1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,240 You've tuned into a mega church. We are people hungry to 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,240 encounter God through worship and His Word being witnesses to 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,760 the world around us. We pray this teaching blesses 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,320 you and trust God will reveal Himself to you in a new way 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:16,680 today. And. 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,040 If you need prayer for healing or breakthrough, Want to find 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,600 out more about Omega? Get to our website or Facebook 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:33,700 page through the links below. Good morning church family. 9 00:00:36,220 --> 00:00:38,580 It's an honour and a privilege to be here with you guys. 10 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:44,520 Had a one opportunity being here with you last year in October 11 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:49,440 and I've been very excited to come back and be here with you 12 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:54,560 guys again. I just want to honor Pastors 13 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,840 Ramana and Seema for just allowing me to be here, allowing 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:02,600 me to speak. When she called me, I, I was it 15 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:07,000 came of a bit of a surprise, but nonetheless, I was honoured. 16 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,040 And I was like, wow, this is this is truly a blessing to be 17 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,320 here with you guys and and to speak today. 18 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:14,720 And so, yeah, I just want to honor them. 19 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,360 But before we get started, I'd just like to pray, if that's all 20 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,720 right. You just bow our heads and close 21 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,760 our eyes. Thank you, Jesus. 22 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,280 Father God, I thank you. I thank you for today. 23 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:40,200 Lord, today's the day of Pentecost. 24 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,360 Lord, we remember that your Spirit was poured out on us, 25 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:49,080 Lord, to now fill us and dwell inside of us. 26 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:56,440 Lord, to empower us, to guide us, to help us, to teach us, to 27 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:04,640 point us to you, Jesus, we look to you this morning. 28 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,960 Jesus and Holy Spirit, I ask that you would just help us 29 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,280 every single day to look more like Christ, to sound like 30 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,600 Christ, to walk like Christ, so that those around us would see 31 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:23,520 who Christ truly is, His love, his faithfulness, his goodness. 32 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,960 We praise you, Lord, this morning. 33 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:34,760 We thank you and we bless you in Jesus name, Amen. 34 00:03:00,450 --> 00:03:06,570 Last time I was here, we stayed with Joseph and his family in 35 00:03:06,570 --> 00:03:11,090 the Romanas. And you know, Sima, she's 36 00:03:11,090 --> 00:03:13,770 notorious for, for her chicken tikka masala. 37 00:03:13,770 --> 00:03:18,760 If you don't know, that dish is holy. 38 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,400 It was so good. And so when she asked me to be 39 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,320 here, I was like, listen, I'll do it, but you have to cook me 40 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,680 chicken tikka masala. And unfortunately, she's not 41 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,240 here with us. We know she's in the States. 42 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,320 So I'll be back. I'm going to hold her to that. 43 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,120 I will drive 5 hours for that chicken tikka masala. 44 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,960 He did not. There's no condemnation for 45 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,440 those who are in Christ. He, he has to learn it. 46 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,720 They haven't trusted him yet with the family recipe. 47 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,800 But no, I just want to honour Pastor again because that man is 48 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,400 a man of God. He is a man of God. 49 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,160 And this place is a holy place. And when we were praying 50 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,880 earlier, I just felt the fire in my feet in this place, like a 51 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,760 heat coming from this ground that you have been meeting in 52 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:18,279 and being faithful in. And you know, today I see people 53 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,240 who are hungry, people who fought to get here, people who 54 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,920 said, no, Sunday, I'm going to be with the Lord, I'm going to 55 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,360 go and I'm going to be in community and in fellowship with 56 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,440 one another. I want to hear from the Lord. 57 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:30,760 I want to spend time with the Lord. 58 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,400 And, and I just felt like as we were worshiping, the Lord saw 59 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,680 that he saw people who are faithful to him who hunger for 60 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,280 him, who, who spend time with him. 61 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,200 And I'm excited for today because he's going to pour out 62 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,560 and he's going to show up and it's going to be good. 63 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,480 Just a quick story from the last time I was here is quite of a, 64 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:59,840 quite of a funny story. When we stayed with Joseph and 65 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:05,880 his family and we, we had that chicken tikka masala, his mom 66 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,200 had let us know like, hey, this is this is the chicken tikka 67 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:10,840 masala. Like if you guys get hungry at 68 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:13,080 night, you can come out, get some more. 69 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,400 I already had like 7 plates at this time. 70 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,120 So I was like, I don't know, maybe it's possible. 71 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,880 And then she left out some cookies for us and she's like, 72 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,440 oh, if you have a sweet tooth too, like here's some cookies. 