 It's time for the church to begin to once again walk in that ancient power that the early church knew. This great power that we see demonstrated in the life of Jesus. This great power that we see demonstrated in the book of Acts. The apostles, the early church, the church martyrs. They carried something with such weight on it that it toppled nations and changed culture. And I think one of the reasons, not the only, but one of the reasons, the power of the Holy Spirit was so prevalent in certain moments of church history is precisely because were it not for the power of the Holy Spirit, they would have ceased being. I don't want to do anything in my own power. Some people are so reliant upon their own power that when the Holy Spirit removes his influence, they're not even aware because they can continue with business as usual. Yet the early church had no other choice but to depend on this power. And in looking at the trends in the world and the signs of the times, it's easy to predict you don't have to be a prophet to do so, but the church is once again entering a season where either you have the power of the Holy Ghost or you're not going to survive in this hour. And this is what we call the great sifting. This is a moment in history when the wheat is being divided from the tear. This is a moment in history when the true remnant of God's people are rising. This is a moment in history when the truly bold righteous are raising their voices against wickedness and iniquity. This is a moment in history that is ours to seize. This is a moment in history that presents the greatest opportunity that the church has ever known. I don't care what the news says. I don't care what the naysayers say. I don't care what compromising churches and pastors have to say. I know that in Christ we always have the victory because of the power of the Holy Ghost. There's no power that can stand against it. People talk about what about this spirit and that spirit and this stronghold and that stronghold. I'm here to declare tonight that whatever spirit you might be talking about, there is no spirit more powerful than the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit himself will take care of any demonic influence. People warn you, religious ones do. Be careful about growing. Be careful about getting too powerful. Be careful about going too deep in the spirit. They say things like new levels, new devils. Church, there is no devil that can walk on your level when you're walking in the presence of the Holy Ghost. Demons cannot swim in the depths of God. He's the hiding place. He's the refuge. It's not even a battle for him. The Scripture declares, He who sits in the heavens shall laugh. And this supernatural power is ours to claim. This supernatural power has not lost its potency. The one difference between those with power and those without. Actually, I should word it differently because every believer has been given that power. The problem is not every believer uses it. The difference between those who walk in that supernatural power and those who don't is one word, surrender. Surrender to the Holy Spirit. So here are some signs that demonstrate to you that you are walking in supernatural power. These are signs that demonstrate to you that you are surrendered to the Holy Spirit. But not only are these signs, these are promises. Spiritual markers to which we try to aspire. Truths in Scripture that we see available to us today. For Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. The same Jesus of Paul the Apostle. The same Jesus of the early church. He's the same Jesus you and I served today. And at no point in history did God arbitrarily put his finger on the timeline of history and say, here is where I stopped working. He still works today. He's searching for surrendered vessels. Number one sign that you know you're living a life of the supernatural. Number one, you act like Jesus. It does you no good to pray in tongues if you're using that same tongue to gossip. It will do you no good to pray in tongues if you're using that same tongue to cuss out your family members in private. Will do you no good to pray in tongues if you're using that same tongue to speak lies and deception. I believe as I will list in a moment that some of the signs of walking with the Holy Spirit are demonstrations of power. That's a fact. You can't get around that. But the truth of the matter is that in Matthew chapter 7 verse 23 and onward we see that there were those who did walk in power but were still rejected. The number one sign that you have the Holy Spirit is not that you speak in tongues though I believe in speaking in tongues. The number one sign that you have the Holy Spirit is not that you can cast out devils or heal the sick though I believe in casting out devils and healing the sick. The number one sign that you have the Holy Spirit is the character of Christ in you. Galatians chapter 5 verses 22 through 23. The Bible says this but the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against these things. I think what's sad is that many believers are often bored by the basics. Don't give me a sermon on peace. Give me one on the end times. Don't tell me about patience. Tell me about prophecy. Don't talk to me about being gentle. I want to hear about dream interpretation and while those other messages are good and needed and I teach those topics too many believers are bored by the basics and because they're bored by the basics they lose the very foundation upon which you place power. This is why it's so dangerous. Many believers come to God for His power, get a touch of His power from His presence and then walk away from that presence. You say how is it possible that people can live sinful lives and still demonstrate such power? That's because the Word of God is so powerful that it still has power even when a hypocrite preaches it. It still has power even when a fraud uses it. So we're not impressed necessarily by demonstrations of power. Neither was Jesus. He was more impressed with those who would do the will of His Father. More importantly, not how many sick people have you prayed for though you should pray for the sick. The question is how many people have you demonstrated love to? How many people can point to you as an example of the character and the nature of Christ to where you demonstrate such love that it confuses them? To you respond in such a way that they can't understand? Why didn't you respond when they said that? Why didn't you fight back when they attacked you? Why didn't you do what was expected of you? You know, you had every right to get revenge. You had every right to do what you wanted to do. That kind of love and patience that confounds those who don't know the love of God. The type of character that's demonstrated when you come into contact with someone who is so broken by the world that it transforms their life when they come into contact with you. I think about how Jesus would go from town to town in person to person. I can't imagine standing with Him there in His physical form having an actual conversation with Him. I can't imagine having even a one-minute conversation with Jesus and leaving without being transformed. That truly is supernatural. To look at someone and not have to pretend to love them but to look at them and to have such love that it pierces the most stubborn of hearts. I've seen men and women of God who carry such a grace on their life that all they have to do is shake someone's hand and I've seen some of the most stubborn, hard-hearted people begin to break down and cry without even realizing why they were crying. They began to tremble because they felt such love. The very same love that was demonstrated on the cross while we were yet sinners, the Bible declares. Christ died for us. The kind of love is this selfless, giving, sacrificial. A kind of love that confounds. The kind of patience. The kind of kindness. The kind of joy that's attractive to even the unbeliever. You know, when we think of people who are spiritual I think sometimes we imagine personality