 I want to share with you 10 signs that mark a genuine move of the Holy Spirit. And my goal here is that as I share these 10 different marks of a move of the Holy Spirit, that your faith would be stirred, that your spiritual hunger would intensify. I pray that as you listen to what can be ours, that everything in you would cry out for a move of God. Everything in you would say, Lord, do it in our day. You know, as I travel around the world and hold services in various regions, I see moves of the Holy Spirit in every single time I'm amazed. Every single time I say to myself, don't take this for granted, don't take this for granted. But I don't want to just see the Holy Spirit moving this way in our meetings, in our services. I want to see the Holy Spirit moving this way in the churches around the world. And in fact, there are many churches who are likewise experiencing similar moves of the Holy Spirit. This isn't the only place the Holy Spirit is moving. It's one of the places, but there are several anointed ministries and churches that are also contending for a true move of God. And we are in one. Did you hear what I said? We are in one. And the Holy Spirit is moving among us. And every time you're in a move of the Holy Spirit, it's exciting. It's lively. It's faith stirring. Moves of the Holy Spirit lift burdens and break bondages. Moves of the Holy Spirit profoundly transform minds and hearts. Moves of the Holy Spirit soften even the most stubborn of hearts. When the Holy Spirit begins to move, even your stubborn spouse will be saved. When the Holy Spirit begins to move, even your wayward children who were so rebellious and told you that they never wanted anything to do with God, even they will be filled with the Holy Spirit. Even they will begin to minister. Even they will begin to prophesy and pray in the Holy Ghost. Before I begin to talk about these signs, I want to make sure that we are grounded in truth because if we chase experience alone and we're not grounded in the Word, then as we begin to pursue signs and experience, we may not be discerning when receiving that power. Not all supernatural power is of the Holy Spirit. Not everyone who professes the name of Jesus is genuine. So we must ground ourselves in the Word. We have to stop seeing the Word of God as if it's a barrier to the moving of the Holy Spirit. And I know we don't think that consciously. I know that's not something that we say out loud. Well, the Word of God is a barrier to the move of the Holy Spirit. We don't say that outright, but think about some of the things that we say that actually reveal how this is somewhere hidden in our hearts. We'll say things like, wow, he just threw away his notes. He didn't even preach the Word. It was so powerful. Or she didn't even preach a message. She just started prophesying. She started casting out demons. She started praying for the sick. He did this. She did that. My question is, where's the Word? Now, I understand that there are some instances where the Holy Spirit will say, Okay, enough preaching. I want to demonstrate something now. There are services that that happens in, but we can't begin to see it in that way. We can't begin to look at the preaching as if it's somehow blocking the move. And I think we do that sometimes, especially when we come to services like these. We're going, okay, you've been preaching for 45 minutes. That leaves only about 30 minutes for miracles. My friend, these services go much longer than the average service. Why do we preach the Word? We preach the Word because the Word is the foundation for the move of the Holy Spirit. The Word is not a barrier for the Holy Spirit. The Word does not prevent power from being demonstrated. The Word is the reason God sends power from heaven. You see, when God raises a man or a woman, He doesn't raise that man or woman for the purpose of just raising them. Your call is not about your calling. The anointing God has placed on you is not about the anointing God has placed on you. Your fruitfulness in ministry is not about your success. No, when God raises a man or a woman, He does so with the intention of elevating His Word. And He'll back that Word with power if we'll honor it. And I say all that to say that even though we're pursuing a move of the hand of God, we must not, we cannot forget His heart. When you pursue the hand without pursuing the heart, you get the power but not the presence. You understand what He does but you miss His nature. And in knowing His nature, there's true intimacy. And in that intimacy with the Holy Spirit, there is safety and grounding. It's the foundational truth that keeps us safe as we navigate the world of the supernatural. The message cannot become healing. The message cannot become deliverance. The message cannot become the prophetic. The message cannot become prosperity. The message cannot become church and ministry growth. The message cannot become self-help. The message must remain centered, fixed on the person of Jesus. The message must be Jesus. The moment, the moment you shift your eyes from who He is to what He does, you are in danger. I want you to lift your hands, say it out loud, say, keep me safe. Write it in the comment section, watching live or replay. Simple words but let it be a public prayer. Keep