 Okay, recording is on. Okay, once again, good morning and welcome to this class on keys to supernatural ministry. Thank you each one for connecting and joining the class. Let's take a moment to pray and we'll get started. Good one of us. Please pray. Pray for the class and we'll get started. All right now pray. Our father and our girl we want to thank you for this day. I want to thank you for another time and opportunity to study your word. Father we pray that you open our ears and open our mind to receive that which you want to speak to us this morning this afternoon this evening and we commit everyone onto your hands that you will give us an attentive memory of God, an attentive reasoning of God to be able to simulate and be able to understand what the Holy Spirit will reveal to us through the word of God. Father we pray that at the end of this class we will have every reason to glorify your name. Thank you Father. Thank you Son. Thank you Holy Spirit because we know that what we're going to hear right now will bring growth to go to your kingdom. Make us better Christians, ministers, pastors, evangelists. I pray for that. The word that we hear will bring life and understanding to every ear to hear it in Jesus name I pray. Amen. Thank you. Thank you everyone and welcome once again to this class on keys to supernatural ministry just to quickly review where we are and what we have been looking at. We are learning about these eight keys that enable us to manifest, enable us to work with God to demonstrate the supernatural. We talked about the importance of understanding the realm of the Spirit, faith, the power of the word. Then fourth we talked about the renewed mind, how we need as believers to operate with the renewed mind. We talked about the anointing of the Holy Spirit and then last class last week we started talking about God's presence and just learning you know different aspects about the presence of God and how in the presence of God we can expect healings, expect the miraculous, the supernatural to take place whether it's healings, deliverance, anything else. So just quickly review on God's presence and then hopefully I want to finish talking about the glory aspect of it and then just mention seven and eight as part of the keys and then we will talk about really transition into maybe next week on talking about personal preparation for ministry and supernatural and I will release notes on things I've been sharing with you as we go along. So just to quickly review about the presence of God last week we you know we try to understand the difference between anointing, presence and glory and just just quickly reviewing some of the things we already said. The anointing is the presence and power of the Holy Spirit working through a human vessel. So the human vessel is cooperating very closely with the flow of the Holy Spirit to minister to people. The presence of God is God moving on people whether it's an individual or a collective group of people. God is extending himself his presence to them and then in that presence things happen. So to some extent there is the receptivity of the people involved. In the anointing it's like we are co-working you know with God. In the presence we are recognizing his presence and we are responding or receiving from his presence but God is moving on us through his presence and we do you know there is some element of our seeking, our desiring involved as an individual or as a group. God I want your presence, I desire your presence. And then so in relation to the presence of God we mentioned several things. We talked about you know varying degrees of the presence, varying expressions of the presence. We talked about you know how the presence of God manifests the works of God and so it's very important for us to recognize and respond to the presence of God both personally and corporately. So we covered all of that last week and you know there are times where you know you can have a group of people who are in the presence of God and one person recognizes and responds rather person is like hmm nothing's happening but we're in the same environment example. You could be in the same auditorium or you could be in the same service you know and one person is feeling overwhelmed by the presence of God and you know so much is happening in their life and somebody standing right next to is oblivious to the very presence of God. And so there is that element of recognition, recognizing and responding to the presence that is important both personally and corporately and so we need to help people in that you know learn to recognize God's presence learn to respond to the presence of God. Now otherwise like we gave the example last week you know somebody comes to visit your home you may even invite them in but if you go away and are busy with other things you're going to miss the whole purpose of the visit and that can happen even individually or collectively and God moves by his presence. The glory of God is again an extension of God's presence God is revealing himself but in the glory there are visible manifestations of the presence of God. If you want to look at it this way you can say the glory of God is the presence that has become tangible that's become visible yeah. So let's just talk a little bit about the glory of God and how do we engage in that as with either personally or collectively as we minister and expect the supernatural to take place. So we see that you know in the in the Old Testament especially that the glory of God is expressed visibly in different ways. So some of the things that we are familiar with is the pillar of fire the cloud the glory cloud that covered the people of Israel as a journey to the wilderness. What was that? That was the glory of God but it was revealed in in a very visible way. Everybody