As I was studying this week, the Lord dropped this description of
my heart. It's not the title, it's not the
description for my sermon. It's just the introduction.
Amen. But John chapter 4, verse 34
through 38, and this I believe is a prophetic proclamation over
this house this morning, Amen. Got three people said Amen, it's
all good, come on now, prophetic proclamation.
Jesus said, look at this. He said my nourishment comes
from doing the will of God who sent me and from finishing,
finishing his work. Declare with me, we are going to
finish. We are going to finish and I am
confident, just as Paul declared to the Church of Philippi in
Philippians chapter 166. He said he who began a good
work, if he has begun a good work, it will be finished.
Amen. The he who began a good work in
you will continue his work until it is finally finished on the
day when Christ Jesus returns. Hallelujah.
What God is doing in this place is a good work, but it is not
yet finished. It is not yet finished.
We got much more to do Amen. And I'm here this morning to
deliver a prophetic utterance to this house that with that, what
God has begun in this place will continue.
This is so strange. I had to write my notes in
English. This is so good.
I finally made it on the in missions.
You know, where I, I, I, I'm so used to preaching in Portuguese
that now my sermons are in English.
I love that. That's so cool 'cause I usually
preach in Portuguese and now this is weird, but it's good.
Amen. He's not done.
He's got much more to do Amen. That what God has begun in this
place will continue until it is finished.
There is much more to be fulfilled until it's complete.
And if it's not complete, it's not complete.
If it's not abounding, if it's not overflowing, if it's not
exceedingly good, it's not done yet.
Hallelujah. So we have much more to do.
Jesus continues saying back there in John, he says, you know
the saying and the disciples are like what?
I don't know what you're saying. You know the saying.
Four months between planting in harvest, but I say he's like you
got you got a perspective, a natural linear perspective.
But but let me help you see how I see.
He says, you say it's supposed to be like this in four months
or in four years. But God says, but I say Amen.
But I say Jesus saying, but I say wake up, look around.
The fields are already right for harvest.
You better believe, Church, that the Master has already gone
before us and he has prepared the fields.
In those fields He has declared and he has spoken.
They are ready and they are ripe for harvest and for me.
And then this is something that stirs my hearts because I'm a
church planter. That's what I do.
I look for new territory. I say, where can we expand the
Kingdom of God? I'm not interested in if I've
got enough money. I've got the king of kings, the
glorious, the glorious one, the alpha, the Omega, the beginning
and the end. I've got the one with the keys
and he says, I've given you the keys.
Hallelujah. Praise God.
Oh man, I'm already sweating. I got sweat coming down my back.
This is good. You know what's good?
When the pastor, when the preacher's sweating, right?
Hallelujah. I'm not interested.
I'm not trying to quantify how it's going to happen.
He says you've got a perspective, but I've got a
different perspective. You say 4 months or four years,
but I say wake up, look around. The fields are already already
right for harvest. Now, I've got a lot of critics
in my. I have so many critics in my
life. So many people, they come up to
me. I call them critical Christians.
They're more carnal than they are critical, but pretty much
the same thing. And they always say to me, yeah,
well, Joshua, you know, is one more church really necessary?
Is I'm like, you better shut your mouth.
I don't care what you have to say.
There is one more church really necessary by God.
It is because he didn't say the field is ready.
He said the fields are ready. There are many fields and many
places that anchor faith has yet not reached.
But all the master is declaring this morning, Oh, wake up and
look and see Woo Marreda Sovre, the Ecoto romantic J And I'm not
just speaking to some congregation.
I'm speaking to the epicenter. I'm speaking to the, the, the
Saji, the mother church, the central church that will do
great and marvelous things. And I'm telling you, there is a
blessing that's about to pour in this house.
And every single one of you, you better raise your hands and say,
God, I want to be a recipient of that blessing, but I also want
to be a contributor and not merely a consumer of the
blessings of the Lord so that expansion can go forth and the
Kingdom can be advanced and we can usher in the return of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, my God, I've never preached
a church in the America that feels like my church.
This is good. I like that He didn't say the
field is ready. I'm gonna scream at you all
morning. OK.
So you just better be ready. Amen.
The field. He didn't say the field is
ready. He said the fields.
The fields are ready. We serve a God of the great
expansion. He is a God of the manifestation
of multiplication. He loves multiplication.
Kingdom expansion does not intimidate God.
In fact, it pleases God. You better hook your faith up
this morning to His perspective. Amen.
Because the way that God sees is far greater than any critical
Christian spouting off their carnal opinion, saying, well, I
don't OK with that. I don't, I don't think that's
necessary. Well, I don't think your
attitude is necessary. I think you need to just shut
your mouth and let me crossover and you can stay on this side if
you want to stay. Oh, get a little spicy.
