 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Have a seat I Love the passion in this house And I went home last time I told our worship team that But how moved I was by what was going on here? And I just want to commend you if anything. I think it's gone up a level Something's happening here that is bigger than you that is beyond you And I hope that you can receive what God wants you to be doing in this season because it's an important season Well, I want to share with you tonight a little bit about about God speaking our book is actually entitled He still speaks and when you write a book like that you get a lot of questions like oh really Had a guy come up to me We're at a t-shirt that said you're jealous because the voices speak to me They came and said so you're saying God really does speak he's I hear voices And I said a lot of folks hear voices, but there's all there's only one voice And I want to tell you tonight unequivocally that God does speak He doesn't just speak to special people and special rooms on special days and special places He speaks to his children He wants to speak to you and he's always speaking man doesn't live by bread alone But by every word that is continually proceeding out of the mouth of God Well, I want to tell you that Jesus promised that every believer can hear God's voice He promised that and Jesus keeps his promises Listen to this and 2nd Corinthians 120 for no matter how many promises God has made they are yes in Christ And the amen is spoken to by us for the glory of God The Apostle Peter says in 2nd Peter 1 God's promises are exceeding great and precious Exceeding means beyond natural limits are supernatural great means large we might say huge surpassing all others precious means of such great value that is suitable price is hard to estimate One of my favorite promises in the Bible that is exceedingly great and precious to me is in John chapter 10 My sheep will hear my voice Turn there John chapter 10. I'm going to read verse 1 through 5. I Tell you the truth the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate But climbs in some other way as a thief and a robber The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep The watchman opens the gate for him and the sheep listened to his voice He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out When he's brought out all his own he goes on ahead of them and his sheep follow him because they know his voice But they will never follow a stranger. In fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice This was particularly applicable to that time at that time there was a lot of shepherds and they all had flocks and every once in a while they would all come into town and They would bring their flocks and they might have to go to do some business. They might be selling sheep They might do be doing various things But all these different shepherds would have what they call a shared Sheep pin and all the sheep would go into this great big pin And then a couple of guys could sit there and watch them while the rest of them got to go to town and do their business So they brought all their sheep and they didn't have branding. They just put them all in there together So how did they separate on the next morning? Each individual shepherd will walk up and he would just call his sheep Some might whistle a song some might sing but that shepherd His voice would cause those sheep that knew him to walk out and those sheep would walk out And the others would stay Then the next shepherd would come up and he would speak and the sheep would follow him Isn't that the coolest story? Back in the 70s when you and I were in our hippie phase We were sort of back to earth People we had a little farm. We had a Garden we had chickens. We had rabbits. We had cats and dogs and we're making babies and things like that And we also had seven sheep As sheep up in this little pasture the friend loaned me just next to our house And I would go out every day and I'd feed them and I'd have the little pan of Food and I would just shake it and I would say sheep come here I'd say sheep and they would all run up to me and I'd pet them and I'd run my fingers through their hair We were we were having them for their wool. We didn't know what to do once we got the wool But it seemed cool at the time So we we would go out and say sheep and so after a while I didn't use the the pan of food I would just say sheep and here they'd come and I thought well, that's cool They know my voice and I thought well, I'll check this so a friend of mine came out who really liked sheep And she wanted to go see the sheep so Jin and I went up there and I said why don't you try calling them? She I said what do I say? I said well, I just say sheep and they come so she said sheep Come on sheep. Hey sheep. Come on They wouldn't even look at her Then she say this doesn't work and I went out and I said sheep and here they came Why because they knew my voice they knew that I was gonna do them good and not harm But I was gonna I was gonna give them food and I was gonna give them water And I was gonna check on them when they were having babies and having trouble It was me and June up there in the middle of the night. They knew that we were for them Well our shepherd Wants you to know his voice And the sound of his voice is unlike any other sound, but it's the sound that you can all hear amen Well here in the great shepherd's voice is more than just using our ears or understanding with our brains Some people think they can get prophetic if they go to the class or read the book and they can hear God In by getting more knowledge. It's all it's not always about more knowledge. It's about four things It's about deciding to receive his voice We can learn to recognize God's voice by spending time Listening I used to talk to my sheep and I would run my fingers through their wool and see if there were any birds in there And stuff and I knew them and they knew me. Oh sheep loved me They had the look of love in their eyes when I went up to see them. I love those sheep They were stupid sometimes. Let me tell you But they love me and I love them the second thing is accept what he says Believing trusting what he speaks is true and not looking for a second opinion The third thing is making hearing his voice a part of your life It's not just for Wednesday nights or Sunday mornings or a conference or a special private time I believe God's after dialogue and not just monologue. I Think he doesn't just want your want list. He wants you to want him He wants to spend time with you He wants you to make hearing his