mean very tough times.

  211. But you know what has kept me? The word of the Lord, because he

  212. always reminds me when I feel like, Oh no, this is not

  213. working. The word of the Lord has kept me

  214. and that's why we're still together as husband and wife.

  215. That's something additional for you men.

  216. I was, I didn't know I was going to say that, but the Holy Spirit

  217. prompted me to say that to you because maybe some of you are

  218. already preparing. I don't know.

  219. Anyway, getting back to the passage, Peter said Silver and

  220. gold I do not yet have, but what I have I give to you in the name

  221. of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Walk.

  222. Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the

  223. man's feet and ankles became strong.

  224. Hallelujah. He jumped to his feet and began

  225. to walk. Then he went with them in the

  226. temple courts, walking and jumping and praising God.

  227. Are we ready to walk up, down, jumping and praising God?

  228. We need to get excited about Jesus Church.

  229. Come on, we need to get excited about our living Jesus because

  230. we serve a miracle working gods, and He wants to do a miracle in

  231. each and everyone of you here today, tomorrow, the next day,

  232. the next week, the next month, the next year.

  233. We serve a Jesus who never changes.

  234. We serve a Jesus who is the same in the Bible when He was alive

  235. as He is today. And there's revival going on all

  236. over the world today. And please can I ask you, I just

  237. feel to say this as well. Could you please, as a church,

  238. Dell, could you please as a, could you please as church, pray

  239. for my country? It's going through a horrendous

  240. time of so-called Islamic domination.

  241. It breaks my heart because I'm British, but it's it's

  242. horrendous what's going on in the UK.

  243. But there is a big revival event taking place in Parliament

  244. Square in London, hosted by a friend of mine, evangelist

  245. Daniel Chad, who is British, and he's going to be leading this

  246. revival event. Can I ask you please, as a

  247. church, to pray for this event? Because I want to hear of great

  248. and mighty things in my country. Thank you, thank you so much.

  249. Maybe the Lord might lead you to pray and fast, that's up to you.

  250. But as long as you pray, that's good enough.

  251. When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they

  252. recognised him as the same man who used to sit begging at the

  253. temple gate called Beautiful and they were filled with wonder and

  254. amazement of what had happened to him.

  255. Church, every single one of us has a testimony to give.

  256. Every single one of it is capable of opening this one and

  257. being a blessing to someone. And let me tell you, one of the

  258. least gifts in Christendom today is the gift of encouragement.

  259. And I would like to say to all the men from this day forward,

  260. send a text to someone else. You know, you may not have done

  261. it before, but send a text to another man that you know in

  262. this church or someone else. Send them a word of

  263. encouragement, a scripture. Same with the ladies.

  264. We all need encouragement. Do you hear me?

  265. Hello. We all need building up in God.

  266. Don't do it for me, do it for yourselves and the person you're

  267. texting or phoning. Amen.

  268. Revival starts now, and it begins with you.

  269. Now we need to see here from that passage I've just read out,

  270. that the man referred to here was a crippled man since birth,

  271. a beggar, and when Peter and John went up to him he was

  272. expecting nothing else from them but money.

  273. Is that the same with you? When you come to God?

  274. You don't expect anything else but money or worldly things?

  275. Or do you look to your God as a God who wants to meet all your

  276. needs according to your riches in glory?

  277. Or you you want to be used to be a blessing to someone else?

  278. Is that your God church? We've got to get rid of this.

  279. We've got to get rid of this church.

  280. I won, I won. I won, I won, I won.

  281. No, it should be what can I give?

  282. What can I give? What can I give?

  283. What can I give? Amen.

  284. There are opportunities all around you.

  285. Hello. There are opportunities all

  286. around you. To be a blessing to someone

  287. else. You're all capable.

  288. Oh, but Pastor, you don't know me.

  289. You don't know. I've been so discovered.

  290. Stop it. Stop it.

  291. We all get discouraged sometime. But when we continue to give,

  292. when we continue to sow, when we continue to be a blessing to

  293. someone, it will take our eyes off ourselves.

  294. Hello. Look for opportunities around

  295. you, around the vow here. Do you have gospel tracts in the

  296. church, buddy? Yes.

  297. Ask Ruddell buddy for gospel tracts.

  298. You start to sow a seed. Start giving out gospel tracts

  299. to people that come across your path.

  300. You're sowing a seed. Amen.

  301. Be a blessing to someone because what you do you receive back,

  302. what you give you shall receive. We need to ask ourselves, well

  303. like I just said, is it the same with us?

  304. But do we come to God every day and ask in faith about the

  305. situations that come across our path, knowing that what we ask,

  306. we shall receive. Ask and it shall be given you.

  307. The Bible says seek and you shall find.

  308. Knock and the door shall be opened to you for issue.

  309. Ask. You shall receive.

  310. It's a promise from God. Amen.

  311. Wherever our faith level is, the fact is God wants to do so much

  312. more than where we are. Remove all your limitations

  313. right now. Remove it.

  314. We need to come to God in prayer and expect nothing but the very

  315. best of our God. Hello, nothing but the very

  316. best. Whatever situation you are in,

  317. expect nothing but the very best for God to come in and make a

  318. difference in your lives for the better, to change the negative

  319. situation you are in to a positive.

  320. The truth is, church, that is Christians, we are so so

  321. blessed. Jesus did everything He could

  322. 2000 years ago on the cross for each and everyone of us, and we

  323. need to tap in to what He has done by studying and reading the

  324. Word of God. I haven't got time to go into

  325. all the things He has done. They are countless, absolutely

  326. countless upon countless, upon countless things the Lord has

  327. done for each and every one of us.

