 Isolation is detrimental to your faith. And here's the thing about isolation. Those who are in isolation are always convinced by their reasons for being isolated. They believe their own self-deception. They believe the lie that keeps them disconnected from the body of Christ. You know, it's become popular today to talk negatively about the bride of Christ. It's almost as if we imagine ourselves clever because we side with those who we think are sophisticated and we wag our finger at the church, we raise our voices and we say, Yeah, I'm with you. The church is just so awful. And in doing this, we don't realize that we're actually partnering with one of the antichrist messages for today. In doing this, we don't realize that we're actually being taken by the culture of the world. Well, think about the fact that you can speak out against Jesus. You can speak out against Christianity. Oh, but talk about any other belief system and the world will come for you. That goes to show you that there are only two kingdoms. The kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light. You can talk about God. They'll celebrate you. You can talk about manifesting things from the universe, whatever that means. And they'll celebrate you. You can talk about all the different ideologies, philosophies, belief systems and ways of seeing the world and they'll celebrate you. The moment you mention the name Jesus, they turn on you. Why? Yes, of course, because there's power in that name. But it's primarily because that name allows for no compromise. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, the life. No man comes to the Father but by me. He claims to be the exclusive way to heaven. He claims to be truth itself. He claims to be the exclusive way to Father God. And that claim is offensive to a world that celebrates this idea of everyone having their own truth. And so, it's become popular to criticize the bride. I don't know about you but I don't buy into it. I love the church. Turn to your neighbor and say, I love the church. If you stand with the church of Jesus Christ and you stand for the truth and you're tired of seeing culture mock the ways of Christ, I want you to write that in the comment section too boldly declare it. Let it be known, I love the church. Having said that, this doesn't mean that the church is perfect. Yes, we know that within the church there are abusive leaders. Yes, we know that within the church there are systems that are not necessarily healthy or conducive to a true and genuine connection with God. Yes, we understand that people have been offended, that people can tell stories, that people can give testimonies as to how they were hurt and why they left. But the reality is that even considering all of those things, we must make a commitment to be a part of the body of Christ. The Bible says, and let us not neglect our meeting together as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. So no, the church is not perfect, but we are still called together. Now, I want to make sure I'm being clear here. I understand that there are certain situations where people cannot come to gather with the local body of believers. I understand that, for instance, there are people maybe who are taking care of a sick-loved one. And that sick-loved one cannot leave the house because of the machines they may be tied into or the things that they need that are nearby at home. It's dangerous for them to even walk out that door. And the person who's taking care of them needs to be by their side pretty much 24-7. So for them to step out of the house would be to put that individual at very high risk. That is a legitimate reason as to why someone cannot leave their house or go and gather personally. But even people I know who found themselves in these situations still reach out and find connections that can help them to stay accountable, that can help them to stay grounded. And in any situation, we'll always find opportunity for a relationship. I know I'm not talking about those who just moved into a city or looking for a church. They've tried all of them and are not quite sure about any of them. And they're wondering, Lord, where are you leading us? We're kind of in the desert, wandering, looking for that promised land, not knowing where to lay down our foundations and roots. We're still looking. We're trying to find this place where we can call home. That's another exception that I think is perfectly legitimate because even in that individual or that family is searching for a place to connect. Now what I'm talking about is this attitude of independence, unhealthy independence. This mindset that says, I am the church and therefore I don't need to gather with anyone. My friend, we have to stop saying things like that because that phrase that people use so often to excuse their isolation, I am the body of Christ, I am the church, that misunderstands the entire point because it's only in our togetherness, it's only in our connectivity that we are in fact the body of Christ. It's when we come together that we become the church. Go now 1 Corinthians 12. I'm going to read verses 12 and onward. 1 Corinthians 12, 12. Paul writes, the human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one spirit. And we all share the same spirit. Verse 14 says, yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand, it does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, I am not a part of the body because I am not an eye, would that make it any less a part of the body? Verse 17, if the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts. And God has put each part just where he wants it. Say just where he wants it. That's an important phrase he uses right there. Verse 19, how strange a body would be if it had only one part. Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. The eye can never say to the hand, I don't need you. The head can't say to the feet, I don't need you. This is exactly what I'm talking about. No one part of the body can say to the rest of the body, I don't need you. And that's exactly what we're doing when we're saying, I am the body. It's as if a disembodied hand just says, I am the body. And you would say, no, you're a misplaced body part now, and you're likely going to die. Whenever something becomes disconnected from the body, it begins to wither. It begins to decay. And this is true of us spiritually as well. No, I am not saying that man is your mediator. No, I am not saying that your salvation is dependent upon others. No, I am not saying that you need to connect with other believers in order to connect with God. What I am saying is that God has designed it so that we need each other in order to stay strong mentally, emotionally, and in our faith. And it is in our connectivity that we thrive. You can settle for being disconnected if you want and still make it into heaven. I don't want to just make it into heaven. I want to thrive while here on the earth. I want to establish the kingdom of God in this world. I don't want to just go to heaven. I want to make sure others go with me. And if we're going to do that work, if we're going to do the work of the kingdom, if we're going to act as one body, the system that God has implemented in this world, then we must be dismissive of these ideas that don't come from God's Holy Spirit. They come from offended flesh, prideful flesh. They come from hurts and bitterness. Now, please understand, I've already explained the exceptions to this. And I also understand that many people have been legitimately hurt. I am not trying to be apathetic toward those who have been hurt. In fact, many have suffered very real spiritual abuse. This is why I minister messages like the one I did a few weeks ago, where I talked about the signs that you know your church is not a church but a cult. I'm quite aware of the fact that there are many people who see themselves as little messiahs who seek to have control over people's lives and manipulate them and tell them that if they leave the church that God's going to curse them. So I'm aware of the manipulation. I'm aware of the abuse and I condemn it right along with you. But you cannot condemn what God has gifted to you simply because people have offended you. God will not abuse you. Others have lied to you. God is not a man that he should lie. Others have taken advantage of you. God doesn't take