 you became my only saint and with you you're so so good. Genesis, Genesis 49 verse 22 it says, and Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a well, his branches run over the wall. We're gonna take a moment, we're gonna pray for just needs in just a moment, but I want to encourage those of you may be coming today for the first time to Hungry Jen, we welcome you. If you're watching us, we welcome you as well. The presence of Jesus gives us strength. The Bible says Joseph, it's one of my favorite characters, Joseph was a fruitful vine and it says that Joseph being a fruitful vine was by the well and his branches climbed over the wall. Maybe you are here today, you came to this Sunday service, the season that you are in is you're surrounded and you're surrounded by a wall, a wall of sickness, a wall of sameness, a wall of struggle, and all you see is the wall, but the Bible says that Joseph was also by a well. The well is the word of God, the well is also your worship. When you worship, you're tapping into the well that's next to you and you're intentionally switching your focus from the wall that you cannot break down, from the wall that you cannot move in your own strength. And something begins to happen, the water from the well that's next to you is coming inside of you and it's changing you, it's transforming you and causing you to grow. I would grow your wall and climb over it. I want to ask you right now to shift your perspective from the wall to your well, from looking at the wall to drinking from your well. Don't look at the doctor's report, it's there, it's not going to go anywhere, okay? Don't look at your problem, it's going anywhere, nowhere right now. It may look like it's absolute, it's there yesterday, it's there today and it's going to be there tomorrow, but you have another chance today. Instead of looking at something that doesn't move, you can drink from something that's near from you, and this, this is a well. A woman was at the well and she was going through six husbands, she had relationship problems and there came another well next to her. Here she has relationship problems and there came Jesus next to her. And the Bible says that as she started to drink from Jesus, she left her jar and she ran and told everybody. And maybe you are in that place right now where maybe the wall God is not removing, but did you know he can cause you to climb over it? Did you know that maybe not an instant, but with the time God can cause you to overcome that, to beat that, maybe it's an addiction that you are dealing with and you feel like you're taking two steps forward, three steps backwards, and you feel like, man, I just can't beat this thing no matter what I've tried, I just, I have a word from God for you. God is building you into a vine. You're not a tumbleweed of tricities tossed through and through by the wind. You are not just a little, little something. You are a vine. Your roots are getting into your well right now. If you can change that situation, change your perspective and just worship. If 90% of your prayer you just worship, you're tapping into your well and this well will cause you to grow. The wall might not shrink, you will grow and there will come a season where not only you are not going to move, but at the same time you will begin to the Bible says He climbed over the wall. I released the climbing anointing. The anointing that causes you to climb over things. The anointing that causes you to get out of things through climbing. The Bible says that when Paul and Silas went prison and they were worshiping, see, they didn't just, they climbed over that thing because the presence of God started to shake that prison and they came out of that and you climbed over that. Maybe you've had a generational poverty and it's just honestly, no matter you confess to your name, that you looked at that wall like Joshua, you're like, man, I walked around it seven times, stopped my foot. I sewed money into that wall to come down. I cursed that wall because somebody said you can curse things. I blessed that wall. Somebody said you need to bless it. I've done everything in the book. That sucker is still standing there. What do I do? I keep seeing it. It's looking at me funny every day. What do you do? You have a well, not just a wall. You've been looking at the wall, but God says drink from the well. And even if it does not move, you will climb over it. You will be fruitful. You will be fruitful. The Bible says be fruitful and multiply. Multiply is second. Fruitfulness is first, but you don't get fruitful until you tap into the well, which is next to you. It's within your reach right now. It's within your reach. Every time you come to Sunday morning service like right now, you can be aware of your problem or you can right now drink from the well. You can be aware of your well, your physical illness. You can be aware of the financial struggles. Papa Biden, who cannot pronounce words, the high prices, the drama that's happening in our political system right now, what's happening in Ukraine. And maybe you're looking at what's happening in Ukraine and Russia. You're like, it has nothing on me. What's happening in my marriage. Like my wife is the Russia and I am the Ukraine or the opposite. We attack each other. We're living like in hell right now. We're being, which is so difficult and so hard and glad that's the only thing I'm thinking about. Maybe you feel guilty because you fell into sin that you made a promise you'll never do it again. And you have this wall of repeated cycle of sin and you feel discouraged. You are not a tumbleweed. You are a vine. And you need some strength and that strength comes from something you don't have to go very far. You don't have to go to Jerusalem. A Joseph, a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine next to the spring whose branches climb over the wall. I prophesy