  328. But the Bible says we are blessed in the city, we are

  329. blessed in this country, we are blessed when we go in and

  330. blessed when we go out. This will always be the case,

  331. church, as long as we follow the Lord and obey His precepts.

  332. You read it for yourself in Deuteronomy chapter 28, The

    Deuteronomy 28 chapter mention

  333. Blessings of walking in Obedience to the Lord.

  334. Algot. Yes, I know it's not easy, but

  335. we need to focus on the truth of God's Word and meditate it and

  336. get it into our hearts and out and out of it will flow goodness

  337. and mercy all the days of our life.

  338. Amen. Amen.

  339. And we need to recognise the blessings are continual.

  340. You know the enemy, yes, is at work in our lives trying to stop

  341. us moving forward in our Christian lives.

  342. We have a choice, Church, who do we listen to the goodness of

  343. ABBA Father or the curses of the enemy following ABBA Father?

  344. The blessings are continual and Church, we need to see that we

  345. as God's people carry around with us the glory of God within

  346. us. The manifest presence of the

  347. glory of God is within us. Hello, hello.

  348. Two Corinthians chapter 3 verse 18 says so.

  349. All of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the

  350. glory of the Lord. Isn't that exciting?

  351. The veil's been torn off. Jesus said it, God said it is

  352. finished and we are now go around as glory carriers for

  353. ABBA. Father Gods and the blessings

  354. that we have should not be contained within us.

  355. No, we need to give the blessings of the glory of God to

  356. others, to one another, and to the lost out there.

  357. Revival is here and now and is living within each and everyone

  358. of you. It's up to you to take the

  359. revival that is within you out to this lost world.

  360. Let's start to get excited by what God wants to do in US and

  361. through us for His glory. And the Lord who is the Spirit,

  362. makes us more and more like Him as we are changed into His

  363. glorious image. The more we walk with Jesus, the

  364. more we turn our back on the things of this world and this

  365. fleshly thing here, the more we shall reflect the glory of the

  366. Lord which is transforming us from 1° of glory unto another.

  367. God has clothed you, all of you, just like with me, with His

  368. glory, power and His presence in all those who are born again of

  369. the Spirit. Being a glory.

  370. Glory Carrier is being clothed with the power of God's Holy

  371. Spirit and indwelt by the Lord Jesus Christ with all of His

  372. attributes, likeness and behaviour.

  373. To carry God's glory is to completely reflect God's

  374. likeness. But we need to always recognise

  375. that the devil is trying to steal that glory being shown to

  376. one another and to the lost. Out there in Davao, we have a

  377. choice each day what we pick up. That's why we need to be rooted

  378. and grafted in the presence of the Lord every day of our lives.

  379. And this is another word of the Lord for this church.

  380. Haggai Chapter 2, verse 9 Leadership, take note.

    Haggai 2:9

  381. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the

  382. former, says the Lord. Greater greats and higher

  383. heights, buddy. You're getting excited, Bill.

  384. Yeah. Greater greats and higher

  385. heights. And in this place will I give

  386. peace, says the Lord of hosts. You know, I just felt absolutely

  387. overwhelmed this morning as we worshipped him.

  388. I felt such a peace in this house.

  389. And as I'm just dwelling on that, I feel it again.

  390. So peaceful, so full of love in this house.

  391. It's so awesome. You could reach out and touch

  392. the love of God in this house. We should never get discouraged.

  393. If you've had your hopes for something and it's not yet

  394. happened, don't ever give up church.

  395. Don't ever, ever, ever give up. God will come through for you

  396. can say that to yourself right now.

  397. My God will come through for me. It's a promise.

  398. Keep your eyes on Jesus and cling hold of ABBA Father God.

  399. Yes, you are so entitled to say ABBA Father God.

  400. ABBA Father is the greatest daddy you could ever, ever, ever

  401. have. He's the greatest daddy.

  402. He's greater than your earthly daddy could ever be.

  403. I lost my dad when I was 12 years old.

  404. I'm not going to go into that today, but I'm just saying I

  405. lost my dad when I was 12 years old.

  406. But I've discovered my ABBA Father God is absolutely

  407. brilliant, is absolutely faithful, is absolutely awesome,

  408. and no one could ever take His place.

  409. And I just love being in His presence just like we were this

  410. morning. His presence was so awesome in

  411. the house and I encourage you also when you go home in your

  412. quiet times with the Lord, get into His presence, because in

  413. His presence is fullness of joy. Nothing else can fulfil the

  414. longing of your heart. Joel chapter 2, verse 25.

    Joel 2:25

  415. This is God's promise for you. For everything that has been

  416. said so far, I shall restore to years to you the years that the

  417. locusts have devoured. Whatever has gone on in your

  418. life, God is going to replenish it.

  419. That's His promise. He's going to completely turn

  420. around bad and bring about good in your life forevermore.

  421. Amen. Isaiah chapter 43 verse 19 says,

    Isaiah 43:19

  422. behold, I am doing a new thing now.

  423. It springs forth. Do you not perceive it?

  424. I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the

  425. desert. What seems impossible for man is

  426. not impossible for God. He is so faithful, so loving, so

  427. sincere, so full of abundance. You shall see the goodness of

  428. the Lord in the land of the living.

  429. As I said, Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.

  430. The problem is for us as humans. We might change, but He never

  431. changes. He's 100% faithful and 100% good

  432. and we need to remember that church, Amen.

  433. All his promises are yes and Amen.

  434. One Peter, one verse 8 whom having not seen Him, you love

  435. him, though now you do not see him, yet believing you rejoice

  436. with joy, inexpressible and full of glory.