1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,520 I'll tell you, there's such a sweet anointing in here today 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,360 and you and you don't always experience that in church. 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:13,280 And what you have going on here is, is it's special, it's God 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:17,520 ordained. The Middle Peninsula needs this 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,840 church. There are hurting people out 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:26,840 here that need what you have. So I just want to encourage you. 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,760 Great, great worship, great worship. 8 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,800 This morning. If you have your Bibles, we're 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,600 going to turn to the book of Acts chapter 18. 10 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:47,400 And before, before we begin, I'm like, it's sort of an oxymoron 11 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:53,560 story, but this, this, this atheist was arguing about God 12 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,160 and his greatness. And we've sung about his 13 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:59,000 greatness, his goodness, and his atheist wanted to confront God. 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,240 And this Christian said, well, OK, go ahead and confront him. 15 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,040 And he goes, well, I can do anything God can do. 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,840 I'm a scientist, I'm a doctor. And he says, OK, well, what can 17 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,200 you do? And they brought in a mentally 18 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,200 ill person. He says, I can give this person 19 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,440 drugs. And I'm not, I'm not minimizing 20 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,440 medical practice at all. And he can calm this guy down 21 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,200 and he can function and so forth. 22 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,600 He goes OK, and we just want touch. 23 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,280 God says I touched him and it's whatever was bothering him is 24 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,280 gone. He goes well, OK. 25 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,520 He said well this this person is sick so I can give them 26 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,440 antibiotics, I can do this Prednisone, drop Poison Ivy, 27 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:39,360 etcetera. So on. 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:44,600 He goes, OK, God just waved his hand and the guy's maladies were 29 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,280 healed. And then finally, the last Test 30 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,440 is this atheist wanted to put to God. 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,880 He goes, what else you got? God just reached down and picked 32 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:57,960 up some dirt and formed a man, and he became a living being. 33 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,440 And the atheist says, that's nothing. 34 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:01,680 He reached down and grabbed the dirt. 35 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,960 And God says you get your own dirt. 36 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,800 So anyway, sometimes things fall a little flat. 37 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:15,560 But all right, Acts 18 today we're going to be talking about 38 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,240 the making of a disciple and we're going to begin. 39 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,280 And I'm reading for the Message Bible, so it may read a little 40 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,920 different depending on what translation you're you're 41 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:32,280 reading from verse 24, a man named Apollo's came to Ephesus. 42 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:38,920 He was a Jew, born in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, 43 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:41,800 and a terrific speaker, eloquent and powerful in his preaching of 44 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,680 the Scriptures. He was well educated in the way 45 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,160 of the Master and fiery in his enthusiasm. 46 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,680 Apollos was accurate in everything he taught about Jesus 47 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,800 up to a point, but he only went as far as the baptism of John. 48 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,200 He preached with power in the meeting place. 49 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,400 When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and 50 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,400 told him the rest of the story. When Apollos decided to go on to 51 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,400 a Caya province, these Ephesian friends gave their blessing and 52 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,960 wrote a letter of recommendation for him, urging the disciples 53 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,760 there to welcome him with open arms. 54 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,520 The welcome paid off. Apollo's turned out to be a 55 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,080 great help to those who had become believers through God's 56 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,760 immense generosity. He was particularly effective in 57 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,640 public debate with the Jews, as he brought out proof, after 58 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:29,680 convincing proof from the Scriptures, that Jesus was, in 59 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,760 fact God's Messiah. Aren't you glad that aren't you 60 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,760 glad today that Jesus is the Messiah? 61 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,920 Amen. We're redeemed, we're born 62 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,920 again, we have heaven for our home and it's for eternity. 63 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,400 That's good news. Look at your neighbors say 64 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,560 that's good news and what are we to do? 65 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,400 Jesus said go into all the world and share that message. 66 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,520 You got good news tomorrow on your job site to tell somebody. 67 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:01,240 I've got good news wherever I go and and God opens opportunity 68 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:04,000 up. But the first point I want to 69 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,160 make today about making a disciple is disciples have 70 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,200 potential. Everyone has potential. 71 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:18,160 Potential is what's the intelligence test IQ. 72 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:23,400 Intelligence is like IQ. Someone may have a very high IQ, 73 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,920 but they may act like a complete idiot. 74 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,800 We know they usually end with PhD at the end of their name 75 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:37,840 sometimes, but potential doesn't guarantee you're going to 76 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,520 fulfill what it is you can't fulfill. 