1 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:16,760 Today, I told you on Sunday that today is like a appetizer for 2 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:21,440 this weekend. And you know, obviously I 3 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,000 recognize we're going to be here Friday night, Saturday, Saturday 4 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,000 night and then Sunday morning, Sunday night. 5 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:35,400 And and so being aware of that, I have it in my spirit that this 6 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,480 is to prepare you for. And here's the thing, you know, 7 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:42,760 obviously on Wednesday night, you want everyone on Sunday to 8 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,040 show up on Wednesday at the end of the day. 9 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:46,760 I don't believe there should be a drop off. 10 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,680 You know, now if people work during this time, that's a 11 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,080 different ball game. But if they do not work, I don't 12 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,920 care if you got you have kids, your children in sports, I don't 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,240 care if you're coming from work. And you know, when you work on, 14 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,960 you know, sanitation truck come doesn't matter. 15 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,400 Just show up because there's things God wants to impart. 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,760 But when you do come on Wednesday and Sunday, then what 17 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,720 that typically means is that you're really wanting to be a 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,640 disciple and that you're hungry for the word of God. 19 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,880 And it's amazing what God can do with hunger, what he can do with 20 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:23,080 hunger because God desires that none would perish. 21 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,040 Now that's a desire, but that's not going to happen. 22 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:31,840 He desires that none would perish, but that all would come 23 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,480 to repentance. But we know not all are going to 24 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,360 come to repentance. And when they stand before him 25 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,480 on that day, the Great White Throne Judgment, He's going to 26 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,760 let them know every opportunity they had to hear and hear, and 27 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,880 they did hear and yet didn't receive him. 28 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,120 Amen. So again, you know, we go 29 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,800 through life a lot of times, you know, and if we don't watch out, 30 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,440 you know, we're picking, you know, what we do, when we do, 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,760 how we do. And the reality is God's going 32 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,120 to hold us accountable to all the opportunities he set before 33 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,400 you. And did you make those 34 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,000 opportunities? All right, These are divine 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,880 appointments. And, you know, I could see a 36 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,200 service going every day. It could happen you know could 37 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,680 the world get so bad that we need to assemble everyday just 38 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,120 to keep ourselves sane and in the word and focus on the things 39 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,240 of God. If that's what was necessary, 40 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,840 sure. However, you know God does have 41 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,400 divine times that he wants to do things with congregations. 42 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,360 Obviously with us. We're doing a Kingdom rise 43 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,000 coming this Friday and those who are set aside time something 44 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,400 very specific to do some different impartation. 45 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,480 So tonight I want to talk to you about expecting, because 46 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,880 expecting is the door for more. It is a door for more. 47 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,440 Now you should expect every service, don't get me wrong, but 48 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,240 not every service is set up the same. 49 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:58,080 You know, there is a services that we do on Sunday, Wednesday, 50 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,520 things we do with the schools, things we do with the men on 51 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,000 Monday. I mean, there's a repetition and 52 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,360 a discipline aspect of that. And that's a part of God. 53 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,200 In fact, one of the keys of being a disciple is you must be 54 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,240 disciplined. All right. 55 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,480 But then there are times that God does the extraordinary. 56 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,080 He does things a little bit different than just the 57 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,200 day-to-day. He shows up in ways that are not 58 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,320 common. You didn't expect in you're 59 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,160 expecting because when you do expect, you give the Lord the 60 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:37,480 license to go exceeding abundantly far beyond what you 61 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:42,240 could think or imagine, which tells us you're thinking you're 62 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,560 imagining. This is why your imagination you 63 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,920 should cultivate because the minute I hit that scripture that 64 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:52,960 God will do exceedingly abundantly beyond what I can 65 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,280 think or imagine, I'm like, I need to be a thinker and I need 66 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:02,040 to be at imagine big because then it it puts God in the 67 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,680 position and says, Oh, you think that's something amazing. 68 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,520 How about this? And then all of a sudden, 69 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,520 something you weren't even thinking about, our imagining is 70 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,480 even bigger than you thought. Because I mean, how can our 71 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,240 finite minds even get around our creator God? 72 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,160 However, we should strive to want to know him, Paul said. 73 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,000 I want to know him. I want to know him, you know, so 74 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,880 we want to have a discipline and that's not a knowing him when we 75 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,440 go to heaven. That's a knowing him day in and 76 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,240 day out, knowing intimately, how does he function? 77 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,840 What's he doing? How can I be involved with the 78 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:38,040 work that he's doing because he wants to Co labor with me 79 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,720 because I'm Co laboring with him. 80 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,680 And there are many things we can do together, but expectation 81 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:45,480 really opens up the door for more. 82 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,040 So I'm going to show you this in Acts chapter 3, starting in 83 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,080 verse one through 5, it says now Peter and John were going up to 84 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:55,600 the temple at the 9th hour, the hour of prayer, OK. 85 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,800 And it went on to say that the man who had and a man who had 86 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:06,000 been lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom 87 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,880 they used to sit down every day. How many days? 88 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,000 Every day. So when's the hour to pray? 89 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,680 The 9th hour. But how many days? 90 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,200 Apparently every day. Something's going on at temple 91 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,440 every day because if nothing was going, if this guy came to the 92 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:30,040 US churches, right? I mean, you better get the 93 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,120 mother lode one day, you know, most. 94 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,520 Anyway, he went there every day at the of the temple, which is 95 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:41,920 called beautiful, OK, in order to beg arms of those who were 96 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,520 entering the temple. Now, why is he doing this? 97 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,760 Oh, first of all, he's going to a place where God dwells #2 he's 98 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,480 going to a place where people are the probably the most 99 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:58,960 compassionate, right? In essence, he's going to God, 100 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:03,000 although he's not in the temple. And you understand, if we were 101 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,760 under if, if he's up underneath the thought of the law, there's 102 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,440 some challenges that go with being in the temple anyway. 