1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,840 Hello and welcome to the Arise Church Podcast. 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,960 We are so glad you're here and want to thank you for joining us 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,000 today for the audio version of our Sunday morning message. 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,440 We want to invite you to join us in person at our Sunday morning 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,840 celebration every Sunday at 10 AM. 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,520 We are located on Old Jenks Rd. in Apex, NC. 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,640 Actually, Pastor Tim is going to be bringing the Word. 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,880 This is his first time of ministering the Word of God to 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,760 us this morning. And so he's been a huge blessing 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,000 to us and to our church already. But would you please help me 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,360 welcome Pastor Tim Barcelona to bring the Word? 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,160 Well, good morning again everybody. 13 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,280 How we all doing? It's a good day to be in God's 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:51,040 house. Amen. 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,800 Amen. Let me get my prop here because 16 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,640 I do have a prop. You might be like, it's the set 17 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,680 of keys. I'll explain later. 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,239 So hold tight. I want to ask, would you turn 19 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:08,480 with me to the book of Genesis, chapter 12, very first book of 20 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,680 the Bible as you're turning there, like Pastor Ty said, my 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,680 name is Tim. I'm the senior associate pastor 22 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,000 and I was, I met somebody last week and they said, are you the 23 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,720 senior associate pastor? Because that means you're old. 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,200 And I said absolutely not, and you're about to get rebuked, so 25 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:32,320 God bless you for saying that. Next month is my birthday, but 26 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:34,560 I'm going to let you guess how old I'm going to be. 27 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,200 I'm not going to tell you, but I will give you a snapshot of my 28 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,280 story. When Pastor asked me to speak 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:45,160 today, he said that he'd like me to share some of my testimony 30 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,600 and what I sense the Lord is doing at Arise Church. 31 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,960 And I got to tell you, I am so honored anytime I have the 32 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:58,560 opportunity to be on any platform doing anything really 33 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,960 at the end of the day, I'm just, I just want to hear the Lord say 34 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,960 well done. You handled well with what I 35 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:09,639 entrusted you to handle. And so, so with your finger 36 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,520 there in Genesis 12, I'm going to ask you to stand with me as 37 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:18,120 we read the word of God. I like to do this not out of a 38 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,800 traditional thing and out of it. You've got to stand if you 39 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,560 really want to be holy. But we believe in honoring the 40 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,960 Lord, Amen, in in whatever way we can. 41 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,080 I'm going to ask, would you read this passage with me? 42 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,600 We'll have it up on the screen. If you don't have a Bible, I 43 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,760 want to encourage you. It's a great time to bring your 44 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,280 Bible to church. So if you don't have a Bible, 45 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,280 let us know. We can get one for you. 46 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:40,960 We're happy. I've got a whole bunch of my 47 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,280 office that's just sit on my shelf, but if for those of you 48 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,600 who don't have one, feel free to read. 49 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,080 Along with this, we'll be reading out of the new King 50 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,480 James Version. Let's read this together. 51 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:54,640 Ready, set, go now, The Lord had said to Abram, Get out of your 52 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:58,600 country, from your family and from your father's house to a 53 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,680 land that I will show you. Lord, we thank you for your word 54 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,960 today. Lord, we thank you for what you 55 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,400 have been doing from the moment we stepped onto this campus. 56 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,560 We thank you, Lord, that you are here. 57 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:12,360 We thank you that our faith is charged. 58 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,800 We are expecting you to continue to do great things. 59 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,760 Lord, just as you've been meeting us in praise and worship 60 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,600 and ministry, we thank you that you're going to meet us with the 61 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,880 word of God. So Lord, I pray that right now, 62 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,400 Lord, I pray that people don't hear Tim Versalono, but I pray 63 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:32,680 that they hear the Clarion call of the Holy Spirit to the words 64 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,280 that I speak today. Jesus, you be glorified in your 65 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,200 name, we pray. And everybody said, Amen, Amen. 66 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:45,200 You may be seated. So I want to give you just a 67 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,840 snapshot. And I'm going to race through 56 68 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:53,560 years in about a minute or two. That's how old I am, by the way, 69 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,280 in case you were wondering. So there you go. 70 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:03,800 My folks came to the Lord in the in the 1970s and 1974 and they 71 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,000 came to the Lord in the height of the charismatic renewal, 72 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,480 which was a great time to come to Jesus. 73 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,240 Can I ask how many, how many of you maybe came to faith in the 74 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,720 70s or during that time frame? Wow, that's awesome. 75 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,640 Wonderful. So my parents had a pretty crazy 76 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:22,000 conversion experience and right from the get go, my mom was 77 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,560 going to a charismatic Catholic Bible study because there are a 78 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,840 lot of Catholics getting baptized with the Holy Spirit in 79 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:30,720 the 70s. And she went to this Bible study 80 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,240 and she had one leg that was shorter than the other. 81 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,440 And so the people who were there said, well, we can pray for your 82 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,200 leg, and God will heal you. And the way she tells a story, 83 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,360 she said, well, why would God want to do that for me? 84 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:45,360 And they said, well, can we pray for you? 85 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,720 Yeah, they prayed. Long story short, boom, God 86 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,000 healed her leg just like that. Now, I wasn't there at the 87 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,080 prayer meeting, but I can tell you this, this memory is still 88 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,440 so vivid in my mind. I remember as a little boy, my 89 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,440 mom going to her closet, pulling out her dresses because my mom 90 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,520 sewed for all of her life. She made all sorts of stuff for 91 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,680 me and my brothers and my dad. Some stuff was really cool 92 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:13,240 looking, some stuff I would later look at and go why, why? 93 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:18,160 But I remember helping my mom put the dresses on the 1970s 94 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:23,120 orange and yellow bedspread. And she said, now, Timmy, this 95 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,760 is a stitch Ripper and it had a pointy end with a little ball at 96 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,360 this end. And what it did is it help you 97 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,800 RIP out stitches so you could change the hem on your garments. 98 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,160 And I said, mom, what are you doing? 99 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:35,800 And she said, Jesus healed me last night. 100 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,960 I've got to fix all my hems on my dresses. 101 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,280 I remember that so vividly because number one, me and my 102 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:45,000 younger brothers were never allowed to go into mom and dad's 103 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,920 bedroom ever. And I remember because of that 104 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,320 ugly bedspread. But I remember most importantly 105 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,320 because my mom said Jesus healed me. 106 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,200 That's the first time I ever heard those words uttered that I 107 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,000 remembered. That's when I was a little boy. 108 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,040 Then a couple years later it's in when I was six years old, we 109 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,720 were attending Calvary Temple Assembly of God in Flossmoor, IL 110 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,720 And little Timmy went to Bible, a vacation Bible school. 