advantage of you. He gave himself for you. Others in their selfish pursuits have exhausted you. God gives you life. God is not like man. And we mustn't disobey God's order of things simply because someone else offended us. And I'm going to be talking about reconnecting in a moment, but right now I just want to establish biblically the importance of our togetherness. Now, you'll look at the disdain for the church itself and people have this concept of the church in their minds because of a lot of the propaganda that's being pushed by culture. Some of you may know what I mean by that. Some of you may not. If you know what I mean, we have some things to work through. If you don't know what I mean, praise God. Just focus on the Lord. Culture uses propaganda to shift the minds of people. And, you know, one of the narratives, the narrative is a way of seeing a story, the perspective on a series of events. One of the narratives that's really being pushed, not by culture through culture but from Satan, is the idea that the system of the church is somehow this wicked and evil thing where people see it as this force for evil that's causing all sorts of harm and the system is so wrong. And I get it because many genuine, sincere believers will use phrases like I want to go outside the four walls of the church. I do too. I'm an evangelist. That's the heartbeat of the ministry is bringing the unsaved into the church, bringing the unsaved into the kingdom. That's what my pursuit is. I'm not a pastor. In fact, I'm an online preacher. So, me preaching this message is actually kind of self-defeating. It would benefit me greatly if everyone stopped going to church and instead just watched it online. I would benefit greatly from that. You say, how do you know that? Because that's what happened during the pandemic. One of our best years in terms of viewership, and we're talking multiple times the viewership, because everyone stopped going to church. So, I'm not saying this because I benefit from this. I'm saying this because it's true and it's in the Word of God. If I wanted to be selfish, I would say, yes, stay home. Yeah, you know what? I'm your church. You know, I'm your community. Now, to some of you, that may be the case, because like I said, maybe you're in one of those situations or you're in transition, or maybe you come here and this is your church. That's fine because there's actual connection there. But you know, what's begun to happen is that people have this... And I want to be careful of the way I word this, and here's why I want to be careful. Some people who say this, say this from a genuine, well-intentioned place. Their hearts are postured correctly. Again, I'll repeat the phrase. I want to go outside the four walls of the church. We need to go beyond the four walls of the church. And I get that. I'm with you. I agree. Other people who use that phrase are filled with spiritual pride. And they're not just talking about the church reaching out. They're speaking out of their disdain for the system that was implemented by God. And they have it in their minds that nobody else does real ministry. Nobody else is really reaching the people. Nobody else is on the front lines. Or you stay in the church and you guys all grow old and tired and faithless together. I'm out there on the front lines in the streets and I'm preaching the gospel. I'm doing real ministry, as if street ministry is the only real ministry. Failing to recognize that if you put together all of the efforts of the church world, that nothing compares to what God is doing through the local body of believers. I mean, again, I say this as an evangelistic ministry, but put together all of the largest ministries out there. Put together the impact of Billy Graham and the crusades that he held in stadiums around America. Put together some of the large stadium ministries today and all the souls that they see coming in. You know I'm for that. You know I'm not against that. I honor and I love every one of those ministries. But put every single one of those together from the last three or four generations. Combine the total effect of the souls that were saved and brought into the kingdom. And it won't even begin to compare to the effect and the impact that the local gathering of believers has had on every single generation. More people come to Christ through the local body of believers than through any other method of ministry around today. Statistics bear that truth out. And most of you sitting in here did not come from watching a YouTube guy like me. You came because someone in your family or someone you know invited you to join the local body of believers where you found Christ. Now I'm not condemning any one method of ministry. I'm simply defending God's church. People say things like, well, I don't know. I don't like being a part of organized religion. That I often reply, well, what do you like being a part of? Chaotic religion, disorderly religion, unorganized religion. Name me one thing God ever did that was chaotic or unorganized. Name me one thing God ever did that didn't have a system that was implemented to carry out the purpose of what was created. Everything God creates is created with a system with order. And what they're really saying is I don't like the organization because in their minds it somehow is not real or it's fabricated or it's man-made. No, it's not man-made. It's stewarded by man, but it was created by God. The birth of the church was a pivotal event in the heavenly realm. Read Acts chapter 2. The Bible says they were all gathered what? Together. It was in togetherness that the church was founded and it's in togetherness that the church remains strong. That's the work of the Holy Ghost. But really, and I'm going to really get into the motive here. And again, I'm not talking about everyone because some people, I use that phrase. Let's go outside the four walls of the church. But I'm talking about the mindset, the mindset that disdains the church world disguises it as like the only true way of seeing ministry. It's not organization that people have a problem with. Organization is not the issue. The issue is always accountability. It's not that they don't want to be a part of something organized. It's that they don't want someone getting in their business. This is why I say it's so important that we connect with one another because only in true relationship can you have true accountability. This is God's system in the earth. We must learn to honor it. Now what leads to this kind of isolation? I'm going to start with the most common one. What leads to isolation first and foremost is emotional hurt. When someone disappoints you. When things don't go your way. Here's why church hurt is so different. Because it's not just some organization first of all. It's not just some job you're at. This is a place. This is a movement where you and your family invest your lives for decades. Now here's the problem. Because we invest our lives in it, sometimes we get a sense of entitlement and we become offended when we don't have more say than we think we should have. You know I realized something. Everyone knows you can't please everyone. The problem? Everyone wants to be the one who's pleased. 