103 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,000 And I'm not going to get into all the challenges that get into 104 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,120 that. But there were some issues, 105 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,040 especially if people had issues with blood couldn't even go 106 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,720 worship in the temple. The leprosies couldn't go into 107 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,080 the temple. You know, there was many things 108 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,720 that restricted them from being in there. 109 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:28,000 So here he is, he's going to God, he's going to the gate. 110 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,600 He's allowing God's people to come past him. 111 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,960 He obviously cannot work. If he could work, he would work, 112 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,000 but he cannot. So he's left to this lifestyle 113 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,640 of basically looking for the generosity of those who go to 114 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,240 the creator in heaven and earth to give to the poor. 115 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:51,600 All right, so it says when Peter and John came, right, they saw 116 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,480 when when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he 117 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,040 was asking to receive alms. So obviously he asked the 118 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,480 question. You have not caused you all 119 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,880 right? But Peter along with John fixed 120 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:11,240 his gaze on him and said. Now he, the beggar saw Peter. 121 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,280 He asked. And why is he asking? 122 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,120 Because he's expecting something. 123 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,720 Why is he even at the gate? Because he's like if he 124 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,680 expected. I never get anything when I go 125 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,200 to this temple. Every time I show up, no one 126 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,760 ever gives me a thing. I never get a thing. 127 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,440 Nothing ever happens. Well, there's no expectation, 128 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,120 you know what I'm saying? He's like, why am I going there? 129 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,240 He's going somewhere where there's an expectation and he is 130 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,880 expecting to receive. So here's he's expecting to 131 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:43,240 receive alms, right? But Peter, because that he's in 132 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,840 a layer of expectation. Peter moved into a Mordor 133 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:54,120 because this man's never coming to the temple with this thought 134 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:02,000 about what's about to happen. He is coming to God in provision 135 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,920 God's people with compassion. There's an expectation that I 136 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,240 will receive. I don't know where this guy's 137 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:12,240 hearts at entirely, although we probably can see it pretty 138 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,720 clear. The minute that happened, either 139 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,640 that was an instant conversion or his heart was towards God. 140 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,520 He just had limitations. He could not, you know, exercise 141 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,240 his praise as much as he wanted to in his condition. 142 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,800 Regardless, we see here that Peter fixed his gaze on him and 143 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,080 said look at us and he began to give them his attention. 144 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,120 Here it is expecting to receive something from them. 145 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:40,840 What's he expecting money. OK now Peter let's go on next 146 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,120 verse says this. Oh that's stop there five. 147 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,840 OK Peter then just goes on to say what silver and gold I have 148 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,680 none. Although he had gold, he just 149 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:53,040 saying I'm not going, I'm not giving you what you want. 150 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,120 I'm going to give you what you're not expecting. 151 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,400 We God decided to do an exceeding abundant for you today 152 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,880 because God just doesn't want you in the receiving mode. 153 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,080 God wants you to be able to not only receive, but to be able to 154 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,280 give because he's in a position that basically he's receiving. 155 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,080 Now, I'm not saying he couldn't give his arms away. 156 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,640 I'm just saying he's not productive in society because he 157 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,680 cannot work because he's lame from his mother's womb. 158 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,600 But God just elevated his status of life. 159 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,240 You know what we're talking about and not a, a Western 160 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,880 philosophy here. You know, in the Eastern there 161 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,000 was, there were classes of people, you know, and, and, and 162 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,240 these individuals that were beggars, you know, they were 163 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,400 looked down upon. God just elevated him out of 164 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:42,440 that. He was no longer limited to a 165 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:46,640 type of work. And so as a result of that, 166 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,560 Peter says they weren't going to have none but what I do have I 167 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:52,200 give to you in the name of Jesus, rise up and walk grabs 168 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,560 him and snatches his up out of the ground. 169 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,640 He didn't say how are you feeling? 170 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,160 Didn't do they said come on now try. 171 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:02,920 Can you let me let's work a little bit. 172 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,160 The Bible says that that he snatched him up. 173 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:10,680 Peter was so convinced he had heard God without any evidence 174 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:14,920 of what he heard, he grabs the man and snatches him up. 175 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:22,960 And when his legs came out from his cloak, they were 176 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,200 strengthened and hit the ground strong. 177 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,720 Now I'm not telling you they were Pastor Mike's legs when 178 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,440 they came out. They probably look more like 179 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,200 mine. However, they had strength to 180 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,920 them, right? OK, so he pulled him up. 181 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,320 There he is. This man received more than he 182 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,560 expected, but he did not come without expectation. 183 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:47,480 If you understand, here's the thing. 184 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,160 If, if you do not come to any service, you know, if you do not 185 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,520 come to service expecting, then you're getting exactly what you 186 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,880 came for. If you're coming with this, show 187 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:58,920 me. Let's see what you got. 188 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,200 You're not getting anything. You understand God does not move 189 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,280 on people like that because he's had plenty of religion. 190 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,120 People say, well, you far show me a miracle. 