 Good morning everyone. Welcome to this class on the Feast of Supernatural Ministry. It's day and getting to our session for today. I just pray, Heavenly Father, we thank you for this time that you have given us and Father we pray that Lord you will give us the understanding we need O God to really walk in the things that you're calling us to walk in. Father we ask for your blessing upon this class O God. And Father we give you all the glory and honour in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. So in the last class we talked about the fact that we have an invitation from Jesus to walk in the supernatural. We have seen how he asked for his disciples to go and demonstrate the kingdom of God by healing people, by setting them free, by cleansing lepers. He also sent 70 others and then there is the great commission in which each one of us have been commissioned to go and do the mighty works of God. We saw how they noticed a man who is unnamed in the Bible who was doing these supernatural works but Jesus never stopped that person and he told the disciples also not to stop that person because everyone who was demonstrating the kingdom of God from what Jesus said is that they were serving God and so we must not stop those who are serving God. We later on went ahead with the subject on sonship glory and we understood that Jesus walked on this earth in the glory that God gave him which is the sonship glory and we also saw passages where Jesus prayed and asked the Father to give us that sonship glory. So today every believer has the privilege of walking in the same sonship glory that Jesus had and we clarified it. It's not that we are trying to compete with Jesus. He is deity of course. He is God and he had a different glory up in heaven but when he walked the earth he was able to do it in a powerful manner because of the sonship glory which each believer carries and there was also another question from us where we asked if glory only means the sonship glory is only about the supernatural and I shared that yes huge part of the glory that we are talking about the sonship glory is the supernatural because in John chapter 2 when the miracle took place John wrote and said Jesus manifested his glory. So what does it mean? It means that the supernatural is included in that glory and we could even say that the glory has to do greatly with the supernatural because nowhere else there is this description regarding the glory of Jesus until the moment when the supernatural was manifested. So our understanding is that God wants us also to demonstrate the sonship glory which means he wants us to demonstrate the supernatural in and through our lives and we looked at the empowering of the Holy Spirit. When God calls us to do something we are empowered and we are equipped to do it. That's why God is even asking us to do those things so we have the anointing of the Holy Spirit the same Holy Spirit who who did the miracles in the ministry of Jesus is with us and so we can expect the same power in our lives and we also briefly talked about the authority which has been given to us. Now having the power of the Holy Spirit is one matter and also carrying authority. We said exusia right God gives us the authority and he says now you will go and you will do greater works than what Jesus himself has done so as believers we are carrying both the power of the Holy Spirit as well as the authority that God has given us to walk in the supernatural realm so believers can demonstrate the same power of God as the Lord Jesus did 2000 years ago and we can manifest the glory of God the glory of God will reveal the grace, the truth and the power of God in and through our lives. So now we finally come to the keys that we need to discuss about our course. There are a total of 8 keys that we will discuss one by one. I will read out the list first to all of us. First would be the understanding of the realm of the Spirit so that is the first key. The second one is faith the third one is the power of the word fourth one the renewed mind fifth one is the anointing of the Spirit sixth is God's presence and glory seventh is proclamation and action. Eighth is persistence so these are the keys that we would need to understand and begin to function in so we will go one by one so that we can have some in depth hold on these subjects. So the first one is understanding the realm of the Spirit so all of us as believers recognize that we live in this natural world but there is a spiritual realm as well. So there is a spiritual reality not just as believers I think there are so many people out there who have not yet accepted Christ but somewhere they may have experienced this spirit realm or people who are part of the occult who do experience the existence of beings or the power that comes from another realm even they would tell you that yeah it's true that is the natural realm but there is another realm which is the spirit realm for us as believers we admit the existence of the spirit realm but we have to go one step ahead accepting that there is a spiritual realm is but normal many of us say yeah God is there angels are there power of God is there you know and when we pray things happen so we only go that far but to say that from the spiritual or from the natural realm there are things that we can engage in which will affect the spirit realm and in turn that spirit realm will affect us. So that understanding many of us may not have now many of us may even have that understanding that yes there is this whole connection and things affect us from the spirit realm but we as believers may not admit that it is possible that the spiritual realm overrides the natural realm or in other words the spiritual realm can have an impact or a bearing on the natural realm in a powerful way now that is something