 okay good morning hope you're all doing well okay that's nice let's pray and then we'll get into today's subject okay I'll just pray let's pray Heavenly Father we thank You Lord for this time we thank You for Your powerful Word Father God in our lives thank You Lord that even as we put our faith in Your Word that Lord You are causing amazing things to take place Lord we pray that You will help each one of us Lord to believe Lord in all that You are able to do Father God thank You Lord for the supernatural thank You that You are giving us the keys Lord to manifest the supernatural Lord in and through our lives Father even in today's class we pray for clarity we pray that Lord we will come up higher Lord in our believing and Lord that surely Lord Your power will be seen in our lives in Jesus name we pray amen okay so in the last class we skipped God's presence and glory which we will take up today we had touched upon proclamation and action so today we will do God's presence and glory and if possible touch on persistence if not we could touch on persistence and the remaining portions which is which has got to do with some of the preparation later on I think we should be able to cover it in the upcoming two classes if not one additional recorded lecture would do okay so that's the plan but the assignment I'll post it anyhow this we can I'll anyhow post it so you can start doing your assignment if you want to submit it also you can submit it so it'll only cover what I'm going to teach till today so it will not hinder your assignment in any way okay great so that is what we are going to do yes yes only two from my side so hopefully that's easy fine now coming to God's presence and glory we talked about anointing the difference between the anointing and the presence both have to do with the presence of God and with the presence of His power and yet in our just for our understanding we will look at anointing as the presence of God upon somebody's life or an individual's lives but the presence has something that that manifests in a group setting did you get it or in general we say that God's presence is with us low I'm with you always even to the ends of the earth so God's presence is there with us God's presence where two or three are gathered in my name you know there will I be in the midst of them so God's presence is among us but when we talk about anointing anointing is the presence and power of the Holy Spirit upon the life of a person to do the work of God okay so that is the distinction that is bit is there between the word anointing and presence okay so presence means the presence of God in our midst now when we talk about the presence of God the supernatural can manifest even in the presence of God okay however one thing we must recognize is presence of God the intensity of the presence of God can vary now we might say that God is all around us okay he feels all in all that is true even an unbeliever whether they acknowledge it or not God's presence is there okay but just because God's presence is there it doesn't mean that they're experiencing the presence of God the way we are experiencing it so the intensity varies God is present everywhere but where two or three are gathered in my name that means by faith there are a few people gathered presence of God is there but we could say that a greater presence of God is there okay now when we are worshipping or we are you know praying we might say that the presence we are experiencing is way greater than what we experience just when two of us got together and made a short prayer so the point is presence varies the intensity of the presence of God varies it's almost like we could say temperature there is some temperature that we are aware of but temperature varies isn't it it can be warm it can be hot it can be very hot so when we talk about the supernatural and the manifestation of the supernatural and the presence of God what we really want is increased presence and when there is an increased presence of God many things can take place right the power of God can manifest so that's what we are looking at and the Bible does talk about you know God doing great things in his presence like Psalm 132 is a passage where we read that where God is okay or the place where God is obviously that is nothing but the presence of God God will do certain works so Psalm 132 verses 12 to 14 you know their God presents a picture I will you know I will meet their needs I will give them victory I will grant salvation in that place I will so there are all these promises so where God's presence is there you'll have all these answers got it so then what should be our intention that as a church or let me say like when we meet for prayer when we meet for worship either in the Sunday service or in our life groups or in our small gatherings God's presence must be there only then as he has promised I will provide you know I will meet your needs I will give you the victory all that will happen when God's presence is strong and thick so our intention should be to go after the greater presence of God okay so we start to desire more of the manifestation of the presence of God because in that presence miracles will take place okay so but this is something that we as believers must become conscious about we as believers must become sensitive about otherwise we may become very activity oriented you know we finished our prayers we finished our prayer we finished our meeting and that's about it but how is the presence of God when we meet when we gather together is it increasing you know it can be sense his presence here if not what can we do to have more of his presence okay the