Look around. He continues saying the
harvesters are paid good wages and the fruit they harvest is
people brought to eternal life. What joy re Masisha?
What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike?
Meal deals Dussell. That wasn't tongues, that was
Portuguese, Amen. Meal deals Dussell Deals E
bones. That's Portuguese too, just to
let you know. I said, Oh my God in heaven, he
is good, Amen. What joy awaits you, Church?
What joy awaits you, Apostle? What joy awaits you, Apostola?
What joy awaits you, Church? There is a great joy.
There's a great joy when we look out upon the harvest by faith
and say, what is that? I can see that, I can see that.
I can see that. Apostle, you might want to
change igniting cities. I think that might be a better
phrase. What's the second part in?
No, what's the first part? Ignite city or cities impact
nations. What's the third part?
Influenced the world nation, right?
You're talking about this nation might be nations.
Amen. We got to put some plural in
that vision. I'm not saying change of vision,
but but God says cities, God is saying nations, God is saying
the world anchor faith has been called for much more.
And you, you got to get come on, I'm here to make you a little
uncomfortable. We got to we got to stir
ourselves up out of out of comfortability and recognize why
are we here as a church. God has called us to do much
more. And there might be seasons where
there's a pruning that occurs in the little trimming here.
And we've experienced that many times.
Today we have 15 locations. We're reaching thousands every
single week. Praise God Almighty, the man.
We went through seasons of trials and tribulations.
We had to deal with Jezebel spirits.
We had to deal with demons. We had to deal with offended
people. We had to deal with people
saying I didn't really like what you doing.
We had to be. We had so much opposition.
We'll write this down, man, write this down.
This is good. This is from God right here.
If there is a barrier, it just means there's a blessing on the
other side of it. Every barrier I have faced in my
life, there is a greater blessing on the other side of
that barrier. And these barriers come in
different seasons. And I'm not a professional.
Your apostles have way more experience than I do in the
ministry. But one thing I have learned
throughout the the many years of ministry, 11 years of ministry
is that man Satan hates you and he hates me.
The enemy has come to steal, kill and destroy his number one
focus and drive is to RIP faith from you or try to take away
from you or rob you or get you in a negative confession or
saying what I'm trying to get it in in English here translation
help me baby get it. What am I trying to say?
She doesn't know cuz she's not listening, trying to call a
Contra Bukia Palavagis, speak against what the word says.
He is your adversary. He ain't your friend and he
wants to steal from you, kill from you, destroy you, barriers
that come in your life. But glory to God, there's always
a blessing on this either side. And this morning, what I want to
do the next three hours I have with you.
Amen. There's no time.
So I can just preach as long as I want to.
I'm just kidding. Actually, I timed your pastors
when they were in our church at a little stopwatch, and I was
like, OK, that's how long I'm gonna preach in their church.
I'm just kidding. No, I'm just kidding.
Amen. It's Uncle Migo.
Are you with me still? I can hear heaven's declaring.
I I it's difficult to preach at this church.
I there's so much that God is saying.
I don't know how you preach, apostle.
It's like heaven is open in this place.
Hallelujah. I know it's a pole behind me,
but it feels like Jesus. You know what I'm saying?
How do you preach in this? This is really hard.
Oh, don't preach it. Don't speak in tongues, brother.
I'm gonna get distracted. We start prophesying over here.
OK, so focus on my notes. Here we go.
I can hear heaven declaring. Come on, Saints and sons, come
on, Saints and sons, there's much more to do.
Come on. There are mighty barriers, but
there are greater blessings on the other side.
And the title of my message this morning, the Lord gave it to me
the other night. He said, Josh, I want you to
teach him about grit, how to get grit, or how to have grit.
I don't know if that's right. Not grits, but grit.
Amen. And he said this, no grits, no
glory. Start with me now.
No grits, no glory. Say with me, no grits, no glory.
I'm gonna teach you how to fight the fight of faith, Amen.
I know your faith people, but sometimes a brother has to come
in and just kind of stir you up a little bit.
Amen. Apostle Earl, Apostle Marcy came
to our church, preached the same messages that I've been
preaching forever, but the people finally got it.
I don't understand what's up with that.
They're like, Oh my gosh, I've never heard of this Kingdom
message. I'm like, I've been preaching
this for years, but a brother will come in just to stir your
faith. Amen.
Hallelujah, glory. Let me just jump ahead here.
Go to first Timothy chapter 6, verse 12.
No grit, no glory. That's what we're going to call
it this morning. No grits, no glory.
And I promise you I won't keep you all day.
First Timothy chapter 6 verse 12, Paul says this Hallelujah
fight, the good fights of faith. Is that right?
Is that the right Scripture fights, say fights, the good
fights of faith. Now some translations say the
true faith. I like that.
