1 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,480 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message Podcast 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:15,880 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:25,360 Now enjoy this message. I'm so excited to be speaking 4 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,780 today. Pastor Earl and Marcy I'm are 5 00:00:27,780 --> 00:00:31,820 currently down at our Anchor Faith Church in Managua doing a 6 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:36,540 Kingdom Rise Conference. Come on, If you're connected to 7 00:00:36,540 --> 00:00:39,340 the vision of Anchor Faith Church, this is an exciting 8 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:42,780 moment. We have every pastor from every 9 00:00:42,780 --> 00:00:45,420 Anchor Faith Church. Every Head Pastor and every 10 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:48,300 Anchor Faith Church is currently, right now in Managua, 11 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:51,730 bringing a Kingdom Rise Conference to a whole another 12 00:00:51,730 --> 00:00:53,450 country. This is something you're 13 00:00:53,450 --> 00:00:56,130 connected to, a vision you're a part of that weren't able to 14 00:00:56,130 --> 00:00:59,650 start seeing it truly influence the world. 15 00:00:59,650 --> 00:01:02,970 It's an exciting time. And so Pastor Earl had asked me 16 00:01:02,970 --> 00:01:05,610 to minister while he was out, which is always an honor to be 17 00:01:05,610 --> 00:01:09,210 able to speak in your own home, church, in your local body. 18 00:01:09,210 --> 00:01:10,890 You know, it's a blessing to be here. 19 00:01:11,090 --> 00:01:16,860 And so, you know, as I was preparing for this message, it 20 00:01:16,860 --> 00:01:20,940 just kept stirring within me the word Pastor Earl spoke at the 21 00:01:20,940 --> 00:01:25,820 beginning of the year called raining resonance, raining 22 00:01:25,820 --> 00:01:28,460 resonance. And I realized we're just over, 23 00:01:28,460 --> 00:01:30,220 you know, the halfway point of the year. 24 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:33,140 You know, we're we're in into August, a couple months past 25 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:34,860 halfway. And I thought it would be a 26 00:01:34,860 --> 00:01:38,380 great time to kind of revisit a little bit of that and kind of 27 00:01:38,380 --> 00:01:41,340 do a check in on ourselves and see how are we doing this year? 28 00:01:42,020 --> 00:01:45,900 How are we doing in raining this year? 29 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:48,780 How is our resonance? Right. 30 00:01:48,940 --> 00:01:52,180 So Pastor had began. You know, if you've been in 31 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:54,540 Anchor Faith Church for many years, you know, we don't always 32 00:01:54,540 --> 00:01:56,540 do like a word for the year kind of thing. 33 00:01:56,540 --> 00:02:00,060 That's not something we've always done before raining 34 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:03,260 residents, we were doing equip for like 3 years. 35 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:05,500 We just felt like it was time to equip, equip at Anchor Faith 36 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,620 Church, what we were doing. So it's not we're not always 37 00:02:07,620 --> 00:02:09,940 seeking to have like a word for the year or something that's 38 00:02:09,940 --> 00:02:11,780 going on. But Pastor had it late in his 39 00:02:11,780 --> 00:02:14,960 heart the word Rayma. And obviously we're connected 40 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,920 with the Rayma Bible Church, which is awesome, and we do a 41 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:20,560 lot with them and they're great. But he was specifically talking 42 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:26,240 about the spoken word, right? The spoken word of God, the 43 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,320 Rayma word, the spoken word of God. 44 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:35,080 And what he said was In 2023, your words will have power like 45 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:39,680 never before. In 2023, our words will have 46 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:45,630 power like never before, right? And so I want to go into today 47 00:02:45,630 --> 00:02:48,390 and just kind of look a little bit into it and give ourselves, 48 00:02:48,390 --> 00:02:51,150 like I said, a little check in on how are we doing this year, 49 00:02:51,150 --> 00:02:54,270 Are we raining in our words? Right. 50 00:02:54,390 --> 00:02:57,550 So if you're taking notes, the title of my message today is the 51 00:02:57,590 --> 00:03:01,550 empty echo of a quiet. King Oh, wow. 52 00:03:01,670 --> 00:03:06,630 Good. Thank you, put a lot of thought 53 00:03:06,630 --> 00:03:10,510 into this title. The empty echo of a quiet. 54 00:03:10,510 --> 00:03:16,240 King, Let's start in a mark, 1123 through 24, it says, Truly, 55 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,400 I say to you, whoever says to this mountain be taken up and 56 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,720 cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes 57 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,960 what he says is going to happen. It will be granted him. 58 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,930 Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and 59 00:03:34,930 --> 00:03:39,890 ask, believe that you have received them and they will be 60 00:03:39,890 --> 00:03:43,730 granted to you, right? Truly, truly, I say to you 61 00:03:43,730 --> 00:03:50,290 whoever what says, whoever, what, whoever says to the 62 00:03:50,290 --> 00:03:53,770 mountain, right? So right out the bat Jesus is 63 00:03:53,770 --> 00:03:57,210 telling us, look, it's not just enough to believe in your heart, 64 00:03:57,450 --> 00:04:01,250 you have to what? Say something with your mouth. 65 00:04:01,250 --> 00:04:03,240 So what is resonance then, right? 66 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,400 What is a resonance? Resonance means to have a 67 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,960 lasting effect, right? When something has resonance, it 68 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,440 means it resounds beyond. Just the immediate. 69 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,079 I don't know. Has anyone ever been in You can 70 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:20,720 raise your Hand one of those really quiet sound rooms. 71 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,520 No, I mean I've been in a couple doing some sound boosts and what 72 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,340 they do is they got like. All the phone, all over, all the 73 00:04:27,340 --> 00:04:28,580 walls. And you get in there, and I've 74 00:04:28,580 --> 00:04:30,940 been in one. It was actually at Rama Bible 75 00:04:30,940 --> 00:04:31,700 Church. They have one. 76 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:34,540 And it's like, so quiet. You can hear your blood, like 77 00:04:34,540 --> 00:04:39,020 rushing in your veins, Like it's just like unsettlingly quiet, 78 00:04:39,540 --> 00:04:40,980 right? And so then when, like, you 79 00:04:40,980 --> 00:04:44,180 speak or clap, it just dies. Like instantly. 80 00:04:45,260 --> 00:04:47,860 There's no resonance at all. The minute you say something, 81 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:50,220 it's like it comes out your mouth and then hits the ground 82 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:53,490 and it's just gone. It's like the weirdest feeling 83 00:04:53,770 --> 00:04:58,130 to be involved in something that has no resounding or echoing 84 00:04:58,210 --> 00:05:00,210 fact at all. It just kind of ends, right? 85 00:05:00,410 --> 00:05:04,890 But we want our words to go on past us and then resound into 86 00:05:04,890 --> 00:05:08,570 the world, right? And we understand that our words 87 00:05:08,930 --> 00:05:12,330 have the ability to bring change. 88 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,960 Your words have the ability to bring change. 89 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,600 And I understand sometimes people get locked up on like you 90 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,520 have authority right. Which we just saying some people 91 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,640 get locked up on like what do you mean we have the authority 92 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,840 that Jesus had. And so taking, you know that off 93 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:31,760 the table for a second, naturally speaking, there's tons 94 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:36,480 of science to prove your words literally do enact change, 95 00:05:37,650 --> 00:05:38,930 right. Has anyone remember that little, 96 00:05:38,930 --> 00:05:41,530 like, kindergarten thing where they took all the plants and 97 00:05:41,530 --> 00:05:43,850 they put them in a room and then they spoke really nice to the 98 00:05:43,850 --> 00:05:46,050 plants, right? They walk in like, you are so 99 00:05:46,050 --> 00:05:49,090 beautiful. Your shade of green is the only 100 00:05:49,090 --> 00:05:52,330 shade of green that has ever existed in all of the shades. 