Hello, and welcome to the Anchor Faith.
Message podcast, enjoy this message tonight.
I just want to review some things real quick and then
launch out into the word that's in my heart.
Obviously, Pastor Earle and Pastor Marcy, take it very
seriously coming in from auditioning from one year to the
next and they prayerfully consider anything that the Lord
would have them Minister. Any kind of themes.
That doesn't mean we have a theme every year.
If the Holy Ghost isn't say anything, we don't ever try to
force anything, right? But there has been a theme of
last few years, and really, it's been rain re IGN, right?
And we get that out of a fission is chapter 2 verse.
Number 6, Ephesians chapter 2 verse number six says and he
Jesus raised us up. Together and made us sit
together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
So the emphasis issue is raining him and staying seated in that
position of authority and then in our kingdom rise which we do
every other year. There was another word by the
spirit of God, through a doctor GE and just want to remind you
of that. And combine these feet, two
things and then we'll launch out into some specifics, but it was
a great word that he gave us but really He was one of Simply
Revival and Awakening, everybody say Revival and Awakening.
And so that became a very specific goal and passion of the
ministry currently and going forward, all right?
Because we are expecting and have seen many thing great
things transpired since that time, and we're just getting
started, we're just getting started.
You know, in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, we
get a see the life of Jesus. His interaction with people in
the training of the disciples. Now in the Book of Matthew at
the very end the very last chapter Matthew 28 there's what
we call the Great Commission, really?
There's two great commissions that the Lord Jesus Christ gave
one is found in Mark chapter 16 we'll get to that in just a
second. The other one I want to talk
about right now is Matthew 28 and I feel it's very imperative
to bring this up as View with those two words is time to rain.
It's time for Revival, it's time for awakening, it's time to
rain, it's time for Revival, it's time for awakening and we
need to line up with this Great Commission.
Jesus, the head of the church gave a Great Commission.
It's not an average commission, it's a noble cause and the word
commission means Co mission. That means we're working
together with him. He's not doing all the work.
Himself. Neither, are we doing all the
work ourselves we're working together?
He is the head of the church. And we are the body, all right?
And the head gives all the operations.
All the directives, all the guidance.
The head has the vision for what he wants to see done in the
Earth. And it's but it's the body that
actually I'm operates what the head wants to do.
So this first Great Commission is found in Matthew chapter 28
verses 16 through 20 and we'll read this from the new King
James version then the eleven disciples went away in the
Galilee to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.
When they saw Jesus, they
worshiped him, but some doubted and Jesus came and spoke to them
saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on
Earth, here's the first commission, go, therefore and
make disciples one translation says teach All Nations,
baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and of
the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe.
Observe all things that I have commanded you and lo, I Am With,
You Always even to the End of the Age.
So I want to point out some things in this first Great
Commission that we're working together with the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the Holy Spirit. We're working with them
together. He said to Go Make Disciples or
teach All Nations. That were teach, literally means
to be a disciple of one or two follow.
Jesus instructions and precepts. This is important because he's
giving us Direction. He says he'll Go Make Disciples
of all Nations. So you're going to follow his
instructions, he's his precepts. He said all nations every race,
every tribe. Every color we are To Go Make
Disciples of every nation, every race, every tribe and he said
that you are to teach them. To observe the word.
Observed means this, we are to teach people to guard to keep
and to attend to carefully. Touch your neighbor.
Say don't get distracted. Look to the one on the other
side. They say, don't get distracted
to God, you know, in the beginning, some of your looking
at the wall but it's okay. There's power in confession. in
the beginning, you know, God created Adam and he placed him
in the garden, he said, year to guard, The garden and Adam
failed to attend to, to keep her to watch carefully, what God
commanded and he let the enemy persuade him.
His wife, you know, which he gave in to what she suggested
but he didn't keep what God had said to do, right?
And so when we got in this first commissioned man, we are going
out with the great news of Truth by the power of the Holy Ghost
and we're explaining to people, man.
This is a great life in Christ and if you just follow The plan,
the precepts and the instructions of God.
It's going to be a wonderful Adventure on the earth.
You know, Salvation is just the beginning.
If you've ever been with anchor Fay, if you've been effort with
anchor, Faith Church for any period of time, you know, that
salvation man is a wonderful experience in God, but it's just
the beginning of a life with him.
We start with life. With God, the moment we give our
life to him. So we have a relationship now,
just now when we die, we go to Heaven, There is vital
communication happening right now is Doctor GE says Throne
Room activity. Where we can communicate with
God on a daily basis for the plan, the purpose and the
intent. He has for us on the earth, you
study Genesis to Revelations. There's always a plan that God
has for every man and woman and you'll see it lay it out.
And, you know, in those in those books in the Bible.
So Where to Go Make Disciples of all Nations, teaching them to
observe everything that Jesus commanded.
The Second Great Commission is found in Mark chapter 16 verse
number 15. Now this has a little different
spin on it. I really want to put a greater
emphasis not that the other ones, not important because
obviously it's of equal importance, but just want to
highlight this one to a greater extent, Mark chapter 16 verse
number. 15 Jesus said to the disciples, he said to them, go
starts the same. Way, go don't sit.
Go and all the world. Everybody say World say world
and preach the gospel to Every Creature.
Now it's interesting when you look up this word world in the
Greek which is what the New Testament was written and it's
actually the word Cosmos. Which defined as this inapt and
harmonious Arrangement or constitution in order or a
government. So, really, it's the world is
how Society runs. The arrangement of how Society
runs. So one commission says Go Make
Disciples this other one says, go into all the world all the
cosmos into every sector of society.