191 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:11,960 Do some. He's like you seek. 192 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,600 All you do is seek a sign. What did he say about those 193 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,960 people? He said, you perverse and wicked 194 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,360 generation, all you do is seek a sign. 195 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,640 Now, there's nothing wrong with science. 196 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,600 God uses science to declare that God's full of authority, power, 197 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,880 He's supreme. The point though, is when we 198 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,760 have expectation, it moves God not only to meet your 199 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,560 expectation, but to exceed your expectation. 200 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:37,800 But if you just like, well, if this is really God in this 201 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,160 place, let's just see what happened. 202 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:40,960 Well, you know what? You'll walk out not thinking he 203 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,480 was here and he's jumped all around you and you didn't even 204 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:50,040 know because God's not obligated to, to prove himself to you. 205 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,400 He's God. He's God. 206 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,640 I said he's God. So we have to keep our mindset 207 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,880 in this. I'm expecting God. 208 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,840 I mean, I'm going to tell you I've not arrived to a place 209 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,160 where I don't, I don't need to expect anything. 210 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,360 I mean, how much more? The more I discover about God, 211 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,440 the more I realized what I still don't know. 212 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:18,080 And it drives me to want to know and desire to know and to see 213 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:22,600 things happen, you know, and experience things happen and to 214 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,400 be sometimes I'm just, a lot of times I come in to just expect 215 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,840 God to do something in someone else's life so they know that 216 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,680 God meets their expectation. And if that happens, I'm like, 217 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:39,880 praise God because I know, I know that he's alive, that he 218 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,080 loves me, that he cares for me, that he always meets the 219 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,360 expectation. Now, I could technically take 220 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,920 this word and we could use the the term we're most familiar 221 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:50,360 with when we talk about expectation. 222 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,200 It's called hope, which is confident expectation. 223 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,920 But I'm not going to say hope today because you know, in the 224 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,680 church today, most of them do not know biblical hope. 225 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,440 It is not. Most people do not have a 226 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,080 biblical hope. They have secular hope, which is 227 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,720 wishful thinking. It may happen, it may not 228 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,440 happen. If it does, great. 229 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,600 If it doesn't, well, God knew better. 230 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,560 Well, God doesn't function that way. 231 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,080 God always does what He says He does His word. 232 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:21,080 So that's why hope biblically is a confident expectation because 233 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,280 when God speaks, you can confidently expect, which now 234 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,920 moves you over into faith that I'm going to have exactly what 235 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,840 he says. And not only what he says, but 236 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,400 he can do exceeding abundantly. It can open the door for more. 237 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,680 You could literally be believing God for a financial breakthrough 238 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,400 and God do way more than your financial breakthrough. 239 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:46,000 You know, your financial breakthrough may not be getting 240 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,360 a raise. It could be someone pays off 241 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,080 your house. Well, that'd be a pretty good 242 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,480 breakthrough. I mean, God's not obligated to 243 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,800 meet your need the way you think he's supposed to meet your need 244 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,000 at all. However, if we have ears to hear 245 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,560 got to do some awesome things in our life. 246 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,480 Look at this in Psalms 27 verse 14. 247 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,120 It says wait for and confidently expect the Lord. 248 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,960 Be strong and let your heart take courage. 249 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,280 Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord. 250 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,600 So we see here that the psalmist is saying wait for now. 251 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:27,480 This word wait is not passive. This is not passive. 252 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:32,760 If if you are a person that says you're waiting, but you're have 253 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,520 no attention to that which you're waiting, you are not 254 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,880 waiting. You have forgotten. 255 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,840 If all of a sudden someone's supposed to meet you and you've 256 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,760 gotten so busy that when they showed up, you're like, oh, 257 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,080 you're here. I forgot. 258 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:51,840 Well, I thought you were waiting. 259 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:53,080 Well, I am. I mean, I'm here. 260 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,080 No, you're not waiting. You had no attitude of waiting. 261 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,720 You were distracted. I mean, they could have passed 262 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,320 you by and you never would have known because you had no 263 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:06,640 expectation. So when we're talking about 264 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,960 waiting, there's an expectation. What do we call pregnant women 265 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,520 expecting? Right. 266 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:19,400 And there's something about it. I mean, if it was like, oh, I 267 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,160 didn't know I was having a baby, right? 268 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,560 I mean, what kind of wife would be excited about their husbands? 269 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,520 Like, oh, I went on the fishing trip. 270 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,400 I didn't, I didn't know that you were due. 271 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,400 I mean, hey, I'm here, right? I mean, I was just waiting on 272 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,600 the fishing trip. I mean, you're like, you're not 273 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,920 waiting. You had no expectation of what's 274 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,640 going on here, right? Because when you're waiting on 275 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,960 someone with expectation, you're standing at the door just kind 276 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,760 of checking, right? I mean, when I wait on my my 277 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:55,360 wife, which we do this, as you know, is I could track her, she 278 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,360 can track me, right? It's fun. 279 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,280 And so I'm like, I texted her the other day. 280 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:05,440 I said, Ah, so you went to Target instead of Walmart Right 281 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,600 Now the reason I check is because I'm waiting on her 282 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,360 return. That's the only reason, not 283 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,160 because I'm concerned about where she's at. 284 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,920 I know where she's at. She tells me she doesn't lie, 285 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,280 she doesn't deviate. I don't have that issue. 286 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,840 What I'm saying is is that sometimes she'll she'll be, you 287 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,320 know, tracking me and I'll give her, Hey, I'm almost I'm letting 288 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,640 her know why? Because there's this expectation 289 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,440 we're about to meet again, right. 290 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,120 So again, you're kind of looking today. 