voice a part of your life and lastly He wants us to obey what we hear as doers and not just hear his only the oldest book in the Bible Job Who had some dodgy friends? Basically told him to to give up and die that God was not gonna do anything and and I loved what he said so Firmly he said God does speak Now one way now another though man may not perceive it So we can proclaim that but I thought why would God speak to someone like me and why would God speak to someone like you? He says in John 10 27 my sheep listen for my voice. I know them and they follow me I think there's four good reason there's lots of reasons but for reasons I want to point out why God speaks and I think Understanding why is important One he because he loves us He loves us just as much as he loved the Old Testament and the New Testament Saints He loves us as much as he loved Moses. He loves us We think God really loved the big people in the Bible, but he might not love us that much Let me tell you he loves you every bit as much And hope you can say amen to that God desires fellowship with us as he modeled in the Garden of Eden when he walked in the cool the evening with Adam and Eve It says in Genesis 3 8 that they knew him so well. They recognized the sound of God Before they ever saw him they recognized his sound When I was a little boy I lived in a house of mom and dad and my little brothers and had two bedrooms and one bathroom four boys and a mom and a dad and We had a wooden Hall between the bedrooms and I could I could tell you who was walking down the hall by their sound because I knew my dad's Sound, I knew my mom's sound. I knew my brother's sound I knew when to lock the door if it's my brother when they went out. I'd lock it lock them out And I knew the sound because I was familiar. I knew who that was Adam and Eve by spending time with God every day knew the sound that he makes Number one he he wants to speak why because he loves us number two Because we need him to speak direction into our lives Just like Moses Joshua Noah Esther they all needed to hear God in their lives We're drowning in choices that we don't have the wisdom to make the right choice for We need God to speak to guide us to make those right choices those best choices When I was an early Christian it was all about the right choice the wrong choice and as you grow it Gets it's more about good choices and best choices That's a little harder to understand you're surrounded by good choices But which one's the best now one that's best is not always the one that you think is best So you need to hear his voice so you can discern number three We need the comfort and assurance of his voice to know he is with us How many of you've ever had a Red Sea experience where your back was up against the wall And then he was attacking as hard as he could and you didn't know what you were gonna do I've been there a time or two We take comfort that God wouldn't lead us to a place and then abandon us I've been in a place that I didn't know how in the world this was gonna work out And I'd cry out to God and I'd hear him say something like don't worry I've got this Just trust me Then God would do something that only God could do Like parting the Red Sea that I needed parted. He wants to do the same thing for you and he wants to talk to you about it He wants you to be comforted that he's gonna be there for you and The fourth reason that I believe God speaks to us. Why does he wants us to know him and to recognize his sound? He said I know them they follow me to follow his lead. We must recognize his sound And I think most of the time his sound is the sound of a love-sick father He's looking at us with love not with judgment He's looking at us through a filter of good for us and not bad Some people think if God speaks to us, he's just gonna tell us all the bad things we've done. I Think you already know those things. I think God calls you higher. He never pushes you lower Amen. Well, how does God speak today? He speaks today. He speaks in a thousand different ways and creation a baby smile provisioned sunsets I've found he speaks to me in four primary ways Number one. God speaks through his word the Bible Can I just ask you to quit subcontracting that to someone else? Second Timothy 3 says all scriptures God breathe and useful for teaching rebuking correcting and training in righteousness So that the man or woman of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. We should read the book every day Every day when I don't have a specific area that I'm studying in the Bible my fallback plan is Proverbs There's 31 Chapters and Proverbs like there's 31 days and whatever the day is That's the day that I'll read that proverb Well on the third of this month I was wrestling with whether I should I feel like I should give something to someone But I wasn't sure it was gonna be good for them if I gave and I was wrestling back and forth How do I do this should I do this is now the time to do this and I didn't know so I thought well I'm stuck. I'll just what it's June 3rd I'll just read Proverbs 3 and look at what look at what it said in Proverbs 3 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it When it is in your power to act do not say to your neighbor come back later I'll give it tomorrow when you know and have it with you I'm not saying you should open your Bible and point and say that's God Because that can turn on you Judas hung himself go in Go ye and do likewise. Oh my But I'm saying when you've got the Bible in you and you've got the principles in you and you read the Scripture because you know It's God's love letter to you He's gonna speak to you a lot of times it's it is just gaining knowledge about the principles But knowledge in the Scripture often becomes a rama a word right then that's God wants to speak to you that day And so it made it really easier for me to make my decision number one. God speaks through his word the Bible read it Number two, God speaks through the Holy Spirit You don't have the equipment to hear God without the Holy Spirit You just don't Acts 8 I want my favorite chapters about hearing from God is when the Spirit told Philip I'll go down to this street and turn left and go to that street and go along This road run along wrong alongside that chariot Okay, then what do I do? I'll tell you what to do so he starts running along the chariot There's this Ethiopian official in there and he's reading the scriptures and he said hey, what are you reading there? Well, I'm reading from this book What do you think about I don't know what it means. I wish there was someone that