1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:07,520 So the title of today's message moved by the Spirit, I really 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,240 believe this is a word for today, for this hour that we are 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,120 living in, because the times we are living in, we are living in 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,920 times of pressure, confusion, destruction, where there's so 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,080 many voices that wants to pull people to different the wrong 6 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:25,000 directions. But the children of God, we are 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,440 not called to be pulled by the culture. 8 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,640 We are not called to be pushed by fear or controlled by the 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,280 flesh. We are called to be moved by the 10 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,800 Spirit, to be led by the Spirit of God. 11 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:43,320 And that is why we need to learn how to move when the Spirit 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:44,960 leads. Amen. 13 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,320 And so let's go to our main text today. 14 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,160 It's in the book of Romans, chapter 8. 15 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,480 Let's go there, Romans 8 and verse 14. 16 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:56,160 And for those who are led by the Spirit of God, we are talking 17 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:02,560 about the Spirit LED life are the children of Godfather. 18 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,640 We thank you for your presence. Holy Spirit, come and have your 19 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:06,560 way. You're welcome. 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,440 Move, lead us. Move with every heart in this 21 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,520 place, every home, every city in our nation. 22 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,760 Move, Holy Spirit, stir us, guide us, touch us, move us 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,640 forward. Lord, Oh Lord, we are ready to 24 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,720 follow in the mighty name of Jesus. 25 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,520 And everybody said Amen. Now Romans 8, it tells us that 26 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,360 being led by the Spirit is not just for a select few like 27 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,200 pastors or like leaders. It's not just for a select group 28 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,560 of people being led by the spirits, not just for the Super 29 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,440 spiritual people, it's for every child of God. 30 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,400 It's the birthrights of every child of God. 31 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,920 So if you're a child of God, you are born to be led by God. 32 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,640 That's your identity as a child of God, to be led by the Spirit 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,480 of God. Now, I love the way the 34 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,320 amplifier puts it this way. He says it in, he says that for 35 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:05,920 all who are allowing themselves to be laid by the Spirit of God 36 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,000 are the sons of God. So allowing themselves to be 37 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,240 LED. Now allowing ourselves to be 38 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:20,280 LED, that means that we have to yield, we have to respond, we 39 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:25,040 have to move with him. OK, So being led by the Spirit 40 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,080 of God, it means that I don't stay stuck when He's calling me 41 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,800 forward. Being led by the Spirit of God, 42 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,520 it means simply moved by the Spirit of God. 43 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,320 It's the same word. And so this message today is not 44 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,720 just only about hearing the message, but this is about 45 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:47,280 responding. This is about moving with God, 46 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,480 OK? And so when he moves, we move 47 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,800 because God didn't just save you from something. 48 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,520 God saved you to follow someone. Oh, I feel that. 49 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,200 I feel the power of God. Something is shifting in this 50 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,880 place. My Lord, thank you, Jesus, for 51 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,360 the praises of God. Hallelujah. 52 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:07,440 And so get ready somebody, because this is a moving forward 53 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,400 season. I'm bringing you the word of the 54 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,040 Lord today. I'm sharing with you what God 55 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,200 showed me. He said this is your moving 56 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,080 forward season. Come on, grab hold of this word. 57 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,720 This is your moving forward season today. 58 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,200 This is the season. Yes, Lord, wherever you lead, 59 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,560 I'll go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 60 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:28,200 That's the season we are in. OK, Hallelujah. 61 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,240 Not a lot of vitamins, but let's just moving right along because 62 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,960 I have made-up my mind, OK? I'm just bold and I'm just 63 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,640 saying to you right now I've made-up my mind. 64 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:43,880 I'm ready to move. I am ready to move by the Spirit 65 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,600 of God. Hallelujah, somebody. 66 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,200 I'm not stay. I'm not going to stay stuck. 67 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,920 I'm ready to move where God says listen, go move, dude. 68 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,760 I'm ready to move. I'm ready to move. 69 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,640 And so I want you to say that somebody say I'm ready to be 70 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,240 moved by the Spirit. Say it again. 71 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,120 I'm ready to be moved by the Spirit. 72 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,760 Now give him some praise. If you are ready to be moved by 73 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,960 the Spirit, Are you ready to move? 74 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,000 Because there's a mighty move of God in this place. 75 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,320 And so we see this clearly in the story of Israel. 76 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,840 They were in bondage and slavery in Egypt for generations. 77 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:28,360 And before Israel was ever stepped into freedom, God gave 78 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,560 them an instruction. And I love what God told. 79 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:37,920 God told them get ready to move. They've been in bondage for 400 80 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,040 years, slavery. And I love it when the move of 81 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,480 God breaks out in a place. I love it when God comes on the 82 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,800 scene and Gods move and he says listen, get ready to move my 83 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,120 God. I feel them waiting. 84 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,760 So that brings me to my first point. 85 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,920 Number one, for those who are taking notes, number one, get 86 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:02,080 ready to move. Tell your neighbor and say get 87 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:09,320 ready to move. God spoke to the Israelites 88 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,760 while they were still in Egypt, surrounded by bondage, hardship 89 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,920 and slavery. And God spoke to them in that 90 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,800 moment and he said get ready to move, OK? 91 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,720 He's like, listen, He told them, and I'm going to show you in the 92 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,480 verse. He told them to get dressed and 93 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,280 get ready because freedom is coming. 94 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,640 And so they had to prepare like freedom was already on their 95 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,600 way. Exodus chapter 12, verse 11. 96 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,160 This is how you are to eat it with your cloak tucked into your 97 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,560 belt, your sandals on your feet, your staff in your hand. 98 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,440 Eat it in haste. It's the Lord's Passover. 99 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,360 He said when you eat this meal, don't eat casually. 100 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,400 This is just not another night in Egypt. 101 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,680 I want you to eat prepared and ready with such a sense of 102 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,840 urgency. Eat with your cloak tucked in. 103 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,840 Eat with the signals on your feet. 104 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,440 Eat with the staff in your hands. 105 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:15,960 In other words, don't dress to stay, dress to leave my car. 106 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:22,080 Come on, somebody. So don't dress like you are 107 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,400 staying. Dress like you are leaving trace 108 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,880 up, get ready, get shoes on, get Oh my God. 109 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,680 Because when God moves, he wants his people to be ready to move 110 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:35,920 with him. And God's like I'm ready to 111 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,240 move. I'm ready to bring you out. 112 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,280 I'm ready to bring you out of Egypt. 113 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,000 And that's what God said. I'm ready to move. 114 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:46,640 I'm ready to I'm ready to break Pharaoh's grip, the hold on your 115 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,400 life. I'm ready to break off the Palm 116 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,000 Beach. I'm ready to break off the 117 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,720 slavery, the hardship. I'm about to shift your season 118 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,760 and when I move I want you to be ready. 119 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,720 And I don't want you standing around searching for your 120 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:06,600 sandals. When I'm move, when I'm ready to 121 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,560 move, I don't want you standing around searching for sandals. 