 to God. I just want to see you move. Holy Spirit, help us see Jesus in this place. If we can only touch the hem of His garment, then show us how. Show us through worship, Lord, that you receive our worship, God. We know that you're here in the sky. We just take a moment to honor the King. This is my surrender. This is my surrender. This is my surrender. And I will make room to do whatever you want, to do whatever you want to. And I will make room, my tradition, break down the witch and your way is better. Yes, your way is better, dish and break down the wall. Tell that again. Shake up my tradition, break down the yes, your way is better. Shake up the we sang this last night. Can we say before the pastor comes up? Simple song. I feel Jesus in sing a church. I feel Jesus presence of Jesus is here. He's here tonight. I want everyone across the room now. Lift your hands, begin to pray out loud in the Holy Ghost. Come on. Thank you for the presence of the Holy Spirit, Lord. Thank you for the glory that now rests on this room. Father, we praise you and we honor you. And we thank you that tonight you are taking us to higher places in the Spirit than we ever know. Thank you that tonight, Father, bondages will be broken. Demons will be cast out. Sickness will be healed. Lord, we thank you for a fresh touch of the Holy Spirit's power resting on this room. Lift your hands, just begin to invite the Holy Spirit. Ask the Spirit to come now and do as only he can do. Father, our hearts are filled with faith tonight. We can sense your presence about the atmosphere, electrifying the room. Lord, don't let us miss this moment. Help us to never take for granted the beauty of the manifested glory. The presence of Jesus is here. The presence of Jesus is here. And many of you in the next few moments, if we continue to worship and sing, are going to encounter the presence of the Holy Spirit in a way you never have before. I'm telling you, I know it in my spirit. Many of you tonight will encounter the presence of the Holy Spirit in a way you never have before. Father, let us not pretend. Let us not be prideful or filled with ego. Lord, we have so much to gain. Take us deeper than we've ever gone. We pray, raise us and wow us again. Let us be taken back by the experience of your glory. We ask that in faith tonight, Lord. We ask it in faith, Lord, knowing that you are able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all we could ask or even imagine. O people of God, privilege it is. What a privilege it is to stay as present as we do now. Now lift your hands. Now every voice lifted as we sing. Lift your hands and call out to Him, church, high church, holy as I sing my song. Begin to touch people. Let them sense the press of your glory. Holy Spirit, my friend, I ask you to do for them what you've done for me so many times. That's all they want. That's all they want, Holy Spirit. I ask you now as they stand there with their hands lifted in their eyes closed. I ask you to begin to press on them. Then sense the weight of who you are. Softly praying in the Holy Ghost now, church. Wait on Him. Wait on Him. Wait on the power of God on them. Don't be afraid. Look out, I see many people trembling under the power. That's the power of God. Holy Spirit. Sente, yende, robo boco. Sente, yende, bebe, sente, yende, bebe, kente. Something is shifting now. Something is shifting now. Something is shifting now. Church, that's the presence of the living God. Konto, robo, sente, yende, bebe, kente. Be set free now in the name of Jesus. Every burden be lifted in the name of Jesus. Konto, robo, sente, every bondage be broken in the name of Jesus. And we give the Lord a mighty hand of praise. Thank you for what He's already doing. And this is just the beginning of tonight. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. What a way to begin the service, huh? Just a heavy weight of glory. And we go from glory to glory to glory to glory. It's going to get thicker tonight. Okay, turn to somebody next to you and tell them something good is going to happen to you. Something good is going to happen to you. Something good is going to happen to you. Do you believe it? You can be seated. God bless you. What a wonderful Lord we serve. Man, what a weekend. How many of you were here last night? So you're back for more. How many were here for the first time tonight? Let me see your hand. Well, that's odd. It looks like the same amount as the others. I guess it's 50-50 evenly split. I have to know about the spiritual hunger in any region. What is the distance you guys are coming from? Because I know we have different people coming from different regions as we often do when we do these events in different places. But who thinks they came from the farthest? And no cheating because we had a couple one time. They shouted out, we're coming from Taiwan. And I said, really, you came just for the service. They said, no, we've lived here for five years. So that doesn't count, okay? I want to make sure we're actually congratulating, so to speak, the different people who've come from various parts of the world. You right here with your hand raised. You think you came from the farthest. Stand up. Tell me where you're coming from, sir. Connecticut. Now, did you fly or did you drive? You flew. Are your arms tired? So you flew from Connecticut. Right back here, this couple in the center here, you guys came from where? You can stand. Tell me. You came from Ohio. Did you fly or did you drive? You flew. Okay. Did anybody drive a long distance? That's what I want to know here. You down right here, where did you drive from? You drove from Georgia. That's almost a tongue twister you created for me there. You drove from Georgia. How many hours was that drive? Six and a half. Okay. Who's got six and a half feet? Ma'am, right here. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You came from London. Now did you come here just for the event? You did. We're going to be in London. Yeah. Wow. That's incredible spiritual hunger. We're going to be in London this weekend. