 You're watching Encounter TV featuring the evangelistic healing ministry of David Diga Hernandez. David is taking the saving and healing power of God to this generation and the nations of the world. A generation is being inspired. You'll encounter the Holy Spirit's presence, God's healing power, the truth of the Word, the love of Christ, and freedom through the miraculous. You're watching Encounter TV. But you shall receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you. Hello, I'm David Diga Hernandez and you're watching Encounter TV. Today on Encounter TV, I'm going to show you footage from the miracle encounter service from Orange, California. Now, let me tell you one of the many reasons why I love these services. I so enjoy going to these miracle encounter services and I really feel honored that I get to host them and minister at them. One of the main reasons why I love these services is because the presence of the Holy Spirit becomes a manifested and intense reality. I'm telling you, He reveals Jesus with vivid intensity at these services. I believe that when people come together and join their faith and their hearts are hungry to experience the presence of God, that God responds in a supernatural way. At these services, miracles happen. People experience the presence of the Holy Spirit in ways that they never have before. I'm told time and time and time again from people who attend these events. They say, I've never in all my years, some of them have been Christians for 30, 40 years, and they say, I've never in all my years experienced the power of God in this way. I'm so excited to show you the footage from this service because not only do I believe that the anointing can be transferred, I believe that the anointing still rests on this service and that as you watch it, I believe God's going to heal you, God's going to set you free. Some of you are watching this, you turn on the program. It's no accident that you're watching this today because as you watch this, the chains are going to be broken and God's going to reveal himself to you in a fresh and powerful way. Whether you're a new convert or somebody who's been serving the Lord for a while, I believe it is the power of the Holy Spirit that we need to continually be tapping into in order to experience the fullness of the Christian life. With that said, we're going to go now to Orange, California, where I'm ministering on the power of the Holy Spirit. The world in which we are living, there are many interesting things happening. And I would say if anything would describe the world in which we are living right now, it is chaotic right now. Things out there are getting crazy. I mean, have you watched the news? Have you seen what's going on out there? I mean, between everything they're ruling in the Supreme Court and everything they're ruling in with Planned Parenthood, I mean, I look at it and I say, Lord, you have to help this nation. And often, as I mentioned before, we look at these things and we can sense this powerlessness to do something, but I want to encourage you tonight and allow you to know, allow you to be encouraged, and I want to get this in your mind that the church is not just going to survive in this hour, it's going to thrive. God is getting ready to do something very big, but you look at the things right now, it doesn't seem so. You look at all of the shootings that are happening. I mean, my goodness, there was a shooting that just happened a few days ago. It was done on live television. It is, it's a horrific spirit. That is the demonic influence in this world. You look at the school shootings, you look at the theater shootings, you look at the mass murders, you look at things like that that happen with those news reporters being killed, it's awful, it's demonic, it's wicked, it's twisted. That is demonic influence that is taking place in this nation. You look at the fact that there is political unrest right now. I mean, you look at that deal they're making with Iran because they're trying to make sure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon. I mean, we're talking about a nation that's chanting death to America, we're trying to keep them from getting a nuclear weapon. There are some uncertainties there. There is some unrest politically. A lot of the ties with the U.S., they're being shaken right now. Many of the unions that we once enjoyed with other nations, they're getting, the boat is being rocked. There's terrorism running rampant. I went into the Philippine Islands. That very week that I went into the Philippine Islands, we went in to go preach the gospel. That very same week ISIS had gone in to recruit. And they were talking about how ISIS is now spreading their influence into the Philippine Islands. That's just terrorism. You talk about everything that's going on with political correctness. I'll tell you this right now. Everything that's happening with political correctness, you can't say this, you can't say that, don't offend. That is the agenda to silence the gospel. I'm putting a finger on it right now. That is a spirit that is trying to silence truth. Because basically the spirit of political correctness is, it can't be true if it's offensive. But the reality is that sometimes truth is offensive. And the enemy is trying to squeeze the gospel out of the nation. You look at the moral decline in this nation. You listen to the music. You look at the movies. You watch the culture on youth and young adults. You see the things that are happening. And the scripture that I found that best describes this is Isaiah chapter 5 verse 20. It says, What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil. That dark is light and light is dark. That bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. You know there are some wicked things that the world celebrates. There are some wicked things they put on the on the television screen in the social media. And they celebrate wickedness. And they call good the things that are bad. And then the things that are good when we try to preach the gospel are bigot. You're closed-minded. People say, Why are you so narrow-minded? I said, Well, Jesus said narrow is the way that leads to life. There's only one. People say you have to be open-minded. Yes, I don't want to be so open-minded that my brains fall out, though. I want to preach truth. There has to be some reality check at some point, church. I mean, you look at the economic instability. You talk about Greece. I mean, the stock market just took a major hit. How many of you saw that? Just a couple of days ago, the stock market took a major hit. The lowest it's fallen in one day in a long time. You look at the U.S. debt. I had alluded to that earlier. The slowing economy. You look at what they're saying is church decline and that millennials, ages 18 to 35, are leaving the church in rapid numbers. And I said, Lord, what is going on here? What's happening in our world? We're going to be returning to Orange, California in just a moment where I'll be continuing that message on the power of the Holy Spirit. But now it's time for our Mark 16 Miracle segment. This is where we take your footage that of you outside the four walls of the church prophesying, praying for the sick, evangelizing. Here's one such example. How you doing, sir? How you doing? Israel. God bless you, man. You got pain right now? Pain? Pain. I'm in pain every day. Let me pray for you if I can. Two seconds, man. Two seconds. Time is up. My foot. Father, in Jesus' name, I thank you because you're going to heal him right now. I'll pay and get out. Full be made whole in Jesus' name because Jesus loves him. Thank you, Father. Amen. Move it around. Thank you, God bless you. Move it around. Oh, excuse me, but cover it. Move it around. Move it. Dude, what did you just do to my foot? Move. Move it around. What did you just do to my foot? Jesus healed it. That's Jesus, man. No, I'm serious. What did you just do to my foot? That's Jesus' foot, bruh. I'm being, that's serious. Jesus is here. I'm being a believer. I keep telling you. Keep playing this foot. I guarantee you don't need that cane, bruh. I don't. What did you just do to my leg? Jesus loves you, bruh. I'm going to give you my card. You call me, all right? You could. I'll take that. Call him. Give me that. Oh, you can call him. Give me another one. Give me somebody else. Listen, bruh. I'll pass a few of them out for you. Listen, bruh. God loves you. The gospel saves, bruh. Jesus loves you, bruh. Call me and I explain to you what happened. All right? What did he do? Jesus, bruh. Jesus loves you. Yo, he's memorized that. He don't know what happened. Jesus healed you. Jesus. Jesus healed you because he loves you. And God can do the same with you. I know I always tell that to you, but I want you to believe it. Here's my challenge to you now. I want you to get outside the four walls of the church. Pray for the sick. Prophecy. Evangelize. Capture it on footage. Send it to us and we may feature it here on the next Mark 16 miracle segment here on EncounterTV. For more information on how you can get your footage to us, stick around until the end of the program. We're going to give you some general contact information. Now, let's go back to Orange, California, where I'm continuing this message on the power of the Holy Spirit. Matthew chapter 24. I'm going to start reading in verse number four. Listen to what Jesus said. This is our Lord talking now. Don't let anyone mislead you. Many will come in my name claiming I am the Messiah. They will deceive many and you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don't panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won't follow immediately. Nation will go to war against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. But all this is only for the first of birth pains with more to come. Verse nine, then you will be arrested, persecuted and killed. You will be hated and over all the world because you are my followers. And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And the good news, and this is what I love, in the middle of all of this darkness, in the middle of all these things that seem to be going wrong, Jesus declares this and the good news about the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world so that all nations will hear it and then the end will come. Despite all of those things that are happening in our world right now, despite many of the things that indicate that we are now living in the last days and whether you believe these are the last days or not, today is somebody's last day and that's enough to cause me to preach the gospel with urgency. Jesus said that though all of these signs are pointing to chaos and the world ending and things falling apart, he says that's not what it's bent on. That's not the pivot point. He says the way you know that things are coming to an end is when the gospel is preached all over the world and then the end comes. It ends on a positive note. Now this is the prophetic word that came to me. Galatians chapter 6 verse 9 says this. So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time, we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. I was praying and I can't tell if this was a dream or a vision or you ever get one of those from God, you're so deep in prayer, you're so deep in meditation, I can't tell if you fell asleep and he gave you a dream or if he's putting kind of like a daydream, like