in Jesus' name, you will climb over that wall. You will get over that obstacle. But there's one thing you need to do. Start being a tumbleweed. And secondly, focus on your drinking than on your wall. If you can't change something, change what you drink. Drink from the well. Drink from his presence. Worship, like it's your only way out. Pray, like it's the only thing you got left to do. And I can't give you a word that this wall is going to be pushed down, but you could be pulled up and you can climb over it. Joseph did, you can as well. He wasn't waiting in the prison for God to somehow send a lawyer who will fight his case in the Supreme Court. He wasn't waiting for somebody to magically change his credit score and repair his reputation that Potiphar's wife destroyed. But while he was there, he was still drinking somehow from the well of God's presence, walking in the field of the Lord. And then he was being used by God and he started to grow in his spiritual gifting. And then you notice that his branch began to reach all the way to the palace. And then they called for Joseph, not to have mercy on Joseph, but because Joseph now had something the palace needed. Because see, when you just don't look at your wall, but you begin to drink from your well, my friend, something will begin to grow inside of you. Faith will rise above you. You will change your perspective because worship changes your perspective. Worship changes your view of life. It's not that the wall is not there. You're not ignoring the symptoms. You're just aware of another reality and you're drinking from the well. Drinking from the well. That's exactly what I want us to do right now. For those of you who've been staring at the wall, you've been facing that wall. Maybe the wall is your own feelings. I don't feel God. Honestly, I'm just tired. I'm just exhausted. I don't even want to be here. Maybe that, that, that, that, that, that pathetic, that, and it's on you. That's the wall. That's not you. The real you is hungry for the living God. And the living God is within your reach. The well is right here. All you have to do is open up your mouth and worship. All you have to do is open up. Jesus says they that will worship God will not worship God on this mountain. He says, but God is a spirit and those who worship him, worship him in spirit and in truth. You can do it at your pew or you can do it at this altar, but you got to drink because today you need to grow and once you will climb over. We're going to hear some testimonies in just a minute of people who climbed over the wall of cancer. People who climbed over the wall of, of a cyst in their body. People who climbed over the wall where they couldn't walk. But before we do that, I want you to rise. We can dim the lights back. If you are in that place right now and you're saying, lad, this is me. I am stuck between a hard place on the wall. I want you to, and if you're ready to drink from Jesus by worshiping Jesus, I want you to do something unconventional. I want you to come out of your seat and I want you to just worship here. Now we don't know. We don't have a song. So this would be a song. This could be a whole service. This could be, we don't know. And so it depends on your hunger and your thirst. Now, sorry, my Apple watch is already speaking that I need to worship. This is a sign. Come on somebody. And so, but for those of you, maybe you came like, man, I just want the service to be over. You are free to go home. You don't have to stay. If you're hungry, if you're thirsty, maybe it's your first time. I want you to try Jesus today. It's okay. If you don't like him, the devil will take you back. Try, drink from Jesus. Drink from his presence. Do something you would not do normally on a Sunday service and you will see something will happen that usually doesn't happen to you on a Sunday morning. Something will touch you. Someone will change you. You will be a vine, not a grumpy husband, not a grumpy Christian. You will become a fruitful vine. Just worship. Just drink from Jesus. Reach to the well that is next to you right now. The well that's inside of you, the Holy Spirit. And drink from him. I want to challenge you, man, to drink. You used to drink alcohol. Now drink the Holy Spirit. Drink the worship. Drink his presence. Ryan, we condemn the lights here. Fix your mind on Jesus. Fix your mind on the Lord. As Israelites in the wilderness would look on the brazes serpent and they were healed with your mind's eye. Go to the cross. Whatever hurt you're carrying right now, receive God's healing. If it's on the level of your emotions, if it's on the level of your mind, if it's on the level of your body, receive His healing right now. We heard this week people being healed, admoniosis, people leaving their canes, a few cancer healings, and even somebody who's cyst was removed supernaturally. Same thing can happen to you. That bleeding problem is no problem to God. That arthritis is no problem to God. That weight of pain that you're carrying is no problem to God. Don't see the wall. Drink from the well of his presence right now. With your eyes closed and your eyes, your heart's eyes fixed on the cross. Say, Jesus, I'll receive. I'll receive your healing. Jesus, I'll receive your touch right now. Jesus, I'll receive whatever the snake has deposited, that poison is being removed right now, and I am being healed in Jesus' name. I'll rebuke every tumor right now in the name of Jesus Christ. Every cyst, be surgically, supernaturally disconnected from your body right now. I'll very insist I break your power right now in Jesus' name. Every arthritis in your joints, loose your grip right now in Jesus' mighty name. You've entered into an illegal territory. This is not your territory, and you are illegal in our body right now in Jesus' name. High blood pressure, diabetes, blindness, and deafness, you have to