77 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,600 It takes a discipline and drive and, and in the church it takes 78 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:50,840 the anointing of the Holy Ghost. So here we have Apollos who is 79 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:56,080 from Alexandria, Egypt, which at the time was a had a university. 80 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,200 It was a great learning place. It was a great institution of 81 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,560 higher learning. So Apollo's has learned from 82 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:10,000 these schools that he went to in Egypt and he knew he knew what 83 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,440 he knew he was the Bible says in verse 24 he was an eloquent man 84 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,600 and mighty and the and the and the word mighty is donatos, 85 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,880 which means he was powerful and capable connected. 86 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,480 And this word connects to the Greek word dunamis, which if you 87 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,120 read in the book of Acts, when that power fell, it was the 88 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,440 dunamis of God. It was like dynamite. 89 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,720 It was explosive. It brought about change in the 90 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,200 disciples. You had this man named Peter who 91 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,040 denied Christ three times, all of a sudden is telling the Jews, 92 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:49,680 you did this to Jesus, you did this, and you have slain the 93 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,240 Lamb of God. And this is a guy who just 40 or 94 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,520 50 days before had go, had gone and, and denied his Savior 3 95 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,080 times. So what changed was Peter all of 96 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,120 a sudden was anointed by the Holy Ghost. 97 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,800 And I can't, this is God's service. 98 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,160 So he tells whatever he tells me to do, we're going to do. 99 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,040 This is not my service. It's not John's service, it's 100 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,880 his service. So we have to, we have to know. 101 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:21,840 But anyway, Apollo's had a presence about him and I and I 102 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,560 believe when he stepped in a room, it just kind of commanded 103 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,000 attention. I worked with a guy, he was a 104 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:34,000 within Rico police. He, he was a Sergeant major in 105 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,920 the United States Marine Corps. His name was Lt. 106 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,080 Parker. And if you, if you go to ever, 107 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,480 ever go up to Quantico, I've heard I haven't been up there, 108 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,840 but I want to go, my wife has been, but I want to go up there 109 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,200 and see the memorial. And I encourage anybody that can 110 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,160 go up there to do that. I haven't been able to do that 111 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,200 yet. But anyway, Lt. was the kind of 112 00:06:55,200 --> 00:07:01,040 guy who had a very boisterous voice, ice blue eyes. 113 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,680 But when he belted something out, it was like, and he at the 114 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,160 time, he was just an officer. He wasn't even of rank in the 115 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,680 police division. When he would say something, 116 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:16,720 people paid attention. I can be on a domestic call and 117 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,720 the couple just going back and forth and then the mom steps in 118 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,320 because the grandkids are there. And then L and then Lt. could 119 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,160 show up and go, Mama, what's going on? 120 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,840 And everybody just shuts up and you're like, how does he do 121 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,680 that? Well, he had a, he had a very 122 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,160 command presence. He had commanded troops in Iraq. 123 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,480 He had done what what he had done in the past and it it came 124 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,200 for the future. And what God does with us, he 125 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,920 uses what abilities we have. Not everybody has that command. 126 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,640 If if you ever worked in law enforcement or the military, you 127 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,000 know, there's some people that are elevated be way beyond their 128 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,680 abilities. They're promoted way beyond 129 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,880 their abilities. They, they just, they're in over 130 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,840 their head. The guys in, in, in the unit 131 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,800 know it. The guys on the platoon know it. 132 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,360 Everybody knows it. And I'll tell you, the guy who 133 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:09,920 got promoted who shouldn't knows it. 134 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,480 Amen. Anybody help me here. 135 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:19,240 But anyway, he was mighty in the scriptures, educated in Egypt, 136 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,600 eloquent in speaking. And which means he was eloquent 137 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,840 in writing and speaking. In other words, today's 138 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,480 vernacular, we would say he had a way with words. 139 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,000 He had a way with words. What you know, we should pray 140 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,440 when we're, when we're trying to reach someone on the job site or 141 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,799 wherever. God, give me the right word, 142 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,080 because one word from you can penetrate a heart and you know 143 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,320 it. The results are not your 144 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:54,560 responsibility. It's not there's a guy at work 145 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:59,560 who's currently living with his girlfriend and he's he's 146 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:02,720 divorced and he's living with his girlfriend and, and you 147 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,440 know, at times you got to be bold, right? 148 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:09,160 So we have another guy who's who's a believer, who works in 149 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,200 our control room where I work now at the federal courthouse. 