a vision in your mind. You know what I'm talking about? And so I'm in this place and in this vision I saw fields and fields and fields of dirt and there are people working this field. They're plowing, they're planting seeds, they're preparing the ground, they're putting their seeds in the soil and they're looking up like this and when they looked up I saw that they had dirt on their faces. I saw that they were tired and sweaty and hot and the sun was beating down on them and every movement that they made in that dirt would kick up more dirt and cause them to become more dirty. And then I heard this rumbling like this thunder. We're going to return to Orange, California in just a moment where I'll be finishing that message on the power of the Holy Spirit. Now it's time for our moment of truth segment. This is where I take your questions and do my best to present a biblical answer to them. The question for this episode is from Delano Seldivar from Dearborn Michigan. The question is how can you tell the difference between your own voice or your own thoughts and the Holy Spirit's voice? Well that's a great question and this is a question that many people are wanting to know the answer to. In fact it's probably one of the more asked questions in the Christian world which is why messages on the voice of God are not in any sort of shortage in any sense. But for my key verse I want to go to John chapter 10 verse 27 where Jesus says something quite interesting. John chapter 10 verse 27 says, My sheep hear my voice I know them and they follow me. Are they come to me? Now what's interesting there to me is that Jesus says my sheep hear my voice. In other words they're not someone who's deaf to the voice of the Holy Spirit. So Jesus speaks now to us through the voice of the Holy Spirit using the word of God, using other people, using various other circumstances. But Jesus will speak to us through the voice of the Holy Spirit and he's speaking to you now. The truth is God is talking to you right at this very moment. God is saying something to you. There's a word that God has given you. There's something that God has breathed into your spirit. And the issue is not whether or not I can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. The issue is not whether or not I can hear the voice of God. The question is, am I a sheep? Because Jesus said, My sheep hear my voice. I think of scriptures like 1 Samuel chapter 3 where the prophet is called out by the Lord. And at first the Lord calls him Samuel Samuel and he hears it and he mistakes the voice of God for the voice of his mentor Eli and he goes to his mentor and he says, Master did you call for me? And this happens a couple of the times before the prophet finally is told by his mentor, oh that's the Lord calling you. Why do I bring this up? It's just to illustrate my point that I made first by referencing John chapter 10 verse 27 which is you can hear the voice of God without recognizing it. In fact I believe you're hearing the voice of God right now. So the question, though I know Delana you had a specific question I hope it doesn't seem like I'm dodging it. The question we should be asking is not how can I hear the voice of God because if you're a believer you already hear the voice of God and this isn't just semantics, it's a very important though seemingly insignificant shift that we have to make in our thinking. It's not that we have to hear God, it's that we have to recognize God. In other words we're already picking him up. We already know the things he's telling us. The issue is just discerning which is him. So as I like to say there are three things categorically speaking or three voices categorically speaking that communicate to you in everyday life. Whether that's through dreams, whether that's through the Bible, whether that's through your heart or your spirit, whether that's through other individuals, whether that's through circumstances. No matter how God communicates to you, everything that he communicates falls under the category of spirit. And so there's the spirit, there's the satanic, and there's the secular. The satanic is very obvious. It will always contradict directly the truth of the Word of God. The secular is a little more difficult to spot because it is more nuanced, it's more subtle, it has more to do with things that are not necessarily God but can be distracting in that they're good. So the satanic is the things that are bad. The secular is the things that may seem good but are distracting. And the spirit is what is the pure voice of the Holy Spirit. So like I said those are three categories under which you can place any communication that comes your way. So the question is how do you discern between those three? Because it's not just your own voice you're trying to decipher through. It's the voice of the world which is the secular voice. And actually your voice counts as the secular. Then there's the voice of the demonic. Then there's the voice of the Holy Spirit which is the truth. So the secular contradicts the nature of God which is why it's harder to spot because not many people know his nature. But the satanic contradicts the Word of God. The spirit will always align with both the nature and the Word of God. So how can you tell the difference between? I'll give you three practical keys real quickly. Number one, silence and stillness. Silence is the putting away of outer distraction. Jesus said that when you pray go away quietly, privately. And when you pray in private your father who sees you in private will reward you openly. So silence is the putting away of outer distraction. It's practical. It takes a matter of discipline. Turn off the TV. Turn off the phone. Put away those