101 00:05:52,530 --> 00:05:55,970 This flower is so unique that you have blossoms yourself, 102 00:05:56,450 --> 00:05:57,610 right? And then they go to the other 103 00:05:57,610 --> 00:05:58,610 room. They're like, you are the 104 00:05:58,810 --> 00:06:02,320 ugliest plant I've ever seen. I don't that's not even you 105 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,400 can't even call that green. Is this supposed to be a flower, 106 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,240 right? And then they come back after 107 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,600 weeks of talking to these plants and they literally see the ones 108 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,960 you spoke life into. I've actually blossomed and 109 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,640 bloomed and shown more positive growth than the ones you spoke 110 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,520 negative to. And this even goes into music, 111 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,640 right? They'll play like nice uplifting 112 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,600 music or like really sad and dreary music. 113 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,160 And then you see the difference of the effects on the plant. 114 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,800 So I'm not just even talking spiritually, just from a natural 115 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,200 standpoint. Your words and that change. 116 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,560 This is just a proven thing, right? 117 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,440 Then you got like this the the, the new thing. 118 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,640 Like like manifesting, right. I'm going to manifest something. 119 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:40,680 Right. And why does this work? 120 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,600 Because this is here you go. You're tapping into an actual 121 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,760 spiritual law on a natural see because the God said I have no 122 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:49,520 problem speaking and saying oh, I'm beautiful and I'm feeling 123 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:50,680 better. Whether they're not speaking the 124 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,160 word they are speaking word. The Bible says you are 125 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,750 beautifully and wonderfully made so you can be speaking word over 126 00:06:54,750 --> 00:06:56,550 your life without actually knowing you're speaking Word 127 00:06:56,550 --> 00:06:58,590 over your life and you're seeing the change because God has 128 00:06:58,590 --> 00:07:04,110 placed the law into effect that will change your life, right? 129 00:07:04,110 --> 00:07:06,470 So just from a natural standpoint, we have to 130 00:07:06,470 --> 00:07:12,310 understand that the words you speak do actually enact change 131 00:07:12,630 --> 00:07:17,190 on your life, right? And why is this important? 132 00:07:17,350 --> 00:07:20,910 Because if you aren't speaking anything, then you aren't 133 00:07:20,910 --> 00:07:27,610 changing anything. If you're not speaking anything, 134 00:07:27,850 --> 00:07:29,770 then you're not actually changing anything. 135 00:07:31,370 --> 00:07:33,810 And so we can't go into life wondering, why is nothing 136 00:07:33,810 --> 00:07:38,530 changing when we're keeping our mouth quiet, right? 137 00:07:38,530 --> 00:07:42,130 So we look back and we say, man, I want to have a reigning 138 00:07:42,410 --> 00:07:45,690 resonance. I want to have a reigning 139 00:07:45,770 --> 00:07:50,930 resonance. Proverbs 1820 and 21. 140 00:07:50,930 --> 00:07:56,200 Says with the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach will be 141 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,560 satisfied. He will be satisfied with the 142 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:04,200 product of his lips. Death and life are in the power 143 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,440 of the tongue and those who love it. 144 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:13,080 Will eat its fruit. Death and life are in the power 145 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,640 of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit, 146 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,640 right? So what have we been decreeing 147 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,780 this year? Because, you know, the word at 148 00:08:23,780 --> 00:08:26,620 the beginning of the year, to an extent, is basically just like 149 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:31,540 a, you know, a spiritual, like New Year's resolution, right. 150 00:08:31,540 --> 00:08:33,260 A lot of times it's like you come, what are you going to do 151 00:08:33,260 --> 00:08:34,580 this year? I'm going to lose 15 pounds. 152 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:35,460 What are you going to do this year? 153 00:08:35,460 --> 00:08:37,380 I'm going to read one book every month. 154 00:08:37,539 --> 00:08:39,700 And then you read like your first book for the first month, 155 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:40,940 the second book for the second month. 156 00:08:40,940 --> 00:08:42,580 Then you read like half a book the third month. 157 00:08:42,580 --> 00:08:44,860 And then you don't finish that book and you read like, well, 158 00:08:44,860 --> 00:08:47,340 maybe I should just go to like a I'll just read this pamphlet. 159 00:08:47,580 --> 00:08:50,740 Like, you know, what blog articles that's reading those 160 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:51,980 count. You know what? 161 00:08:51,980 --> 00:08:55,860 Actually, I read 4 Instagram status updates today. 162 00:08:56,020 --> 00:08:59,500 So I've got my reading in, you know, And so like that 163 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:02,060 resolution just kind of like Phase and Trickles. 164 00:09:02,420 --> 00:09:06,420 And if we're not careful, our spiritual resolution can do the 165 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:09,700 same thing, right? We get fired up, like, I'm going 166 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:12,540 to have a rating resonance. And then two months later, 167 00:09:12,540 --> 00:09:17,700 something kind of comes and you're like, the words aren't 168 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:20,820 really there anymore, right? And we're talking about you'll 169 00:09:20,820 --> 00:09:24,140 have whatever you say. Then we got to be saying some 170 00:09:24,140 --> 00:09:27,860 things, right? Do you want to a raining 171 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:30,580 resonance or do you want an empty echo? 172 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:36,220 We want to have a raining resonance. 173 00:09:36,220 --> 00:09:41,460 We want to be speaking life into not only our situations, but 174 00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:44,720 into the situations of those around us, right? 175 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,080 Like we preach so much here at Anchor Faith Church. 176 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:53,680 This isn't just about you. We have to get out of thinking 177 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:59,440 so much about my personal walk. You need a personal walk, but 178 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,440 you should have that locked down. 179 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:08,360 I don't have a big personal walk goal because I locked down my 180 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,360 personal walk. So I started thinking, how can I 181 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,120 now enact change for those around me? 182 00:10:15,270 --> 00:10:18,150 I want to spend more. I want to get myself locked down 183 00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:20,830 and what I'm saying about me so that I can spend more time 184 00:10:20,830 --> 00:10:26,590 focusing on those around me, so that when I have to take time to 185 00:10:26,590 --> 00:10:29,030 do something, it's because I'm actually helping other people, 186 00:10:30,570 --> 00:10:32,010 right? And we should be looking out for 187 00:10:32,010 --> 00:10:34,210 those opportunities, finding things. 188 00:10:34,210 --> 00:10:36,610 Where can I put my word today, right? 189 00:10:36,610 --> 00:10:40,090 Because if you understand that your words have power, then we 190 00:10:40,090 --> 00:10:43,170 should be looking for opportunities to speak life 191 00:10:43,170 --> 00:10:47,370 somewhere. We should be searching for them. 192 00:10:48,610 --> 00:10:52,530 I'm not satisfied with not having something to speak about. 193 00:10:52,530 --> 00:10:55,770 If we live faith to faith, then I need to be looking for the 194 00:10:55,770 --> 00:11:01,990 next place to put my faith. I'm looking for the next thing. 195 00:11:02,790 --> 00:11:04,830 I'm never satisfied with what I just had. 196 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:08,310 I'm looking for what I can be doing next, right? 