The true faith, which means there is faith that is true and
then there is fraudulent faith. There is faith that is true that
keeps holding on to the promises of God regardless of what it
looks like. But there is fraudulent faith
that when trials and tribulations come, those people
run from the fight. Oh, pastor, I'm with you.
I'm we're together in this thing.
And then when you start preaching messages that
challenge them, they're like the first persons out the door,
first people out the door. But he says, fight the good
fight of faith or fight the good fight for the true faith.
Hold tightly. Another translation says, or lay
hold. I like that, 'cause we don't
have that translation in Portuguese.
Lay Holt, take possession. Hold tightly on to that thing,
to eternal life to which you were summoned and for which you
confessed the good confession of faith before many witnesses.
Now, again, I know you know faith, and this might seem
elementary, but it is very important for what I am here to
do. Amen.
Now, I don't have money. I am not a multimillionaire.
Well, I'm a dominionaire. That's what I'm Amen.
That message changed my life. Amen.
I'll never forget that camp meeting.
I was sitting way in the back with her and I was like, who is
this guy? I didn't know who you are.
Like who's this guy? And he starts preaching, I'm
like, who is this guy? And then I, I, I saw his wife
and I was like, who are these people?
And all of a sudden I'm just weeping.
I'm like, oh, Jesus, praise God. I had never heard a message like
that in my life. Praise God.
So going back here, it's not like a negative confession here,
but I am not a millionaire in the sense of I'm not like I
don't have all the finances to help fund what God is going to
do here, but I've got faith, Amen.
I am rich in faith, Amen. And I'm going to connect my
faith to your faith and we're going to go to the other side.
I am a professional at believing God for things that look
impossible. I'm a professional at believing
and praying and putting my knees on the ground and saying God
Almighty. I will lay hold of that promise.
No grit, no glory, Hallelujah. Praise God.
OK, let's get back to the Scripture here.
Maybe just if I need to move along, just do one of these.
OK? To which you were summoned.
OK, which you confess the good confession of faith before many
witnesses. How many of you know that faith
is not a suggestion? Faith, according to Hebrews,
pleases God. And the Bible is clear that it
is the righteous that must live by faith, because without faith
it is impossible to please God. Faith not only pleases God, but
it also moves God. It moves God in your favor.
God wants to move for you. He wants to move for anchor
Faith Church. And so faith is absolutely
necessary. Hallelujah.
Not only is faith necessary, but faith also has a voice.
Amen. I'll just teach you some basic
principles here. But faith has a voice.
Faith speaks. Hallelujah.
Faith begins in the heart, but it ends in the mouth, right?
Faith begins here in in my heart.
I'll never forget when God called us to Brazil.
It was an inward knowing. It was God saying go now, but
eventually we had to get to a point to where the faith within
my heart, Amen, that was activated in my heart had to be
completed in my mouth and I had to begin to speak and to declare
what was in my heart, Amen. Every place we see in the Bible
where faith is described, it, it, it, it speaks about or it
says that faith speaks, it has a voice, it, it is influenced,
Hallelujah. It is motivated, is moved by our
mouth. Are you with me?
OK, I'm getting to a point here. Faith, we know, comes by hearing
and hearing by the word of Gods. It comes by hearing that
prophetic word, that anointed word that has the power to
transform. The Word of God is alive and
active. It is dynamic.
These are just scriptures. You know these things.
It is alive, it is active as dynamic.
It is anointed. And when that word comes to my
ears, it's not only anointed, but it has the power to set me
free, to heal me, but also to change and to help me get to the
other side, to change my perspective but also move me to
move with God. Amen.
Let me give you one more scripture.
We'll move forward here. Hebrews 11/6.
You could probably quote this Scripture, but it's, it's, it's
good to hear it again. But without faith, it is
impossible to walk with God. Please him.
For whoever comes near to God must believe that God exists and
that he is a rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently
seek him. So once again, faith is not
merely a suggestion. Faith is a commandment.
Walking by faith, but not just walking by faith, but also
fighting the good fight. There's a fight, Amen.
And I have learned in the many years of being on the mission
field and doing the work of the apostle, planting churches and
dealing with people, is that it requires a fight, but not a
fight with the people. Our fight is not according to
the flesh and blood or it is not a fight of the flesh and blood,
but is what's the scripture in English?
Remind me is our weapons of warfare are not carnal, but they
are mighty and tearing down strongholds that our fight is
not against flesh and blood, but against every principality and
power of the air. Are you with me now?
So there is a fight, but glory to God, it is a good fight,
Amen. Matthew 77, let's just let's
move forward. I'm going to give you some
scriptures lay some foundation that I want to speak a prophetic
word into your life. Amen.
Matthew 77 reveals to us the results of a faith that is
functional. It is a faith that speaks.
It is a faith that declares, OK, Jesus says this.
Keep on asking, and you might receive what you ask for.