100 people, pastor do this, pastor I thought that. I've been with you 10 years, I've been with you 15. Me and my family have been here since the beginning. Well you can't please everyone but you should listen to me. And then when their ideas aren't taken or the way they see it is not agreed upon or when their voice doesn't carry as much weight as they'd like it to, that's bitterness, that's offense. And then there are hurts that come from sinful leaders, abusive leaders, manipulative leaders. And so what do we do? We become hurt and in an effort this is just the reality. In an effort to protect ourselves from being hurt again we move away from anything that resembles what hurt us. So if you went to a church where they did membership and you got hurt, any church that does membership you're going to stay away from. If you got hurt in a church where they prayed in tongues you're going to stay away from a church where they pray in tongues. If you got hurt in a church where they prophesied a lot you're going to blame the whole prophetic movement. Why? Because you're learning, it's a self-defense mechanism. It's not evil, you're just hurt. We're not condemning you, we're saying let us help you. You need healing. And then we hear that, oh you need healing. That's so often used as an insult in the church. Oh, you need healing. You're in the flesh. And then when we hear that, we take it as an insult and we retreat even further. And then there's spiritual pride. This idea that everyone else is compromised but myself. I'm so spiritual that if I even shake hands with someone who's in my church I just might compromise. I'm walking at such levels that I sit there with my arms folded criticizing my pastor for not being as deep as I think I am. They don't let the Holy Spirit move. And by that they usually mean that they don't give them a platform. They don't let the Holy Spirit move. No, no, they let the Holy Spirit move. They just don't trust you with the microphone. Spiritual pride. Well, they don't believe in healing there. They do, they probably just don't let you have your healing service. And you know here we believe in healing, deliverance, prophecy, all of that. But the scripture is very clear on who leaders should be and that you ought to know them and their lives and examine them. They should pass a test before they're released to minister to others. We don't like that either. Spiritual pride doesn't like to admit that there are spiritual ranks. You say what? We all have Christ. We all have the Holy Spirit. Yes, all of us have the same amount of power but not all of us are walking in it like we should. God gave all of us gifts but not all of us have developed them. God gave all of us the anointing but not all of us have become surrendered to the point where that anointing can flow through us with purity. We don't like to admit that. My generation especially. We don't like to admit there are levels to the anointing. We don't like to admit that there are levels to teaching gifts and preaching gifts and prophetic gifts. But here's the reality. Anything that you can grow in, there are levels to it. Spiritual pride. And so they leave the church and they become rogue ministers. Self-appointed, self-anointed. Walking around with their name tags and business cards. Going from church to church looking for new converts that they can wow and impress. Telling them your pastor doesn't have power like I have. Your pastor doesn't preach like I preach. Your pastor's not in the streets like I'm in the streets. And therefore you should come with me when the Bible says that they're not proven. They're not tested. I call these rogue prophets. Moving from church to church, the problem is they need to be set free. What they need is relationship. But they're never in one place long enough to receive what would set them free from that pattern. They go from place to place. Every pastor, oh. And this is not everyone. Guys, again, our defense mechanisms might be rising. This is why I have to balance this. Because you may be saying, no, no, I went through hell. I went through three or four churches, pastor sin, pastor. Okay, that's legitimate. Then I'm not talking about you. But we all have to examine ourselves, our own hearts. And so spiritual pride avoids accountability while wanting promotion. Wants the microphone but doesn't want to serve. So there's spiritual hurt, spiritual pride. That's kind of an oxymoron. It's a contradiction in terms, really. Because there's nothing spiritual about being prideful. But I think you get what I mean, right? I just realized that when I read that. Spiritual differences. You know, I did a broadcast this last Tuesday with a guest by the name of Spencer Nakamura. Maybe some of you saw that. We talked about various signs that point to the reality that maybe it might be time to leave your church. And we didn't do that lightly. It wasn't a bashing of the church. I don't do anything like that. It's a very healthy, balanced, biblical, mature approach to looking at just some exit signs, if you will. And you know, as we were talking, we got on the subject of doctrines and differences. And there are some churches I would leave over doctrinal issues. In fact, I would leave every church over false doctrine. And here you have to understand this. False doctrine, by definition, does not mean anyone who disagrees with me on anything. Because I've seen people leave the church over how the music sounded. I've seen people leave the church over various different issues that weren't even central to their faith or fundamental to what the scripture teaches as Christianity. That's what we call it, Christianity. Okay. Things like the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus. The identity of Jesus. Salvation by faith, Ephesians 2. Things like the Trinity. These are fundamental doctrines, primary. The problem is we're killing each other over peripheral doctrines. Like, well, I don't think you should speak in tongues in public, but I think you should speak in tongues. And because of that slight difference, you're a heretic. Or I believe in healing, just I don't believe in laying hands on the sick to see them be healed. You can pray and ask God, but if you lay hands, that's too much like the gift that was described in the New Testament. So we're going to have to call you a heretic on that one. Or yeah, we believe that salvation is through the work of Christ and by faith alone. But if you talk about money and blessing, I'm going to label you a prosperity preacher, call you a heretic, and we're going to separate. And we're having all this infighting with believers over issues that have been debated for centuries. Now, if something violates the core messages, the fundamentals of the faith, the foundational truths, like we talked about, that's reasonable. Like, if somebody gets up and says, Jesus did not rise from the dead in bodily form, call that person a heretic, you can walk out the door. Okay, but we're talking about primary versus peripheral. And so what happens is people begin to see that there are going to be these doctrinal differences everywhere they go. Now there are some side issues that I won't compromise on. Like, I won't go to a church where they don't speak in tongues. I just wouldn't do it, I couldn't do it. I mustn't, I can't bring myself to. But you know, I know some pretty wonderful Jesus-loving Christians who don't believe in the gift of speaking in tongues. Or don't believe it's for today. It got real quiet in here. I think I'm killing a sacred cow right now and it's causing some tension. Or you know, you guys know, I'm in the healing ministry. I pray for the sick. It's one of the things that our channel, our ministry, is known for and most often criticized for. But you know, somebody doesn't believe that that gift of healing is for today. I may not go to their church, but I'm not going to attack them. We have to learn to walk in maturity in these areas. The problem comes when we begin to isolate because we can't find a single group of people who agree with us on every little thing. Like, okay, we believe Jesus is Lord. We believe he rose from the dead. We both agree on tongues and deliverance and healing and prophecy. But you think the rapture happens in the middle of the tribulation. I'm sorry, I can't. I think it happens at the beginning. And then we leave the church. We are never going to find any one movement that aligns with us on every issue in our lives. And if that is what we're using as an excuse to disconnect from the body of Christ, good luck with that. You can call yourself the remnant, but you're the rebellious if you're not connected to the body. I'm just, I literally had, I kid you not. Now I'm just saying too much, but anyway. How many of you have ever heard of the app Discord? Raise your hand. Okay, we're going to start using the app Discord. I already knew, I already knew. The moment I posted it, I had to say, hey, just wanting to see how many of you are actually on the app Discord. And I put, please don't make any religious comments about how Discord means division. It's just the name of the app and we want to use it to reach Gen Z. Oh my goodness. You would have thought I was talking about the deity of Christ. Literally, I think one of the comments I read, I literally laughed out loud. One of the comments was, I'm sorry, I just could never use it. Something like, I can't believe you can't, words matter. And I thought that right there, I hope that person is not watching. If you are, I