could see the pillar of fire everybody could see the cloud that covered them. That was glory. It was a very nature of God it was who God is being expressed in the natural world in a visible way in a tangible way. So what is the glory? The glory is the very nature of God it's who God is but when it is expressed in our natural world we then refer to it as the glory of God. We refer to it as glory of God but you know God is always. So when Moses said Lord show me your glory in the 30th chapter of Exodus he says you know so again Moses I'd recognize this you know he says Lord we will not go with you unless your presence goes with us and God says Moses my presence shall go with you and I will give you victory. So God is assuring his presence but then Moses goes on to say Lord I want to see a glory right. So there is you want to say something? Yeah Pastor I just want to know like as you said in the Old Testament that fire the pillar of the fire was the the expression or the manifestation of the glory. So I just want to know that when the when the when the time of Pentecost when that fire the tanks of fire came can we also call it as the manifestation of his glory and and yeah and also that the sound of the wind and the man that is that's something I just want to thank you Pastor. Yes yes so any any tangible expression of who God is we say the glory of God's revealed okay so we like on the day of Pentecost tongues of fire the wind the place being shaken acts for these are expressions of the glory of God. So you know and so there is no limit to what expressions God would choose to use right you know why did he choose a pillar of fire why did he choose cloud well he just chose to do that at that time he could he God can use anything in our natural world because he created the natural world he can use anything in our natural world as an expression of the glory of God right so there is presence in glory that we need to understand in relation to the supernatural they're receiving the supernatural okay so on the day of Pentecost they receive the supernatural they you know the bread and tongues to begin a prophecy and so on okay so going back to Exodus 13 God assured Moses of the presence and we've talked about the presence they said my presence will go with you but then Moses goes on he's not satisfied he says I want your glory I want to see your glory and then that's how we think about why wasn't Moses satisfied with the presence because God said my presence will go with you but Moses said I want to see your glory I want to see your glory show me your glory now I understand where Moses is this is Exodus 30 it's almost 40 years or 40 plus years approximately since his first encounter with the glory of God the burning bush so that was his first encounter with God's glory there was a bush that was burning but it was not consumed that's the glory of God being so when you say glory it is God making him so visible in our realm anyway he chooses right and he comes in those expressions to do the supernatural to do something to do a work and so that's the work of God and since the burning bush Moses has seen many expressions of the glory of God imagine journey 40 years or about 40 years with the pillar of fire and the cloud by day fire by night I mean you are seeing a visible expression the glory of God and so now you come to Exodus 30 where you know Moses this like the final leg the final part of the journey and Moses saying God you know I want your presence God says sure I'm presence will go with you but then Moses says one more thing show me your glory that means the glory of God is and pardon my expression but I'm just saying it for us to communicate but it's a greater expression of God because like we said in the in the presence it's possible for people to miss it like we said two people can be standing next to each other they're in the same service or in the same environment where God's presence is and they could be a high degree of the presence of God and one person is recognizing and receiving from the presence the other person is like what's happening but in the glory you are forced to encounter God and I use the word force respectfully God is not overpowering our God is not disregarding our will but it is such an encounter with the person of God the look let me put it like this the glory of God is such an encounter with a person of God that you cannot question in the presence you can miss and people do miss the presence of God but when the glory of God is revealed it's hard to miss Moses is saying show me your glory and then God says Moses I'm going to cover you you're going to stand on the rock I will cover you and God says I will make all my goodness pass before you my kindness my loving kindness my tender mercies I will make that pass before you I will go so how is God's glory revealed to man it is an expression of God's loving kindness goodness tender mercies is expression of that that man encounters the glory of God right so that's very interesting if you if you see how God responds to Moses requests you know show me your glory he says I'll make all my goodness pass before you my loving kindness my tender mercies and and so Moses is hid there in the rock and you know so I'm just quoting now Exodus 33 sorry Exodus 33 and verse 19 he says I will make Exodus 33 19 I will make all my goodness pass before you I will make proclaim the name of the Lord I'll be gracious to who I'd be gracious of the compassion on whom I will have compassion so how is God going to reveal his glory to Moses through his goodness the proclaiming the name that means all who God is his graciousness his compassion so the glory of God causes us to encounter the very person of God encounter the goodness the graciousness and the compassion of God or different versions may translate