Here Is Home Series: 09.13.26 What to Do When You Need A Miracle | Pastor Bryan Powe

And today, as we open up your word, we're asking

that your spirit be the guide. Introduce us to

truth. Change our trajectories. Shift our minds.

Focus us. And remind us that you are a faithful

father. We are not forgotten. We are not forsaken.

But we are covered. And so we just thank you

for this day. In your precious name, I pray the

name above all names. Y 'all say with me, Jesus.

Amen. Well, listen Look at your neighbor say

hey neighbor Welcome to week four of here is

home You know, we started this journey declaring

order in the house right that that we were going

to establish some places that we weren't gonna

be We're not gonna be positioned in places that

we weren't postured in and so we declared home

to marriage is home to addresses home to churches

home to city but understanding that a double

-minded man is unstable in all of his ways and

you can't expect us receive wisdom from God when

you haven't declared where home is and So we

started that journey. So I pray that you've been

declaring some places home Anybody been declared

some places home? We've been talking about no,

there's some promises that are also home Like

i'm home to what god has promised and i'm going

to pivot i'm going to battle from right here

Then we talked about speaking again, right? We

have to be home to speaking being speaking believers

I don't know when as believers we started believing

that our confession didn't matter that our words

didn't matter But i'm here to remind you your

words still matter your confession still has

place and the things you speak They do establish

things can never say hey neighbor what you speak

will establish things in your life amen amen

and then of course last week we talked about

being home again to know we got to go some places

that we can't be stagnant believers but we have

to receive that there are some places you gonna

have to go say hey neighbor there's some places

that you gonna have to go and today I'm extremely

excited because I'm here on assignment to stir

up your faith right because when you go you're

going because there's something that you are

home to again and it's gonna sound strange because

many of us wouldn't say that we don't believe

in this, but true for the matter is our actions

don't line up with what we are doing if we do

believe. But when you are, check this out, positioned,

which many of us are, we're positioned to believe

in the supernatural. We're positioned to believe

in miracles, but we're not postured to receive

them. What does position mean? We're in relationship

with the Father. You're in relationship with

the father. You know what he can do. You're just

not posturing the way to see him do it in your

life But it's time for us to be home again looking

they say it's time to be home to miracles signs

and wonders The Bible tells us that miracle signs

and wonders they follow the teaching of the word

And so as believers, we shouldn't just be positioned

in that truth We should be postured ready to

receive it in our lives like God. I don't know

what to do I may not have the full plan, but

you are a god of miracle signs and wonders that

you are a god who still Performs today. We've

been talking about the last few weeks that we

have to see that the same God we're reading about

in this Bible is the same God who's alive and

living today. The same God who was there, who

knocked Saul off of his horse and turned him

into Paul is still here today. The same God that

spoke to Ezekiel that these dry bones are going

to live, he is still here today. The God of the

Bible is the God of your life. And if he performed

miracle signs and wonders, then he performs them

now. Cuz some y 'all been wondering how am I

gonna get this grave to turn to some glory? Well,

let me tell you something you serve a God who

still performs miracles Look at your neighbor

again says your God performs miracles We have

to be home to that again and Understand this,

you know, I know many people they see me right

I'd say listen you gotta stay I never left here

Right, so, you know, I'm 40 years old. I got

saved when I was five, but I've been here for

35 years I'd never left What does that mean?

I've seen a lot of things seen a lot of journeys

and Understand how over time your heart can grow

sick to certain things God has said I've seen

things be confessed. I've been seen hands stretched.