Now it's been studied throughout history when you look at a
sectors of society or an arrangement of how a nation
operates. Their seven things that every
nation has as principles. All right, I'm going to give
those to you tonight. So if you're taking notes you
can write down a through F that's the way I remember it.
So the word world when it comes to sectors of society, these
seven things Define what a world is the arrangement, the order
and Jesus told us to what go into all the world.
So he's telling us to go into these seven areas, right?
And to preach the gospel to every creature.
So number one, a is arts and entertainment.
And every sector of society throughout history, there's
always been some form of arts and entertainment.
Secondly, B is for business, there's always some kind of
marketplace or financial transactions, whether it's
bartering or monetary, but there's all these businesses in
every society, the C stands for congregations.
All right, there's all these communities and events of people
that are getting together in any sector of society, d stands for
Direct Media, which for us would be like social media, Holly you
loo, Hallelujah. I was gonna say, Julia,
Hallelujah, but Direct Media, right?
E stands for education in any sector of society.
There's always some form of education and the last one, F
stands for family and every society throughout history there
is always obviously families involved in that Society.
Jesus said, I want you to go into all the world, these 7
things and I want you to preach Proclaim publish the gospel.
The good news to every creature. So this needs to be in the
Forefront of our mind, when it comes to the plan of God for
your life. What sector of society are you
going to be in tune in tomorrow that you can go out and
influence? It makes life exciting?
When, you know, man, I got the greater one on the inside.
My mind's being renewed to the word of God.
I'm exercising, Authority. And every day is a day of
purpose and a day, a passion, there needs to be a burner, a
passion on the inside of us. When we get up in the morning
that says, man, I can't wait to get out and influence and affect
one of these seven areas of society.
And there's not a greater time in history, than right now,
there's a lot of darkness in America, but guess what?
It just keeps getting lighter in the kingdom of God and don't
look at it from the - look at it, from the Positive.
There is a lot of people to reach, their reminds me of
story, a to traveling shoe salesman than went to Africa and
they called back to check in, to the home office and the first
salesman called back and said that's horrible.
Nobody wears shoes here. The second sales May call back.
He said it's great, nobody wears shoes here.
Right? So we get to get up in the
morning with a passion with the burn.
What are you going to go out? You're going to get in the Arts
and entertainment, you going to get in a business, you're going
to get in a congregation, you're going to get in a Direct Media,
right? You're gonna get an education,
you're gonna get in a government.
I think I skipped g.i. Skip G, didn't I get?
There's all these government in every sector side and F is for
family but what are you? Can you go out and God has a
plan for every born-again believer every child of God and
he is the master planner. You gotta trust that as Proverbs
3 says trust in the Lord with all of your heart, don't lean to
your understanding acknowledge Him and guess what, he will
direct your path, Jeremiah chapter 29.
Verse number 11 says, I know the plans that I have for you, God
knows the plans that he has for you plans to prosper you and not
to harm you. Now, he's given this prophetic
word through the Prophet. Jeremiah, you know, Jeremiah was
what they called the weeping prophet.
Nobody really liked him. He didn't have a lot of friends
on Facebook. But man, nobody wanted to listen
to him, they rejected his message, but you know what, he
was right in the middle of the plan and the purpose of God, and
people did not move him, and you cannot let people move you.
Her. Let me say it this way.
You should not let people move you when you know.
All right. God this is your established
plan for my life so he said, I know the plan, sorry have you.
This is word is coming because they're getting ready to go in
the 70 years of captivity because of all the sin and all
the idolatry that the children of Israel LED in your allies at
sin is like Kryptonite to Superman Just for an analogy.
It weakens us, it it tears. Down our spiritual strength, it
fogs our vision. And eventually, it takes us out
of the plan of God, and the children of Israel, let so much
idolatry in and so much sin that God brought judgment on them,
but he was giving them a word saying, you're going in a
Babylon, Babylonian captivity for 70 years, 70 years.
But guess what? I know the plans that I have for
you and you're going to come up out of it.
So there's always hope say there's always hope say things
can't get better. In Ephesians chapter 1 verse
number 11, the Bible says in him.
Also, we have obtained an inheritance being predestined,
according to the purpose of him who works, all things, according
to the counsel of his will now, God has a plan for us.
The question is, are you lining up with his plan?
He has a Destiny for you. He has a purpose for you.
He has counsel for you according to his will, but guess what?
We have to lie. Line up with that, we are free
will more agents. So we have the ability to make a
choice whether we do or whether we don't You know, when Moses
went up on the mountain with God, God gave him.
The blueprint. Gave him the Plan, gave him the
architectural drawing for the Tabernacle and it was elaborate
in its detail. How much more in the New
Testament because we live in a greater Covenant is God, have a
master plan for your life. You know.
The Bible says that we are the temple or the Tabernacle the
Holy Ghost. He puts so much in the
Tabernacle in the old, Covenant. How much more is he putting into
your life today? Now, all this in mind when we go
into all the world a through f. I want you to look at Matthew
chapter 5 verse number 13 and 14.
We have two purposes when we go into all the world to purposes,
when we go into all the world in Matthew chapter 5 verses 13
through 14, it says you all you are the salt of the earth,
somebody say salt. he says, but at the salt losses, Its flavor.
How shall be season? It is then good for nothing but
to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
So, the first aspect is listen, we are salt to go out into the
world. Secondly says you are the light
of the world. A city set on a hill that cannot
be hidden nor do they light a lamp and put it under the
basket, but on a lampstand and it gives light to the all who
are in the house. Let your light so shine before
men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in
Heaven. So when we go into all the
world, there's two things we're doing.