197 00:11:08,310 --> 00:11:10,910 I'm looking forward, just like Pastor said in The Greatest 198 00:11:10,910 --> 00:11:12,790 Right. It's OK to want to achieve 199 00:11:12,790 --> 00:11:17,550 greatness, but greatness doesn't come by only being satisfied 200 00:11:17,550 --> 00:11:20,930 with what you had, right? Because if you do what someone 201 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:23,290 else did, you only ever have what they had. 202 00:11:23,530 --> 00:11:25,130 I'm not looking to be as good as someone. 203 00:11:25,130 --> 00:11:27,530 I'm looking to be better. Therefore, I have to do more 204 00:11:27,530 --> 00:11:29,330 than they were willing to ever do. 205 00:11:31,010 --> 00:11:34,770 I have to be willing to go a step further than them, Right? 206 00:11:34,770 --> 00:11:39,330 Romans 8, four through 14. We'll do a little bit of reading 207 00:11:39,330 --> 00:11:42,290 here. Romans 8, four through 14. 208 00:11:43,490 --> 00:11:46,650 So the requirement. Of the law might be fulfilled in 209 00:11:46,650 --> 00:11:50,950 us who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the 210 00:11:50,950 --> 00:11:53,470 Spirit. For those who are according to 211 00:11:53,470 --> 00:11:58,150 the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those 212 00:11:58,150 --> 00:12:00,910 who are according to the Spirit. The things of the Spirit. 213 00:12:01,390 --> 00:12:06,190 For the mindset on the flesh is death, but the mindset on the 214 00:12:06,190 --> 00:12:11,020 Spirit is life and peace, because the mindset on the flesh 215 00:12:11,020 --> 00:12:14,740 is hostile towards God. For it does not subject itself 216 00:12:14,740 --> 00:12:19,580 to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those 217 00:12:19,580 --> 00:12:22,820 who are in the flesh cannot please God. 218 00:12:22,820 --> 00:12:27,460 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 219 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:31,300 However, you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if 220 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:33,900 indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. 221 00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:37,140 But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not 222 00:12:37,140 --> 00:12:40,030 belong to him. If Christ is in you, though the 223 00:12:40,030 --> 00:12:44,270 body is dead because of sin, yet the Spirit is alive because of 224 00:12:44,270 --> 00:12:47,150 righteousness. But if the Spirit of him who 225 00:12:47,150 --> 00:12:51,750 raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised 226 00:12:51,750 --> 00:12:55,430 Christ Jesus from the dead will also give a life to your mortal 227 00:12:55,430 --> 00:12:59,990 bodies through his spell it who dwell his Spirit, who dwells in 228 00:12:59,990 --> 00:13:03,190 you. So then, brethren, we are under 229 00:13:03,590 --> 00:13:08,200 we are under obligation not to the flesh to live according to 230 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,960 the flesh. For if you are living according 231 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:14,680 to the flesh, you must die. But if by the Spirit you are 232 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:19,320 putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 233 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:25,520 For all those, for all who are being led by the Spirit of God, 234 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:32,920 these are the sons of God. For all those who are being led 235 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:38,130 by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. 236 00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:43,690 And I would further add that all those who are led by the Spirit 237 00:13:43,690 --> 00:13:51,370 of God will speak from the Spirit of God, but those who are 238 00:13:51,370 --> 00:13:57,170 led by the flesh will speak from the flesh. 239 00:13:58,730 --> 00:14:03,690 Why? Because what you put in you will 240 00:14:03,690 --> 00:14:08,940 come out of you, right? What you're putting inside of 241 00:14:08,940 --> 00:14:13,820 you will inevitably be what comes out of you, right? 242 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:19,700 And a quiet king won't see any change, because if you don't 243 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:24,060 have anything in you to say, then you won't say anything, 244 00:14:26,180 --> 00:14:29,740 right? And he is the king of Who are 245 00:14:29,740 --> 00:14:34,620 those kings? We are so I don't want to be a 246 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:40,500 quiet king. I want to enact change around 247 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:44,820 me. I want to be speaking from the 248 00:14:44,820 --> 00:14:47,140 Spirit. I want to be speaking words of 249 00:14:47,140 --> 00:14:49,140 life. I want to be speaking something 250 00:14:49,140 --> 00:14:52,300 that's going to enact change in my life and the ones around me. 251 00:14:52,460 --> 00:14:56,580 But I can only do it if I'm if I'm putting the word inside of 252 00:14:56,580 --> 00:15:00,660 me, and if I believe that when I speak it will. 253 00:15:00,660 --> 00:15:10,450 Actually happen. Numbers 2319 says God is not a 254 00:15:10,450 --> 00:15:14,010 man, that he should lie, nor a son a man that he should repent. 255 00:15:14,530 --> 00:15:20,850 He has, he said, and he will, and he and will he not do it? 256 00:15:21,050 --> 00:15:24,690 Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? 257 00:15:27,290 --> 00:15:33,920 When God says He will do something, He will do it, and 258 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,440 this is something we have to be so firmly persuaded about, 259 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,160 because if I'm going to speak his words confidently then I 260 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:46,280 need to know that they are backed. 100% See, I'm the kind 261 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:47,840 of person who likes to be prepared. 262 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,960 Like I like to be ready for whatever the situation is that 263 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,200 I'm going to go into. There's nothing more that bugs 264 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,240 me than when someone's like, hey, we need to meet next week 265 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,800 and then like, gives you nothing else. 266 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,170 OK, what are we meeting about? Like, what does this pertain to? 267 00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:05,970 I need to collect my information so that when I get to this 268 00:16:05,970 --> 00:16:09,090 meeting, I know what's going on. I don't like being surprised, 269 00:16:09,330 --> 00:16:12,010 like I want to build the case. I want to know what's going on. 270 00:16:12,170 --> 00:16:14,570 Am I in trouble? Have I done something wrong? 271 00:16:14,570 --> 00:16:17,170 Like you start saying like I haven't done anything wrong. 272 00:16:17,170 --> 00:16:19,090 Like I know I'm good, so I can't be that. 273 00:16:19,090 --> 00:16:22,890 What is it we need to know? I like to have the game plan 274 00:16:23,610 --> 00:16:26,010 right, because when you have the plan and you know what's going 275 00:16:26,010 --> 00:16:30,790 on, then you can show it with so much more confidence because I 276 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:35,590 already know the outcome. When I already know the outcome, 277 00:16:35,590 --> 00:16:38,310 it's so much easier to deliver information. 278 00:16:40,150 --> 00:16:44,710 And so when I know that God will do what he says every time 279 00:16:44,710 --> 00:16:49,030 period, it's easy for me to speak His word because I know he 280 00:16:49,030 --> 00:16:53,510 will accomplish it. But I have to have that 281 00:16:53,510 --> 00:16:58,390 confidence that when I speak, it will go for Isaiah 5511. 282 00:17:00,100 --> 00:17:05,740 Isaiah 5511 says so will my word, which goes forth from my 283 00:17:05,740 --> 00:17:09,780 mouth. It will not return to me empty 284 00:17:10,180 --> 00:17:13,940 without accomplishing what I desire and without succeeding in 285 00:17:13,940 --> 00:17:20,579 the matter for which I sent it. We have to believe that we're 286 00:17:20,579 --> 00:17:23,900 speaking from the Spirit and that we're speaking the word. 287 00:17:24,060 --> 00:17:25,579 See, this is where people lock up. 288 00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:28,780 They think it's what they are saying that's actually doing the 289 00:17:28,780 --> 00:17:32,750 change. No, it's what God is telling you 290 00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:38,270 to say that will have change. It's not just me saying whatever 291 00:17:38,270 --> 00:17:41,310 I want hoping it will change. No, it's me saying what God has 292 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:45,230 told me to say that will enact change because with his word is 293 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:47,710 being spoken. I know it will accomplish 294 00:17:47,710 --> 00:17:52,190 whatever it was sent for, but my word being spoken can hang out 295 00:17:52,190 --> 00:17:59,060 there in a lot of hope, right? That's why some of us have been 296 00:17:59,060 --> 00:18:02,100 saying a lot of stuff without getting a game plan from God. 297 00:18:04,860 --> 00:18:06,340 And you're like, why is this not working? 