go. Eczema, in the name of Jesus Christ, I break its grip right now over the bodies of God's people. Father, release your healing angels right now to bring a supernatural, supernatural healing. I pray for the healing of that child right now in Jesus' name. Let there be a speedy recovery in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Spirit of the mighty name of Jesus. Whether you are on your knees or you are sitting or you're watching us live, I want you to place your hand upon your body. Whatever the illness that you came with, if you're carrying an emotional trauma right now that you're still yet to be healed from place your hand upon yourself. Right now we're going to release the Word of God into your situation, and God will do the miracle that only God can do. Just receive. Don't focus even on asking God. Just focus on receiving. Don't focus on asking God. Focus on receiving. Where will we pray? We are releasing the Word of God, but the Holy Spirit, the angels of God, are going to be working that miracle right now in the name of Jesus. Be healed. Whatever your hand is touching that area, be healed in your heart right now. Be healed in your mind right now. Be healed in your body right now in Jesus' name. That cancer, that tumor, that cyst, that growth, that infirmity, be healed in Jesus' name. It's illegal and it's being evicted right now. The angels of God are driving it out. The angels of God are driving it out. The power killing you right now in Jesus' name. Father, we declare your healing over every person right now. Father, whatever the hand is touching right now, we release the power of God into their body. We release the fire of God in their body right now in Jesus' name. Holy Ghost, fire. Holy Ghost, fire. Be healed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Father, we invite your power right now to touch their body. Your fire to consume every trace of darkness in their body. For your fire to consume and purge every foreign substance in their body, in their blood, in their tissue, in their muscles, in their bones. Right now, be gone in Jesus' name. Fire of the Holy Ghost. So, every tumor be gone. Every trace of cancer be gone. Power of the Holy Ghost in Jesus' name. As we were worshiping, I saw somebody who was injured and the muscle was cut or torn. Right now, the Holy Ghost is touching you and healing every tendon, every muscle. It's been reconnected and being restored right now in Jesus' mighty name. Be healed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Somebody else I saw who's having a heart palpitation and heart issues right now. You're being healed, you're being restored right now as you put in your hand and your heart. The fire of the Holy Ghost is penetrating and healing every heart issue and every heart disease in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Somebody else who's having a gum issues. Gum issues right now. Sores and issues with your gums in Jesus' name. Be healed right now. Instant healing. Instant healing in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Father, we thank you for your healing touch. We thank you for your healing touch. Thank you, Lord. Hallelujah. We thank you, Lord. We praise you, Father. I want you to just say this with me. Say, I receive everything Jesus has for me today that it will manifest in my body. I will live and not die. Every sickness is illegal in my body and it's being expelled in Jesus' name. Thank you, Holy Spirit. I choose to drink from the river of your promise and not to look at my circumstances. My symptoms. They are lying symptoms. Your word is the truth and I believe your word. Jesus' name. May it be so with Jesus' name. You can stay here. You can go back to your seat if you want to. You may take your seats. I'm gonna hear a testimony right now with Richard if you can maybe read for someone and then bring that lady. As we're in the presence of God, we're gonna share a couple of testimonies here of what God Almighty has been doing. First, we are receiving so many testimonies right now from people who are joining us from around the world sending in testimonies. We have someone, Blanca Torres. She came here with us. She was watching us with a thyroid problem and she said that as she was receiving prayer online, mind you, not even in person. She received healing in her throat. Her throat feels different and her nasal passages and her breathing is completely restored and she says that she received healing from that thyroid problems. Millions of thanks are not enough for Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. We have another one here. It's Cherry Dale. She watched the service on July 7th. She was having back pain in her back. She was having a cyst in her one breast and she was praying when the time for prayer for the sick came. She joined by faith, placed her hand on the back and instantly as she placed her hand on the back, something popped and the pain in her back completely dissolved. After the prayer, she checked as well and she realized that the the cyst that she had in her breast was gone. Can we put our hands together for Jesus Christ? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We have one more from someone here. Her name is Shamecha Prosper. She was watching the service and she had endometriosis. She had a cyst in her kidney and she had severe knee pain to the point that she was using a walker to walk everywhere she was going. She couldn't be without it. She joined in the prayer and as the prayer was going on, there was a word of knowledge over her just like you saw here. Someone was saying that you're being healed right now and instantly the endometriosis left her body. She went to the doctor and she realized that the cyst in her kidney is gone. She had seven cysts in her kidney and they were all removed and the doctor said they can't find any cyst in her kidney anymore. And she has also confirmed that since that day, she has left her walker in the closet and she walks freely without any knee pain in her body. Put your hands together for Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. And we have a testimony here as well. We have a live testimony. You are welcome. Can we put our hands together for Jesus right now? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So we're going to take this here and can you just tell us you're very welcome here today. Can you tell us your name and where you're from? My name is Akira and I'm from Prescott, Washington. Wow. You're very welcome here today and we saw you actually in the prayer line last month where you received prayer. Can you tell us first what were some of the issues that you were having before coming for prayer? Oh my gosh. Sorry. This is the first time I've seen this video. It was really it was really hard for me to be intimate like with the Lord so and I've had like really bad migraines but it was just like I really wanted to be more in love with the Lord and I knew there was more but I was just I just felt stuck so and you mentioned before when I was talking to out there that you didn't even expect to receive anything from God Almighty. You were actually here with your husband because you thought he definitely needs deliverance right? Yeah. My husband had signed up for the prayer line and I was just like there's no way you're going and I'm not even though like I knew he needed deliverance. Praise God and as God would have it you know of course many times what we don't know is hiding things that are going on in our body once we go through that prayer and receive prayer receive America. Can you tell us what happened we saw on the screen here? What happened during the prayer? Man I I started like shaking even when I was in the pew like I was just like oh my gosh I don't want to go but I was just sitting there and I couldn't stop shaking and I was just crying a lot and I know there was like times where I fell but I was just like what is going on like I had no clue what was happening and I just felt like super confused but I just knew that like the Lord was healing me and doing things in my life. Wow. Can we put our hands together for Jesus Christ? So after your prayer after your encounter with Jesus Christ after Jesus Christ broke those chains off in your life set you free from the bondage of the enemy how have your life been since then? Oh my gosh I just love the Lord so much I just remember even like walking in a park and like everything was so vibrant like there were the colors were just it was just more intense and I just like everywhere I go I just can't stop thinking about the Lord and I'm like going out and praying for people and like I just have no fear and no like anxiety or whatever but I also haven't gotten those crazy migraines like I would have them at least twice a week and it would be really hard for me to sleep and I haven't had a deal with that. Can we put our hands together for Jesus Christ? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Not only did Jesus, hold on hold on hold on, not only did Jesus Christ set her free from whatever was hindering her from her personal relationship with Jesus but she was healed from migraine just a touch. Can we put our hands together for Jesus Christ? Hallelujah. Okay now you can go. God bless you Akira. Thank you very much for coming to share your testimony. I want to really quickly just share two more testimony actually during the prayer today during the live prayer we received several testimonies instantly from people that were receiving prayer online. We have someone in her name is Alicia she sent in her testimony said yeah I have been having tonsillitis and itchy throat and while pastor was praying he called out my problem I laid my hand on my neck and instantly the pain left and I haven't felt itchy ever since. Hallelujah. Praise God. We have another one here. We have another one here. His name is R. G. Chua. He said that he was also watching the service just just the first service here a couple of hours ago and he said that he used to experience migraines frequently in fact he was even having a migraine attack while he was watching the service on zoom in the left hand he couldn't he was numb he was he was almost losing his concentration. Pastor Vlad was praying for healing and he I followed his prayer and I continued to pray after and suddenly as the prayer was going the pain the migraine completely left his body can we put our hands together for Jesus Christ our God is really if you believe the God that did it for them can do it for you can you put your hands together one more time for Jesus. Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let us welcome Pastor Vlad right back. Amen. God is good so sermon part two. Amen but the same person Joseph so if you have your Bible if you didn't feel like you received the sermon so here is going to be one if you have your Bible Psalm 1 of 5 and verse 19 Psalm 1 of 5 verse 19 first of all we are very excited for the VBS that's going to be happening this week with our students with our kids is going to be coming VBS next week Pastor Mike Signorelli is going to be with us so make sure that you come don't come alone bring somebody with you the testimonies that we've heard the the healings that I believe that even happened today make sure that if this is happening to you let us know those of you online and those of you in person you know walk with the expectancy we're not just shooting blanks I do believe that something is happening in the spirit realm we will be seeing people getting out of wheelchairs blind eyes open deaf ears open the dead being raised and so and we're expecting that we're praying for that we're believing for that because it makes a difference between you having a funeral and you having a testimony makes a difference between