We're being salt and we're being light.
Listen, when it comes, Is to salt.
In order for it to work, it has to make contact.
You can have salt in your cabinet but it does no good on
your food unless it makes contact.
So we need to get around some people, hallelujah.
Salt has healing properties to it.
So, you become a healing balm when you go out into the world
because you have truth and the Bible says, you shall know the
truth. And the truth will what set you
free. So he said, number one, your
salt when you go in the world, secondly, your light salt.
I call Active evangelism light. I call silent evangelism because
light doesn't make a sound, but you see it?
and to me, this is just your daily character and conduct How
do you carry yourself? How do you conduct yourself?
There's a real dear friend of mine at Rhema.
He's been there for some time. As name's Brian Cumberland.
He's been to the church actually many many, many years ago to
actually teach support of Ministry Conference for us
because he's been at Rhema Bible Church with Pastor.
Oh Marcy, real Bible College and myself and my wife graduated
from for since 1980, something went from Pennsylvania.
And he just stayed there, that's where God has signed them.
So he worked a secular job and just served he end up getting to
the Head Usher position. You know, 20 years of service,
he did the the cancer, Outreach at the local hospital and just
served wherever they needed it. Wherever God was leading him, he
was just faithful and got plugged in, but he worked for a
certain company and that actually helped other a
Christian Ministries. Do some advertising, some
different data stuff, and he was a supervisor for that company.
And one day he came in and they stripped him of his title and
demoted him and gave him a reduction in pay.
Hallelujah chance to be light. So he said, you know, when I go
home, I slop on the bed everyone.
So I have a real good pity party and cry, but I get back over in
the spirit. I'd pray through and I'd go and
I'm what Colossians 3:23 says, whatever you do, do it heartily
as unto the Lord and not unto man.
You know, this isn't the first time that a man or a woman.
Will has been demoted in this story.
I'm telling you. It's happened in the Bible.
Joseph. Rose in rank only to be wrongly
accused and wrongly sit-ins and thrown in prison.
But when God is with you, you always rise to the top when your
phone the plan of God and working together with him and
maintaining a righteous life, God will always have your eyes.
So even in prison, he became second to the warden and then
when you think that man you people forgot about me because
he interpreted to dream. This one was restored to the
position with the King. He told that person, please
remember to tell the king when you're restored, because I'm
giving you, the prophetic interpretation, your dream that
I'm wrongly in this Prezi. You know what?
Two whole Years Ago by the guy forgets about him, the King has
a dream. And the guy says, oh, yeah,
There's a guy in the prison. You know, that's a lot of
opportunities. A 13-year process when a read
through the Bible and just a couple chapters.
But to put yourself in his shoes, it was a process that
obviously he forgave. He didn't get bitter, he trust
the Lord, no matter what so Brian, you know just kept
working Faithfully at this company and you know what,
eventually they restored his pay, they restored his position,
but it was shortly after that that Rhema the ministry that we
graduated from called him and said, hey, we want you to be
over the whole book distribution.
I like that because I don't who wants to fill out a resume.
And go through an interview, you know, the Bible says seek first,
the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all things
will be added to you. I like that phone call.
So now he's, you know, I talked to him often because we're all
we know, we're ordering stuff for the ultra Care Ministry but
he's doing a wonderful, got a job and God just exotic but he
was light to that company. When he could have been
complaining to other employees when he could have complained to
his spouse when he could have let that situation take him
down, he chose to Reign. He chose this a seated in
Heavenly places. And if we're going to have
expect Revival in Awakening, we need to maintain our I love
walk. We meet, we need to maintain our
righteousness walk so God could use us to a great degree.
How bad do you want to be used of God?
Isaiah man had a vision. Of Heaven.
And man, if we could just stop in our spiritual eyes will be
open. He said woe unto me when he saw
the vision of my man undone God took coals from the altar, touch
his lips to purify, his speech. And then Isaiah said, Use Me,
Lord, Use Me Lord, and that should be the Cry of every
believer danker Faith Church during this season of Revival
Awakening. And raining is Use Me Lord. so
see when your character and the call, or the purpose lineup, you
have credibility so light silent evangelism has to do with the
character that you display on a daily basis, how do you Respond
or react in situations at work at home.
Hallelujah. You know you get to practice
this on a daily basis. This is the good thing about it.
Hallelujah, Philippians chapter 1 verses 9 through 11
Philippians chapter 1 verses 9 through 11.
Before I read this, I've been had on my spirit this year to
study the life of Jesus. So I'm obedient to What God
Says. So, I take an hour each week,
and I'm studying through this and up to this point thus far,
I've studied 28 miracles, signs wonders, and healings, that
Jesus has done of those 28, miracles, signs wonders, and
healings four of them were in the synagogue. 24 of them took
place outside the walls. Think on that. so, when you're
out, you come to church, To get equipped Ephesians 4, says the
fivefold ministry, the pastor, the Evangelist, the past, the
pastor, the teacher, the Avenged Apostle, the prophet were given
what for the equipping of the Saints, for the work of the
ministry, to go out into the world.
So that the body of Christ would what beatified 24, miracles,
signs wonders, and healing took place because Saints Where are
were and are still being trained up under anointed Ministry to go
out and all the world. So the exciting Adventure
happens at your work happens at your home.
Matter fact, off the top of my head, two or three Miracles
actually happen in a just somebody's home that Jesus.
Did he healed get this? Hallelujah.