150 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,520 And he was talking to him. He says, so you know, you're 151 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,640 going to you're going to go ahead and and make her an honest 152 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,640 woman. You know, that was a nice way of 153 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:20,760 saying you're going to marry her. 154 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,120 And no, you know, we're doing great. 155 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,920 We got this blah, blah, blah, blah. 156 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:31,200 And and this is bold. He goes, so you're just going to 157 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:37,120 continue to live in sin, huh? And you know, I told this guy, 158 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,440 my friend Jeff, I said, that's pretty bold to say to another 159 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,800 grown man. He goes, he goes, it's the truth 160 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,560 though, right? I'm like, absolutely. 161 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,480 And and sometimes people need to hear the the cold hard facts. 162 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,760 This is what you're doing and it's sin. 163 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,480 It's wrong. You need to repent, you need to 164 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,160 get right with God and you need to make your situation right. 165 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:03,600 All right, that was free. Wasn't even in my notes. 166 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,240 God uses the gifts he places within us in his Kingdom for the 167 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:16,280 advancement of his Kingdom. Start with what you know. 168 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,640 Apollo's only knew of John's baptism. 169 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,080 So let's let's sort of unpack that for a minute. 170 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,200 So what did what did John the Baptist preach? 171 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,640 Repentance. Repentance. 172 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,760 He was making a way for the coming Savior. 173 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,400 He said, I'm the I'm the voice in the wilderness, make straight 174 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:39,640 paths. He's coming. 175 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,960 So he preached repentance and then he water baptized, which 176 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:51,040 was symbolic of death, burial and a resurrection. 177 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,320 So already he's pointing everything to Jesus. 178 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,880 This is going to be the way it's going to be. 179 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,000 This is how it has to happen. And as the one is revealed from 180 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,360 heaven, I have to decrease, but he is going to increase. 181 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,920 And that's I was telling somebody recently I had the 182 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,520 opportunity to speak at my church and they said, oh, you 183 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,160 did such a great job. You know, it's always nice to 184 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:20,400 hear you do a good job. But I just say, you know, the 185 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:24,160 biggest struggle I have is I need to Get Me Out of out of the 186 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:28,280 way because if I can Get Me Out of the way, I can do something. 187 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,680 No, God can do something. Remember my dad, You were 188 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:40,120 talking about dad years ago. And I don't know why, but my dad 189 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,440 didn't really care for Jerry Falwell for some reason. 190 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:47,320 But he said, you know, one thing I did do like about it, 191 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,440 something he said he saw him on TV. 192 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,680 He said when I'm in the bathroom shaving in the morning, and if I 193 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:56,880 can get past that dude right there in that mirror, I can get 194 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,240 something done today. Isn't that the truth? 195 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,400 We can get in our own way. But when, when we're talking 196 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:08,040 about making disciples, know this Jesus is making us. 197 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,000 You're not, you don't have to do this by yourself. 198 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:16,480 The Holy Spirit is coming along and he's helping us to move 199 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,040 forward. No one's going to say, oh, man, 200 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:23,040 I'm glad I made it to heaven. I, I, you know, thank God I was 201 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,880 able to do it. You didn't do anything except 202 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:29,160 say, yes, he's going to get the glory. 203 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,160 The crowns that we have on our heads are going to go with his 204 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,840 feet because he's worthy. Hallelujah. 205 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,000 You know, when we're worshipping, I get amazed 206 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,160 sometimes. You know, there's kind of people 207 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,760 that are because of a lot of times because of their 208 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,840 backgrounds, they're a little stoic. 209 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,560 You know, it's like, OK, a little reserved, Hey. 210 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,280 And that day, your knees going to bend and your hands are going 211 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,520 to be up. Hallelujah. 212 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,560 We're all going to be worshippers, he said in Matthew 213 00:12:57,560 --> 00:12:59,840 311. I indeed Baptist, is John the 214 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,880 Baptist. I indeed baptize you with water 215 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,880 unto repentance, but he's coming after me is mightier than I, 216 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,080 whose shoes I'm not worthy to bear. 217 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,000 He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire. 218 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:16,200 So Apollo's was talking about the way of the Lord, which means 219 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,080 the route or the highway to the Lord. 220 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,120 He understood John's ministry. He understood what John was 221 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,720 saying and but it only took him so far. 222 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,880 It takes the anointing of the Holy Ghost. 