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. You made the right choice. It's okay to have a little bit of fun, right? In the presence of the Lord. Wow. So did you come with anyone? You flew by yourself. I'm assuming you flew. You didn't take a boat or anything. Okay. You flew from London. How long was that flight? The hour is, wow, my goodness. Hey, Ruben, do we have anything for them? Like, yeah, do we? Do we have... You're over there. Do we have any of my books here? Because we've got to send her one if we don't. What? Okay. We're going to ship her some books because that's something we just always like to do. Give a gift to somebody who's coming from a long distance. Ruben, why don't you go get her information now? Because you're going to be too busy later when the power starts moving. These guys start sweating because they got to get to work. Who else came from a long distance? Right over here in the front? You. Are you guys all a group together? Okay. You three came. Where are you coming from? Louisiana. You drove. Wow. 10 hours you drove from Louisiana. That's incredible. And then we have a volunteer waving in the back. Are you just saying hi to me? If you can shout as loud as possible. Ohio, my goodness. And then one more. We'll do this one over here. Right here, man. Where are you coming from? From where? I'm geographically challenged. You're going to have to help me with that. Wow. Just off the coast of Venezuela. Welcome, Ruben. We got to get her something too. Can we get her? Patrick, why don't you go get her contact information? Because Ruben's working on something else. How many appreciate all the work Ruben Vargas does? This is great. Great job, my friend. Well, tonight is going to be a powerful night. Tonight is going to be a powerful night because we've put our faith in a mighty God. And last night was just tremendous. Just how many loved seeing all of those people give their lives to Jesus. That was that for me right there. That does it. You see them get saved like that. And guys, as I always say, we can't forget that's why we do that. We can't forget that's why we're here because, you know, healing is wonderful. But what good does it do to be healed today if you're going to hell tomorrow? You need the salvation of your soul. So at these events, we try, of course, to be evangelistic, which is the primary purpose. And tonight's going to be a little different in that I'm talking to believers tonight. Last night was evangelistic. We saw many get saved. It was just, I can't even put it into words. There were people here weeping at the altar. Now, Prophet Jordan, you pointed out something to me at dinner last night. You said something about our ministry that I hadn't even really, I mean, because I don't really think in these terms per se, but you're very keen on observation. You notice that all of our ministry events are multicultural. Like, look around the room. There's a good mix of everybody here. And I think that's a powerful statement because we are all one in Jesus. We're all one in Jesus. Like I said, I don't think in those terms, but you spotted it. And it just never dawned on me. And you know, I can tell you, I know why you're here. You're not here to hear me preach because you could have just stayed home and watched a YouTube video for that. Nobody comes from London or from off the coast of Venezuela because they want to hear me preach. I wouldn't come from London to hear me preach. I'll just say, I'll watch a little bit on YouTube now and then. You've come for the presence of Jesus. And so tonight, we have a wonderful service that the Holy Spirit is going to lead. Now, I believe in what's called spirit-led structure. Just because it's not spontaneous doesn't mean it's not spiritual. The Holy Spirit has spoken to me about the order of the service tonight. I'm going to be actually ministering in just a moment. Just I want to step out into the prophetic. That's something the Lord's really been challenging me to do. So I don't know how long I'll do that for, but it's a gift I need to start exercising. The Lord challenged me this year. He reminded me that when I was about 11 years old, I just got to say about 11, 12 years old, I asked him for the evangelistic gift, the healing gift, and the word of knowledge. Is it the word of knowledge? Other than when calling out healings, it's not something I've really exercised. So you guys are the test group tonight. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I won't speak unless it's the voice of the Holy Spirit. I promise you that. And he speaks with perfect clarity. So we're going to step out and exercise that gift and just see how the Holy Spirit moves. And when I sense the spirit switching directions, then I'm going to take an offering. And I always tell people when I'm taking an offering, or I shouldn't say I always, I make it a point to try to do that as often as possible because without getting into too much detail of predecessors and the way things were done, we honor the men and women of God who God has used in generations past. But one of their hearts cries is that the next generation would learn to not do things with some of the same mistakes. I'm going to make my whole new set of mistakes that the next generation can learn from, but at least we're standing on the shoulders of spiritual generals who I honor and I love and I would never say a single word of negativity toward. But let me make this absolutely clear so there's no confusion in your mind. Your giving and your financial sowing is not in any way linked to your healing miracle. And I need to make that absolutely clear because because I've, my daughter's been sick before, nothing serious. Thank God, at least in terms of being terminally ill, just sicknesses that were really troubling for us. And you know, as a parent, they could have a cough