Peter's mother-in-law. He cares about in-laws and he
cares about Outlaws. But wherever you go Gotta use
you, whether it's inside these walls are outside outside the
walls but predominately in the life of Jesus most took place
outside of a synagogue or what we call a church.
So you know that I say the service really begins when you
get outside and you're saying, Holy Spirit, I'm at the gas
station. Holy Spirit, I'm in Public's.
I'm at Walmart right? I'm getting my oil changed.
I'm at the gym. Hallelujah, I just had an
opportunity recently to flesh out.
Praise the Lord. I'm at the gym.
And have two benches. It's a mild crowd, sometimes
it's really packed. So, I try to be understanding,
you know, just walking love. I'm always aware of somebody's
using a piece of equipment, but this guy comes up and older guy,
you know, probably in the 60s and kind of looks at me real.
Rude, and mean, and he said, are you using that bench?
Yeah, I am. I'll be done about Minutes, he
just keeps on staring at me real stupid.
I said, do you have a problem? I said, oh, I better check
myself right now because I can feel I can feel it.
And the deal was the bench that he wanted.
One was adjustable once flat. So what I do, light 20 seconds,
I have self-control. Put the flesh down, put the
emotions down. I said, you know what, I'm, I'll
give you this bench. You don't have to wait three
minutes. You know, I even took it over
there. For my said, you owe me wipe it
down for you because that's what nuts are, right?
I said, praise the Lord, that's Victory right there, silent
evangelism, right? But these are opportunities
where we can witness for the Lord.
Jesus Christ, right? Philippians chapter 1, verses 9
through 11 is said in this. I Pray.
That your love. Listen to this prayer. man, if
you could just pray, These prayers daily over your life.
There's several of prayers that the Apostle Paul prays one.
This is one of them and I've been praying this regularly from
just different translations. It's a very powerful and this is
for the church or for any believer that, you know, Now
this is from the amplifier by we said this I Pray so he's praying
that your love may abound more and more displaying itself in a
greater depth in real knowledge and in Practical Insight so that
you may learn to recognize and treasure what is excellent.
Identifying the best and distinguishing moral differences
and that you may be pure and blameless until the day of
Christ. Now this is the part.
I want to get you actually leading lie or a living lives
that lead. Others away from sin. let's
let's read that again, actually actually Living lies that lead.
Others away from sin, actually, living lives that lead others
away from sin. Filled with the fruit of
righteousness, which comes through Jesus Christ to the
glory and praise of God. So that his glory may be both
revealed and recognized. Now in Ephesians chapter 4, if
you're taking notes, write this down, if he's Chapter 4, verses
23 through 32. It says this Ephesians chapter
4, verses 23 through 32. Now, this is written to the
church. So, this is our instruction,
this is our precepts. This is what we should be doing
daily. It says, 'I'm be continually
renewed, continually renewed continually renewed in the
spirit of your mind. Having a fresh, untarnished,
mental and spiritual attitude. Do you have a fresh mental, and
spiritual attitude every day? This doesn't just automatically
happen. He says, put on somebody say,
put on. Do you put on clothes everyday?
I hope so. But you need to put this on
every day. Just like you make a choice and
and some of us are elaborate laying out.
Our wardrobes, right? How much more this spiritual
things of life that we need to put on, right?
The new self, the regenerated and renewed nature created in
God's image Godlike. In the righteousness and
Holiness of the truth living in a way.
Listen to this living in a way that expresses to God your
gratitude for your salvation. Let that sink in living in a way
that expresses to God. Does your life Express to God?
Your gratitude for him. Saving you Therefore reject all
falsehood whether lying defrauding telling half truths
spreading rumors. This is written to the church.
Any such as these. So he just gives a little
snippet of just a little bit. He said speak truth with one
another. For we are we are all parts of
one another. The body of Christ.
It says, be angry at sin at a more amore.
Amore at immorality, at Injustice, at ungodly Behavior
yet. Do not send, do not sin, do not
let your anger cause you shame nor allow it to last until the
sun goes down. One translation, says be angry.
And what sin? Not, don't let the sun go down
on your anger. Are you dealing with things if
you're going to be salt, and you're going to be light and
you're going to go into all the world.
It's going to thing called, take a thing called Consecration and
dedication to the plan of God. How far do you want to go with
God? Listen, there's a actually this
happened. The Old Testament became became
a type and Shadow for us. We know the story that for 430
years, the children of Israel were in slavery in Egypt, right?
And God sent a deliver. His name was Moses.
Moses takes them out of slavery because the plan for God was to
do that to lead his people out and God always brings you out to
bring you in. So God had a plan to deliver
them from Egypt and take them to this place called Canaan land.
Now Egypt is on Land of not enough.
They didn't have, you know, enough food enough supplies.
I mean it was barely getting along existence since that's how
some Believers are, as barely, you know, getting along, that's
actually the Wilderness. Egypt was a land of really
bondage. Canaan land was the land of more
than enough. And just like that pray that
your love may abound more and more God wants to really see
greatness developed and maximizing your life.
But you have to work with God this journey from Egypt, to
Canaan, land was 11 days, but because of five cents found in
1st Corinthians chapter 10 which I won't get.
No, it kept them from the plan of God.
We can self destruct the plan of God for our lives by the
choices. We make the thoughts we think.
Or we can go on with God. So anyways, getting back, don't
be angry, don't let the sun go down on your anger so let things
go, drop it release it, let it go.
One of the greatest Poise tricks, strategies of the devil
is to get you offended with somebody.
Life is too short. Man, it affects everything when
you open up bitterness in your life.