I've been seen it all And so there's places where

you can grow a sense of you become apathetic,

right? You can become desensitized to things

that you should never give lose hope of and There

are seasons that as a believer we like well I

don't know if I should be believing God for for

a miracle or I should be just going through these

steps y 'all remember that and then there was

a season we say eliminate all steps y 'all remember

that season We didn't hurt a lot But there's

certain things we should never lose hope in And

one of those things is the supernatural power

of God God said this to me And he says we don't

he said we don't want to be the church that knows

him personally Yet limits him supernaturally

That we don't want to be the church that knows

him personally yet limits him super Naturally

Depending on how well y 'all receive my intro

determine what my title is gonna be I Had two

titles right the first one was see the glory

of God I Like the second one better It's a little

more controversial that's probably why I like

it But what to do when you need a miracle What

to do when you need a miracle I Think I say this

because we've been standing in this truth right

to every promise there's what church a path So

every promise there is a path, but we know our

God does miracle signs and wonders and so there

has to be path to receive in a miracle What is

the path to receive in a miracle? How do I posture

myself? Pastor Brian for miracle It's a good

question to answer right and by the power of

the Holy Ghost we go answer it today And so go

with me the John chapter 11 I'll be reading in

John 11 · chapter mention

the New King James Version today, simply because

it's the largest Bible I have. Y 'all see this?

This phone is big. I said, listen, I've been

reading out that ESV. I'm gonna have to get a

big font ESV. I can't be up here with the one

I had. Words are getting distant. Certain things

did change at 40. I don't care what y 'all say.

Ain't nothing pastor Brian. Oh, it's some It's

for show some I'm checking the brightness on

my TV like is it But here's the thought what

you're taking this what do we say we do not want

to be the church that knows him personally, yet

limits him supernaturally. So we're actually

going to start at the end of this. Let's go to

verse by the grace of God. We're going to make

it through this whole chapter. And so y 'all

stick with me. It's a big one. No, actually,

you know, we're going to try to do the first

44 verses, right? And so but they read well,

they read smooth, so we should be all right.

So go to verse 38. We'll start verse 38. It sets

up everything really well. It says um then Jesus

again groaning in himself came to the tomb It

was a cave and a stone lay against it Jesus said

take away the stone Martha The sister of him

who was dead said to him Lord by this time there

is a stench for he has been dead for days. Jesus

said to her, did I not say to you that if you

would believe you would see the glory of God?

What are we being introduced here as we start

this journey on what to do when you need a miracle?

The truth is every promise of God is inseparable

from believing in God. Every promise from God

is inseparable from believing in God. Jesus worse

or worse, did I not say to you that if you would

believe you would see the glory of God? simple

as that sounds one of the things that posture

us for receiving a miracle is believing that

he came I told you that if you would believe

you will do church you would see the glory of

God what is the glory of God that's God's power

made known amongst men So that's God's power

made manifest, God's power made tangible, God's

power made perceivable, God's power made touchable.

It's when God's power actually invades Earth's

atmosphere. I'm saying this because it's the

manifestation of what God has said It's the realization

of what God has said, right? The glory of God

isn't something that still exists in the spiritual

realm It's when the spiritual realm has invaded

this natural world and he says I told you that

if you would believe you would see me touch your

world That if you would believe you would see

me change your world. I'm gonna say it again,

because there's not much more to say. That's

as simple as it starts. That if you would believe

you would see God touch your world, change your

world, shift your life. How, Pastor Brian? Believe.

I said this last week, it's with those same framework

that you were saved, that if you would believe

that he died and rose again, you would be what?

Saved. It was a belief followed by a confession

and then receiving took place. Belief, confession.

Receiving we're seeing that same framework when

he's talking about seeing the glory of God believe

confess and what? receive Lucas never said neighbor

believe Speak that thing and receive it is so

Now obviously we're jumping in at the end We're

jumping in at the end of this account where Jesus

is in the midst of This miraculous moment At

this point they are shocked at the turn of events

that has taken place They didn't imagine it would

come to this They didn't imagine it would have

gone this far their request earlier on was for

Jesus to come heal a sick man Well, as you know,

Jesus had delayed his arrival. So about time

he showed up, the man was dead. But Jesus had

already told him from the beginning that this

had happened for what? The glory of God. And

so we're jumping in at the moment where Jesus

is sitting at the tomb now because he's showing

up not on their time, his time. And that's one

thing we have to realize that God may not be

on your time But he's always on time that when

you start believing for miracles You got to realize

miracles always show up on time not before time

not after time But on time that a miracle shows

up right when the miracle needs to be made known

because timing shouldn't shake your believing.

Why? Because miracles show up when the miracle

needs to show up. And so I keep believing until

the time is right. When you just have to tell

yourself, remind yourself self, you don't know

when the time is right. We think we know, but

we don't know. We don't know. You have no idea.