and it goes deep in your heart. And you know, I can't imagine the parent of a child who's terminally ill coming to a meeting like this, being under the impression that if they give more, it's more likely that their child will be healed by who wouldn't empty their savings, who wouldn't mortgage the house, who wouldn't take out another loan if they felt that that was going to heal their child. So let me just make this absolutely clear so there's no room for manipulation or misunderstanding. If you are sowing to be healed, it's not going to work. It's not going to work because Jesus, Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forevermore. He's the healer and he doesn't discriminate between rich and poor, not the Jesus I know. You say, well, you say, all I have is a penny to my name. Well, Jesus will heal you and you can keep the penny too. So let me just make that clear because I think we as healing ministers have a responsibility to correct some of the thinking that's really led to some abuses in this area. And so let me make that clear that when I take the offering later today, there's going to be a certain flow to it. So I won't have time to explain these details. But please recognize that your giving is not linked to your healing. Your giving is linked to financial miracles, as the Bible talks about sowing and reaping. But to try to exchange the monetary for the spiritual, that is the very definition of witchcraft. It's the very definition of sorcery and the problem is we have a lot of charismatic witchcraft going on in the world today and we're calling it the ministry of Jesus when Jesus would have thrown some of these people out. So when we give, we give because we love Jesus and we give because we believe in the cause, but we do not give because we want to receive a healing miracle. Do we understand that tonight? Okay, so let me just make that clear. I'm going to take the offering and then we have a wonderful guest who I'll tell you more about in just a moment who's going to bless us with some music tonight. How many by the way on that note appreciate the worship ministry of Mr. Steven Mockezuma. And then we're going to pray for the sick and we're going to hear some healing testimonies from tonight. And then after that, I want to lay hands on every single one of you. And that's if you want it. I'm not going to go chase you down or anything, but if you want, unless you're possessed and manifesting, I'll run out and go to you, but or kick you out depending upon what the Spirit says. Some people, when they manifest, they're there for deliverance. Others are there to distract and you got to know the difference. You know, so we're going to do that. And by the way, there's still people outside. I'm being told that are waiting to get in. So if there's a seat next to you, please just flag our ushers down. This is still the dispensation of grace. So there's some movement that's allowed right now. I understand we still have some people. I see them bringing in. Can you just bring in more chairs then? Is that what you'll do? Okay, they're just going to bring in more chairs and do it guys. Just real discreetly, Britain, real discreetly as you seat them there. But we do have a couple seats right now. Hold on, bring them down. Look at raise your hand if there's a seat right next to you. Let's fill those in two things. I hate demonic powers and empty chairs. So let's get these ones filled right over here. She's got one. Do we have one here? Hey, grab one from the back. The first shall be last. We got one right in the front row. And two right there. Well, who were those saved for? Why didn't they show up? What? I don't even know what you said, but we're going to fill them up. Two seats. Britain, let's fill those up quickly, quickly. I'm serious. You're in the very back. You want a front row seat? Come on. Now's the time. Run, run, run. Quick, quick, quick. There we go. That guy's running and you can hear his keys too. Come right here, sir. Look at that. There you go. The first shall be last. And then we got two right here. Is there like a couple that came or something that wants it? Those two right there, they're going to take it right there. Those two coming down this center aisle, they're going to take these two. All right. And then the rest as they come in, you can fill them in. Thank you guys for your help. I feel like I'm, I should be an usher. I would make a really good usher. I think I would do a really good job on that note. Thank you to our volunteers who've helped this entire weekend and we appreciate you. We love you. And we definitely don't take it for granted the sacrifice that you're making with your time. That's not something we just overlook. And you are much as part of this as our team is. And so we honor you in that. Well, just lift your hands and begin praying in the Holy Ghost right now. Ishmael, just as the spirit leads him, Steve, I came to worship you online. Welcome. You joined this service. The people of God are praying in the Holy Spirit right now. We're asking the Holy Spirit to do as only he can do. So you watching online, just comment in the comment section live or on replay. I believe two simple words. All things are possible. Only believe type those two simple words in the comment section. I believe and get ready for what the Holy Spirit is going to do. Thank you. Softly now church, pray in the Holy Spirit, pray in the Holy Spirit. Steve, will you lead us in this song? Lift your hands and sing your holy name to raise. Every voice now I came to worship you. I came to love you, Lord. Your holy name to raise. Sing with the angelic host now. Hallelujah. There's a woman here tonight. You've been tormented in your sleep. Nightmares and even as you're between the state of sleeping and being awake, there's, there are these, these, these almost like visions that come of your loved ones being hurt. And there's just, there's just been a real torment at night and all throughout the day you walk in this anxiety. Now let me tell you how it works with the Holy Spirit here. I don't play guessing games. I'm not saying maybe you're here. I'm saying I know that I know that I know that you're here and you can ask my team 100% of the time the Holy Spirit is accurate. 