these are things again it's similar to anointing even when we were talking about anointing we said we need to be sensitive we need to see where the spirit is flowing so in the same way becoming sensitive to the presence of God you know how thick is it I'm just using the word thick to kind of give us that same understanding of the increased presence or in the Bible we read them about the manifestation of God's presence in many ways like the children of Israel no they had a pillar of fire before them in the night that was the presence of God okay but it manifest as fire so when the presence of God is as a fire in front of them what does it mean it means protection it means direction so that also the way it manifests also means something as fire or the presence of God as a cloud during the daytime you know leading the people what does it mean again it means protection over their lives okay or a rushing mighty wind the spirit came rushing mighty wind so there are all these different manifestations of the presence of God what does a rushing mighty wind means like he's coming to do a work isn't it so that way so we have to really be sensitive to what kind of manifestation is this so in the Bible there are many things like you know I will pour out my spirit pour out my spirit something like water rain so we may experience in the spirit something like a rain okay now that might mean something when we are sensitive okay I sense the presence of God like a rain what rain is it it could be the rain of a spirit where we are all flowing in the gifts of the spirit or it could be like a rain of a spirit that's bringing healing you know so the point is the key here is when we become sensitive to the presence you know how thick is the presence what is it manifesting as then again it's easier to manifest the supernatural got it because we are going along with the way the presence is so let's say we are ministering and you just feel like a compassionate presence of God in our midst maybe God wants to heal people's hearts then you flow with that and you begin to call out words of knowledge about you know God is healing emotional healing this and that and people are mightily touched there's an in an encounter they get an encounter with God okay so what is the key for the minister here sense the presence know the presence okay move with the presence first of all presence has got to be there so we need to know how to have the presence of God so how to have the presence of God obviously where there is you know sin and unrighteousness God's presence won't be there so we have to establish that establish sin sorry righteousness look at me okay righteousness too fast talking so righteousness and get rid of sin and apart from that we can look at passages about praise and worship because we see that God is enthroned in the praises of his people so when we praise God his presence will come establishes word right the understanding of his word then there is an expectation in the hearts of people and the presence of God begins to increase in that setting because when people's hearts are expecting him to work then he can come more powerfully more faith is there in that place so these are all the matters we can look into and ensure that God's presence is increasing in our midst okay and even manifestation of the gifts of the spirit also kind of you know it's like those sparks of the presence of God so the more we flow in the manifestation of the gifts of the spirit you can expect the presence to increase okay so these are all things we can look into and ensure that God's presence is there in a way of rushing wind but I feel the presence in the form of fire it will happen like that like is it okay okay and the other thing is when when I saw two two people are leading worship two worship leaders are there so one worship leader got one one word or one kind of revelation from God he was he was leading and then in between the other person got different one and is there any possibility that that the two ways I mean who are leading they're not matched what they are doing he is feeling the different thing the second person is different so is it possible or what yeah so when generally it's different it may be more of a personal work of God it may not be meant for the congregation or the group that you're ministering to so for example we are all worshiping and we sense the presence of God you sense it like a rushing mighty wind and I sense it like a fire God is doing something in your life he's doing something else in my life okay that might be more at an individual level but when it comes to ministering together to the people there will be some point of connect or you know some common point otherwise how will you minister to the people God is God might be doing the same God will be doing something you know like how do I put it it won't contradict himself like you won't put something on your heart and something opposite and another person's heart in such a way that you're not able to lead but you need to know how to flow in sync you know it's like music you want to play a different note and another person wants to play another note it may just be that you must go first and they must come later or it might just be that you know you need to have a harmony so how is it that you're going to balance each other you have to work it out between the two of you but definitely God's spirit will not it's the same spirit how can he contradict himself could be yeah could be or it's just like in team ministry you know learning to flow together is also one thing it's not that they're telling their own thoughts but maybe they're not flowing properly both are