It starts on the inside, but it's Works its way out to where
disease can start to ravage your body.
The vice grip on your mind, will start to destroy the structure,
your mind, but God has an antidote by the power of the
Holy Ghost, we can forgive and let things go and live a fresh
mental attitude. Every day, matter of fact,
Matthew 5, as we read that Summit in that chapter says,
pray for your enemies. And those that persecute you God
makes his sun shine on the just and on the unjust.
So, we used to say things like Lord, they don't know what
they're doing. I'm not wrestling against flesh
and blood. But against principalities and
Powers, I realize they're letting something else, dominate
them. So I'm not gonna get in the
flesh. I'm gonna get in the spirit and
keep my mentor my spiritual attitude, right?
I'm on pray for them and lift them up.
I pray for Laborers across their path today to plant seeds of
life and sees the truth. That's how we handle it Church.
Reading on do not give the devil an opportunity to lead you into
sin by holding a grudge or nurturing anger or harboring
resentment. Or cultivating bitterness.
The thief, has the thief who has become a Believer must no longer
steal but instead he must work hard, making an honest living
producing that, which is good with his own hands so that he
will have something to share with those in need.
Do not let unwholesome foul profane worthless vulgar words
ever come up out of your mouth. How you going to be alive for
Jesus? If you're at work.
And you're doing this, Hallelujah.
Right. But only such speech is is good
for building up others according to the need in the occasion.
So that will be a blessing to those who hear you speak.
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, but seek to please him by whom
you were sealed and marked branded as God's Own for the day
of redemption. The final deliverance from the
consequences of sin, let all bitterness wrath anger, clamor
Perpetual animosity, resentment strife, fault-finding and
slander be put away from you. Meu along with every kind of
malice, all spitefulness verbal verbal abuse and what is that
last one? It's different.
I like or they're not to the next one yet.
I'll just skip that one because I'm not pronounce it.
It's verse 32 be kind and helpful to one another readily
and freely just as God in Christ also forgave you First
Thessalonians chapter 5 verse number 23.
Now may the God of Peace himself, sanctify, you through,
and through, that is separate you from profane and vulgar
things make you Pur Pur whole. And undamaged consecrated to
him, set apart for his purpose, may your spirit and soul and
body be complete and be found blameless at the coming of our
Lord. Jesus Christ.
So listen, I thought I said all that, because we are to be salt.
We are to be light. Salt makes contact as active
evangelism. Light is silent evangelism, but
it still has a plan in the purpose of God to reach the
world, a through F, those seven things in the set and then the
sectors of society. Now, listen.
As we're talking about Revival and Awakening, I believe.
That it's time for an arrival and Awakening and one of these
sectors of society, and that's the family.
I believe and you can see it the breakdown.
Right, the attack. The confusion.
The modern philosophy. This goes against the plan of
God. But the great news is man.
We can have a Revival and an Awakening get on right into
this. In this family sector of society
and see a great Revival, come back to life and make priorities
priorities, right. There's been such a breakdown.
If you really you study history of America since its Inception.
Really from in the early 1800s there was in my studies until
about 1947 was the last one. There's three major philosophers
that really started a Widow on a shape.
The education sector through philosophy.
But what happened is, you know, and World War Two, we had a lot
of fathers that didn't come home or came home traumatized.
And so the 60s was a really a the beginning of where we're at
currently. You know, that's when if it
feels good, do it. The hippie movement but like dr.
Gigi pointed out, anytime that there is an attack of the devil
on one of these sectors Society, there's always a man of God or a
woman of God that he rises up. to stand in the Gap and to bring
a word in due season to awaken the church, And as dr.
Guy point out during Kingdom rise is that, you know, the
charismatic movement took off in the early 70s and even Time
Magazine, you know, the Jesus Freak movement, hippies are
getting born again, give her life to Christ.
Many are getting converted, they said, I had a greater social and
economic impact than anything that happened in the 60s.
But today, I believe there's going to be a great impact.
When we position ourselves to do what the word says.
I just want to challenge you. Remind you and review the
importance of the family in this revival in this Awakening.
And this year to rain You need to position yourselves, it's
great to go to church. It's right to go to church, but
we got to live this at the house.
And you can God will never call you to do anything that you
couldn't do. He wouldn't tell you anything
that he had, dude, that he hasn't equips, you are graced
you to do. In Malachi chapter 4, verses 5
through 6, the word says this behold, Matthew Malachi chapter
4, verses 5 through 6 behold. I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the coming of the great and Dreadful day of the
Lord, and He will turn the hearts of the fathers.
What to the children and the hearts of the children to their
fathers, lest I come and strike the Earth with a curse.
So the prophetic word is trying to get the Father's Heart to be
turned towards the children. So there was, they weren't
guarding, they weren't keeping, they weren't observing the
Commandments, the precepts in the teachings of God, and the
importance that they had in their roles as fathers.
So the prophetic word was trying to tell them listen get back to
what I told you tonight. God saying, get back to what
I've told you. He said if you don't there's
going to be Damage Done to the kids.
And there's going to be a curse. On the earth and friends, I'm
telling you, today, we are seeing the product of
dysfunctional. Destructive families.
It is a fact that a one out of four women are abused physically
and it's typically by a relative or close friend of the family.
And that doesn't mean register the emotional abuse.
Now, I'm not trying to be negative.
I'm trying to get us to rise up to the position that God has
destined us for Right, but the reality that's happening.