me safe. I don't want to go chasing experiences. I want to chase Jesus. Far too many people are pursuing faith. Don't pursue faith. Pursue Jesus. Don't pursue miracles. Pursue Jesus. And in pursuing Him, the substance of who He is includes everything. He is the all in all. Because the moment we begin to focus on these things that He does, really that becomes the message. And then we elevate miracles to the place of Messiah. We elevate demonstration and we put it in Christ's place. And then we get to the point where miracles are happening and the name of Jesus isn't even mentioned anymore. My friend, when you pursue Jesus and when you come to know Him and walk with Him, you don't have to go chasing after signs. Signs will follow you. When you begin to walk with the Holy Spirit, when you begin to know Him in greater depths, when you begin to honor that presence on your life moment by moment, it's in that lifestyle that miracles naturally begin to happen. And so with that said, and our hearts purposed on staying focused on what truly matters, I'll begin to share with you now the ten marks of a true move of the Holy Spirit. Number one, the lost are saved. Acts chapter two, verses one through four. On the day of Pentecost, all the believers were meeting together in one place suddenly. There was a sound from heaven, like the roaring of a mighty windstorm. And it filled the house where they were sitting, then what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them, and everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability. So here we see the coming of the Holy Spirit jump down now to verse 40, look at the result of this powerful move of the Holy Spirit. Verse 40, then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, save yourselves from this crooked generation. Verse 41, those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day about 3,000 in all. What a wonderful testimony of souls coming into the kingdom. By the way, we understand that Peter denied the Lord three times. This is the one who cowered in the corner when confronted with the question of whether or not he knew the Lord. Now, this is not a criticism of him, that's just what's recorded in Scripture. I doubt you and I would have done any better in that situation. It probably would have been frightening. So Peter denies the Lord three times. But you notice here now such power, such restoration. In one sense, he denies Jesus. In one moment, he denies the Lord. But after this fresh touch of power, he's standing up in the city, preaching for a long time, declaring the truths of the gospel, unashamed to boldly declare the gospel message. And what happens, people get saved, 3,000. So for every time he denied Jesus, 1,000 were added to the church. That's redemption. And that's what the Holy Spirit did. He turned the situation around. When the Holy Spirit begins to move, there is a great sweeping in of souls. That day is now. We're in that moment. I'm telling you right now that the world is afraid right now. The world is cowering in the corner. The world is anxious about the future. The world is concerned about the conflict of nations, the state of the economy, the political situations that are becoming tense, the possible food shortages and supply shortages that they're all talking about. But I'm here to tell you that no matter what is happening in our world, that no matter what we're facing, the church, we, the children of God, have nothing to fear. This is not the time to back down. This is not the time to slow down. This is not the time to hide in the corner. This is the time for the great harvest of souls, and if we're not careful, we'll miss it. We must be about our Father's business. A true move of the spirit will bring in souls en masse. And that's what we're seeing. We're seeing it, church. We're seeing it. And it is not the time to fret, throw up our hands and say, Lord, get us out of here. When the Holy Spirit moves, souls are swept in. Number two, the sick are healed. Acts chapter 10 verse 38. And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. So here we see that Jesus used the healing of the sick as a part of his ministry strategy. You know what Jesus did? Jesus would go from city to city, find a synagogue or some public place where he could gather a crowd, and then he would teach the word, and after he would teach the word, he would heal the sick and he would drive out devils. That was his strategy. And we must get back to the simplicity of the strategy that Jesus modeled for us. Mark chapter 16 verses 15 through 18. And by the way, Mark 16 verses 15 through 18, regarding that portion of scripture, there are many who will say that that portion of scripture was later added to Mark chapter 16. But in fact, as you begin to study it, you will find that this has kind of been like an old wives tale passed around among scholars. In other words, one scholar believed it because another one said it was settled. And if you follow the history of this, I don't have time to get into all of it, and to be honest with you, I'd be out of my depth to try to explain it to you. I know it well enough to know it, but not yet to explain it. There's a book. I believe the man's name is something snap. James Snap, I believe his name is. Mark chapter 16 verses 