73 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,760 And I was like, all right, well then that's a for sure. 74 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,520 I'll be back for that. And so we went to bed after 75 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,160 talking for a few hours about the Lord and just praying for 76 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,720 one another and just listening to the wisdom of Sema and Pastor 77 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,360 Ramana. And then they were just praying 78 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,520 for us and just prophesying over us. 79 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,720 And it was so beautiful. I was like, all right, I think 80 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,080 I'm going to go to bed now. And so I went to bed and I woke 81 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,640 up probably at 3:00 in the morning, 4:00 in the morning, 82 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,760 something like that. And I was like, all right, it's 83 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,840 cookie time. You know, you ever get those 84 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:01,680 cravings where you just wake up in the middle of night and 85 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,840 you're like, I need it and I know where it is? 86 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,160 She put it right there for me to get it. 87 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,840 And so I was upstairs, and I crept down quietly, and I made 88 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:12,480 sure no one would hear me because that's a little 89 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,080 embarrassing. Middle of the night, dude. 90 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,920 Like, really? You can't control yourself. 91 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,560 Like, just wait or something. I don't know, drink some water. 92 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,120 But so I crept down and it was dark in the house and I was 93 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,960 like, all right, I know where they're at. 94 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,680 They're just on the table. Hopefully the box isn't super 95 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,360 loud when I'm trying to open it. And so I go down into the 96 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,240 kitchen. I open the door into their 97 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:39,760 kitchen and I look to my right and Joseph's dad is at the table 98 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,200 with the word of God open learning and studying. 99 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,440 This was the night before Sunday service. 100 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,960 He's awake. He had been spending hours and 101 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:53,760 hours with the Lord so that he can come Sunday morning, he can 102 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:59,680 feed so that you guys would have a, a word from the Lord and just 103 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:04,920 conviction hit me here I am in the flesh and I'm like, oh, 104 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:11,800 cookie and Pastor Vermont is like with the Lord, like I felt 105 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,720 like I walked in. It was him, it was the Holy 106 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,880 Spirit. God was there, Moses might have 107 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,640 been there. Elijah was on the recliner and 108 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,760 he just looks at me and he's like, oh, hi, do do you, do you 109 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,400 need some water? Would you like some water? 110 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,240 And I go, yeah, I would love some water. 111 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,120 That's why I'm in here right now for water. 112 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,000 And I never told him that because it was so embarrassing 113 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,760 that I was down there. And he's just anyway, spending 114 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:43,320 time with the Lord. It was just so beautiful. 115 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,320 And then he came and he brought the word and it was when you 116 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,240 guys were going through the book of Acts, he's talking about the 117 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,120 different idols and things like that and just breaking it down 118 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,240 scripture by scripture by scripture. 119 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,800 And there was so much. And I bet you that that wasn't 120 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,600 even all of it. He probably had more. 121 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,000 But I'm excited today to get into the Word. 122 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:13,000 Amen. Myself, Kyle and Courtney, we've 123 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,600 been so fortunate to join a ministry and we were going 124 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,560 around New Zealand, the top of the South Island, these past 125 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,680 week. We started in Blenheim for two 126 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,240 nights and then we moved on to Grey Mouth for one night and 127 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,280 then we were in Christchurch last night and the night before. 128 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:33,480 And it's just so beautiful to see the hunger in this nation 129 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:40,240 and this the community and the collaboration that is happening 130 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,000 between the church right now. It's all about Jesus. 131 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,840 And these different ministries are like, yes, let's glorify the 132 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,840 Lord, Let's see what he's doing, let's partner together. 133 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,680 And it was just so beautiful. People were getting saved, 134 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,240 people were getting healed and delivered. 135 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,920 My favorite night was two nights ago when we had a youth night. 136 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,880 And more recently, the Lord has called me to the youth. 