And there's a lot of men and women that are preoccupied with
other things. But we need to get back to the
priority and purpose of God. Now, the Bible lays out some
very specific and wonderful truths regarding the duties of
wives. And husbands, I'm just going to
review these for you. I like the Amplified And so I'm
going to read these particular versus.
I'm going to read these to you have the Amplified but I just
want to encourage you man. Don't make the home hell on
Earth. Because marriage will be the
closest thing to heaven or hell you can have on the Earth.
The choice is yours. Now, when it comes to families
to, I want us to take up a man to every state, Echo, mantle,
I'm gonna challenge you for the next 30 days. if you have a lost
relative or family member, raise your hand, So here's my
challenge to you. Pray for them.
We're talking about the family. This Justin husbands wives, this
is cousins, uncles, aunts And laws.
Right. Pray for him.
We have the Pauline prayers out of guest relations.
You and another prayer you can pray for.
Miss found in Matthew chapter 9, towards in that chapter Jesus
said, pray to the Lord of the Harvest, he would send out
laborers. Into his Harvest field.
So God commands us to pray for Laborers to be sent out.
So any lost relative that you'd have pray for him?
Because this is part of, this is your family right now.
No, you're part of the family got, but this is your biological
family. Why don't you pick up the mantle
and pray for them. Now, I was doing this some years
ago and I'm like, Lord, I just don't be checking off a box and
feeling good about myself. I'm seeing.
No manifestation, I'm calling out names of people in Texas.
I'm calling out names of people in Ohio.
These are my relatives that I'm calling out names of people in
Oklahoma. And I'm not hearing because I
know, Some of these people they get born again.
They're calling Angier. I because they know how we live
and they're going to ask questions.
So I know if they have an encounter with God, guess who
they're coming too. So here the testimony.
But we were there visiting several Christmases back.
And one of the Angie's cousins who I call us name out often
before heaven. And for Laborers ago, across his
path, he was talking to her, man, like I'm inside it there
outside cooking pizzas on this nice brick stove of.
And they just built. And, and I'm thinking, well,
they talk about, Angie came back in and gave me the lowdown.
The story though, he's not doesn't know God.
I mean, never. Up in church.
Unchurched family's wealthy is dad was in Insurance very
affluent, but broke In their mind and in their Spirit, you
know, always searching. We don't have God, you're always
searching its insatiable. You always try to fill your life
with something, but it's never enough.
So you always go back thinking all this will bring me
satisfaction but it never does. So he was telling Angie that he
was at a PF. Chang's Restaurant on a Friday
night, he's having all these stomach issues, you know, and
he's going to the doctor, and he's just having trouble with
digestion and, you know, go in the restroom.
And so he's in, he's in the stall.
At this p.f. Chang's go into the bathroom and
this guy walks up next to him. And starts this conversation.
So errands his name. He's like, what is this about?
This guy's like trying to be really friendly next to me.
And so they go, they go to the sink to wash your hands and the
guy still continuing conversation and he's asking
Aaron, and this is silent. You know, you have sign of
answers and but this is so and so, what he's doing is It's
fishing. He's putting bait on the line.
He's saying all you're having some health problems you know
there's there's maybe some some herbs and some dietary changes
you can do or that could help with your healing process.
So the guy follows him all the way back to the table.
And by the time we get table he said can I pray for you?
And Aaron said, sure. And so, man, this guy starts to
preying on for the healing power of God, to hit him to go into
his digestive tract to heal and to cure everything and you know
what he got better. after he left, the waitress comes up and
she said, you know who that was no.
She said that's Todd White. Now, if you don't know, Todd why
he's a radical evangelist that goes all over the world.
And I mean, he he'll go out, he sold all the time if you've ever
seen him, but I said, God, you are faithful.
I prayed for years and that encounter happened.
So you don't grow weary in well-doing.
You have faith in God, that it works.
So you pray for those lost ones and hopefully the Habit becomes
and the passion becomes I'm going on past 30 days.
Until I get a testimony now for husbands and wives.
Specifically, First Peter chapter 3 verse number of verses
1 through 7, just look straight ahead.
If your spouse is sitting next to you, no elbows.
Wives. likewise be submissive to your own husband's that even if
some do not obey the word, They without a word.
May be won by the conduct. Of their wives.
Does it say to run out and find a Godly husband?
If you're married, the Bible doesn't say that it says to by
your conduct. By your lights, you can win them
over. When they observe your chaste
conduct accompanied by Fair, do not let your adornment be merely
outward. Arranging the here wearing gold,
or putting on fine apparel, rather, let it be the hidden
person of the heart, with The Incorruptible beauty of a gentle
and quiet Spirit, which is very precious.
In the sight of God. This is the Bible not modern-day
philosophy. There's big difference between
truth and just what we think would be good information.
Good information could lead you to hell.
Truth will set you free. Rather I read it which is very
precious. I got four in this manner.
In former times the holy woman who trust in God.
Also adorned themselves being submissive to their own
husband's. As Sara obeyed, Abraham calling
him Lord. Whose daughters you are.
If you do good and do not be afraid with tear now, husband's
you're not off the hook. This is for you husbands.
Because I love the balance in the Bible balance is the key to
life. So not only God is instruct the
wise, but he also instructs the husband's.
He said, likewise dwell with your wife.
Now this translation, says understand another one says
knowledge, let me just insert that Hosea in his book said that
my people perish for a lack of knowledge men, husbands Hey man,
you need to know and have knowledge about your wife.
Do you realize she's not the same as you?
Do you realize she doesn't think the same as you?
you know, at Birth a man at the hemisphere in his brain is split
when testosterone hits and he only functions out of one side
of his brain. From that point on seriously, In
one of my research, too. They said that a man's brains
actually 10 to 11 percent bigger than a woman's brain.