somebody being in the wheelchair and somebody walking and living to their fullest and so and that's the difference that Jesus makes you know the guy who was Kabil Nabil who had leukemia who was supposed to die and now he's you know finished his bachelor's degree that's a difference Julia who was supposed to be bedridden for the rest of her life in in a wheelchair and now she's finishing her her associate's degree and so that's a difference that healing Jesus Christ makes in our life amen and so we want to put a tap on that we want to we want to put a tap and not a tap we want to put a demand on that grace that is available we're not we're not asking Jesus anything that he hasn't promised we're not we're not believing for anything that this is not Jesus like no I don't want to heal you and we're like please heal me this is Jesus saying I love you and I want to heal you I want to show my goodness and I want to show my grace and and we are church who believe and that's not the most important thing Jesus and salvation is most important but nevertheless expressions of God's goodness is very welcome and expected in our church amen are you with me at Psalm 105 no okay Psalm 105 verse verse 19 until the time that his word came to pass the word of the Lord tested him this speaks actually about Joseph if you read a little bit earlier it says that he he sent Joseph during the time of famine they heard him he was sold as a slave they heard his feet he was laid in irons and then it says until the time meaning he went through suffering he went through disappointment he went through hardship he went through a very challenging time in his life until somebody say until until the time that the his word came to pass there is going to be a time when God's word comes pass when God's when God's promise comes to pass when God's purpose for your life comes to pass but I want you to notice it says before God's word came to pass it says this the word of the Lord tested Joseph so there's three types of words there is the written word of God which is the Bible there is the living word of God which is Jesus and then there is the rama or the prophetic word of God it's the word that God quickens a promise he makes it real for you for your situation and that's the third one that I'm referring to it's that dream that prophetic word it's that that call from God it's that anointing it's that assignment that you have and it says until the time that this word came to pass this word tested Joseph everything in our life is either a reward or a test write that down everything in my life is either a reward or right now it's a test God does not trust until he tries until he tests man we see this in the Bible the Bible tells us to test prophecies the scripture says examine yourself meaning even test yourself the scripture even says to put God to a test through tithing so testing is not anti-biblical thing and thank God for tests I wouldn't want to drive a car that hasn't been tested an average a car goes through 1000 tests before it goes on the market a vaccine goes through 10 to 15 years of research and then three clinical tests before it's available in the market a lot of people do you have to go through a test if you're a doctor you have to go through a test if you're a lawyer I'm right now in the Bible Bible college and every week I have to take a quiz and I have to take a test on Saturday and so because they can't let you go to the next level until you take a test same thing with God God gives you a word I want to share something with you right now if you're right now waiting for the passing of God's promise in your life that means you're currently in a test if you're waiting for the passing if what God promised has not come true that means that promise right now is testing you you're being tested five tests Joseph went through test number one is the test of time this is the hardest one because it develops our patience see God's tests are not only to reveal that we are impatient it's also at the same time to build something they expose and they also expel they reveal and they also refine us and that's the first test it's the test of timing you know I'm always in a hurry unfortunately God is not it's God develops patience by what by letting us go through time where his word is not coming through on our time schedule God cannot develop patience if he does not let you wait for things waiting is God's game it's what he does that's why we need to learn to wait on him and we will have to wait on his promise as well you don't get everything in the microwave it's not a drive through God did not invent those things he is slow and then if you think he's slow he's slower but he develops something develops patience the second test is the test of a test of faith what is the test of faith it purges our mood swings the test of faith is this I don't feel God I don't feel like he's with me I feel like God left me what is happening is test of faith Joseph went through this test because the Bible says two seasons in Joseph's life where it says the Lord was with Joseph it was not in the season when he received the dream and he was favored by his father and it was not in the season where he was promoted twice in his life it says the Lord was with Joseph it was in the season where he was sold as a slave and then when he was thrown into a prison as a prisoner surprisingly those are the twice two seasons the Bible says the Lord was with him and it's interesting because usually in those seasons we need an extra reminder that God's presence is not contingent on the presence of your problems or absence of them another thing is God's presence does not hinge on your mood God's presence with you does not depend on your feelings in fact I think sometimes God develops our faith by withdrawing the manifest presence where we feel him for a season so that our faith has has a chance to grow