could tell me says well I could help you with that So he from that point in scripture. He told him about Jesus The guy gets saved then immediately they find some water somewhere and they baptize it and then Philip is Translated away, which is the form of transfer transportation that I'm looking for in these days But I love I love it God speaks through the gifts of the Holy Spirit proclamation gifts like tongues and Interpretations words of knowledge words of wisdom the gift of prophecy I believe we're entering a season that the gifts of the Spirit are gonna go beyond the church walls. I Blew that with all my heart. I was coming into Wendy's not long ago And I was there in line and I was in a hurry and the Lord said tell that lady at the window that I heard of prayers last Night, it's gonna be okay. I said Lord. She's gonna think I'm hitting on her But he said what do you want me to use someone else? And I said no, I'll do it So I get up there and I put my hand up with my ring on it I'm going but I was I want you to know that I'm in love with my wife And I don't have any motives here But sometimes I hear from the Lord and I think he's speaking to me about you do you want to hear that and she said Okay, and I say well, I think he heard your prayers last night. He said it's gonna be okay She's almost falls out of the drive-thru and Starts crying and crying and crying and she finally gets control of herself And I said I said hunt. What is it and she said well last night my husband left me? And I think he went off with my best friend So I said can I pray for you and I prayed and I said Lord turn him around Bring him home So I said I'll come check on you in a couple of days a couple of days later I came back and and I pulled up and she said I've been waiting for you I Said what is it? She said well The night after you prayed he came home and he asked me to forgive him And he's anyway we went and saw our pastor and we're in church and everything We're in a marriage class and this is all all these things. I've prayed for starting to happen So let me tell you I Believe God speaks today Through all kinds of ways and we just we just got to get confident in it The five grace gifts and Ephesians 4 apostles prophets evangelists passers-in teachers that are given to equip believers With those guys need and gals need to go outside the walls as well You'd have apostles in business and they have prophets in education Superintendent of our of our schools in Russellville as a worship leader in our church He can't say thus say at the Lord But he speaks prophetic encouragement into his kids and into his teachers every day and the whole atmosphere is changing in the schools God speaks through the gifts of the Holy Spirit through the five grace gifts God speaks through the fruit of the Spirit really loud The fruit of the Spirit is getting louder than the gifts of the Spirit Sometimes an act of kindness Speaks louder than a message or then a song The fruit of the Spirit I think is getting louder and louder and louder Peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness self-control love joy If we walked in that people would go bananas wanting to be around us I heard a guy say once grin no wonder what you're up to People think that Christians are so boring and so down and worried and anxious and and all we know is what we're against They don't know what we're for It's time to start walking in the fruit of the Spirit Amen This is good stuff Number three God speaks through godly people around us through godly counsel Proverbs 11 for lack of guidance Counselor nation falls but many advisors make victory sure godly counsel not politically correct pop culture relativistic junk Sometimes had a guy tell me one time. I was had an argument with my wife He's in the early days. We don't argue now But I was arguing with my wife and and I was talking to my friend about it She just won't see it. She needs to know I'm right here. What do I do? I need to hear from the Lord. He said well, he said well son He was a mentor to me his son sometimes God's voice sounds a whole lot like your wife's voice Change my life Change my wife and change my life. It was wonderful. God often speaks to me through friends who love me enough to be honest Have you got friends in your life that'll speak into your life and it'll be honest with you that you'll actually receive Number four God speaks through circumstances God speaks through circumstances we shouldn't be so quick to think that every circumstance we find ourselves in as a distraction Or it's the devil a same mentor walked into my office once and he said how you doing Wayne? I said well under the circumstances pretty good He said what are you doing under there? Circumstances aren't something you get under is something you come over It's something you walk through. It's something you go around. It's something that you push through your Circumstances It's not necessarily your enemy Sometimes it's God's way of maneuvering you where you need to be Sometimes God is trying to show and tell us something. We don't know Act 16 Paul had a word from the Lord. He's supposed to go into Asia And it says the Holy Spirit prevented Paul from preaching in Asia Wait a minute. I've got a word But the Holy Spirit prevented him and he redirected him to be able to hear and respond to a call He said concluding that God was calling us to Macedonia instead Good thing they found Lydia there She got saved in her household and from her house the gospel went all across Europe That's come to you here Acts 18 Paul met two people in a similar profession for still in Aquila. They were tent makers He realized God was orchestrating a situation with this couple He had something in common with and so they were able to to support themselves and also release the gospel in Corinth Syria and Ephesus Before you pray out of a situation or circumstance. It might be good to say God. What do you want to do in this situation? What are you up to here? What are you up to here a few years ago? I was in Atlanta and I was on my way to speak at a worship conference in in Nashville And my plane got delayed and delayed and delayed And I was so frustrated Finally, I said well, God is there anything you want me to do He said we'll take out that yellow pad and I started writing down these words for people that were going to be at that conference that I didn't know And I get there and there's a young guy just starting out as a worship leader and I said I said your songs are gonna go around the world And you're gonna and I prophesied several things and I said now. What was your