15 through 18 was actually included in the original manuscripts. But anyway, that's besides the point. Verse 15. And then he told them, go into all the world and preach the good news to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned. Verse 17. These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe. Those who what? They believe. Okay. So this is talking about those who believe the message that the apostles preached. This is not saying that this is a special ability only given to the apostles. It's saying that as a result of the message that the apostles preach, that those who believe their message will do these things. The Bible says they will cast out demons in my name. By the way, to cast out demons in the name of Jesus they will do it in his power and his authority. And they will speak in new tongues. They will be able to handle snakes with safety and that is talking about demonic power. And if they drink anything poisonous it won't hurt them. Jesus said don't test the Lord your God. So it's not saying go and drink some bleach. It's saying that if you do happen to drink something poisonous that the Lord will protect you. It won't hurt them. Then they will be able to put hands on the sick and they will be healed. Healing miracles are real. Healing miracles still happen. I've seen things that I cannot explain. Now of course there are the skeptics and then there are the cynics. The skeptics wonder if miracles are real. The cynics are determined to believe they aren't. And the skeptics will ask questions will the cynics will continue to criticize. Some people genuinely want to know and others don't want to know and they'll be willingly ignorant the Bible says. In the Greek it means dumb on purpose. But the reality is that miracles ultimately need no defense. That's the power of the healing miracle. And when the Holy Spirit begins to move you'll begin to hear of those miracles. In fact that's why you hear of the miracles here in these services. It's not because I'm here I promise you that. It's not because Steve led the worship. It's not because there's something special about the building. No. It's because it's a move of the Holy Spirit. It's his power and he backs the name of Jesus. Number three the captives are set free. John chapter 8 verse 36. So if the sun sets you free you are truly free. When the Holy Spirit begins to move. God's people are set free from bondage, deception addictions, and strongholds. What would take you years to overcome the Holy Spirit does for you in an instant. That's the power of God and there's no formula for it. It's a simple act of his hand. We also know that demons begin to come out of the unbeliever. Matthew chapter 12 verse 28. But if I am casting out demons by spirit of God then the kingdom of God has arrived among you. It's time to set the captives free. Think about the demoniac in Mark chapter 5 and how after he had a legion of demons driven out of him he begged to follow Jesus. His deliverance led to his devotion. Mary Magdalene the Bible says had seven driven out of her and after those demons were driven out of her she followed after Jesus. It's God's goodness that leads a man to repentance. Church we have got to stop being uncomfortable with what Jesus did on a regular basis. If you want to truly walk in that power, you truly want to move of the Holy Spirit then you're going to have to be willing to drive out demons from the kingdom. The world is under the power of another kingdom. The world is under the control of demonic forces and they're hopeless and frightened. They don't know what should be done. Can you imagine being an unbeliever with no biblical reference for what's happening to you with the torment with the nightmares with the inability to control your physical capacities on some occasion with these beings speaking through you. What a frightening world. What hope is given when they finally sense peace and they wonder what was that that I sensed and then the Holy Spirit drives those demonic powers out they fall to their knees and call out to Jesus as Lord. It's time church to set the captives free. Not only are God's people freed from deception and from addictions and strongholds but the unbeliever is also set free from oppression and oppression and demonization. Number four, holiness is emphasized. First Peter 1, 2, God the Father knew you and chose you long ago and his spirit has made you holy. I like to call him the holiness spirit. He's the Holy Spirit. He's the one who sanctifies you. He does that work in your life and if only we will cooperate with the process goes along much quicker. As a result look at that. As a result you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace. The Holy Spirit calls our attention to those things that are destroying our lives. Compromise whether it's what someone would consider large or what most people would consider small. Compromise is devastating to your spiritual life. Compromise is devastating to your peace of mind and as we begin to tolerate sin we lose the ability to approach God. Notice I did not say that God rejects you. I said we lose our ability to approach him. Why? Very often when we come to the place of shame it's difficult to approach him in prayer not because he's rejecting us. He's welcoming us all the