Because if the time was right, the miracle would

be done. and I wait to receive it. But he says,

I love this. Now we're gonna jump into some of

these details. He says, then Jesus again groaning

in himself came to the tomb and it was a cave

and a stone lay against his. Jesus said, take

away the stone. What I love so much about this

is as Jesus is going through this account, you'll

notice something very particular. Every physical

thing he asked them to do, every spiritual thing

he did. Every physical thing he asked them to

do, every spiritual thing he did. He asked them

to move the stone. Well, what was the stone?

The stone was blocking where Lazarus was laying.

Jesus was going to do the raisin they had to

move the stone so he could come out There was

a stone in the way But Jesus's assignment wasn't

to move the stone his assignment was to raise

the dead Their assignment was to move the stone

his assignment was to raise the dead Sometimes

your assignment is to move the stone. His job

has always been to raise the dead The question

is have you moved your stone? He will always

take care of the spiritual. The question is,

have you taken care of the natural? Many people,

the stone you're dealing with today is belief

that he still can. Stones are mindsets. Stones

are people. Stones are acts of obedience. Stones

are assignments he's told you to do. Have you

moved your stone? Look at them say, hey neighbor,

is there a stone in the way? stone in the way

the miracle worker is present he's on scene he's

he's there he has the power but he ain't touching

your stone Martha the sister of him who was dead

said to him Lord by this time he shows thank

you Check this out verse one. They took away

the stone who took away the stone They who's

they they are those who did not believe It's

amazing how God will ask you to keep doing things

even when you've lost belief that it can actually

be We talked about this last week that he doesn't

want us peripheral to his will. He wants us integral

to his will. That he intentionally put them in

the middle of what was happening. Even though

they halfway believed it could be. Why do you

say it's Pastor Brian? Because a lot of our excuses

won't change his direction. Man, I just don't

think it's gonna work out. That didn't change

what he said. I just don't see how this is purposeful,

that don't change what he says. Hey, you know

he stinks in there, right? I don't care what

he looks like now. Did you not hear what I said?

I don't care about the present condition of the

problem. That's what he's speaking. You think

that there's factors that lead to me changing

what I came here to do. But I'm not changing

what I came here to do, regardless of the condition

I found you in when I got here. It doesn't matter

how long he's been in there. It doesn't matter

how long you've been in what you've been in.

When he shows up to your door, your response

is, here I am. Come on, y 'all gotta preach with

me. I'm trying to... Stack these things one week

after another right y 'all gotta preach with

me that when he shows up to your door The you

don't start telling him about how hard it is

How hard it's been how difficult it is how many

objects are in the way? How bad their attitude

is how much you can't see the difference when

he shows up to the door the response is here

I am Lord Look at your neighbor, say, hey, neighbor.

We got a new response. When Jesus speaks, it's

not who is that. It's here I am. Then he took

away the stone from the place where the dead

man was lying. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and

said, Father, thank you that you have heard me

and I know that you always hear me but because

of the people who are standing by I said this

that they may believe that you sent me because

of the folks standing by now y 'all know me I

don't like to talk much about people because

people aren't your problem would be remiss if

I didn't tell you Jesus loves an audience he

loves a good audience he loves a good audience

he loves to knock out as much disbelief at once

as possible so sometimes the timing ain't right

because the audience hasn't assembled Sometimes

the timing isn't right because the audience has

yet to assemble Like God is waiting on not just

for you to be delivered because you should already

be living like you free Because who the Sun says

free is free indeed. So we shouldn't be living

captivated captured our According to our conditions

anyway, you should already be living free regardless

of what you have received or not received Your

lifestyle shouldn't change based upon what you

have or don't have you have all things in him

So you get what I'm saying And so God is not

looking at you at a state of you don't have and

I think it's important for us to realize that

because we're like man I need this God doesn't

see you as insufficient when he looks down from

heaven. He sees you as what in Christ so he sees

you full complete lacking in Wanting nothing

and so a lot of times we think that we he's like

man. We just love but he's like you are fine

You know what find you a good neighbor Say hey

neighbor You're just fine The greater one lives

on the inside of you you are better than you've

ever been Jesus himself resides on the inside

of you. You couldn't be in a better state if

you had beachfront property in Hawaii. You wouldn't

be in a better state than you are right now.