111 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,240 And the night that the altar call was given, I walked down 112 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,760 front. I felt for the first time my 113 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:16,560 heart racing and I thought, oh, what is this? 114 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,600 And I knew that I needed to go down front and make Jesus the 115 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,600 Lord of my life. And so in August 1976, little 116 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,400 Timothy, John, little Timmy went down, went down to the front of 117 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,280 the church and made Jesus Lord of his life with two of his best 118 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:31,320 friends from school that he invited to go with them. 119 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,440 And I've been living for Jesus ever since. 120 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,160 Thank you, Lord. Fast forward a little bit now 121 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,680 I'm at kids camp. Can I tell you, I have always 122 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,480 been a fan of camp because I know what God has done in my 123 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,880 life at camp. I know what the Lord has done 124 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,200 through my wife at camp. It has been amazing. 125 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,640 I was at Kids Camp and I was baptized in the Holy Spirit at 126 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,440 Kids Camp. Now, I was going to a Christian 127 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,000 School at the time and again, at the height of the charismatic 128 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,360 renewal, there was some, there was some really great stuff that 129 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,200 was happening, but I'm gonna know there was some stuff that 130 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,000 you were kind of like, what's that? 131 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,800 What's going on there? And so they were teaching us how 132 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,320 to speak in tongues at this Christian School, which my mom 133 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,800 hit the fan, called the principal. 134 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,640 And you can't do that while I was at kids camp that summer. 135 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,720 And I remember this because in central Illinois it gets hot and 136 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,680 humid just like it does in North Carolina. 137 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,240 And I remember going down front because I wanted to receive this 138 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,000 baptism with the Holy Spirit thing. 139 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,320 And somebody prayed for me. And I came to what seemed like a 140 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,320 few minutes later and the whole place was empty and I was the 141 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,960 only one left in there speaking in tongues with someone praying 142 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,480 over me. And it was such a vivid and 143 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:42,720 powerful. I remember, I remember the 144 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,440 leader sitting up on the cement floor going where is everybody? 145 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,720 They were organizing the chairs, getting things straightened out. 146 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,160 So I was baptized in the Holy Spirit at a very young age as 147 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,320 well. I was baptized in water in 7th 148 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,520 grade. Then Fast forward at 16 years 149 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,160 old, I was working in a daycare at a Christian School when I was 150 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,360 a junior in high school, and I wanted to be a chiropractor. 151 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:09,960 I saw the car that my mom's chiropractor drove and I said, I 152 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,440 want to be a chiropractor because I want to drive a nice 153 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,240 car. By the way, my birthday is next 154 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,520 month. Corvette has always been up 155 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,840 there. Maybe one, maybe one year, we'll 156 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,840 see. So it's 16 years old, I'm 157 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,680 working in this daycare, and I heard the Lord say I'm calling 158 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,760 you to ministry. Now, I assumed it was children's 159 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,640 ministry because I was working in a daycare, but that's not 160 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,799 what the Lord said. He said I'm calling you and I 161 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:38,240 said, Lord, I just want to do whatever it is that you want me 162 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,280 to do, whatever that looks like. And that has been something that 163 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,520 has guided me and JJ for all of our lives. 164 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:48,680 My folks used to do Bible studies in our home. 165 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:51,400 We'd have adult Bible studies. They do teen Bible studies. 166 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:52,880 They do young adults Bible studies. 167 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,080 They we did Bible studies all the time because that's what you 168 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,880 just did in the 70s and the 80s. And mom and dad were always very 169 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:00,440 active. It wasn't like, yeah, we go to 170 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:01,760 church on Sunday. That's our thing. 171 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,680 It's like when the doors were open, the versalonos were there. 172 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,200 That's just how we were raised. I was raised that way. 173 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,000 Both my younger brothers were raised that way. 174 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,960 We raised our kids that way. When the doors are open, that's 175 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,480 just what versalonos do. We live our lives for Jesus. 176 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,880 So we were at A at a teen Bible study and the first prophetic 177 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:26,160 word I received was from my mom, which was really kind of cool. 178 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,160 And I'm there and we're praying and everything. 179 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,160 And I didn't realize it was a prophetic word at the time, but 180 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,920 the word was Tim. I really sense from the Lord 181 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:38,000 that God is always going to use praise and worship as a big part 182 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,200 of your life in ministry. And as a 16 year old, you're 183 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:42,680 like, oh, that's really kind of cool. 184 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,960 Now I got to tell you, when I was 16 years old, there was 185 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,680 really not that much worship music that was out there. 186 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:52,600 It was just really beginning to come in popularity and people 187 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,800 began writing. There was some Maranatha music, 188 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,200 which was like, OK, this is nice, but give me something a 189 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,400 little more engaging. And then and then there was a 190 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:01,920 Hosanna music. And then there were. 191 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:03,600 And then it just kind of grew and went from there. 192 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:09,960 So over the past almost 40 years now of ministry, praise and 193 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,920 worship has always been a main thread of what God has called me 194 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:15,160 to do. And I got to tell you and I'll 195 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:16,840 tell about talk about this more in a second. 196 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:22,000 When pastor first gave us gave us a call and asked us about 197 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,960 coming down. I'll be completely honest with 198 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,960 you. I I've been pastoring for about 199 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,840 half of my life at this point, senior pastoring. 200 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,320 And I thought, Lord, do I still have what it takes to get it 201 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,880 done? Because I'm like, you know, you 202 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,720 look at you watch videos on on YouTube and a majority of 203 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,080 worship leaders are probably not in their mid 50s. 204 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,840 A lot of them have no grey in their beard. 205 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,240 A lot of them wear hats. A lot of them wear all sorts of 206 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,320 stuff. And I'm looking at me going, OK, 207 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,600 am I even really going to be relevant anymore? 208 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,520 Now, I don't say that for any kind of oh, Tim, you're doing a 209 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,600 good job. This is the we all. 210 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,080 We all have different thoughts like God, can you still or Lord, 211 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:02,560 why would you use me kind of thing? 212 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:04,160 Don't we? But can I tell you something 213 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,360 that the anointing of God is always there to step into what 214 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,960 he made you to do. And since we've been here, I 215 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,200 can't tell you how many people have said, Tim, how's it feel to 216 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,080 be leading worship again and not pastoring? 