223 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,520 And like you said about Peter, Apollo's needed to be taught 224 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,560 about the Holy Ghost. And I and I believe that once 225 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:40,920 once a body understands this and they grasp that message that the 226 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,240 gifts of the spirit flowing, I think we need to see the 227 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,640 supernatural because it draws you let people start coming in 228 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,080 these doors and you start laying hands on them and they start 229 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,120 getting healed right in the service. 230 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,360 It's going to change your reputation in the community. 231 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,520 Hallelujah. So what God, what what gifts has 232 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:08,280 has God imparted in your life? You may sit there and go, well, 233 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,480 I don't really, you know, I'm just, I'm just a stay at home 234 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,320 mom. I'm taking care of the baby. 235 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:18,560 Nah, you're ministering to, you're mentoring a new life. 236 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:23,160 You are, you are super important because that's the next Jesus 237 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:24,520 doesn't come back in our lifetime. 238 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,880 That's the next generation that's going to take this 239 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:30,280 message forward. Don't you minimize the ministry 240 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:35,600 that you have. That's right. 241 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:40,200 We attend New New Kent Christian Center and recently we, our 242 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,560 pastor wanted to start another church. 243 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,800 So we started a new church called the Foundation 244 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,480 Fellowship, which meets on Saturday night and it meets at 245 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,200 New Kent Christian Center, which is kind of strange, but it, it, 246 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,920 it enabled the church to get started without having to have a 247 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,040 building, etcetera, and things like that. 248 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,720 But our church, one of our pastors is Jay Bolan. 249 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,640 He, he said, you know, what are we doing if we're not reaching 250 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:13,080 our community? And, and our pastor, Wayne Meade 251 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,440 says the same thing. He said we have a food, we have 252 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,040 a food pantry right up the road. You got a food pantry. 253 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,040 What is God speaking to your heart to do to further the 254 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,800 gospel and to help build this local body? 255 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,440 There's things. There's a food pantry right up 256 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,160 the road. Even if so, you know, you have a 257 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,600 food drive once a month and you say, you know, bring your canned 258 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,040 goods. We're going to be a blessing. 259 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,320 What you're doing when you do that is you're ministering the 260 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:46,680 love of God to the needy. I mean, this is where the rubber 261 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,400 meets the road. It it's, it's where our our, our 262 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:56,000 religion takes traction. Remember, potential is just 263 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,560 having or show in the capacity to become or develop into 264 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,760 something in the future. If Apollo's needed the baptism 265 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,000 and the Holy Spirit, how much more do we? 266 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:13,960 Jesus said in John 15 verse four, I am the vine and you are 267 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,200 the branches. He who abides in me and I in Him 268 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:22,240 bears much fruit. Without me you can do nothing. 269 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,720 I am so aware of that in my life. 270 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,000 I know John Michael is so aware of that. 271 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,520 I know Ken Kramer is so aware of that and others that have 272 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,440 ministered to us and us to them at times. 273 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:40,000 Without him I can do nothing. The second point is a disciple 274 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:45,880 has to be teachable. Verse 26 says he began to speak 275 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,520 boldly in the synagogue, whom when Aquila and Priscilla had 276 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:54,000 heard him, they took him unto them and expanded to him the way 277 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,600 of God more perfectly. You know, the synagogue was not 278 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:05,800 always a hospitable place to believers, if you'll, if you 279 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,560 think about the apostle Paul, a lot of times he was run out of 280 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,760 town. He was beaten. 281 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:14,400 But Aquila and Priscilla expanded the way of God more 282 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,760 fully. All of us need people speaking 283 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,119 into our lives. And, and you know what, you 284 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,240 know, amazing thing about God. Sometimes he will take somebody 285 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:30,040 who we think is so insignificant in the body and they'll go, you 286 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,960 know, and maybe they pose it as a question, you know, pass 287 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,000 rightly, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 288 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:40,040 And there's time that we may go. And then two days later the Holy 289 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,520 Spirit brings that conversation back and going, that was me 290 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:45,600 talking to you. That's good. 291 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,680 So we can't, we can't be here this morning and think, I don't 292 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,720 have anything to say. I don't have anything to offer. 293 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:56,240 We all do, We all do. And I believe that's where the 294 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,880 power of God is going to flow when the body starts being the 295 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,560 body. Amen. 296 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:11,840 All right. I've read, I read the Scripture. 