100% of the time. Every single time one of two things happens. Either the person responds in that moment and they're set free or they wait till after the service to find me and say I should have gone up, but I was nervous because this isn't this. So I thought maybe it was someone else. And then they leave without having received prayer in the moment that God had ordained. I don't understand all these things and how they work in the spirit in God's timing, but there's something about responding when that word is spoken. Mam, where are you? It's time to be set free. Is that you, mam, from the back? Come, have her stand right here, please. What's your name? Rose Morgan. And how long have you been dealing with these issues? Last year, right before, say, middle of October, I've been having dreams to wear... Now, listen, no pressure to share everything, but I don't want you to feel put on the spot, but you can share if you want, but no pressure, okay? With either one of my children and there's a... I don't want to know how to do it now. Maybe I'm demoticized, like a failure, like a shadowy. I saw that. Lift your hands. Everyone pray in the Holy Ghost. Are you a born again believer? Then this will be quick. Everyone keep praying. The presence of the Holy Ghost, Father, in the name of Jesus, break everybody. That's the power of God. What are you sensing on you right now? Say again? Something lifting off of me, like heavy burden that's coming off of me. It's the power of God. Joy, joy, joy, joy, joy. Unspeakable joy. Whoa. I feel it like electricity moving through me. You feel that too. That's why you're shaking. This is so beautiful. Keep praying for her church. Lord, let her never, ever, ever again deal with this and raise her children for ministry as she's prayed in the name of Jesus. Lord, I thank you for your power that has completely set her free. As I laid hands on you right now, I saw like a light. You're going to go home and you're going to sleep better than you've ever slept before. You're set free. God bless you. It's simple. It's the simple work of the Holy Ghost. Keep praying in the spirit. It helps more than you know. Thank you, Holy Spirit. I don't know who you are, but I see ministry in your future. Pardon? Well, come receive it here with your hands. The Lord told me to pull you out and to tell you there's ministry in your future closer than you think. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Keep praying in the spirit. There was a season, the fire of God was burning. And then a season where you felt like you had fallen away. And then now that you're back pursuing the things of God, the enemy uses that season of having fallen away to tell you that you're disqualified and that you've missed it. But God says, God says that his promises for your life will be fulfilled. And that with the enemy has tried to use to torment you, God is going to cause to be a tool in your hand for you're going to minister deliverance and freedom to those who need to be set free from bondage. I see you laying hands on those with troubled minds. I hear you saying, Lord, I don't just want to do it within the church setting. I want to go out into the streets and reach those who are hurting. And God says, because, because you have surrendered your life, because you have submitted your will to his giving up dreams that others told you you were crazy for giving up for the things of God, God says, I shall put a double portion anointing on your life. And you will watch as miracles manifest through your ministry. You've been looking for confirmation. There it is. And God's people said, Amen. Wow. Beautiful presence of the Lord here, isn't it? Beautiful presence of the Lord. I can feel, I could feel the pool of people on the Spirit. It's amazing. Like I can literally feel like a pool of the people. And there's a woman here praying for her son. You could just receive this woman here praying for your son. He grew up in the things of God. But right around age 16, he turned and now he's running in a way that you don't want him to go. And you've been praying. And God says your prayers are going to be met. There's another one here. There's a man with an injury on his shoulder that he received at work while lifting something. It's your left shoulder. God says he's going to heal you tonight and you're going to testify. Thank you, Jesus. I give you the praise and the glory and the honor. They're coming quick, guys. They're coming quick. I need you to take a moment. Yes, it's wonderful. But take a moment. Pray in the Holy Spirit because it helps me stay grounded. I can't explain it any other way. Thank you, Lord. Oh my goodness. My goodness. There's someone in ministry, a gentleman. There's a man here tonight. You're in ministry. And there's just been this, this is such a rough season that you asked God just this past week. You asked him if you were really called. And I know this is going to be a tough one to answer. This one may be like pooling teeth because it's a tough one. But you were asking God if you were really called. And, and there was, there was this really heavy assault on your mind just this past week. And, and there was, there was this voice in your head that wasn't God and it wasn't you as the enemy telling you that maybe it was time to close things down because you weren't seeing the fruit that you wanted to see. Sir, if you would just respond, there's a word God has for you. And I know this one's tough. And I know this one's going to be a little more like, okay, well, it's going to be, and that's you. And it's because of finances, with your hands. It's because of finances, finances and the concern for your family's