298 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:10,860 Why am I not seeing it? Because you haven't actually 299 00:18:10,860 --> 00:18:18,020 gotten the word to say, right? We want to get a word from God 300 00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:22,340 and then speak that word because that's what he's obligated to 301 00:18:22,340 --> 00:18:25,780 make sure is accomplished is His word. 302 00:18:27,910 --> 00:18:30,590 This is why we say you have to understand that God's word in 303 00:18:30,590 --> 00:18:33,150 your mouth is just as strong as God's word in His mouth. 304 00:18:33,150 --> 00:18:35,750 Why? Because if it's God's word, then 305 00:18:35,750 --> 00:18:38,470 He will accomplish it. You're just speaking it into 306 00:18:38,470 --> 00:18:42,950 existence. God still needs us to say some 307 00:18:42,950 --> 00:18:45,790 things. God still uses man and he needs 308 00:18:45,790 --> 00:18:48,790 us to speak that word into existence so he will go 309 00:18:48,790 --> 00:18:52,590 accomplish. It he's looking for you to open 310 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:54,910 your mouth, not just be a quiet king. 311 00:18:56,700 --> 00:19:01,780 We can't be passive in our Kingdom relationship hoping 312 00:19:01,780 --> 00:19:03,940 someone else is going to say something for us. 313 00:19:06,420 --> 00:19:09,060 No, it's time for us to start speaking this stuff out. 314 00:19:09,740 --> 00:19:16,780 It's time for us to do it first, John 514 through 15 says. 315 00:19:16,780 --> 00:19:21,260 This is the confidence which we have before him, that if we ask 316 00:19:22,140 --> 00:19:26,860 anything according to his will, he hears us. 317 00:19:28,140 --> 00:19:35,540 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that 318 00:19:35,540 --> 00:19:42,740 we have the request which we have asked from him, right? 319 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:46,780 So he's obligated to honor his word when you're asking 320 00:19:46,780 --> 00:19:53,850 according to his will. And This is why I like I said, 321 00:19:53,850 --> 00:19:56,890 This is why I think a lot of people get hung up, is they 322 00:19:56,890 --> 00:20:00,570 think they can just speak anything and God has to do it. 323 00:20:01,650 --> 00:20:07,890 Even if it sounds positive. Even if it's got all the well 324 00:20:07,890 --> 00:20:12,210 intentions. Even if you think it's the best 325 00:20:12,210 --> 00:20:19,280 course of action for your life. But God is obligated to honor 326 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:24,280 his word and his will, and that's what he will see through 327 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,240 to the end, right? So when we talk about having a 328 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:32,000 reigning residence, we have to be resonating that which was 329 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:38,320 spoken. We want to resonate that which 330 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:46,680 God has spoken to us. A lot of time is God saying 331 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,360 something and he's casting a word into your life and he's 332 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:53,040 wanting you to push it into this resonance out into the world, 333 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,440 but instead you let it hit you and then it becomes this empty 334 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:05,240 echo of nothing. See, we're looking for the word 335 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,360 of God, for our life, for the word of God on a situation. 336 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,560 A lot of times people are trying to formulate some big game plan 337 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:19,110 when they just need a word. You just need to speak that 338 00:21:19,110 --> 00:21:22,550 word, and if that's the only word you got, then you just keep 339 00:21:22,550 --> 00:21:28,640 saying it. Then you just keep saying that 340 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,520 one thing. I've seen some people get led 341 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,560 into baptism of Holy Spirit and sometimes they're like, look, if 342 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,600 you only got 1, just keep saying the one thing over and over and 343 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,280 over until it builds up enough that it starts overflowing and 344 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:41,600 coming out. But then they think, well, I'm 345 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,880 just saying the same thing, doesn't matter, just start 346 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,200 somewhere, let it build and then it overflows out. 347 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,120 Sometimes if you just start saying a word over and over, God 348 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:53,080 will start bringing more context and like to that word, but he's 349 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,560 waiting for you to start saying it and let it resonate out into 350 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:01,590 the world. Some of you are just a few few 351 00:22:01,590 --> 00:22:04,230 spoken words away from getting what you need. 352 00:22:07,270 --> 00:22:10,350 I don't know how many times I've personally got just a little 353 00:22:10,350 --> 00:22:14,430 fragment of a sentence and then I just meditate on that fragment 354 00:22:14,430 --> 00:22:17,230 of a sentence and then it, and then it becomes something so 355 00:22:17,230 --> 00:22:20,790 much bigger it grows in. Sometimes it's months later I 356 00:22:20,790 --> 00:22:21,910 hear something else and I'm like. 357 00:22:22,270 --> 00:22:25,390 That's what that meant. That makes sense. 358 00:22:27,990 --> 00:22:30,990 I've heard things over my life that in the immediate didn't 359 00:22:30,990 --> 00:22:34,030 really connect with me. And then I've reviewed them and 360 00:22:34,030 --> 00:22:36,030 kind of sat on them and meditated on them, then let it 361 00:22:36,030 --> 00:22:37,670 go because I didn't really make a connection. 362 00:22:37,830 --> 00:22:39,590 The next thing you know, something else is spoken. 363 00:22:39,590 --> 00:22:42,350 I get and it connects in and boom, now I'm off on something, 364 00:22:43,790 --> 00:22:45,270 right? So some of you have a word that 365 00:22:45,270 --> 00:22:50,430 you just need to start enacting that one word and let everything 366 00:22:50,430 --> 00:22:53,630 else start piling onto it. Let everything else start 367 00:22:53,630 --> 00:22:57,340 forming around it, right? We don't want to be a quiet 368 00:22:58,060 --> 00:23:02,660 king. Our words have power when we're 369 00:23:02,660 --> 00:23:07,740 saying his words, right? Our words have power when we're 370 00:23:07,740 --> 00:23:15,140 saying his words, Second Corinthians 413 says. 371 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:20,860 But having the same spirit of. Faith according to what is 372 00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:24,740 written. I believed, therefore I spoke. 373 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:32,720 We also believe, therefore, we also those who believe will be 374 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:38,680 speaking. When you know you know 375 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,840 something, you want to talk about it. 376 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,920 When you know you've got something, you want to let other 377 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:51,830 people know. And so when we are truly doing 378 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:54,830 this thing and we're believing what we've got going on, we're 379 00:23:54,830 --> 00:23:57,510 going to want to let other people know about it. 380 00:23:58,750 --> 00:24:00,950 We're going to want to say something about it. 381 00:24:00,950 --> 00:24:02,670 We're going to want to speak it into existence. 382 00:24:02,670 --> 00:24:04,550 You don't want to just hide it in yourself. 383 00:24:04,550 --> 00:24:06,070 No, you want other people to know. 384 00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:08,430 You want to see that they can see the change. 385 00:24:08,430 --> 00:24:11,270 You want to see change because sometimes you're not saying 386 00:24:11,270 --> 00:24:13,470 something that's happening in your life and someone might get 387 00:24:13,470 --> 00:24:19,190 sparked just by seeing the change that's affecting you, but 388 00:24:19,190 --> 00:24:24,990 because you're keeping it quiet, you're not impacting those 389 00:24:24,990 --> 00:24:30,910 around you. Now we want to be speaking 390 00:24:31,710 --> 00:24:40,510 Matthew. 