love you. It's just an example. You were a really good example. I'm sorry. You can delete the comment. We won't screenshot it, I promise. But you know, that's how nitpicky we get. It gets so worked up about these little differences and because of that, we isolate. And then compare that to spiritual pride and watch how the two come together. You know, often it's not even the beliefs themselves that are the issue. It's the culture behind the group of beliefs that develops. Or they become angry. It's always drama and tension and arguing and that's a sign that there's some lack of fruit there. So these aren't what can lead to apathy or to isolation, excuse me. Spiritual pride, spiritual hurt, differences on doctrine. Now the purpose of the church is quite clear. Acts chapter 2, go there. Acts chapter 2, I'm going to read verses 42 through 47. This is a model of what the church was doing. All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship and to sharing in meals, including the Lord's Supper and to prayer. A deep sense of awe came over them all and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. They worshiped together at the temple each day, met in homes for the Lord's Supper and shared their meals with great joy and generosity. All the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people and each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved. Notice the scripture there on verse 47. I'll point this out real briefly then I'll give you some of the meat of what I think is behind these verses. Verse 47, it says they were added to their fellowship. There we see the local church acting as a magnet for the lost. Yes, evangelism, what I do is part of it. But also we cannot forget nor can we criticize the local church's way of also attracting the lost. I've heard it said that at evangelistic events all who go are just a bunch of Christians getting saved over and over again. And I'll admit it, I've seen probably a few people get saved more times than they probably needed to if that's even possible. I, as a new convert, went to the altar. I think I gave my life to Christ like 12 times. But I can look at one moment where I think it was a genuine confession coming out of a genuine salvation experience as opposed to a prayer trying to cause it to happen. But you know the reality is that's the same of any group. The group at the evangelistic events who get saved a very different percentage than we think probably actually is coming to the Lord. But it's the same of the outreaches when we go on the streets. It's the same of the gathering in the church. The reality is most people will reject the gospel in any setting. So again we have to recognize the legitimacy of different types of operation. And here we see the church, the local church that people are being added to their fellowship. Now watch this. As we glean from the scriptures here we see a few key points stand out. First we see that they all financially contributed to a common cause. Some people ask me if tithing is biblical. I believe it is. There's another issue. I'm sure people can divide over if they want. But I think the heart behind it is simply honoring God and giving. That predates the law for sure. But if you don't like tithing you can do the New Testament thing and just give everything away. That's what they did here. Brother David, descriptive not prescriptive. But even in what's descriptive reveals spiritual principles behind the practice. And so what is the takeaway principle? All joking aside, the takeaway principle is that they contributed together with a common generosity. Then we see that they heard sermons. Imagine that. God didn't call you just to sit in a pew and hear someone preach. Well yeah, kind of. It's part of what you're supposed to do as a Christian is sit in a service and listen to preaching. They fellowshiped. They shared meals. They took communion. They prayed together. Now this brings the point of online ministry. One of my friends said it really well and I can't remember which one it was. Whoever you are, I'm going to use your quote. It's not my quote. I just could not remember who said it. And they said something to the effect of online ministry should not be a preference. It should be a last resort. And this is precisely why. Because you can only do these things in true community. If you're in isolation, here are some of the dangers. You can't receive teachings from the word. From preachers and teachers. You say I can read the Bible on my own. Yes. And some believers quote 1 John 2 27. He gave me an anointing, an anointing within me that I need no man to teach me. Okay, we have to realize that letter was written in response to antichrists who were trying to teach antichrist messages. And so what's being written there is simply the fact that they didn't need anyone to teach them who Christ was. They already knew that. But the Bible there is not saying you don't need teachers and pastors. In fact, the Bible says very clearly in Ephesians 4 11 to 13. Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church. The apostles, the prophets, the evangelists and the pastors and teachers. Some say pastors and teachers is one office but I believe that the translator separated the ideas for a reason. Verse 12, their responsibility is to equip God's people to do His work and build up the church, the body of Christ. Imagine that. There it is right there. What's their responsibility? To equip God's people to do His work and what? Build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. So until we've reached the fullness of that standard who is Christ, we need this. God would not say, here are teachers but you don't need teachers. Here are pastors but you have an anointing within you so you don't need pastors. He would not contradict himself. So what begins to happen is if you're isolated from the body of Christ then you're missing a very important supplement to your Christian walk. You can take the time and study it all for yourself. You can do that. But do you know that when you hear from mature, accurate, how shall I put this? I'll just use those two words. Mature and accurate teachers and preachers of the Word. When you receive from these, you're accelerating your knowledge of the Word. When you isolate your stunting, your spiritual growth, you're missing gems and truths that can come through the mouthpieces of God. Now this doesn't mean they're always 100% correct but this is something I wouldn't want to miss. You would miss out on corporate worship. Colossians 3.16 says, let the message about Christ in all its richness fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom He gives. Sing Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. Now those of you wondering, Psalms were just simply like the inspired Word of God. It's actually referring to the Psalms there. Like the Psalms of David. To sing those aloud. And then we have hymns. These are worship and praise of God written to God, about God, about the glory of God, the adoration of God. They're not divinely inspired but they're songs of worship that you sing. And then there are spiritual songs. Now get this, spiritual songs are expressions of faith that we sing in unity together. So I don't know how many times I've heard the criticism I don't want to sing songs about my faith and I don't want to sing songs about this or that. I just want to sing to God. That's true worship. Yes, that's worship but the Bible also says to sing spiritual songs. Songs where we're just encouraging one another. Songs like, this is how I fight my battles. I've heard that one criticized. That's not singing to God. But it's a spiritual song. So, this is to be done corporately. Ephesians 519. Addressing one another in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart. I'll never forget the story I heard about a pastor who was standing after the service was over at the back of the church and greeting congregants as they shuffled out into the parking lot. And one woman comes to the pastor. She's shaking his hand. And people do this thing sometimes where they don't let go of your hand because they want to tell you the fullness of whatever in their mind. And so she's telling him, you know pastor, I was really bothered today. I just, I could not get into worship. We didn't do any of the songs I like. I didn't like the style. She's just kind of complaining