name? He said my name is Matt Redmond This pastor said how did you know that? What was that? I said well that was that was a prophecy How'd you get that? That started a conversation that we've been friends now for 20 years and Mike Pilavachi his pastor has changed his whole Trajectory is going toward the naturally supernatural His goal is to help the Anglican church across Britain learn to be naturally supernatural and Part of it was that someone heard something and they spoke a word into their lives So my situation wasn't a bad circumstance. It was God saying slow down. I've got something. I want to give you Amen We may recognize God's voice through peace or an absence of peace in our circumstances Colossians 3 let the peace of God rule or umpire your hearts Want to say something God allows conflict at times in your life, but he always rules in peace No matter what conflicts you have he rules in peace There is an eye in every storm if you will look for it All right, finally do we have a part to play in here and God speak? Yes We can do three things We can listen for his voice. We can look for his voice and we can obey what we hear Psalm 34 says those who look to him are radiant. I thought you might like that verse here Jeremiah 29 says if you'll seek God with all your heart you will hear his voice Other translation says you'll find him one translation says he will let you find him when my kids were little We played hide-and-seek and they couldn't find me sometimes And so I'd get behind the curtains and I would lift up the curtains to let them see my feet They didn't see my feet. I'd come up a little bit more and I say I found daddy. He's right over there Yeah, they found me, but I was letting them find me because I knew they were looking for me God's the same way When you seek him with all your heart You'll hear his voice. He'll let himself be heard be found by you I want to tell you this it's okay to pray asking God to show himself to you Moses asked God show me your glory and he showed Moses his glory Number two we can listen for him Psalm 85 says I will listen to what God the Lord says it is a choice to listen Quit giving that privilege away to someone else You can listen people call me up. See Wayne. Could you hear the Lord for me? And I'll say well You can hear the Lord for you I'll pray with you, but you need to hear the Lord. I can't hear God like God speaks to you He doesn't speak to me and I'll say well something's wrong here. Let's fix this picture It's hard to hear sometimes because life gets so loud I'm finding it increasingly necessary to get off the grid from time to time Just shut myself off line and shut down and hear the Lord David wrote in Psalm 63 Earnestly will I look and listen for you the word earnestly means passionately intensely listening You know, it's good to find the best time in your life for them to look and listen for God for me It's early in the morning like David every morning around 5 30. I get up and go outside and I do two things I say this is the day the Lord's made I will rejoice and be glad in it before my day takes me over I declare and I proclaim and then the next thing I do is I say Lord is there anything you want to say to me and I've got a pad with me. I've got my phone with me and when he speaks I write it down Sometimes he says things like well, you're gonna see Susie and John today, but I want you to wait till tomorrow today I need you to go see Dan I'll call up Susie and John and say I don't I can't come today I'll go see Dan and and Dan will be right there in a situation was exactly a divine appointment to go see him God wants to speak to you just like that Just like that Psalm 37 be still in the presence of the Lord and wait for him to act sometimes while we're waiting is when God acts The last thing is we need to obey when we hear in In Hebrew the words listen and obey with the same words Shema So the Hebrew to listen without obeying meant that you have that what you hear is not listening If you to listen without obeying what you hear is not listening a good friend told me obedience is the evidence of our relationship with God Obedience is evidence of our relationship with God Sometimes when I struggle to hear God and I just can't break through I'll say well, what's the last time that I know he spoke and I go back then and I asked myself have I obeyed What he said and often that's all it takes I go back and I make sure I'm doing what he asked Then I come back over to say Lord is there anything else you want to say and he'll speak That is this is good stuff Let me tell you this it's okay to ask is that really you God Paul advises and want that slownish don't quench the spirit and not treat prophecies with content But test them all hold on to what is good and reject every kind of evil If I'm in that mode where I'm wondering is that really you God and Sometimes we'll have prophetic things in our church and every weird person in three counties shows up and they all have words better than everybody else and It's amazing some of the things that you hear one guy said I see a spider It's walking across the table and it's coming towards you and then the other guy says yeah I see a fork stab the spider move on you know People can get a little funny about the prophetic. I will face the whole room of weirdos If one of them might have something in the middle of all that there's some precious in the middle of that worthless And so I will always listen I will always hear I will never say I will not let a guy like that or a gal like that speak to me I'm always listening for what God might be saying. It's kind of like eating a watermelon. I ate the fruit and I spit out the seed Well, let me let me close by saying this If you are a sheep a born-again Christian Our great shepherd promises to speak to you and he expects you to hear his voice Now if you aren't hearing it there may be several reasons why you aren't hearing it might be that you've been in a church That's taught you that you can't hear from God only the professionals get to hear from God It may be that you thought you heard one time and it didn't work out good and you thought I must have got it wrong I don't know how to hear from God or it may be You can't hear because you haven't become a sheep You haven't been born again and that's something we can fix We can fix it right now What I'd like to do before Tom and I bring some prophetic words over some of you I Would like for you to be able to bypass a middleman altogether and to be here able to hear God yourself But that won't happen if you're not a sheep Paul says it very simply