If you if that's what your translation says, you've got
your Bible at the wrong place. OK, you might want to return
that at the Woo, woo. What's a woo?
Woo, woo, woo. What's Wawa?
I had never heard of Wawa. Yeah, yeah.
I went there today. I was like, this is like
QuikTrip. It's QuikTrip, but Wawa.
Woo, woo. What's it called?
Wawa. That's a very interesting name
for a a gas station. But if you bought your Bible at
Wawa, you might wanna take it back.
Amen. OK, because it says keep on
asking and you will receive what you ask for.
Faith has a voice. Faith is functional.
Faith declares Hallelujah. You got to get some grit in you.
Hey man, keep on seeking and you will find.
Keep on knocking in the door. We'll be open to you for
everyone who asks receives. Glory to God.
When I read that scripture, I was like, Oh my God Almighty, I
am everyone. I'm, I'm there.
That's me. No, I know I might be like
that's just elementary. That's just basic.
But basic Bible changed my life. Basic Bible got me to Brazil.
Please go for everyone who asks. Oh, we've got much to do, babe.
We got a we got a central campus that's going to seat about 1200
people. I don't got no money to.
I mean, we literally walked into that place by faith.
You have to see it to to I wish we had a photo to show you it is
the most ghetto it it is the most I mean it's below ghetto.
If ghetto had a ugly stepbrother, that's then is that
it is so ghetto. It is so dilapidated.
But I walked in that place and I said, I've got an another
opportunity to prove that God's word works.
Hallelujah. One more opportunity to ask, one
more opportunity to seek, one more opportunity to knock.
Do you got a grit in you? Do you got grit in you?
Has anchor Faith lost its grit? I don't know if I believe you.
Has anchor faith lost its grit? Have you gotten comfortable
sitting in your recline seat with your little cup holder?
You better get you better get on your feet and say we're going
tomorrow. We're going today.
Hey, man, you've got to get a grid in you and say we need one
more opportunity to ask, one more opportunity to seek, one
more opportunity to knock. Whoa.
Don't get comfortable, church. You can sit down, but don't get
comfortable for everyone who asks.
Receive everyone. Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you. Jesus.
We need $500,000 right to do our total renovation to go into I I
don't have 500 Mass. I do.
That's a bad confession. I've got it.
I've got it.
It's in heavenly places, but I've got it.
And then I'm gonna take take possession.
Amen. If you don't want the sermon,
I'll take it for myself. And then I'm gonna take
possession today. I've got grit.
I called Apostle Earl. We were in the car and we were
talking. I was telling him Apostle man,
I'm feeling a little, I was a little sad and like a little we
were talking about this. I said, man, I'll post.
I feel like I'm in a weird season right now.
Everything seems like it's going great, but I'm just really
discouraged. I'm just really discouraged
right now. I feel like I don't feel like I
got faith anymore. I feel like I don't got the
faith that I had when I was like that crazy 22 year old.
Like I'm gonna take the nations. I feel like I've gotten
comfortable. After I hung up the phone, the
Lord told me no grit, no glory, no grit, no glory.
Sometimes you got to talk to the man of God to get a word from
God. Amen.
No grit, no glory. I was like, oh, that's good.
He said, Joshua, you got to get some grit in you again.
You got to get some grit. You got to get some grit.
You got to get some grit in you again, son, You got to.
I've got much to do, son. I've got much to do with you,
son. Sons and daughters, I've got
much to do with you. But what I have provided in
grace must be, oh, what's that? What?
I wrote it down right here. What has been provided to you by
Grace will have to be acquired by faith.
Now, I didn't say that. That was Keith Moore.
Amen. I love Keith Moore.
Give him some credit. Keith Moore said, He said what
must, what has been provided to me by grace will have to be
acquired by me by faith. Tyson, does that make sense?
God provides the grace, but we take possession by faith.
That's in salvation or that's in any aspect of the Kingdom.
I must take hold of it by faith. I must have a grit in me to say
if God said it, I believe it and that settles it in my heart.
That's Pastor Hagen. That's my pastor.
If God said it, not believing not settles in my house.
Pastor Hagan, old country. I love that.
If God said it, I believe it. That settles in my heart and I'm
going to take hold of that. And then I'm going to apply my
faith with a functional faith. I am going to ask, I'm going to
receive or I'm going to seek and I'm going to knock.
Amen. Sure.
Let me give you 3 points and we're going to go home.
Write this down. Three points, 3 points and I'm
not calling myself a actually, this is not me what I'm saying I
but when I say the prophet, I'm actually speaking about your,
your apostle here in this moment.
Amen. As I'm going to say this, that
when the prophet comes to throw a vision upon you, you better
take hold of it and run with that vision.
Are you with me? And you have to get a grit in
you, a faith in you that takes hold or lays hold of that
prophetic words. Are you with me?