291 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:39,440 My wife had went out, had the dentist and I was at the house 292 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:44,000 myself in preparation. And I hit man wonder where she's 293 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,280 at. She's coming back. 294 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,520 I'm expect she should be. You know, I feel like she should 295 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,360 be here by now. So I was just about to pull out 296 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:58,480 where she was and there she was. I tried to play it cool, stayed 297 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,760 on the couch, you know, does she open the door? 298 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,000 But sometimes tell, tell them the truth. 299 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,640 Now I'll stand out in the driveway and watch her drive 300 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,040 down. That's called waiting on 301 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:15,720 something. There's an expectation. 302 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,240 I want to see it. I want to, I want it to arrive. 303 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:20,920 I want it to be in my possession. 304 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,640 I want it to be here where I can see it. 305 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,920 And you know, we if we're going to be here with God or when we 306 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,160 go into special meetings, you know, the set aside times that 307 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,400 God speaking to us, we got to say, you know what, I'm coming 308 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:37,480 with an expectation, right, I'm coming with an expectation not 309 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:42,200 oh, forgot we had a service. You're not waiting and there's 310 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,400 no expectation. But when you're like excited, 311 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,000 then you're doing. You mean, I know I could talk to 312 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,960 parents right now. You tell your children you're 313 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,320 going to Disney, they're like talking about it. 314 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,080 They're having a conversation, they're waiting, they're 315 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,600 counting down to days. They're reminding, you see, 316 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,640 that's waiting where we're going. 317 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,840 Just got to wait a couple more days and then they let you know 318 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,480 next day, you know, we going to Disney in two days. 319 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,920 I'm aware of that. That's called waiting. 320 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,840 So it's not passive. It's this expectation. 321 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,040 It's always on your mind. You're expecting something to 322 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,000 happen and that's what he's saying. 323 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Wait for, confidently expect the Lord. 324 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,240 Be strong and let your heart take courage yes. 325 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,160 Wait for and confidently expect the Lord. 326 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:28,560 That means that if I'm believing God's going to give a word to me 327 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:33,360 to answer something that I, you know, need an answer for, well, 328 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:37,400 then I should come to service with a confident expectancy. 329 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,960 He's going to speak to me and whether he speaks to me through 330 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,840 a song, whether he speaks to me through the written word, 331 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,960 whether he speaks to me through a sentence or two. 332 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,920 That's have been priests, whether it comes through the 333 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,720 gifts of the spirit through the through the whoever ministers or 334 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:53,680 maybe even just within the congregation. 335 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,040 You know, it seems like the Lord's saying then you know 336 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,960 what, why? If you're like, I know I'm going 337 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,160 to get it. I know I'm going to get what God 338 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,400 has for me. You have to have expectation. 339 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:10,200 All right, Proverbs chapter 3, excuse me, chapter 8 verse 34 340 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,360 Proverbs 834 says blessed is the man who listens to me watching 341 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:20,600 daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts. 342 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,040 You know, a lot of times we miss God is because we're really not 343 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,720 waiting. Now I didn't intentionally did 344 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,360 not use the scripture tonight. Those who wait on the Lord. 345 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,080 OK, you know, can we use that a lot? 346 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,320 However, I do want to clarify that scripture when it says 347 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,320 those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength. 348 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,800 That word wait is where we get the word waiter. 349 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:48,040 And wait again is not passive. It means engaging and serving. 350 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,320 So that's not sitting in, you know, sitting in your house 351 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:57,520 waiting for God to bring it. It's you actually serving God. 352 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,800 You're waiting on the Lord. I'm here to serve you. 353 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,000 I'm your waiter. How can I wait on you? 354 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:08,960 What do you need me to do for you? 355 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,440 Because when I wait on you, then he'll say, why don't you just 356 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,200 you know what? I, I'm on one on the menu. 357 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,000 I just want you to sing a praise. 358 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,120 So you sing a praise to him. You deliver a praise to his 359 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,440 table. Come on. 360 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:22,960 You deliver a praise to his table. 361 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,280 All right. And then, you know, you deliver 362 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,640 what else he says whatever else. And you know what? 363 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,000 He'll give you the fattest tip you've ever had in your life. 364 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:36,800 I mean, it's called life changing tips because God is a 365 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,200 rewarder to those who diligently seek him. 366 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,920 So waiting on the Lord is like, I just wish you'd talk to me. 367 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,480 You need to go serve him. You need to go pray to him. 368 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,120 You need to go sing to him. You need to go worship. 369 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:53,480 You need to go exalt his name. You need to remind, you need to 370 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,840 remind yourself how holy, how blameless, how awesome he is. 371 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,720 You're bringing stuff to his table and, and even I was 372 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,000 talking to someone today sometimes you bring Isaiah 26 to 373 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,760 him. You bring your case before the 374 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,040 Lord Lord. I'm bringing my case to you in 375 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,720 essence, like a waiter. This happened to me at Black 376 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,160 Mild the other day. I was betwixt between two 377 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,200 places, 2 plates, let's put it that way. 378 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:23,360 I was betwixt between two plates, whether to eat shrimp 379 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:31,240 and crab cakes or to go on and have shrimp and fish. 380 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,080 And so my waiter says I'll pick it for you. 381 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,600 I'm like, that's cool. Surprise me. 382 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,600 It's going to be one of the other. 383 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,760 I didn't know. And he picked the shrimp and 384 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,320 grit cake. And I wasn't disappointed 385 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,280 because I didn't know which one I wanted. 386 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,120 I was betwixt between two plates. 387 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,600 He said I'll decide for you. No problem, right. 