in Romans 10 He says if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your art that God raised him from the dead You will be saved. I think there's probably some people here tonight that have that have been a little nervous thinking God's wanting to say something to me. Well, he is he's wanting you to be his son He's wanting you to be his daughter And if you're here and you would like for me to pray for you To get things right with the Lord To invite him to be your savior to be your healer To come in and set you free. You need to make a public confession of your faith So I'm gonna ask you to do something very simple. I'm gonna ask you It's not always easy, but we've all all of us that know the Lord had to do it at one time or another I'm not gonna embarrass you. It's not about shaming anybody Disrespecting anyone It's about saying I'm gonna stand up for Christ and I'm gonna be a Believer I'm gonna be a sheep and I want to be able to hear the shepherd's voice If that's you right now, I would just like to invite you to stand up wherever you are and For those that stand I'm gonna pray a simple prayer and I'm gonna ask the Lord to just come Tonight I remain standing I believe there's more Remain standing. I see for right now, but I think there's more I just want to ask you right there right there see that somebody else. I think every section needs to be represented, okay? Go ahead and stand and I'm gonna pray it's not gonna hurt. It's gonna change your life forever And after we pray the king of glory Will begin to speak to you as a father speaks to a son as a father speaks to a daughter anybody else I'm seeing one two three four five six. I believe There's another thank you anyone else Those of you that have stood Put your hand on your heart So I know I'm praying for it there You've got a friend beside you that our family member that you trust it was okay Let them put their hand on your arm if that's all right with you your shoulder I'm gonna ask you to pray out loud with me Just pray what I pray. I'm just gonna lead you in a prayer Your life's gonna be changed forever. You ready? Lord Jesus I Believe that you died for me And I believe you rose again tonight I Asked you to come into my heart Forgive me of my sin and let me become a believer and by your grace I'll follow you All the days of my life Amen Have a seat everyone This you want to say one more thing and Tom is gonna come One of the ways God speaks is through a word of prophecy It's one of the gifts of the spirits to strengthen encourage and comfort Someone said prophecy encourages us in our present comforts us about our past and strengthens our future That's what prophecy is for from Proverbs 15 23 how good and timely is a word induced season Words induced season are words just that they're timely words That God speaks to us to encourage us Would you be okay if we just came down and gave some words over some of you? This gentleman right here in the blue and white striped shirt. Yeah What's what's your name stand up if you would Michael hi Michael Michael You're a passionate guy There's there's a lot of I watched you in worship. There's a lot of demonstrative expression that comes out of your life and There's great things. There's many talents that you have you're an influencer of people and when I was drawn to you I got this scripture. It's Zechariah chapter 4 and says Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit says the Lord who are you? Oh great mountain before is a rubble. You will become a plane and he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of grace grace I think what what the Lord? Put on my heart for you is to challenge you not out of the passion of your life not out of the strength of your life But by leaning on the Spirit of God and trusting in him. You'll do great things. It's not about your performance It's about his work Flowing through your life with the power of his spirit and if you'll just say okay Lord I'll give it to you and I want you to flow through me There'll be a miraculous things that result because it's the power of the Lord working through you into the heart of people You say amen Michael. Amen. God bless you There's a there's a man right here, and I think a red shirt right there. Can you stand up and shout out your name? Ross Ross I heard this turn worship tonight. It's better than it seems It's more hopeful than it feels You're a nearer to breakthrough than you realize You're a good man in whom God trusts a man of integrity. It's not all been easy, but you will see it's all about it's all been good God is always for your good What the enemy meant for evil God has turned and is turning for your good Things are falling into place in a better place in a larger place where there's more room for you You felt confined and God's letting you break out into more room be encouraged God is good. Amen. Let's leave you right here. Hi What's your name? Jody hi Jody. I Saw this when I was drawn to you You have lots of questions. You want to know when how where what? You wake up with those questions and Here's what I heard the Lord say I've got it in control. I've I've got you in my hand. It's okay You you won't know all the answers to the questions that you ask, but if you'll trust me I'll make sure that you get to the right place. He's got everything in his hands He's got you in his hands, and it'll be okay. Amen. God bless you Couple right here. Are y'all a couple? Craig can I Saw you two and I Saw a racehorse and I saw a workhorse and they were changing roles You two are like that at times one is a racehorse being seen out front while the other works unseen Outside of visibility then the roles change and the racehorse becomes the workhorse Workhorse becomes a racehorse This will be how your callings together will work from season to season You're perfectly suited to partner together for the glory of God Be glad for each other and spur each other on See, I did that spur horses Spur each other on to greater things and I think at times you'll be the racehorse She'll be in the background At times you'll be the racehorse and you'll be working in the background and that's how you'll partner Just be happy in the season you're in and be glad for each other. Amen For you. What's your name? Do you mind standing? Hi, Michelle Michelle I saw the word excellence over your life. You're you are a diligent faithful excellent woman and excellence has opened a Door for you or it's opening a door for you and the Lord says if you'll walk through that door The way has been paved Your your excellence has made the way for what God will do in the