It may be a different view, but I'm just saying

you wouldn't be in a better state. You can get

more peace sitting in this room Receiving his

love from you then you can with a thousand dollar

massage at the best Sauna that you've ever been

to in your life. You can sit here and realize

that I am His and he is mine and you will receive

peace that passes all understanding so when he

looks down at you he does not see you as Busted

disgusted. He doesn't see you that way It's important

to realize this otherwise you'll think that what

you are believing for is delay is punishment

Delay is only punishment is if you have living

a less than life on the way But you don't not

live in a less than life on the way to what God

is doing We live a more than enough life on the

way to what God is doing what God is doing is

God's business Y 'all see what I'm saying But

there was a lot of people there to celebrate

his death. Turns out this was a resurrection

party. Woo! I wish I could move on. But some

of y 'all got to realize that you played in the

death when God's playing in the resurrection

party. You looking at the date that they put

on the paper that they gonna kick you out and

God's looking at that date It's the same date

of the resurrection you looking at it through

what they say it is He's looking at it through

what he knows he's going to do They were planning

a funeral he was playing a resurrection He they

came to bury somebody he was coming to raise

somebody I believe that the same God that you're

seeing in this Bible is the same God that's watching

over your life. What are you saying, Pastor Brian,

that what are you planning as an end right now

that God is simultaneously seeing as his resurrection

moment? I know many of y 'all walked in here

with dates, expirations, fears, concerns, wonders,

doubts. I got enough money to last me the next

six months. I don't know about that. I don't

know what I'm gonna do after that. I still find

it right, you know, one of the most amazing things,

you know, went with my mom and went with myself.

It's amazing to me. Like, it's like they just,

the world just starts off with the wrong picture.

So we talking about retirement saving, me and

Rashida talking about retirement saving. They

said, well, how long you plan on living? Well,

that's a crazy question to ask right now. So

in order for me, to start thinking about what

provision looks like, I have to consider death.

You know what? Y 'all really jacked up in this

world. It's a really upside -down world that

in order for me to properly plan my future, I

got to think about my end. Don't y 'all know

that's not how we work. You know, you got to

sit in there and be really prayed up when you

talking to these financial advisors, because

they'll start speaking deaf when you came with

life. You like listen, I don't work my whole

life assume this amount of money and the first

thing they tell you is when it's gonna run out

And what you need to do to make sure it don't

run out y 'all looking at me crazy But this is

what they do and so that instead of leaving there

was security you leave there with fear And that's

what a lot of people, I don't know why God got

me here today. I don't know. But I like where

he has me sitting right here. That some of y

'all feel like you're marching towards an end.

When truthfully, you're headed towards a miracle.

Believe and receive it. Believe and receive it.

that very appointment that you think is about

to go in the wrong direction. God has the power

to invade earth and change it for his good. Oh,

yes, he does. Oh, yes, he does. He has a track

record. He has a track worker of disrupting our

nightmares. with a vision and a dream that exceeds

our expectations. I don't care. You know, I really

feel this in the spirit. Some of y 'all done

had some dreams that you wonder what this dream

is about. You ate something real bad. That's

what it was. You got this dream and you holding

on to this dream that God, that something devastation

is coming. You need to let that go. God is a

God of life and more life. That if God is involved,

life is the result. If you see it, you got to

confess, that ain't for me. I'm in this world,

I'm not of this world. That okay, that's a warning,

but that's a warning for those who do not have

divine connection to the Father. I am aligned

with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

He's watching over my everyday life, orchestrating

things beyond my thoughts and my imaginations.

I only serve a God of more than enough. A God

of more than enough called me out of darkness

into this marvelous light. Not because he didn't

have a plan, but because he had a strategic plan.