122 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,880 I want you to be ready. OK. 123 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,200 In other words, the spirit LED life is a ready life. 124 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,400 It's like get your shoes on. Somebody say get your shoes on, 125 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,400 Get your shoes on. OK, Parents will understand this 126 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:30,120 one. OK. 127 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,760 If you have children, you know, when it comes to the children, 128 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,320 getting the shoes on is not a two-minute job. 129 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:43,040 It's a full time ministry. OK, Thank you for that one. 130 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,400 Amen. Yeah, it's a full time military. 131 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,280 Just get the shoes on. Come on. 132 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,000 I'm telling you now. Ask my wife. 133 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,760 She's right. Yeah, it's full time ministry. 134 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,520 You say come on out, put your shoes on. 135 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,920 And then 5 minutes later he's still standing there with only 136 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:04,760 one sock on and holding a Lego man and he's saying where are we 137 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,040 going, Daddy, where are we going? 138 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,600 And I'm like, OK, so another one. 139 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,560 Then he says, well, I cannot find my shoes, but he's standing 140 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,360 right next to it. They stay right there. 141 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,280 I mean, just the shoes. Well, the shoes are right there 142 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,880 next to you. And then finally we get to the 143 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,800 door and I'm like, oh, yes, finally we're ready to go. 144 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,680 And you just when you think, praise God, we are leaving where 145 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,320 someone says, oh, I need the toilet. 146 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,919 You know, this is when you really know whether you have the 147 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:43,440 fruit of the Spirit. Just get kids and you'll have 148 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,360 you want some patience, OK, Fruit of the spirit, patience, 149 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,280 kindness, love, Joker. Can we talk about the fruits of 150 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,560 the spirit a little bit? Have kids. 151 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:56,080 Come on, there's my you want some patience, have some kids 152 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:00,120 and and you'll give quickly. Find out whether you are in the 153 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:01,720 flesh or in the fruit of the spirit. 154 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,200 And I'm standing there the door, I'm like, OK, you need the 155 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,360 toilet, right? OK, now fruit of the Spirit, 156 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,920 Lovejoy, peace, kindness, patience, and we're just going 157 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:13,760 to reply. Fruit of the Spirit. 158 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,560 Yeah. So God told Israel, get your 159 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:21,600 shoes on. I'm about to move and I want you 160 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:26,200 to be ready to move with me. Come on, somebody. 161 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:30,280 OK. And so that is the word for 162 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:36,400 somebody to do. Yeah, testing 1-2, three, 163 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:47,110 testing 123. Because maybe you have been 164 00:09:47,110 --> 00:09:49,750 praying for movement. You've been asking God, God, I 165 00:09:49,750 --> 00:09:52,070 need to move. Praying for movement. 166 00:09:52,630 --> 00:09:54,150 Now. Have you prepared for movement? 167 00:09:55,070 --> 00:09:58,710 You've been asking God for some doors, open doors, business, job 168 00:09:58,710 --> 00:10:01,270 opportunities. You are with open doors now. 169 00:10:01,430 --> 00:10:02,910 Are you ready to walk through those doors? 170 00:10:04,350 --> 00:10:05,710 Have you prepared? Are you ready? 171 00:10:06,350 --> 00:10:08,990 OK, Because you have got to be ready. 172 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,240 And so you say, Lord, my shoes on. 173 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:17,680 Somebody say my shoes on. OK so Israel had been bondage 174 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,440 for generations, 400 years. Pharaoh controlled they 175 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,080 schedule, he controlled their job, their labour, their 176 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,360 children, even their identity. Pharaoh controlled it. 177 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,960 So slavery, they know about pressure, hardship, difficulty, 178 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,320 bondage. But what I love about the fact 179 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:39,560 God comes in and God says I'm about to move and I don't care 180 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:42,360 how big and strong Pharaoh is. I don't care the control and the 181 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,480 bondage, whatever it is. And I don't care how long 182 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,400 there's been bondage. I'm about to move and I'm God. 183 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,960 And so when God says I'm about to move and step in, God opens 184 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,760 the door and he makes a way where there is no way. 185 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,280 And we have seen that in the Red Sea. 186 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:57,720 There was no way and he made a way. 187 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,840 That's our God. And God steps in. 188 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,720 He's like, listen, I am going to bring my people out, release the 189 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:10,200 plagues, breakthrough and he brings his people out and the 190 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,880 God that we serve. He's still the same yesterday, 191 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,720 today and forever. The same God that brought them 192 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,120 out of 400 years of bondage is the same God that brings these 193 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,640 people out today out of sickness, out of shame, out of 194 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:28,800 sin, out of addictions and fear. Any pattern of the old God can 195 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,240 break any bondage, any addiction, any difficulty. 196 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,000 God, when God decides to move, he can break it straight away. 197 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,880 Hallelujah, somebody God is saying when God steps in, he 198 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,560 says listen, get ready, get your shoes on, expect movement is 199 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,360 coming. And I'm sensing by the Spirit of 200 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,280 God there is an anointing in this place to bring about 201 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:52,120 movement in your life, in your family, in your finances, to 202 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,520 bring about a shift, to bring about a movement to shift. 203 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,120 Because when the Spirit of God moves, miracles happen. 204 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:02,280 He moves and he shifts you out of fear, into freedom, out of 205 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,280 fear into faith and he breaks the bondage and he brings you 206 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,160 out. I really believe there's a move 207 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,560 of God in this place today. I really believe that there is 208 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:15,960 anointing to break the yoke, to break the bondages, anointing of 209 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,440 movement of God, spiritual move of God. 210 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:26,040 We are not staying stuck, OK. We are coming out of the old 211 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,560 limitations, going around the same old, same old, same 212 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:32,240 problems, same old. No, I don't care if it's been 213 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,800 400 years. God, we are coming out. 214 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,120 We are coming out of bondage. We are coming out of old cycles 215 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,120 and patterns that has held us back. 216 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:50,920 Somebody says bringing me out and I'm taking my family with me 217 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,320 as well. Just by the way, the devil 218 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:57,920 cannot have my children. Hell cannot have my family. 219 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:00,960 I'm just telling you, I'm bringing my family with me. 220 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,160 My calling on purpose. Hell cannot have my purpose and 221 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,040 my calling. Come on somebody. 222 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,560 This is a move of God. God is moving in this place, 223 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:15,120 moving in here and so we are not staying the same. 224 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,640 We are not staying stuck. We're not staying. 225 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,080 Yes, OK, so we are moving forward. 226 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,480 It's time to move. Somebody say it's time to move. 227 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,200 Come on, give God some price. It's time to move. 228 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,120 It's time to move. It's time to move. 229 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,760 It's time to move. Hallelujah. 230 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,560 And that's the Spirit. Late Life. 231 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,160 OK, the Lord, if Lord, if you move, we move. 232 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:45,920 Lord, if you lead, we'll follow. Lord, if you say God, I'll go. 233 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,760 Amen. And so all throughout Scripture 234 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,760 we see how God has LED his people and we see this out with 235 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,000 the Israelites. Amazing how God, he came in, he 236 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,840 moved and he brought, you know, his people out. 237 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,720 And God came in with power, with a mighty hand, mighty move. 238 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,640 He sent the plagues. He opened the right sea. 239 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,960 How powerful is that? And God set his people free. 240 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,200 And then he started going before and ahead of his, and he started 241 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,320 leading them forward. God is the God. 242 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:21,200 He's always leading his people. That's our God, the God we 243 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,240 serve. He leads us. 244 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,680 And I want you to see this in Exodus 1321. 245 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:31,040 By day, the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to 246 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,960 guide them on their way. So he's guiding them and by 247 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,000 night a pillar of fire. Somebody say follow the fire. 248 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,560 Oh, I feel that. Follow the fire to give them 249 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,400 light so that they could travel by day or night. 250 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,640 Neither the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by 251 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,840 night left its place in front of the people. 