217 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,640 And I'm like, I'm really, I love being a senior pastor, but I 218 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,760 love doing what God made me to do. 219 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:25,960 This is what he made me to do. And so mom, if you're watching, 220 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,840 thank you for sharing the word of the Lord with me. 221 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:38,240 After I graduated high school in 1982, I attended Jimmy Swaggart 222 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,080 Bible College for one year. And then after that year I went 223 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,280 and completed at Life Bible College East, graduated 91. 224 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,280 Now I'm going to Fast forward to going to go real fast. 225 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:51,400 So the first place I served was in Concord, NC, then in after 226 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,760 Concord. So I was first when I was a 227 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,360 little boy, I said, Lord, if there's anywhere I could be, I'd 228 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,240 love to either be in Michigan or North Carolina. 229 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,760 You may be wondering why Michigan? 230 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,880 Because grandma and grandpa had a cottage on the lake. 231 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,000 It was not a cute cottage. It was a shack, but I loved 232 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,600 going to the cottage, but I loved coming to North Carolina. 233 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,200 And so we got to, so I started ministry in North Carolina. 234 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,680 Then I went to Grace Covenant JG and I run staff there together. 235 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,080 And then in 1995, the Lord spoke to us and said, go West. 236 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:25,360 We had bought a home, had lived in it for a year, and we were 237 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:29,000 like, OK, we're just going to obey you, Lord. 238 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,840 And so we made one extra house payment and we packed it up and 239 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:34,720 we just started moving. We didn't have any kids at the 240 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,200 time. We had a dog, boy, she had two 241 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:37,600 dogs. We gave the big one away and 242 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,920 kept the little guy. We started in every state line 243 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,240 that we'd cross. Is it here? 244 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:44,440 Nope. Is it here? 245 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:45,800 Nope. Is it here? 246 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,720 Nope. Is it here and about halfway 247 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,760 across the country. We need we, we. 248 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,280 This is how crazy, wacky faith we had. 249 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,440 We didn't even have cell phones at the time, but her mom and dad 250 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,200 had a cell phone and they were going get ready to go on staff 251 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,760 back at church on the way in Southern California. 252 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,760 So we just all caravaned across the country. 253 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:08,000 So halfway across the country, J JS Grandma called and said, 254 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,320 well, the rental is available in Santa Maria. 255 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,240 The people lived there for the past eight years. 256 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:15,520 They just bought a home. So it's available if you and 257 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,160 we're like, yeah, yeah, thanks. So is it here? 258 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:19,040 Nope. Is it here? 259 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,440 And so finally, we're like, Lord, there's not much further 260 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,720 we can go. And it became clear, OK, we'll 261 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,840 move into the rental. And then we were on. 262 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,880 We wound up going on staff at the church in Santa Maria as a 263 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:33,880 worship leader for almost 9 years there. 264 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,160 And God did some amazing, amazing things. 265 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,680 All of our kids were born in Santa Maria. 266 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,320 JJ grew up in Santa Maria when her dad pastored the church 267 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,160 years ago. And we just went because God 268 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,880 said to go. And we said, like we heard Joe 269 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,840 and Mel say, we just said, yes. That is something that we have 270 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,640 always said, Lord, we just give you our yes. 271 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,320 And so we were there for nine years after being at a church. 272 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,200 It was a good sized church and leading worship, writing a bunch 273 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,160 of music, recording an album. The Lord said, I want you to go 274 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,680 to Chicago and start a church. So we moved. 275 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:05,960 We were in Chicago for three years, planted a little church 276 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,760 called Harvest Point Christian Fellowship. 277 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,600 And the church didn't do what we thought it would do, but we 278 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,720 discovered who's Tim and JJ, who's God called us to be in our 279 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,960 family. And it was a real foundational 280 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:20,640 time for us in our faith. Is it that time that I became 281 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,040 bivocational because I needed a job? 282 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,720 And so I started working in the restaurant and I did that for 10 283 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:30,800 years, worked my way from from a server to a trainer to a 284 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,920 salaried manager to the general manager. 285 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:35,560 And that was, it was a lot of fun. 286 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,600 It was a lot of hard work because eventually we left 287 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,720 Chicago, went back to California, went back to work 288 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,040 for Red Robin when the economy tanked back in O 7 and got my 289 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,880 job back into management. So I'm now pastoring and 290 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,040 managing a restaurant. And after I was done with that, 291 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,360 I was tired and we took a season to recoup. 292 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,040 So we went back to California, pastored a church for nearly six 293 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,440 years in the San Fernando Valley, and then JJ went on 294 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,080 staff at that. It was called Church on the way, 295 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,200 Santa Clarita at the time, now called Cross Point. 296 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,880 And then I came on staff about a year later as the worship pastor 297 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,960 after we left the church that we pastored then in 2017. 298 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,640 Am I going too fast? OK, great 2017 because I got a 299 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,080 few other things I want to talk about today. 300 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:27,800 In 2017, the Lord, Well, in 2016, in October 2016, the Lord 301 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,080 woke me up in the middle of the night and he said transitions 302 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,880 come and get ready. And often times when the Lord is 303 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,520 wanting to get our attention, the Lord will just speak. 304 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,440 These one liners, sometimes we share them with others to have 305 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,520 them pray with us. Other times we keep them between 306 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,640 us and we'll share them with the kids to have them pray with us 307 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,480 and the kids to 1°. We have three kids, by the way, 308 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,640 Shaylyn is kids pastor over in Concord. 309 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,800 Casey is worship leader at a church in Northern California, 310 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,160 and then Jackson works with FCA and is an accountant in 311 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,160 Lynchburg. And then we've got 4, almost 5 312 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,280 grandkids. And I know what you're thinking. 313 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,760 You are not old enough to have that many grandkids. 314 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,680 And you're right, I'm not, but we do. 315 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:15,880 And so, and they're so awesome. How many grandparents are in the 316 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,320 house today? Oh, man, people would say, yeah, 317 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,280 it's great being a dad, but wait to your grandparent. 318 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,920 And I'd be like, yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. 319 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,720 Now that I'm a grandparent, I'm like, yeah, it is pretty cool. 320 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,440 And so the Lord spoke to us. I said, transitions coming, get 321 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,480 ready. And I said, what transition? 