these words a little differently but really a sense essentially you're encountering the person of God many encountering his goodness or loving kindness tender mercies of God so when you look when you trace the glory of God there's a visible expression of God whether it's a cloud when spiller of fire and people encounter the very person of God in that visible expression whatever it may be so Saul on the road to Damascus he had a bright light shine get an encounter with the person of Christ it shook him up it blinded him temporarily but it changed his life forever so that was an expression the glory of God God encountering Saul in his glory okay now when we say glory doesn't mean like all of God is made available but whatever is needed for that moment to do the work we call it supernatural but for God it's him doing his work whatever he needs to do at that moment there's a manifestation of the glory of God so we must as we minister recognize the presence of God and recognize the manifestation of the glory of God and then respond to it in the release of his presence when you know it happens when you are happy when it happens to you personally or collectively right when you're ministering if it happens to you personally you have a responsibility to recognize his presence and to receive it from that presence otherwise you can miss it you can miss the work that God came to do for you personally the presence of God was there but if you don't recognize and receive you can miss the same thing collectively that is in the presence of God comes in that's why it's important for a leader who's was was was leading the service or the congregation the gathering or the meeting to be sensitive and then to lead the people gently into responding and receiving from the presence of God the glory of God when God is manifesting himself by his glory it's slightly different here like we said it's an encounter it just you just receive usually you step out of the way let God do what he's doing and don't interfere don't disrupt you know just just let God do what he's doing right so I see Kennedy's question here the glowing face of Moses the answer is that expression of God's glory it's a yes you know so God was revealing expressing his glory in that fashion so when it comes to you personally or when it comes to your ministering if you recognize God as manifesting his glory in a certain way very important I mean if you want to use an analogy from Exodus 33 hide in the rock that means stay out of the way let God manifest his glory to whom he wants and how he won't the problem is we become disruptors because we want to control you know we want to this is the time when you just just announce God is doing something receive and you announce it because you know you're recognizing you know this as you announce in the presence of body of the I feel you know I sense the presence of God here as you know whatever you're sensing you announce it encourage people receive same thing when the glory of God is being manifested you flow with it but remember to stay in the rock that we stay out of the way let God be gracious to whom he wants to be gracious let him show compassion to whom he wants to show compassion that is proclaim his name to whom he wants to proclaim his name it's God is moving sovereignly by his glory and it's just people are going to encounter God when they are touched by the glory of God and many times we just have to announce we just have to say this is what God is doing just receive the the visible expressions of the glory can come in different ways you know sometimes people may experience tangible things physically like a burning heat oil coming on them rain on them yeah they're just this we can be this we don't put God in a box however he wants he's going to visibly make himself known to people expressing his goodness his compassion proclaiming his name revealing us himself to them so we just announce no God is doing this receive so in God's presence in glory be sensitive and just announce this what God is doing receive and people receive people can have visions people can have personal encounters that deliver them people can have deliverances taking place demons are being cast out and you are not rebuking the demons it's just God moving on them with the glory and they are being delivered other expressions can take place you know whether financial needs are met or things happen but God is moving to reveal his goodness compassion and his name to people okay so these are realms that we need to continue to explore further just to be open to how God wants to move right sometimes it could be a sweet smell and aroma you know and we've had that happen I remember a couple of years and two years ago and we were having our you know we used to do before the lockdown we should have these times of we call them five days of prayer I remember I think it was a very last five days of prayer that we had we were in our Bible college place and we were just worshiping and a sweet aroma just begin to fill the room and it came from one particular side and so I I looked towards that side and first nobody was standing there there were no there was no window open or anything so it's not like some something came in from outside and yet there was a sweet aroma just moving into the room like all of us were standing worshipping and there's a smell coming in and I try to look at the worship leader their eyes were close ever busy leading worship so I couldn't say anything to them and so then I looked at one of our pastors was actually with Selena she was standing right there and I said Selena come here can you get that smell you know it's a very sweet smell that's coming from the other side you're just moving into the room you know and nobody was there it was one side of the hall and this sweeter