that we may not admit or we may not have thought about it or we may not even be concerned about the importance of that like the spirit reality overriding or the spiritual reality impacting the natural reality. So I will explain myself as we go further now when things happen in the natural if we just go with whatever is happening and we don't really depend on the word of God or the presence of the Holy Spirit we are not showing that we accept that the spiritual realm can actually influence us because we are like every other person who is just going about life normally but as a believer when I know that certain things that I do say or believe can cause the impact of the spiritual realm on my life then I am really engaging in what exists and what God has made available. So that is the most important thing for us as believers to recognize the spiritual realm and to take up the position that we should in order for the spiritual realm to override the natural realm causing a change or an impact so things like let's say prayer we may look at our city, we may look at our nation and we can list out the many things that are not correct or crimes or injustice and we can just say that that's how things are, yeah there is a God and there God is a God of justice but yeah these things are going on and we can resign to that but if as a believer I understand that the spiritual realm can actually override the natural reality yes many things are wrong but when I am a believer I can pray so when I pray what happens the supernatural starts to affect the natural that's what the bible says we can pray for our city, we can pray for our leaders, we can pray against the crime that is taking place or the things that are going wrong so as believers engaging the spirit realm to see a change or an impact is what is required so for me one key to flow in the supernatural is to in every circumstance to recognize what's happening in the natural is there a connection to what is happening now to the spirit realm if there is is there anything I can do to engage and see the power of that upon the natural realm so when I practice that then each time I can see the spiritual or the supernatural overriding the natural or let's say for example you know somebody sick so we can pray we can minister healing what is that the supernatural is overriding the natural or let's say you know there is like a problematic situation in someone's home it may have to do with some sort of demonic influence so when I recognize that I have a sense that what I'm seeing is not just what exists there is more to it so in the spirit realm what is the connection right so you're being sensitive to the existence of the spirit realm and so then what do we do okay I sense that there is a demonic influence then we take charge of that we go against it in the name of Jesus and we see the natural reality change there is a change in that particular circumstance so this is what is important for a believer who wants to flow in the supernatural don't just admit that there is a spirit realm because that is only step one and that step one so many people do even unbelievers do that doesn't help much but to admit that there is a spirit realm and to understand how to engage the spirit realm to affect the natural realm not just affect override the natural realm that was the life of Jesus isn't it so Jesus always walked with the understanding or the reality of the spirit realm and he was ready to minister because he just knew how to engage the spirit realm and the natural realm so in a way we can use the term amphibious when we talk about some organisms creatures they live in the water and they also live on the land like frogs so they are amphibians we call them but as believers we must be in the world but not off the world we must be so in tune with the natural realities but at the same time be very sensitive to the spiritual realities because it's not like everything that's going on in the natural is independent it's just happening on its own there are many things that are connected to the spiritual realm so though we are living a natural life to have the awareness of the spiritual realm is very important and you know we could talk about so many examples of this but I'll just move on the life of Jesus itself is a great example of how he lived on the earth but at the same time he was talking about the heavenly father you know the father he didn't do this or I heard the father so he's in tune it's something that we need to practice to be in the natural world but to also be very much part of the spiritual world and so when this happens the supernatural will become quite frequent so when we encounter a crisis maybe you know like let's take the time when Jesus found that people were hungry and they needed to be fed food it's a crisis what do we do now people are hungry and to find a solution anyway God decided that a miracle is the best solution for that moment and because he knew that there is a spiritual realm he was living in the awareness of the possibility of a miracle and the miracle happened so how did the crisis get solved not through a natural logical solution but through a supernatural solution so even in our own lives day to day we face circumstances and we are thinking what should I do you know bad news problem difficulty challenge what is the best solution we can even trust God for miracles and miracles take place if we are engaging but if we are just going about you know in the normal way and we say yeah this is let's just deal with it in the most natural way you know do a research and just find what are the three options that anyway exist we'll just work out any one of those three options but there can be a fourth option that comes from God maybe a word of wisdom you get in that moment this or speak to someone call