future. Don't you dare quit. God will judge you for every soul you should have won. Don't you quit a profit, a profit, a profit. He'll take care of it. He'll take care of it. God will take care of it. There's a couple here tonight. You've been trying to have children. You cannot. You're here tonight. I know it. I know it. I know it. Where are you? You may say, well, maybe someone else is wanting that right over here. Is it someone over here? That's you? Are you here with your husband? Come, both of you. Everyone pray in the Holy Spirit. Everyone pray in the Holy Spirit. Both of you lift your hands. Whoa, pray in the Holy Ghost right now. Pick her up, guys. Pick her up in the name of Jesus. Pray. I speak life in the name of Jesus. I speak the resurrection life of God. Help her up again. Bring him here. Join hands, both of you. Lord, give them a child and they'll give him right back to you. Let this child be raised for your kingdom, I pray. Let this child walk in a mighty anointing. Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus. We call that miracle down right now. And I speak in the name of Jesus by faith. Agree with me. Let's ask him. Let's ask him a bold prayer. Lord, we're asking that by this time next year, there would be a miracle that by this time, come on, ask him, ask him, ask him, that by this time next year, let's get in the name of Jesus. I feel the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Wow. Jesus, we give you the honor. Just lift your hands and thank them, church. Say thank you, Jesus. Let them stay there and marinate. You know, my wife, Jess and I, the doctors told us our only hope for having a child was IVF. No, they can hear me saying this too. The doctors told me that there was IVF as the option and that was it. But you know, we stood in faith. Actually, I want you guys to stand right there. Listen to me. The couple I just prayed for, just stand in the aisle right there. Jess and I were told that IVF was our only option. And it was tough to hear that. It was tough to hear that it was very likely not going to happen. After we went through that season, that initial heartache of the trial and the trouble, I remember I told my wife, I said, Jess, we've cried our tears. We felt our heartache. Now let's pivot and let's start to walk by faith. Don't be afraid to get your hopes up. Don't be afraid. I would rather go the rest of my life believing for a miracle than to stop too soon and get to heaven and find out I should have received it. Only believe. No more fear. Perfect love casts out all fear. In fact, part of this, part of this I see is rooted in the stress and the fear. Part of this is rooted in the stress and the fear. It does things to our bodies we don't even realize. But go in faith now. We prayed a prayer. We asked the Lord that by this time next year, that was a prayer of faith is what that was. And that's what we're going to ask him. And if we see this miracle, I want you to come back and I want you to testify. And we're going to continue to pray with them. Amen. By the way, my daughter turns three next month. God bless you. Okay, I told you I wanted to take the offering. I'm going to do that now so that we can just clear that out of the way and and move on. And I don't say that in a way that I don't mean to say that in a way that would imply that offering is not important. It's very important. Offering is an act of worship. It's just as spiritual as anything else will do here tonight. Now, we have to have the proper perspective on this. And you can stay with me, please. We'll have to have the proper perspective on this. Otherwise, things can get pretty, pretty unbalanced. And it's been my prayer that God would keep us balanced and that he would keep us centered on Jesus and not just do God's work, but to do God's work God's way because it's possible to do God's work the devil's way. And the problem is that so many are doing God's work the devil's way and saying, look at the results. When God is looking, not just at the results, but at how you got there. So we as a ministry have committed to doing this properly. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to challenge God's people. Now, you should not give in response to pressure, nor should you give out of reluctance, nor should you give out of guilt. I say, avoid the three G's. Guilt is one of them. Greed and gimmicks. We all know the gimmicks. So $77 and in seven days, you'll have $7 million or hey, it's 2022. So a seat of $2022. I'm like, why can't I do $20 and 22 cents? There are no magic numbers. There are no special years for giving that will increase it. I know you some might be offended when I say that, but all that is just religion and superstition that was never based in scripture. I'm sorry. And we need to stop falling for those kinds of things. But giving is really simple. There's a need. We believe in the cause and we give to fund that cause period. Yes, God will provide. In fact, I believe that whether you give or not, God's going to provide for all your needs. Now, now hold on. Someone say, wait a minute, that kind of throws you off. Are you sure you want to take an offering that way? Is that the way to start? Well, let me show you something here. Go to 1 Kings chapter 17. I'm going to read several verses here. I'm going to read verses 7 through 16. 