You have to dig into it. Three things have to happen when
the prophet comes to throw his mantle or his vision upon you.
Three things. Number one, write this down.
It's not three things that need to happen.
I don't even know how to articulate this, but my just
write it down. My behavior will block my
blessing. That's the first point.
If I don't change my behaviour, the blessing will be blocked.
The prophet can come and he can declare and he can, he can speak
about a vision, but if your behaviour is not aligned to the
Kingdom perspective, he will not get you a blessing.
The blessings of God are always yes and Amen in Christ Jesus,
but we have to take possession of those blessings.
We have to lay hold of those blessings.
We have to act in faith to receive those blessings.
But behavior, and I've, I've seen this so many times when it
comes to church planting and church projects and, and moving
forward is that if people's behavior is not aligned with
God's perspective, it won't happen.
It won't happen. Now, I'm not saying, I think and
by the Spirit, there are sometimes these and even maybe
here, if I may be so bold to say, there's sometimes not,
there might be behaviors and the behavior is just kind of
comfortable, right? Or just some kind of
comfortable. I'm tired of doing projects.
I'm I'm tired of it, You know, I just want to sit and receive and
that's good and that's, that's OK.
But man, when God is moving, you have to move with God.
And so the Lord says to you with these kind of botched 3 points,
but I believe they're prophetic and they're good that my that
your behavior will block your blessings.
You have to how do you say modify, modify or adjust your
behavior this morning? Are you with me?
You have to modify your behavior.
The only way to get great in you to get the glory is if your
behavior is appropriate. Are you with me now?
And I'll explain this here in just a second.
But let me give you the points. And we're going to read a story,
and then we're going to finish the second point.
And this will make more sense in just a moment.
My repentance will restore my rights.
OK, So behavior is critical, but also repentance too.
Repentance, repentance, repentance, repentance will
restore your right #3 this is a miracle.
I've never been able to give three points in a sermon.
I'm always say, like, write this down.
I never get to it. But just going to give them all
to you at the beginning. My persistence provokes my
promise. Write it down.
My persistence provokes my promise.
So #1 there's going to be a test afterwards.
Number one, my behavior blocks my blessing #2 my, my repentance
restores my right, my right to take hold of the blessing,
right? My right to say, OK, Lord,
please forgive me. I was in doubt.
I was, I was in fear. So Lord, please forgive me.
The Lord says, my grace and my grace is sufficient for you.
Amen. He's already forgiven us, but
it's good for the Saint to repent.
It's good for us to come to the altar and say, Lord, forgive me.
Not that I'm trying to win something from God, but it
changes something in me. It humbles me.
God says humble yourselves before the hand of the Almighty
God and he will lift you up in due time.
OK? And my persistence provokes my
promise. Open your Bibles and we're gonna
finish here first. Kings chapter 19, verse 19.
I hope that you got something this morning.
I pray that you got something. I pray that you're getting
something. I pray that you're getting
something here first. Kings 1919 in Brazil.
We'll preach for like 2-3 hours. It's crazy, but I don't want to
overstay. I want Pastor Apostle to invite
me back. So I gotta wrap this mother up.
OK, so three hours, four hours. But today is going to be a
quickie. OK, but here we go first.
Actually, how long have I been preaching?
Yeah, 36 minutes. That's good.
First, Kings chapter 1919, go to your Bibles there.
Let's go. I want to read a story here,
this story after the Lord spoke to me and said no grit, no
glory, the Lord brought me to this scripture and he said,
Joshua, I want you, I want you to teach the people there at
anchor, and I want you to be taught, son, about how to get
your grit back. But grit can only come if your
behavior is correct, if there's repentance and if there's
persistence. OK, so let's read the story here
first. Kings, 1919.
So Elijah went and found Elijah, son of I'm not a good.
What is that? Shafat.
Yeah, that's good. Sounds good, Shafat.
Plowing of fields. There were twelve teams of
oxygen in the field and Elijah was plowing with the 12 team.
Elijah went over to him and threw his mentor, his cloak upon
him, across his shoulders, and then he walked away.
I love the prophet Elijah. This guy was like, I don't care.
He he wasn't about performance. He's just like, I'm going to do
it and if this guy gets it, he's going to get it.
He throws it up on the the young man.
He walks away. Elijah left the oxen standing
there ran after the prophet Elijah and said to him first,
this, this is where he kind of went went wrong first.
When the word of God comes to you, be quick to obey.
When the prophetic word comes to you, be quick to obey.
Take lay hold of that word quickly so the enemy doesn't
come and rob your confidence. When God spoke to us to move to
Brazil, he said go now. The next day we sold everything.
We are ready to go. First let me go and kiss my
father and mother goodbye and then and then I will go with
you. Elijah responded.