so and so so when I am aware of the spiritual realm and I am aware that I can engage the spiritual realm walking in the supernatural becomes you know really very common to each of us so just pray and trust God so I am reminded of one example of last week I think some of us here we were going looking for a place we needed a place right for us here and that afternoon just before we went I was praying I was like okay God we are going to go and we are looking for this place so like what should we do it shouldn't be like we go and we waste hours of time and we don't find anything and I was just having a quick lunch before going and it just came that thing came to my spirit like you know God is able to lead you to just that right place so that you don't even have to look because he knows which one you are going to choose at the end anyhow right so he can just take you to that place why do you even want to go look around I thought yeah interesting thought you know but somewhere in my heart before I started the car I said yes Lord you can do it I am saying amen to it you can do it and I think some of us also went right so we went we did look around a little bit but then somehow we kind of zeroed in on a particular place and things just worked out you know we didn't even the whole exercise didn't take like four hours that I had put down okay four minimum four hours we have to go around but I don't know I mean there have been times that we went looking for something and it took days and months I'm still looking for some places for other projects but the point I'm making is I realized these are everyday matters okay but we can be in tune with the father and say okay God what are you saying what should we do what am I sensing right and that day when we actually kind of went into that place I you know you can feel that connect of what you were sensing and what God is doing and I was really no yes God you can do it you can take us to just one place and make it happen why not that's a possibility it may not be logical logic says you have to spend whatever X number of days and figure out and but in the supernatural it can happen in moments it can happen in you know an hour so to be aware of the supernatural that is step one but to really be sensitive and know how to engage the supernatural to bring that into the natural reality that is a key for us to walk in the supernatural so as we talk about the existence of these two realms what are some things that we must understand one thing is we must understand the greatness of God and have this strong belief that with God nothing shall be impossible otherwise we are limited to the solutions that the book offers us we are only limited yeah I'll just come to you so we are only limited maybe you can take the mic in the meantime we are only limited to the solutions that you know the natural mind can offer but when we know that God is so great it opens us up to a greater possibility right so yeah knowing the greatness of God will help us to like you know walk effectively between these two realms okay Anand something you want to ask just sorry to disturb you when we are talking about the spiritual limb to natural so is there any key to how to be more sensitive for the Holy Spirit okay how to be more sensitive to the Holy Spirit the way we improve our listening is by listening more isn't it that's the only way so guess God is talking but every day I need to ask the question like what is God saying not just when I'm reading the Bible you know like when I'm driving or I'm just at my job or even like when I'm speaking to you all I'm thinking what is a new thing that I'm learning even as I'm speaking to you what is God saying what is God showing so that is a posture of hearing Anand okay so when you're in that posture of hearing what happens is you hear and you're trying to focus you're trying to hear from God all the time it just improves and improves and improves okay so to be in that posture is the starting point and then there are so many other things that we can talk about something like even praying in tongues okay it stirs up you can stir yourself up when you pray in tongues pray in the spirit and I mean I don't know which scripture and verse to give to you but I have practiced it and I have also heard others share the same thing with me saying you know you pray more in the spirit and there are times when I prayed more in the spirit that even let's say Sunday service and ministering or something I just get words of knowledge I just get like pictures it just comes so much faster so yeah most of the times I heard from you and pastor jakes was like saying like when we are walking when we are when we are doing anything also we can hear from God so mostly if you ask me my personal experience if I'm doing worship or if I'm praying so I can hear and I can sense in my heart like if he want to say something and when you guys are you and pastor jakes was telling like when we are driving car we used to feel that when you are speaking we used to feel that I mean I was thinking is there any level for sensitiveness like being more sensitive to Holy Spirit like yeah see it's like the way I look at it is like you know like live by faith the just shall live by faith so live by faith means day to day then you know through the day through the night so when we are living like that it's like you're living with God in faith the way Abraham did so it's just a journey you should actually never cut off you should never cut off and it's not even a matter of sensitivity it's a matter of relationship you know because we need that relationship with God to really live our life so how can I tune out even if I don't have sensitivity to hear something I should I'll strain myself to hear I don't know if I answered your question but don't tune out