types. Spirituality is not a personality type. What I mean by this is that sometimes people will pretend or they'll behave in such a way that they think is in most people's minds associated with spiritual character. So if they think someone who is spiritual is really serious, never smiling, speaks with the King James accent. If they think that's spiritual, guess what they're going to? They're going to act that way and people will be repelled by it. Why? Because people have this innate ability to recognize insincerity. They know a performance when they see it. I'm talking about such love that you can just be yourself, such surrender to the Holy Spirit that you can just be you talking to someone and they sense something different. That is probably the greatest demonstration of all the supernatural signs of the supernatural life. Is that ability to carry the nature and the character of Christ to where when you walk into a room, atmospheres change. Conversations change. The mood shifts. People who are filled with the Holy Spirit have such joy and peace about them. They become like an anchor for those who know them. Times when everyone else is losing their mind, you become that anchor they look to. That peace they sense around you. That's first and foremost you act like Jesus. Number two, you begin to drive out demons. Now I'm going to read a portion of scripture to you in Mark chapter 16. Now, believe it or not, there is a debate in the church world, at least in biblical scholarship about whether or not Matthew or Mark chapter 16, this tail end, these few verses 15 and on. There's this debate about whether or not this is actually in the original texts. In other words, some people say, well, this was probably added later and therefore it's not something that we should apply. But this is actually a common misconception. I don't have time to go into all of the details. But in researching it, I've actually found that you know how sometimes people just repeat something and people just start repeating it and it just becomes common knowledge because everyone else said it. I've actually found in researching it that the evidence for saying that this portion of Mark is not something that was included is actually quite weak and it's actually very, very, very well established that Mark chapter 16 verses 15 and on are actually a part of the New Testament gospel of Mark. Now I say this because though not everyone will have this issue, there are some who genuinely believe in the demonstrations of power, but they struggle because of this common misconception regarding this portion of scripture. But I assure you if you study it, you will find the truth. Now here's the issue. Most people will study a matter, get to the first layer, find all the objections to it and say, oh, I guess it's not a part of the Bible. You can't just study to the first layer. You got to go even deeper than that. Some would say, well, so many scholars back that position and it's true, but you'll find that many of these scholars back the position not because of research they've done, but because it's simply quote common knowledge, end quote that this portion of scripture doesn't belong in there. Now I give you that quick little lesson on biblical history there, but let's go now and dive into these verses. I can assure you these are reliable and these are a part of the Holy Bible. Mark chapter 16 verses 15 to 18. And for those of you watching online, I'll put a link in the description to one of the books that actually defends what I was talking about. And then he told them, go into all the world and preach the good news to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved, but anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned. These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe. They will cast out demons in my name and they will speak in new languages. They will be able to handle snakes with safety. And if they drink anything poisonous, it won't hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick and they will be healed. Now let me just also say that when the scripture here mentions handling snakes, it's not speaking in the literal sense and I'll prove that to you with another verse right now. So I'm not saying that you ought to go all go buy different snakes and start handling them. I don't want to see them all around the conference center. Okay. The Bible very clearly here is speaking about demonic powers. Let me show you another verse real quick and then we'll continue talking about casting out demons. Go to Luke chapter 10. I'm going to read verses 18 through 20. Yes, he told them and this is Jesus speaking. I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning. I love that verse, by the way. Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy. Who's he talking about? He's talking about Satan and his kingdom. That's the context. Now watch this and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. So very clearly here we see this link between the reference of snakes and demonic powers. Nothing will injure you, he says, but don't rejoice. And this brings even more clarity to the point that's being made, but don't rejoice because evil spirits obey you. Rejoice because your names are registered in heaven. So I would also caution believers not to base their entire identity around exorcisms. People ask me, do we have a problem with demonic oppression in the church? I say yes, but an even bigger problem is demon obsession. We're so obsessed and focused on the demonic that we sometimes get caught up in that. When there's a real simplicity to how Jesus did it, which I'll show you again from the scripture. Now here we see the Bible says don't rejoice that evil spirits obey you, but rejoice that your names are registered in heaven. In other words, rejoice in the fact that you belong to Jesus. Rejoice in the fact that you are saved. We accept the fact that we can command the forces of darkness using Christ's authority. We rejoice in the fact though that we are saved. That is the primary source of our joy. And what can begin to happen is that believers begin to base their identity, their spirituality around these side commands. Primarily we are children of God. Primarily we are to expand the kingdom of heaven. We are to evangelize the lost. We are to live holy lives. We are to worship and so forth. But something very dangerous begins to happen whenever we take our focus off of who Jesus is and place our focus onto what Jesus does. This doesn't just apply to casting out devils. It applies to healing. This applies to the prophetic. This applies to end times. This applies to defending the faith. That's how you get heresy hunters. People will take these portions, these ministries that are to be expressions out of your identity and then they build identities around it. To where I'm not a Christian, I'm a demon basher. Let me tell you, my friend, there's only one demon basher. His name is Jesus. It's the Holy Ghost. He's the only one who does it. And again, this applies not only to casting out devils. This applies to healing. This applies to prophecy. All the other things I mentioned, why do I say this? Because I've been in services where the focus was healing. I've been in services where the focus was just prophecy. Really, there's no mention of Jesus at all. I'm just going to tell you like it is because I want to equip you, especially for the times ahead. You want to know why the church had power? It's because they weren't obsessed with that power. They were obsessed with Jesus. And Jesus is that central figure, that grounding, that foundation. He is the Word. You plant yourself on Him. And if you base your life on your relationship with Him, if you find your identity in Him, then there is balance. Otherwise, we end up in all different directions. Again, this applies to many end times. Some believers base their entire worldview on eschatology, end times. Everything's all about that. That's the filter, the lens to which they see all things, rather than looking to the lens of their salvation