322 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,240 And often times when the Lord does that, it's to get us 323 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:41,040 praying is to get us seeking His face and to start getting ready 324 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,400 for whatever it is that God wants to do. 325 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,000 That's how faith works. A lot of times the Lord may 326 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,280 speak something to you and we've got to take that step to say, OK 327 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,520 Lord, I am going to trust where you are leading, what you are 328 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,000 doing. Even though I might not have all 329 00:16:55,000 --> 00:17:02,600 the answers, I will trust you because God has never ever let 330 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,319 us down. He's never LED us astray. 331 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:06,920 So at the time, like, what's going on? 332 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,800 And so we wound up moving to New England. 333 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,560 Neither of us had never been to New England before JJ. 334 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,920 All she knew of New Hampshire was she's like, I know that they 335 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,200 vote first. That's great. 336 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,319 And I didn't know much more than that. 337 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,640 But when? But here's how the Lord has done 338 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,319 this all throughout the course of our lives. 339 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,160 Jackson's was, Jackson was playing hockey and he signed a 340 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,960 contract, went down to pastor's office that day and I basically 341 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,760 resigned, gave my 30 day notice. We're moving to New England, 342 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,160 we're moving to New Hampshire. And I was going to ask him for 343 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,320 the supervisor's name so I could just say, hey, we're coming. 344 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,840 I don't know if anybody has anything. 345 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,120 I'll do whatever, I don't care. And, and so our pastor gave me 346 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:50,880 the supervisor's number. We got in touch the next day. 347 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,280 We talked on the phone, I sent my resume. 348 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,560 And by Friday I knew we were going to Laconia, NH. 349 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,560 What's interesting is in October 2016, remember when the Lord 350 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:02,920 said transition is coming, get ready. 351 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,720 I did not know that the guy who was pastoring the church, that 352 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:10,480 is the day that his wife received a diagnosis that they 353 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,840 where they said we need to step away from ministry and pastoring 354 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,360 this church so I can care for my wife. 355 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,320 It was a significant cancer diagnosis. 356 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:22,360 So when I shared this with the church in Laconia, the gentleman 357 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:25,320 who had stepped down said, wait, when was that? 358 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,080 And I say it was October 2016. And he looked at his wife and 359 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:30,880 she looked at him and they said that's when we got the 360 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,240 diagnosis. God is always preparing things 361 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,760 ahead when we don't know, so we want to. 362 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,880 We were in Laconia. We pastored Real Life Church 363 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:45,840 from 2017 to 2026 and it was a wonderful 8 1/2 years in New 364 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,400 England. We loved our church, we loved 365 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:49,800 our home, we loved where God put us. 366 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,240 JJ worked for the district office. 367 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,840 You've heard Pastor talk about it before. 368 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:56,360 JJ got to work with Pastor Ty for a number of years 369 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:58,960 representing the district in a big state region. 370 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,240 And I and I got to be the happy participant and just watching 371 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,680 and see what God was doing. There were times I'd play 372 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,160 keyboard during camp and I'd listen in on some conversations 373 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,600 they that they were having. And I remember always thinking, 374 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:16,720 I really like this guy. Some Chicago may slip out from 375 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,800 time to time. So if it does just kind of roll 376 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,120 with me because I did grow up on the South side. 377 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,760 I really like this guy and I and, and so when pastor would 378 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,920 come out to speak at camp, I would have him come speak at the 379 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,000 church. And then people in our church 380 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,040 were like, we really like this guy. 381 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,560 And I'm like, I know, right? And so it was always wonderful. 382 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,840 So whenever he would come. So thank you for letting him 383 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,920 come and, and share some of his life with us because we were 384 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:46,760 blessed in New Hampshire when when y'all were allowing him to 385 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:51,280 do that. So Fast forward, here we are, 386 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,200 we're in Apex. So that is a lot of life in a 387 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,520 really short amount of time. But I can tell you this, I want 388 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,600 to shift now to sharing some of my testimony because there's a 389 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,160 lot in there. That I didn't cover and you'll 390 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,880 get to hear some of this when JJ speaks as well and as we all get 391 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:07,920 to know each other, I'll just say this. 392 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,320 Our life is an open book. What you see is what you get. 393 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:16,800 We love the Lord and we love you and we're glad that God has 394 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,360 called us here. All that to say this faith has 395 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:25,000 always been a strong foundation in not just my life but in J JS 396 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,120 life as well. From a very young age. 397 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,640 You heard me share just a little bit, not just faith. 398 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,680 Yes, I'm a Christian. I have faith, but faith because 399 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,960 the Word says without faith it's impossible to please God because 400 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,200 he who comes to God must believe that He is and that he is a 401 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,160 rewarder of those who diligently seek him. 402 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,320 So I have diligent, I have really tried to diligently seek 403 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,600 the Lord. There's been seasons where I 404 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,160 haven't been as diligent as I know I could have been, but I 405 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,880 still had faith. So faith has always been a 406 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,640 strong foundation in my life expectancy. 407 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,920 Expecting that God will do what he says that he will do has 408 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,280 always been a big foundation. I've always, I, I, I have been, 409 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,440 like I said, I grew up in a home where I saw healing happen in 410 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,440 our living room. People were delivered from 411 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,280 demons in our living room. People called a ministry in our 412 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,800 living room. That was just normal life for 413 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,720 the Versalono household. I saw this and I'm like, God can 414 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,160 do anything, anywhere, anytime with anybody. 415 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,160 All we have to say is yes, Lord use me. 416 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,880 And so there's always been an expectancy when I pray for 417 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,320 people. I expect you're going to get 418 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,720 healed. I don't just owe Jesus. 419 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,440 If it's your will, it's his will. 420 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,680 He wants you healed. He wants you to be well. 421 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,480 I've always had an expectancy that there's going to be an 422 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:45,720 anointing on what I do because I've got to take time in his 423 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,680 presence before, before any of this happens. 424 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,840 I better be spending some time with the Lord. 425 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,920 That's a good place for the church to say Amen. 426 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,960 I've always expected the anointing. 427 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,360 It's always been a primary focus throughout my lifetime. 428 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:04,040 And I saw this model by mom and dad as a as a young guy grew up 429 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,640 in Chicago Heights and I saw this modeled by my in laws. 430 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,840 Even there's so many things that JJ and I as we were asking 20 431 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,200 questions, getting to know each other, you know, what would what 432 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,560 would, what would you do in ministry? 433 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,000 What would what's God you called you to do and hearing the things 434 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,120 that God did in her life and in her family. 