about the worship. And he says, that's okay. We weren't worshiping you. You know, some people have left the church. They've isolated because they don't like the style of the song. I've known people to be in church 20, 30 years and the moment the church installs new lights that they don't like, they're gone. Well, I don't know, all this smoke and lights. And you guys know me. I'm for the deeper things of the spirit. You see the glory manifest at our meetings. You see people healed and delivered and prophetic flow. But I'm also against this nitpicking that we do to the body of Christ. I didn't see smoke and lights in the New Testament church. Well, they didn't have smoke and lights in the New Testament. They had maybe some candles. Read the book of Revelation. Lightning flashes before the throne as people worship. Some of you are going to be complaining in heaven. That lightning is too bright. Those seraphim are too loud. Those trumpets are hurting my ears. People leave over these things. But that's precisely what you're missing when you isolate. To be in a group of believers together raising your voice in a presentation for God himself. There's no corporate prayer when you're isolated. In Acts 2.42 we see that all the believers have devoted themselves to prayer, corporately. There's no fellowship. Can I just stop here for a second on fellowship? Because I think we understand the importance of corporate prayer. That right there has been taught on so many times on our channel. I think I can leave that just for now. And if you want to dig deeper, you can look at some of the other content in the channel. But I want to take some time to really talk about the next two. When you live in isolation, you leave no room for true fellowship and accountability. Can I just say that I think our society has lost what I call the art of true friendship? We are so shallow in our connections. Why? What's happened in our culture that there are no true connections? And I'm telling you, people break their friendships for some of the silliest things. In true fellowship, you really find that refining. The scripture says, as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens his friend. But do you know that when you're sharpening iron, sparks will fly? When you're sharpening iron, there are pieces of the iron that are being chipped off. You know, I look around here, this room, I can see, I got a good team behind me. But you should see how the sparks fly behind the scenes sometimes. You think we're all walking around the studio, always singing hallelujah, praying in tongues? No, there's some pressure sometimes where things get a little tense. But you know what I can say about this team is they know how to forgive. We forgive each other. Grace covers a multitude of sins. Grace doesn't cover abuse. Love covers a multitude of sin. I've seen people throw away decades of friendship for one argument. We need to learn that it is in our fellowship that God begins to refine those things in us that we would not have refined. You know what happens when people don't fellowship? And please, don't misunderstand what I'm saying. So let me preface it by saying this. We by our very nature are strange creatures, aren't we? Why? Because we're citizens of heaven, filled with the Holy Ghost. Like, we're strange to the world, but we shouldn't be strange to each other. And here's the problem. I've seen people who disconnect from fellowship and they just start to lose it in their head. Do you know that there's a whole subculture of Christian conspiracy theories? Do you know that during the pandemic, some of the worst forms, some of the worst perspectives on certain biblical doctrines came right to the surface and begin to spread like wildfire? Why? Because of isolation. And you'll notice that the moment you begin to isolate, you begin to lose your peace of mind. What did God say in the beginning? It's not good for man to be alone. He wasn't just talking about marriage. He was talking about the idea of isolation. When you're not connected to one another, you begin to lose that peace. You begin to lose your stability. People start to act weird. And number five, you lose accountability. Here's what James 5.16 says, Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other. I don't need anybody. What are you going to do in this case with this command? I don't need people. I got just me and Jesus. Okay, well, he gave you the word and the word tells you to encourage one another, to edify one another, correct one another, honor one another, lay hands on one another, pray for one another, confess to one another. What do you do with commands like these in isolation? Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other. Why? So that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Now, we confess our sins to God first John 1.9 in order to be forgiven. We confess our sins to each other in order to be healed. I'm not talking about OCD confession. It's what I call it, OCD confession. People come to me, you know, Brother David, I just want you to know I was a little annoyed with you today. I'm like, thanks, I could have gone the whole day without knowing that. I'm not saying every little thing. But you know what the purpose of confession is? To clear the conscience. To maintain connectivity between brethren. That's important. And to keep you accountable. Anything outside of that is just legalism. It's not as if you die having thought an impure thought, you get in a car accident, you didn't have anybody to find and confess it to, and that's not how it works. But you lack accountability in isolation. You know what else you lack in isolation? Encouragement. Hebrews 10-24 says, let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. This is why there's heaviness on those who isolate. And finally, number seven, this is going to be, I don't know how much time I'll spend on it, but I want to say this again to those of you watching. I understand that sometimes when we hear these things, our defenses go up, and immediately we want to defend what we imagine is being criticized. So we say things like, well, you don't know, I already know, in the comments it's going to be about, well, easy for you to say, but what about if a pastor does, and you're going to get ultra-specific on me about some situation that I have no idea about, and I understand that. But what I'm giving you are biblical truths that apply to the situation no matter what the situation is. I may not know your story, but I know the Scripture. And the Scripture gives life. The Scripture brings freedom. The Scripture gives us the truth that helps us to walk in liberty. And so what I'm about to get into now, again, I don't know how much time I'm going to spend in it. I think I covered some of it as I went through. But this is so important because this is where many believers get stuck. Isolation is the breeding ground for deception, paranoia, and bitterness. There are certain things that you believe doctrinally that you would have never come to believe had you not been stuck in isolation. There are certain things you believe about God, about his nature, about yourself, about how things work in the spiritual realm that you would never have come to believe if you weren't in isolation. This is what I'm talking about when I mention Christian conspiracy theorists. We're talking about isolated, angry, hyper-critical believers who are stuck and wrapped up in themselves. That bitterness you have for others grows. This is why, by the way, someone can be at a church for years and talk about nothing but how much they love the church. It's amazing. It's beautiful. The pastor's awesome. The worship team is great. And the moment they leave the church, suddenly all of the things they hated about it but kept secrets start to come out of their mouth. And you wonder, wait a minute, where was that all those years you were saying how much you love the church? Wasn't until they left that they began to speak those things. Why? Because it's in that isolation that bitterness begins to grow. I've seen it done and I've never pastored a church but I've talked with pastors who've told me these stories of how people they love and invested their lives and how they would leave the church on good terms. We're just going to head out now. It's just our time and maybe it wasn't, I don't know, I can't judge