137 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,680 He said, Hey, This is why I want you right now. 138 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:10,840 At first I was like, I don't want to do anything with the 139 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:12,560 kids. I don't have kids yet. 140 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:15,480 I'm like, Lord, that time can wait, you know, until I have 141 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:19,400 kids then maybe. But it's just so beautiful to 142 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,120 see the hunger in those young ones. 143 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,480 They want to know the truth. They really want to be 144 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,560 encountered by the Lord. They, they don't want this 145 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,880 religion, you know, they show up on Sunday and, and there's 146 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,680 nothing going on. You just come in and they leave 147 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:36,000 and then that's it. No, they really want the 148 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,680 outpouring of the Holy Spirit. They really want to, to read the 149 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:41,160 word. They're searching for it. 150 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,640 And so if you have people in your family, like I am a, a 151 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:50,000 person that I can say that through prayer from my mom, like 152 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,640 that's why I'm here. Obviously because of the Lord 153 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,000 and his faithfulness and goodness. 154 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,560 But my mom kept praying for me and praying for me and praying 155 00:09:57,560 --> 00:09:59,560 for me and praying for me. And so if there's someone in 156 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:02,440 your life, a loved one or a friend, keep praying for them, 157 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,400 keep praying for them. I just felt like that was from 158 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,360 the Lord today, like just keep praying for them. 159 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,520 A scripture that I wanted to read today is in John 15, verses 160 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,600 four and five. And man, this, this passage in 161 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:37,840 John 15 is just filled with knowledge and wisdom. 162 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,360 And it's just so foundational because now as believers, we 163 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,040 know, right? We know, we know the Gospel. 164 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:50,760 We know what Jesus did for us. There's no denying it, but it's 165 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,080 beautiful because this is what it says in John 15. 166 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,000 It says remain in me and I will remain in you. 167 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:00,720 For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the 168 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,440 vine and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 169 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,440 Yes, I am the vine. You are the branches. 170 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,200 Those who remain in me and I in them will produce much fruit. 171 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,080 For apart from me you can do nothing. 172 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,400 It's so amazing because it's, it's the Lord saying, Hey, you 173 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:26,080 have a part to play in this. Also come to me as you draw near 174 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:31,640 to me, God draws near to you. We have to, we have to have 175 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,200 this, this hunger in it. And thank God, it's the Holy 176 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,000 Spirit who gives us this hunger and this desire, this burning 177 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 inside of us. Like, man, I want to spend time 178 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,240 with the Lord. I want to get in the word. 179 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,640 I want to soak up in it. I bet you anything, Pastor 180 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,920 Romana wasn't born again and saved and he was just diving 181 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:50,840 into it for hours and hours on end. 182 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,960 No, he probably built it up. He probably spent 20 minutes a 183 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,320 day, half an hour, an hour, 2 hours, 3 hours. 184 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,760 Because when you taste and you see and you get into that place 185 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,680 and that secret place and you really get encounter with the 186 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:05,480 Lord and you're spending time with him and you're 187 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,720 fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit, you're not going to want 188 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,800 to leave that that space. I know you guys have felt that 189 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,360 because I can feel it in the room. 190 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,040 The Word of God says that God is working in US, giving us the 191 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,840 desire and the power to do what pleases Him. 192 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,640 So while we're abiding in him and he is abiding in us, he's 193 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:34,640 giving us these desires, this desire, this hunger to crave him 194 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,640 more, to want him more and to do what pleases him. 195 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,520 You know, when I grew up in the church and I was just going to 196 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:45,960 church every single like Sunday, but nothing was really changing 197 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,640 in here. I would go and I would listen to 198 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,160 the messages and I'm like, oh, that's awesome. 199 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:54,480 Then I would drive home and that's it. 200 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:59,160 I'll be back next Sunday. I left my my belief at the door. 201 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,360 But Jesus is not a building. He's not a religion. 202 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,120 He's a person. It's a relationship. 203 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:10,400 And when we were singing that song earlier today, break down 204 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,400 the walls of all the tradition and all the religion. 205 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,880 Your way is better. His way is intimacy. 206 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,200 His way is a relationship, a closeness. 207 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,680 That's his way. And when you taste that and you 208 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:27,960 see that, it changes everything. And unfortunately, a lot of 209 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,160 people come and they'll sit in the seats, they'll sit in the 210 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,480 chairs, they'll listen to the worship, they'll read the Bible 211 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,720 here and there, but it hasn't switched for them yet. 212 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:42,080 And so they might miss it here and there and they might, oh, 213 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,080 well, I don't really feel like going to church today or, you 214 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,960 know, I don't really feel like reading my Bible today. 