297 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,040 I, I, I try to read it through the Bible through every year. 298 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,160 I'm on a reading plan every year and I've, and I've done it, but 299 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:24,720 I can tell you every time I do this, I get my, I read it on my 300 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,360 phone. I get my phone, I get my coffee 301 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:33,960 because I have to have caffeine and I start sipping, but I can 302 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,920 read something and go, I read this before. 303 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,280 Well, of course you have, you've read the Bible through you've 304 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:44,000 read it before, but then all of a sudden I'll go, never saw that 305 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,440 before. Why, why? 306 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,160 Why is that? How does that happen? 307 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,680 It happens because this word is a living thing. 308 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:56,960 It is a living Organism. It is, it is, it is the life of 309 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:03,400 God in US and it and, and it's new, it's fresh. 310 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,000 And then the Holy Spirit is speaking to us and brings and 311 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,880 that's why the world, the natural man can't understand 312 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,720 that because they they're not born again. 313 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,760 They can't grasp that yet. They just think it's just a nice 314 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,360 religious book. But with us for us, it's alive. 315 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,640 The word says it's powerful. It can separate soul and spirit, 316 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:29,320 bone and marrow that cuts. Amen. 317 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,600 And sometimes it cuts for healing. 318 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,800 Sometimes it's cutting things out of our life that we God says 319 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,120 you don't need that. Has God recently told anybody 320 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,360 put that out of your life? He has me, He has me things I 321 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:48,400 was hanging on to. He said you don't need that. 322 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,560 And it may be it may just be something that happened in the 323 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,320 past. You don't need, you don't need 324 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,600 to be thinking on that. You don't need that. 325 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,520 You know, I could meddle, but I won't. 326 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,160 But as we read the word and we read the word and we study the 327 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,520 word, what happens is some things in scriptures are, are 328 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,400 are taught and then other things are caught. 329 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,120 And that's why sometimes when you're hearing a message 330 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:21,720 preached. You can go Rob, he's going to 331 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,520 preach on this. I've heard that before. 332 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,000 And then all of a sudden the Spirit of God who energy comes, 333 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:32,160 comes in roaring in and it's like, Oh my gosh, how did I 334 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,960 never see that before? And it's because it is alive and 335 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,760 he is alive. Praise God. 336 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,120 Being teachable means we need more. 337 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:47,560 I'm going to, I'm going to brag a little bit on my youngest son, 338 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,480 Anthony. He's a decent basketball player, 339 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,280 plays for Providence Classical School in Williamsburg. 340 00:20:54,840 --> 00:21:00,680 And at the beginning of this basketball season, I know I 341 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,680 really sound like I'm bragging, but I am. 342 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:06,040 It's it's OK. It's true if it's true. 343 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,680 If it's true, it's true. He was scoring how many? 344 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,160 What's the most points you scored in one game? 345 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:16,000 32 points in one game and the and the total score they had was 346 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,960 47 and and then there was 47 to 29 I think was the win. 347 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:26,520 So he scored more points than the opposite team all together. 348 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:32,760 But anyway, while it was fun watching him do what he does, 349 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,440 he's very quick. He's handles the ball well. 350 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,040 He loves the game, pulling up, busting threes right in people's 351 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,480 faces, which is a dad. You just love that stuff. 352 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,280 Is the is is some of the other players that were newer to the 353 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,800 game and much, much taller than him. 354 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,840 We needed them to become more involved in the offense to get 355 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,880 better. So the coach is coaching them 356 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,160 up, coaching them up. And as the year went went along. 357 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,640 If you if you like basketball, you follow basketball at all or 358 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:09,920 you ever have, you know, there's a transition in the game, get a 359 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,040 rebound. The transition game is moving 360 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,240 that ball back down the court in one game. 361 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,160 I'll never forget it. I'm sitting there with my wife 362 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,240 and we're watching and I'm I'm like, Oh my gosh, She said, 363 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,640 what's wrong? I said the team is finally 364 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,840 getting it. They're seeing the lanes. 365 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:37,440 Anthony's coming down the court. Pass, No, look, pass in this guy 366 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:40,280 throws it to the guy over here, throws it to the guy over there. 367 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,960 They're starting to come together as a team. 368 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,600 And sometimes in the body of Christ, we're that way. 369 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,120 You know, one person is taking the ball. 370 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,680 John Michael, he's came. He came to Middlesex. 371 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,440 I'm going to take this ball and I'm taking it down the court. 