 We are about to reach a ministry milestone, as you can see. And the reason that this matters is because more people now will hear the gospel of Jesus Christ preached in the power of the Holy Spirit. Every number represents a life transformed. Every subscription is a life being impacted with the gospel of Jesus Christ and with the teachings of God's word and with the power of the Holy Spirit. We're seeing more people now saved, healed, delivered, and empowered. That's why this is so important. Welcome to this very special stream. Of course, I'm joined by my brother and co-host, Mr. Steven Moctezuma. Steve, say hello to our wonderful community here. Hello spirit family, Steven Moctezuma here. What an exciting moment this really truly is. It is incredible. And we thank each and every one of you guys. I see the numbers on the screen. It really is incredible. So we're very excited about what's about to happen here. And as I said, the reason it matters is because these are lives that are being transformed. This is a movement of the Holy Spirit that we've been given to steward. And so we're very excited about that. Tim, why don't you go ahead and just bring in the lower third there with the number count, please? And as you can see, where probably I wanna say, maybe 20 minutes out, 15, 20 minutes out, but watch those numbers for fluctuations. There are people who are very passionate about being the one millionth subscriber. You don't know how many people told me I'm gonna wait until it's 999,999. And then I'll be the millionth subscriber. And then some people even unsubscribe wanting to be the millionth subscriber. So it's kind of like a game that they're playing here. So you'll see those numbers fluctuate as they often do. So as we watch those numbers climb, I wanna share with you a little bit about the journey thus far. And by the way, if this is your first time viewing content from our channel, we release teachings on the Holy Spirit, prayer, and spiritual warfare. Those are the three primary topics that I cover. And of course, we preach the gospel of salvation to the lost, but as far as our assignment to the church, what we take to the church is ministry in the area of the Holy Spirit, prayer, and spiritual warfare. And of course, we also livestream our events that we do around the world. And at these services, the power of the Holy Spirit moves tremendously. The glory of God is heavy on these meetings. People are saved, healed, delivered, and believers are empowered by the Holy Spirit to go and do ministry themselves. And so we also livestreamed the power of the Holy Spirit in action. So if you love the Holy Spirit, you wanna hear more about prayer and spiritual warfare, you wanna see the power of God in action, and you're looking for a ministry that's Jesus-centered, Bible-based, and spirit-filled, then this is the channel you've come to the right place. And we like to say this is the Holy Spirit's channel because he's given it to us to steward. It's his, it's not ours. This platform belongs to him. This platform belongs to the gospel. Now, this ministry actually began in 2007 on YouTube. And 2007 was not necessarily a take-off year. I like many others who begin an online ministry or on online content. I began with this very small, but important assignment. And all of us have to recognize that God begins the work. God is the one who not only begins the work, but he also rejoices to see it in its beginning stages. Don't despise the day of small beginnings. So 2007, we launched the channel. And I remember those days, we would have viewership some months that would skyrocket all the way to 100. And of course, compared to what we're seeing now, I'm being a little bit, I'm jesting just a little bit there, but you get the idea, not that there's anything wrong with that number. That's what we were faithful to for years. And so you can't look at obedience and you can't look at the reason you obey in the metrics that man measures that. We have our motivation and that is simply because we wanna obey God and we wanna see soul saved. And so whatever your assignment, wherever you are, along in that assignment, I want you to remember that God placed you there and that don't despise the day of small beginnings. Steve, as you look back maybe even to 2007, what runs through your mind as we sit here saying what the Holy Spirit has built so far? So I remember the very beginning of the ministry and I could tell right away that Diga, I mean, my goodness, his mind and the way that he articulates things and the way he speaks, I knew, I knew that he was being led by the Lord and I had the privilege and the honor to join the ministry very from the very beginning, very start, I rolled wires if you guys didn't know before I ever started seeing with the ministry. You worked on camera and you were the wire coiler. That's right. And yeah, it was just an incredible time, very new to be online at the time in 07. And I just remember thinking, man, this is gonna be really cool. This is a different way to reach so many people with the gospel and what a privilege it was. And yeah, I just remember being so excited to wrap those wires up and film on camera just like these guys behind the camera. So it really was an incredible time. So we saw the Lord do it, 2007 we begin. And let me just be honest with you, from 2007 all the way to 2016, like if I had the chart, I would pull it up and I would show you basically the lifetime of the ministry from 2007 when we started, all the way to 2016, I'm talking barely any traction. So little traction that when you look at the chart of the growth of the channel in terms of the lifetime statistics, you don't even see anything register on the graph from 2007 to 2016. So I wanna emphasize this again. If you're doing something for the Lord and you wonder, when am I gonna start seeing fruitfulness? You