215 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,600 And I don't really feel like I hear the Lord. 216 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,600 And I don't really feel like I have a calling on my life 217 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,200 because they're not walking by faith. 218 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,560 They're not close with the Lord. They're not saturating their 219 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:02,840 mind with what the truth says about them and what God is 220 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:16,640 calling them to do. I'm just going to be firing 221 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,280 scripture off today. I hope that's all right. 222 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:24,600 In Philippians 1/6 it says, and I am certain that God, who began 223 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,360 the good work within you, will continue his work until it is 224 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,520 finally finished, on the day when Christ Jesus returns. 225 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:39,200 Lately I just been feeling like this just overwhelmingness of 226 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,800 the Lord is coming back like never before. 227 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:47,200 Like they probably have been saying this for years and years 228 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,120 and generations, but no, He is coming back. 229 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,640 And whether that is while I'm alive or while my kids are alive 230 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,440 or my grandchildren are alive, He's still coming back. 231 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:02,640 What are we doing to prepare? Are we getting ourselves ready? 232 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,960 Are we preparing that oil? Are we spending time with Him? 233 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,280 Are we interceding for our families? 234 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,400 Are we praying for our neighbors? 235 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,320 Are we trying to look more like Christ? 236 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,960 We are the ambassadors of Christ as though God is pleading 237 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:23,080 through us. And sometimes I omit. 238 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,840 I walk by people and I'm not even telling them the good news 239 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,840 that is inside of me that changed my life, that restored 240 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,760 me and transformed me and set me on fire and delivered me and 241 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,840 healed me. I'm hoarding that all to myself 242 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,760 when somebody who could be suffering right next to me 243 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:51,320 doesn't even know who Jesus is. What I love is when the Lord 244 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,880 brought me back on a journey because I was so fed up with 245 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,640 religion and so fed up with the mundane of just that, that just 246 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:02,520 doing and not the being. That's what broke me. 247 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,080 That's what told turned me to Lord. 248 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,280 I just I, I because I, I felt it. 249 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,720 I told my mom, mom, I feel like I don't hear God. 250 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,000 I feel like he's not near to me. I feel like because I was 251 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,560 trusting those feelings and not reading the Word, and the Lord 252 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,320 came and he encountered me in my apartment and He gave me this 253 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,760 burning desire to just go after Him. 254 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:28,080 Sunday was not enough. Wednesday, young adults was not 255 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,120 enough. It wasn't enough to go to Monday 256 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,240 night prayers as well three days out of the week. 257 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,400 It wasn't enough. It had to be every single day 258 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,040 that I had to be doing something, that I had to be 259 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,920 chasing after Him, that I had to be diving into the Word, 260 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,440 saturating my mind with the Word, listening to fundamental 261 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,440 teachings and praying and praying. 262 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,400 And then, and then out of that, as I was spending time with the 263 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,480 Lord, I just had such a desire and a compassion and a burden to 264 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,360 go out and tell people who He is, to go to pray for people. 265 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,000 My friend would invite me. He goes, let's go evangelize. 266 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,480 I go, dude, honestly, I don't know what I'm doing. 267 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,560 He said, don't worry, just come, let's just go love on people and 268 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,240 pray for people. And we did, and we got to pray 269 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,520 for people and divine encounters were happening where people were 270 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,079 being highlighted at the beach and we were going up to them and 271 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:19,040 saying, hey, what's going on? The Lord highlighted you right 272 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,040 now, can we pray for you? And they would start breaking 273 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:26,880 down and weeping and saying, man, I have been asking God, are 274 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:29,520 you real? Reveal yourself to me. 275 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:36,200 Just that week, just that day, they're asking, God, are you 276 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,240 real? Reveal yourself to me. 277 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,960 And He wants to reveal himself through everyone of you in here, 278 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,760 literally every single one of you. 279 00:17:51,380 --> 00:18:00,420 And He can. And so when he was bringing me 280 00:18:00,420 --> 00:18:03,980 through this journey of abiding in Him, now I wanted to do for 281 00:18:03,980 --> 00:18:05,860 Him. Some people they get from a fire 282 00:18:05,860 --> 00:18:07,940 for God and they want to just do and do and do. 283 00:18:08,060 --> 00:18:11,200 But we learned that Mary knew what was important. 284 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,760 Only one thing was needed, and that was to sit at the feet of 285 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:14,640 Jesus. Right. 286 00:18:22,410 --> 00:18:26,490 In Second Timothy 17, it says, for God has not given us a 287 00:18:26,490 --> 00:18:29,930 spirit of fear. And in this translation it also 288 00:18:29,930 --> 00:18:35,850 says, and timidity. Sometimes as Christians we get 289 00:18:35,850 --> 00:18:39,410 it confused between oh, I'm being humble. 