823 to 27 This is when they got done. 391 00:24:40,510 --> 00:24:42,470 Jesus got done preaching. They're going across the other 392 00:24:42,470 --> 00:24:44,350 side of sea, he says. When he got into the boat, his 393 00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:47,310 disciples followed him, and behold, there arose a great 394 00:24:47,310 --> 00:24:50,690 storm. On the sea, so that the boat was 395 00:24:50,690 --> 00:24:53,970 covered with the waves. But Jesus himself was asleep, 396 00:24:54,930 --> 00:24:57,050 and they came to him and woke him saying, Save us, Lord, we 397 00:24:57,050 --> 00:24:59,530 are perishing. And he said to them, Why are you 398 00:24:59,530 --> 00:25:05,130 afraid, you men of little faith? Then he got up and rebuked the 399 00:25:05,130 --> 00:25:08,130 winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. 400 00:25:08,130 --> 00:25:11,050 And then they were amazed and said, What kind of man is this, 401 00:25:11,370 --> 00:25:15,650 that even the winds and the sea obey him? 402 00:25:18,460 --> 00:25:21,260 Jesus spoke to it. But see, they woke him up. 403 00:25:21,260 --> 00:25:23,820 And Jesus was like, where's your face? 404 00:25:25,220 --> 00:25:27,700 I gave you a word. OK, come on. 405 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:36,060 I gave you a word that you could have spoken, but you stayed 406 00:25:36,060 --> 00:25:41,260 quiet. I gave you a word that we would 407 00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:44,140 get to the other side. I gave you something to hold on 408 00:25:44,140 --> 00:25:45,580 to. I gave you something. 409 00:25:45,580 --> 00:25:49,400 You could speak into existence. You could have stood here and 410 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,280 said yourself, now we're going to make it to the other side. 411 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,800 But because you held a word within you, no change took 412 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:04,480 place. God wants us to be speaking, and 413 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,280 he's telling them, where was your faith? 414 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,040 You didn't believe that you could have done change here. 415 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:16,650 You didn't have enough faith to believe the word I gave you, and 416 00:26:16,650 --> 00:26:18,730 so you were too scared to speak it. 417 00:26:21,290 --> 00:26:24,970 So you got to ask yourself, do I believe this thing, or am I 418 00:26:24,970 --> 00:26:28,050 holding on to a word God's given me because I'm scared it won't 419 00:26:28,050 --> 00:26:32,530 work? Because what if I do step out 420 00:26:32,530 --> 00:26:35,410 and I sink? At least you stepped out. 421 00:26:37,290 --> 00:26:39,650 Like I've said before, he took more steps on the water than 422 00:26:39,690 --> 00:26:45,060 anyone else. No one else in the Bible is 423 00:26:45,060 --> 00:26:47,940 credited for walking on water. We sure like to make fun of the 424 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:50,620 guy for sinking, but he still stepped out there way farther 425 00:26:50,620 --> 00:26:54,700 than all the other disciples. It was him and Jesus walking on 426 00:26:54,700 --> 00:27:00,740 water for at least a moment, right? 427 00:27:00,740 --> 00:27:06,220 We can't lose sight of the word. We can't let the things around 428 00:27:06,220 --> 00:27:14,030 us affect the word that was spoken to us, right? 429 00:27:14,590 --> 00:27:18,350 This is why it's so important to have the word inside of you, 430 00:27:20,670 --> 00:27:22,870 right? Some of us are only dealing with 431 00:27:22,870 --> 00:27:25,950 surface problems because we only have surface word. 432 00:27:29,310 --> 00:27:33,830 See, when pressure comes, it's what's hidden deep down in your 433 00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:39,910 heart that starts to come out. When the pressure comes, it's 434 00:27:39,910 --> 00:27:42,710 those things that you've tucked away, those things you've 435 00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:45,790 meditated on, those things you've spent time in, that 436 00:27:45,790 --> 00:27:50,470 starts to reveal itself. Some of us are feeling pressure, 437 00:27:50,470 --> 00:27:53,550 but we haven't put enough word deep down, so it's not coming 438 00:27:53,550 --> 00:27:59,350 out. So on the surface we look good. 439 00:27:59,430 --> 00:28:01,670 Our little problems are fine because with a little pressure 440 00:28:01,670 --> 00:28:07,280 we got just enough. But once it starts to get tight, 441 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,080 we realized we didn't put as much in as we thought we did. 442 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,600 Why do we not see change? Do you have enough in you to be 443 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,800 speaking? Do you have enough word in you 444 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,640 that no matter what circumstances comes and it 445 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,320 applies pressure, only the word will come out? 446 00:28:32,940 --> 00:28:35,820 I'm going to be honest, I'm not a big chapter verse guy. 447 00:28:36,260 --> 00:28:38,540 Like you know, that's not my strong suit. 448 00:28:39,060 --> 00:28:41,660 I read the Bible, I know get a lot of word, but I've always 449 00:28:41,660 --> 00:28:44,100 kind of struggled with like here's the word, here's where 450 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:47,340 it's at. Like I know it because I've been 451 00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:51,860 in it enough and it's in there enough that it starts to squeeze 452 00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:52,780 out. And I've been in some 453 00:28:52,780 --> 00:28:55,340 conversations before and you know, the Holy Spirit has 454 00:28:55,340 --> 00:28:57,860 brought some things up that I've, I've wrote down 455 00:28:57,860 --> 00:29:00,260 afterwards. I've told my wife, sometimes I 456 00:29:00,460 --> 00:29:02,940 even preach messages and then some some section comes up 457 00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:04,740 that's not in your notes because you just get it by the Spirit 458 00:29:04,740 --> 00:29:06,900 and you're like, I come back and like add that back in for next 459 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:11,100 time, right? Because when the word is in 460 00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:17,100 there, it's amazing how it will just start coming out right. 461 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:19,540 I've been in conversations, just buddy conversations and 462 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:21,540 something brings up and the next thing you know, some word is 463 00:29:21,540 --> 00:29:22,180 coming out. Why? 464 00:29:22,180 --> 00:29:24,500 Because I put it in me and it wants to get out. 465 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:29,660 We talk about, we talk about in worship being overflowing. 466 00:29:30,180 --> 00:29:33,260 Why? Because you're so full it has to 467 00:29:33,260 --> 00:29:38,340 go somewhere else. Are we filling ourselves with 468 00:29:38,340 --> 00:29:44,740 the words so much that it has to get out or do we have such a 469 00:29:44,740 --> 00:29:48,100 surface amount of word that all these little surface problems 470 00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:50,660 keep draining anything before it can really sink in? 471 00:29:52,270 --> 00:29:55,270 Because I'm so focused on me and my immediate surface problems 472 00:29:55,270 --> 00:29:57,590 and I'm not getting enough where I got my Bahrain plan and I read 473 00:29:57,590 --> 00:30:04,070 and I checked this box, but I don't ever dive deeper because 474 00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:06,910 we all know that Bahrain plan. Some days it's like 3 minutes, 475 00:30:07,790 --> 00:30:09,510 right? Wednesdays is like Psalms and 476 00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:12,270 some of those things like you can get done reading before you 477 00:30:12,270 --> 00:30:13,790 even realize you started reading it. 478 00:30:16,550 --> 00:30:18,110 I've done it, Molly. Like you get done, you start 479 00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:21,230 reading like oh that was it. And I'm not a fast reader. 480 00:30:23,550 --> 00:30:24,670 Yeah. Then you do have other days 481 00:30:24,670 --> 00:30:26,830 where it's like I think like Thursday or Friday is where it's 482 00:30:26,830 --> 00:30:30,910 like you reading for like 40 minutes some, some, some maybe 483 00:30:30,910 --> 00:30:32,070 just me. Something might be a little 484 00:30:32,070 --> 00:30:33,550 slower, like I was reading for an hour and a half. 485 00:30:34,350 --> 00:30:36,310 I'm also one of those. Readers like I read it, then 486 00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:38,910 realize I read 3 pages and I didn't read 3 pages. 487 00:30:38,910 --> 00:30:41,710 You know, like I read it, but I didn't retain any of it. 488 00:30:43,790 --> 00:30:45,950 You know, like you read, then you're like, get to averse. 489 00:30:45,950 --> 00:30:47,030 Like, what are they talking about? 490 00:30:49,950 --> 00:30:53,310 Like, where did this come from? All of a sudden I had to go back 491 00:30:53,310 --> 00:30:57,830 and read it again. And I felt like, I'm like, like, 492 00:30:58,070 --> 00:30:59,830 you know, my daughter London's in Washington. 493 00:30:59,830 --> 00:31:01,390 She gets like those reading comprehension. 