time. But it's that when we approach him we're so filled with shame that we do this sort of spiritual projection and we project our sense of shame and we think that God sees us the same way we see ourselves. Makes it difficult to pray. Makes it difficult to read the word. Makes it difficult to lift your hands in worship and join in with the body of believers. That's why we have to remove sin and instead embrace holiness. Nothing kills personal revival like sin. And the Holy Spirit is dealing with his people pleading with them to repent of those things that they know they not they should not be doing. Those little areas in your life that you think aren't affecting anyone. And it very well may be that what you are doing doesn't come out. It very well may be that what you're doing may not be publicly exposed. But even then something is being destroyed in you and the person you are becoming because of the secret sin is affecting everyone around you. Holiness is emphasized in a move of the Holy Spirit. There is an agonizing over the sin nature. There is a travailing over our wrongdoing. We begin to plead with God to deal with us and to help us that's a true move of the nature of the Holy Spirit in you. You begin to love what God loves and hate what God hates. And if you allow him to he'll bring you to the place where what once tempted you will now disgust you. You can get to that place but you must flow with the Holy Spirit. Number five in a true move of the Holy Spirit the fire of evangelism is ignited. Acts chapter 1 verse 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere in Jerusalem, throughout Judea in Samaria and to the ends of the earth the purpose of power is proclamation. The church becomes focused on souls again. Once the Holy Spirit has dealt with the sin in the church the church can then go declaring the gospel to the world announcing that they can be free of that sin too. My friend when you come near to the Holy Spirit you begin to develop that heart for souls. When you come near to that fire of evangelism something in you is ignited and you begin to develop a compassion for the lost a heartache for their suffering I think about the fact that often in Scripture when someone was crying out for help God would send them a servant who is crying out for help who is calling out who is calling out for deliverance my friend God is raising a people and he wants to send you to the drug addicted he wants to send you to the suicidal he wants to send you to the depressed and the hopeless and the abused he wants to send you to those who are struggling with mental illness and lack of peace and lack of joy he wants to send you to those crying out God are you real fire in you begins to stir when Moses came into contact with this fire he went from just serving his father-in-law to leaving with an assignment for a nation that's what happens in moves of the Holy Spirit we are assigned to nations nations become our focus when he came near to that burning bush which was not consumed and he had an experience with this flame with this heavenly fire that begin to stir something in him that begin to cause him to look at the people of Israel in suffering God says I've heard their cry we must ask can we hear the cry can you hear the cry of the loss can you hear the cry of those who are groaning for salvation who are living under the weight of sin hoping that that burden could somehow be lifted the scripture declares that his hand is not too short that it cannot save and he indeed wants to save those who are lost but it begins with that fire of evangelism the church begins to focus on evangelizing again number six the gifts of the Holy Spirit are stirred we read in first Corinthians chapter 12 a comprehensive list of some of the gifts of the Holy Spirit that function within the body of Christ anything that is spiritual is stirred, intensified and made use of in a move the Holy Spirit so the spiritual gifts begin to become activated now that's a word that's become demonized these days you talk about activating a spiritual gift and suddenly people have their Christian conspiracy tinfoil hats on I see the comments all the time are you part of the NAR I don't even know what that is it's some shadowy non-existent union of evil people who are conspiring against the church I don't know it's conspiracy Christianity paranoid the moment you use a term like activated it's on the same lines of the they even know it's funny it's on the same lines of the shape of a triangle somewhere you must be the Illuminati I didn't know that the devil owned geometry or that he's the one who formed these shapes so it's conspiracy Christianity and I start you use the word activated you must be of the devil and I'm thinking don't you realize that activate is a biblical concept we understand that God has already deposited these gifts we understand that the Holy Spirit is the one who gives these gifts we understand that the Holy Spirit empowers us to use them within the body of Christ but we must participate with what he is doing how are you supposed to see the gift of healing work if you're not laying hands on the sick how are you supposed to use the gift of prophecy if you choose to keep your mouth closed how are you supposed to use the gift of discernment if you just never