290 00:18:40,170 --> 00:18:44,160 No, you're being timid. Do you know who you are in 291 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,680 Christ Jesus, seated in heavenly places? 292 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,960 Has he not said? Has he not commanded you to go 293 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:54,000 into all the world and make disciples of all nations, laying 294 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,000 your hands on the sick, casting out demons in Jesus name, 295 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,960 speaking in new tongues? Yes there is. 296 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,360 We need to be humble and we know it is the Lord in us. 297 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,120 But don't get that confused when the enemy tries to tell you, 298 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:10,240 hey, don't worry, you're too busy. 299 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,800 When you're at the gas station pumping gas and you see somebody 300 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,040 and you feel that what, what am I feeling right now? 301 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,280 Why? Why do I feel like there's 302 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,240 sadness around me or brokenness or helplessness? 303 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,240 That's the Holy Spirit tugging on your heart and saying, 304 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,240 because that person over there doesn't know who Jesus is, but 305 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,480 you do. So go over there, pray for them, 306 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,800 love on them, invite them here, invite them to open the Word 307 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,360 with them. I've heard you guys have ran 308 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:42,080 through all the Jesus disciple territories that are available. 309 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,200 That is amazing. Keep finding people who you can 310 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,440 open the Word with and share the Word with and allow them a safe 311 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,120 space to come and to learn who God is. 312 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,240 Don't be quick to convert them or don't be quick to push it on 313 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,160 them. God's working in them. 314 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,080 He's moving in them. He is faithful to complete what 315 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,960 He is starting in them. It is by His Spirit. 316 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,880 It's not by might, nor by strength. 317 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:14,000 You love on them, you be their friend and the Lord is going to 318 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,240 do it. It's the goodness of God that 319 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:24,520 leads people to repentance. What I love about this is that 320 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,640 as he commanded us, he, he also told us, hey, but also I'm 321 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,440 sitting in helper. He's going to come, He's going 322 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,120 to help you. It's better that I go and John 323 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:38,080 14 it says, and I will ask the Father, and he will give you 324 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,160 another advocate who will never leave you. 325 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,560 He is the Holy Spirit who leads into all truth. 326 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,560 The world cannot receive Him because he because it isn't 327 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,600 looking for Him and doesn't recognize Him. 328 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:57,360 But you know him because He lives with you and now with you, 329 00:20:57,360 --> 00:21:06,000 now and later will be in you. The Holy Spirit is in me. 330 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:11,840 It's like crazy. His presence is in me, He's in 331 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:31,840 you. In Second Chronicles 16-9 it 332 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,840 says, For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the 333 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:41,280 whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose 334 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:46,600 heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly. 335 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,920 Therefore, from now on you shall have wars. 336 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,720 In the beginning of that, we'll go back to it. 337 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:59,160 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole 338 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:05,480 earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is 339 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:10,280 loyal to Him. It doesn't say who is perfect. 340 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,360 It doesn't say for those who have been following Him for 25 341 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:23,760 years or who are pastors and ordained ministers, It says 342 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:35,040 whose heart is loyal to him. It was so crazy when the Lord 343 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:39,080 started to just work in me and use me so early on. 344 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,480 And it's not to boast about anything that I did, but I was 345 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,880 obedient and I said Lord, I just love you. 346 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:51,840 And out of that love for him, he took it and he sent me here to 347 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:56,440 New Zealand and I have had the opportunity and the pleasure to 348 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:02,200 go to Palau and to Fiji. And I'm seeing a hunger, a 349 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,280 hunger stirring up right now because like I said, the Lord is 350 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,720 coming and he's looking for his bride who is ready for him. 351 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,920 Are we preparing ourselves for his return? 352 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,360 Are we storing up oil in our lamps? 353 00:23:27,830 --> 00:23:31,870 In Matthew 25, I'm going to read this passage in this verses one 354 00:23:31,870 --> 00:23:36,990 through 13 and it says then the Kingdom of heaven will be like 355 00:23:36,990 --> 00:23:40,310 10 bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the 356 00:23:40,310 --> 00:23:43,590 bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and 357 00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:47,190 five were wise. The five who were foolish didn't 358 00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:51,480 take enough olive oil for their lamps, but the other five were 359 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,120 wise enough to take a long extra oil. 360 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,080 When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell 361 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,360 asleep, and at midnight they were roused by the shout. 