494 00:31:01,390 --> 00:31:02,790 Like what? What have you learned from 495 00:31:02,790 --> 00:31:03,630 reading? Sometimes I asked her a 496 00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:04,510 question. I was like, did you? 497 00:31:04,670 --> 00:31:08,590 That's like the title. And she's like, Mary had a 498 00:31:08,590 --> 00:31:09,630 little lamb. Who had the lamb? 499 00:31:09,710 --> 00:31:11,710 Oh, I don't remember her name. It's in the title of the book. 500 00:31:11,710 --> 00:31:14,470 Her name was Mary. What did you even read? 501 00:31:14,750 --> 00:31:16,030 And I you know. Like frustrates me. 502 00:31:16,030 --> 00:31:16,870 Then I realized I've read the bomb. 503 00:31:16,870 --> 00:31:20,130 I've done the same thing like King so and so was like where'd. 504 00:31:20,130 --> 00:31:28,810 This king come from, But then you ask yourself, do you keep 505 00:31:28,810 --> 00:31:30,770 going or do you go back and reread it? 506 00:31:32,330 --> 00:31:34,250 Because I know some of you sitting in the chair, I've done 507 00:31:34,250 --> 00:31:37,290 the same thing. We're like, yeah, I'll just pick 508 00:31:37,290 --> 00:31:40,510 up from here. Well, you get to so and so but 509 00:31:40,510 --> 00:31:43,470 get so and so but get so and so. You know, I love, you know, 510 00:31:43,710 --> 00:31:46,230 Joshua Clay because he's a big history Bible guy and you know, 511 00:31:46,230 --> 00:31:48,510 for me, like you just reading so and so, but get so and so, but 512 00:31:48,510 --> 00:31:49,550 get so. And so, like, you know, I'm 513 00:31:49,550 --> 00:31:54,470 reading this, but why? I don't even know my family tree 514 00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:57,830 this well. But then Josh comes in, He's 515 00:31:57,830 --> 00:32:02,030 like, did you realize David's father was actually this person 516 00:32:02,030 --> 00:32:03,590 was like, you know, I read it like four times. 517 00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:08,940 No, I did not realize. Right. 518 00:32:08,940 --> 00:32:12,140 So are we reading and actually trying to get something put 519 00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:16,060 inside of us? Or are we just going through 520 00:32:16,060 --> 00:32:23,780 emotion, trying to act like we're spiritual, trying to act 521 00:32:23,780 --> 00:32:29,580 like we got something? Because there's the thing 522 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:37,340 Hebrews 412 says for the word of God is living and active. 523 00:32:38,050 --> 00:32:42,890 And sharper than any two edged sword, and piercing as far as 524 00:32:42,890 --> 00:32:45,250 the. Division of the soul and the 525 00:32:45,250 --> 00:32:50,490 spirit of joints and marrow, and able to judge thoughts and 526 00:32:51,290 --> 00:32:59,410 intentions of the heart. The word of God is like a sword. 527 00:33:02,090 --> 00:33:04,210 When we speak, we're getting battle ready. 528 00:33:05,710 --> 00:33:08,470 But if you ain't got the word, it's like running into a war 529 00:33:08,470 --> 00:33:12,350 with an empty sheath. Some of you are in a sword fight 530 00:33:12,350 --> 00:33:17,670 trying to Kung Fu with your arm. You ain't got no words. 531 00:33:17,670 --> 00:33:19,790 You just out there like, let's try to do something. 532 00:33:24,350 --> 00:33:28,390 We're leaving our weapon behind us, Running out into battle. 533 00:33:29,430 --> 00:33:31,030 Why we losing? Oh, I don't know why. 534 00:33:31,030 --> 00:33:35,800 I just keep feeling like you can't overcome this because I'm 535 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,960 leaving my weapon behind. The big new thing, my praise is 536 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,120 a weapon. I tell you something, the word 537 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,960 is a weapon. Your praise is only a weapon if 538 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:51,160 you're singing the Some of you are singing songs that ain't 539 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:56,200 word and the weapon you're using is being used against you. 540 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,840 Some of you are trying to praise your way through problems with 541 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:07,190 the wrong songs and now you're just confession confessing 542 00:34:07,190 --> 00:34:10,150 death. So why we don't just sing 543 00:34:10,150 --> 00:34:15,270 anything in Anchor Faith? We check to make sure these 544 00:34:15,270 --> 00:34:18,510 words that we're going to be singing are going to be words of 545 00:34:18,510 --> 00:34:21,550 life. So why you can't just jump on 546 00:34:21,550 --> 00:34:23,949 YouTube and pick any worship band and then start going 547 00:34:23,949 --> 00:34:25,270 through their stuff? Because next thing you know, 548 00:34:25,270 --> 00:34:26,790 like I love this song. It's amazing. 549 00:34:26,790 --> 00:34:31,630 I realize you're confessing yourself into problems, but I'm 550 00:34:31,630 --> 00:34:34,800 worshipping. But what are you saying? 551 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,159 Because most of your did. You just end up getting into 552 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:42,920 emotion anyways and we find out if you ain't worshipping with 553 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,400 the word then you're not really worshipping from the spirit. 554 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,520 In a year of reigning residents, we got to check ourselves on 555 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:56,440 everything we are saying. Because if we said our words 556 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,680 will have power, then we want to make sure the words we're saying 557 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:04,080 are going to be as powerful as possible for us, not against us. 558 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,120 Because you all know you can get around someone who's negative 559 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,400 and it's amazing how much of a drain they can be. 560 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,840 You get around. Someone who's negative and it's 561 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,760 just like you see them coming down the hall and you're like. 562 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,960 What's the problem today? All right. 563 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:30,500 Like you already know. There's gonna be something like 564 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:33,180 no wonder there's never change. Every morning you wake up 565 00:35:33,180 --> 00:35:38,460 wanting to be angry. Like, what do you? 566 00:35:38,460 --> 00:35:40,940 Some of you might just need to have a morning confession. 567 00:35:41,780 --> 00:35:44,660 Tape it on your mirror. Say it whether you're mean it or 568 00:35:44,660 --> 00:35:46,660 not. Say it so repetitively that it's 569 00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:48,380 eventually sinks into your spirit. 570 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:53,740 Then you do mean it, right? Because if we believe our words 571 00:35:53,740 --> 00:35:56,660 have changed and we want to be finding as much to speak about 572 00:35:56,660 --> 00:36:04,070 as possible, as much to confess about as possible, some of us 573 00:36:04,070 --> 00:36:09,070 are just a a simple mind shift away from having so much things 574 00:36:09,070 --> 00:36:11,270 open up in our life. If we can just start confessing 575 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:15,870 something a little different, or just start confessing something 576 00:36:15,870 --> 00:36:21,470 we haven't been. This is why it's so important to 577 00:36:21,470 --> 00:36:28,630 watch what you are saying and to watch what you got being put 578 00:36:29,140 --> 00:36:35,460 inside of you. Like I said, I want to be so 579 00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:38,020 filled with something that it has to come out. 580 00:36:38,020 --> 00:36:40,140 I want to be so filled with something that is all that can 581 00:36:40,140 --> 00:36:43,940 come out. And look, I've seen movies. 582 00:36:44,220 --> 00:36:46,300 I've seen a lot of movies. I can probably quote movies 583 00:36:46,300 --> 00:36:48,300 right up underneath how much I can quote the Bible. 584 00:36:50,660 --> 00:36:52,980 So it's not like I'm saying you got to spend all your time just 585 00:36:52,980 --> 00:36:55,300 praying in the Spirit instead of doing anything else. 586 00:36:56,570 --> 00:36:59,250 But my point is, are you prioritizing it at least enough 587 00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:05,050 that it's there? Are we putting enough emphasis 588 00:37:05,050 --> 00:37:07,690 or are we just giving it Sunday, Wednesday emphasis? 589 00:37:10,170 --> 00:37:12,730 Because I'm telling you now, Sunday, Wednesday emphasis on 590 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:16,330 the word will only help you with surface problems. 