that. And then they leave the church and the longer they're gone, the harsher they begin to criticize their memory of that church. Why? Because they never reconnected to the body. And so now everything they see is seen through a warped perspective and they begin to develop now new criticisms. So how do you begin to reconnect? This is the challenging part. How many of you tonight are being challenged? Let me see your hand. You watching online, you're being challenged. Let me know what areas the Lord is challenging you in. And I think in that confession there is accountability even here on this stream. Number one, you have to agree with God. That, by the way, is fundamental to repentance. Repentance, that word, literally means to change your mind. Now some people don't like when I say that because they say, no, Brother David, it means to repent of sin. Yes, but no. The word repentance means to change your mind, literally. But in the context of biblical repentance, it means to change your mind to the point where it causes you to turn from sin. So yes, there's repentance of sin in there, but it really, that word is talking about the changing of mind. And of course, you should repent of your sin. But when you begin to change your mind and agree with God, you begin to relinquish your excuses. I know I should be in church, but... Well, you read that. You know, it's funny. I could, tonight, I could go and I could post just that verse. Don't forsake the assembling of yourselves together and there will be offended people. Well, what about if... Well, you didn't hear about and it begins to seep out. When I talk about bitter people, I'm not saying us versus them. Those are our brothers and sisters. And if you're in bitterness, you're my brother, you're my sister. But I have to call these things out that you might walk in liberty. The truth will set you free, but you know very often the truth will offend you before it liberates you. Truth will set you free. So you have to come to the place where you agree with God and you have to stop debating with him. You have to stop trying to debate with the scriptures. You have to stop debating with the people who encourage you with the scriptures. Let it go. Well, easy for you to say, okay, there's another reinforcing lie trying to keep you clinging. But it's not going to happen for you until you let go. Forgive those who hurt you. How? How do I do this? That's the big question, isn't it? First of all, recognize that forgiveness is not a feeling, it's a decision. You know, Jesus talked about forgiving them 70 times 7. Well, if they only offended me 7 times, why 70 times 7? Because you're not just forgiving the offense, you're forgiving the memory of the offense when it continues to arise. I still feel the pain. I still remember what happened, okay? Each time you have to choose. Each time the memory comes up, I forgive. And stop obsessing about they don't know how they hurt me. Maybe they don't even know you're offended with them. And you're obsessed with them knowing. You're obsessed with them coming to terms with how badly they treat you. You're obsessed with everyone else understanding how that obsession is to your detriment. Choose to have grace for the faults of others just as God has forgiven you so forgive others. Imagine if the Lord forgave us the way we forgive others. Lord, please forgive me forgiven one week later. Hey, do you remember that thing you did last week? That bothered me. I'm sorry. I had to be honest with you. I had to tell you. Punishing you again and again and again and again for your mistakes. What if we forgave others with the same grace that God forgives us? What a daring thought. Forgive faster than they can apologize. Forgive even if they don't apologize. Modern psychology says they have to acknowledge and then you forgive. No, the word of God says Father forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. Well, they did know what they're doing not in the deepest sense of what they're doing. I'm sure the people crucifying Jesus knew they were crucifying Him but they didn't understand exactly what was happening. This is not a license for abuse so don't hear what I'm not saying but I'm talking about moving beyond that. You've heard sermons on forgiveness, on bitterness, on letting go and maybe you've prayed the prayers, maybe you've gone to the altar, maybe you've cried the tears and then that old nature begins to re-grip what that once was. This is why you have to learn to keep the flesh in subjection but it's going to be very difficult to do that if you're isolated. Choose unity despite disagreement and here we go. Take the first step. Oh, this is where it starts to hit. If you've been holding on to things approach that person and let them know they're forgiven. Now don't use that in a manipulative way as a way to give them a speech and a peace of your mind that you've always wanted to give them. Here's why I'm forgiving you. No, no, no, no, no, no. That's manipulation. That's witchcraft. I'm talking about the Jesus in you looking them right in the eye. Neither do I condemn thee going sin no more. Oh, it's thick here right now. To release any rights you think you have anything you think you're owed and say, Lord, you take care of it. And then to muster the courage and it will be difficult to step back into a body of believers and say, I must obey the word. I'm good. And you know what? Here's the thing. You're going to get hurt again. You have to know that. What if they hurt me again? Don't worry about the what if. They will. That's a fact. The question is how will you deal with those offenses? Look, you know this ministry. Holy Spirit, prayer, spiritual warfare, miracles, evangelism. These are the things I teach on. And like I said earlier, why an evangelist would teach on something that would benefit some other ministry and take away from this ministry, at least in man's way of seeing it. I'm telling you because I love you. And because this is what the Holy Spirit told me to bring tonight. It's different, yeah, than we're used to. It's different than I'm used to. It's different than what you're seeing, what you're used to seeing on the channel. Could it be that the Holy Spirit is speaking to people right now? Could it be that he's confronting some of the deepest chambers of your heart? Could it be that he's uprooting at the very depth of what it is, those hurts, those pains that we carry within us? Holy Spirit is removing excuses, our explanations. And he wants one thing. Surrender. So you're going to have to take that step. You're going to have to make that decision. If the Holy Spirit has spoken to you about anything in this message, and you're present here in this facility tonight, I want you to not hesitate, but to stand now and come down to this altar. I want to pray with some people. They're going to get set free tonight. Come, come, come, all the way, all the way. Make room for the people in the aisles, please. The ushers will direct you. You watching online? This is for you too. You heard the message. Now it's time to join us in prayer. The rest of you in the congregation, please, standing all across this room. These are people who are being set free tonight. Step all the way forward, please. All the way forward. Ruben, help me out here. All the way forward. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Because we still have people in the aisle there. And then over here too. All the way forward, please. He wants to touch lives tonight. All of those excuses, all of those explanations we've convinced ourselves to believe. When the light of truth shines on those, we're forced to just say, okay, Lord, you have me. You got me. He is now shining the brilliance of who he is onto all the dark places of the heart. And there are dark places, all those areas of stubbornness, of anger, of bitterness, of skepticism and cynicism and doubt. Oh, he wants to remove everything. It's not like Jesus. So you standing up here at this altar, I want you to lift your hands. It's not in a fancy prayer. It's not in reciting something I give you to say. It's in the surrender to the Holy Spirit Himself. He'll hear you and he'll respond with his power. He will help you to do it. Hands lifted, eyes closed. You in the congregation, join us as we sing. You watching online, join us as we sing. Stephen, I surrender all, please. And I surrender. And I surrender. Hands lifted again as we sing it out, church. I surrender all. I surrender. There's liberty in the Spirit here tonight. I surrender. I give you the glory, Lord, for what you're doing in these lives. All to thee, my blessed Savior. As Ishmael continues to play, and as you people of God continue to speak to the Lord right now, you hear in person and you online, I'm going to pray for you, but you keep praying too. This is not just for those here. This is also for those who are watching around the world. Even if you're watching this after it's gone live, even if you're watching this on a replay, the truth still sets you free. Without anointing, that tangible touch of His power still rests on this very content, and He uses it to touch your life. So Father, I pray in the mighty name of Jesus that your Holy Spirit would begin to do a deep work in the hearts of your people. Wow. Church, what I'm seeing right now is you continue to pray. What I'm seeing right now is a hand made of light reaching now into your being. In those areas you've battled with for so long, He's touching and He's healing. That's the Holy Spirit doing a work. Pray in the Holy Spirit now, Church. Are you watching online as well? Pray in the Holy Spirit. Bring her back. That's the power of God that went through you right now. Feel this temple Power of the Holy Spirit here, Church. Keep praying. It's the real deal here, guys. That's the power of God flowing through them. Sing it again, Steve. That's the power of God on these people. This is the power of the Holy Ghost flowing. What's on these people here right now is now moving through that camera and through whatever screen you're watching on. I want you to place your hand out like this in faith. I'm telling you, the Holy Spirit is doing a deep work in you. This is the anointing of the Holy Spirit. This is the real deal I promise you. And it's not found in a fancy prayer. It's not found in a special protocol or ritual or incantation. For it's not by power nor by might, but by my spirit, says the Lord. You can do a 12-step and a 3-step and a 10-step or you can surrender to the Holy Spirit. Right now he's doing it father. Some of you are sensing that power even now. Father, I thank you that your power is flowing and touching your people all around the world. Liberate them, Lord. Break every bondage in the mighty name of Jesus. Call us back into that place of unity and fellowship in Jesus' name, in Jesus' name. Keep praying, church. I feel like, I wish I could explain it. Yeah, see, it's like an electricity now. Pick him up, bring him here for a sec. Sir, what you're feeling is the power of God on you. Lift your hands. Just a moment ago I felt it like electricity on my hand. The Lord led me to pray for me. It's like, what do you feel moving through you? Electricity. Fire and electricity. There's fire and electricity. It's flowing here, guys. Lift your hands, ask him to do it for you. Come on, lift your hands, ask him. What are you feeling going through? It's the real deal here tonight, guys. I'm telling you, thank the Lord for it. Come on, thank the Lord for it, thank the Lord for it. Man cannot produce this. Man cannot produce this. This is the work of the Holy Spirit. You hear how strongly there we are. These people are like screaming and gasping and they're not actors, I promise you. That's the power of God. That's the power of God. Lord, we thank you for the anointing that breaks every yoke. Lord, we thank you that your power is moving here tonight. Just a moment now, lift your hands and pray in the Holy Spirit. Come on, loudly and boldly, loudly and boldly. Now, you watching online do exactly the same. We surrender to all that you desire to do in our lives, Lord. Kenderobobosen. Liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. Sing it softly, Steve. Come glorify. Lift your hands. Somebody watching online right now. You're sensing like electricity on your body. He's breaking bondages off of you now. He's breaking bondages off of you. Keep praying. Somebody in this room standing here now in this season, you've begun to become overtaken by this bondage of lust. The Lord's liberating you tonight. I thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Wow. Someone else, a heaviness, like a suicidal ideation that's just been on your mind. He's liberating you tonight. I give you the glory, Jesus. Just lift your hands and ask Him. He's doing it now. Someone watching online. Wow. There's a man and a woman watching. You are watching separately and you don't know the other one is watching. But your marriage is on the verge of collapse. And in fact, I'm speaking now to the wife. You've almost said within yourself, I hear you saying, if He gives me the papers, I'm just going to sign them. I just want this to go away. And both of you are spirit-filled believers, but you've allowed the flesh to take control. But now the Holy Spirit is doing a deep work in each one of your hearts. That marriage will be restored in the mighty name of Jesus. That marriage will be restored in the mighty name of Jesus. I thank you, Lord. A young boy watching. You're 16 years old. You're praying for your mother. She's addicted to painkillers. She suffered an injury several months ago and she's been addicted to painkillers for some time now, for several months. And you've watched the change in her to where once she was speaking the things of Christ, the things of Scripture, the truths of the Word, and you've watched her decline in her mental and emotional health because of this addiction. We pray that addiction be broken in the name of Jesus. That addiction has to go. There's hope for restoration for the future. The devil has already lost. Victory is yours. Be the glory, Jesus, for what you're doing. Very reverently, please go back to your seats. You're watching online. I want to speak to you, too, just for another moment or so. This is why I love these meetings. They're surrendered to the Holy Spirit. You never know what's going to happen when the Holy Spirit is running a service. We just have to learn to flow with him and listen to him and hear his voice. And even now, as I'm talking, I'm telling you from the beginning of the broadcast to the end of the broadcast, that anointing is flowing. It's still flowing now, and there are still bondages being broken. There's a man watching. You suffered an injury. I see like a broken nose. And there's bruising and swelling and redness all right here on the center of your face. Just a few moments ago, you felt like heat flowing over your body. Go back. Have them check you. I believe the Lord healed you tonight. I believe the Lord healed you tonight. You know, the world is crying out for the supernatural. Not just the church. Listen to what I said. The world is crying out for the supernatural. Do you know that with the way things have been going, people are beginning to lose hope? In nations all around the world, they've lost faith in their leaders. They've lost faith in their systems. They've lost faith in their relationships. Everything that can be shaken is being shaken in this season now. And so what's happening is people are beginning to turn and look outside of themselves for a great hope. They're beginning to turn and find answers in things that don't really give full answers. They're searching for hope. They're searching for truth. They're searching for a way out. They're searching for miracles. Something that will cause them to rise beyond the situation in which they now find themselves. And the world is giving it to them. They're poisoning your kids' minds by putting demons and witchcraft and things of the occult in their cartoons. They're sneaking symbols. And I shouldn't even say sneaking anymore. They are blatantly putting things in movies now. In songs, music industry, they're basically worshipers of the devil. Concerts are not concerts anymore. They're satanic worship services is what they are. The world is feeding this to your kids, to the next generation. I shared a few weeks back about how my friend Hannah Williams did a video on what's called witch talk. You don't know what that is. It's basically a subculture of the social media platform tiktok. And in this subculture they're spreading new ageism, the occult. These sorts of practices that invite demonic influence and this next generation is embracing it. Why? Because