and I said can you get that smell and then she moved in that direction so yeah I can get it and so you say like why was God doing that well just letting us know that he's pleased with what's happening I just expressing his presence in that manner and we just just continued in worship just continued in you know and so in those moments God encounters individuals the way he wants to encounter them like what we are next to the 33 he says you know I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious so what happens in the glory different ones are touched differently the way God wants to touch them so we are in that same environment where the glory of God is being manifested but he said it's just 3319 I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious I will have compassion to whom I will have that means in the glory God is sovereignly encountering people as he wants to so you know we are only we are just standing there we are not doing anything you know yeah under the anointing you are laying hands you're praying you're ministering under the glory you're not doing that you're just making sure you're staying out of the way you're not interfering because God is being gracious to whom he will be gracious God is showing compassion to whom he will show compassion God is just doing what he wants his proclaiming his name to whom he wants to proclaim his name and in that same glory different people and can encounter God in different ways right but all we do is we recognize and you say okay God have your way and we can tell people you know this is what's happening receive and he may just come to bless the hearts of people he may just come to revive people he may just come to break chains he may come to just deliver people it was a different things will happen to different individuals in that expression of the glory of God okay so God's presence and glory any questions before we do seven and eight yeah so the last two things I will just mention keys to supernatural and number seven is proclamation and action so there are times when the supernatural is released and because we just proclaim something and we tell people to act right you find many times Jesus doing that in his ministry you know he would just say straight out your hand he would say go you know he would tell him go wash put play on the eyes go wash the pull of salon rise take up your bed and walk he's giving a proclamation to do something and when people do it there's a supernatural there's a miracle that takes place the need is met something happens so you proclaim that you know and now that that that proclamation the word that you have to proclaim can come in many ways right it could come as a prophetic inspiration to you that the Lord says you just say this it could come as a whore of wisdom so you just say tell him you know you say what you feel inspired by God to say so number seven is this there are times when God will inspire you to make a proclamation that leads people to a certain action and when you speak that and they act in line with that a miracle will take place and we understand that both in the old and the new testament that miracle many miracles happened through proclamation and action you know when they were before the Red Sea God told Moses Moses tell the people to go forward so can you imagine actually at that time Moses came in a in the exorcist 14 it says you know Moses standing before God a lot what do I do now and Moses God says Moses Moses don't cry to me tell the people go forward so there's a proclamation for action right and as you can just imagine you know the people come to Red Sea they look up to Moses Moses what next go forward I mean go forward yeah go forward so they start walking and what happens the sea parts so there's a proclamation for action and as people start doing that the supernatural begins to take place so seven God works like this he gives you a word remember to inspired word but you proclaim call for action it's a proclamation action I say do this it may be to an individual maybe just somebody else and as you proclaim and they said acting they experienced the supernatural so in today's world it may you know maybe somebody comes to you the problem and as you're talking to them they're talking to you and God just drops something in your spirit they tell them to do this so you proclaim so hey go do this and this and as they go and do that they act on the proclamation supernatural work takes place why because the word was given to you by God you proclaimed they acted the miracle happened and lots of miracles in the Bible you'll find the sequence okay so that's a simple key to the supernatural the key is to recognize that God is giving you something to tell right that that there's an inspired word coming to you and when you have that when you recognize that then you know you can boldly proclaim and when people act on it they will receive the miracle the last one number eight is persistence so he has an important key to the supernatural which is there are times persistence itself is the key I think a classic example of this is in first Kings chapter 18 when God tells Elijah Elijah he says you know go and tell King Ahab it's going to rain now we know this can you know this applies to us as well because over in James 5 James quotes this this whole you know incident but God tells Elijah tell King Ahab it's going to rain so the word has come he proclaims it but now Elijah goes up the mount and he starts praying this is in first Kings the 18th chapter and we know something about the prayer that happened he prayed seven times now we don't know how long each time of prayer was we don't know could it be 10 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes one hour I don't know it just tells us you know to end of first Kings 18 it says he bowed