435 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:20,120 I'm like, wow. It's like even though we grew up 436 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:22,880 on different the coasts, it's almost like we grew up the same 437 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,120 way. It's because of faith because 438 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:28,640 God can do what God wants to do when we say yes to Jesus. 439 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,880 And Genesis 12, we just read a few moments ago, recounts the 440 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,040 story of Abraham getting up and going. 441 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,680 God spoke to him. He said go to somewhere that I 442 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,400 will show you. God didn't lay out a plan. 443 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,320 He didn't say here's the map of where you're going Abraham. 444 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,320 He didn't say Abe, if you do this, he's God just said go and 445 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:54,480 what it Abram at the time say he said OK, He said yes, So what I 446 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,840 so I want to shift a little bit now and I want to tell you what 447 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,840 I believe God is doing in our church. 448 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,800 We've been here since the end of March and some things it is 449 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,840 super obvious to see what God is doing. 450 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,200 I love to see what the Lord has done in the past four years that 451 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,520 Pastor and Pastor Lilia have been here because they've worked 452 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,200 hard. We don't get to where we're at 453 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,200 today without a lot of hard work that goes into it, Amen. 454 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,400 We all stand on the shoulders of those who've gone before us to 455 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,680 1° or another. And I'm thankful that I, that I 456 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:30,520 have the ability to step into an anointing that is this platform 457 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,120 has been set that we are expecting God to do what God 458 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,680 says he will do. And that's what he, he's been 459 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:37,440 doing. Amen. 460 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,400 So what do I believe God's doing in our church? 461 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,560 I think God is raising the level of faith. 462 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,920 He's raising the level of expectancy, and he's raising the 463 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,720 level of anointing. So let me unpack it for you. 464 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,920 I want to unpack this for you in just a few minutes that I have 465 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,440 left. I'm going to lay some 466 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,960 foundational stuff and I want to give you 2 main points and then 467 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,160 I'll conclude it next month when I get the opportunity to speak 468 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,040 again. So you'll have to kind of buckle 469 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,440 your seat belt and just kind of put a comma there. 470 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,560 So the first thing I want to mention is this. 471 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:12,760 Jesus Christ is the anointed 1. Christ is not Jesus last name, 472 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,040 it is his title Jesus the Christ. 473 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:23,680 Jesus is the anointed 1. The Savior is the anointed one. 474 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,400 Jesus is anointed. Acts chapter 1038. 475 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,400 Turn there with me if you would please. 476 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:38,080 Acts chapter 10 verse 38. Acts chapter 10 verse 38, how we 477 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:38,960 doing? Are we doing all right? 478 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,880 Praise the Lord. Acts chapter 10 verse 38, it 479 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,240 says this, it says God anointed God did what? 480 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:52,200 God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with 481 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,240 power who went about doing good and healing all who were 482 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,240 oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 483 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:01,520 Now here's what I want us to see here. 484 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,360 This is why this is so foundational for you and me as 485 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:07,600 Christians, as followers of Jesus Christ. 486 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:18,000 God anointed Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit and power. 487 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,160 See, all three people of the Trinity were involved when Jesus 488 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:26,320 was anointed. God anointed His Son with the 489 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:30,720 Holy Spirit and power. Now you might be wondering, 490 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,400 well, why did God do that? I'm so glad you asked. 491 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:38,280 Let me tell you, we see it right there. 492 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,360 Jesus was anointed to do what? To do good. 493 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,440 Jesus was anointed to do good. The second thing he was anointed 494 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,880 to do. He was anointed to heal those 495 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:56,080 who were oppressed by the devil. The third thing he did, he was 496 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,040 anointed to show that God was with him. 497 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,480 And we see all that right there in this little passage. 498 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,680 It's a little passage, but it's a powerful truth, isn't it? 499 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:12,520 God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and power. 500 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,160 If you're anointed, you can expect to have power in your 501 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,040 life. Now, you might be sitting here 502 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,040 going, well, I haven't seen much power in my life. 503 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,600 Well, we're going to talk about that because we as believers, we 504 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,360 as Christians, we need to tap into that power source. 505 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:29,600 Amen. We need to tap in. 506 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:34,680 See, this passage shows that Jesus ministered in the power of 507 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,520 the Holy Spirit. If Jesus ministered in the power 508 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,280 of the Holy Spirit, let me just ask this question. 509 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,240 If Jesus ministered in the power of the Holy Spirit, what makes 510 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,640 us as Christians think we don't need to do the same? 511 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,680 I have met a lot of Christians who are like the Father, the 512 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,440 Son, and the Holy Bible, and they're like the Holy Spirit. 513 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,240 He's kind of like, you know, not for today. 514 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,400 The tongues and all that stuff you Pentecostals do, That's not 515 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,120 for today. Well, if Jesus needed the power 516 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:08,520 of the Holy Spirit to minister, then who am I to think that I 517 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,680 don't? I mean, Romans even says the 518 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:16,360 same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is living inside 519 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:19,560 of us. He is living inside of us. 520 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,680 So let's talk about what anointing means because this is 521 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:28,000 this is not just a church word, but we use it a lot in the 522 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,280 church. Anoint means to smear or to rub 523 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:36,360 with oil. I was doing some research and 524 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:39,120 research tells us this as you look in different Bible study 525 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,560 helps. It represents the flow or the 526 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,840 empowering of the Holy Spirit. Anointing literally involved 527 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,840 rubbing olive oil on the head. Especially to present someone as 528 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:55,680 divinely authorized, divinely appointed by God to serve as 529 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:01,400 prophet, priest or king. Yes, we anoint people and pray 530 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:02,600 with oil as well. Why? 531 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,320 Because just like we heard Pastor talk about last week, 532 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:09,000 there's system, there's there's patterns that God has set up. 533 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,880 For our example, we didn't start the service today with a slow 534 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,480 song like we heard last Sunday, right? 535 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,080 We, we come into his presence with Thanksgiving and do his 536 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,680 course with praise. We clap our hands, we shout unto 537 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,120 God. There's a there's a process how 538 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:26,960 we approach the Lord. Can I just say I kind of when 539 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,320 you were talking about finger painting last week, I just kind 540 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:33,560 of had this picture of people going show me that in the Bible. 541 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,240 That's just one of those things, you know, I'm, it just kind of 542 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:44,640 made me smile because if it's not in the Bible, right? 