388 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,640 So again, you can bring things to the Lord you're bringing your 389 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,080 case now, Lord, we could go this way in this issue. 390 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,280 We could go here. All I know is your word says 391 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,160 this, your word says here and I'm bringing this before you. 392 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,000 This is what's on the menu. You tell me what you want to do 393 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,560 and then the Lord to give you some information. 394 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,760 OK, so we are we are waiting on the Lord. 395 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,000 But here's the thing that says blessed is the man who listens 396 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,920 to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorpost. 397 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,520 It's amazing how fast we'll go to everyone else. 398 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,320 I mean, there's nothing wrong with seeking advice. 399 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,320 There's nothing wrong with being surrounded by a multitude of 400 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,760 counsel. If the council live godly lives, 401 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:46,120 and I can even say it this way, the council is authorized in 402 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:52,760 your life. However, ultimately the scene 403 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,320 realm isn't where we go first. We need to go to the Lord. 404 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,600 And when we go to the scene realm to ask, it should only 405 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,440 start to confirm something already on the inside of us, 406 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,160 because that's the real direction we want. 407 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:12,360 Now sometimes it will happen that someone says the Lord will 408 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,160 give you the idea through someone, but it'll be confirmed 409 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,880 in your spirit. But again, you have to wait on 410 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,080 that. I know that through the 411 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,240 multiplicity of different things that I have to make decisions 412 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,640 on, I'm like, OK Lord, how in the world do you want me to 413 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,280 handle that one? And I go to scripture and I talk 414 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,280 to him and I'm like, Lord, where you at? 415 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,640 You know, and sometimes people are sending emails and wanting a 416 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,120 response and wanting this and I'm like, I don't have an answer 417 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,720 and I'm not letting their so-called emergencies move me. 418 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,960 I'm just going to hang out at the gates. 419 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,840 I'm going to stand by the doorposts because I know this. 420 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,800 When he speaks, I'll be blessed because I'm going to listen. 421 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:03,400 I'm going to do it his way. Hey, man, Hallelujah. 422 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:10,600 Just because you can go to I don't want to say things too 423 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,600 loud and it just all the ask me stuff. 424 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:18,160 Just because you can go there quick doesn't mean God's going 425 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,520 to respond to you the same way. Because God's not artificial 426 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,480 intelligence. He is the source of 427 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,760 intelligence. He's beyond intelligent. 428 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,680 He's wisdom, right? So don't get so conditioned that 429 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,560 thinking fast is the right answer. 430 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,240 Nothing wrong with it, I have no problem with it. 431 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,360 I use it myself to gain access to certain pieces of 432 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,640 information. But even then, I'm skeptical 433 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:53,960 because I'm like, I mean, at all the information in the world 434 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:58,160 this thing's drawing from, how many of these sources are even 435 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:02,640 right? Because I might have, I might 436 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,760 discredit some sources. You know, there's plenty of 437 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:09,400 things written in libraries that are false, but they're written 438 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,240 and AI is pulling that information, compiling it based 439 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:18,000 upon subjects. So, you know, unfortunately, I 440 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,920 kind of missed the old reference catalog where I could see the 441 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,520 book and see who it was. And then you could go track down 442 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:29,360 the individual and say, talk to me about this. 443 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:31,160 I need to know if your sourcing is right. 444 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,080 But I'm glad I can go to the author of the Bible that's 445 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,040 called, he's called the Holy Ghost, and he will talk to me. 446 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,520 Amen. All right, limitation. 447 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,520 Chapter 3, verse 25 says it this way. 448 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:50,240 The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly 449 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,160 for him, to those who seek him. Why aren't we supposed to seek 450 00:25:54,160 --> 00:26:00,800 Him anyway? Acquire of and for and for him 451 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,160 and require him by right of necessity and on the authority 452 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,920 of God's word. Man, that's so good. 453 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,760 So again, let me tell you that the Lord is good to those who 454 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:15,200 wait hopefully and expectantly for him in our society today 455 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,480 where, you know, people can say anything they wanted to as fast 456 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,440 as they want to and and they can respond, you know, any way they 457 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,440 want to. You know, it takes a real man 458 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:29,680 and woman of God to be able to be quick to hear, slow to speak 459 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,440 and slow to wrath. And you know, I'm not going to 460 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,920 say, you know, Christians are doing a 100% great at that. 461 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:43,600 However, the Bible tells us that God is good to those who wait, 462 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,240 you know, and so when you're confronted with something, it's 463 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:51,240 always good to do this right. Take a step back. 464 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,320 Now they teach you that in the outfield as well. 465 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,320 When they hit in the outfield that instead of running up on 466 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,320 the ball, especially in softball, because the minute you 467 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,640 do, then you're like, it floats and it's go. 468 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,160 So they always tell them take a step back first and then go 469 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,080 towards the ball. Now, I didn't play outfield, I 470 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,320 played infield. And so, you know, you just took 471 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,560 off because it's usually coming. But with that being said, same 472 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,880 thing in the Spirit, you need to take a step back, stop. 473 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,480 Listen. Hearing is important. 474 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,640 Hearing is the foundation for us to have faith. 475 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:30,440 Faith comes by. So you can't rush in talking. 476 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,800 You got to step back in here so that you can then. 477 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,600 But if you step back to here with no expectation, then guess 478 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:41,400 what you're going to hear crickets, right? 479 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,080 Crickets. Amen. 480 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:51,400 You know, and if I was being ChatGPT ish, you know, delay 481 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:57,560 does not mean denial. I understand. 