first I'm looking at first Kings 1842 he bowed his head and between his knees James says he prayed it was a man like like passions we are and he prayed so he bowed his head between his knees and he prayed and we don't know the time but what is brought out for us is this persistence the fervent prayer of a righteous man the heartfelt fervent persistent prayer so he prayed seven times and after that so seventh time he said when the servant comes back he says okay now there's a cloud there's a size of a man's fist so I just okay the clouds come that means the visible expression of the fulfillment of the word has come so between the proclamation God spoke Elijah proclaimed to the supernatural beginning to take place there was persistence so persistence is a key that means you don't give up and how would you express the persistence whether it's through prayer whether it's through the confession of the word whether it's whatever that is key now you hold on God has spoken I have his word it's gonna happen I've proclaimed it it's going to happen but I'm gonna be persistent till I see it beginning to happen so the moment Elijah saw the cloud he said okay it's beginning to happen now let me get ready go home because it's going to pour but proclamation promise persistence he didn't give up now of course people ask you know and how long should I be persistent well until you see the promise beginning to be fulfilled how long is that gonna be I don't know is it gonna be seven times it's gonna be three times or five times or seven times I don't know all we know is persistence is the key in that situation and you and I must be determined they're gonna get it right because God spoke it God spoke it he's a man to lie his word is truth you will fulfill his word but I need to be persistent what if you die without seeing the promise fulfilled it's okay at least I died in faith rather than dying unbelief you have a choice but isn't that a bad testimony not for me because our report comes not from man our report comes from God and Hebrews 11 says you know talking about the old testament says these all died in faith not having seen the promise but they all obtained a good report and that's what we need yeah so yeah I see Anita's question when God spoke it why was you know why was Elijah praying it at this teachers is a big lesson that God be a co-workers with God so that God speaks to reveal his mind he invites us to work with him to see it fulfilled on earth John Wesley went as far as saying God will not do anything on earth without involving man and I'm putting it in my own words but it's exactly what he I mean that's what that's what he said and God will not do anything on earth without involving man so it really tells us that God reveals as well and he speaks he reveals as well but then he engages with us to see that word fulfilled so we are co-workers with God there will be times God moves sovereignly but in the normal things that he wants to work on earth he engages with man and through man right so persistence is a key all I can say is you know there is no set formula for this you and I make the choice to be determined to see the promise fulfilled whatever it takes you say God I'm gonna see this word fulfilled because you spoke it I want to see the work happen right can persistence be seen as lack of faith Kennedy's question if no answers so maybe the question is is the delay happening because of a lack of faith well actually what happens when we are being persistent with the word of God we are being brought to a place where our faith is being matured you know you know our faith is being matured as we are engaging in the word so I would say that if we are being persistent rightly holding on to the word then our faith is actually being strengthened during this time faith is being brought to a place of maturity right it's like what it says in James 2 that by his works Abraham's faith was made perfect I think it's in James chapter 2 verse 22 by works faith was made perfect this is his faith came to a place of maturity where it could produce right by what he did okay so when we are so I see Anita's question what should we do what should we pray and waiting on the word so when you're waiting on the word you just declare the word you affirm your faith in the word you thank God for the fulfillment of his word you praise him you wait upon him you speak your faith you speak the word you continue that way right so you continue by speaking or declaring the word you continue by affirming your faith in the word you continue by praising God and thanking him for the fulfillment of his word you continue just praying in tongues letting the Holy Spirit pray through you towards the fulfillment of that word so the Holy Spirit knows how to pray now I know what we should be praying for so just say Lord I'm praying for the fulfillment of that word so we are persistent we're not giving up and we begin to see the promise fulfilled okay so what we've gone through so far are eight keys that are important in seeing the supernatural manifest I'm not saying this is a formula or you know but these this is how we engage with God to see the supernatural happen and I'm just reviewing now number one is we understand the realm of the spirit we understand that the spiritual over can overwrite the natural so we are operating from that second we operate in faith in God we believe God third we depend on the powers word we believe that this word that God is going towards is powerful it everything in the natural subject to God's word for we operate with a renewed mind that means we learn to take on the ways and thoughts of God and we are operating in that realm the renewed mind fifth there's a flow of the anointing so then you and I recognize the flow of the anointing we minister to the anointing we