pay attention to anything the gifts require participation participation causes them to be used that is the simple phrase activate that's all we mean by it but in a move of the Holy Spirit those gifts become stirred those gifts become how shall I say intensified this makes some people uncomfortable again coming back to what I said earlier I am not saying that these things become the focus but they are a result of what happens when the Holy Spirit begins to move number seven believers become raptured in glorious worship oh my goodness you know those moments where you just know that you know that you know that something is resting on the worship it's beyond sound systems and lighting and music and hype there's nothing wrong with presenting our songs to the Lord with excellence nothing wrong at all just read the book of Revelation see all of the imagery surrounding the throne room of God that's some elaborate worship right there but you know I've been in Bible studies 10-15 of us no hype no trying to work out a move of God we're just from our emotions in fact I remember one instance where I was worshiping with fellow believers and the group I was with was a very theological group like very, you know, cerebral I'm not saying they weren't spiritual but they leaned more cerebral than spiritual and you know if there was any group that wasn't going to hype a moment or exaggerate a moment it was that group and we're standing there just about 12 of us in the living room just worshiping it was CD worship I think it was Michael W. Smith we just played it just like every Friday night we were just worshiping and all of a sudden this is the best way I can explain it it was like the gravity in the room got stronger and everyone just kind of felt this like pool and this press on us and I remember standing there worshiping and I sensed and it wasn't just a physical sensation it was like overflowing joy overflowing peace I didn't want that CD to end I was a little sad that it was timed pre-recorded I remember we're just worshiping and I'm thinking this is a genuine sense of his presence that I'm feeling and I'm like I'm wondering if anybody else in the group is because you know I'm a little different I'm wondering if anybody else in the group is feeling this and I look up and they're all weeping and I look up and one of them looks at me like he goes like this may like this like I don't know what this is but this is incredible and after the worship ended I asked Michael did you guys feel that and everyone just sort of looked around the room in amazement and said yeah we felt that it was such a pure it was so sincere it was so pure it was just a touch of God's spirit on that moment and that's what happens in these moments of Holy Spirit revival there is the press of God on the people I've been in services where the people are pressing into heaven but I love much more the services where God is pressing into us how do you get there no method no protocol I can't say well A you start in the key of G and B you do too slow at the beginning that's the trick there's no formula it's just the presence of the Holy Ghost number eight prayer comes a priority prayer helps to bring about moves of the Holy Spirit but moves of the Holy Spirit likewise bring about prayer there was a revival that began to stir in Southern California in the year 1976 my dad was a part of it my grandparents were part of it and what began to happen seemingly out of nowhere this was not just local to Southern California it was called the Jesus people movement it swept the nation but one of the products I could say are the results of that overall national sovereign move of God was this revival that was taking place in Southern California it wasn't like somebody called together all the heads of all the denominations and all the pastors and major ministry leaders and said hey let's start having revival it just swept the nation there was no explaining it and while I understand that part of it is us and part of it is God ultimately it's God it's just ultimately it's God yes we are revival yes we should become revival yes we should walk in revival but even all that requires the desire to do it which comes from the Holy Spirit in those who have received him I don't understand all these things but I do know I desire to see that and I remember hearing stories about all of these pastors who I now knew as a teenager well that's pastor so-and-so that's pastor so-and-so that's pastor so-and-so and my family would tell me well that used to be gang leader so-and-so drug addicts so-and-so and they weren't doing it like in an accusatory way they were testifying to God's goodness Sergio you know what I'm talking about Steve you know exactly what I'm talking about Jerry you guys remember these these pastors we all saw and some that were that should have died some that should have been in prison I know a man who was serving several life sentences and one day they just called his number and said you're free to go and to this day he had no explanation for it I do know this that this man probably and I don't say it like it's a competition but probably one of the five most spiritual people I've ever met not spiritual isn't like I know the word I can debate or not like that I'm talking like like he's like