next season of your life Say yes and move forward. God bless you in it. Amen. I assume you two are a couple What's your names Jason Jason and Lisa You guys are really great parents and There is an anointing beyond your own family You're there's other kids that think of you as mom and dad there's a fathering skill to guide and direct and instill values There's a nurturing ability that you have that goes beyond your own family If you'll open the doors of your house the neighborhood kids your your kids friends will come in and you'll impact kids Way more than you've birthed Way more than your family your your home will be known as a safe place a place where people can come and share their hurts and find Healing and and a place of acceptance There's an anointing on your lives and on your home to be parents to a new generation. Amen. Amen. God bless you This is This is for Stefan You mind standing up I Just heard this when I when you were speaking earlier tonight Lord spoke to me and said he's a key player for an important time in this place You're both a pillar in the house and a prophetic voice of what could be you bring stability and adventure a Pastor with a prophetic view you bring stability stability even as you bring new initiatives of change a Transformational season is at the door Be at peace as you and others open that door and welcome the Holy Spirit to bring the necessary Stretching as the reach expands and the tent pegs move beyond your comfort zone It's good that you're here. You're stabilizing influence even as you help others stretch their faith This lady right here. Yeah Hi, what's your name? Brooke do you mind standing Brooke just a minute? Brooke I saw this that there's been you've come through a hard season a Difficult hard working season This summer is a summer of rest Just take it easy this summer Renew and refresh yourself in the Lord in the fall a new season will begin a door will open up and by The the new year you'll have the direction that you're lacking today It's a time to rest from the work that's has been done from the from the past season So come into a season of rest this summer. Just relax. Don't make it too hard on yourself Just say here the Lord say to you. It's a season of rest. Enjoy. Have a fun Fun summer the fall will give clarity of direction into a new season and by January Everything will clear up. You'll see what God's been doing. Amen. God bless you, Brooke There was a there's a young lady that was standing about right here during worship and she moved on me She had to she I think she's wearing a blue dress had Auburn hair, but she was about right here Looks to be in her late 20s 30s. I don't know. Maybe wrong about that But she was right here during worship She had hair kind of shorter hair about down to here Maybe she was an angel if you know her or see her or you want to buy this word just let me know This afternoon the Lord gave me a picture someone. He said there'll be a man in a Hawaiian shirt sitting in the middle And I thought well, that's gotta be God because who's gonna wear a Hawaiian shirt in Michigan So and there he is right there Can you stand up sir and yell out your name? Jim Jim I heard Isaiah 24 15 for you Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord exalt the name of the Lord the God of Israel in the islands of the sea I believe there's a call on your eye your life to island people and people who live along the sea This is not all you are are all that you're called to do But I sense an increasing favor for you among people of the islands and along the coastlines I don't know if you're gonna go there or they're gonna come to you, but there's gonna be a favor So you'll know this word is true another will confirm the word and an effective door for service will open to you Don't be afraid Be thankful don't be anxious Walk in the peace of the Lord Do the work of an evangelist And take God's healing to the nations that you either go to or that they come to you In some ways your ministry is just getting cranked up It's not diminishing amen Are you two a couple? Would you stand up and tell me your names? Steven and Amy Life ecclesiastes says that life is lived in season. Everything has has its season There's a time for and it goes on to list several things I I had the sense that you guys have been in a season a season coming to an end Um just like winter when it drags on a little longer or summer when it has been hot and It's coming to an end. You're ready for a season to end what the enemy wants us to do in seasons Is project and say this isn't a season. This is the way it's going to be forever And it's not a season's coming to an end a new season is going to begin for the two of you And in the transition you'll see the fruit the the little upshoots of the change of season that you're entering into don't don't reject it or deny it Embrace it as a new season brings new growth new opportunities and the work of God. It's a new season that you're entering into God bless you both This young lady right here. Can you stand up and tell me your name? Maya How old are you? 11 God's doing something with 11 and 12 year olds all over the world I don't know what's up, but when jesus was 12 He was confounding people with what he understood and I think you're part of that Group of 11 and 12 and 13 year olds that god is raising up in this hour Your generation are going to be full of heroes and you're going to be one of them There's a call on your life. It's real There's an anointing on your life. You're going to prophesy. I saw you with a suitcase that had that had stickers from different nations and I saw that you were going from place to place and you were sharing the good news of jesus and You were prophesying to nations These are all big things. Maybe you can talk it over with your folks and see what god wants Uh, but I but I'm seeing I'm seeing something very special and use it. Okay, if I pray for you Father I pray for my little sister Whatever where I've gone the last few months you've had me find 11 12 13 year old and call them into their generation and say go prophesy Go be the good news Stand up and exceedingly great army in your generation and be heroes Be real heroes that changes the world You're going to be in that company. You're a very special young lady. God's got his hand on you Amen Hi This is for you. What's your name? Hi, Lindsey. Do you mind standing? Lindsey I I uh saw the word yes over your life And I had this impression that you've been asking the lord to confirm something a direction or a decision that you're making And I simply heard him say tell her I