1 Kings 17, 7 through 16. But after the while, the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land. Then the Lord said to Elijah, go and live in the village of Zarephath near the city of Sedan. I have instructed a widow there to feed you. So just as the context setting verse there, we see that there is a famine in the land, that the brook has dried up, that times are hard. And if you look at this situation, you'll find a situation like this at almost any point in history. There is always a reason to not do. I'm not one of those doomsday prophets who takes the opportunity at every negative turn that a nation might have to say that things are coming down. No. Every nation, every society throughout any point in history was facing some type of financial hardship. It will always be the case in every season. And we get so addicted to fear that we begin to seek out these, what I call the false prophets, and false prophets to me is like Fox News, CNN, NBC, that's the false prophets. Prophets of Baal declaring things that are just not so. And all they're doing is they're pumping fear into society. And I don't believe that fear is the foundation for the believer to live. Now, every generation, every 10 years, every five years, there's something to freak out about. Financially. Oh, the dollar's going to do this. The country's going to do that. Bitcoin's going to do this. Stock market's going to do that. Well, isn't the way the stock market is, isn't that always the way it's been up and down? Doesn't the economy go up and down? We have to be careful to not be tossed to and fro by these things. Let me show you something. That's a similar situation. They found themselves in people are starving, people are dying. It's a difficult circumstance. So he went to Zarathath as he arrived at the gates of the village. He saw a widow gathering sticks and he asked her, would you please bring me a little water in a cup? You imagine going to this little village, finding a woman who has no husband. She's struggling financially. She's already doing some work and then having the nerve to say, hey, get me some water, please. A little presumptuous if you ask me. Now, nevertheless, this is what he does because it's what God instructed him to do, much like a preacher taking an offering. Well, David, during these times, don't you consider, well, absolutely I consider people who are struggling. That's why I preach what the Bible says concerning finances. Because if you can get over your fear, you can find that there's fruitfulness on the other side. Verse 12, but she said, I swear by the Lord, your God, that I don't have a single, excuse me, go back to verse 10. So he went to Zarathath as he arrived at the gate he saw. He asked her for water. Now watch this. As she was going to get it, he called her, bring me a bite of bread too. Now this is really presumptuous. Hey, by the way, since you're already going to the kitchen, hey, since you're already going in there and getting me water, why not pick me up a piece of bread too? But she said, I swear by the Lord, your God, that I don't have a single piece of bread in the house and I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal and then my son and I will die. How is that for a Saturday evening plan? We're going to eat this meal and then die. This was not a very positive situation. It was rather bleak. It's woman facing certain death in the midst of a famine that would rob them of the sustenance that they needed. This woman now is faced with the choice. Now it was presumptuous of the prophet to ask, but he was sent by God to say, here's what you need to do. And she says there's nothing there and maybe that's a situation you find yourself in. I've been there. I told the story last night, a summary of the way the Lord raised this ministry, at least to where it is today. And I'm not saying we've arrived at any one point, but there is fruit. And that's all thanks to God, but I'm here to tell you that it took faith every step of the way. Because there were some seasons, Steve, you remember, we couldn't even afford to buy pizza for the crew. We had to have them all pitched in. Thanks for ministering, guys. Can everyone pitch in five bucks so we can feed you and thank you. There was a time when there was trouble raising funds. There was a time when there wasn't this much fruitfulness. And we're just now beginning to see it these past four years, the budding of this ministry, you're witnessing the very beginning of the thing. This isn't even the midpoint. God is just getting started with his ministry. But I'm here to tell you that every time I thought it was over, every time I thought it was the end, every time I thought there's no way that this can work, God came through. This woman finds herself in a situation where she thinks she's going to die. That's how bad it was. But Elijah said to her, don't be afraid. Now watch this, go ahead and do just what you've said, but make a little bread for me first. Again, presumptuous. Then use what's left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says. Now watch this very closely, because I used to preach this one way and now I see it the way it is actually written. God corrected my theology on certain things. There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and crops grow again. Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Did he say that if you make me this bread, then you'll have enough flour and oil? No. He told her, don't be afraid because you're not going to run out of flour. You're not going to run out of oil. So then we see that it wasn't a condition for receiving God's provision. Rather, God's provision was the setting for her faith. He never told her, you have to give me the bread and then God will provide for you. He said, you can give me the bread because God will provide. It wasn't conditional. I've never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread. Whether you give or not, your children are not going to starve. Whether you give or not, God's going to provide. However, it is a demonstration of faith in that promise when we give. So you see, we don't give to get. We give because we trust that even if we release, there will always be enough. When everyone else around you is panicking, you can rest assured. When everyone else around you is wondering, how can I make this work? You know how you can make this work. Now we have a big need for our ministry tonight, as we do for every one of these events. You know, we do not charge registration for any event. And I just, I, please hear my heart and I don't want to sound self-righteous in any way. I just, I know that's the way some do it and I'm not condemning that. So if you know of a ministry who does it, don't say, well, David says you shouldn't charge register. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying this what God told us. And I can tell you as a ministry that's built on faith, I just don't have it in me to charge at that door. I can't do it. I won't do it. Now, if it was a dinner and you were getting a meal, of course, okay, we'll charge. But how can we ever charge for the word? I don't want to put any barriers between people in the word. So, so here's what happens. Now, now we see that there's this, this need in the ministry. We throw an event like this. This event costs just as much as any of the conferences that you would go to and pay 250 to get in. Costs just as much in some cases a little more. So we need your help in funding this event, not so that we can consume on lavishness and so we can, and again, I believe God prospers his people. There's nothing wrong with being prospered. But, but the purpose of your giving tonight is because you believe in what we're doing. You believe in the effectiveness of this ministry. You believe that the gospel needs to go out and you believe that we need to win souls. That's it. If you believe that, I'm telling you then to do things on this scale. This is what it costs, especially to keep it free and keep it based on free will offerings. That's how we do it. So let me challenge you. But as I challenge you, remember two things. One, this is not tied to your healing and two, this is not a magic number. But we've done the math. We need the average gift in here to be $200. Now you may say, well, I don't have that. Okay, you don't have that. Do what you can. But those of you who can do more recognize that there are some here in your row even, maybe two or three people next to you that can't do the 200, but you could do the thousand. And it is in our togetherness that we meet the need. Here's what you're going to do. Pull out your little pamphlet. And those of you watching online, you're going to give by clicking on the link that they put in the comments section. And I want everyone to participate in this as best they can. They have these papers on your seat. Maybe you sat on it. I don't know. There's these papers that are under you. You can find it. There's Jordan, would you hand me one please just so I can show them? Now you watching online don't have this, but you can leave it in the comments section. Here you're going to hold your phone's camera over this QR code. And you're going to see what the need is. And you're going to see why the average gift needs to be about 200. And if you can't do that, do 100. If you can't do 100, do 50. You can't do that, do 25. But there were some people, there was someone in here last night, they sold a five figure gift. And then someone online gave 5000. There are some of you in this room tonight that can help to make up for the ones who can't do that. These are recommended amounts. God's not going to strike you down if you don't do it. But I'm here to challenge the people. Let's rally together and let's make this happen and fund it. So you can scan it and you can see that QR code is up there. And again online, you can click that link that's being put in the comment section. And if you scroll down, what we've done is we've actually put out a very detailed breakdown of where the funds go so that you can see why it costs, what it costs, what things cost the most and where your finances are going. You scroll, there's a little pie chart and everything. I believe in financial accountability as a ministry. And so we want you to know that your support is going to this event and it'll also help to fund the next event and then the next one and the next one. And this is something I believe that God has called us to do. And so I thank you for your giving. So God, you can scan that QR code right there on your phone. And as you give, you can actually watch the progress bar go up. You can see how you're giving directly impacts what happens in this ministry. So as you give, you can actually watch that thing begin to fill up. I'm going to challenge you now. Again, many of you can give those amounts. And again, there's a small group of people in here. You can do those significantly impactful gifts. Again, not for the sake of giving to receive, not for the sake of giving so that we can be blessed, but giving because you believe in what we're doing. We want to do things with excellence and quality. Also, we're going to have us just pass out the offering envelopes, would you come and then we're going to pass out the offering envelopes right now. If you don't want to give by QR code, maybe you want to give by check or cash come and they're going to just, you can give one to each and pass down to the envelopes to each row. You watching online again, click on that link. And again, guys, all this goes to fund the ministry. After this, I'm going to minister a word on five keys to the power of the Holy Spirit. Then we're going to pray for the sick and then we're going to pray for every single one of you. A great night ahead of us tonight, but we need to take care of God's house first. We need to make sure that the needs are met so that we can continue doing what we're doing. So envelopes are going around. As you fill out your envelope, please legibly write your name, your address, your contact information so that we can properly process your gift. Make checks payable to David Hernandez ministries. Not to David Hernandez. It doesn't go to me. It goes to the ministry and the ministry continues with the work that we're doing. Thank you to the online viewer. Of course, I'm seeing those super chats come in and I appreciate you joining us from around the world. Now, the rest of you as you're filling out that envelope, I'm just going to pray in a moment. But as you're filling out that