beaming with love like I've seen grown men within 30 seconds of talking to this guy just break down sobbing and he sir he was serving life sentences powerful story and I'm looking at all these pastors that came out of this revival and some time later I find that in fact there was a little group Bible study of little old church ladies who years prior to this sovereign move of God would meet every week guys every week for years praying that God would begin to touch the gang members and the drug addicts in those areas and praying specifically that they would become pastors evangelists and prophets moves of the Holy Spirit yes our birth out of prayer but then something powerful begins to happen that prayer that births the move causes the move to birth more prayer and it multiplies prayer becomes a priority number nine get ready for this controversy and criticism are attracted 28 to 30 excuse me the scriptural reference for the last one was Galatians 5 16 to 18 and the way I wanted to explain that was that the Holy Spirit desires to do all things spiritual through you one of those desires being prayer as we see in several other references Luke chapter 4 verses 28 through 30 says when they heard this the people in the synagogue were furious jumping up they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill of Jesus on which the town was built they intended to push him over the cliff and this is supernatural but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way I always missed that miracle it's not like he was going excuse me I got to get past you we're talking about a mob grabbing him trying to drive him off the cliff and he just that must have been wild to witness and in Luke chapter 6 verses 6 to 11 we see that Jesus decides to heal on the Sabbath day a man with the deformed right hand as you know many of you this was found upon by the religious establishment because you weren't supposed to do work on the Sabbath and Jesus told them pick up your mat that's work so instead of rejoicing that they had witnessed a miracle right before their very eyes they were angered by the fact that Jesus wasn't following the protocol that they thought they had and they thought that he had to follow why because they lost their sense of control partly why people criticize these things because they lose their sense of control you know the Pharisees and it's funny we just kind of throw those words around Pharisee you're religious you're a Pharisee and it's sort of lost its meaning so the definition of a Pharisee is not someone who doesn't listen to me in a debate the definition of someone being religious is not someone who disagrees with you and is unwilling to change their mind well you're religious and it's not even someone who insists on biblical accuracy we have a problem with that too where we label people who say well this doesn't look like it's in the scripture ah religious no no no that's not exactly right I understand some people take either extreme but here we see that this religious spirit this mindset I should say is more upset about a all being violated and these religious leaders they had the law they had the Old Testament that was their reference point but they missed the whole idea of it they missed the way to your matters of the law I believe many people do that today with the New Testament this is not to say that we shouldn't follow it absolutely we should it's the inspired word of God perfect inherent but I think many times that people miss what God is communicating through it and they cling to phrases they cling to small ideas not realizing that those small ideas are merely mechanisms for God communicating greater truth now we as believers follow the New Testament the epistles of Paul the list of things that are condemned of course we need to understand that so please don't hear what I'm not saying I believe the Bible is inherent what I'm saying is even though the Bible is inherent man's interpretation of it isn't people act like their study methods were inspired by the Holy Spirit oh it's getting quiet well that's descriptive not prescriptive wait a minute if God did it for them why can't he do it for me these are things that people criticize and structure and when the Holy Spirit begins to move what they can't control and what they refuse to understand becomes their enemy they begin to attack and begin to criticize do you know what we ought to do with critics pray for them do you realize that you and I as believers are not called to curse anyone do you know what I pray for the critics of the moves of the Holy Spirit that we experience I pray God flood them with your goodness bless them generationally Lord I pray you keep them strong and healthy fill them with your spirit pray for every I pray for every aspect of their lives that God would bless them and I pray that their children and grandchildren will become spirit filled tongue talkers like me that's my prayer why because we bless so moves of the Holy Spirit will always draw criticism but that is one sign that he's actually moving now many people will use that reality and use it as a license to teach a bunch of weird things and then say well you're just criticizing a move of God like no sometimes people teach some weird things and they teach some heresy and some very