found in Christ. That's why Jesus says, don't rejoice that the spirits obey you. Rejoice rather that your names are registered in heaven. Still we see this power that has been given to the church. Let's be real here. Demons exist. And if you're sitting here tonight and you're not aware of that, you're a target. If you're sitting here tonight because your wife or your husband dragged you here and you want nothing to do with what you might call all this Jesus stuff, I pray your eyes be open. Because the reality is that the Scripture describes the existence of demonic beings and a lot of the things that are happening in the world that don't make sense to you make sense to we who know who we are in Christ because we can see the demonic powers at work in our world even now. You want me to get real real here? I've seen demonic influence in the eyes of high ranking government officials. People don't like when we say that. That's not going to gain us any votes. It's the truth. Spiritual warfare is real. Demons exist and demons are not metaphors for evil. They're not illustrations of the darkness. Demons are sentient beings that actually exist in the spiritual realm and they affect this world. And demonic powers understand human nature. They've been around for hundreds and hundreds of years and they study human nature. They know what tempts you and they know what makes you afraid. They know how to manipulate you and they know how to deceive you. What happens here? Sometimes is that these demonic beings really they're parasites. We don't have time to get into their origins. I have teachings on my channel on the origins of demonic beings. When you really begin to study it, you'll find that demonic beings are actually parasites without physical bodies that wander the earth. What does Jesus say? When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it what? Wonders or goes through or roams through the desert seeking rest but finding none. Why is it seeking rest? Because they grow tired outside of physical bodies. Here we see in the scripture that they look to attach themselves to what you would call a host. Now we know it's a fact. It's well established that Christians cannot be demon possessed. We know that that's a fact. So who are we in Christ? We are ambassadors. We are representatives. We are called as believers to cast devils out of unbelievers. Now here's where there is some confusion. And I used to be confused on this too. Believe me, you know, there's this misconception about casting demons out of unbelievers. They said, well, you can't cast demons out of unbelievers and they get that idea from that portion of scripture I just gave you where Jesus said when an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it goes to the desert seeking rest but finding none. Then it says, I will return and it goes back to the house, finds it what? Empty, swept and clean. And then it says, it calls for seven others. Now that state is worse than before. So they say, well, don't cast it out of an unbeliever because if you cast the demon out of an unbeliever, they can end up in a worse state. But here's what that doesn't take into account. Number one, that doesn't take into account the fact that we're not promised tomorrow. So the fact that I'm betting that that person can have their demon cast out a month from now, a year from now, even 24 hours from now is a bet I'm not willing to take. Number two, that person is tormented. And think of how religious that is. I would cast it out of you but I can't because my religion tells me so. I have to leave you there like that. Like the Pharisees who wouldn't allow Jesus to heal on the Sabbath. We don't cast devils out of unbelievers because we think that somehow it's violating some code. And this is why I say you have to base your identity on Christ and not on subcultures of Christianity. The other thing this fails to take into account is that it's God's goodness that leads a man to repentance. So think about the man who came to Jesus out of the graveyard, amongst the tombs. He comes to Jesus and then he wants to what follow him. His salvation came after his deliverance. So we see that deliverance like healing, like prophecy, like any demonstration of power is actually a sign for the unbeliever. And when you drive that devil out, they are free. Saying well I don't want to cast devils out of unbelievers because they might end up worse is like saying I don't want to get my unsafe friend saved because they might end up backslidden. Really think about this. This is why we have the responsibility people of God to drive out forces of darkness. How do you do it? Simple. Actually be a child of God. That's it. It's in Christ's authority. How did Jesus do it? The scripture says with the word, he drove them out. The Holy Spirit does not debate with demons. He dominates them. Think about what we're visualizing sometimes that maybe the Holy Spirit is arm wrestling with a demon. And they're going back and forth like this. And you didn't say the right word so I don't have enough power. And give me the right words, the right prayer so you can power up my strength. No way. You say well what happens if I do that and it doesn't come out? You pray and you fast. What happens if it doesn't come out after I do that? It's probably a mental illness then. Because if it is a demon it has to obey. I'm just giving you the truth guys. This is the reality. And so we as believers have been given this power, this think about the way in which Jesus exercised this ultimate authority and power over demonic beings. It's not like I'm using my authority. I'm using his. And when you use the authority of Christ it is absolute. It is all powerful. There is no devil who is stronger than the Holy Spirit. Ms. Coleman was reported to have cast out many demons in her meetings and people see it in our meetings but when people start manifesting I have the worship team raise the music and we deal with them and then it's done. I want demons screaming nonsense on my broadcast. Also what that does, well never mind. Ms. Coleman was said to have driven out demonic powers and one instance an eyewitness who I spoke with said that this man had come up just you could see obviously demon possessed. He couldn't even get near her. Steps on the platform falls out under the power of God. She says a simple precious in the name of Jesus. I command you to go. That guy shook like violently shook, screamed and then lied still. And Ms. Coleman is only she can do in her own voice. Said that's the way Jesus did it. And you have that same power. Don't let the enemy lie to you. You don't have to be intimidated by demonic powers and I'm not talking about scoffing at supernatural beings. I'm talking about recognizing who you are in him and recognizing that you're using his authority. What do I do if they don't obey I told you if they don't obey you fast and pray then come back if they still don't obey you. It wasn't a demon. The Bible is true or it isn't. You have been given that power. Think about that authority he's placed in you to destroy the works of the devil. I pray that the church would rediscover this power of driving out demonic beings. It's not superstition. It's not old fashioned. It's not gone in past. I would dare say there's probably more demonic activity today than ever before. Sometimes we're so concerned about being politically correct and culturally correct that we placate to people's emotions and we try not to offend. I'm so sick of people trying to counsel demons out when they should be casting them out. That's a sign that you're walking in the supernatural. Number three, you minister healing to the sick. And for this biblical reference I look back to Mark chapter 16. We just read that portion. And no, it's not the power of suggestion. As many skeptics have said. Power of suggestion, power of suggestion. They tell me things like well they only got healed because they believed they would. I say that's exactly what Jesus said. Your what has made you whole. Your faith has made you whole. You can heal the