543 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:52,000 OK. So we believe in anointing and 544 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,240 we're divinely authorized to serve as prophet, priest or 545 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:56,960 king. And that's who the Bible says 546 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:01,040 that you and I are, prophets, priests and kings. 547 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,280 So here we go #1 here's our first point. 548 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,480 Now that we've talked about the anointing, everybody say #1 549 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:15,080 number one, you are anointed. Say this with me. 550 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:19,800 Say I am anointed. Most of you said it. 551 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,720 Now let's all say it together. Ready, go, I am anointed. 552 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:28,640 Who's anointed? Say I am you are you are 553 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,320 anointed. Why are you anointed? 554 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,440 Because Jesus. God anointed Jesus with the Holy 555 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,280 Spirit and with power. And if we're Christians and if 556 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:40,720 we want to be like Jesus, then guess who else Jesus has 557 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,080 anointed? He's anointed us. 558 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,400 Thank the Lord you are anointed. Matthew 311 says this. 559 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,520 He himself, Jesus, will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and 560 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,480 fire. Interesting. 561 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,320 Jesus was baptized the same way, wasn't he? 562 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,400 By God the Father? And Jesus says, this is Matthew 563 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,040 writing. He says Jesus, he himself, he 564 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,960 will baptize you. Jesus is the baptizer with the 565 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,040 Holy Spirit. That's one thing that we believe 566 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,040 in as a Foursquare Church. And can I tell you it's not good 567 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,920 enough that we just believe it? You got to take action on it. 568 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,960 The Bible says that even the devil believes in some things, 569 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,360 but he trembles. There's so many human beings are 570 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,120 like, I don't need the power of the Holy Spirit. 571 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,120 Yeah, we do. Yes, we do. 572 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,840 And if I don't have the Holy Spirit and fire, then I better 573 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,280 lay myself on the altar and start cooking because that's a 574 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,040 sweet smelling aroma to the Lord. 575 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,760 First, John 220 says this. But you have an anointing from 576 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,200 the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 577 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,240 This is John writing. But you have an anointing. 578 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,680 You, you, you look at the person next to you and point to and 579 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,880 tell him you have the anointing. You have the anointing. 580 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,920 Why do you have the anointing? Because you're anointed, you 581 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,520 have an anointing because you are anointed. 582 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,240 And when he says and all of you know the truth, it's here's what 583 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,240 he's saying. He's like, come on guys, this is 584 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:11,000 a no brainer. You know, this is the truth. 585 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,600 I'm not telling you something to just pump you up and hype you up 586 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,200 and make you feel nice. I'm telling you the honest of 587 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,600 God's 100% truth. So let's get in it and let's get 588 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,320 in that flow. Let's exercise that anointing 589 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,000 and be who God has made us to believe. 590 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,520 See, the believers have an anointing from the Holy One 591 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,960 indicates that this anointing renders us holy. 592 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,840 We are consecrated. We are set apart for God's 593 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,000 purposes. This passage teaches us that the 594 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:42,640 gifts of the Holy Spirit are the all efficient means enabling 595 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,080 every single believer. Now I'm getting to my 596 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:47,760 illustration. You're probably wondering when 597 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,600 you get to the illustration. Here's part of it. 598 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:57,880 I have on this pulpit an iPad, a Bible, my tea, and some keys. 599 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,240 Here's what a lot of Christians do. 600 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,120 A lot of Christians will say, I'll, I'll take the Bible, I'll 601 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,200 take the iPad. But I'll, I'll leave the keys 602 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,560 right there. And I get kind of thirsty 603 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,840 sometimes because the Bible says out of my innermost being will 604 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,560 flow rivers of living water. So I'll, I'll, I'll take that. 605 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,600 But a lot of us look at the anointing or the Holy Spirit and 606 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,600 we're like, well, I'll just kind of leave that right there. 607 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,560 I'll just, I'll just, I'll take all this. 608 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,720 But Lord, I don't really, I don't really need this. 609 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,880 I'm OK, I'm all set. I don't need that. 610 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:33,560 Not realizing that God has given us the keys to the Kingdom. 611 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,160 Jesus has the keys to death, hell, and the grave, right? 612 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,360 But he says, I've given you the keys to take authority, to 613 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,240 trample on all sorts of stuff that will try to trample on you. 614 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,040 And a lot of Christians just leave the keys sitting right 615 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,920 there. And we never dive in to 616 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,040 discover, Lord, how have you anointed me? 617 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:56,520 What have you anointed me to do? Well, Joel talks about that, and 618 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,400 we're going to talk more about that in just a moment. 619 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:03,760 Joel chapter 2 says, I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. 620 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,240 Somebody say all flesh. Does that leave anything out? 621 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,160 I will pour out my spirit on all flesh. 622 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,080 Your sons and daughters shall prophecy, your old men shall 623 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,160 dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. 624 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,680 And also on my men servants, on my maidservants. 625 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:24,400 I will, I will, I will, I will pour out my spirit. 626 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:29,160 In those days when Peter preached on the day of 627 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,480 Pentecost, this is what he preached. 628 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:36,600 And he said, this is that that Joel prophesied. 629 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:38,760 This is that. We've been looking for it. 630 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,960 Guess what, everybody here it is. 631 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,400 Because if anybody knew Peter before the day of Pentecost, it 632 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:51,280 was the disciples, right? Not everybody else may have 633 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,000 known Peter, but Peter was really good at doing this, 634 00:33:54,000 --> 00:34:03,120 wasn't he? He just put on and some of you, 635 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,040 some some of us can relate with Peter really well. 636 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:09,920 We walk around, we go. But the day of Pentecost changed 637 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,080 everything, didn't it? Why? 638 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:17,920 Because God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with his 639 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:22,040 life was changed. And see, Peter recognized it. 640 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:24,960 Something was different because the anointing changes 641 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,400 everything, which is the title of today's message. 642 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,880 The anointing changes everything. 643 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,239 Everything, everything. The anointing touches, it 644 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,360 changes. And here's what Joel prophesied 645 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,000 and that Peter preached. He says that your sons and 646 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,360 daughters are going to be anointed. 647 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:45,080 Gender is not a barrier to prophetic empowerment. 648 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,840 It does not matter if you are a man or you are a woman. 649 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,040 God says if I've anointed you, I have anointed you. 650 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,760 Oh, well, so and so says I can't stop. 651 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,920 What does God say? What did the Lord say? 652 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,880 There is no barrier to prophetic empowerment when he says old and 653 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:09,440 young age is no barrier to the Holy Spirit's revelation. 