you cannot get a fulfillment of God's promise in your life until God develops your faith and God cannot develop your faith until your feelings fail absolutely fail I'm talking about splash blood all over kind of a fail and you're like man I don't feel God anymore God has left me I have a such a dry place I don't just I don't even know if he is real what happens you're being tested your faith is being tested your faith is like gold going through the fire and all the impurities are freaking out and the gold is switching its form but it's not stopping being gold your real faith it might be small but it's real your faith might not be big but it's genuine because if it's based in God it can't be destroyed any more than gold cannot be destroyed by fire it takes 1940 degrees Fahrenheit to turn gold from solid to liquid but you can't burn it with fire real faith cannot be destroyed it can only be purified never be afraid of a test of faith so what do you do if you are in the season right now where your faith is being tested very simple when you don't feel God's presence feed on his promise if you don't feel him feed on him feeding is a choice feeling is not you don't control what you feel but you can control what you feed your mood have a go up and down your feelings will go up and you can't control that sometimes you can't make your feelings feel better even though you can choose to have joy in the Lord but you can't control your mood don't take drugs to change your mood just change what you feed yourself with feed yourself with God's word I love Bartimaeus Bartimaeus was a blind man and the Bible says he and well he was blind so when you're blind you can't see but the scripture says this and Bartimaeus heard Jesus and the Lord spoke to me one time and he said this when you can't see me hear me and how did he was able to see Jesus because when he heard when you use what is open it will unlock what is closed as he heard Jesus he was able to then cry out to Jesus and then Jesus opened his eyes and he was able to see Jesus who saw him before he was able to see him Jesus sees you when you don't feel him Jesus knows you when you don't feel he is near you and so what you gotta do right now is hear Jesus when you don't see Jesus if your faith is being tested faith comes by hearing of the word of God if you don't feel his presence hear him where was I during the first service why didn't go didn't flow like this during the first service my god okay the third test the third test and this is a test of purity Joseph had to be tested in the area of purity he fled temptation he didn't flirt with temptation he went to prison after the temptation and then he went to the palace purity is the way through prison to the palace purity is choosing prison over restriction before you embrace the relationship the benefits of that relationship everybody who wants to walk in sexual purity has to understand one thing there's a price to pay for purity and this price is prison to your desires what is available to you and not sinful you have to put that into prison everybody wants to be in purity but what we don't like is the prison meaning I want to still be able to do what I want I want to follow whoever I want to follow I want to look at whoever I want to look at I want to watch what I want if you ever are giving your flesh no boundaries no restrictions no prison you'll never walk in purity to walk in purity the test of purity is this is that you have to put yourself in the prison you don't look second time come on all the men ladies you don't read 50 shades of stupid you don't watch that thing and people will look at you say oh you're a legalist no I have to put myself in the prison because that's what purity demands if you don't choose prison you will be enforced eventually a prison of failed relationships dead into to your eyeballs and then just having all of these troubles and Joseph choose this prison not necessarily that he chose prison but his purity forced him into prison he fled from a temptation you don't overcome lust you don't pass the test of lust by flirting with lust and a lot of us this is why we fall into lust and we fornicate is because we say flirting is that sin by falling is sin so I will see how I can flirt to as close to the line as I can possibly can without falling you can't flirt and not fall you can't make out and not commit fornication I know the bible doesn't say don't make out with your boyfriend but listen the moment you begin to play with the line and play in the gray you will fall and it's not because the devil is bad it's because you are careless and why are you careless because you're afraid of a prison uh-huh I don't want to put restrictions in my life there is no other way to pass the test of purity than choosing prison you gotta choose prison amen who you talk to who you do you am at first they may seem oh that's a lot of legalism but if you're if you're a woman here and you're married you're like my husband better be in prison emotionally he better be in prison on his instagram or no instagram at all why because you know one thing there is no way he can walk in purity she can walk in purity without a prison everybody needs a prison the better your prison the better your purity to pass the test you have to choose your prison if you don't like prison and you're like I'm gonna do whatever I want mark my word you will never walk in purity you will struggle with purity never walk in it because you have to impose restrictions on your liberties everything is I can do everything but not everything's beneficial and therefore I have to restrict my liberties amen the test number four are you with me is the test of offense and this is a test of forgiveness joseph had to go through that in fact this I think is the hardest one especially if God has given you the grace and you've conquered the purity part if you conquered the