bizarre doctrines that's not what I'm saying and no one is above correction but what I'm saying is that sometimes people criticize the actual move of the Holy Spirit and finally number 10 believers step into their callings Matthew chapter 9 verse 37 says he said to his disciples the harvest is great but the workers are few so pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest ask him to send more workers into his field okay that's at the end of Matthew chapter 9 imagine this Jesus tells the disciples okay the harvest is ready like the time is now workers are few so you pray to the Lord of the harvest to send forth workers now here's what's interesting to me Jesus tells them the disciples you pray for God to send workers and then look at the next chapter 10 1 Jesus called his 12 disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits into every kind of disease and illness wait a minute he said you pray and then they went interesting do you realize that prayer is less about causing something and more about becoming someone prayer is less about God send the answer and more about becoming God's answer in the earth prayer is less about God you do it and more about God do it through me those most affected by prayer are the ones who pray it causes you to become the will of God in the earth believers when the Holy Spirit stirs us it's not just to entertain us wow we went to that revival meeting it was great the Holy Spirit moved and to this point some of the critics actually have a good point what's the purpose of all of that and I agree what's the purpose is it really just to have super spiritual experiences that make us feel is it really just to say that we had encounters with the supernatural is it just because people are bored and want something interesting to do on weeknights what good are the stirrings of the spiritual gifts if you're not going what good is all that edification if you're not doing anything with it what good is God depositing that power if you're not going to step into the purpose that he designed specifically for you true moves of the Holy Spirit will cause people the people of God to say here am I Lord send me I want to go send me to the nations send me to the city send me to my loved ones that's the purpose of power you don't have to be an apostle a pastor a teacher an evangelist or a prophet you don't have to be a deacon or a bishop or a leader as is described in the New Testament God is looking not just to empower those of you with pulpits he wants to empower everyone because everyone has a purpose he wants to empower sons and daughters mothers and fathers brothers and sisters he wants to empower students and business people people who work in the towers the business world people who work in the fields he wants the professional and the layman he wants the young and the old he wants the rich and the poor he wants both the sick and the healthy everyone has a purpose and when those moves of the Holy Spirit begin to stir on the earth that's the time when heaven touches earth it's time to step through the door we can keep telling ourselves one day one day one day one day maybe we've heard sermons like this before a thousand times over yes I know I have a purpose but really what have we done with the preaching we've heard we imagine that one day a set of circumstances so ideal is going to present itself and that we're gonna go this is now the perfect time to begin doing something can I just be honest with you that day is not coming we see ourselves often some future doing something for God not realizing that that begins now daily obedience in both the big and the small right here right now that's how you fulfill God's call daily obedience in both the big and the small right here right now that is how you fulfill God's call I want him to have all he held nothing back from I don't want to hold anything back from him if you are hungry spiritually hungry for a genuine move of the Holy Spirit I'm gonna ask you to do something right now and even those of you watching online I'm gonna ask you to do something but don't do it because everyone else is doing it in fact don't even look around the room and don't look online in the comment section to see if anyone else is doing it you respond if you say in your heart that you want it even if no one else does that you'll go even if no one else goes with you you want that those of you who are here I want you to stand and come stand at this altar and those of you online I want you to begin to comment two simple words I surrender I surrender right two simple words right now let that be a public declaration don't be ashamed don't be afraid just write that in the comment section I surrender and the many of you who are up here now we're just gonna pray we're just gonna ask the Lord to begin to work in our hearts Steve I want that song this is my desire to honor you just have him play it please I want those of you down here in the front just begin to pray in the Holy Spirit just begin to pray in the Holy Spirit you watching online do exactly the same Jesus we love you give it to him give him the insecurity give him the worry give him the hurt give him the compromise give it to him Allam Lord it's my desire to honor you spend my life for your glory say that out loud to him say