372 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,720 And now all of a sudden he's pulled all of you in with him. 373 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,160 And now it's like, you're going to do this, you're doing that, 374 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,400 you're doing that, you're doing this and God's move and, and 375 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,640 things are happening and next thing the win is not about a 376 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,640 superstar player. It's about glory to God. 377 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:12,720 He's used all of us. That's so good because we're not 378 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,160 going to be judged on how famous we were or how good we looked 379 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:18,960 while we were doing what we were doing. 380 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:24,520 We're going to be judged on faithfulness and the person who 381 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,600 was faithful, I don't care if they were off wallflower the 382 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,960 whole time they were in in the body of Christ. 383 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,960 They're going to get a great reward too, maybe more than some 384 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:40,960 pastors. And I want to talk about Aquila 385 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,160 and Priscilla, just for a second. 386 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:47,360 Your journey may not have you seated in a prominent place. 387 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:53,320 Think about this. They could have heard Apollo's 388 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,840 preaching and going, he don't have the Holy Ghost. 389 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:04,480 Come on, that's good. He ain't got the Holy Ghost. 390 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:11,120 Well, you know, one day maybe, but he could he, he can preach 391 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:12,800 as far as he can preach. But you know, really, he 392 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,600 couldn't preach his way out of a wet paper bag. 393 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,760 No, they didn't do that. They said this is God's man. 394 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,440 This is the man who's going to help Paul, who just left 395 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,880 Ephesus, who was going to come back to Ephesus. 396 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,880 This is a man who can refute the Jews the way Paul did. 397 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,360 And now all of a sudden God's into addition and then 398 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:37,600 multiplication because more people are coming into the body 399 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,840 like that. And they were just tent makers 400 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,080 because that's what Paul's trade was. 401 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:49,960 They were tent makers. So what we have to do is check 402 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:54,320 our egos at the door. Oh, I'm pastor of Saul Church. 403 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,400 I know John Michael doesn't think like that. 404 00:24:57,120 --> 00:25:02,800 That's why I can say that I'm super apostle to Middlesex. 405 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,920 He doesn't. He doesn't feel that way at all. 406 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,680 If you didn't get a promotion, whether it's work or in the 407 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,880 local body which you thought you should, you know, I, I really 408 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,000 should be. I, I, I should be running the 409 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,240 sound. I should be. 410 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:18,920 No, nobody's fighting for that, I'm sure. 411 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,520 But that was probably a bad example. 412 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,960 I should be doing XYZ, you know, the past, you know, Oh, I loved 413 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,720 it this morning. John, Michael and I were in here 414 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,760 talking 20-30 minutes, 20 minutes before the service start 415 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:37,360 and the men are over here praying the men, most churches, 416 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:40,600 it's the women. But it just, I'm telling you, 417 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,200 there's something about men getting here early and lifting 418 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,520 up the service, lifting up the community. 419 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,480 That's why you had the environment you have. 420 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,360 That's good. So I want to encourage you in 421 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:55,880 that. But while you may not in your 422 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:01,040 mind have a prominent place, promotion comes from the Lord. 423 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,160 Amen, Amen. I got things in my life I'm 424 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,080 waiting on right now. Anybody waiting on some things 425 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,960 in the Lord. I got some things that I'm 426 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,040 working on and saying, OK, God, I'm, I'm here, I'm here, I'm 427 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,400 ready. What, what do you got for me? 428 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,360 And it's just like, well, ain't it ain't happening. 429 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:23,480 It's not taking place yet. But I got to be patient. 430 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,520 I got to wait on him because I have tried to kick doors down 431 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,600 before. And sometimes you can, and then 432 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:36,280 sometimes they just don't go because God has got to do a work 433 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:41,240 in you first. Oh Hallelujah, Amen. 434 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,320 What gifts should you be imparting to others? 435 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:51,760 Remember, potential is just capacity to develop into 436 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:57,200 something in the future. It's up to you and me to work 437 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,880 that out. Now. 438 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,280 I talked about a Priscilla and Aquila. 439 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:09,600 Let's look at Paula's. He could have said, I'm up here 440 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,080 in front of hundreds of people teaching the word of God. 441 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,720 Who's these people that they are coming and telling me you don't 442 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,520 know about the Holy Ghost. We got to get you. 443 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,000 We got to make sure you understand salvation that you're 444 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,840 preaching about the Holy Ghost. Again, it's that thing of check 445 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,880 your ego at the door, leave it there because God wants to use 446 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,800 the body. Good friend of mine said heaven, 447 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:42,480 I can hear him say it now, Dallas Plemons God. 448 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,120 And and this is when a lot of major ministries were having 449 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:49,840 major moral failures from the top, top men. 450 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:54,080 And he said God is taking the anointing away from these 451 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,040 so-called superstars and putting it back where it belonged all 452 00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,920 the time. And that's on the body. 453 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,800 He never intended us to preach or worship. 