362 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:05,440 Look, the bridegroom is coming, come out and meet him all the 363 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,920 bride made. All the bridesmaids got up and 364 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,000 prepared their lamps. Then the five foolish ones asked 365 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,480 the others, Please give us some of your oil, because our lamps 366 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,520 are going out. But the others replied, We don't 367 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:21,800 have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for 368 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,360 yourselves. But while they were gone to buy 369 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:28,640 oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went 370 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,120 in with him to the marriage feast and the door was locked. 371 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:37,360 And later when the other 5 bridesmaids returned, they stood 372 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:41,480 outside calling Lord, Lord open the door for us. 373 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:46,920 But he called back, Believe me, I don't know you, so you 2 must 374 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:52,120 keep watch, for you do not know the day or hour of my return. 375 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,400 What stands out to me is that five of them went and said, hey 376 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:08,560 pastor, can I have more oil? Hey mom and dad, can I have more 377 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,160 oil? Think of that. 378 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:16,120 I know it was 5 bridesmaids going to the other, but how 379 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:18,880 often do we do that where we go based off of somebody else's 380 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,040 faith and their oil and their intimacy? 381 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,040 But the other five knew, no, I need it for myself. 382 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:34,200 I need to gather oil for myself. Can I tell you there are going 383 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,320 to be times in your life, because they're already been in 384 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:42,320 mine, where in this season we feel like, oh, I'm good. 385 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,760 I have enough oil and nothing really is happening. 386 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:50,120 Nothing's really going around us that it that is with trials or 387 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:51,400 tribulations or anything like that. 388 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,360 But then when those come, you're going to be glad that you had 389 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,880 more than enough. You're going to be glad that you 390 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,440 spent time with the Lord every night and every morning 391 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,520 memorizing scripture and meditating on the Word. 392 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,480 Because when that time comes, because it is promised, I'm not 393 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,200 going to tell you the Christian life is easy. 394 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:15,520 It's not. It's hard, but it's better than 395 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,200 what I was doing before. It's way better than what I was 396 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,160 doing before. And it's not only my life that 397 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,200 is being impacted by the Lord by changing me and restoring me, 398 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,360 but the lives that I get to go and tell, the lives that I get 399 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:31,200 to sit with and disciple, the lives that I get to read the 400 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,640 Word of God to. And people are watching you. 401 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,640 That is one thing that I have realized now more than ever. 402 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,920 People are watching what you are doing. 403 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:49,760 Oh, you're a Christian, Show me. The word of God says, oh, you 404 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:54,240 believe that Jesus is God, So what? 405 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,880 So do the demons. They knew who he is. 406 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,440 As we're walking with the Lord and as he calls us right, 'cause 407 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,600 he calls us to follow him, He doesn't call us to believe in 408 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,040 him. He calls us to follow Him, 409 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,640 right? When he called Matthew, he said, 410 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:20,120 Hey Matthew, follow me. Hey Peter, I will make you a 411 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:30,400 Fisher of men. And this fruit of the Spirit 412 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,440 should be evident in a believer's life. 413 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,840 The Lord says they will know you by your fruit. 414 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:42,440 The love and the peace and the joy and the patience and the 415 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,600 faithfulness and the goodness and the kindness and the 416 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:56,160 self-control. I don't know how much time I 417 00:27:56,160 --> 00:28:05,080 have left. It's 1042, 1520. 418 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:12,240 OK? I want to save some time for 419 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:19,760 praying for everyone in here, so I just have a few more minutes. 420 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,200 There's one thing that has changed everything this time 421 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,800 around. Following the Lord in its 422 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,080 intimacy with Him and intimacy with the Holy Spirit. 423 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,640 If you don't know what I'm talking about, ask the Lord. 424 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,400 Lord, I want to know you. I want to spend time with you. 425 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,120 I want to burn for you. If you don't burn for the Lord, 426 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:02,800 ask him and you will. It's beautiful and it's not 427 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,640 saying that I don't fall short because I do and I make 428 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,760 mistakes. Some of my friends will let you 429 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:14,240 know I make mistakes. But thank God that He is just 430 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:20,440 continuing, continuing to work in me and change me and mold me 431 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:35,600 and shape me to look like him. I want to go back to to people 432 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,160 in your lives. I feel like that's being 433 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,320 highlighted again in your life who you are believing for God to 434 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:47,160 touch. And I want to read a few verses 435 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:52,640 and it's in Galatians chapter 6, verses 7 through 10. 