482 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:04,160 OK, Micah Chapter 7 verse 7 says, But As for me, I will 483 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:08,400 watch expectantly for the Lord. I will wait for the God of my 484 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:13,880 salvation. My God will hear me. 485 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:19,760 I'm curious in the realm of faith, you know, how many people 486 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:24,320 come to service in faith just to hear from God? 487 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,720 I mean, what layers on a consistent basis Are you in 488 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,280 expectation? I expect to hear something from 489 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,560 the word I've not heard before. I mean, is there that in you? 490 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,720 Is there that you know? I mean, are you in the 491 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,760 expectation of we earnestly desire spiritual gifts and we 492 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,640 know that you move on the body as it pleases. 493 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,240 You can be me today and I expect it can be me. 494 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,480 If it's your will to be me and I'll move, I'll yield. 495 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,760 But if it's not, I'm expecting it nonetheless. 496 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,520 Now again, God doesn't have to do it, but if the expectations 497 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:04,560 not there, then why is He doing anything right now? 498 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:08,680 When it comes to other meetings, other meetings are not better. 499 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,720 They're just designed to do what they're ordained to do. 500 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,760 Do you know how many believers run from conference to 501 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,440 conference to conference to conference to Holy Ghost 502 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,080 meeting, the Holy Ghost meeting, the Holy Ghost meeting? 503 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,920 Because they're trying to get in this little bubble thinking 504 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,240 that's the expression of God, which that is a expression, and 505 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:32,080 many of them miss this expression of day in and day 506 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,720 out. You need both aspects, Both. 507 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:42,040 This is why we have specific services throughout the year on 508 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,120 different things, whether it's a marriage conference, you know, a 509 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,480 workshop we would call whatever we call it, or parenting, or, 510 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,600 you know, something to do specific with men or something 511 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,160 to do specific with women. You know, we do a men's meeting. 512 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,640 It's designed specifically for the male. 513 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:02,000 And we should expect something different in that service than 514 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,320 just what we would have when we are here together like this. 515 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,320 Yet expectations should be in everything. 516 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,560 And here's the thing, the greatest struggle you'll have in 517 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:17,440 our special meetings is to expect from Apostle Marcy and I, 518 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,640 because it's pretty easy to expect from a guest minister, 519 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,960 because the guest minister, you don't hear them every day. 520 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,280 So your expectation is based upon my communication. 521 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,200 You need to receive the gift of God. 522 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,520 I want you to pull on them. I wouldn't want you to come in 523 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,960 and be skeptical. Well, I've never heard. 524 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,040 That's irrelevant. You're not hearing, doesn't 525 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,760 matter. The same principle will apply. 526 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,760 I am going to take everything that I hear, put it with the 527 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,280 Word of God, and receive what's of God. 528 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,040 That's pretty simple principle. So it doesn't matter whether 529 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,640 you've heard them or not. You should expect that you would 530 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:02,040 hear God through them. Now, you already know that we're 531 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,520 going to vet them before we really let them in the pulpit 532 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:05,720 anyway. So we're really not going to put 533 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,680 somebody in and go like, I don't know what they're going to say 534 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,720 either. And if it's bad, we'll clean it 535 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,640 up. I mean, I, we don't bring people 536 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,720 in like that, OK. I mean, we already have some 537 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,880 kind of relationship. There's something the Holy Ghost 538 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,240 has already, you know, done. And I'm not saying that people 539 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,480 can't make mistakes. I'm just saying that, you know, 540 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,000 you, you purposely do that. But because they're not our 541 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,800 vocal cords, then all of a sudden the expectation of 542 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,920 someone that you have no relationship becomes greater and 543 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:41,440 more things can move in those services simply because of a 544 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:45,040 greater expectation of the unknown person. 545 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,440 This is why the traveling minister is pretty it can be 546 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,680 dangerous for them because they live off. 547 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:02,200 They live off the expectation the pastor has given about them. 548 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,000 They don't have to establish any credibility themselves with 549 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,080 anyone. They have borrowed reputation. 550 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,400 But yet the people will then elevate their voice even above 551 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,640 their own pastors. Oh, I'm preaching better than 552 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:20,840 your Amen. But that's OK. 553 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,480 This is the tough deal because again, most of the time they 554 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,320 don't come in with a message of correction anyway. 555 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,600 They come in with something, you know, that's edifying, 556 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,520 encouraging, and then, you know, things can happen because the 557 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,040 body's expected and then things happen. 558 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,080 And then all of a sudden we have such a great service with them. 559 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,200 Can't wait till they're back yet. 560 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,960 The one that is laboring over your soul day in and day out. 561 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,880 Do they get crumbs of your expectation? 562 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,720 Hallelujah. I'm glad that's not in this 563 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,160 house. And if there is, just look at 564 00:32:56,160 --> 00:33:00,480 your name or say get it right. I'll have to slap you because 565 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,800 you need a good spanking. Hallelujah. 566 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,520 Amen. No, that's why Hebrews says to 567 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,720 obey those who give watch over your soul. 568 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,800 And again, they're not obeying you to tell you what to do with 569 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,080 your life. They're the obedience that you 570 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,760 are to obey us. The word says this. 571 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,240 You should apply this to this, and that's what you're obeying. 572 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,120 You're not obeying their every whim. 573 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,680 That's foolishness. OK, so Micah again said, But As 574 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,480 for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord. 575 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,800 I just want us to really ratchet up our expectation because 576 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,960 again, Apostle Marcy's doing Friday night, you know, and I 577 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:48,080 would hate for us like, well, we'll wait till Saturday because 578 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,400 we always get to hear her. But you don't get to hear what 579 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,760 she's going to do Friday night, nor in the environment of that 580 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:59,200 particular anointing of that meeting because how she 581 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,560 ministers here. But again, if you come with the 582 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,200 expect, well, she's probably just going to preach like she 583 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,000 does on Sunday and Wednesday, Guess what? 584 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,760 Then you're not pulling on something different. 