252 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,080 So the Lord went ahead of him. That means God is going in 253 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,400 front, ahead. He's leading his people, His 254 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:58,720 people. They are not alone. 255 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,000 They're not on their own. They know they didn't just come 256 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,080 out. God brought them out. 257 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,800 And now all of a sudden they have to figure it out by 258 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,600 themselves. Which way are we going? 259 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,840 Which route, which direction? The Bible says God let them. 260 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,280 And I love that about our God because by day he was the cloud, 261 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,400 and then at night He was a fire. Hallelujah. 262 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,840 Fire followed the fire. Yeah, that is so powerful. 263 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,200 Followed up, my God. And so then during the day at 264 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,800 the heat, he was their covering. And then at night when it's 265 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:33,680 dark, he was their light. I say your God is guiding them. 266 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,240 He's leading them. OK, so God didn't just bring 267 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,440 them out and say, OK, good luck, you're on your own now. 268 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,880 I got you out of bondage, Egypt or OK, now you're on your own. 269 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,640 No, God didn't say no. You got to figure it out all on 270 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,040 your own. God came with His presence. 271 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,840 He gave them the presence of God and lead them. 272 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,520 Hallelujah, somebody. And so I came to tell somebody 273 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,760 today that God didn't bring you this far all of a sudden now to 274 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,720 leave you the same God who brought us out. 275 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,560 OK, well, lead us through. So it didn't come this far. 276 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,800 And now all of the and now God all of a sudden leaves you now 277 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,960 he's still leading, He's still covering you, He's still 278 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,320 ministry, He's still moving by his spirit. 279 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,560 And so I like it because when I travel, unless I put my post 280 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,480 code in, maybe it's on Google Apps, any navigation system, I 281 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,080 put the address in. Now what I like to do is when I 282 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,680 put the address in, I like to see right where I'm going. 283 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,440 I want to see the full map because I want to see, OK, 284 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,080 exactly which exits, which offerings, where am I going to 285 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,520 take the next offset? And I also want to see where am 286 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,680 I going to maybe any delays. So for me, it's so important to 287 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,600 see the full overview. I want to see the, you know, 288 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,480 whatever the Google Apps or sat NAV, whatever navigation system. 289 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,080 And so, yeah, I want to see exactly because, you know, that 290 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,040 we like that because it keeps us comfortable. 291 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:56,800 Like wow, I can see the whole picture, how together. 292 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,120 But when God let Israel out, he did not give them a full map, 293 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,040 OK? He did not give them the full 294 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,359 details, the full route, the full map, OK. 295 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,079 And so God LED them step by step. 296 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,520 And according to the Bible, the Bible says that by his presence, 297 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:22,160 Oh Hallelujah, I love that song. But his presence, the air I 298 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,520 breathe is presence. That's all I need is a presence. 299 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,880 Because sometimes now the root that God chooses, OK, it doesn't 300 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,040 always make sense. And so there will be moments in 301 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,040 your life where you're like, Lord, why is this taking so 302 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,880 long? Why this delay? 303 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,040 Why this season in my life? Why this wilderness? 304 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,960 And it's like, why this root? Because it just doesn't make 305 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:44,960 sense. Why this way? 306 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:50,080 But when the root doesn't make any sense, don't panic if it 307 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,440 doesn't make sense. We God is taking us. 308 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,560 Listen, trust him. Why? 309 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,880 Because the Spirit knows the way. 310 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,920 My God, Somebody say the Spirit knows the way. 311 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,480 The Spirit knows the way. Oh my God. 312 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,480 Yeah, the Spirit knows the way. And so there's something that we 313 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:14,480 have to learn in this Spirit LED life that it's OK not to know. 314 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:24,240 Now that's hard for us because we like to have all the full 315 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,920 details. It's like, Pastor, you say, 316 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:31,000 well, it's OK not to know because we like to have all the 317 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,320 details, all the answers. We want the answers how it's 318 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,160 going to work out. We want the details. 319 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,760 We want the full map. We want to see where, where, how 320 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,280 long it's going to take. But faith doesn't always get the 321 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,920 full details. OK, Faith. 322 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,920 Trust the one who knows. Oh, come on. 323 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,560 Somebody that's faith. Trust the one who knows. 324 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,680 Yeah, that's right. Now picture this. 325 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:04,120 Here's Moses, the Israelites. Now I can imagine people asking, 326 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:07,200 OK, Moses, Right. Where are we camping, Moses? 327 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,840 Where's the food coming from, Moses? 328 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:11,880 Where? Where's the water coming from? 329 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,200 Moses? And Moses says, I don't know. 330 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:18,200 And somebody might be thinking, what kind of a leader is he? 331 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,520 What kind of a leader is Moses? He doesn't know anything. 332 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:28,960 But Moses knew the most important thing, the presence of 333 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,840 God, the presence of God. They are the presence of God. 334 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:39,120 He knew the most important thing, the presence of God, the 335 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,920 leading of God. Hallelujah. 336 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,880 Yeah, that's it. Because just because you don't 337 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,360 have the full map, it doesn't mean God's lost. 338 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:56,120 Moses was comfortable not knowing because he trusted God 339 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:03,120 was leading him. Moses was comfortable not 340 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:04,520 knowing. Full map. 341 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,080 How are we getting to the Promised Land? 342 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,160 Because he trusted the one who was leading. 343 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,960 He knew the presence of God. Come on, somebody, are you with 344 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,880 me? And so sometimes we think it's a 345 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,840 lack of faith to say, well, I don't know. 346 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,000 I think it's a lack of faith. I don't know. 347 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,520 I don't have all the answers, all the details. 348 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,920 We think it's no. But real faith says, I don't 349 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,200 know the way, but I know the Spirit of God who knows? 350 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,160 That's real faith. I don't know, but I know him. 351 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,920 And he knows where he knows. Yeah. 352 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,680 Hallelujah. So take the pressure off. 353 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,120 You don't have to know everything. 354 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,600 Praise God. Yes, You can. 355 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:50,760 Just relax. You don't have to know 356 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:51,880 everything. OK. 357 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,000 Because God knows. Yeah. 358 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,520 We don't have to know and figure it all out. 359 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:57,520 What's going on? This and that. 360 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:58,720 And the house is going to work out. 361 00:20:58,720 --> 00:20:59,480 No. God knows. 362 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,880 Yes. And God is going to be before 363 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,640 you, ahead of you. OK. 364 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,960 And he's got easy. Hallelujah. 365 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,120 Somebody who knows the way. Yeah. 366 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,520 And so God gives you faith for the next step. 367 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,440 OK, so we want the full map, the full route. 368 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,760 OK, Lord, show me. Who am I going to meet? 369 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,960 Lord, this relationship. Who am I going to meet? 370 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,880 Lord, show me where the money is going to come from. 371 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:26,960 I want to know. I want the Lord. 372 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,440 I want to know where the money is going to come from. 373 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,240 Lord, I want to know when the breakthrough is going to come. 374 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,520 Oh, God, give me the full map. 50, please. 375 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,960 The next 50. Nah. 376 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,520 OK. You see, God doesn't show us the 377 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,360 whole journey. He doesn't give you your 50 378 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:44,360 years ago. Nah, he doesn't now. 379 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:45,880 God has the full map. He knows. 