591 00:37:19,810 --> 00:37:21,130 Like Pastor said, a whole lot of time. 592 00:37:21,130 --> 00:37:24,570 That's only, what, 234 hours out of your whole week? 593 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:33,680 Out of your whole week. So we got to be making sure 594 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:38,840 we're putting the word in us outside of just this one time of 595 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:43,450 just this two times a week. Look, I'm telling you, I don't 596 00:37:43,450 --> 00:37:45,610 want to be a quiet king. I don't want to have an empty 597 00:37:45,610 --> 00:37:47,290 echo. I want to be able to speak words 598 00:37:47,290 --> 00:37:49,410 of life into my life and those around me. 599 00:37:49,410 --> 00:37:52,570 I want to be able to speak words of life into people, not even in 600 00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:54,810 this building right now. I want to speak words of life 601 00:37:54,810 --> 00:37:57,170 that that resounds into generations. 602 00:37:57,170 --> 00:38:00,170 I want to speak words of life that impact my kids, that impact 603 00:38:00,170 --> 00:38:01,810 their kids, that impact their kids. 604 00:38:02,010 --> 00:38:04,850 I hope when I have great grandkids one day they go, well, 605 00:38:04,970 --> 00:38:08,810 well, great, Papa Chase used to say, because my words have 606 00:38:08,810 --> 00:38:17,890 resounded so much further past my own life, you can have a 607 00:38:17,890 --> 00:38:20,650 resounding you can have a reigning resonance that impacts 608 00:38:20,650 --> 00:38:23,290 so much further than you if you're willing to start stepping 609 00:38:23,290 --> 00:38:28,650 out and speaking. You know, we sit back and we 610 00:38:28,650 --> 00:38:31,890 think about all these greats in faith and greats in the Bible 611 00:38:31,890 --> 00:38:34,650 and these historical accounts that happen and all this kind of 612 00:38:34,650 --> 00:38:35,930 stuff. We're like, wow, look how it's, 613 00:38:36,130 --> 00:38:40,170 you know, impact their lives. And we got to think man, what is 614 00:38:40,170 --> 00:38:47,300 my resonance? What will be spoken of me in the 615 00:38:47,300 --> 00:39:10,640 history? I really didn't, you know, 616 00:39:12,640 --> 00:38:50,580 appreciate all that. Maybe it's not the world 617 00:38:50,580 --> 00:38:52,940 history, but maybe it's just your family history. 618 00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:57,380 But how will you be spoken of in your family history? 619 00:39:01,260 --> 00:39:07,700 When we look back we say man, he had so many see growing up as a 620 00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:15,080 pastor's. I got so young. 621 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,080 As I got older, I realized how much word and opportunity I had, 622 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,920 you know? And so, like, now I always 623 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,560 people like, oh, how is this, you know, how is it going with, 624 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,160 you know, Pastor Earl on this thing or going here? 625 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,200 And I'm like, honestly my favorite moments. 626 00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:33,580 That I get to be a part of are when we go to the dinners or we 627 00:39:33,580 --> 00:39:36,380 go to the and you can just sit back and be like a fly on the 628 00:39:36,380 --> 00:39:40,900 wall and hear these ministers who have been doing it for so 629 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:43,380 long and just all these little bits. 630 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:45,980 That they drop, that you can just start to absorb. 631 00:39:45,980 --> 00:39:49,660 And I didn't realize how impactful that not only has been 632 00:39:49,660 --> 00:39:53,020 on my my personal life, but then even into like my parenting 633 00:39:53,020 --> 00:39:54,820 style. And so all these kind of why? 634 00:39:54,820 --> 00:39:57,740 Because I realized, man, I'm getting to sit around these 635 00:39:57,740 --> 00:40:00,300 people that are so. Filled with the word just in 636 00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:02,900 random conversation that isn't even about the Bible, they're 637 00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:05,860 dropping these spiritual Nuggets because it's just all that flows 638 00:40:05,860 --> 00:40:09,310 out of them. Right. 639 00:40:09,310 --> 00:40:10,990 You sit at this table in your eyes, man. 640 00:40:11,110 --> 00:40:14,350 I'm picking up so much that they might have been doing for the 641 00:40:14,350 --> 00:40:17,350 last 30 years that this conversation probably means 642 00:40:17,350 --> 00:40:19,710 nothing to them. They're just having a good time. 643 00:40:19,870 --> 00:40:21,830 And I'm like, man, I can apply this now. 644 00:40:23,670 --> 00:40:30,070 I can see change now, you know? And so you sit down and you 645 00:40:30,070 --> 00:40:33,830 think, man, those words they're speaking are resounding past 646 00:40:33,830 --> 00:40:35,350 them without them even realizing it. 647 00:40:38,350 --> 00:40:42,390 Because here's the thing, every word you speak has the ability 648 00:40:42,390 --> 00:40:47,070 to resound past due period. So are you saying things you 649 00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:54,150 don't mind your kids hearing, or are you dropping things that's 650 00:40:54,150 --> 00:40:56,750 resonating in them, that you don't realize how much it's 651 00:40:56,750 --> 00:41:03,830 resonated in them? That's why we got to watch what 652 00:41:03,830 --> 00:41:06,950 we say sometimes, too. I'll never forget when I was, 653 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,680 you know, or my oldest daughter was younger. 654 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,160 We had a dog and I don't remember what happened. 655 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:15,960 It was like a small dog or something like that. 656 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,760 I hate small dogs. Don't understand the point of a 657 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,960 small dog, right? They're just always in the way. 658 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:30,560 They bring nothing to the table. What is the point of a small 659 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,160 dog? Don't get it right. 660 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,780 So I'm walking through the house one day and I step on the dog 661 00:41:39,220 --> 00:41:42,580 and I trip because it's a small dog and like you kind of feel 662 00:41:42,580 --> 00:41:43,860 it. So you know, so you do that kind 663 00:41:43,860 --> 00:41:45,780 of half step thing because you don't want to crush it. 664 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:48,220 Something like you kind of fall. And like as I fall, I kind of 665 00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:50,020 like kick back because I'm trying to. 666 00:41:50,020 --> 00:41:55,420 The dog goes flying across the hallway and I'm angry. 667 00:41:55,420 --> 00:41:57,820 So I like, punch the wall kind of on my way down. 668 00:41:57,820 --> 00:42:03,000 And I look over and my daughter staring at me and I realized 669 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,840 really quickly it looks like I just punted this dog across the 670 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:13,320 room and punched the wall. So I was like man, And she's 671 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:20,440 just so I look at her and I was like, will you please forgive me 672 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:26,130 for being angry In this moment I lost my temper even though I 673 00:42:26,130 --> 00:42:29,010 really didn't kick the dog. I realized she saw it and there 674 00:42:29,010 --> 00:42:34,010 was probably no real explaining away how it looked when the this 675 00:42:34,010 --> 00:42:37,210 like £5 dog goes slinging into a door and running away. 676 00:42:39,450 --> 00:42:41,610 So I went like picked up the dog in front of her and like let her 677 00:42:41,610 --> 00:42:44,850 know like hey mean I love this dog. 678 00:42:48,090 --> 00:42:53,900 So excited, I drove 5 hours to pick this thing up, right? 679 00:42:53,940 --> 00:42:55,060 Let me put it back now. Why? 680 00:42:55,060 --> 00:42:57,580 Because I realized I had the ability now for my daughter to 681 00:42:57,580 --> 00:43:04,380 have a thought about me that would stay with her whether it 682 00:43:04,380 --> 00:43:07,740 was a big deal or not because it's amazing what impacts kids. 683 00:43:08,660 --> 00:43:10,860 Man, I'll know. I we took, we went to Downtown 684 00:43:10,860 --> 00:43:11,900 Disney one day, just me and my wife. 685 00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:13,260 We were like celebrating anniversary something. 686 00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:14,260 So we want to get our kids something. 687 00:43:14,260 --> 00:43:16,140 So obviously like, you know, like good parents. 688 00:43:16,580 --> 00:43:18,220 I went in and it's Downtown Disney. 689 00:43:18,220 --> 00:43:22,030 So I spent like $150.00 on a bracelet made of plastic, right? 690 00:43:22,030 --> 00:43:25,670 You're like, she's going to love it and you're going to love this 691 00:43:25,670 --> 00:43:27,350 thing. I'm going to be a great parent. 692 00:43:28,070 --> 00:43:30,150 And then I had like changed. So I also did like the little 693 00:43:30,150 --> 00:43:32,190 quarter roll thing where the penny comes out, You know, it's 694 00:43:32,190 --> 00:43:36,630 like $0.75 for a penny. What a markup that is. 695 00:43:39,070 --> 00:43:41,830 So I come back, I give her the bracelet and I give her the 696 00:43:41,830 --> 00:43:44,430 penny. She loses the bracelet in an 697 00:43:44,430 --> 00:43:46,430 hour but can't shut up about this penny. 