coming express correct so if they're both doing it at the same time it may sound contradictory but maybe the first person must go first and finish their thing settle down and then the next person should come something like that yeah yeah so team ministry right so it's like that so we must sense the presence of God and the pictures of the presence of God there's a book called as the presence of God APC publication so I encourage us to read it there's also the practice of the presence you know the way we said how can the anointing increase upon our lives the presence can increase the experience of God's presence for each of us can increase or in other words the awareness that God is there okay see we can be going about our daily lives just usual but every day the awareness of how close God is how you know powerful he is we can walk in our daily lives with that greater and greater awareness are you getting what I'm saying no so that also we can make it to increase so in that book there is one topic it's called the practice of the presence where one can be in prayer one can be intimate with God and in our day to day lives also we can walk in a greater presence of God okay and we can when when we experience the presence again depending on the kind of presence that we experience we can interpret like what is God doing so we might see sometimes that the presence of God comes to bring reviving we may be tired right spiritually but the presence of God comes brings a refreshing at times the presence of God the way it manifests it may we were saying fire what does fire do fire can also consume the flesh it can consume the chaff so maybe that fiery presence of God is doing a deep work in my life and cleansing me sanctifying me so that is the meaning of of a fiery presence of God at that point or the presence of God might bring some sort of fruitfulness in our lives you know it's like we feel barren we feel dry and the presence of God comes and suddenly you know we are like that wonderful well-watered garden it brings fruitfulness in our lives so these are all the ways in which the presence manifests in order to do something okay in order to bring the change maybe rekindle a passion for God or convict us of some some sin or maybe you know grant a direction grant us some revelation that we are looking for so the the kind of presence that we are experiencing could mean something it's doing something but for that we have to grow in our sensitivity to God so that's what it is okay so as we do this we'll find that in our own lives and even in the lives of others it'll be a blessing people will also get from that presence they'll also receive from that presence okay many times I've heard some sermons where people say like you are you and I are the carriers of the presence wherever you go you can carry the presence of God with you and that's so true it's really true so as we practice the presence where we go we can take it with us I remember once for one one elevate the youth outreaches which you know we used to do we would go to different schools and colleges so one particular college we went there and before the program got started I don't know there was just such a sense of confusion like the students were settling down and it was so chaotic and we generally wherever possible we start with worship so there was this one young man he came at that time he used to coordinate with all the churches different churches so he came from the Nepali church I don't even know him the first time I'm meeting him also he came he took the guitar he started singing the whole atmosphere just changed like like that it changed we were all looking at each other we were like oh my goodness from zero focus to full focus because it's like the the presence just filled the room we could all tell something is so different and even the students were listening they were singing it was easier for us to minister but it all happened when one guy came picked up his guitar and he just started singing nothing very ordinary chap very ordinary I mean he sang well only but it was more than his singing it was just like the presence just entered okay so things like this this is what we are talking about and when the presence comes you see what are we saying we're saying it can bring direction it can bring conviction God can do his work when there is the increased presence of God that's what we want okay even in our church services and all I mean we can do a fancy service with nice lights and proper program minute to minute all that's good because what do we want to do we want to be excellent for God wonderful but ultimately what is the church it's the temple of God and in the temple of God see if it's you know if it is your address you're supposed to be there okay so temple means whose address is it God's address so if we have temple and God's presence is not there what's the use what's the point right so even in our churches that's what we desire when the presence of God dwells you know in the presence lot of things happen people come to church and they they say hey something is different something happened this Sunday morning I don't know what it is but something happened because God's presence is there and so this is a key to manifesting the supernatural the presence we need to go after the presence let it increase more and more okay let it you know sort of manifest and we can be carriers of that presence wherever we go it can even become tangible I don't know if you've ever heard some sometimes people say things like hey you came and spoke to me I'm feeling so much peace I don't know why but I I'm suddenly feeling a lot of peace when you're