380 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:48,880 He knows the beginning and the end. 381 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,840 Is God OK? That's the almighty God. 382 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,560 So he knows every door, He knows every battle in every miracle. 383 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,400 He knows every connection. He knows every breakthrough. 384 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,440 He knows the beginning from the end. 385 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,560 But he only gives you the next step. 386 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,640 What is a lamp? So he only gives you light for 387 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,920 the next step, not for the next 50 years. 388 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,760 He only shows you the next step. OK. 389 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,840 And so that's how he leads us. He leads you one step because 390 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:19,760 God, he wants us to trust him. And so that brings me to my next 391 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,920 point. For those who are taking notes 392 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:28,040 #2 move into the unknown. The unknown, yeah. 393 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:33,480 OK. Even when you don't have a map 394 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,320 moving to the unknown, Right. So because when Israel came out 395 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:43,320 of Egypt, they still had to learn to follow God into the 396 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,280 unknown. Because between Egypt and the 397 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,240 promised land, there's a wilderness. 398 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,560 And so the wilderness, sometimes we think, well, I'm in the 399 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,000 wilderness. I have misguards, OK. 400 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,600 The wilderness doesn't always mean you are outside of the will 401 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,920 of God. Because remember the wilderness 402 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:07,320 even Jesus the Bible says the Spirit LED in. 403 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,200 Oh the spirit LED life. I mean that's a whole nother 404 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:16,040 sermon all by itself. Jesus was spirit LED like 405 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,600 pastor. Why do we have to live a spirit 406 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,360 LED life? Well Jesus is our example. 407 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,760 Matthew 4 is how clear. Where did the Spirit lead Jesus? 408 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:35,320 The Bible says the Spirit LED Jesus into the wilderness. 409 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,440 That means the Spirit LED. Life is not always easy. 410 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,240 Oh, the Spirit's going to lead me. 411 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,080 This. The Spirit LED life doesn't mean 412 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:51,280 you you're never going to have any hard places, but it means 413 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,360 that you will never be alone. Come on, Somebody. 414 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:59,720 Yeah, he's with you. And so the wilderness, that is 415 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,040 the classroom of the spirits, because that is where we go 416 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:04,880 through the tests. OK, so the tests come in the 417 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,480 classroom of the spirits. We get tasted and it's like 418 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,480 Jesus was tasted. And so that is where in the 419 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:15,120 wilderness, that season, that is where we learn trust, and we 420 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:23,640 learn to trust God's provision. And we learn that Egypt is not 421 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:31,680 our provider. Egypt is not our provision. 422 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,640 The worldly system is not our source. 423 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:43,920 Pharaoh is not our source. People is not our source. 424 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:49,760 Your job is not your source. We thank God for jobs. 425 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,280 I'm not saying business opportunity, that's all good. 426 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,200 I'm just saying, who's your source? 427 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,240 Who's the one that's given you the job? 428 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,760 Who's the one that's opened the door for the bird? 429 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,760 Who is your source? Not Egypt, not Pharaoh, not 430 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,560 people, not circumstances. God is your source. 431 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,760 Hallelujah. God is your source. 432 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,880 That's what we learn in the wilderness. 433 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,600 We learn provision. Where's the bread coming from? 434 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,320 Where's the water coming from? Moses. 435 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,000 Where? OK, God's leading us. 436 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,160 This is what we're learning. Somebody say the Lord is my 437 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,640 source. So don't be afraid in the 438 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,720 unknown. Don't panic because you don't 439 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,760 have the full map or all the details, okay? 440 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,600 You're not lost. You're being LED. 441 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,800 That's how God leads. Okay, let me just explain to 442 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,400 you. For instance, let's say, and I 443 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,040 love this because I've seen it with my kids. 444 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:43,520 It's amazing. You walk in the place, big mall, 445 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,880 shopping centre, mall and it's busy. 446 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,680 There's people everywhere, movement, noise, distractions 447 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,040 everywhere. And so let's say your child's 448 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,720 walking next to you and the child is not afraid. 449 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,400 The child is right there walking, does not know every 450 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,360 turn, does not know the mall, the shopping centre, doesn't 451 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:06,480 know the exits. Let's say it's the lexicon. 452 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,320 The child is young, it doesn't know where to go. 453 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:09,840 It's a lot of people, a lot of noise. 454 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,160 Doesn't know. The child doesn't know how to 455 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,560 find its way back to the car. Where's the car park? 456 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,960 Don't know. But the child is not worried. 457 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,880 The child doesn't panic, he's not afraid. 458 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,960 Why is the child not afraid when walking a big in this noise and 459 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,400 all of that? Because he's holding your hand. 460 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,680 Jesus, I've seen this so many times with my kids. 461 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,840 The child doesn't need a map of the mall, which way, what shop, 462 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,960 what direction, how am I going to get back to the car? 463 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,800 The child doesn't need the full details. 464 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,440 The child just needs to to hold the hand of the one who knows. 465 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,760 That's right, just needs to hold the hand of the one who knows 466 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:56,120 the way. And so the child is not afraid 467 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,640 because he's with the One who knows the way. 468 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,920 I mean somebody, OK. And so that is the Spirit LED 469 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,440 life. I may not have every answer, 470 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,760 every turn, every exit. I may not know every exit, every 471 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:20,520 turn, every way, but I know the one who knows. 472 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,560 I don't know every turn. I don't know every exit. 473 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:31,400 I don't know every detail, but I know whose hand I'm holding. 474 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,640 I don't know all the details or the answer how we're going to, 475 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,720 but I know that the one whose hand I'm holding and when I'm 476 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:46,120 holding his hand, I'm not lost. When I'm holding his hand, I'm 477 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:52,880 not lost because I'm being LED. And that's what I love. 478 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,040 I've seen it with my kids when the whole Daddy's hand, they're 479 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:02,200 not scared because Daddy knows where they know Daddy knows the 480 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,400 way. Daddy, we knew we're going this 481 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:08,600 way. Somebody say I'm being LED now. 482 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:13,080 Point #3 Are you ready for point #3? 483 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,360 For those who are taking notes, write this down. 484 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,520 Move with the river. And I love that earlier on how 485 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:23,360 Pastor Michelle was just flowing prophetically with the river. 486 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:29,160 That's very scriptural because Jesus said in the book of John 487 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,800 Chapter 7 that rivers of living waters will flow. 488 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,040 I'm like, Lord, how does that work? 489 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,400 Now I want to show you something. 490 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:41,080 It says here in John Chapter 7, whoever believes in me, as the 491 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,040 Scripture has said, rivers of liver water will flow from 492 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,480 within them. By this he meant the Spirit. 493 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,400 So yes, Jesus. And he talks and explains to the 494 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,760 people this. And he did not say that inside 495 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,000 of you that there will be a pond. 496 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:05,520 OK, Because a pond can become stale and stagnant. 497 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,520 Jesus specifically, He did not say there's a pond in you. 498 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,560 He said there's a river in you. Because a river has movement, a 499 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,720 river flows, a river has a current. 500 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,800 It's got a movement and a flow, OK. 501 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,480 And so he was talking about the Holy Spirit, and that is what 502 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,720 the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit can only moves, 503 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,960 and he flows in and through our lives, our hearts. 