they're looking for power. All we've given them for a generation is 10 keys to a better this and 8 steps to a better that and 9 ways to succeed in this. And I feel like we're running out of numbers and steps and arrangements of instruction. It's just become so much focused on self, self, self. The church has tried to teach people how to build what God told us to crucify. And what's happening now is the world is looking for it. That will give them hope. Something that says there's power to better my situation. Church, it is time that the world once again sees the power of the Holy Ghost. It's time once again that the world sees the power of the Holy Ghost. People can criticize tongue talkers all they want. We're the ones with the growing movement. People can criticize those who cast out devils, heal the sick, prophesy, practice spiritual gifts and hear from the Lord himself. But that's where the power is. That's what's growing. That's the life of God in the earth today. That's what's expanding the kingdom. And so I need your help. It was once said by the head of a major television network speaking of the generation of the youth. That was the generation of the youth in their time. This person said if you can give me their eyes and their ears I can take their souls. The head of a television network said that and I know for a fact that the head of this television network saw me preaching to him. They wanted to do a show on our ministry. I had some friends say don't do it because they'll just make you look bad. But they said this is for our president and he wants to see it. So I just preached to him and I know that the world sees the value in media. Give me the eyes and the ears and I'll take their soul he said. I as a servant of God in telling you give me their eyes and their ears and I'll win their souls. Give me their eyes and their ears and we will win their souls. It's the gospel. The gospel has power. We just need to get it in front of them. And where are they? They're on this right here. This is their world. You look at them everywhere. This is it. This is where they are. That's why we put so much into media, audio and video short content, long content, live content. Why? Because that's where they are. That's why we as a ministry are now building this facility, this new production studio. And in this month now the goal is to finish fundraising for it completely. Help us do this. We can get into the details of all the tech and all of the nuances of the equipment and I could tell you about what each room is for. Bottom line it's about getting in front of the eyes and the ears of a generation. Bottom line it's about soul winning. So if you're tired of the antichrist agenda claiming territory in the nations of the world within yourself what can we do? And you felt as though you're helpless to make any difference at all. I'm telling you you're not helpless for when we join our efforts together there we see power. For when the enemy begins to whisper his lies and deception over a generation. That's when the church will rise in boldness and roar like a lion declaring God's goodness and truth over a generation. We will not see this generation to the enemy. We will win this generation to Jesus. It's going to happen. It's inevitable. But we need people to get serious about it now. We need people to get serious about it now. And I'm talking to you I'm challenging you. I'm challenging everyone here. We got to get serious about this. It is time to do our part. So I'm asking you right now everyone sitting here pull out your phone go to DavidHernandezMinistries.com Just pull that website up and they'll also give you an envelope that'll help you get there. You watching online click the links help us finish this project. We want to finish it this month. That's our goal and we know the resources are there. Listen. I don't say this to brag on our ministry. Our ministry is one of hundreds of amazing ministries that God is using. We're not the only ones. But as I look at it now I'm looking online almost 700,000 of you are subscribed to us on YouTube alone. Almost 700,000 it's 697 and by Monday or Tuesday it should be 700,000. And so I'm asking you if every single one of you just did 10 20 25 dollars every single one of our subscribers did it. Not only will we have the resources we'd have more than enough resources. Guys the money is in the house. The resources are in the body and I'm asking you to sacrificially give that the gospel might go forward. Help us finish this project this month and close it out. That's our goal and I know the Lord is able to do it just he needs his people to obey his voice. That's you. There are thousands of believers all around the world who've already supported it. I'm asking you to do your part. We are the body of Christ. We are generous. We care about souls. We love the gospel and this is where we come together now to put together our resources and accomplish one goal and that is soul winning. David Hernandez Ministries.com you can go there right now. You can even see the progress on our website and as a side note I'm saying this for legal purposes and this has to do with in the future. If you're watching this five years from now or a year from now when the project is completely done I have to say that anything that comes in after the project is done will just go toward general funds for the ministry. It's an IRS so once that project is done any gifts that come over that that's going to go to the general fund. So if you're watching this 10 years from now praise God we've already been in our studio maybe we have another location in the United States too but make sure you know that and continue to give now. Now is the time. How many of you are going to stand with me and give to the gospel tonight? Just hold your hand up like this if that's you and you watching online let me know let me know you're with us because it means the world to have you backing us. In time the world sees the power of God. 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Those of you giving online those you giving here I can actually begin to see names coming in from all around the world just as soon as my phone loads the emails and here we are they're starting to come in I can actually see we have people giving from Philippines from Nigeria from the United States thank you Andrew and Melissa thank you Irfan and thank you Sovereign beautiful name Sovereign a regular viewer thank you so much to Adrian and Francisco and Gabriella and Kerry and Brittany and Ruth and Brendan and thank you also to Danny for giving toward Project ETV and SEMA and Diane and Kingsley and Elizabeth and Roberta and Jacqueline and Karen and Norcalli and also to Omo Kolode I believe that is an international gift God bless you thank you to those of you who are also partnering like Maria and like Suzanne and Jahith and Ramen and Bernice and Anna and Walter and Laura so many of you giving one time gift so many of you partnering all of us together whatever you can do one time or monthly I'm asking you now we're going to finish this together and then we're going to rejoice as we see a great harvest of souls now I'm going to pray I'm going to pray for you here and I'm going to pray for you watching you're giving tonight hold your hand up like this and we're going to come into agreement you're giving online hold your hand out I know you may look silly that's okay father in the name of Jesus I pray for each one who is sowing into your work tonight Lord and I pray Lord that you would bless our giving not just for the attainment of material things but Lord I pray that you would cause our generosity to be as a weapon in your hand that you use against the enemy in this hour Lord I pray that you would send us on a rescue mission and cause these resources to carry the gospel in power all around the world and I pray you bless your people for their giving and bless those online as well in the mighty name of Jesus and the church said well to those of you watching online thank you for joining us if you enjoyed the video make sure you leave a like right now no that's not for clout we ask you to like it so that other people can see it and also if you haven't done so already make sure you subscribe to my channel and click that notification bell when you do and until next time remember nothing is impossible with God have a good night