Some translations say go back and but he says, oh what have I
done? This translation says, but think
about what I have done to you. Now I could be wrong and apostle
can correct me, but I feel like, and I could be wrong that the
prophet's a little irritated with this guy.
I could be wrong and he says, what have I done?
Go back and think about what I have just thrown the mantle upon
you and you're telling me that you got to get your affairs and
orders, even Jesus. This happened to Jesus once,
right? The man comes, I'm going to
follow you, but first let me go back and bury my father and he
said let the dead bury the dead. When the word comes to you that
advancement is nigh, you must be quick to respond.
You must get a grit in you and say, if God said it, I'm going
with God. Who?
Hallelujah. There are many believers who
will never experience the blessings of the Lord because
they are stuck behind a barrier called behavior.
Their behavior, God comes with his word.
They say, hey God, that sounds good, but give me a few moments
and then I'll do it. This prophet man, he was the
rainmaker, the fire starter, his cloak.
You could still smell the smoke. You could see the pieces of
blood from the prophets that have been laid, you know, kept
slain. I, I mean, the Mansell fell upon
the Chauvin. The kid looks at the Mansell.
He knows who this guy is, but didn't understand the weight of
it. His behavior blocked his
blessing. When apostle launches a vision
and that vision comes upon you, you better not say, well, when
it's convenient, then we'll go. You better say, yes, Sir, let's
go, let's go. Because if God said it to the
man of God, we're going, we're going, we're going, we're going,
we're going. OK, let's move forward here.
So Elijah, and this is the second point here, my repentance
restores my right. But listen to Joven.
The young man makes a quick adjustment in his heart, and we
see this. So Elijah returned to his ox and
slaughtered them. He used the wood from the plow
to build a fire to roast their flesh.
He passed around the meat to the townspeople, and they all ate.
Praise God. What a generous young man.
Then he went with Elijah as his assistant.
Are you going to go with God this morning?
Are you going to repent and say, Lord, forgive me for for, for
not being quick with my generosity.
Forgive me for not being quick with my faith.
Forgive me for not being quick with my confession.
Forgive me, Lord, and I feel I'm not speaking to ever, but I'm
speaking to a couple people here.
I can sense it in my spirit that you have been speaking
negatively against this project and you have been passing this
building and you have been saying in your heart, it's never
going to happen. Is don't raise your hand because
we're going to stone you. If that's, I'm just kidding, is
never going to happen is that an apostle gets up and he says this
and they're like, oh, here we go one more time, one more time,
one more day. Oh, we as the community of
people of believers must be in unity, must be in unity, must be
of 1 faith, 1 baptism, 1 Spirit, one voice saying come on, we're
going, we are moving, we're moving, I'm ready to go.
Amen. Repentance restores your rights
to take hold of the promise. Finally, Hallelujah.
Go to Second Kings chapter 2, one through 16.
As I said, my persistence provokes my blessing.
I've been teaching you about how to get some grit in you.
Amen. Starts first with your behavior
#2 it starts second, it starts with repentance.
And 3rd, it's persistence. Persistence, persistence,
persistence, persistence. I may not be the most gifted
oratorial speaker. I might not be the most eloquent
speaker or the best plan, Sir, but I'll tell you this, I am
persistent. I am very persistent.
And I have learned persistence because the only way I'm get a
hold of my promise is with persistence.
And then when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a
whirlwind, Elijah, Elijah and Elijah were travelling from
Gilgal. And Elijah said to Elijah, stay
here for Lord has told me to go to Bethel.
But Elijah and listen to the young man has changed his
behavior. Hallelujah.
Praise God. He has now walked with the man
of God. He has walked with the prophet.
He has learned from the prophet. Faith cometh by hearing and
hearing by the word of God. So the young boy has faith in
him. And now look at his confession.
It's not let me go back and get things in order.
He says, whoa. He says as surely as the Lord
lives and as you live, he says I'm never going to leave you.
I already had that that behavior in the past and it almost ruined
my blessing. But I'm not.
Wherever you go, I'm going. So if you're here, I'm here.
If you're there, I'm there. I'm going with you because
you're going with God. And wherever you go, I'm going.
Amen. Hallelujah.
Stay here. What you talking about?
I'm not going to stay here. I'm not going to miss my
opportunity. You've got something that I've
once I felt that anointing, I felt that vision.
I felt it upon me. It changed me.
It moved me and I wasn't ready for it.
But I'm ready for it now. I'm ready for.
He didn't tell the Prophet right away, but he says I'm not going
anywhere because you've got something.
They've got something I want. That's why I'm close to them.
When I met the Mac Cracker Barrel, I was like, these two
got something that I want and it's not money.
It's not it's not an opportunity to speak.
No, no, no. It's what they they have
something that I want. They're generals in the faith.