504 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:34,080 The Holy Spirit moves and he refreshes and he cleanses us and 505 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,640 he directs us into life. Wherever the river flows, 506 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,320 there's life. He directs us to the right 507 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,160 place. Somebody say, let the river 508 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,680 flow. Now there's a story about a town 509 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,320 in Mississippi, and this town was a thriving town. 510 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,560 The reason why it was a thriving challenge was because it was 511 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,000 connected to the Mississippi River. 512 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,320 The river brought boats, business, trade, people, 513 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,400 movement, prosperity, life. But then something happened to 514 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,280 the river because, you know, this whole town was built around 515 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,280 the flow of the river, the whole commerce, the boats, business 516 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,480 all around. But something happened to the 517 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,680 river. And then over time, the river 518 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,400 began to change course in a different direction. 519 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,360 And so in the early 1900s, they've studied this thing after 520 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:26,280 a few years already, the town was then already several miles 521 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:33,160 away from the river because the river has moved the river. 522 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:38,800 And so when the river moved, life moved with it. 523 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:46,640 Businesses died, families left, prosperity disappeared, 524 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,280 activities stop. And a town that once was a 525 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:56,240 thriving town alive became like a ghost town. 526 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,200 Buildings still remain. The structures still remain. 527 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,200 The memories remain. But the river is gone. 528 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,120 Church. What a powerful picture. 529 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,760 Yeah, that's a powerful picture of our lives of the church. 530 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:26,120 OK, so if we that can, if we as a church in our lives no longer 531 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:31,560 allow the free movement of the Holy Spirit that can happen in 532 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:37,160 our lives, if we as a church, if we don't allow the Spirit as no 533 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,240 longer flowing freely in our lives, OK, You can still have 534 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,920 the structure. You can still have religion, but 535 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:49,080 there's no flow plus the flow. You can still have activities, 536 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:54,280 OK, but there's no anointing religious activities, a form of 537 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,280 godliness, but there's no power. There's still songs, but no 538 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,000 surrender. Jesus did not bring us a dead 539 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:05,840 religion, a dry religion, OK? He's he did not bring us 540 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:07,720 something that is a form of godliness. 541 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,880 It looked religious, but there's no anointing. 542 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,680 I I don't ever want that. Where there's no flow, no 543 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,520 anointing, no miracle signs and wonders, there's no life. 544 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,560 It's dead. On the outside it looks all 545 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,360 churchy, all religious, all good sing songs. 546 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:24,160 But on the inside there's no power, no flow, no movement of 547 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:29,680 the Holy Ghost. It has got to be alive because 548 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,880 that's what Jesus said. He didn't bring dead religion. 549 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,800 He promised that they will be rivers of living, not dead 550 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:39,680 living waters that's flowing. Not a form of godliness. 551 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:45,000 Call themselves a organization or a church organization, but a 552 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,720 spirit fault church. That is spirit fault. 553 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,400 Many religious organizations calling on God. 554 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,400 Big difference if they are spirit fault or not. 555 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,240 OK, so Jesus said out of your belly will flow rivers of 556 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,240 living. Somebody say living waters, 557 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,280 living water. Yeah. 558 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:10,160 And so that is why we must move with the river. 559 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,680 When the river moves and changes, we have to change 560 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,480 course. We have to stay with the river, 561 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,040 stay connected, stay in the flow. 562 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:24,800 Now I remember as children back in Africa on my grandfather's 563 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,800 farm, we love to swim in the river. 564 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,320 And this on my grandfather's farm has got this crocodile 565 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,520 river flowing through. Now, I've never seen crocodiles 566 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:40,560 there, but thank God it's called that's the name of the river is 567 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,920 the Crocodile river. And so we ask you to swimming in 568 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,160 this river. But I'm just amazed because I'll 569 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,960 never forget when I got into this river, how strong that 570 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,240 current is pulling. I was just walking and you just 571 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,800 feel this movement of the, I mean, when you're standing on 572 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,240 the House so you don't see it, but when you're in and you're in 573 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,560 that river. And So what would we just get in 574 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,880 this river? And we would not fight the 575 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,320 current, but we would let it. We would flow with it. 576 00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:10,679 We don't know where we're going. The river would just go zigzag, 577 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:13,120 but we would flow in the river and we'd swim and we'd have fun, 578 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,520 enjoy ourselves. Not well, because we know, I 579 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,560 mean, the river would take us to the right place because we knew 580 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,239 that it was, you know, going to the farmhouse. 581 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,040 That's what the Holy Spirit does in our lives. 582 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,400 He flows and He takes us to the right direction. 583 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,440 So we just don't resist the flow. 584 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,920 Go with the flow with the Holy Ghost and he will take you into 585 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,760 the right position, the right job, the right relationship. 586 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,520 He will take you there. That's where the Holy Spirit 587 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,639 leads us into the promises of God, into life. 588 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:47,040 So if you just flow with him, He will direct you the right 589 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,000 direction. OK. 590 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,560 And so sometimes when when you want to say the wrong thing, 591 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,000 there will be the pull of the Holy Spirit. 592 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,520 And we've seen that last Sunday sermon where if you want to go 593 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,080 back to Egypt, then the pull of the Spirit, the river the Koran 594 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:05,240 will bring you, will pull you. And that is just God redirecting 595 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:06,840 us. Thank God. 596 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,120 I thank God. Because really there is 597 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,440 conviction. Redirection is going to be, you 598 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,440 ought to thank God for conviction of the Holy Spirit. 599 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:16,040 My God, I thank God, like, listen, I cannot go back. 600 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,680 You cannot go back to Egypt and feel at home. 601 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:23,840 Oh no, I'm not going back to Egypt. 602 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,240 No, Jesus, no, I'm not going back. 603 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,120 Go back to Egypt and feel at home. 604 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:34,000 No, because the Spirit of God is in US. 605 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,640 It's a new nature in US. You just cannot enjoy sin 606 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,600 anymore. That's what sin has. 607 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,080 Did I sin? But when we are the born again 608 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:47,920 new nature, there's something that pulls just before you want 609 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,840 to say that just wanted to. There's something that's going 610 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,760 to pull you. It's the Holy Spirit pull. 611 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,480 Thank God for the conviction of the Holy Spirit. 612 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,240 Somebody say stay in the flow. Yeah, Don't resist the flow. 613 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,040 Let this Holy Spirit lead. Yeah. 614 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,800 And that's Romans 8, the sons and the daughters of God. 615 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,280 They are allowing themselves to be LED. 616 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,680 I want to that's amazing Scripture allow the Spirit to 617 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,680 lead. It says they for allowing 618 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,840 themselves to be led by the Spirit of God. 619 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:22,840 That is the proof of sonship. It's not just about how many 620 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,680 scriptures you can quote, how many Bible verses we can 621 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,080 memorize. How could we know the Bible 622 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,560 quotes, know the Christian language, memorize the 623 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,800 scripture, post it online, good things. 624 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,120 It's all good. I'm not that's amazing. 