have to remember why we obey. We obey because we love him. We obey because we wanna see souls saved. We obey because that's the assignment God gave to us. But it's also important to remember that obedience itself is success. Obedience itself is success. If we measure success simply by the metrics of man, well, and sometimes things with large metrics aren't of God and sometimes things with little metrics, they are of God. So the question in regards to ministry success and ministry fruitfulness and ministry growth, the question you have to ask yourself is simply this, am I obeying what God is telling me to do? And that's really it. It's simple faith and obedience, trust in action. And as you put that trust in action, now that obedience itself, that is success. So never mind the metrics. Now we rejoice in numbers because we want to see more people saved. Somebody asked me, David, do numbers matter to you? I said, yes, absolutely, numbers matter to me. And in fact, there's a whole book of numbers in the Bible. But numbers matter because numbers represent people. So this isn't about clout. This isn't about any one man or ministry. This isn't about, you know, celebrating numbers for the number's sake. I mean, I'm sure the team appreciates seeing all of their hard work culminate into something like this. And of course, we acknowledge that to some degree, but it's important to remember that numbers only matter because numbers are live trends transformed. And even if it was just one, one person hearing the gospel, one person receiving their healing or deliverance or being empowered, one person turning to Jesus. All of heaven rejoices in that. We rejoice with heaven when even one sinner repents. So remember that we measure our success. We measure our standard of fruitfulness by whether or not we're obeying God. Well, think about what God told Isaiah. He said, go and tell the people who will not listen. In other words, I'm gonna send you to people who aren't gonna hear a word that you have to say, but he was successful because he fulfilled the assignment that God had given to him. So while we celebrate these numbers because they represent people, let's keep a healthy balance in remembering that numbers alone do not dictate success. It's whether or not you've obeyed God. So 2007, we begin on YouTube. 2007, 2008, 2009, all the way up to 2016, very little traction. I'm telling you, I don't even think, oh yeah, there's the lifetime growth chart. I'm glad they have that there. Look at, okay, this is exactly what I was talking about. And by the way, guys, the staff is doing an amazing job. We thought, by the way, we thought we were gonna hit a million subs on Wednesday, but then things started picking up rapidly because of some recent teachings I've been doing on Spiritual Warfare. Like the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Just a huge influx of people saying they're being set free, their minds are being transformed. It's a beautiful thing to watch when the truth of the word begins to impact lives. And so recently, people have been really responding more specifically last week. People really responded well to some of the teachings we released. And so we're seeing sort of a boost from that. So the growth rate itself is growing. But look here, September 4th, 2007, so when I began the YouTube channel, and look here, you don't even see 2007 on the chart because nothing registered. And look how little, and by the way, I was putting out videos, so it's not like I wasn't doing anything. Look at how very little traction we gained. You can see just a little after 2014, right before 2015, you see a tiny bump. Well, that's when we started to see some movement on the channel. And if you look at 2016, you'll see this even larger, it looks about double that size, but still a very tiny bump. You'll see that there was this tiny influx. And that right there, 2016, was Sid Roth's It's Supernatural when I went on the program and it went somewhat viral online. And so we saw a little bit of boost from that and we stewarded well the growth that came in. Look at longevity depends upon stewardship. How well you steward the word, how well do you steward what God has given to you? And I see that we're just about 25 people away from our million subscribers. So watch the numbers fluctuate here, guys. Everyone wants to be that million, so I guess we'll see who it is. But Tim, if you can, bring that chart back up just for a second. I wanna show them something because there are people watching who maybe they're being encouraged to continue in the calling that God gave them. Look, what happened if, what would have happened had I quit in 2012 or 2014? That's almost seven years of doing it with really no response. And then if you look, 2018, 2020, we of course know what happened there. And 2020 was another big year for online ministries for obvious reasons. But if you'll notice, we didn't even see most of our growth until the last 24 months. So believe it or not, most of the growth that we have seen occurred in the past 24 months. Thank you, Tim, for that chart. And I think that's important to recognize because in that, see there, you guys go fighting for that millionth spot. So in that month, the 24th month, or the past 24 months, we saw the most growth. And what's interesting is I thank God that most of the growth came in the past 24 months. Because it was from 2007 all the way to 2020 that God was processing things in me. God was working things in me to help develop character that could sustain the fruitfulness of the ministry that God would bring. So we of course honor God. This is his doing. This is his ministry. It's for his glory to reach his people. And it's so that Jesus can reap the reward of his suffering. We wanna see people say he'll deliver and empowered unto God's glory for the purpose of his kingdom. But you