I'm a soldier. I'm gonna say wherever you go,
I'm going Hallelujah. I got I'm sorry, guys, I'm going
long here. I apologize as surely as the
Lord lives. So they went together to Bethel
and here comes the critical Christians, right?
OK. It was like, well, the prophets
were just share and share in their mind.
And in my opinion, I don't think that they were.
Listen to how Elijah, Elijah responds and look at this.
Look at this. The group of prophets from
Bethel came to Elijah and asked him, don't you know, brother in
the Lord, the Lord is going to take your master today.
They're all walking together and they probably didn't talk like
that, but they're there. They're like, Hey, don't you
know? Don't you know, Don't you know?
And Elijah's like, you better shut your mouth.
You don't think I know? I don't care because where he
goes, I go, and wherever he goes, he going up, I'm going up.
He says, look, he says, he says, of course I know.
He, he may not really know. He's just probably saying it by
faith. Maybe he does know.
Who knows? Of course I know, Elijah
answered. But be quiet about it in like
the 21st language. That's like, shut up.
It wasn't just be quiet about it.
It was shut up, brother. Shut your mouth.
Sometimes you got to tell those people who are saying, don't you
know? It's not, hey, don't you know?
Don't you know, don't you know, you're like, OK, yeah, just shut
your mouth, please. I don't care.
I don't care if the man of God said it.
I'm going with the man of God. OK, Let's finish up here then,
Elijah said to Elijah, second time here, stay here, for the
Lord has told me to go to Jericho.
But Elijah responded again. Surely I thought I already said
this to you, Sir. But as surely as in some of you
this morning need to come up to your apostles after cheer and
say as surely as the Lord, what's he say?
He says, he says as surely as the Lord lives and as you
yourself live, I will never leave you.
I'm never going to leave you. I'm not going to leave you.
I'm not going to leave this
vision. They might go, but I'm not going
nowhere. They might go through the door,
but I'm not going nowhere. I'm right here, right now and
I'm ready. I'm ready.
Breo So a rema A4 E carre a si
yo brocotos. Ebro sibe O riste Kano Otto tis
de la brov. There will be many sons, and
many sons will rise up, and daughters who will rise up, and
who will come? And say, Apostle Apostola,
surely the Lord lives. I will not leave you.
And as they come and come, and many shall come, many shall come
from many places, shall come to this place, and they will sit at
your table. And they will say, teach us,
instruct us, as there have been many sons before, many more
shall come. And they will say unto you, not
that I am interested in your mantle, not that I'm interested
in in trying to get something from you.
But surely, as the Lord has said, or I was, I got to get
that in my heart. I'm going to say that He's so.
It's different in Portuguese. He as surely as the Lord lives,
and as you live, the Lord lives forever, we will not leave you.
And as they come and come, and many shall come and sit at the
table, and the table shall be greater and expanding in great
Profunji Dajji depth. Hallelujah.
I'm a I'm a prophecy in Portuguese.
It's it's the way I'm accustomed to do it and.
The table will be extended and many chairs will be placed at
the table, and many sons and daughters will come and sit at
the table and they will not be interested in the meal that's
before them, but they will sit because they are sons and
daughters. And of course the the meal
before them is important and crucial, but they come because
they desire community. They desire to be LED, they
desire to be stretched. And the Lord is saying the table
will be great. The table will start here and it
will go to the other side of the world, and it will be a large
table and the Lord will do it and it will be supernatural.
And He is the head at the head of the table, and you 2 are on
the other end, not just one, but both 2 sitting at the head, at
one head. The head is Jesus, and at the
foot of the apostles. And many sons and daughters will
sit at the table. And you'll be given to give
instructions, divine instructions, divine
instructions. And.
That's the point. No, yes, you point.
This is the point the Lord is saying.
Quando, Corporal, when this body permits these two to enter.
Into their divine calling others will then be able to enter into
their divine. And I see in my spirit, the
minute that they rise up, a mantle will descend.
A mantle will come upon the shoulders of many young people,
many young people, many young. People.
And there will. Never be need.
There will. Never be a need for people for
the expansion. As sober principles.
It's not about principles. Natural principles it's.
About a divine calling. And.
The calling of. God is.
Upon you too, and the Lord is saying.
Your. Time to rise up is now.
Do not be afraid, because God will say many.
Many. Sons and daughters.
Moment and. Because you taught.
Them not only. Before them, in the meal before
them. No mountain there.
And don't misunderstand. Crucial of.
Course food isn't. But when people come scandal
seeking. Just for the food.
And. Not for the the location.
And the. The heart would be.
When? They come by faith.
And. They take a place at the.
Those are the true. Signs.
And that's how you'll be able to.
Just they are. If they are true.
If they are false if they're. Faithful.
Or if they're fraudulent. Fraudulent.