625 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:42,200 Memorize the Bible. I'm just giving you the proof. 626 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:49,200 Romans, I says the proof of our sonship is when we allow the 627 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,160 Spirit to lead us. That's a proof. 628 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,160 That's a proof of a real Christian. 629 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,120 There's many people that can quote a Bible verse, put it 630 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,920 online on Facebook media. Are they spirit LED Big 631 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,080 difference. Big difference. 632 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,600 These atheist people don't believe in God. 633 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,720 They can quote Bible verses. It doesn't mean if they quote 634 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:12,120 the Bible verse they are Christian. 635 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,520 Come on we listen. We have got to be wide awake in 636 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:17,800 this world. Not everything everybody says in 637 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,360 post online and the Bible verse they are a Christian. 638 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:25,440 Please, there's proof. The real Christians, it doesn't 639 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,600 say how many verses you can quote out of the Bible. 640 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,800 The real Christians are the ones who are led by the Spirit. 641 00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:38,800 Jesus was led by the Spirit. The Holy Spirit says go this 642 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:43,240 way. Yes, Lord, that's a mature 643 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,200 Christian, a son and a daughter of God. 644 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:52,320 Holy Spirit says go into that shop and go speak to that person 645 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,280 right now, Lord, but I'm basically doing my shopping. 646 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,120 It's fine Lord, and I get that prompting. 647 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,520 I stop everything. I walk onto the person. 648 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,480 Excuse me, Sir, can I have a word? 649 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:10,560 Can I talk to you? Because the Holy Spirit is 650 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:12,000 leading you to your next connection. 651 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,920 He's leading you to life. He's leading you in the right 652 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,720 direction. It's like you have got to meet 653 00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:23,320 that person, yes, somebody, wherever, on the airport, 654 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:27,800 wherever we are at work, go make that person coffee, go talk to 655 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,480 them. That's the cry of Moses. 656 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:35,680 Spirit lead us. Moses was saying this Exodus 73. 657 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:40,400 Moses said to him, if your presence, come on, somebody say 658 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,360 presence. If your presence does not go 659 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:48,720 with us, do not send us up from here. 660 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:53,600 Moses was saying, I want your presence, I want you. 661 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,160 If you are not in it, I don't want it. 662 00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,440 If you are not in it, I don't want to go. 663 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,320 It has to be the cry of our hearts. 664 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:09,040 Church. God, do not let me go where 665 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,840 you're not leading. Do not let me go there. 666 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,440 Lord, do not let me chase that opportunity. 667 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:22,320 Let me not chase that business. Let me not chase that job or 668 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:26,560 that business opportunity. If you are not leading it, if 669 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,480 you are not in that job, in that business, if it's going to cost 670 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:31,720 my peace and cost my family, I don't want it. 671 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,320 I'm sorry because God is not in it. 672 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:38,000 This is what Moses said. I don't want to go into that 673 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:42,000 situation if God's not with me. Oh, listen, church, we have, we 674 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,720 have to got to be very sensitive to the leading of the Holy 675 00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:48,360 Spirit. Like Lord, if you are not in 676 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,960 that relationship, I don't want to be in that relationship. 677 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,120 That person I'm phoning and speaking to on the phone that 678 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,800 frame that. If that is your wrong 679 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:03,400 relationship, I don't want it. I don't want it because if God's 680 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,120 not in it, I don't want to lose my peace. 681 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:10,040 Somebody listen, We need the presence more than anything, the 682 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,000 presence of God. That's where life is. 683 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,360 The wrong relationship, the flesh is deaf. 684 00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,160 We read that last week, Romans 8. 685 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:23,200 It leads to death, very painful. We we've looked at that last 686 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:24,440 week. That leads to death and 687 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,840 destruction. Our relationship, when it talks 688 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,640 about death, it talks about relationships that can cause 689 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:34,840 harm. So we have to be very wise and 690 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:38,240 sensitive to the Spirit of God. That is why we cannot afford to 691 00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:42,320 lose the flow. We need the presence. 692 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:43,720 Somebody said I need his presence. 693 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,880 Now someone might ask, well, how is it possible? 694 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,840 How can that river that brought so much life and so much 695 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,920 pressure, how can that river change direction? 696 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,200 And it's amazing if you go back to it, they've studied it, the 697 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,840 engineers, it's amazing because they studied the town and and 698 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:03,240 the answer was simple. The reason the river changed 699 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:07,360 direction is because there was a debris build up over time. 700 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,560 And so the current started shifting, shifting, shifting. 701 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:13,160 And then the river started moving the other way, the other 702 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,320 direction. And so it was no longer running 703 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,560 by the town. The river was running the other 704 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,960 way, OK and was flowing the other side. 705 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,920 And so this didn't happen overnight. 706 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,960 Little by little there was the style and the, and the debris 707 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,560 and the gravel and things pulled up from the boats and the 708 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,200 business that was coming in. That's how the engineer studied 709 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,680 it, that the river started changing the direction. 710 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:39,760 So just little, but by little, but that is about our lives, our 711 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:47,280 in our hearts, how the river can get blocked up, not by one huge 712 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:52,280 thing, a little offence, a little bitterness, a little 713 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:58,120 pride, a little hurt, something little compromise, a little 714 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:03,320 prayerlessness, OK. And so many people, I've seen 715 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,800 this over years, I've been around the world, I've seen many 716 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,480 different revivals, many people, you know, going back to South 717 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:12,240 Africa, I can remember we started off then job, a very 718 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:13,440 powerful science, one of some miracles. 719 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,920 And I've seen many people, they start up in the spirit, they 720 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:22,200 start on fire, they start the race, they get on fire, born 721 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,920 against both, they are on fire. They run with the word, they run 722 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,600 with the spur, they run. But then life happens, things 723 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,960 get busy, hurts come, distractions come, things start 724 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:37,320 white start piling up. And this is what Paul warns us 725 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,200 in the book of Galatians. I want you to see this. 726 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:44,000 He says here, Galatians 3, verse 3 of the beginning by means of 727 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,640 the spirit. Are you now trying to finish 728 00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:50,560 running by the flesh? You're trying to finish by means 729 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,360 of the flesh. He says, listen, yeah, that's 730 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:54,160 good. While the you've started in the 731 00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,840 spirit, you've started right. You got spirit fault. 732 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,800 You started off, but now you're trying to finish in the flesh. 733 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,640 Don't let the debris block the flow. 734 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:08,320 Don't let the debris and the offences and the hurts and the 735 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:12,440 difficulties of the challenges of life block the flow of the 736 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:13,960 river. OK? 737 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,720 Because he's saying let the Holy Spirit come and wash and cleanse 738 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:22,120 and remove the blockages out of the heart. 739 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:28,360 Because nothing can take the place, all of the presence of 740 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,120 God. There is just nothing in this 741 00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:34,160 world. Come on, we've tried everything. 742 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,960 There is nothing in this world. We've been around people. 743 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,600 Can you send? There is nothing that can take 744 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,240 the place of the presence of God. 745 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:50,640 Nothing. No success, money, positions, 746 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:57,280 popularity, cars, houses, titles, nothing can take the 747 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,440 presence of God. Oh just taste and see that the 748 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,840 Lord is good and you will know there is nothing that compares 749 00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,760 to the presence of God. Absolutely nothing. 