585 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:11,120 But if you say, you know what, we're in a different meeting. 586 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:14,880 We're in Kingdom rise, there's a different impartation. 587 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:19,760 And so, Lord, I don't, I expect something beyond our regular 588 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,639 church services. I expect an anointing and 589 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:25,880 impartation of revelation. Something's going to happen. 590 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,560 I expect that Pastor Apostle Marcy is going to minister 591 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,400 something most likely under the prophetic. 592 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,239 She's going to move over into that prophetic role and I'm 593 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:41,520 going to pull on the prophetic in her life because that these 594 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,440 meetings would be set up for that. 595 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,800 And I expect, Lord, that she's going to say things that she'll 596 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,080 openly have to admit. I did not study this. 597 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,639 It just came up in my spirit. The reason these things come up 598 00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:57,520 in the spirit is because the congregation has the 599 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:02,200 expectation. Now, I can tell you this, two or 600 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,000 three people can do this and change an environment. 601 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,080 It can happen with just a couple. 602 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,200 What would have happened if everybody here shows up Friday 603 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:16,000 night and brings that kind of expectation? 604 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:20,600 Then you go ahead tomorrow, call the ones that you know normally 605 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,000 you hang out with and see at church and say, hey, aren't you 606 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,520 excited about you're going to be there Friday, right? 607 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,200 Look, man, you're going to have to be expected. 608 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,200 I'm telling you, it's going to be and you go ahead and build 609 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,200 theirs up, right? Because again, this, I'm not 610 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,640 hyping you. This is I'm reading scripture. 611 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:43,280 This is not hype, this is you in your spirit saying I have a 612 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:48,160 godly expectation and godly expectation makes a demand on 613 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,880 something, but it will open the door for the exceedingly 614 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,880 abundant. I mean, don't you want to leave 615 00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:01,680 Sunday night and and have your mind blown with what God has 616 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:05,160 done? I do, I want that. 617 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:09,240 I want my mind blown on what God has done. 618 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,720 Glory to God I believe in that He can speak through me like 619 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:18,440 he's never spoken through me before in that setting and it be 620 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:23,760 life changing. Oh Hallelujah Psalms 53 I'm 621 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,720 almost done two more verses. I'll probably get you out early 622 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:31,240 so you have no excuse. Say you held us there till, held 623 00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:33,640 us hostage on Wednesday night till 10:00. 624 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:40,840 Psalms 5 and three says this. And the new living translation 625 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,440 says listen to my voice in the morning. 626 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:49,160 Lord, each morning I bring my request to you and wait 627 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,440 patiently. I mean, I'm, I'm hoping that 628 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:57,760 you're praying out your expectation so that Friday, 629 00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:02,160 Saturday or Sunday, it's met 'cause I do believe God will do 630 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:06,880 something in this small sliver of time because of the anointing 631 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:11,760 of this particular service. Hallelujah. 632 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:18,440 You know, God can do, God does amazing things, period, period. 633 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:24,280 He does amazing things. Should we expect, right? 634 00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:28,960 But again, all these scriptures that I have read today is not 635 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,680 hype. It's a godly something that God 636 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:39,120 wants us who are in covenant with Him to be in this position 637 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:45,840 in our heart, in our heart. Not impress me. 638 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,360 That's a religious person. All right, I'll believe it when 639 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,040 I see it. That's a religious person. 640 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,320 You know, you just sit back and let's watch and see what 641 00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:00,560 happens. No, cause again, like tonight, 642 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,120 obviously we did worship different. 2 reasons, one 643 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:08,120 because I let our worship team and I said we are way too, God 644 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:11,120 is way too talented to do worship the same way all the 645 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,200 time with the exact same instruments. 646 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,760 I mean did you see the cello people? 647 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:20,000 We had a cello on the platform. This is amazing, you know, I 648 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,480 mean all these awesome instruments that are out there 649 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,840 and we've relegated in the Western culture to just, you 650 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:34,520 know, guitar, bass, drums, keys and all these other instruments 651 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,440 are out there. You say, well, we're past 652 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,440 orchestras. God's not past orchestras. 653 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,000 No, I I believe he loves all those sounds and we just don't 654 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,280 have the talent base apparently to have them in. 655 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,560 And if you have can play another instrument, you're like, well, 656 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,040 well, I play the trumpet. Why you holding out? 657 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,520 And we might not have you play every song with the trumpet, but 658 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,440 we will make some arrangements so that you can bring your gift. 659 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,520 There's no reason why trump is we, you understand, God is not 660 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,240 coming back with electric guitar. 661 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,320 And I heard the sound of electric guitar from heaven. 662 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:16,000 It's not a bass. It's not even the drums, 663 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,600 although it will sound like Thunder. 664 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:21,000 So it's probably kind of God's Thunder, right? 665 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,480 Thunder and lightning. However, it will be a trumpet 666 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,920 the trump will sound. And that we don't even have a 667 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,560 Trump. I would hate for you to miss it 668 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,280 because you don't know what they sound like anymore. 669 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:38,640 All right, Thank you, Christopher. 