spend my life for your glory you mean that say it again spend my life for your glory Father I pray for these present now as well as those who are watching live and as well as those who will see this long after we've been live Father I pray in the name of Jesus for that empowering presence begin to touch them encourage them strengthen them Father we break every bondage in the mighty name of Jesus we come against every attack of the enemy in the mighty name of Jesus Father I pray that there would be a river of life flowing through this broadcast now let that river of life I sense him now let that river of life flow touch each one Lord I give you glory keep praying church keep praying just another minute or so pray loudly and boldly loudly and boldly you watching online do the same do the same keep praying keep praying keep praying we love you Lord Steve can we sing that song this is my desire this is my desire to honor you to honor friends and tell them church Lord I give you my heart so Father we give you our lives again we surrender all over again use our lives we pray just take another minute or two ask him for a move of the Holy Spirit in your life it's great that we see the Holy Spirit moving in these services that's wonderful it's a privilege it's a joy to be a part of this I've not been a part of anything like it ever it's a joy that he moves in the services that we have all around the world but ask him for a move of the Holy Spirit in your own life that's the purpose of these gatherings you online ask him to just take a minute or two you don't have to be loud you don't have to scream you don't have to beg just ask him ask him you watching online just ask him Lord move in my life we pray this now many of you are sensing that precious touch of the Holy Spirit's hand many of you are sensing that precious touch of the Holy Spirit's hand don't rush this moment now don't rush this moment you watching online don't rush this moment all too often we just rush the Holy Spirit or we attempt to and we miss we miss what he's doing but you love him tell him you want him to use your life this is a holy moment and what's your name right here in the front what's your name it's the presence of the Lord on you that's the presence of the Lord on you sweet presence the sweet presence of the Lord Jesus we honor you we can sing it now things so deep in you right now I saw like a hand of light reaching into you completely removing so many of the things you've been asking for him to heal there's a deep spiritual emotional and mental and physical healing happening to you complete and total he forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases saved healed set free pray church pray pray pray pray saved healed set free it's the beauty of the Lord's presence what are you sensing him doing right now can you explain it no I just feel his presence it's very strong it's very strong Jesus we honor you will you just reverently please take your seats again quietly reverently give you an opportunity to partner with what we're doing as a ministry as many of you know this ministry you can stay with me as many of you know this ministry is expanding in this season and we are seeing the Lord really favor this work and I assure you of this it's not because of me it's his work I'm just a steward I just take care of and serve under God's work and so I want to ask you who are present here as well as those of you who are watching online to help us I'm asking you as your brother in Christ I'm coming to you knowing that you are generous people you are a loving people you are a people who loves the gospel who loves souls who loves themselves and really we have an opportunity we have both an opportunity and a responsibility we have a responsibility because if we don't fund the gospel no one will if the church doesn't fund the gospel who will fund the gospel look the gospel itself is free but if you want to deliver it on a mass scale the means of delivery that's what costs I could go door by door and knock on doors in the neighborhood and tell them about Jesus and that's good and that's effective and that's wonderful and there's nothing wrong with that but what God's called us to do as a ministry is to be a media ministry this means we don't knock on doors we speak to the cameras and instead of talking to one person at a time we could talk to 100,000 people at a time what God has called us to do and I'm not saying that it's the only way to do it but we found this is where God has gifted us and so to help us place the 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Lord to be blessed financially not that they may consume it for themselves but Father that they may be a blessing to the kingdom Lord I thank you that our giving is like a weapon in your hand I pray you use it and help our ministry to steward this with wisdom give me wisdom give our board of directors wisdom give our staff wisdom as we steward the resources that have been sacrificed by your people and we pray Lord you bless our efforts and cause us to see a great sweeping in of souls we pray souls might be saved and believers might be discipled we pray it in the name of Jesus and everyone who agreed said well thank you for joining us online remember until next time nothing is impossible with God