454 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,080 Yeah, and it's the easy trap to fall into. 455 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,240 Thirdly, a disciple is empowered to build up others. 456 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,920 We, we, we said. When Apollo's decided to go on 457 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,600 to Akaya Province, his Ephesian friends gave their blessing, 458 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,640 wrote a letter of recommendation for emerging disciples there to 459 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,840 welcome him in open arms. The welcome paid off. 460 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,200 Apollo's turned out to be a great help to those who have 461 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,760 become believers through God's immense generosity. 462 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,400 He was particularly effective in public debate with the Jews as 463 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,320 he brought out proof and convincing proof from Scriptures 464 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:45,320 that Jesus was God's disciple. Your discipleship may include 465 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,840 endorsing others to go where maybe you can't. 466 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,880 Maybe there's limitations logistically that you can't go 467 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,600 somewhere else or to a foreign country to be a missionary. 468 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,880 But maybe God's saying, you know what, this person needs this, 469 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,040 give it to him. They need a vehicle, give it to 470 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,960 them. They need a computer, give them 471 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,440 one. If they're using it for my, my 472 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:13,160 Kingdom, Hallelujah. Having reputable people put in a 473 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:14,960 good word for you goes a long way. 474 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,000 And it paid big dividends to southern Greece. 475 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,400 Apollo's built up the believers in southern Greece. 476 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,080 People were encouraged, taught, strengthened with by God's great 477 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,680 generosity, he being mightily convincing the Jews publicly 478 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,240 showing that that Jesus was the Christ. 479 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,040 And you know, let's, let's just pray and ask God. 480 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,800 Help me, Lord, regardless of what I think or see on their 481 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,040 faces, help my words strike like a hammer. 482 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,400 Let whoever I talk to, even if they curse at me after I share 483 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,880 the word, let me just leave that in your hands because that word 484 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,040 is alive. Hallelujah. 485 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,440 You can depend on the word to back you up. 486 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,200 Don't worry about who gets credit. 487 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:09,160 In First Corinthians 35, Paul wrote when the Corinthian church 488 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,960 was talking about, well, I follow Paul, well I follow Paul, 489 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,120 Well I follow Jesus. I follow John, Michael, I follow 490 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:22,560 Natalie. And Paul goes, is Jesus divided? 491 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:29,560 He said Paul planted, Apollo's watered, but God gets the glory. 492 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,320 So the bottom line, it doesn't matter in in this sense, what we 493 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,960 are doing as long as we're doing what God told us to do. 494 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,560 What matters is God gets the glory. 495 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,960 He or she who's doing whatever they're doing isn't the isn't 496 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:49,040 the, isn't the end result. They are just a facilitator. 497 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,600 And guess what? God loves you so much. 498 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,120 He's he's like, come on, let's go. 499 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,000 You and me. I got something for you today. 500 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,400 There's somebody hurting in this community. 501 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,760 I want you to minister to Hallelujah. 502 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:09,640 We all have the capacity to build others up today and this 503 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:15,960 week. Ask God, Lord, what can I do to 504 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,560 use the gifts you've given me for my community, for my 505 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,040 neighbor? Maybe the community's too big. 506 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,440 Maybe you can't think think that big right now. 507 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,200 What can I do to help a Co worker? 508 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,560 What can I say? It's going to make a difference. 509 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:47,510 Hallelujah, let's pray Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Holy 510 00:31:47,510 --> 00:31:49,870 Spirit. This is this is the time of the 511 00:31:49,870 --> 00:31:55,030 service where, where we, we have tried to submit and be a 512 00:31:55,270 --> 00:32:01,080 transparent and only say what you want us to say and no more. 513 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:08,680 Well, Lord, right now we get out of the way because it's, it's we 514 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:13,920 want to make room for you. We want to make room for you to 515 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:21,720 move in our hearts, in our thinking, or even in our 516 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:30,840 desires. Would help us to get our minds 517 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:38,440 off of us and our agendas. What? 518 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,880 What do you, Holy Spirit, want to do? 519 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:50,920 First of all, in my life, in the ministries in this church's 520 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:57,440 life, and then in the workplaces, in the homes where 521 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:06,280 small children are being reared, in the job site in the region, 522 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,880 in this state, in this nation, and throughout the world. 