And regardless of how I think or feel, he's working

out his strategic plan right now. in your life

and the only thing Satan can do is convince you

to quit because it's already finished. So he'll

throw dreams, he'll throw thoughts, he'll throw

people, he'll throw suggestions, anything to

get you to cave in and quit because it's already

done. The framework has been set. I believe it,

I speak it, I receive it, God settles it. That's

it. Verse 43 now when he had said these things

he cried with a loud voice lazareth come forth

And he who had died came out bound hand and foot

with grave clothes And his face was wrapped with

a cloth jesus said to them Loose him and let

him go Loose him Let them go. Church, I can't

tell you how much of a message this is right

here. That the same folks who wrapped him had

to unwrap him. That the same folks who wrapped

him as dead now had to unwrap him as alive. Woo!

That the same folks that declared it was an end

had to be a part of the new beginning. That the

same folks that thought it couldn't happen had

to have hands on what God did once again Jesus

called them out, but they had to unwrap them

What are you saying pastor Brian that many of

us you are going to be involved of the unwrapping

of a lot of things There's a lot of mindsets

that you gonna have to unwrap. There's a lot

of rise says people have to unwrap around you

There's a lot of places people have mentally

placed you that once God gets a hold of you They're

gonna have to change those cloths They're gonna

have to change that linen that they have you

label as dead and done But what God is about

to do is change your whole trajectory and they're

about to have to undo everything They thought

everything they said everything they imagined,

they had no idea of what God was about to do.

Y 'all hear what I'm saying? That the God of

miracles is alive today and he wants to be active

in our lives. And as he's active in our lives,

he rearranges people's perspective of how they

saw us before. Hey neighbor, this is the new

me New life Now I know you may have to unwrap

some things that you thought about me I Know

there's some things that you know about me some

things that you declared done about me but God

is opening up these graves and screaming glory

is How, Pastor, believe it? What they had to

realize is, here's the truth, Jesus was developing

a resilient faith within them. One capable of

enduring crushed hopes. overwhelming fear that

as we walk back it is 1023 as we run back you

know I'm gonna save it for next week no it's

too it's too good to rush to see how He unwraps

this moment and how He gets their mind to understand

what is going on. What are you saying, Pastor

Brian? That as believers, it's important for

us to see how our Savior responds to tragedy.

Because until you understand how Jesus responds

to tragedy, it's hard to live in the freedom

that He's given you. many believe we do not understand

how he responds to tragedy that we think he panics

we think he changes we think that he shifts he

does none of those things you know what he does

he prepares a miracle and many of you have experienced

very traumatic in tragic moments in your life.

And what you need to realize is he doesn't run

from tragedy. He doesn't dismiss tragedy. He

prepares a miracle for every tragedy. You're

not forsaken. But there is an appointed time.

The Bible describes them as kairos moments. So

when heaven touches earth, and what was designed

to be tragic becomes miraculous and serves towards.

Father God we thank you for today And I thank

you for this opportunity to come and to stir

your people I Pray father God that as they leave

here They understand That there's a father who

has never left him never forsaken but who is

right now watching over their lives. Father God,

I pray that you give them the strength, the resilience,

the confidence, the courage to stand strong.

The Bible tells us that yet though they slay

me, I shall trust. Father God, I pray that we

have a trust in you that survives temporary pain

momentary loss I pray that we have a trust in

you that transcends dark moments That transcends

evil moments. I pray that we have a faith in

you that transcends Decisions that have been

in favorable on our behalf Father God, I pray

that we have a faith That you are a God who performs

miracles signs and wonders Father God, I pray

that we leave here with the confidence with the

courage with the resolve That you do have a blessing

with our name on it. We're asking for your peace

to invade our hearts. We're asking for your joy

to invade our lives. Father God, cover us as

we journey with you. I would like to also give

an invitation to anyone who would love to receive

Jesus today. The Bible says if you confess with

your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus

died and rose again you shall be saved. It's

confession and a belief leads to salvation and

so collectively I'm going to say a prayer if

that's you just say this prayer as we say it

but father God I thank you for your son Jesus

I believe he died and he rose again and when

he rose he rose with salvation my forgiveness

and I am now a child of his I Believe my sins

are forgiven And heaven is my home church can

we celebrate those who said that prayer for the

first time Also, today's a special Sunday. God

told us to just mark this Sunday as a day for

many of you guys to go. Go wear pastor. Go be

that person that's there to remove that stone.