654 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,240 It does not matter how old you are. 655 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,840 I had visions when I was younger and I'm dreaming now that I'm 656 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,600 older. JJ, I'll tell you, man, there's 657 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,920 some weeks I'm dreaming four or five nights a week. 658 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,280 And sometimes they're wacky. Whack a do pizza. 659 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,240 But there's a lot of times in my dreams. 660 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,440 I can't tell you how many times I have dreamt something and in 661 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:34,960 my dream I said out loud, I need to make sure I remember this 662 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:39,520 just in case I'm dreaming when I wake up in my dreams. 663 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,840 I've said that so many times over the years. 664 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:45,200 And those are the times I write it down where I'm like, OK, 665 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,960 Lord, what are you saying doing? See, age is no barrier to the 666 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,520 Holy Spirit's revelation. And then he talks about male and 667 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,240 female servants. Now, I know we don't have 668 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,440 servants and everything and all the history and all that stuff 669 00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,120 that we learn about growing up and we've seen. 670 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,960 But here's the point of that. Social status is not a barrier 671 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,240 to being empowered by the Holy Spirit. 672 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:09,920 It doesn't matter if you have 1,000,000 bucks in the bank or 673 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,120 you have 0 bucks in the bank. It doesn't matter if you're the 674 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,080 most popular or if you were like me in high school and you were a 675 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:17,600 nerd. It does not matter. 676 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,560 If God has anointed you and empowered you, then He has 677 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,520 anointed you and He has empowered you. 678 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:26,640 Because Christians are the anointed ones who follow the 679 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,520 anointed one. That's who we are. 680 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,840 See, people are filled with God's Spirit so that more of the 681 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,120 earth can be filled with the life of heaven. 682 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,000 That's why it's so important for us as Christians to be filled 683 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,240 with the Holy Spirit to walk in the anointing because we should 684 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:45,800 change every atmosphere we enter. 685 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,600 We should change it all all the time. 686 00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:51,160 Whether you're putting gas in your tank, shopping at Trader 687 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,800 Joe's, whatever you're doing, playing golf and like whatever 688 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,080 you're doing, if you're in line for Kentucky, it. 689 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,080 Doesn't matter where you are. And what you're doing if you're 690 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,560 anointed, let's live like we're anointed #2. 691 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:07,120 What to expect? With the anointing, so #1 you 692 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,320 are anointed #2 What to expect with the anointing. 693 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:14,400 When I first wrote this point down, I found myself thinking of 694 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,800 the book that JG and I read before we had kids, What to 695 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,800 expect when you're expecting. And at the time, we thought, 696 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,640 man, what a rotten title for a book. 697 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,960 Because what if you have a lousy experience? 698 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,400 And being people who watch our words, at first we're like, oh 699 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,120 man. But as being people of faith, it 700 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,640 puts on a whole new twist, doesn't it? 701 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,640 What to expect when you're expecting? 702 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,840 I come to church expecting that God's going to move. 703 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,200 Frankly, I expected today that when pastor came up and did 704 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,520 transition time, I expected that there was going to be a moment 705 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,600 where we were just like, Lord, we're not quite too sure what to 706 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,120 do, but we're going to hang out on your presence so you can have 707 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,480 your way. I was expecting that today. 708 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:58,120 I came to church ready to go. Well, Pastor Tim, you should 709 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,400 come church expecting ready to go because that's what you're 710 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,000 paid to do. No, I do it because Jesus gave 711 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,760 his life for me. He didn't give me his lifestyle, 712 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,800 He gave me his life. It's not enough for get for me 713 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,240 to give Jesus my lifestyle. I want to give him my life. 714 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,600 I want him to him to impact everything I touch, every person 715 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,400 I touch, every word that I speak, every place that I'm at. 716 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,480 Why? Because I'm anointed to do it. 717 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:25,840 I was going to preach easy today. 718 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:31,440 Pastor, I'm sorry. You know Isaiah, chapter 60. 719 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,320 One and Luke chapter 4 says this. 720 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:38,240 It says the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has if you 721 00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:41,720 know what, help me out. He has what he has anointed who 722 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,160 me. Now we know that this is Jesus 723 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,880 speaking, but who else has Jesus anointed me? 724 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,680 He has anointed me. To do what? 725 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,120 To preach good news to the poor? To proclaim release of the 726 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,280 captives? Recovery of sight to the blind? 727 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,560 To set free the oppressed. And then in Mark 613, it says 728 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:01,800 this. Here's what else happened when 729 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,800 they were anointed. They drove out many demons. 730 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:08,920 Not a few demons, not a couple. Maybe if Jesus was having a good 731 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,320 day, because Jesus always has a good day. 732 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,360 Even on Good Friday, he had a good day. 733 00:39:18,970 --> 00:39:22,490 He anointed many sick. People with oil and healed them. 734 00:39:22,650 --> 00:39:27,800 John 12/3 when Mary's there and she anoints Jesus feet, the oil 735 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,440 permeates the atmosphere. I hadn't really thought of this 736 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,080 before. I was talking to JJ last week 737 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:33,480 and she said, you know, I'd never thought of this. 738 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,200 I was hearing this pastor preach and he said, you know, when that 739 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:40,560 alabaster box was opened, the oil affected everybody, the 740 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:47,000 fragrance affected everybody. That's what happens. 741 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,920 When the anointing is in the place, when you are anointed, 742 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,120 when you come ready and you're just anointed, it affects 743 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,560 everybody, everywhere. I'm always praying, Lord, give 744 00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,360 me an open door. In those ten years when I was by 745 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:06,800 vocational, I'll tell you. The prayer that I prayed before 746 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:07,800 we. Came here and I was like, Lord, 747 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,680 am I still relevant? Do I still have what it takes? 748 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:11,320 Can I still get can I still get it done? 749 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:18,160 I. Prayed in. 2000 and 5 when I 750 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,800 went back into the workforce because I was very thankful, I 751 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,160 was so blessed. I got to work full time ministry 752 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,360 for 14 years right out of Bible college. 753 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,920 I was full time. And so now I got to go back and 754 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,600 be full time and I was like, oh Lord, how am I going to do this? 755 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,920 And the Lord help me. Almost every day that I worked 756 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,280 in the restaurant, there was somebody that was said, Tim, can 757 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,360 I talk to you for a minute? And it was never how hot did the 758 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,000 burgers need to be? How long do I hold the fries 759 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,080 for? It was very seldom a food 760 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,680 question. It was my husband just left me, 761 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,800 my kids using drugs. Can you pray for me about this, 762 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:57,240 that and the other? And I always pray, Lord, give me 763 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:01,400 open doors and help me to see the door when it opens in front 764 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,240 of me. See, it's one thing to pray for 765 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:05,040 the open door. It's another thing to recognize 766 00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,920 it and then to take that step of faith. 