sick. Why aren't you going to the hospitals? I never claimed I could. Only Jesus does. And he's present in the hospitals as well. You ever noticed Jesus didn't go to any hospitals? Because he was doing the work of his father primarily establishing his teachings, ministering salvation. I'm not saying don't go to the hospital or the streets. What I am saying is that it's not my job to heal nor is it yours. This really takes a lot of the emotional struggle off of you because when I first began in the healing ministry I would pray for the sick and when they wouldn't be healed I would just obsess over the reasons as to why they weren't. Now the Bible does give us examples of why people aren't healed. It could be a demonic attack. There could be sin in their life. That's actually biblical. Well what did Paul the Apostle write? He said some of you are sick and have even died for this reason because of the sin of taking the Holy Communion unworthily. So that's one reason. That's not always the reason but it's one reason. Another could be doubt. There were places that Jesus would go that he couldn't heal hardly anyone because they just didn't have the faith for it. Now that is a cop-out that sometimes I think preachers use too much. Well he didn't have the faith. I think well maybe that was it. It could also be the other factor that so many fail to take into account the sovereignty of God. You know people say well I don't believe that you can wield the gift of healing like they did back in the day. And I say hey I don't believe I can wield it and B I don't believe they could either. Everyone and everything even the spiritual gifts must align with God's will and in accepting the sovereignty of God it liberates you from trying to be him. Trying to have all the answers. What does the Bible say? You lay hands and he will heal. What power do we think we have other than the power of God? I mean think about that in a practical sense. I put my hands on you and a disease leaves your body. You saw it here last night. What is that? It's not me. And here's what so few people don't understand about healing. Yes there are keys to ministering to the sick such as stirring their faith ministering the word going through the deductive list of reasons as to why people may not be healed. That is all a part of the healing ministry. Yes but can I just tell you as I stand here before God I promise you I promise you I promise you there are no secrets. There are no gimmicks. There are no programs or methods. People watch and they go I wonder what he does. What's the secret? People ask me all the time because they want to learn what I've learned from people who've mentored me that they've seen and want to receive impartation from. They go they must have told you something that none of you are telling us. There must be something to it. My friend I'm telling you it's as simple as believing and trusting in the power of God and then you leave the rest to him. But people of God you have been anointed by the Holy Spirit to place your hands on the sick and watch them recover. You don't need David Hernandez to do that. God gave you that power. Well what does the scripture say? These signs will follow those who believe. Those who believe what? Those who believe the gospel message that the disciples were to spread around the world. He commands them spread this message and whoever believes this message these signs are going to follow them. When you live surrendered to the Holy Spirit healing miracles will manifest around you. When you live surrendered to the Holy Spirit you don't have to chase signs. Signs will follow you. Number four you win souls. Acts chapter one verse eight. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere in Jerusalem throughout Judea in Samaria and to the ends of the earth those who are marked by the Holy Spirit's presence and power carry within them a passion for the lost. I would dare to go as far as saying that if you don't care that others meet Jesus I doubt that you've met him yourself. True believers reproduce. True believers plant seeds. Now we all have a different part in it. I'm not saying you all have to stand on a platform and lead people in a sinner's prayer as we sing I surrender all. What I am saying is that all of us have the part to play whether it's sowing a seed here or there of love and kindness or the message here and there or praying for someone some plant some water but God is the one who brings the harvest. All of us should be concerned for the state of the lost but those who live lifestyles of the supernatural see souls say if you're finding that your fire is dying you have to give him something to burn. And I found that many times that when you win souls it stirs something in your spirit. Well what did Jesus say to the to the woman at the well when he won her to the when he won her to the truth and the disciples come back and they're trying to feed the Lord they had gone into town to get him some food they come back they made the trip just for him and they say here have something to eat he said I've already I'm already full I'm good thanks guys and they're thinking that he have something to eat physically and he says no my food is to do the will of the one who sent me when you win souls it strengthens your spirit. You want to stay on the cutting edge keep winning souls you want to stay out of compromise and apathy and spirit spiritual laziness get back to winning souls. My friend let me ask you something and I don't want you to answer it out loud answer it within your own heart and mind when was the last time you shared the gospel with someone. No I don't mean when was the last time you were kind to someone or invited someone to church I mean when was the last time you shared the gospel message of salvation through Christ Jesus. This passion for souls is stirred by the Holy Spirit in fact it's the very purpose of his power. We just read it in Acts 1A ye shall receive power after the Holy Spirit comes upon you and then what? Be witnesses those who boldly declare salvation through Christ and let me tell you something those who do this they're going to be hated by the world. The world will hate you for preaching this message because it pierces right to the very heart pierces right to the very soul it cuts deep like when Stephen the martyr was preaching the message and those who were attacking him covered their ears and began to scream I can tell you right now that I've seen this reaction from people a pastor has recently gone on to be in glory his name was Pastor Jed Smock some of you knew him some of you may not know him some of you probably know him but don't know that you know him he's a college campus preacher and Pastor Jed Smock or Brother Jed is he preferred to be called Brother Jed was one of the most misunderstood ministers of the gospel I've ever seen his message was quite confrontational and I would watch this man on college campuses in fact when I was 16 he's the one who taught me to preach the salvation message I don't use the same style and methodology but I use the same strategy if you will and this man of God would stand and he would preach on college campuses and his message was fire and brimstone turn or burn and I think sometimes we get upset with believers well that's not love well sometimes it is and you see when we get to heaven God's gonna be able to say I sent the fire and brimstone preachers I sent the kind preachers I sent the ones in the middle and everyone in between and you still didn't listen to the message so never judge another minister's method we tend to do that well you're turning them off to the gospel no Jesus said in John 3 that they're turned off to the gospel because they love sin that's why not because of your method and so his approach was I'm preaching he would tell me I'm preaching to the self-righteous I'm not preaching to those who are broken and know their sinners because I'm preaching to the self-righteous this is the college campuses now people who think they have it together they're moral, they're good, they're intelligent