noises that affect you in the outer man, the everyday life. But then stillness is a little deeper. Stillness is the quieting of the inner man. Stillness is the quieting of the soul. So silence is the putting away of outer distraction. Stillness is the quieting of the soul. And it has to do with pushing down or clarifying and finding peace with those things that distract you during prayer. We're talking about things that make you angry. Things that make you depressed. Things that make you fearful. Things that make you concerned. Things that are just distracting simply because they're entertaining that are inward. Those thoughts that you replay. Those feelings of condemnation and guilt. Those feelings of inadequacy and the inability to approach God. All of those things are the inner chaos that I like to call it. Now you know what inner chaos is and you can identify the things that are a lie simply by this rule of thumb. Anything. Any thought, belief, or idea that keeps you from approaching God in confidence is a lie. So number one, silence and stillness. Silence, the putting away of outer distraction, stillness, the quieting of the soul. Number two is obedience. The scripture says God directs the steps of the godly. Now other than his directions of the steps for the ungodly as it pertains to their salvation such as with Saul turning into Paul, God encountering him on the road to Damascus. That's God intervening in the sinner's life and directing them toward salvation, toward repentance. But other than that, God really doesn't direct necessarily the steps of the ungodly. He reserves that special favor of direction for those who obey his voice. So those who walk in obedience to God are more likely to hear his voice. Why? Because sin causes you to go deaf spiritually. And it's not that God stops speaking. It's that we have trouble listening. So we say, God tell me something. He tells us and we say, I don't really like that. And we say, keep telling me something. But the longer you ignore the voice of the Holy Spirit, the harder he becomes to hear. So when God tells you to do something, do it. Otherwise, he's not going to give you step two. If you say, God, I'm listening for step number two. He said, but I already told you step one and you did nothing with those instructions. So God will speak and he won't speak again in most instances on any given topic unless you go and first obey what he told you to do initially. So number one, silence and stillness. Number two is so important, you need obedience. And number three finally is the word. The scripture says that I have hid thy word in my heart that I might not sin against thee. I will hide his words in my heart that I might not sin against God is what the Bible says. And this hiding of God's word in your heart keeps you from disobeying. But it also brings clarity to your mind. It also brings, when you hear the voice of God more often than the scripture, it becomes familiar. If I asked you to describe the voice of any one of your loved ones, you may be able to give some description to it. But even your description would fail to describe the full quality of their voice. But you know their voice the moment you hear it. And it is because of that recognition is that is in place that you're able to hear it and recognize it at the same time. But that recognition only comes from you spending time and hearing them. So the word of God is a key to hearing the voice of God. So how can you decide or discern between your own voice, the secular, the satanic or the spirit? It's number one, silence and stillness. Number two, obedience. And number three, reading the word of God. And that is your moment of truth. Let's go now back to Orange, California where I'm finishing this message on the power of the Holy Spirit. And as far as I could see across the horizon, because there were thousands of workers in this show. It was a very big field. And I saw these clouds coming over and it started to trickle rain. And as the rain started to trickle, the people began to look up and celebrate and cheer. And then the rain started pouring down on this field. And when the rain started pouring down on this field, I saw instantly life begin to grow. And everything that they had planted rapidly grew to maturity. And they were trying so hard. They were trying to pick up the harvest so quickly that it was growing faster than they could collect it. And the Lord told me to tell you this tonight. It may be dry rain. It may not look like anything's going to happen. But the rain is coming. The rain is coming. And many of you have seeds in the ground. Things that you've been planting. You've been trying to reach your family. You've been preaching their gospel to them for years now. And it seems like it's hard soil. You've been preaching the gospel to your neighbors and your coworkers. And you've been praying for your unsafe loved ones. You've been praying for distant relatives. You've been praying for breakthrough in your ministry. You've been in your city year after year. Maybe you have a business. Maybe you have something that you're trying to do for the Lord. Whatever it is that you're trying to do for the Lord. You've been planting those seeds of obedience. I have good news. The rain is coming. The rain comes. When the rain comes, life will begin to grow. And all across the field I saw them. They couldn't even keep up with the blessing of God. People of God, your loved ones are coming to Jesus. Everyone you've been praying for is coming to Jesus. We look at the world right now and we say, God, I don't know what I can do. I don't know if there's anything I can offer. I'm so frustrated with the way things are going. He says, don't worry. Every seed that