Now, the woman asks, why doesn't he use it more?
And he's only using one side. But because he's only function
out of one side, this will set you free in the marriage.
Covenant, listen, ladies, he's a to be.
Straight line. All right, so when you're
talking to him, he's what, is he?
Hey to be straight line if there's a problem.
Guess what? We're going to fix it.
Something's broken at the house. Man thinking a to be fix it.
Now, the woman functions out of both sides of her brain.
So she seeing see she see things in a grid.
Not only she tell you what's broken.
She tells you how I made her fill.
And most men cuz ready to be. They think if they just fix the
problem, they solved it. But Ministry is listening.
So men. Need to learn how to listen to
How it made them feel. You got that?
You shall know the truth. And the truth shall set you
free. So dwell with them according to
knowledge. Now, if you don't have knowledge
discovering her is a process, not an event.
And if you're a real man, a God, you're on a lifelong journey,
commitment and Covenant to discovering all the gifts and
all the treasures that God's put in that vessel of yours.
So, it's a process. You do this while you're
courting. Oh, men are good at it.
We you listen. Don't you?
Come on, guys. Come on.
You remember. In those dating days, I mean,
the clothes smell good, right? The car was washed.
The door was opened by you, right?
The meal. You paid for, right?
And you were just like, just talk to me all night.
Matter of fact, sometimes after you get done, you'd go back and
call her when you get the house. Some of you that were really
involved fell asleep on the phone together.
Right. But then you get married and you
get the hunter mentality. You got it, you stuffed it in
your mounted it and it's hanging on the wall.
Like every other picture, that you barely look at anymore.
So there's going to be a Revival in the family.
Then men have to search seek prey discover their wives
understand them. And likewise you know we get
personality test and premarital counseling just for the fact you
know there's flag Maddox. They're saying Windsor's,
Melancholy is there calorics? And there's no two personalities
when it comes to marriage that are the same.
So just the fact that a man, Willie thinks that a half of his
brain and a woman seat thinks out of both.
The personalities are different too but God knows what he's
doing. So caloric is what driven?
Militant flag Maddox laid-back. Put those two in a room
together. How's that going to work?
You know, saying one wants to make everybody happy.
Be the life of the party. Melancholy is all admin details.
You get a melon calling a sanguine who's alive for the
party. How's that going to work, right?
But God knows what he's doing. Say pray, pray, the family that
prays together stays together. In a marriage, covenant.
You get to see. everything from strengths to weaknesses and in
all that you get apply a gossip a I told my wife when we got
married divorce is not an option.
And forgiveness is not an option.
If this thing is going to be successful and we just are
celebrating 20 years, this week where our girls out east coast
Camp was actually back in April, but we've been hot and heavy in
a remodel in the home. Which is been very consuming.
So we said this is going to be like our appetizer, but I made a
b. So this doesn't solve it.
I still got to plan something after this loot.
Hallelujah. But it's been like heaven on
Earth for the most part, I'm telling you guys and it works
for anybody 90-plus percent of the time, man.
The kingdom of God is Manifest in in our relationship, probably
95%. Righteousness peace and joy is
flowing and it's nothing special about me or her.
You know, it's helped a lot in our marriage.
Covenant is, we are more evaluating ourselves than we are
the other person. A lot of times when it comes to
counseling in the marriage covenant we get a list, you
know, not a little list but they come in with in their mind
everything that they're not doing and we got a real quick
Point, them back. What is your role?
What did God tell you to do? Yeah, your husband's a jerk.
He's an idiot. I concur.
So what are you going to do? The Bible says wives.
Without a word by your conduct. That takes Faith, right?
So but if you would just evaluate yourself, David said in
Psalms 26, to examine Me O, Lord, test me and see if there's
anything in me. That's not right.
And if you would just evaluate yourself more and then be a
great cheerleader to your spouse and pray for them, man.
You would experience a greater degree of Heaven on Earth and
we'd see a Revival and an Awakening, listen, the church
right now statistically is about the same rate divorce wise as
the world and that should not be.
All right, it says so dwell with them according to knowledge back
to 1st Peter chapter 3. Verse number 7, it says giving
honor to the wife giving honor to the wife as to the weaker
vessel. Now listen weaker does not mean
she's Physically. She's a little bit less strong
than you hopefully. and hopefully she don't know
Taekwondo MMA, but if we're so strong, Men.
Then God would have gave us childbirth.
The weaker vessel do means this. You know in house is typically
you have plates cups that are for everyday use, right?
That are more durable, correct? You run them through the
dishwasher every day, they're being used.
But then typically you have what you call a china cabinet, in
your formal dining room, right? And what's in there, China?
China breaks a little bit easier, right?
And it's a little more delicate but it is very costly and very
valuable that's what the Holy Spirit saying is honor value,
your wife as the weaker vessel, listen set your prayers will not
be hindered. So men once again to close this,
this one out I'm going to finish on a fusions 5.
But man, if you're not treating your wife right?
Your prayers are hitting the ceiling and coming back down and
that becomes a very freakish frustrated.
Discouraging spiritual walk with God, I like what I heard?
Mark Hankins say one time. He said, he got on his wife in
the kitchen and he went upstairs to pray to God.
And God said, I listened to you right now.
If you know, Mark, Hankins voice, it's real deep.
He said, Lord, I thought we were buddies.
You know, why don't you listen me?
You ain't cheating my daughter, white.
Right? You know, he does his voice, he
said, you better get back down there and apologize.