they have no need of God he says that's why my message is so harsh it's the Jesus was very harsh with the self-righteous and so I'd watch this man of God and he would stand up on literally like college amputators the free speech zones and I kid you not he has had bones broken property stolen he's been yelled at, cussed at, arrested and I've seen it all preaching with him I've had beer bottles thrown at me but you know I would watch him he would preach these outlandish messages but people just missed they didn't realize the genius behind his methodology he was actually a college professor they didn't even know that that he was previously a college professor just an actual when I say this I'm not exaggerating or complimenting he had an actual genius mind like a genius mind the man was brilliant but the way he presented you would never know that and that was his intention he said I want to be like an infomercial get their attention first and I would watch as he would preach boldly and loudly declaring God's judgment and wrath and people would gather hundreds and hundreds and sometimes thousands of college students would gather to hear this message and then as the day went on once he would gather a crowd he would stop with the what he would call the commercial pull up a chair, sit down and just begin to share and teach calmly and discuss and debate and reason with them and I watched this man for years he just just over the past few days ago he passed away I received the news and you know I saw one instance where an atheist had disrupted his message and so did a Christian a Christian comes up to him while he's preaching people of God this happened a believer stops him in the middle of his sermon and says I want everyone here to know that God loves you and what this man is preaching is all hate and I want you to know we don't judge you I want you to know we love you they thought they were being virtuous you know I'll never forget an atheist spoke up an atheist and says to that Christian who interrupted he says you know I've seen you on campus all the time we pass each other we talk not once have you ever told me or warned me about hell atheist now who didn't believe he said this man's been here for one day and he's pleading with me to be saved said I can conclude only one of two things either a you don't really care about me or b you don't really believe the Bible that atheist is right we don't warn the wicked of the wrath to come or share of the salvation the good news of God's forgiveness either we don't really care about the lost or we don't really believe the Bible number five sign of the supernatural life you live in prayer Ephesians chapter 6 verse 18 says pray in the spirit at all times and on every occasion stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere Jesus was often led away to pray so they consistent lifestyle the believer prayer is the activity of dependence upon God when we don't pray we're pointing our finger in the Holy Spirit's face and saying I don't need you when we go a day without prayer we're saying to God I don't need you today when we go a week without prayer we're saying to God I can handle the week without you when we live our lives without prayer we're saying to God I can live within my own strength and power proof that you believe in prayer is that you pray the Bible says pray continually continually continually this is a command to us something that we ought to choose to do church of the living God this is a spiritual discipline that we must enact but those who live in the supernatural life are constantly in prayer they may even think you're crazy sometimes because they see you looking like you're talking to yourself praying and seeking God remaining in fellowship with him day to day the practice of his presence the awareness of his nearness knowing that he is available and active and alive in every moment and in everything in every situation there is this connection that is established in your heart when you fellowship with God I'm here to remind you tonight that private prayer is revealed in public power ministry is the overflow of your prayer life what you see on this platform what you experience in the service it's an overflow of our ministry's prayer life not just mine but every single person on this platform every single person working here it's the prayers of our partners it's the prayers of our supporters it's the prayers of those who love this ministry and this is the power of the church do you talk about power? it's found in the lifestyle of prayer to consecrate yourself daily to lay your life down to acknowledge who he is in every moment when you begin to walk like this there is an actual I'm not kidding with you when I say this when you begin to walk and pray like this there's an actual tangible touch that comes on your physical being that people can sense when they get near you I could tell you story after story of people being touched by God's power I wasn't even aware of it here locally I was ministering years ago I was in the lobby outside of a church just greeting the people saying hello and this woman comes hobbling by me she's had like damage on her knee and in my peripheral I could see that she stopped stood up straight and started looking around like this and then she starts to stomp her leg on the floor and as she's stomping her leg on her floor she starts to scream and then she starts jumping up and down and then she runs up to me and she starts shaking me and I have no idea why she starts shaking me and I'm like what is going on lady? she says and she's so ecstatic she can hardly tell me she says I had a surgery on my knee that was done and they botched the surgery it left me injured and in pain and I couldn't walk correctly she says I don't know what happened all I know is when I was walking by you something jumped off of you and onto me and then the pain completely left and I'm asking the Holy Spirit I was a little bothered I'll be honest because I said Holy Spirit there are times when I'm praying for the sick and I'm just you know as if pushing their head is going to do anything you know we do these things that we think are just going to have you know we pray louder or squeeze tighter on the head or whatever we do these methods and again it's not a method it's just faith and so I'm praying and praying and praying and I'm like Lord sometimes it doesn't happen the Holy Spirit says because I live in you and every so often I like to reach out and touch people I was at another conference ministering in the elevator coming down much like what you experienced you had Aaron you told me you were shaking this is not a boast on me we've already established this is just something all believers can have I'm telling you it's not me it's who's around me Aaron tells me he was shaking he says this is what were your words you were using? I don't know you were gone you were in a whole different place and we were just having a conversation in an elevator same thing happened to me these girls are in an elevator and if you know me I don't like elevator rides Pat will tell you I always try to avoid other people in elevators because I just don't know what to say in those moments so I'm there and we're riding down the elevator these two girls are staring at me and I'm like okay I'm just looking at my peripheral one starts to just break down crying and shaking and my curiosity got the better of me I said why are you crying and she's like gasping she goes I don't know I just looked at you and there's something on you I'm telling you church it's the tangible touch of his presence when I first started to dig that well of prayer in my prayer life I was shocked at how many people were having encounters without me even knowing it I walked into my class one day I said I believe I was in eighth grade prayer life being established for eight hours a day and I had come out of this just the night before I was just in this beautiful glory and I come to the school I shake the hands of one of my friends he falls to the floor and then he gets up he