know, don't be discouraged if you're not seeing fast immediate results. The difference between a star and a shooting star is that a shooting star gets attention, but it fades out quickly. But a star is faithful. A star remains fixed in the sky. And so this isn't about, of course, and I wanna make sure I'm careful with that analogy. This is not about glorifying man or looking at an individual and oh saying, oh, they're shining. It's just a simple analogy to help you understand longevity. Quick growth is dangerous. And so be very thankful if the Lord is processing you and celebrate where you are. So we have just about 24 to go. And if you're watching and you haven't subscribed yet or if you're watching and you're unsubscribed waiting to be the million subscriber, we're gonna ask everyone to go ahead and subscribe right now. Thank you to our viewers. Thank you to our supporters. Thank you to our partners, our wonderful spirit family. This is the movement that God has given to us. Listen, this is not just about one man or ministry. This is a holy spirit movement. No one can stop it. The truth and the power will go forward. God has favored this ministry. God has favored our movement. And we're now seeing the fruit of that. And I'm telling you this, this is only the beginning. This is just the springboard for what God is going to begin doing through his ministry in the next few years. So Steve, anything else you wanna say to our partners, the spirit family as we wait to cross over this milestone? I just wanna say, thank you guys so much. It really is an honor and a privilege to be a part of this ministry and to be a part of it since the beginning. Just going through all the years in my mind right now of all the times that I sang over and over again or tried to perfect what the Lord has given me. You would do several takes for one song just to get it right. Yep, I would do several takes and those late nights that we worked. And I just remember thinking, Lord, this is for you and you alone. And yeah, now we're here and it really is surreal. It really truly is surreal. I'm looking at these numbers. It's incredible. It really is incredible. So again, this matters because this represents lives that are being transformed. Think about the fact that the Holy Spirit touched your life through his ministry. He's the one creating the meals. I'm just the one serving them. I am your servant serving you the ministry that God wants to give to you. And so think about the fact that just as your life has been impacted by the Lord's ministry, by the Holy Spirit's ministry, just as your life has been impacted, think about that effect multiplied times a million. And think about that because it multiplies even more on other social media platforms that aren't even being counted here. This is just a single platform. And so we're thankful to the Lord. We're thankful to the precious Holy Spirit. And I wanna encourage you again, you're watching this and God gave you an assignment. There's something you're doing for his glory. Number one, do not measure your success by the metrics of man. Rather, measure your success by whether or not you've obeyed God. That is the key. And if God gave you the assignment, God will give you the ability to fulfill that assignment. And we do rejoice in numbers because these are lives transformed. But when all is said and done, one plants, one waters, only God is the one who can bring forth the harvest. Okay guys, 13 more. And this is, it's funny because I even told Mr. Lay in the back, I said, Tim, I almost wanna go live. Like right when we're at 999,995 or something because people are gonna wanna be that millionth. There he goes. Pardon? We're going, we're going up. Let's see it. So 992, 993. Let's see if it doesn't fluctuate. Hopefully we just go straight through. Oh, let's see what's happening here. Okay, 995. All right, here we go guys. Five, five more. Five more subs to a million. Come on. Four more subs to a million. Three more subs to a million. Two. One, here we go. People have gone. Wow, come on. We've reached a ministry milestone. One million YouTube subscribers and I can hear them cheering in the control room. They're all waving their phones and celebrating one million YouTube subscribers. That's just incredible. We honor again the precious Holy Spirit. We honor what God is doing through this ministry. It's his ministry, it's not ours. This is his work, not ours. This is his movement, it's not ours. We're just stewards, but we celebrate. Every life transformed. Every life transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Now, remember, this is only the beginning. Father, I pray that you would continue to use your platform. Lord, as we stay grounded on your word, trusting you. As we continue to declare your truth and only what your truth is as revealed in your word. As we continue to surrender to the precious Holy Spirit, as we continue to honor and glorify our wonderful Jesus. Father, we ask that you would continue to use this ministry to see people saved, healed, delivered and empowered. And we promise we will give you all the glory. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. I want you to say it because you believe it. Say, amen. Amen. Steve, anything you wanna say before we dismiss this special stream? Love you all, thank you so much. And this truly is the beginning of what God is gonna do in our generation. Love you. Well, we truly do love you, our wonderful supporters, our spirit family. This is our movement that God gave to us, to steward. It's not just me and Steve and the ministry team. This is all of us. God is using all of us. So let's be thankful for this movement and let's continue to press forward and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the world in the power of the Holy Spirit. And remember until next time, nothing is impossible with God.