faith part this one will jab you so bad because you feel a little bit entitled to God's favor and God's grace and what begins to happen is people come alongside and give you such a bad time and the worst part is these are not strangers or spam bots on youtube these are people who actually you know the reason why pain of rejection is the deepest is because it comes from the closest people jesus was rejected by his own joseph was rejected by his own and this is extremely extremely painful you cannot be fruitful if you're not forgiving every person in this room who will see the fulfillment of God's promise will be hurt you will you will get hurt some of you you were hurt and some of you you're getting you're you're being hurt right now I am not saying you should stay in the abusive relationship what I'm saying it's not possible to see the fulfillment of God's word without taking this test and this is the test of hurt of offense forgiving somebody does not mean I minimize what they did it doesn't mean I overlook what they did it doesn't mean I blame myself for what they did forgiving somebody does not mean I am waiting for them to apologize jesus did not wait on the cross for Pharisees to apologize before he forgave them till this day they still think what they did was right forgiveness it's not does not mean that what they did did not matter or did not hurt it simply means my future is bigger than my hurt that's all that it means you made my life miserable but you I do not give you the authority to make my future miserable my future you caused a lot of pain but you do not have access to my to my to my to my future you had access to my past you took away five years of my life I cannot give you 50 and therefore I choose to forgive you not because you deserve it it's because I don't deserve to let you repeat this for the rest of my life this stops today when you forgive somebody you set the prisoner free and then you realize that prisoner was you you release yourself from the shackles of them controlling your life in the future it's not being a victim it's being a victor when you release your ex when you release the person that hurt you when you release the person that meant to do you well and then god takes the unfortunate situation and use it for your good because the bible says joseph looked at his brothers after the death of jacob and they said we feel so bad about what we did and joseph says do not be afraid because what you meant for evil you didn't do it unintentionally you meant intentionally god turned it for my good why because I refuse to stay better I refuse to stay offended I refuse to switch churches I refuse to hold a grudge I refuse to walk around not talking to anybody I refuse to let to develop this very thin thick skin and a very thin skin in my heart I chose to keep my heart soft I forgive you I love you and I'm expecting god to reward me in jesus name the last test and this is the test of diligence and the test of diligence means you don't wait for a new season in life before you start to do your best in the season that you are in destination disease has caused too many people never to do anything in their present destination disease is once I get married I will lose my weight once I get married I'll pay off my debt the destination disease is this once they give me a title at hungry jen then you will see me fasting and prayer once they give me this that's what I'm gonna do that joseph did not wait until he reached the palace to live pure he did not wait to reach the palace before he exercised his skills to manage places and to cause places to prosper to such a good degree that in prison they put him in charge of a prison he was a prison ward why was he that because he looked at every situation in his life and he says I'm now waiting for that season to practice and maximize my effectiveness in this season and that is one of the reasons his branches climbed over the wall actually the gifts of the Holy Spirit did not show up in the palace they showed up in prison god spoke to him when he was a teen that you will have people bow to you but you don't see one mention of the gifts of the Holy Spirit operating in joseph's life until he's in prison and watch this one of the one of the boys is sad which is a prison you're supposed to be sad and joseph comes to him and says why are you sad tells me the way joseph ran the prison there was nobody sad I don't know what he was doing telling them jokes or cheering them up with jealousy sermons in every morning I don't know what he was doing but everybody was happy seems like because the guy who was said joseph highlighted him and the guy says I had a dream now watch this think about it joseph had a dream too so if you hear somebody saying I have a dream this would be a good moment to say bro did you eat a lot of pizza did we spice your drink yesterday this would be a good moment to say please please do not pay attention to them because I did look what it got me and god was testing joseph will joseph opened himself up to a divine flow of wisdom from god to help somebody in the very area god is not moving in his area in his life and supernaturally the gift begins to flow he translates the dream and it works for somebody and he still spends two years in the same prison because god's anointing will always work better through you than for you and if you're not allowing god's anointing to flow through you because it hasn't done anything for you you fail the last test amen that's right every head bowed and every eye closed if you're in this room today and you don't know jesus christ is a lord and savior would you give me the opportunity to lead you into a saving relationship with christ maybe you're visiting us for the first time maybe you've been coming here weekend week out jesus christ died on the cross for you he loves you he wants to accept you into his family he wants to