goes what did you do I said I don't know he said I shook your hand I felt like an electric bolt go through me and I couldn't stand up and I said okay this is I got I got I'll be honest with you I got a little freaked out it was different and it's not just about people being slain in spirit I'm talking about carrying the glory you host that presence and when you're in prayer you're aware of that constantly which leads me to my next point number six shall I continue who is just blessing you this evening point number six you are sensitive to the Holy Spirit remember this sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit is not just about how clearly you can hear him but about how quickly you respond when he speaks delay is disobedience I can't tell you how many times I've heard people brag oh I hear God all the time oh I could hear his voice and my question is always but do you obey him do you do what he says to do Ephesians chapter 4 verse 30 says and do not bring sorrow to God's Holy Spirit by the way you live remember he has identified you as his own guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption I'm talking about a fear of God that prevents you from gossiping I'm talking about a fear of God that prevents you from criticizing men and women of God and ministries just because you don't understand them I'm talking about a fear of God that keeps you from secret sin I'm talking about a fear of God that keeps you committed to prayer and the word even when no one is looking I'm talking about a fear of God that causes you to say within yourself I'm not going to quit I'm talking about a fear of God that won't allow you to withhold when God tells you to give I'm talking about a fear of God that won't let you watch certain things listen to certain things go certain places and be around certain people and then be okay with others thinking that you're weird for it I'm talking about a fear of God that says I want to please you above all that fear simply is grieving him sensitivity to the Holy Spirit I was ministering Chicago Illinois Steve you were there issue were there and then I think Nick you were in the lobby or you never went to Chicago okay well Steven issue were there we're in Chicago and I'm ministering I'm getting ready I'm ironing my shirt as I'm ironing I felt this weight come on the room you know like earlier today and I felt like I was just waiting in like this current of water and it was so heavy I said I just want to be very very careful about the way I step I know it's odd we don't always understand this and I'm not talking about legalism some people so paranoid they're they feel guilty if they didn't pick out the right shirt for the day and they wonder if they missed the Holy Spirit it's not what I'm talking about but I sense this and I knew in that moment it was a tangible touch of his power and so what I began to do was host that tangible touch of his presence I started worshipping and praying and then I go down to the lobby and you Steven issue were there and a few other guys you were all talking about something you weren't talking about anything that was worldly or secular just basic things sports where we would eat oh have you seen Chicago very very very benign conversation as I listened to the conversation that began to lift so I stepped away for a moment I said okay something I don't want to lose what I'm sensing and I walked over and on the television screen I saw a program wasn't wicked wasn't demonic wasn't anything that was blatantly evil it was just a regular like news program like I would have no issue with my daughter sitting in the lobby while we were waiting and sing what was on the screen it was so innocent even as I looked at that TV screen I began to sense that that that tangible touch start to weaken so then I go to the lobby I tell Steve I said Steve you're gonna have the talk to the Uber driver because I don't I don't want to disrupt what I'm sensing I put my headphones on I just started listening to worship music and I'm trying to just we got 15 minutes to get to the service so I'm just for that 15 minutes I'm trying to preserve what I sense and then as I'm looking out the window I see restaurant signs and you know signs for legal services and again nothing evil nothing blatant nothing filthy just mundane everyday things and as I began to look at those signs and see those things I also felt that beginning to weaken and it was as if the monotony of everyday life itself was an insult to the glory of God so I just like a crazy person I just stared at the back the seat in front of me and I'm just praying we get to the service I go to the back room I didn't want to look at anyone talk to anyone and then I come onto the platform eyes closed I didn't want to look out at the people I start worshiping and what I sensed on my physical being intensified and then filled the room it was like I carried an ember to the service and the worship of the people caused it to become a flame now I'm not talking about sensitivity to the Holy Spirit that wraps you in legalism as I said I'm not talking about it being a way of life that every little thing like that always those are rare moments that that tangible touch comes on you like that but that's the way we have to carry his presence in our lives when we're in a conversation that just isn't quite right to actually leave that conversation when someone has something on the TV if it's our house we tell them to change it if it's someone else's house we go to a different room when there's a place that you're at and it just doesn't quite fill right you know how many movies I walked out of and my friends thought I was weird so I gotta go to the lobby I'm sorry and they would make fun of me and snicker and laugh how many times there are things that others may allow that you won't you have to just tell them sometimes maybe the destiny I'm going for is not the destiny you're going for let me just say it like it is maybe you want that anointing on your life more than they do and I've often said that when you get saved you lose your unsaved friends when you start walking in the anointing you lose some lukewarm friends too and I'm talking about that life of sacrifice yes if you could call it that because I don't know if there is such a thing being that he always gives back more than we give to him I'm talking about a life of sanctification being set apart sensitive to his voice and I'll give you the final three real briefly number seven you walk in God's provision supernatural provision think about Matthew chapter 17 verses 24 through 27 where Jesus orders the disciples to pull up a fish and there's a coin in the fish's mouth I'm so tired of people fearmongering can I just be blunt with you? remember in Matthew 6 when Jesus says you can't serve two masters you can't serve mammon and God and then he says this is why I tell you not to worry in other words he was saying that worry is how you worship mammon every time you worry about money you're holding a worship service for mammon now I thought first when the Holy Spirit told me that I thought no that can't be surely surely you understand that sometimes we get a little nervous he said no I want faith yes you could acknowledge that things are tight you can acknowledge that but to worry is to worship mammon the multiplication of food in Matthew chapter 14 verses 13 through 21 you may think you don't have enough but he brings it out those who walk in the supernatural walk in God's supernatural provision number eight those who walk in the supernatural walk in God's supernatural protection we saw that in Mark chapter 16 where it says if they drink anything deadly it won't hurt them now here the Scripture is not saying go drink poison you know there are churches who do that they'll give their members poison to drink to prove they have the faith no no because think of Matthew 4 in Matthew 4 the devil tells Jesus something similar he says if God truly will send his angels to protect you why don't you throw yourself off the building and the angels will catch you he says