750 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:11,520 No drug, no money, no house, nothing in this world can 751 00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:17,680 compare to the very presence of God is the highest form of life. 752 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:24,720 Come on, somebody. It's the highest, it's the most 753 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,080 fulfilling. When the river of the Holy 754 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:31,680 Spirit flow. Whoa, the praises of God. 755 00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:35,560 My goodness, I wish I could put this into words. 756 00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:41,840 My God, I wish I'm in this. How do I explain what I've 757 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,040 experienced this morning on my morning prayer walk? 758 00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:50,080 How do I explain that, Lord? But I pray that that encounter I 759 00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:54,080 had with the Lord will be imparted upon you, because that 760 00:44:54,080 --> 00:45:00,640 was my prayer. And I had in one moment I had a 761 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:05,560 shift from the deepest cry of tears running from my eyes to 762 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:11,320 the deepest joy that broke out. And I realized the only thing is 763 00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:17,240 only the presence of God that can do that in a moment of time. 764 00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:21,400 And I said, God, what I've encountered here this morning 765 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,560 walking past the fisherman at the pond, and I was walking 766 00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:29,120 around this way and the Spirit of God, whoa. 767 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:35,720 And you just know God is there. And I said, Lord, impart this 768 00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:40,000 upon your people today. God said, yes, my son, I want 769 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,960 you to get ready this morning. I want you to open up your 770 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:46,880 hearts this morning for an encounter that will bring 771 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,120 movement in your life. It's going to move. 772 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:53,160 It's going to shift things. It's going to shift you into 773 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:56,560 that place of life. Wow. 774 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,000 I feel the presence of God in this place. 775 00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:04,720 Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord, that no one will leave the 776 00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:07,400 same year today. And God was showing me your 777 00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:08,960 faces and I was praying for each one of you. 778 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,640 And I said thank you, Lord. Today's going to be a great day. 779 00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:19,640 Today's going to be a great day. And so David prayed in Psalm 139 780 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:26,240 because one of the things that we as church believers, we have 781 00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:31,880 to God protect jealously, God, the presence. 782 00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:34,840 It's like when somebody walks around and they have a diamond 783 00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:36,280 in their pocket. They're not going to walk 784 00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:38,920 carelessly. Something that's of value. 785 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,200 I'm not talking about man. I'm talking about something that 786 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:44,200 is of value when we have the presence of God is value. 787 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:51,800 So we have to protect and God if we lose the river, something 788 00:46:51,800 --> 00:47:00,960 starts dying on the inside. David prayed Psalm 139 search me 789 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,160 oh God and know my heart. See if there's any offensive way 790 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,240 in me and lead me in the way if I lost him. 791 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,800 David was saying Lord don't let anything block the flow in my 792 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,000 life. I don't want nothing. 793 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:16,200 I want to be so open to the flow of the Holy Spirit. 794 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,360 I want to be so sensitive to your Holy Spirit. 795 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,080 I don't want nothing to block your flow. 796 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:22,840 And that's what I asked this. I'm like, Lord, if there's 797 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:28,400 anything in my heart, search me. I don't want anything blocked. 798 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:33,720 Come Holy Spirit, wash me, cleanse me, refresh us, remove 799 00:47:33,720 --> 00:47:36,360 any blockages. Somebody say let the river flow. 800 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:39,880 And that's how powerful when it comes to point through, move 801 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:44,160 with the rubber. Because here's the thing, that 802 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:49,480 river, when that Mississippi River changed course, the people 803 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:55,240 had a choice. They could have stayed where the 804 00:47:55,240 --> 00:48:01,760 river used to be and slowly die. Or they can move with the river. 805 00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:06,640 It's a choice. They could have stayed where the 806 00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:11,080 river used to be and slowly die. Oh, the river used to be. 807 00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:13,560 Yeah, that it used to be good used to and slowly die. 808 00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:18,160 Or they could move with the river and live. 809 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,400 The river has changed. It's changed course. 810 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:29,360 I remember years ago God told me he said that season in that it 811 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:30,960 was over. I need you to move to a 812 00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:32,560 spiritual church. I needed to move on. 813 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:37,920 Where is the river flowing? That's where there's life. 814 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:48,600 That's where there's life, OK? And so we cannot live in the 815 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:55,280 past and move on where God wants us next at the same time. 816 00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,600 So we cannot stay in the past and live in the past and move 817 00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,240 with where God is taking us at the same time. 818 00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:08,720 Now I'm grateful for what God used to do, but I need fresh oil 819 00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:13,160 to die. I need fresh water, fresh fire, 820 00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,520 fresh surrender, fresh obedience to die. 821 00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:20,160 Not yesterday's flow, today's flow. 822 00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:24,800 So if the rubber is flowing, OK, the Spirit is moving. 823 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,440 And the Spirit, I am moving with the Spirit. 824 00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,840 I am moving with the spirit. Come on, somebody say I am 825 00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:35,680 moving with the river. Say it again, I am moving with 826 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:42,480 the river and I believe today God wants to send fresh fire, 827 00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:45,360 fresh rubber, a fresh flow. I really believe God wants to 828 00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:51,200 send a fresh flow today, a fresh cleansing, a fresh flow of the 829 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:54,840 Holy Ghost, because Jesus said out of your belly will flow 830 00:49:54,840 --> 00:50:00,440 rubbers of living waters. Now my final point, last one, 831 00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:07,800 move forward and then go back. So #4 move forward, don't go 832 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,720 back, OK? Because the Spirit will always 833 00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:15,680 move you forward, but the flesh will always try to pull you 834 00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:23,040 back, OK? And so the flesh remembers Egypt 835 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:30,160 and the flesh remembers Egypt better than it really was 836 00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:34,720 because Egypt was a lot of hardship, a lot of trouble, a 837 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:38,800 lot of oppression, a lot of pain, a lot of difficulty in 838 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,240 Asia. But it's like the flesh 839 00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:42,440 remembers the the food, OK, that's the flesh. 840 00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:47,400 So go back to Egypt. OK, that's what the flesh was. 841 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,320 The fleshes go back because it was easier there. 842 00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:56,520 But the spirit says go forward. The promise is just ahead 843 00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:58,400 because here you've got the Israelites. 844 00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:01,200 They've been set free and delivered from bondage and 845 00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:02,960 slavery of years and years of bondage. 846 00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:05,360 And then later they start talking about going back to 847 00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:11,920 Egypt. Going back to what the flesh 848 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:14,920 says is easier because the Spirit leads forward, but the 849 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:18,520 flesh leads backwards, back into the old habits. 850 00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:20,960 OK. And so if you are going to move 851 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,920 forward, there are some things that you have got to cut off. 852 00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:30,680 And so anything that's trying to keep pulling you back, we have 853 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:34,080 got to cut it off. And so I heard about the story 854 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:37,000 of a young mountain climber and he was hiking alone. 855 00:51:39,240 --> 00:51:45,400 And so one of the big boulders shifted and his hand got trapped 856 00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:51,440 under the boulder. He tried everything possibly to 857 00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,320 cut himself free, to get free of it. 858 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:55,440 He used his mountain gearing equipment. 859 00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:57,440 He chipped at the rock, at the boulder. 860 00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:00,440 He ran out of food, out of water. 861 00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:02,760 For days, he tried everything. His hand stuck. 