Go be that person that's ready to unwrap those

grave clothes. what are you saying pastor brian

that god told us to start a new discipleship

journey here at the church and um we've been

preparing for you we've been waiting for you

but god told me that some of you guys wanted

to experience new life when it comes to being

a disciple of christ you know one of the things

that i um Truly struggled with is this thing

called church membership Simply because like

I said, I've been around church a long time you

can Church membership almost sounds like country

club membership and You know, I Just don't see

the point of it however, I do see the point of

discipleship I See the point of servant leadership

So a part of one of the things that God asked

for us to do in this new season now y 'all Don't

don't shock too much But we are no longer going

to ask people to be members of this church We're

gonna ask them if they want to be discipled at

this church What does that mean that's intentionality

that have an expectation and we have a commitment

that you want to be here because you want to

be like Jesus and we have a commitment to showing

you how to do that that you know oftentimes I

see people that I'm a member at that church and

I'm thinking what does that mean to you and so

God just asked us to bring some new life we can

say new life Some people saying am I no longer

a member? Yeah, you still are you just You just

a disciple now. We'll change it on the back end

for you But there's a new front end now Right,

so you don't have to do nothing. We'll change

it on the back end Just know that when we say

disciple maker and servant leader We're talking

about you now that we want to call you into activation

We want to call you into an understanding of

why you are here and what our commitment is to

you while you were here. Just to make that plain,

many people may not even know what it means to

be a disciple. It means to be one that reflects

the lifestyle of Christ. And so it's actually

a specific form of teaching that looks at how

Jesus handles things and teaches you how to handle

your life. I'm saying this because we actually

develop another set of teaching that goes along

with that. They'll be coming out weekly via video

so you can watch them at your leisure at your

convenience And then we'll assemble together

and talk about those lessons collectively So

yeah, it's not just a title, but there's actually

teaching that's gonna come along with these title

And so there we are right there's a QR code you

scan that QR code You're able to log in begin

that journey I'm excited to walk on this journey

with you guys And it's simply we're gonna take

Sunday's message and pull out even the discipleship

points there's direct points where you can see

this is how Jesus handles life and this is how

I should handle life and so we're excited about

it so if you're ready to be a servant leader

and a disciple maker scan that QR code and the

journey shall begin y 'all excited about that

look you never say new life And so here at Reveal

the Truth Ministries, we believe in cheerful

givers. Cheerful givers, what does that mean?

We believe that your heart should be in your

giving. That the Bible does never ask us to respond

to coercive. presentations of giving it never

asked us to respond to giving because of out

of need but the Bible tells us that man should

be cheerful in their giving that you should ask

God what he's asking for you to give and in response

to what he says be obedient not grudgingly are

of necessity what is grudgingly I didn't want

to do it was necessity I did it out of need those

are not biblical in the truth ministries we support

cheerful givers and you guys are incredible incredible

i think many people would be surprised that people

still give even though they're giving cheerfully

that they really think they have to force people

into doing something for them to do it that is

crazy but um true for the matter is you guys

are incredible you respond to as god is leading

you and as a result we are able to move forward

the gospel amen amen And so So Y 'all know y

'all know pastor Brian and so I've been trying

to figure out this whole service, you know, I

told Elder Nick I was gonna celebrate day and

raise it 45 years 46 years of marriage Between

elder Nick and miss Terry and you know what?

I was so funny the whole service. I was like

they not sit next to each other This would be

awkward to celebrate an anniversary if they beefing

currently, but I think she's sitting next to

her granddaughter All right. I was like boy.

This is about to be awkward, you know, I Don't

know if I should skip it or do it But I saw the

granddaughter so, you know, she's sitting next

to the granddaughter. So they are celebrating

40 y 'all give it up for one 46 years marriage

that's incredible and so y 'all gonna come back

next week up otherwise we'd have been here for

a very long time but um man y 'all can stand

to your feet we'll finish I guess it'd be part

two of what to do when you need a miracle But

now unto him that is able to keep you from falling

and to present you faultless for the presence

of his glory with exceeding joy to the only wise

God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion

and power both now and forever. Amen. So far

nothing so much but nothing compared to a mother's

touch