no you shall not test the Lord you're gone so the promise of divine protection is not the invitation to put yourself in danger so wear your seat belt so that's number eight you walk in God's protection and number nine you walk in God's peace these are the marks of the supernatural life surrendered to the Holy Spirit now as I said not only are these signs of the supernatural working in you these are promises to obtain a standard by which we measure ourselves a truth to aspire to you are a supernatural being I want you to say this out loud say I am supernatural do you really believe that write that in the comment section you watching live or on the replay I am supernatural that's who we are goes down to one thing surrender surrender to the Holy Spirit we often pray things like Holy Spirit I want you to fill me heaven responds he wants to fill you you're just too full of yourself we so often cry out for him we say give me more give me more give me more of your Holy Spirit give me more of your power you realize child of God the moment you were born again the fullness of his power and this person came to dwell in you it's not about you getting more of the Holy Spirit it's about the Holy Spirit getting more of you you want to know the key to the supernatural life you want to know the key to what the martyrs had the early church had it's the death of self I am crucified with Christ to be able to say no longer I live but Christ lives in me to be like Enoch who walked with God and was not for God took him I often say to the Lord Lord I want to be a was not too I want to cease to be I want to be a portal through which heaven can touch earth I want to be an empty place for you to fill I want to be a surrendered vessel for you to use Lord in my weakness please be strong you want that stand your feet lift your hands begin praying out loud in the Holy Ghost now Kondo robobosente Kondo robobosente de enterre bebe kente now please no moving around no walking not right now not right now movement should be limited to emergencies only there's no reason to be getting up and down emergencies only reverence reverence reverence for the presence of the Holy Spirit you online continue to pray with us if the voices and sing I sing praises to your name soft lift your voices church oh Lord name is great and greatly to be praised sing it again I sing praises to your name as we sing it in my life Lord be hands and say this the Holy Spirit use me I'm a yielded vessel Holy Spirit for those areas of my heart that I struggle to surrender give me the grace to surrender give me the grace to submit tell them this church tell them I give myself to you my mind my heart my body it's yours Holy Spirit as your people stand here desiring to be used by you to power come on them now it's same power that came and shook the building in the book of Acts chapter 2 come mightily upon them now mighty name of Jesus in the mighty name of Jesus whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa don't be afraid that's the power of God don't be afraid pray in the Holy Spirit church it's here it's here it's here just lift your hands ask him to place ask the Holy Spirit himself to lay hands on you ask the Holy Spirit to lay hands on you right now there it is there it is there it is thank you Jesus thank you Jesus whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa yep yep yep that's the power of God just ask him ask him ask him it's here it's here ask him ask him I'm telling you this is the real deal it's right here it's right here the very same the very same in the book of Acts fire in Jesus name whoa there it goes there it goes there it goes there it goes all across this room that's the power of God now use it use it use it I sense such a strong and on lift your voices pray in the Holy Spirit keep praying keep praying keep praying keep praying keep praying Kondo robobos sentedient pray pray pray pray pray Kondo robobos get this guy in the in the blue shirt in the blue shirt quick Kondo robobobo you watching online too the Holy Spirit's power is moving God is moving he's going to touch you I promise quickly now Sergio quickly keep praying keep praying keep praying keep praying keep praying lift your hands search touch in Jesus pick them up guys what are you feeling on you I have no way to describe it thank you Lord thank you Lord keep praying church keep praying Kondo robobos sentedient baby baby baby that one that one receive it all receive it all receive it all receive it all in the mighty name of Jesus keep praying church keep praying fire in Jesus name whoa God is here lift your hands receive it come on watch out Pat oh Kentedient it's the power of bring her here if she can get here take your seats there's such a strong power help them to their seats if they can and we're not even halfway there yet church we're not even halfway there I want to get something out of the way not that it's not important but I want to do it now and then we'll get right back into the flow here I sent such a stirring and anointing the Bible says in 1 Kings chapter 17 and you watching online don't tune out I promise you the power of the Holy Spirit is tangible and that same power here is going to touch your life we're going to believe in just a few minutes bodies will be healed people will be delivered the church will be empowered but the Holy Spirit has instructed me to get this out of the way and again I must emphasize it's not because it's not important it's very important but I must do this now 1 Kings 17 8-16 before I read that I want you guys to see next to you those of you in attendance and Tim we can start posting the links on the chat section I want everyone in the chat watching live to click on the link that they're posting now my moderators are posting it and Mr. Lay is posting it too those of you who are here there was a paper that we gave you when you walked in pull that paper out I want to show you something I want you to see God's hand of provision here pull out that paper on the paper there's a QR code I want you to scan that with your phone's camera scan that with your phone's camera if you don't have the paper in front of you you can take your camera and zoom in on that code if you don't know how to use it ask someone next to you and they're going to help you with that and Ruben quickly please deal with that outside thank you that's the faster pace please Ruben and then we're going to handle that now now go ahead and open that QR code and you're going to see a link how many got the link wave at me if you got the link how many still need help wave at me if you need help okay good I want you to scroll down because I want you to see something I'm going to I'm going to do it too because I don't have the link you online in the comment section you click it too I'm just going to be real straight up with you you see what it costs and you see where we are we need God's people to make that sacrificial gift to help us finish off these costs so that we can keep doing these conference we don't want to say no to any region any nation we want to keep saying yes I'll tell you it costs what it costs it costs what it costs we do our best to save here and there but these events cost what they cost and we don't charge people at the door because we want to give it away for free and now you can hear from the Holy Spirit and out of your own free will decide in your heart what to do and as you're looking at that you'll see how the giving of others progresses and causes it to go up and you'll see how our collective joint efforts together can make all the difference so you can use that form right there on that link and you'll see it jump you online you can do the same thing and we can collectively see this happen now watch this first King 17 8-16 then the Lord said to Elijah go and live in the village of Zarathath near the city of Saddam I have constructed a widow there to feed you so he went to Zarathath as he arrived at the gates of the village he saw a widow gathering sticks and he asked her would you please bring me a little water in a cup as