862 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,800 After a while, his hand, his arm had no feeling at all. 863 00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:09,120 And it looks like he's going to die there because his trapped is 864 00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,720 alone. He's got no more food, no more 865 00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:13,080 water. It seems like there's no way 866 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:16,600 out. But on the first day, he made a 867 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,640 decision, one of the hardest decisions of his life. 868 00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:25,960 We realized that he knew that he had to cut off his arm to be 869 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:32,920 able to live. So he realized that if I stay 870 00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:36,720 attached to what is already dead, I'm going to die with it. 871 00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:42,280 And so he cut himself free and he got up, he walked and he 872 00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,080 found help and his life was saved. 873 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:47,680 And that's is like sometimes what happens in our lives in a 874 00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:51,560 sense that something, some way, something has ended. 875 00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,240 Sometimes it's something is over, it's ended. 876 00:52:56,240 --> 00:52:58,840 That season is over. OK. 877 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:06,560 And it might deeply, it might don't understand it all, but you 878 00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:12,560 have got to attach from what's dead in order to move forward 879 00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:15,440 with what God has got next for us. 880 00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:21,360 So we have got to attach from what is over and dead. 881 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:24,520 And you have to make a decision. I'm going to cut off. 882 00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:29,080 I'm going to move forward. So if something is dead, don't 883 00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:32,960 die with it. Don't hold on to it. 884 00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:39,440 Let it go. If the relationship ended, don't 885 00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:43,920 let your future end with it. If the relationship is over and 886 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:49,440 done, don't end and die with it. If that season closed, don't 887 00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:52,440 spend the rest of your life sitting outside of a closed 888 00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:55,040 door. Cut it off. 889 00:53:57,480 --> 00:54:02,160 Come on somebody, you got it. Sometimes you have to cut off 890 00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,160 the bittersness. Cut off the offense, Cut off the 891 00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:07,320 flesh. Cuts off what's holding you 892 00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:10,360 back. Listen, cut off that wrong 893 00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:12,440 relationship. It's holding you back. 894 00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:13,880 You don't want to die there. Come on. 895 00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:17,800 I'm talking to somebody here. Please. 896 00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:20,440 You don't want to die there. That thing is dead. 897 00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:23,720 Cut it off. Who are you talking to? 898 00:54:23,720 --> 00:54:26,520 Who is that? This part of God is saying cut 899 00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:30,440 it off, cut off fear, cut off the wrong relationship. 900 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:33,000 It's very disturbed. Cut off the thing that's pulling 901 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,480 you back, because the flesh will pull you back to Egypt. 902 00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:38,280 It wants to pull you back to Egypt, pull you back to bondage, 903 00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:41,800 pull you back. But the spirit leads forward. 904 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:44,960 So let go of the past, move forward, keep following the 905 00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:47,840 spirit, because the spirit leads you into the promise. 906 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:53,400 So as we close gods, the same God who brought you out, the 907 00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:59,960 same God who leads you through, don't run back to Egypt, don't 908 00:54:59,960 --> 00:55:03,000 follow the flesh, don't let bitterness clock the spirits. 909 00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:07,440 When the Spirit of God is calling you forward, when the 910 00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:12,280 Spirit of God is stirring and moving in your life, when the 911 00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:17,400 Spirit of God says move now, you don't need the full map. 912 00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:25,520 You just need to hold the hand of the one who knows the way. 913 00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:32,400 Yeah. OK. 914 00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:37,840 And so you need the presence. You need his leading. 915 00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,560 You don't need to know it all. You need him to lead. 916 00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:43,320 And I declare over you the spirit. 917 00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:47,160 And the rubber is flowing in. The fire is burning again. 918 00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,720 I declare over you that your shoes are on. 919 00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:56,160 Your heart is ready. You are not stuck in yesterday. 920 00:55:56,960 --> 00:56:02,560 You are moved by the Spirit. Somebody S Hallelujah. 921 00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:05,080 Come on, let's all stand. Stand to your feet. 922 00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:09,560 Come on, glory be to God. Everyone stands for a moment. 923 00:56:09,720 --> 00:56:12,880 Let this be a holy moment before God right now. 924 00:56:13,240 --> 00:56:17,280 And I want you to ask yourself, where do you need the Spirit of 925 00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:20,280 God to move in your life? Is it in your family, your 926 00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:24,960 future or your emotions? Maybe your calling, maybe your 927 00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:26,880 next step, What it might be my next step. 928 00:56:27,720 --> 00:56:31,360 Is there an area where the river has been blocked? 929 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:38,080 Maybe you feel stuck, dry ground. 930 00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:41,360 Maybe you feel unsure what to do next. 931 00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:45,680 Maybe fear has been trying to pull you back. 932 00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:48,880 But today I believe God is saying get your shoes on. 933 00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:52,560 You're not staying stuck. Get ready to move forward. 934 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:57,360 So if you're saying pass the wall, I don't want to be ruled 935 00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:01,800 by my flesh, OK? I, I, I want to follow the Holy 936 00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:03,360 Spirit. I'm ready to move forward. 937 00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:05,880 If that is you lift your hand before the Lord. 938 00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:08,720 This is your response to God. You're saying Lord, yes, let the 939 00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:10,360 river flow. My shoes are on. 940 00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:13,680 I'm ready to move. So right now, put your hand on 941 00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:15,640 your heart. Let's pray, Holy Spirit, I pray. 942 00:57:15,640 --> 00:57:20,080 Move on us today. Every person in this room move. 943 00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:23,400 Holy Spirit, move. Thoughts, choices, words, 944 00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:25,520 families, future right now, Holy Spirit, move. 945 00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:30,200 So where there's been dryness, let the river flow. 946 00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:34,160 Where there's been debris and blockages, wash it away. 947 00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:38,480 Where there's been disappointment, restore hope. 948 00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:41,160 And so Holy Spirit move upon every heart. 949 00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:45,000 Holy Spirit, touch, stir us again. 950 00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:51,160 Let no one walk out the same way they came in the Holy Spirit. 951 00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:55,400 Move us forward. Move us out of fear into faith. 952 00:57:57,400 --> 00:58:02,280 Move us out of bondage, out of all cycles, out of yesterday. 953 00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:05,920 Move us into the promise, into freedom. 954 00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:09,120 Move us into fresh fire burning us. 955 00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:12,400 Let the river flow and today we put our shoes on. 956 00:58:14,040 --> 00:58:17,840 We are ready to move with you Lord, in Jesus mighty name. 957 00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:22,480 Now say this with me out loud. So I am led by the Spirit of 958 00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:25,080 God. I am ready to move. 959 00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:29,720 My shoes are on. I'm not ruled by flesh. 960 00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:34,920 I'm not going back to Egypt. The rubber of God is flowing in 961 00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:37,840 me. I am moving forward. 962 00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:42,560 I am moved by the Spirit in Jesus mighty name. 963 00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:45,520 Come on, give God some praise in this place. 964 00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:50,920 So right now, before we close, if you've never made a 965 00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:53,400 commitment to follow Jesus, this is your invitation. 966 00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:55,560 Maybe you've been trying to lead your own life. 967 00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:57,560 Were you carrying guilt or shame? 968 00:58:57,560 --> 00:59:00,200 Today Jesus is calling you into a new life. 969 00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:03,360 He didn't just come to improve your life, He came to save your 970 00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:05,480 life. So right now, if you want to 971 00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:07,640 give your life to Jesus, become a child of God. 972 00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:10,320 Jesus came to save you. He died on the cross for your 973 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:12,480 sins. He rose again so that you could 974 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:14,160 be forgiven. So if you want to give your life 975 00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,640 to Jesus and receive forgiveness, just flick your 976 00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:18,240 hand, Amen. Amen. 977 00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:19,560 I see that, and thank you. Thank you. 978 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:22,040 Receive forgiveness. This is a brand new beginning, 979 00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:23,200 right? I see that hand. 980 00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:24,920 I see that hand. This is your moment. 981 00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:27,280 This is a fresh surrender. It's a fresh commitment. 982 00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:29,640 The child of God, so everybody proud lies. 983 00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:34,520 So Jesus, I invite you into my life, be my Lord and Savior. 984 00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:40,200 I repent of my sins. Forgive me, make me new, fool me 985 00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:42,600 with your Spirit, lead me forward. 986 00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:45,720 From this day on, I give you my life. 987 00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:47,960 Amen. Hallelujah. 988 00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:50,960 So you are a child of God, born again in a family of God. 989 00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:54,880 Let's celebrate those who made a commitment for Jesus Christ. 990 00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:55,440 Hallelujah.