said yes Tell her I said she's on the right path. The answer is yes. Amen. God bless you Paula The apostle paul told timothy don't neglect the gift that was given you when the elders or the presbyters laid their hands on you And imparted gifts to you One of the things I can do and that you can do is whatever you've been given You can give away So what I want to do is I want to pray a prayer of impartation For anyone that has a prophetic gift Whether it be in music whether it be in prophesying whether it be in the creative arts Uh, it can be poetry can be drama it can be It can be something on the internet that's creative But if you've got some kind of a prophetic Unction that you know is rising up in you But I'm going to ask you to be bold and don't worry about being humble Just stand up if that is you and I'm going to pray and tom may pray too for all those that feel They have a prophetic gift That's trying to surface or is already surface in your life. I'm going to pray a prayer of activation over you Thank god Thank god Go ahead and put your hand on your heart and don't don't look at anybody around you I just want you to be able to receive into your heart this prayer Father name of jesus, I think you've shown me that this is a prophetic church And so naturally there's going to be lots of prophetic people raised up Not just for these building but for this city and this state and all over So tonight in the name of jesus, I impart That propheticness That you put in tom and I I impart that On these that are standing And that father they would from this point on there would be a new confidence A new creativity a permission To go ahead and begin to even take baby steps or to take take greater steps than they've ever taken before In jesus name I pray a prayer of impartation And I release the prophetic to a greater measure and these that have stood And lord they want to all be like me they'll some of them won't be like me at all some of them will prophesy in Ways we haven't even imagined But father I pray that it goes near and far People in the earth need to know that god sees them God speaks to them and lord use these in whatever gifts they have To release your word In creative ways into those that are around you In jesus name I pray Amen Amen so good I have So hey, what's your name? Zach uh a sharp sharp mind highly intelligent Very skilled in speech you you have an ability you have a quick wit about you You don't lose many arguments But but the lord is shaping you to be a voice into a new generation He's teaching you how to use that gift and to point that gift in a strategic way like a surgeon would To do their surgery on a a given area And if you'll yield yourself to the the molding shaping work that god is doing You will be a tremendous influence in the years ahead You your your mind will be used to give intellectual and argue against The the arguments of this world and you'll be relevant not only to your generation But a generation above and a generation below You you will be an influencer in a great great way Healed yourself to god trust in him and he'll lead you in the way that you should go Yeah, bless you This man right here Yes, sir good You're a big guy What's your name? Gary. Hi, gary Gary I I saw this I was I looked at you from behind and my thought was you're a mighty man And you are a mighty man You've you've cleared the way. I don't know if you played football or not, but you you look like you could have A long time ago You you've cleared the way for people you you've stood in the gap for people in a very practical sense But there's a spiritual intent that god wants to stir up in your life You you are a spiritual man a mighty man You hear god you you hear god like wane was talking about tonight That you press in to god for for things for your family for your your career your work And uh, you will influence people's lives if you'll speak what you know You you have the ability to do that and you'll be a mighty man in the spirit just as you have been in your flesh Do it do it. Don't be afraid. God's with you. Amen. God bless you I would like for the the worship team anybody a part of the worship team if you would just stand up Either tonight or anytime that you're part of the worship team here If your songwriters, please stand up as well During worship tonight. I saw musical notes coming off Coming off you and they were going up and they were going to the left and going to the right and they were going Forward and some were going backwards I think honoring what's gone before and I think this is going to be like a Sort of a modern day song releasing place Songs are going to come they already have I know that But songs are going to continue to come and they'll go all over all over the world And they'll become the lyrics of people's lives But I encourage you in jesus name Avoid pride and competition like the plague Avoid it do not let yourself get no matter what people are saying about how great you are It's about how great god is You've got to do that And when the world comes and wants to exploit your gifts for their gain Be discerning enough To know when to make an alliance And when to not make an alliance I want to pray for you and I want to release Some songs in you that are going to touch the world some I know some already have I already know that Let me pray for you father in jesus name I pray for the those all those on the worship team whether they're in Whether they're doing media or sound or lights or music or or vocals Or instruments lord, I pray that they would prophesy on their instruments Sometimes they would prophesy in a sea law in a moment of silence in the middle of the music They would learn to be able to facilitate what you want to do holy spirit And I pray that World-class lyrics will come Things that aren't trite that aren't a repeat of what someone in the world has done creative new songs Phrases that just drop out of heaven that are exactly the right word The right prosody between word and music and father. I pray that this church would become known as a mecca for miracles and music miracles and music miracles and music I just release them to excel Still more in the name of jesus. I pray Amen I just have a I just have one more word and it's for the church. It's for radiant church and I got this on june the first I was praying for you one morning and and I just wrote radiant on my screen and I began then I began to type What the lord gave me And I saw much movement for radiant church over the next five years The holy spirit is doing a fresh work within individuals of this church body that will