670 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,640 I like you. He's with me. 671 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:51,520 OK, So the expectation of these meetings, I mean, it's all on 672 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,440 you because I know what I'm going to be doing on Friday 673 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,960 night. I know what I'm going to do on 674 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,760 Saturday. I'm talking about when I'm 675 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:04,400 sitting, hearing. If something moves me, I'll 676 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,080 stand. Something makes me want to jump, 677 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:08,760 I'll jump. Something makes me want to 678 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:11,480 dance, I'll dance. Doesn't matter if I just sense 679 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,520 it should happen. I'll do it even if I don't feel 680 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,400 it Doesn't matter because it's that OK. 681 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:22,040 Whatever expression God wants to have, we want. 682 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,680 And it's not. We're not making it happen. 683 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,720 We just have an expectation that anything can happen. 684 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,160 According to scripture, not what's not scripture. 685 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,560 So don't come up and be throwing up and saying, you know, we're 686 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,240 getting rid of demons. That's we're not doing that. 687 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,640 That kind of stuff was all wrong. 688 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,400 OK, but we want to come with great expectation. 689 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:48,440 All right, Last scripture is this Luke chapter 8 verse 40. 690 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:52,520 Oh, I was saying the band. Second reason is that we have a 691 00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:56,720 new stage design that we're unveiling for Kingdom Rise. 692 00:40:56,720 --> 00:41:00,680 And I'm letting you know it is our last stage design in this 693 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,840 sanctuary. I will not do another one 694 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,160 because the new one is the new sanctuary. 695 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,720 So if I want you to get bored with it quick, so we can go on 696 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:16,200 to to the to the next conquering territory. 697 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:19,600 All right, Luke chapter 8 verse 4 says this. 698 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:23,440 The Williams translation says now as Jesus was returning, the 699 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:28,960 crowd welcomed him for they were all expecting him. 700 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:40,080 Are you expecting God to move? Are you expecting God to 701 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:45,680 manifest when apostle Apostle Joshua Adams begins to are you 702 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,000 expecting now in order to have an expectation, you have to be 703 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,240 somewhere you can't expect and then not arrive. 704 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,840 See here says now Jesus was returning. 705 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,200 This is after he ministered to some people. 706 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,080 He gets in a boat and he goes to the other side. 707 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:07,480 When he gets to the other side, he casts the devil out and then 708 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:12,400 he won't let the guy come back with him, but go tell everybody 709 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,920 about what he's done. When he shows backup, people are 710 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:20,880 waiting on him, meaning this not in 124 hour period. 711 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:28,240 But what's happened is, is that they were ministered by him. 712 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:33,000 They couldn't get enough. And so they were always, he 713 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,640 went, he's going to come back and they kept coming to the 714 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:41,040 shore. Waiting is a rival and when he 715 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:48,400 showed up, two things happened. Jairus's daughter was raised 716 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,120 from the dead and the woman with the issue of blood. 717 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:56,000 In this account, Luke was healed from her infirmity. 718 00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:02,840 Expectation opened that door, something greater than they 719 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,520 could even imagine because Jairus just wanted her daughter. 720 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,360 His daughter healed. He wasn't even believing for her 721 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:12,120 to be raised from the dead because when he was told she was 722 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:19,480 dead he sunk emotionally and Jesus had to say only believe 723 00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:23,800 right now. The one with the issue of blood. 724 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,000 That was a whole nother ball game. 725 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:29,640 Jesus didn't even know she was around till after she touched 726 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:34,360 him and then power left him. Do you understand? 727 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,840 That's pretty powerful. Number one, it shows the 728 00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:41,560 humanity of Jesus that He was all God, but also all man, and 729 00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,440 He was functioning as a man, anointed of God, of which God 730 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,200 withheld from him. This woman coming. 731 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,880 He did not let Jesus know. So Jesus was ignorant of the 732 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:54,520 fact a woman is pressing through the crowd with a blood problem. 733 00:43:55,880 --> 00:44:01,680 He did not know this as Jesus in the flesh, but when she touched 734 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:08,160 the hem of His garment with what expected if I just touches him. 735 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,240 I mean, I need some people in this room tonight say if I just 736 00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:16,160 touches him. If I just touches him. 737 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,280 You got to come with some. I mean, because some of you may 738 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:23,800 be in situations that it's that desperate if I just touches him 739 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:28,800 right. Don't don't disregard the power 740 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:33,040 of God. Don't come in, you know, because 741 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,800 she could have said, well, if he's really a man of God and 742 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,240 he's really, and God talks to him, they got to tell him my 743 00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:40,920 address and he'll show up at my house. 744 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:43,920 Did not happen. She heard he was in town because 745 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:47,240 of all the commotion. She said, oh, I've heard about 746 00:44:47,240 --> 00:44:50,840 him because he had just been in the community and this man can 747 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,560 change me and I'm not waiting for him to come. 748 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:58,360 I'll get to him. And if I just touches him, I'm 749 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,520 going to be healed. And she touched it. 750 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:06,600 Power left him. Not only did he have power to 751 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:11,480 heal her, he still had power, more than enough power to raise 752 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,040 a girl up. Oh my gosh. 753 00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:16,480 I mean, you can't pull power. He's like, I got to sit down and 754 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:20,000 and and get not just keep pulling on the power. 755 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,640 He'll have enough power for you. Kelsey have no power for you, 756 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:24,840 Matt. You have no power for for you 757 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:27,560 and you and you. I can just go around Wayne. 758 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,400 He has no power for you. Just pull the power out. 759 00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,760 I mean, y'all, we all can just touch his him all weekend long. 760 00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:37,880 You can do a Friday night, you can do a Saturday morning. 761 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,000 You can do a Saturday night. You do a Sunday morning, do a 762 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,440 Sunday night and he'll still be releasing power at your 763 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:48,240 expectation. So don't let King the Kingdom 764 00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:54,360 rises for us and there will be some guests in the room, but 765 00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:57,680 man, pull on. Don't miss this opportunity 766 00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:03,360 because power is ready to come, revelations ready to come, 767 00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:08,160 change is ready, transformation an anointing different than just 768 00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:14,240 our services that can become such a marker in your life that 769 00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:18,040 you'll set up a spiritual memorial and say it was on this 770 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,280 day that God said this and changed the course of my life.