you have sown will grow. Every seed you've sown will grow. And the nations will begin to worship. You know, in that vision I looked over. I said, Lord, I heard the thunder first. And the Lord said, son, that was the sound of worship. That worship announces the coming move of the Holy Spirit in every generation. And when the Holy Spirit begins to move, we're going to be working so hard to keep up with it. We're going to say, God, our churches aren't, God, there aren't enough people to witness because you witness left and right and they just get saved. He's done it before and he's going to do it again. So come out of sin. Do something for God. Maybe you're in this place and you say, I give my heart to Jesus but I've not really been living right. Let me tell you something. When you get saved, you make it to heaven. But when you get anointed, others get to go too. When you get filled with the Holy Spirit and you get a vision for what God wants to do in your life and you say, God, what you're having me do? God, I'm going to go after the vision that you placed in my heart. People start getting saved. You see a moment spent in the presence of God. A single moment spent in the presence of God can transform your life. That's awesome. But a life spent in the presence of God can transform the nations. I was sitting in a service just like this church. I was an 11-year-old kid and I said, God, use me. And many of you are here tonight. You know you're called of God. It's a hidden sin. The enemy is looking to silence the next public anointing with private sin. It's time to repent. It's time to give those areas to God. Turn from your sin. Stop being discouraged. You say, God, I've been doing this for so long. God, I've been at this for so long. I don't know how this is going to change. I don't know if anything is going to happen in my life that you're going to use me. God, you promise maybe some of you you've received dreams from God. God, I don't see any of it coming to pass. I'm telling you right now that if you'll get back in the field the rain is coming. That God is going to pour over this land a move of the Holy Spirit such as we've never seen before. Don't be distracted. Don't be discouraged. Don't be deprived. Come out of the darkness and into the marvelous light. It's time to stop playing games. It's time to say, Lord, here I am. And you will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria and to the ends of the earth. God is going to send you to the nations. God wants to send you to your loved one. God wants to send you all over to preach the gospel. Let me tell you something. When you are empowered by... I feel the anoning of the Holy Ghost. When you are empowered by the Holy Spirit nothing can stop you. Demons cannot swim in the depths of God. Demons cannot go into the deep places of the presence. You need to be one who carries the presence of the Holy Spirit. Can I tell you something? When you are filled with the Holy Spirit it's the same Holy Spirit who hovered over the waters of the deep when God said, let there be light and there was light. It's the same Holy Spirit. It's the same Holy Spirit who in Matthew chapter 4 filled Jesus. It's the same Holy Spirit who came upon Christ when he was baptized. It's the same Holy Spirit who walked along the shores of Galilee and empowered Jesus to heal the sick. It's the same Holy Spirit who was with the Israelites when they saw the walls of Jericho come tumbling down. It was the same Holy Spirit that inspired worship in David and moved his hand to write the Psalms that we read and declare to God now. It was the same Holy Spirit who gave wisdom to Solomon. It was the same Holy Spirit who confirmed the words of the apostles with signs swallowing. It's the same Holy Spirit who was with Daniel in the lion's den. It was the same Holy Spirit who moved upon the prophets and caused them with life-giving breath to breathe the word of God. It's the same Holy Spirit who encountered Paul the apostle on his way to murder Christians and made him an apostle of the faith. It's the same Holy Spirit and the same Holy Spirit who dwelt in them, dwells in you. Well, I pray that you were blessed that I ministered to Orange, California on the power of the Holy Spirit. I want to pray with you. You're watching this and you're ready to experience all that God has for you. You want to drink from the fountain that flows from his throne. You want to experience the refreshings of his presence and you want to know what it is to walk in the depths of the knowledge of God and Christ's truth. I believe that the Holy Spirit brings the key. As a believer, you have the Holy Spirit within you. Now let's pray for the Holy Spirit and that God would begin to shift things around externally and internally. I believe there's somebody watching right now. You've been hungering for the depths of God and you want now to experience it like never before. Come on, let's pray. Father, in Jesus' name I thank you, Lord, that your Holy Spirit is now flowing and touching that one watching. Lord, I thank you that your presence and your power is descending upon that one but I come against all the attacks of the enemy. I break the power of the enemy now and I pray, Father, that your Holy Spirit would feel and touch and empower that one watching. In Jesus' name we pray. I want you to say it if you agree. Say, amen. Well, I really do enjoy praying with you and I do believe that it is the power of the Holy Spirit that's going to make all the difference in your Christian walk. Well, that's it for this edition of EncounterTV. Until next time, remember, nothing is impossible with God. And it is Heaven's agenda that you fulfill what God has placed in you. God has placed in you.