love on you he wants to forgive you he wants to be your lord and savior he wants to take you into heaven with him and put a little bit of heaven in you right now in the form in the person of the holy spirit if you want to get saved if you want to get right with god when i count to three i'm gonna ask you to raise your hand high one two three let's raise that hand high if you say hey i want to get saved today i want to give my life to christ today i want to come back to jesus if you're watching us live you can do that in the chat you can just drop that in the chat i want to be saved i want to give my life to jesus thank you father thank you lord i'm gonna wait for a few more seconds anybody else to say hey today is my day i need to get right with the lord pray this prayer with me say lord jesus i am a sinner please forgive me of all my sin and wash me with your blood i surrender my whole life to you and from this day forward i promise to follow you i believe your son of god who died on the cross of someone like me i repent of my sin come and live in me right now jesus name if you pray that prayer your next step is water baptism join a small group join our church so you can grow in christ if you're watching us online go to hungryjen.com forward slash save and let us know that you pray that prayer amen church i want you to get ready right now to give but if we can take a seat just for a few minutes and then help me to walk past your ilia wow what an amazing sermon today how many of you were blessed by the word of god i was spoken come on we're gonna pass the test amen and we're gonna go from glory to glory amen amen in matthew chapter six three things that jesus highlights that he rewards and he blesses and it's the giving fasting and prayer giving fasting and prayer and without those things bible says that we can't expect god to reward us publicly and so i want to encourage us today with the short reminder that god sees every dollar every penny that we give unto his name that we give into his kingdom and right now we're going to have an opportunity to bless the lord bless his kingdom no god doesn't need the money church needs the money to continue to run the operations as we do and and and uh go and and do crusades and conferences and all of that stuff but by supporting god's kingdom or by giving into his uh into his church by giving into his kingdom what we're doing is we're saying lord we honor you we see the work that you're doing in this ministry in this church we see the work that you're doing through these people through uh through our church lord and we want to be a part of it and when we uh when we give with the genuine heart when we give uh to the lord to honor him the lord bible says according to matthew chapter six that he will reward those that bless his name those that give those that pray and fast these are the three things in matthew chapter six god says that he will surely reward i want to encourage those that are giving thank you so much for giving uh hunger jen is blessed because of you uh because of your giving continue to give and may the lord see you through in your marriage in your family in your health in your business in your career in your education may god's light shine upon you those that you are watching as well there's many of you that are supporting this ministry and those of us that we are inconsistent or we are uh we were more tippers than titers consider today to become consistent in your giving to give because the lord rewards a cheer for giver amen church amen let's pray father god i thank you for every person that is here right now i thank you god for giving us ability to give thank you for giving us ability to work with our hands lord to work with our minds to support ourselves our families lord i pray god that you will continue to bless every person that is giving god continue to bless and reward every person god that out of their heart god honors you honors your kingdom and your church and the work that you're doing through your church father bless every person i pray god for those of us god that we're still lord deciding or we're still inconsistent lord help us lord to put it to test and to see that you do actually reward those that genuinely love you and give into your kingdom that you honor those that give lord in jesus name father those that are not able to give father you said you give seeds to the sore bless those god with the jobs god i pray for business opportunities god for those that are struggling in debt god those that are struggling god to pay the bills father we pray for your supernatural supply from your heavens in jesus name we bless your name we honor you and we give you the praise in the church of god said amen amen amen amen hallelujah there's many ways of giving as you see on the on the screen here you can text 84321 any amount you can give online those of you that are watching us online you can go to huntgoodgen.com slash give and give that um as well as win more cash at paypal the cure code you can scan that envelopes and a church center app and our baskets will not go around but they will be at the door so as you're leaving you can drop your drop your giving into the baskets if you're giving with cash and checks just to remind you guys that we have prayer from the morning a monday through friday from five in the morning to whenever sanctuary is open for prayer wednesday we gather together at six a.m for corporate prayer so if you can't make it monitor friday here come at six from six to seven we'll be praying and and um just uh being before the lord and starting monday we've got vbs starting so those of you that signed up your kids don't forget i'm sure you know you'll be more than happy to drop them off for six hours off your hands i don't know about you but i am the summer has been brutal and so um but anyways better is not good enough the best is yet to come