There you will see. A cabe de lis.
Their. Head.
Turning. From towards.
The head of the team or. They'll.
Look the other way. They're.
Looking at the other way. They will see it in pesos and.
If there are. People.
Who just look down for the next meal.
That's. How you will identify?
The source Verdadero. Those who are, trust.
The source Frouchy. For those who are.
False yes, the source Verdadero and the true no so into the sad.
They're not interested, no. There's no kiddies, Portugal
just. What they'll eat.
That's all kiddies, Portugal. They're.
Interested, not what they will. Not.
Receive not the not strong fee food but living breath.
Will survive there. Will see.
More to feel his sons will come. I'm telling you, I'm telling
you. I'm telling you, I'm telling
you, I'm telling you, I pray you belief, I pray you understand
church. It is a great table, a great
banquet being laid before us in this hour.
And the Lord is saying, oh, it is my church and I will build my
church and the gates of hell will not prevail.
I will build my church and I will build my church and I will
continue to build my church. Be not afraid, joy set before
you. Be not afraid or discouraged
joy. The joy is set before you.
We win, we win, we win, we win as surely as the Lord lives.
Let me finish description I got to I got to wrap this up.
It's Uncle me. Are you with me or were you all
raptured up? Come on now, of course, do you
know that the Lord is going to take your mouse away?
Elijah says second time, be quiet about it, Elijah said.
Oh, this is now the second time here they crossed over the
Jordan a little bit lost when they came to the other sides,
when they came to the other, when they came to the other
side. Are you ready, Church?
There are some there's I can sense it in my spirit.
There are sons and daughters. And it's not just Jovens young
people, it's of all ages. Many sons and daughters have
crossed over in the spirit. I just sensed it in my spirit.
They've crossed over. And the prophet says to the
young man, tell me what I can do for you.
Persistence will enable you to lay hold of your promise.
What can I do for you? For I am about to be taken away.
And Elijah responded, not let me go home, but please honor.
There's honor. Look at there's the honor,
there's the humility. Please let me inherit a double
portion of your spirit and become your successor.
You have asked the difficult thing.
Elijah was applied. But if you see me when I'm taken
away, then you will get your request.
But if not, then you won't. Once again the the young man
must take possession. And they were walking along the
way, and suddenly a chair of fire appeared.
Drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men,
separating them. There will be people that will
stay to be planted in here and people to go to other places.
Hallelujah. I see it in my spirit, the
Spirit of God coming into this place and separating.
Some will stay. Some will go in the sense that
some will stay because they're called to the central.
Others will go because they're called to go.
Plants Church, you better. I hope you're ready for what's
to come already is to go. If you don't want to grow, then
OK, whatever. But I, your apostles want to
grow. So Oh my, if you don't, I'll
just move to Saint Augustine and help Apostle.
Amen. I've never said that before, but
if you don't do it, I'll come and do it.
That's how convicted I am. If you don't do it, I'll do it.
But I believe there's sons and daughters in here that will do
it. Amen.
Are there people here that will do it?
Are you ready? Are there people here that say
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, Yeah, they're show, bro.
So people, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready,
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready. I may not be qualified, but I'm
ready. I may not be equipped, but I'm
ready. You might want to take a mental
image of that right there. Click, click in the spirit.
You can take a sit seat. The Lord sees you.
OK, Pat apostle me. I'm sorry.
I'm almost done. I'm almost done.
I'm like I'm I'm just seeing a moving glory.
I go like a cloud of glory. It's really hard for me to see
my iPad. OK.
Fire came separate him. Elijah goes up.
Elisha saw it and cried out. My father, my father.
I see the Chariots and tears of Israel.
I can see it. I didn't understand it before.
I didn't see it when it was upon me.
But now I see it. I have eyes to see.
I can see what you see. I have the perspective that you
have. Elisha the the man soul fell
down. Elijah picked up Elijah's cloak
which had fallen when he was taken up.
Then Elijah returned to the Bank of the Jordan with the mantle
upon his shoulders. Now ready to crossover him.
He takes the mantle or the cloak.
He strikes the water and he declares, Where is the Lord God
of Israel or Elijah? Where is the God of Elijah?
In the river divided Elijah winter cross.
When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what
happened, they explained Elijah's spirit now rest upon
Elijah, and they went to meet him and bow to the ground.
A time is coming, apostles, where the critics and those who
abandoned the vision will come back and they will bow not.
And it's not bowing like you. You understand It is a
repentance, repentance, repentance, repentance.
And because you 2 have humble hearts, you will not hold it
over their heads. You will take the hands.
May not give them the same position they had before.
I don't know. No, probably not a good idea.
But USA, all is forgiven. Let us go.
Get ready, Church. Get ready.
Get ready, Get ready. Amen.
No grit, no glory. No grit, no glory.