that's my point at the same time they will be like even it can be our own part but how can we be assure that it's God who was actually speaking to us it's what Holy Spirit is speaking to us what can be the assurance that we can take when we hear from God by hearing okay each time when you are trying to hear from God it just gets better and better and better and in Hebrews chapter 5 you know it says I think Hebrews 514 it says that we exercise our senses by way of exercise of our senses we become more mature or capable to discern learning comes by practice so when my spirit hearing sense I am practicing it every day I am practicing it practicing it practicing it I just get quicker at knowing yeah this is God this is not God but for that I need to practice no yeah so what happens is we somewhere think that okay we should hear from God when I need to find the right career or I am going to marry someone then only God speak to me speak to me God is speaking all the time so if I have familiarized myself day to day then exercise my senses then it becomes so much easier for me to pick up even the big things right and of course the word of God is another important thing 1 John 5 7 it says like the word and the spirit agree so when I am trying to become sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit I cannot eliminate the word because the word is very much in agreement with what the spirit is doing and saying right so the more I read the word I am improving my chances of confirming what the father is saying so the word and listening to the spirit tuning into the spirit these are the two things yeah so I was just saying that the awareness of God's greatness is very important because then what happens we will know that we will ask the question what can God do in the situation logical answers are there logical solutions are there but even then God what do you want to do is there something new that you want to do okay because God is great and God always works out of the box so maybe something amazing God can do in this circumstance and situation so engage the greatness of God and that really helps us to walk in the supernatural and we see the way God works and does things one of the important things to bear in mind is also that God works together with us we are coworkers with God so there are things that God may call us to do like you know Moses go part the Red Sea okay God you know you part it and God is saying no you part it you take the rod and you keep it in front then I'll part it so what God has done is he has chosen to co-work with us so as I'm saying yes God you're so great there's nothing impossible with you I'm living in that awareness there may be something that God may want me to do like okay go to that person say this or can you call this person or can you declare make a declaration of my word or can you lay your hands on someone so I'm co-working with God to see the impossible I can't just sit down and say I've God wants to do he will do he is great you know he's saying yeah I want to do but you also have to do something okay so that's the way God works he partners with us or we partner with him and co-work with him and then many things happen okay so we're talking about you know engaging the the spiritual realm first understanding is that God is great there is a possibility for the impossible to take place because there is a God and he can he can do something about the situation second is the understanding of the laws of the spiritual world so there are certain laws in the spiritual realm in the natural realm there are laws there's a law of gravity there is like whatever all your physics theories you can say heat conductivity light these are all the laws it works like that we have to use the laws to figure out how to make it work in the same way there is there are laws in the spirit realm so if I want to engage the spirit realm to overwrite the natural realm I need to understand what are these these dynamics what are these laws that operate in the spiritual realm one important thing that you know we must bear in mind when we talk about the spiritual laws is covenant so though we are here on the earth we are in a covenant with God or we have a promise from God which is unbreakable so when we admit the natural reality the spiritual reality is yeah but I also have a covenant God has a covenant with me so many things are applicable you know the blessings are applicable God's help is applicable so coming from the covenant right we know that God is a God who does not change and a God who does not change his covenant so that in itself is like you know a law that we understand in the spiritual realm how does God operate God operates on the basis of his covenant with us he is already covenanted with us you know I am the God who heals you I'm the God who provides for you I'm the God your peace I'm the God your righteousness so I go by that law this is what God said so this is what he will do he can't he can't change himself he's the immutable God so these laws exist how will God work there's some predictability what is that predictability based on his covenant God will operate on the basis of his covenant he won't operate outside of the covenant right so this kind of understanding of the spirit realm gives us great confidence in operating in the spiritual realm otherwise what happens we may say that oh what if I pray for this person and this person becomes even more sick and you know God afflicts them with more and more diseases because I went and prayed can it even happen it can never happen because the covenant of God is different so he cannot do something which is not covenanted with us so when I pray I can be confident that God will do only what he has said he will do now yes there could be many reasons for why the healing is not manifesting