let the anointing work through us and of course we'll be released to the gifts and so on number six there's a presence and the glory of God so we need to be sensitive to God's presence God's glory and to respond to that because and we respond correctly you'll receive number seven there's proclamation action there are times God gives us a word and we proclaim an act on it or proclaim and let tell somebody to act on a proclamation action and number eight we are persistent in our pursuit of the fulfillment of the word of God and that persistence is a key you know and sometimes we you know I'm just thinking of one test many by yeah I can't I can't the person's name anyway this pastor so he talked about praying for a person who had gone into coma now you know thank God that there was life support and you know the hospital did their part in providing life support or care but this pastor kept praying yeah and you go and I think it was a long time like eight months to eleven months and and then the person came out of coma and was brought out but the pastor kept praying kept ministering for that person now I know people will say well that just happened or you could say well the pastor prayed and was persistent to see this happen or there are other examples where you know some something happened and they prayed through the night and then in the mall why did it happen at the very beginning I don't know but they persisted and they saw the miracle so there is no formula here but persistence itself is a key and there are times we need to engage with persistence to see the miracle of God right I'm not saying every time it's gonna happen like this but there are times there'll be many times when things happen by the presence things happen by the glory and just happens instantly and there are times when we have to persist by faith to see the miracle but the beautiful thing is at the end of each of this whichever way whether it's the annoying thing whether it's a spoken word whether it's a step of faith whichever whatever key we are using now whatever key we're engaging with the beautiful things at the end of it you see the work of God and we know it's only God who did it and it's the work of God and there's a miracle taking place right so I will write these things up put it out there for you for us and then next week what we want to do is talk about personal preparation right so we'll change a little bit saying what can I do personally to position myself to be used by God in the supernatural so we talk about these things and these are things we are learning they continue to you know seek God continue to pursue God and and I'm sure that in as we learn we will grow in the experience and expressions of the supernatural okay any questions before we close off today all right let's pray let's take a moment to pray together and we will then dismiss can somebody lead us in prayer and we will dismiss after that and I pray again God our father no God we want to thank you want to bless your name want to give you all the glory because your wording of bring it live and bring it understanding and added no sorrow father we thank you because we know that in you there is freedom in you there is liberty in you there is joy father we're praying that you will give us the grace to go to experience the supernatural even as an individual so that we may understand ago what it means to go to live in the supernatural father I pray or God that you will also help us to go to see the fullness of your power manifesting our lives manifesting in the lives of everyone or God that we disciple that way that we fellowship together with father we are asking God that you will help us to go to see beyond who we are and live in the abundance of God of the supernatural life father we're thinking you this day that the words that we've heard or gosh and not just drop void but father we're God almighty it's your spring photo go leaving waters out of our lives I thank you father because that the word that we've had to deal with God shall be a good fruit in our lives shall be a good fruit in our ministries shall be a good fruit in our families in our homes in our businesses in our jobs in the name of Jesus I thank you father because I know that the words that we've had to deal with God we expand on God our mind to go to see beyond who you are father I'm asking on God that the grace of God not to depart from the supernatural grace given to us help us to go to run this race to the end help us to go to live this life to the end help us to go to act accordingly you go to your wheel and the abundance of your supernatural power that you that your name alone will be glorified help us or God to fulfill purpose help us or God to do that to do that which you want us to do help us or God not to depart to go from this supernatural grace that you have bestowed upon every life so God that is present here this morning this afternoon this evening I thank you God for your servant whom you've used the God to speak to us thank you father because we know that the virtue has gone out of him but father you replenish him and bless him beyond human imagination bless his ministry bless his workers bless a God you know even his present and the future in the name of Jesus I thank you father because I know that at the end of the day we shall all make heaven we don't want to hear this words of God and we are nowhere to be found but father we pray that the words of God that we're here today shall help us a God to touch lives and draw people to go to your kingdom blessed to be holding him heavily father for in Jesus name I pray amen thank you everyone enjoy the rest of your day and I'll see you again soon God bless you God bless everyone thank you thank you buster thank you if you love God bless thank you Rupa thank you Nathan thank you