436 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:01,880 And it says do not be deceived. God is not mocked for whatever a 437 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:07,800 man or woman sows that he will also reap. 438 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,200 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap 439 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,280 corruption, but he who sows of the Spirit, will of the Spirit 440 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:21,960 reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while 441 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,480 doing good. Don't give up while doing good. 442 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:34,200 Don't get frustrated. Don't lose hope in doing good, 443 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:42,760 for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 444 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,960 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us go, Let us 445 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,440 do good to all, and especially to those who are of the 446 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:58,880 household of faith. Thank you Lord, thank you Lord. 447 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,880 Right now as I've been in New Zealand and I've been believing 448 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:08,200 for my family back home to be saved because a few of us are 449 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,800 and a few of us are walking with the Lord and others know him but 450 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,320 are not following him. They're being encountered by the 451 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:19,560 Lord because although I'm here in New Zealand, I'm praying and 452 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,520 I'm interceding and I'm believing and I'm declaring and 453 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,000 I'm speaking life and I'm speaking the scriptures over 454 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,280 them and I'm loving them for who they are. 455 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,720 Come as you are is what the Lord says. 456 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,120 We don't go to a doctor when we're healthy, we go when we're 457 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:39,000 sick. And so as I'm in Nelson, I have 458 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,240 their names on my whiteboard. And so every time I look at it, 459 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,760 I'm saying you will be saved, you will be healed, you will be 460 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,840 encountered, you will be used mightily for the Kingdom. 461 00:31:55,080 --> 00:32:00,040 And just recently, two out of my family members, one cousin, went 462 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,120 to church on Sunday, heard the word of God. 463 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:04,760 Because the Word of God is powerful. 464 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:10,560 If you don't know what to say, there's a whole book in here, 465 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:16,000 many, many books, many stories, many parables that you can read 466 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,440 to them. And she gave her life to the 467 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,080 Lord. That same cousin I had the 468 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,240 opportunity of praying for in my apartment while I was living in 469 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:33,760 sin, she came over one day for a BBQ with my family, and I was 470 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,600 living in this nice apartment in Southern California. 471 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,600 And I was like, yeah, this is going to be awesome. 472 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,800 It's a nice apartment. We're going to have fun. 473 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,520 We're going to barbecue, We're going to swim. 474 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,680 I was a young guy. I was like 22 at the time, so I 475 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:52,080 was happy to have my family over and to just hang out and host 476 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:56,040 them. And we were drinking, and I was 477 00:32:56,040 --> 00:33:00,680 doing cocaine. And she had previously lost her 478 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,480 father a couple years prior to that day. 479 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,440 He died real young. He's about in his 50s. 480 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:14,320 And she started to break down and weep and cry and, you know, 481 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:19,120 which is understandable. And she was in my apartment, and 482 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,480 I didn't know what to do. And I just heard the Holy Spirit 483 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:27,840 say, you know what to do. You start praying for her while 484 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:33,560 I'm drunk and I'm high because that's who he created us to be. 485 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,000 He created me to be that. Even in my sin. 486 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,640 He's like, you know, I'm going to use you, you're a fool, but 487 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:43,440 you're going to wake up one day and we get to pray for her for 488 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,560 an hour, hour and a half, two hours. 489 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,320 We're in there, we're praying, we're praying, we're praying. 490 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,680 And her boyfriend at the time looks over at us like what is 491 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,840 happening because he himself is a believer. 492 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,640 And he was shocked by the way that we responded because in 493 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:05,440 that moment, we don't know what to do sometimes, but God does. 494 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,480 And so when we pray for these people, God's going to do the 495 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,880 work. You're partnering with him to 496 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,400 see what is happening. And and now to know. 497 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:21,920 She goes to my dad on on Easter. She goes, Julian, if if I died, 498 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,760 I would have gone to hell. I would have gone to hell. 499 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,080 And I hardened my heart because of what happened to my father. 