she was going to get it he called to her bring me a bite of bread too he's a little forward but that's okay he's a prophet but she said I swear by the Lord you're gone that I don't have a single piece of bread in the house and I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal and then my son and I will die but Elijah said to her don't be afraid go ahead and do just what you've said but make a little bread for me first then use what's left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son for this is what the Lord the God of Israel says there will always say always they will say it again say always there will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again so she did as Elijah said and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days there was always enough food there was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers just as the Lord had promised to Elijah here we see a woman in a difficult situation the famine much like what we're facing today people talk as I mentioned last night of inflation you're filling it you're filling it at the gas pump you're filling it at the grocery store you're filling the push of inflation you're sensing the power of the currency losing its ability but though the dollar may lose its power though currency may lose its power I'm here to remind you that God has not lost his power and God will provide all your needs now watch this the Prophet comes to her can you imagine the Prophet coming to this woman and she's saying to herself I'm just going to eat this my son and I and then we're going to die and the Prophet says okay great plan but while you're at it make me some bread too and then also if you have a cup of water that would be great and so he's asking and he's making request and people today would criticize the Prophet how dare you ask that woman in such a trying time but I'm here to tell you that the Prophet asked not because he was being selfish but because he knew that this woman was one step away from a miracle now I'm not here to promise you the moon I'm not here to say that if you give tonight you're going to live a perfect life of health wealth and happiness that's not the promise of the gospel but what I can say is that the scripture declares I've never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread it's not going to happen and so just like this woman who barely had enough to make it I'm challenging you to give and to give generously you see what she had wasn't enough anyway and if what you have isn't enough that's not your harvest that's your seed if what you have isn't enough that's not your harvest that's your seed and the scripture talks of giving generously to God's work and God responding to that generosity with an increase in resources this goes for those watching online too I know sometimes we can feel disconnected because it's a live stream but this promises for you too God will provide no matter what but I'm talking about stepping into something greater I'm talking about not allowing that voice of fear to consume you but instead stepping over and saying God I'm going to trust and even as you look at this site right now look you can see the people giving you can see that going up you can see the increase I'm telling you God's doing it you can see the bar getting larger I believe this entire need can be met tonight I have no doubt I've seen it happen before I've seen more than this happen before in a single night but all it takes is the people of God by-facing you know what? I'm just going to do my absolute best you hear from the Holy Spirit you do your absolute best and watch how your giving impacts it now if you use the QR code you will see if you give on that page you will see your giving impact the event I'm challenging those of you online click that link in the chat I'm challenging those of you here to also continue to give you can see the breakdown there more importantly church we give because we love Jesus we give because we love souls we give because we love the gospel and if it seems like I'm rushing it's because I am because I want to get on to the next thing now but this is important we do have to take care of it now I'm going to ask the ushers to come they have the offering envelopes if you'd rather not give on this form that's fine we have envelopes we're going to pass those out right now for those of you who want to give by cash or check if you want to give by card you can use that form right there on the link that we gave you if you want to give by cash or check you can give using an envelope whatever you do do it generously unto the Lord look at this look at the need coming in guys look at how God's people are responding from all around the world and from this place and I believe God is going to meet this need and then this will enable us of course to continue doing our work into the next few months this will enable us to put things toward the studio that we're building in Round Rock, Texas and I believe it guys I believe God's going to do it and I believe God's going to do it in your life too often we hold back because we're afraid that if we give there might be lack in our house but I'm here to tell you that givers never lack givers never lack and as you release that seed as you release that generosity you're giving a sign to God that he can trust you with the resources that he gave you what did he show you in your vision? what did he show you in your business? what did he show you in your ministry? what did he show you for your future? you may at times wonder about the dream that God gave you but I'm here to tell you that the dream will not die the dream will come to pass but he just wants you to step out in faith step out in faith respond to the voice of the Holy Spirit thank you to those of you online I'm seeing the many gifts coming in from online I'm seeing the many gifts come in from those of you in this place thank you, thank you, thank you for your support and if you're watching this a month from now, a year from now you can just use the information on the screen to support the ministry in general but I want to say thank you for your support I really mean that I don't take that for granted it's, I know especially in times like this most of us were going okay we got to plan a little differently now and we get through that season I'm right there with you and there are some who they didn't even know there was inflation like what do you mean inflation? I didn't even pay attention to what was happening that's good then God's blessed you and that way that's wonderful but I know that for many it's a challenge I want to say from the bottom of my heart thank you we do not take this for granted and we use your resources with as much wisdom as we can possibly muster from our staff and we are, we are as effective as we can possibly be with what you invest in this ministry so thank you to those of you giving online thank you to those of you giving in person lift your hands let's pray for God to bless it then we're going to worship and just let the Holy Spirit do as only he can do Father in the name of Jesus I pray Lord that you would begin to bless your people Lord I thank you that they're responding as led by the Holy Spirit I thank you that those here are obeying your voice I thank you for a people who are sensitive to you Holy Spirit who are willing to obey you despite what they may fear that they're willing to put their trust in you I thank you Lord for those watching online right now live and on the replay who are willing to step out in faith and obey the voice of the Holy Spirit and I pray Lord that you would rebuke the devourer on their behalf I pray Lord that you would not only cause them to survive in this season but to thrive Lord I pray not only for provision but for biblical heavenly prosperity I pray Lord that not only would they have enough but Father that they would have more than enough Lord that the needs would be met and that there would still be enough left over to help others near them in the mighty name of Jesus we pray and the church said Amen