698 00:43:47,630 --> 00:43:52,440 I could have saved so much money if I just would have got the 699 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:56,040 penny right? But the truth is you don't know 700 00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:01,240 sometimes what is gonna make the most impact on them, what 701 00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:03,400 they're gonna and most of you if your parents, you realize this, 702 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,280 you ask like, oh, how was the, you know you go on like a big 703 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:06,240 family vacation. Like what? 704 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:08,000 Was your favorite part. And then they tell you, like 705 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:16,360 that was your favorite part. Like we did all of this, and the 706 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,240 extra cheesy popcorn is the most memorable thing you have. 707 00:44:24,650 --> 00:44:26,210 Right. But that's why it's so important 708 00:44:26,210 --> 00:44:31,650 that we're paying attention to what we're putting out because 709 00:44:31,650 --> 00:44:34,610 we don't always realize the positive or negative side of 710 00:44:34,610 --> 00:44:38,610 what it is. And so when we talk about having 711 00:44:38,610 --> 00:44:40,810 a reigning residence and you're going to have what you say, then 712 00:44:40,810 --> 00:44:43,890 we want to be taking captive all of our words to making sure what 713 00:44:43,890 --> 00:44:47,130 we're saying is going to be the most impactful. 714 00:44:48,350 --> 00:44:53,630 That I'm placing my word in the opportune places to enact the 715 00:44:53,630 --> 00:44:58,470 most change possible, and I'm not letting myself slip when 716 00:44:58,470 --> 00:45:03,550 pressure starts to come. Because here's the thing, when 717 00:45:03,550 --> 00:45:06,270 you start speaking a word, pressure will come. 718 00:45:09,230 --> 00:45:11,510 Because obviously the enemy doesn't want everything to be 719 00:45:11,510 --> 00:45:15,700 accomplished. But it's because you keep the 720 00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:20,580 word inside you that you push through that pressure, and then 721 00:45:20,580 --> 00:45:22,940 you hold on to those things and you look back on his 722 00:45:22,940 --> 00:45:25,740 faithfulness and you say, man, look how far I've come on my 723 00:45:25,740 --> 00:45:27,780 walk with God. This would have probably 724 00:45:27,780 --> 00:45:29,700 stumped, you know, made me stumble a year ago. 725 00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:32,700 Now it's not even a thought, right? 726 00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:35,340 Has anyone progressed to a point that you have an unexpected bill 727 00:45:35,340 --> 00:45:37,500 or unexpected something come up and then in your mind you're 728 00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:41,220 just like, this is nothing. I've seen God's faithfulness way 729 00:45:41,220 --> 00:45:42,820 beyond this. I can handle this thing. 730 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,480 I've seen God's faithfulness so much in my life. 731 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:47,640 This isn't even a thought for me. 732 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:49,560 I'm just going to put a word on it and get moving. 733 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,640 I'm just going to put a word on it and move on to the next thing 734 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,000 because I'm not going to let it try to get me off course. 735 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:56,560 I'm not going to let it apply pressure. 736 00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,040 It doesn't need to because I got word available for it. 737 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,600 And then you realize you get so much word build up that when 738 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,560 something even try can't even apply pressure because the word 739 00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:12,080 is just right there. The word is just right there, 740 00:46:14,540 --> 00:46:16,060 you know, like I said, I like movies and I find myself 741 00:46:16,060 --> 00:46:17,420 sometimes quote movies with the family. 742 00:46:17,420 --> 00:46:19,220 You know, sometimes I say something real quick. 743 00:46:19,220 --> 00:46:21,780 I'm pretty quick, pretty fast with the comebacks. 744 00:46:21,780 --> 00:46:24,260 I'm pretty quick with like recalling things and sometimes 745 00:46:24,260 --> 00:46:25,900 do that. But at the same time, I also 746 00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:28,700 have realized that now and I think, you know, this is God, 747 00:46:28,740 --> 00:46:30,780 you know, showing me something I've realized in conversation. 748 00:46:30,780 --> 00:46:33,300 Sometimes I I give like a. Scripture real fast or a 749 00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:34,420 scripture comes to mind super fast. 750 00:46:34,420 --> 00:46:37,740 I'm like that was fast that recall was. 751 00:46:37,740 --> 00:46:40,740 Quick Why? Because I put it there for the 752 00:46:40,740 --> 00:46:43,920 Holy Spirit to pull on it. Some of us are wanting the Holy 753 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:46,000 Spirit to try to pull on things you haven't put in. 754 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,800 The Holy Spirit can recall it to you if you've put it there to be 755 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:56,000 recalled. So it's on us to put things 756 00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:02,000 there to be recalled, right? So like I said, are we having a 757 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,160 reigning resonance or an empty echo? 758 00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:17,450 Ephesians 320 says now to him, who is able to do far more 759 00:47:17,570 --> 00:47:21,410 abundantly beyond all that we ask or think. 760 00:47:21,450 --> 00:47:25,610 Then you can come up according to the power that works. 761 00:47:26,370 --> 00:47:35,250 Within us, not only is God going to make His word happen, He will 762 00:47:35,250 --> 00:47:39,850 show up far beyond what we thought He could even be 763 00:47:39,850 --> 00:47:46,340 accomplished. Come on, that should be a little 764 00:47:46,340 --> 00:47:50,340 bit more exciting, right? God is not only going to 765 00:47:50,340 --> 00:47:53,980 accomplish the thing he said, but he can go far beyond that 766 00:47:53,980 --> 00:47:59,060 which he said he would. Like I said, what are we saying? 767 00:47:59,220 --> 00:48:03,300 Because some of the stuff we need is just a couple sayings 768 00:48:03,300 --> 00:48:05,940 away from something far and beyond showing up. 769 00:48:08,470 --> 00:48:10,670 Some of the stuff we're going through, we're just a couple 770 00:48:10,670 --> 00:48:13,670 speaking the word away from God, showing up far beyond what we 771 00:48:13,670 --> 00:48:19,150 could have imagined from God, taking it to a place we didn't 772 00:48:19,150 --> 00:48:26,510 even think was possible. So I want to ask today, do we 773 00:48:26,510 --> 00:48:33,670 have a raining resonance? Do we have a raining resonance 774 00:48:33,670 --> 00:48:37,590 or have we let it start to fade as the year has gone on? 775 00:48:41,390 --> 00:48:43,470 No, I'm not going to let my word fade. 776 00:48:44,790 --> 00:48:46,830 I'm going to end this year strong. 777 00:48:47,350 --> 00:48:50,310 And maybe there's some things you were speaking on in January 778 00:48:50,390 --> 00:48:53,350 that you didn't see by February. So you stop speaking on that. 779 00:48:53,350 --> 00:48:56,790 You need to pick back up right now so that we can see it before 780 00:48:56,790 --> 00:49:01,590 the end of the year because I'm not going to let something take 781 00:49:01,590 --> 00:49:05,870 away a word from me. I'm not going to let time Get Me 782 00:49:05,870 --> 00:49:09,750 Out of where God wanted me to be because I'm going to open my 783 00:49:09,750 --> 00:49:13,150 mouth. I'm going to start speaking life 784 00:49:13,150 --> 00:49:15,190 into this problem. I'm going to start speaking life 785 00:49:15,190 --> 00:49:17,590 into this situation. I'm going to start speaking life 786 00:49:17,590 --> 00:49:19,390 into my kids. I'm going to start speaking life 787 00:49:19,390 --> 00:49:21,550 into my family. I'm going to start speaking life 788 00:49:21,550 --> 00:49:23,630 into my job. I'm going to start speaking life 789 00:49:23,630 --> 00:49:25,710 into those around me. I'm going to start speaking life 790 00:49:25,910 --> 00:49:28,390 into whatever it is you got going on. 791 00:49:28,550 --> 00:49:32,950 There's a word for it that is life, if you're willing to say 792 00:49:32,950 --> 00:49:41,990 it. Thank you so much for listening 793 00:49:41,990 --> 00:49:44,430 to this message. If you want more, subscribe to 794 00:49:44,430 --> 00:49:47,830 our message podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and 795 00:49:47,830 --> 00:49:49,830 SoundCloud. 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