500 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,960 But now she is knowing that that was not intended for her life or 501 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,400 her father's life, that there is a real enemy that he comes to 502 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:41,719 steal, kill and destroy. And you're seeing that now more 503 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:46,800 than ever in this world, the attack on the identity of 504 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:53,719 children, the drugs, the addiction, the adultery, the 505 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,920 idol worship, the mocking of Jesus. 506 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,640 But you know what? God knew all this would be 507 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,400 happening. And you know how He countered 508 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,360 it. He created each and everyone of 509 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:16,400 you for today while the enemy was thinking that he was playing 510 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,400 chess and He's moving his pieces here and there and trying to do 511 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,400 all this destruction and evil. God goes, no, I'm going to 512 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:30,400 create, Justin, for this day and age and this nation with this 513 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:34,840 testimony and these strengths and these gifts to tear down 514 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,840 those lies of the enemy to combat it. 515 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:42,720 And everyone of you is going to be used to combat what the enemy 516 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:45,120 meant for evil, and God is going to turn it to good. 517 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,200 Can I just invite Joseph up, just him? 518 00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,760 And I want to invite Courtney and Kyle up as well. 519 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,680 And we're going to pray. We're going to minister to you 520 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,640 guys. But before we do, I just have a 521 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:12,480 scripture that I want to read. You can go ahead, just Joseph, 522 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:27,240 and grab that guitar. Just help me out while I read, 523 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:34,400 and the scripture that I want to read is in Mark 10, verses 46 524 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:41,320 through 52. I encourage you because I want 525 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:42,880 to pray. I expect everyone. 526 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,760 If you're in here and you're a believer and you know Jesus, 527 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,720 he's going to touch you today. So you should be up here when we 528 00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:52,440 call everyone up. I don't want anyone in their 529 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:56,480 chairs right now, the word of God says. 530 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,920 Then they reach Jericho and Jesus and his disciples left 531 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:03,360 town. A large crowd followed him and a 532 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:07,680 blind beggar named Bartimus. It's so beautiful when they 533 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,400 include these people's names because it's something 534 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,280 significant that they're going to do. 535 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:18,200 And it's saying, hey, Bartimus, this man, listen to what he did. 536 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:23,320 It says Bartimus was sitting beside the road. 537 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,000 And when Barnabas heard that Jesus of Nazareth was nearby, he 538 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,920 began to shout, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. 539 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,320 And you know what happened? People around him and people in 540 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:39,360 the crowds, they said, be quiet. The world, when you're reaching 541 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,040 out, you're crying out to the Lord. 542 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,000 The world around you is saying be quiet. 543 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:49,640 The enemy is saying be quiet. He doesn't care about you. 544 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:55,600 He doesn't hear you. And there's two things that 545 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,160 Barnabas could have done in that moment. 546 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:02,640 He could have been quiet. He could have went home and 547 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,160 continued to deal with whatever he was dealing with. 548 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:10,280 In this case, it was blindness. In your case, it may be 549 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:16,120 heartache or disappointment, frustration, anger, sadness, 550 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,680 addiction. Whatever it is doesn't matter. 551 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,000 The Lord is going to touch you and he can deliver you and he 552 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,920 can heal you and he can do it right now. 553 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:33,560 In fact, he's going to. But when Jesus heard him, he 554 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,920 stopped and said tell him to come here. 555 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,240 So they called the blind man cheer up. 556 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:42,640 They said, come on, he's calling you. 557 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:44,840 So Bartimus threw aside his coat. 558 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:49,000 He jumped up and came to Jesus. What do you want me to do for 559 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:49,960 you? Jesus asked. 560 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,600 And he's asking you that today, What do you want me to do for 561 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:57,280 you? As you have been faithful to 562 00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:02,400 him, You're going to be rewarded, not just in heaven 563 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,720 here on earth. And so today he's saying, what 564 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:09,080 do you want me to do for you? That thing that you've been 565 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,800 asking and pleading and hoping and praying for. 566 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:24,280 And the man replied, My rabbi, I want to see. 567 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,320 And Jesus said to him, Go, for your faith has healed you. 568 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,480 And instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the 569 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:40,040 road. Thanks for joining us at Omega. 570 00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:43,240 If you need prayer for healing or breakthrough, or simply to 571 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:46,240 find out more, please head to our website or Facebook page in 572 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:47,000 the links below.