Say said he went back down the kitchen and he's fighting his
pride. You know, he's talking about the
weather and Different things. Finally, he said, I want to
apologize. I wasn't treating you, right?
And it for real man, blows it a real man repents and he takes
responsibility for his actions. Let's close in Ephesians chapter
5. All right.
From the Amplified Bible, I read these 11 verses Ephesians
chapter 5 verse starting to verse 22.
It says this wives be subject to your own husbands Listen to this
as a service to the Lord. So really, it's not just your
husband, you're trying to honor. You're trying to honor God in
this. when you're not, when you got to think of this, but when
I'm honoring my husband, I'm really honoring the Lord It
says, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is
the head of the church himself, being the savior of the body,
but as the church is subject to Christ, so also why should be
subject to the husbands and everything respecting both their
position as protector and the responsibility to God as head of
the house. And I like the way the Amplified
reads it because some denominations use this as a
stamp why? I'm the head of the house with?
No, you're an idiot. I've used that twice just
because I'm trying to get men a real man's.
The greatest is servant of all I don't have to usually when you
have to pronounce your title in that kind of heart attitude,
you're trying to establish Authority.
But really you can earn honor. And the greatest way men that
you earn honor and trust with your wife is by keeping your
word. If you say you're going to do
something, do it that builds trust.
All right, so it says respecting both their position as protector
in the responsibility of God as the head of the house.
Now listen husband's love your wives, seek the highest good for
her. Surround her with a caring,
unselfish love. Let me give you an example of
that. There's been times I've come
home and man, there's dishes in the sink.
Last thing I want to do, especially when you're putting
out all day, right? And you're and you're gone all
day and you're, you know, just High productivity, but I've sat
there doing dishes before just thinking the greatest is servant
of all matter of fact, I had to take correction from my wife
because I got didn't such a servant mentality that she said,
the girls have to do something. I'm just, you know, to the, to
the everything within me. I'm trying to be the greatest
example to my daughter. So when they're done with their
plates, let me take you to the dishwasher.
Let me load it. But you know what?
I heated to my wife, because she was right.
They got to learn how to take their dishes.
Clean and put it cuz I'm not teaching them to just get along
with me. I'm trying to teach them to get
along without me. And if they never know how to
fold some laundry, or do some chores, but the same times as
many times were man. Unselfish love to says, I'm
going to, I'm going to serve, I'm gonna clean the floor,
right? I'm going to fold some laundry.
Hallelujah. These are practical things that
show, unselfish, I'm going to speak, I'm gonna go shopping.
Ha ha with my wife glory to God, why do you guys, why are you do
a lot of ladies, keep the bags with receipt receipts to anybody
else does that. Always who said always be brave.
Okay. I see I saw the point.
How many men like to shop? Okay, we got a couple good.
Ha ha ha. I'm talking like clothes
shopping. Eric purses, I'm just trying to
get unselfish love, right as you sow, you shall read.
So you do some things that she likes, more of the story just as
Christ. Also loved the church and gave
himself up for her that he might sanctify the church.
Having cleansed her by the washing of the water with the
word of God. You know, the way that you speak
to your wife, men is so important.
You want to wash or with the words of your mouth, right?
You want to speak the word of God over or you want to pray
over? You want to talk to her as Jesus
would talk to the church, right? And you want to build her up in
the things of God, so that in turn he might present the church
himself in glorious Splendor without spot or wrinkle or any
such thing but that she would be holy set apart for God and
blameless even so husbands should and are morally.
Obligated to love their own wise being in a sense, their own
body. This is this is a litmus test
right here. It says he Who loves his own
wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own
body, but instead he nourishes it, he protects his it, and he
cherishes it just as Christ as a church because we are members
and parts of his body. For this reason, a man shall
leave his father and his mother should be joined and be faithful
devoted to his wife. The two shall become one flesh.
This mystery of two, becoming one is great, but I'm speaking
with reference to the relationship with Christ in the
church. Have reached man, among you
without exception is to love his wife.
As his very own self with behavior, worthy of respect and
esteem, always seeking the best for her with an attitude of
loving-kindness and the wife must see to it that she respects
and delights and her husband that she notices him prefers him
and treats him with loving concern, treasuring him honoring
him and holding him. Dear Ephesians chapter 6 will
finish with this little thing and then we'll close because I
want to just touch on parenting. It says in Ephesians 6:1
children obey. Your parents in the Lord.
That is except their guidance in their discipline as his
representatives. For this is right for obedience,
teaches wisdom and self-discipline.
Honor esteem value is precious your father and mother and be
respectful to them. This is the first command with a
promise that it may be well with you and that you may have a long
life on the earth. It goes on to say, fathers, do
not provoke your children to anger.
Do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands
that our trivia unreasonable. Humility in her abusive nor by
showing favoritism or indifference to any of them
don't be in. Different in your parenting.
Be all in bringing them up. 10 early with loving kindness and
discipline instructional. Lord, listen parenting is not
for wimps and I just I close it. This be actively engaged with
your kids. I remember many many, many years
ago I was outside doing some yard work and Abby was talking
to me. She was little at that time and
man, she was just a chatterbox, she would just go on and on and
on, you know, some like I'm never going to get any work done
if I don't work. So, I'm like doing stuff.
I had my back turned here and the Holy Spirit told.
Told me, right? They said turn around and look
her in the eyes. And I've tried my best from that
day, forward by unction of the spirit to make sure, I give eye
contact to everybody in my household because it shows that
I care. It shows that I'm listening it,
feeds them emotionally, right, and lets them know that I value
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