that's another story but the point is when we understand God and we understand the covenants of God that stays in the spirit realm that's who he is that's what he does he won't change it his glory he will not compromise so when I'm going to minister in the supernatural I can be very confident because definitely God will not fail me isn't it that we know he cannot huh that needs so much courage that's true but I think many other things in life need more courage than that because God is the most predictable isn't it I mean think about this we pick an airline we're up in the sky okay we trust them that they will keep us up in the sky I think God is much much more reliable even those things are somewhat tricky but God never goes back on this word so you know we can have confidence he will never change his covenant so when I pray I know I'm aware and I know that he will only operate you know based on this it'll work the same way so we should not worry that we will get some of the results that's the point you don't have to worry God won't change his covenant but I need to understand how he operates now that's another area where we have some gaps as people we're just trying to learn how does he really operate how does he really minister healing how does he really minister you know miracles or give wisdom in a situation so I have to grow in my understanding to observe how how does he do it yes he has a covenant but how does he operate okay and when we're getting deeper into that we become more familiar but again you know God is God so once he'll do it like this once he'll do it in another way and you'll be like I just when I was thinking I figured it out he's doing it so differently but he's God we have to be open to that but still there is something about the manner in which he works which we can be familiar with so in Psalm 103 and verse 7 I would someone like to read this verse please Psalm 103 verse 7 Psalm 103 verse 7 yes he made known his ways to Moses his deeds to the people of Israel so he know he made known his ways to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel so look at this there is a difference the difference is the people of Israel knew God will come he will speak from out of a cloud God will you know God will provide food God will protect us so they knew about the deeds of God but Moses was way deeper in his relationship with God so for Moses it's not so much what did God do tell me what God did let's list it out it was more than that why is he doing that you know how is he doing that so his ways why is God protecting the people and you know why is God taking them to the promised land so there are all these deeper things that Moses was able to understand he was even able to understand how God might feel you know when the people were disobedient to God and they just had a heart of unbelief God is speaking so much to them he's telling them again and again he's showing his miracles but stiff neck people you know very hard heart and Moses was able to predict oh God's angry with these people okay let me go negotiate God please what will the others say if you punish them how does he know how does he understand God he knows the ways of God much more than God can do this God can do that yeah that anybody can tell but why what is his nature okay how does he respond in situations circumstances how does he operate how does he work so if you want to just make this simpler Moses went for God's heart to know the ways of God is to know God's heart what would he want to do now how would he want to show his glory or how would he want to minister to this person so then what happens it's so much easier to work in our relationship with God to co-work with God and partner with God okay so these are things that we must understand when we talk about the spirit realm and the natural realm understanding God who he is that he's above and beyond our natural realm and that he operates out of his covenant and you know the fact that you know God's ways are something that will help us know what he might want to do these are things that will really free us and give us the confidence to step out more into the supernatural realm now a few spiritual dynamics are also helpful for us to know like you could even put this as the laws that exist in the spirit realm so when you look at things like faith the power of faith there is a law in operation so if we move by faith you know if anyone has faith in his heart he can speak to this mountain and it will be uprooted it will be cast into the sea how is it happening because the person is engaging a certain spiritual law the law of faith it will work right so there are laws one we said is covenant but then there are all these laws also that we can work in so I can maybe I'm in a crisis situation but I apply faith okay and there is a solution there is an open door there is a breakthrough there is an answer how did it happen because yes my natural circumstance exists but I'm bringing in the supernatural through my faith I just had faith in God and I said God there's nothing impossible for you I know the situation looks really difficult but you know by faith I declare that you will lead me in triumph and quickly in Christ Jesus so I'm applying a spiritual law and God is able to work so sometimes you got to engage through that law you got it and that's when we see the answers or results or if we don't engage in any of these truths or laws and we just say yeah God is a good God he is a generous God he will do that's right but there are certain laws principles that I have to start engaging as a co-worker with God so if I don't do anything then there is no result but it's not God's fault it's just that I didn't understand that there are certain laws that I must work with so faith is a very very powerful law and you