talking to me maybe they're sensing the presence of God on our lives you got it so carry the presence manifest the presence wherever we go okay and especially in our gatherings we need to ensure that it's more than an activity more than a program now if there are questions you can always ask me but I'm moving on to the next content here which is regarding glory good thing about presence and glory is see when we talked about the other keys like the word of God and you know faith and all we have to increase in the faith we have to spend time to meditate in the word of God we have to preach the word teach the word then the manifestation comes but the beauty about presence and glory is we don't have to do much if he's there some things will happen automatic because he's there and he's already promised when I am there there will be all these things right so it's kind of like that you don't have to do much in the presence and in the glory now what is glory glory is also the presence of God but it is the sort of the most intensified presence of God that's what glory is where God moves sovereignly he's so powerful you can just make out that is the glory okay so the glory is like the most intense manifest presence of God so there are times when you know the temple when they dedicated the temple Solomon's temple over there we read how the glory cloud it came it filled at the worshippers couldn't worship they just fell down okay so presence of God is there but it's become very tangible now so tangible you know like the Shekaina glory it's heavy even physically you can feel it that is glory glory is the intensified manifest presence of God which is even tangible so that is what the glory is and the thing about the glory is in the glory God does whatever he wants okay he's sovereign he can do whatever he wants in the glory so you know again like the presence only if the glory of God is there the intense presence of God is there maybe even an unbeliever comes in they get healed and you're like how did that happen you don't have to do much because the glory is there and God just starts touching people's lives and you know all kinds of miracles happen in the glory of God when we talk about revivals right many a time it's this the glory of God just coming upon people and changing transforming lives and revealing the supernatural so that is what the glory is now the manifestation of the glory the presence of God you know there are there are many ways that people talk about it it can become so tangible that from the physical sense physical sensitivity like we said you can feel like a warmth or you can feel like a heat you know you can feel like a light all in the spirit the presence of God but glory can go to the extent where sometimes you can even physically feel it like you're just feeling the weight on your body or you know like I mean I these are all things I have heard of and only once I've experienced only once like while worshipping almost like a smoke there were no smoke machines no nothing it was like midday but there was smoke when we were worshipping have you like what is going on after the worship we were all we will discuss also did you see that did you you know did you notice that but the manifest presence of God in our midst you know doing a work in our midst that's the glory that we're talking about there can be many other manifestations people talk about you know some manifestations like you might you might see like gold dust I know it's controversial sometimes people don't want to talk about it but anything can happen anything can happen right that's nothing but the glory of God the manifestation of his presence it's beyond what the spirit can sense even physically there are some evidences you know that you see but beyond the evidence of you know something like a cloud or a smoke and all that it's more about how he touches the lives of people and how miracles take place healings take place you know all that so the glory is an expression it's a greater expression of who God is so what is the glory we always say right doxa is who God is what he does it's as if God has put himself on display and he's saying this is who I am you can't fight me that is the glory of God okay and as ministers of God we want that we want to see who God is we want to see his greatness do you remember Moses Moses would be one of those men who saw the supernatural quite a lot in his life it began with the burning bush and then you know the red sea parted and all the miracles in the wilderness but at one point nexus 33 he still cries out to God and he says God show me your glory okay show me your glory and you know glory is something like I think it makes you more thirsty the more you see it the more you want it so again he's saying God there's all I want show me on glory right I want to know you who you are I want that encounter with your person and then we know what happened you know God hid him behind the rock and he passed before him and God said I will make my goodness pass before you Moses so he became hungry for the strong and manifest presence of God because in that presence it's like you know God and his nature is very evident that is what the glory is God and his nature is very evident okay that's why we want the glory because if God is a healer so when God's glory is there what will happen healing will happen right God is a restorer so when God is there and people encountering what will happen their lives will be restored we transform so that is what the glory is the the very expression of God being manifest in a very strong way so presence is something we must desire for but but we should not hesitate to ask for