release a greater impact beyond your borders I saw you moving beyond the church walls into the surrounding area spilling over Into this city and other cities and nations I saw readjustments of roles and responsibilities realignments of methods with mission and vision recalibrating of activities from those that no longer have life to those that breathe life around you and through you and beyond you It's not just about change. It's about spiritual transformation God's presence transforms people And when people are transformed they transform places Keep prayer and worship as a primary priority I saw a new jesus movement a new spiritual awakening breaking out in this church This city as it is across the nation already I saw you pushing through the consumer what's in it for me atmosphere of this age You're embracing a bold and courageous. It's no longer about me missional heart for those around you The enemy of our souls won't like this, but you mustn't be afraid to move when the cloud says move I heard words. Moses spoke to joshua and deuteronomy as if they were being said to you Be bold Be strong the lord himself goes before you and will be with you He will never leave you nor forsake you do not be afraid and do not be discouraged And I heard similarly for you what god spoke to joshua three times be strong and courageous Be strong and very courageous be strong and courageous do not be terrified Do not be discouraged for the lord your god will be with you wherever you go Discouragement removes courage from Encouragement puts courage into Therefore encourage one another daily As I was finishing writing this word. I kept hearing a song in my heart. I'm no longer a slave to fear I'm a child of god You split the sea so I could walk right through it My fears were drowned in perfect love You rescued me and I will stand and sing I am a child of god These lyrics could fly like a banner over this house It's your testimony. It's my testimony It's our testimony to the world. You can be a child of god be encouraged often when we Do ministry like this we will pray and ask the lord if he has a word To give us for the church and uh, I hadn't coordinated this at all with wane Uh, I just in my quiet time this morning was so I was praying For this this evening service. I was praying for radiant church. I was praying for lee and jane I was praying for the the the ministry team here and I was really quickened with this word I think it fits well with what the lord had given to wane Isaiah 54 one shout for joy o baren one You who have no child break forth into joy shouting and cry aloud You who have not prevailed for the sons of the desolate will one Will be more numerous and then the sons of the Of the married woman says the lord enlarge the place of your tent stretch out the curtains of your dwellings Spare not lengthen your cords and strengthen your pegs for you will spread abroad to the right and to the left And the descendants will possess and your descendants will possess the nations and will resettle the desolate cities Fear not for you will not be put to shame and do not feel humiliated for you will not be disgraced But you will will forget the shame of your youth and the reproach of your widowhood will you will remember no more A day of harvest is coming. It will be a day of bountiful abundance of souls Those who have been closed closed and hard to reach will come with open hearts and ears to hear what they have previously Been unwilling to receive your heart of outreach is connected to the harvest. So think big Think outside these walls Expand your tent and prepare your mind for those who are to come Your house will be filled with the joys of new life and the playful energy of the young Expand your foundation Prepare the place and the systems to accommodate what is coming for i'm assigning you the work of parenting the new birth When the work becomes tedious and taxing remind yourselves that these are that that these You are preparing will possess nations and resettle des Dysolate cities stand firm and do not give in to the fear of shame Because you have thought big and prepared your expansion will not go unfulfilled Yours are not the dreams of youthfulness or the desires of the unqualified Your dreams are the projection of faith Stand firm and I will pour my goodness into and through your willing hearts in the days ahead Amen Well, we receive that We receive those words amen Can we just all stand up? It's tonight powerful anybody receive something tonight those were just great words guys I Happen to know a couple of the individuals that you are prophesying over and Words are right on one of them. Tom's my son-in-law He's our youth pastor in richland, so Tom didn't know that But the Lord did right I just feel like there's a A woman you're married And you came here you're by yourself and you came And you're in a place of desperation For your marriage and and you're getting bad counsel from some people that are in your life So the part of you that loves god is telling you to fight for your marriage But you're getting some bad counsel and you came tonight Really hoping that god would highlight something And god just is is highlighting you to me And what the lord wants to say is you need to silence The voices of the one who wants to destroy your future And you need to open your heart once again to believe that god can bring about a miracle Don't harden your heart in the middle of that situation. So whoever that's for You you you take that and Mute the voice of the liar and turn up the volume on the voice of the lord in your life And he's going to do a miracle in your life Man good stuff So lord, we just seal everything that's been said and lord Every word that you've spoken let it come to pass Lord Reminded the parable you said that the word is It lands on all kinds of different ground and immediately the enemy comes to steal the word I pray father that Every word that was spoken would find Good Prepared soil and that it would bring forth a harvest to the glory of your name That no enemy no bird of the air would come and have an opportunity to steal it Let every word that is from you come to pass And lord, we give you the honor and the glory father because you are a good shepherd And you love to speak to your children and I pray that tomorrow morning When all of these sheep and all of us when we Get up and we find our place to be alone with you I pray lord that the confidence we have That you're a good shepherd and you speak to us will elevate in all of our lives And we'll have ears to hear what you have to say to us In jesus name amen And amen