know we don't want to talk about this like a formula in our faith course we've already said that it is more about relationship it's not so much about take the law apply the law get the results and go home it's more than that but when we begin to operate in faith right like the question that Anand asked how do we hear from God even in faith we can grow day to day see the operation of faith in our own lives maybe even small little things like I'll just give you a really silly example parking I get very stressed about parking if I have to go somewhere I'll be like oh my goodness okay fine but do they have parking otherwise you have to go around to find that one parking spot right you're like full stressed out but nowadays what I do is I just pray I believe God I know you're laughing but it's so important for me I apply my faith it's silly parking okay Nina is saying no it's not silly yeah so like that you know parking or it could be anything else it's just my day to day I am applying this law I need to apply my faith okay or I mean there are so many examples that I can share but the practice of faith how is it even to reach college on time I'm like I do everything that I can to be here on time but then I do apply my faith I pray I say Lord I know I believe you'll take me there 10 minutes before because I have to connect this computer everything and I'm also seeing it that yeah God helps so small little things it it's actually a practice faith is like that muscle right which you're exercising for everything just start to operate start to operate start to exercise you may be exercising it for so-called mundane things but it's the same muscle that will help you for great things also in God so operation of faith operation of you know the word the spoken word the declaration we know the power of the word the Lord God created the heavens and the earth with the word okay so begin to operate in it okay fine this this is meant to work I have faith that this meant to work start to speak so I try to apply it like when I pray over my church I speak blessings in the name of Jesus you know I declare that you know God is opening door you know what testimonies come because we are making a declaration by faith I'm standing on the truth of God's word that the word works even to speak it over ourselves or over our families and say my home is blessed we need to put it into practice God has already taught us and he says you know the word is near you in your heart in your mouth just say it just speak it so engaging the spiritual realm by who God is and by the laws that he's given will start to release or manifest the supernatural in our lives and so when we are engaging we start to see hey it's working it happens because this is the truth it can't be anything else or praise and worship you know we see how there is fullness of joy in God's presence so what do we do we start to praise we start to worship and after a while we feel it isn't it in our spirit man in our bodies we sense it why because it's there in scripture these are the laws these are the principles so I'm engaging the spirit realm by using the truth of God's word the laws praise worship it brings in the peace the victory that we need or how about obedience the bible says if you obey you will see the blessings so you obey once you obey twice you surrender your will once twice and you see how God is being so favorable to you how great things are happening then you keep moving further then you obey more so in this way we have to understand what are these things that exist in God's word because it teaches to co-labor with him start to apply those things then what happens we go from beyond the natural God can actually come in and do something or prayer or we can even talk about things like you know sewing and reaping like financially or in any other way we sew into people's lives and then we see in our own lives we are blessed because these laws are meant to work and not just for believers I think even many of these things work for the unbeliever financially stewardship sewing so many things so they are able to utilize it because that's the way God has made it to operate okay so that's our first key to just understand that we are part of two realms and the supernatural realm can overwrite the natural realm and for this at least two main things that we need to understand that God is great and God can do the impossible so we can invite him in our situation and secondly to understand the laws that we must operate out of and I've listed out many things for us you know to know the ways of God and faith and power of declaration, praise and worship, sewing, obedience, righteousness these are all things that we can walk in and we will see the supernatural so I think we'll just stop here for now there are more aspects to talk about these two realms but we'll come back to it next week so I want to request someone to lead us in prayer anyone Jesus, Lord we thank you Father we thank you for your presence we thank you Lord for this time Lord of teaching thank you Lord for teaching us a lot Father about the spiritual world a lot Father Jesus thank you for teaching us the new things Lord we pray a lot Father that whatever you have taught us a lot Father help us to start living by applying it into our lives a lot Father help us a lot Father to not to take things very lightly but help us to understand a lot Father whatever we do a lot Father it's all connected a lot Father it's all interlinked and help us a lot Father not to forget your teachings but help us a lot to take them bind them in our hearts a lot Father and walk in your council Holy Spirit God we give you glory and honor in Jesus name we pray amen amen amen thank you thank you Prince thank you everyone God bless you have a good weekend and we'll meet again next week