the glory of God where God is very sovereign and powerful in that glory and people have had encounters with the glory of God in different ways for example even apostle Paul on the road to Damascus right it's like so in his face that Paul cannot deny it a mighty light of God it just comes to him in the midday sun he sees the light and a voice from heaven Jesus is speaking to him you know Paul Paul why are you persecuting me he encounters the presence the glory of God and he's shaking he even like couldn't see after that so that is the glory presence we all know we we're all experiencing it but glory is like you know God makes himself very real in that so that is what the glory is yeah go ahead we are talking about the presence and glory yeah so I mean is there a is the is it a next step of presence yeah and then it is okay and then so like presence and all sometimes if you are worshiping together in this class yeah maybe I feel the presence you may not okay it's my individual so when it comes to the glory also I mean it will be experienced to everyone like glory when we are talking about term glory like God can do anything yeah so we prayed and we we went to a certain level of extent that God's glory came down so we'll all experience as a group or else is there any possibility that we can experience individually also yes so see I think when it comes to the glory with my understanding I'll share okay see when Moses went up on the mountain to encounter God even those people who are in the tents they heard the lightning the thunder they were scared so I this is my way of understanding I believe that the glory you know everyone will kind of experience it those who are connected to it you will kind of know that yeah God is doing this or let's say Paul he had the encounter on the road those people they also experienced that yeah they they saw the light and you know they kind of they didn't know what exactly Jesus spoke to Paul but they knew this encounter had happened so there were witnesses to what Paul experienced so glory will be like that whether you like it or not whether you're sensing it or not it's very evident you know who God is to at least that bunch of people but yes response is quite different because the way Moses was experiencing the glory is different from what the people were experiencing Moses is one person who said Lord show me your glory he desired it but what did the children of Israel do they said no no you go and meet Moses we don't want to come like you just tell us what to do we'll be here responses are so different sensitivity is so different but they all experienced it at once which one yeah so that cloud thing Anand so when we were worshipping just like a normal it was a youth retreat so we had gone for a youth retreat and usual you'll have no time slots worship time so it was just a normal worship time and we were worshipping but like you know you are we were feeling like you're being filled if you're a bottle and you're just being filled how do you feel all are feeling the same thing all are feeling the same thing and also that place it had something like a smoke in between all of us it was not a big crowd I think total we must have been only 30 people not more than that naturalize yeah naturalize yeah at a time where there should be no smoke like afternoon why would you expect smoke church in my in my town the pastor lgm church I think so so that pastor when he used to preach in one church he was preaching in the afternoon two o'clock yeah so there is full of congregation he was and he's preaching very mighty and from from outside the all the smoke are coming coming from the church towards it from the windows wow okay there is nothing happening but the smoke is coming from yeah yeah yeah yeah no it's possible because that when you read about Azusa street revival I think you must have done it in revivals no 1905 did you notice there the the building where they used to meet William J Seymour they call the fire engine because there was a fire it had it had caught fire but when the fire engine came and saw it was actually not burning but people saw it on fire okay what is that it's the glory of God the glory of God just filled that place so such manifestations have happened you know we it's not that we are going after manifestation somewhere you know that also happens people go after manifestation they say yeah we have to see this it should be like this it's not about the manifestation see God is very out of the box we are expecting a fire to appear but maybe we sense something else so it's okay whichever way he wants to manifest let him manifest but it's a desire that we have to encounter him his presence his glory right yeah that's yeah yeah yeah we can ask yeah exactly exactly yeah so to say to tell God how exactly to manifest I mean you can desire something but ultimately he knows right like what is the best way to manifest okay yeah please share before like when pastor appointed me that place like to taking care that place so then I started just just started teaching like started learning teaching so so I used to fast 40 days so every year so once what happened I I I fasted there and once so like it it was 23 December 23 December then then I went in room and I started praying so I started praying like when before I don't have this gift tongues okay so when I started praying in tongues so I just started means not intense so then after that I just said God like I also want this tongues because like this pastor said I asked to pastor then pastor said you pray you fast and pray then you will also get so I just saved this and I just started praying praying saying praying