523 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:18,280 Lord, in the large salt churches, comprehension of what 524 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:26,040 you want it to accomplish or bring the gifts if there's 525 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,240 anything lacking. Holy Spirit, we ask you to bring 526 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:33,040 those gifts in. We pray them in right now. 527 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,160 I'm going to get everybody to stand there. 528 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:43,000 Hallelujah, Lord, you're the great one. 529 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,000 You're great and mighty. Lord. 530 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:53,480 Lord, we lift our hands to you. We praise you for who you are. 531 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:59,600 We bless you, Lord. Our voices will cry out to you. 532 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:05,960 You are the Lord of armies. You are the great and mighty 533 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,920 one, the Alpha, the Omega, beginning and end. 534 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:18,040 You're all together lovely. You're all together powerful. 535 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:25,239 You're everywhere at one time. Lord, we just pray for this 536 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:29,040 community right now. That you would bless Middlesex 537 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:35,480 County, Matthews, Lancaster, Gloucester, surrounding region. 538 00:34:36,679 --> 00:34:44,239 That you would use Salt Church to be a catalyst, a hospital to 539 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:51,239 bring in lost and hurt and die. Or give grace. 540 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:53,920 Give grace to your servants here. 541 00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:57,720 Lord, we ask if you would give grace. 542 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:05,320 Give us a humble heart. Let us confess sin when we 543 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:10,440 commit them, because we all do. Let us be quick, Holy Spirit, to 544 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,960 acknowledge when we met, when we miss it, the Lord let us get 545 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,200 right back up and get back on track. 546 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:27,040 Hallelujah this morning. If you're here and you have a, 547 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,880 you have a need in, in your physical body, would you just 548 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,720 lift your hands straight up? You have a physical need in your 549 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:36,920 body. All right, everybody else, look 550 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:41,280 around. If you if your hands up, leave 551 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,840 your hand up. I'm going to ask the ladies to 552 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,640 go where the ladies are men to go to some of these men. 553 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,760 And we're going to we're going to pray, pray, pray for them. 554 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,720 Can you help us? Can you help us pray for these? 555 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,200 These two ladies need ladies praying with them right here. 556 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,400 And I know this isn't comfortable, but I didn't come 557 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:04,840 to make us comfortable this morning. 558 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,920 It's not why we're here. We're here to do business. 559 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:09,800 And this is Kingdom business. Amen. 560 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:10,240 Amen. Amen. 561 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:15,080 Sure. Should you got her. 562 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:22,280 All right, ladies and men, if you're comfortable sharing what 563 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:23,920 it is you need prayer for, that's fine. 564 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,320 If you don't, that's fine. But we're going to ask God to 565 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:31,360 touch your body right now because this is where God wants 566 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:35,400 the power to flow, not from here, but in here. 567 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,560 Amen. All right, let's look. 568 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,200 Let's just start praying right now. 569 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,840 Ask and pray. Hallelujah, Lord, we just thank 570 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,720 you. We thank you, Lord, that you're 571 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:49,280 the healer. Thank you, Lord, you, you 572 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:55,040 restore, Lord, a good part of your ministry on this earth. 573 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,120 Lord, you laid hands on the sick. 574 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:02,520 If you said we will do the same thing and they shall recover, it 575 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:06,920 may not be instantaneous in May. Lord, we ask for miracles. 576 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,840 We ask for creative miracles to be done in bodies right now. 577 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,840 We ask Lord, that your anointing would flow. 578 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,880 We give you glory already. We expect, Lord, we expect you 579 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:29,560 to answer because you are faithful, you are righteous and 580 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:38,160 you've given gifts to men. Distribute your gifts right now 581 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,480 in Jesus name. We just thank you. 582 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,960 Hallelujah. Now lift your hands and thank 583 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:46,680 you. Amen. 584 00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:49,680 Hallelujah, Lord, we just glorify you. 585 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:54,440 We praise you because you said if two or three are gathered in 586 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,080 your name, you're in the midst. We believe right now, Lord, 587 00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:01,240 things are changing in bodies. Healing is coming right now. 588 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,920 Hallelujah. We believe you, Lord. 589 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,600 Hallelujah. You are mighty to save. 590 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:15,160 Mighty to save, Hallelujah. Healing is part of salvation. 591 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:21,600 Mighty are you, O God, we brag on you, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 592 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,480 Touch my body, Lord, there's things that need fixing, 593 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,040 Hallelujah. And I believe you for it. 594 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:39,160 And we give you praise and Thanksgiving in all the glory, 595 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:45,120 because it belongs to you. We will not touch your glory in 596 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,360 Jesus name, Amen. You can be seated. 597 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:49,720 I live in you.