767 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:10,240 Let me get. Ready to bring this home? 768 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:16,680 See, the presence of the anointing, the oil, it permeates 769 00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:20,200 the atmosphere. And there's a difference between 770 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:24,280 music and anointed music. There is a difference between 771 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,040 preaching and anointed preaching. 772 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,600 Can I tell you something we never, ever, ever have to 773 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,520 wonder, Is it going to be anointed this Sunday? 774 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,480 I can promise you it's going to be anointed. 775 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:35,800 I can promise you it will be. Why? 776 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:37,360 Because I know my pastor's heart. 777 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,920 You. You can you can rest. 778 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,440 Assured that I'm taking time and I'm spending time in the 779 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,840 presence of God, working through song lists. 780 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,720 Will I always get it right? No. 781 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:49,640 But there's going to be more often than. 782 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:53,080 Not that we do, because we're going in together. 783 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,680 There's a difference between music and anointed. 784 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,920 There's difference between preaching and anointed 785 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,200 preaching. Thank God that we have anointed 786 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,640 preaching every week here in this place. 787 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,600 There is a difference between having church and having an 788 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,960 anointed church service. How many of you all went to a 789 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,520 boring church before you were like? 790 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,920 When is it going to be time to get out of here? 791 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,640 I pray Lord Jesus, let. Our church services never be 792 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,760 boring, but let our services always be anointing. 793 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,120 Let the anointing be always so powerfully present. 794 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:31,000 Lord, you do whatever you want to do knowing that it's probably 795 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,280 not going to look the same next week like it did today. 796 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:37,400 That's OK, That's all right, as long as it's anointed. 797 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:39,960 Praise God. There's a difference between 798 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,800 praying and anointed praying. Somebody say Amen. 799 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,360 Well, what do you? Mean by that, I'll talk. 800 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,240 More about that next month. There's a difference between 801 00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:53,360 business watch this and having an anointed business See. 802 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,800 This is not just for what happens in these walls and in 803 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,200 your life outside. This is about you as a business 804 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,120 person, as an employee, as someone who's working out in the 805 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:02,760 world. There's a difference between 806 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,680 just punching the clock and saying I'm doing what I'm doing 807 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:09,920 for the Lord. What makes us? 808 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,200 Effective is the anointing that's. 809 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:17,440 What makes us effective? See, the same Holy Spirit that 810 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,120 anointed Jesus and raised him from the dead lives in you. 811 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:25,360 So that means you are not powerless, you are not average, 812 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:30,800 and you are not ordinary. You are anointed by God. 813 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:33,680 He has marked you. He has. 814 00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,920 Set you apart and He has filled you with the Holy Spirit's 815 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,040 power. But hear this, the anointing 816 00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:41,680 only works to the measure that you activate it. 817 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:45,600 I'm going to conclude with this Ephesians. 818 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:49,360 Chapter 3 says this. It says now to him who is able 819 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,400 to do help me out, if you know it, exceedingly abundantly, 820 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,760 above all that we ask or think. And how many of us just usually 821 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,680 pause right there and forget the rest of that passage? 822 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:04,280 According to the. Power that works in you. 823 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,560 See, many of us are like. OK, Lord, I'm doing all the 824 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,200 things, I'm praying, I'm stirred up, I'm doing all this stuff, 825 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,520 but I'm not seeing anything happen. 826 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:17,040 Are you letting faith determine your words? 827 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,840 Are you letting faith determine your circumstances? 828 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,000 Oh, Pastor, you're starting to get into that name and claim it. 829 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,520 You know what? There's it would do a whole lot 830 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:28,840 of Christians, a whole lot of good for us to speak what the 831 00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,200 Word says, because there's power in the words that we speak. 832 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,280 And there's even more power when we speak the word because God's 833 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:38,000 word works. God's word always works. 834 00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:41,320 You ought to try it. It's a lot of fun being a 835 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:44,120 Christian. Let me conclude with this. 836 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:49,680 If you're here today and you're like, OK, Tim, this has been a 837 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,440 good message. I'm feeling kind of fired up. 838 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:55,000 Good. Don't just stay fired. 839 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,960 Up. By like, OK, yeah, it. 840 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,360 Was a good church service do something with it because the. 841 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:05,000 Bible says that faith. Without works is dead, and dead 842 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,520 faith is not faith, it's just. Something that's dead. 843 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:13,520 Faith is always alive. Now faith is faith is always 844 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:16,680 alive, it's always active, it's always at work. 845 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,920 I want to ask as Pastor Ty comes, can I pray for you? 846 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:21,800 Would you close your eyes and bow your heads? 847 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,080 Jesus, thank you for the word that we've heard today. 848 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,360 I thank you, Lord God, that what you were doing in our church, 849 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:33,280 you are stirring our faith. You are stocking, oh God, you 850 00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:37,320 are stocking the fires of expectancy. 851 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:41,920 And Lord, I thank you that you are at work in US. 852 00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:46,680 Lord, today I pray that as we've listened to the Word, as we've 853 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:50,760 sung songs about your Word, as we have reached out to you, I 854 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,240 thank you, Lord, that you are here to change us, transform us, 855 00:45:53,240 --> 00:45:57,680 and make us more like you. And so, Jesus, as we get ready 856 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:01,000 to go out into the world, Lord, give U.S. 857 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,160 Open doors. Give us opportunities. 858 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:08,720 Let our faith be stirred. Let our lives be filled and 859 00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:13,240 directed always, because you have anointed us to go into the 860 00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:15,640 world in Jesus name. Amen. 861 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:17,520 Amen. Can we? 862 00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,600 Thank Pastor Tim. Thank you, Thank you. 863 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:24,560 Praise the Lord. Would you stand to your feet? 864 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:29,840 We want to thank you again for. Joining us for the Arise Church 865 00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,520 podcast, we hope you were encouraged by what you heard 866 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:33,760 today. You can find 867 00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:38,560 us.online@arisechurchn-c.com and on Instagram at Arise Church NC. 868 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,960 If you need prayer or support or are interested in learning more 869 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:45,640 about Arise Church, we encourage you to connect with us online or 870 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:47,680 in person at our Sunday morning service. 871 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,200 Thank you and God bless.