so I started crying so I started crying I'm not able to stand I tried many times but I'm not able to say just I opened my eyes when I opened my eyes so so that time I could see the full of room it's filled from cloud so I was sitting when I went that time bed was there that time pictures was there that time uh roof was there one of the in that room so that time and just I'm not able to like properly just like it's blurred fully so I just opened my eyes and I'm not able to not able to stand not able to like move here and there so I just saw full of cloud okay so that time I just a little I just get up and fell down again and I started crying I started so much crying everyone came what happened what happened what happened everyone my film like my father mother brothers all they came and they they just what happened they killed what happened they killed just I was crying loudly and I started praying in terms so it was like after that I I discussed with pastor I thought I would have phone I think so but that time I'm not able to like I'm not able to do anything like I just started crying and I could see the full of clouds only in the room nothing else only clouds okay so that day only I got praying this gift okay so you got the gift also on that day it's like um like how rushing mighty win that manifestation and then they started freaking in tongues if if like I'm sharing that day about what happened it's still now I could feel the like I can feel the presence of it still now yeah that's a very amazing it's happened yes yes yeah praise god so thanks for sharing Nikhil you know this is how God encounters us and we can desire it and ask for it now just one question I think with that we can wrap up why is it that we don't ask for the glory for the presence we're not prepared for it okay because we have assignments okay oh okay fine hindrances so the same points apply to this ignorance maybe sometimes it's ignorance know that we don't know yeah yeah yes yes yes yeah ignorance sometimes yeah yeah so there was a whole conference that Christian leaders conference that happens in January on the theme the presence of God only that the presence of God so for three days past a dot on the presence of God can you imagine like how much content to experience the presence to experience the glory to manifest the supernatural so there's a lot you can go study read that book apc publication the presence of God presence of God Lord I want this yeah yeah could be could be so but you know when we realize that this is available we start desiring it we give second place to other things yeah so once pastor shared during that five days of fasting and prayer no here in the bible college only we had it not last year pre-covid this was so all the people were praying and he has this habit of walking and praying no so he was walking in one corner and I think he could smell fragrance he could smell fragrance near one of the windows so you nobody was there in that side nobody only he was walking alone and I think he called one of the pastors he said come here come here can you smell something you know I maybe they also did there was one smell no one had gone to that corner but there was a certain smell in that corner a fragrant beautiful smell what do we read we read in Ephesians you know Christ the aroma of God the aroma of God so when so then we can expect when Jesus and his presence is there the aroma of God a beautiful smell manifested that day so these are all things that really it's beautiful but on the other side know somewhere people don't like the concept like why do you want to go after manifestations but if God wants to manifest let him manifest no it is life changing why not so these are the matters regarding presence and glory okay sure so coming back to our portions here I think I should be able to complete it there's only two more sections actually persistence and the next one is preparation personal preparation okay so what we will do is we'll go through it we have two more classes and if if required just one which one pursuit yeah we can cover it easily it's not a problem personal preparation and pursuit it'll it'll be done okay so if required only one recorded lecture I'll put to summarize it so that we can do more questions in the class oh yeah okay okay fine so let's do this the remaining chapters okay I'll just maybe in two two recordings I can cover it so two recordings I'll just cover and post it before next Friday and the next class you guys just do questions by on the 24th why what is happening afternoon no no yeah 24th is technically the last day yeah but I mean it's okay if you if you finish everything there's no need to have another class I just thought if you have questions I don't mind no no no we have we have 24th we have yeah yeah we have okay fine first let's record and then we will next class anyway let's do questions complete questions oh I'm so scared to come only third year class no one more set yeah it's quite a lot a lot of possibilities in your class okay anyway for now the plan is two sessions videos have to be done before your next class then we'll do questions in your next Friday okay fine so let's close with the word of prayer yeah I would like to request one of you Father God we thank you we we love you Lord we praise you Father Father help us to really walk in your ways in your glory Lord help us to know that you're willing and you will do it for us each one of us Lord help us to flow in your glory and your presence Lord help us to be very cautiously remind ourselves to walk every day with your presence Lord in Jesus' name we pray amen amen amen thank you thank you everyone God bless