envelope, I want to encourage you guys to hear from the Holy Spirit. Let him speak to you. Don't let fear restrict your giving. Don't let fear cause you to withhold. Say within yourself, I will release what God speaks to me to release just for the sake of the gospel, just for the sake of the gospel that souls might be saved, that people might be impacted, that lives might be transformed. That's why we give. And so as you're preparing your gift, I know they're also preparing behind me. We have a special guest who's going to bless us with some music tonight. People have gone. Jordan Houghton is here with us tonight and he's going to bless us with beautiful music in just a moment. And we're going to do that as the buckets pass. But I want to give you some time to fill out those envelopes and write legibly. Please, I know we believe in the power of the Holy Ghost, but don't write in tongues. We might not get the interpretation on that end. Make sure it's nice and clear. And can I just thank you for your giving one more time as you continue to fill out those envelopes? Thank you for your support. We don't take it lightly. We know that you're giving of your own sacrifice and sustenance. And this is something that may not be easy to do, but I can tell you from experience that if you will seek first the Kingdom of God, all these things, I was talking about material things, all these things shall be added unto you. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God. How many need more time to fill out the envelope? Hopefully you're in the back. Okay, one up here. Just a couple there. So why don't we do this? Can we all just stand, please? Unless you're filling it out, you can just finish that. And whether you gave online or you gave using an envelope, I want you to hold up your envelope. If you don't have an envelope, lift up your hand. I want to pray that religious mindsets would be broken and that you would believe God to prosper you this year. Did you hear what I said? I said, I want to believe that God would prosper you this year. That's biblical. That's biblical. So Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray right now for your people, Lord, and I ask you, Father, that you would prosper them, that they might be a blessing to your Kingdom. Lord, we pray and we agree that you will give us a harvest of souls that as we sow, knowing that this is going toward your Kingdom. I pray that you would cause these finances to be used to destroy the Kingdom of darkness. Lord, let people be saved as a result of this ministry. Let them be healed and delivered. Let them be empowered in the name of Jesus. And Lord, bless your people for their giving in the mighty name of Jesus. We pray and God's people said, let's give a wonderful warm welcome to our guest tonight, Jordan Houghton, who's going to come bless us. I want you to write that in the comments section, whether you're watching live or on the replay. Don't just let that be a comment. Let that be a public declaration of your desire to be a tool in the hand of God. Spend. Well, that's what we want. That's what we want. If there's a price to pay at the risk of sounding like a martyr, I can tell you there's a price to pay for the anointing. Salvation is free. I'm talking about that beautiful presence that will rest on your and I'm not just talking about moving in power, not having to seek after signs, but signs. This is the power of the Holy Spirit that can flow in the presence of Jesus. Carry that glory to houses, presence in such a way that it's remarkable. People can note it on. That's what I'm talking about tonight. But so few discover, you know, you get saved. You lose some ungodly friends. When you start to walk in the anointing, you lose some religious friends too. And the higher you go with God, sometimes the more lonely it becomes. Now I'm not advocating for becoming hermit. Don't mistake that alone time with God for a lifestyle of isolation. Do not treat the body of Christ as if they're somehow contaminating your spirituality. Some people have you convinced you're the remnants by isolating from the body. But if you're isolating from the body, you're not the remnant. You're the rebellious. I'm talking about ascending to higher places that people can't go with you in the spirit. I'm not talking about living in isolation. Moses did ascend the mountain and he would go alone, but he'd still come back down and be with the people. And so the scripture says in Luke, go to Luke chapter 14. Turn there now. Luke chapter 14. Luke chapter 14. I'm going to start at verse number 25. Luke 14, verse 25. A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, if you want to be my disciple, you must by comparison hate everyone else. Your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters. Yes, even your own life. Otherwise you cannot be my disciple. And if you do not carry your cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. But don't begin until you count the costs. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it. Otherwise you might complete only the foundation before running out of money. And then everyone would laugh at you. They would say there's the person who started that building and couldn't afford to finish it. Jesus here is talking about the subjection of our will. We don't hear it preached often anymore, but a principle that true believers live by is the principle of the crucified life. The gospel is not about your dreams. The gospel is not about your will. Nevertheless, not my will, but your will be done. Not my desires, your desires. Some of us will have to sacrifice certain dreams in order to fulfill God's will. The gospel is not about self-help. It's about self-abandonment. The gospel is not a means to receiving from God. It's a life lived unto His glory. Now, Jesus talked about taking up that cross. Jesus talked about laying down your life. And if you're going to be used by God, you're going to have to walk a path of sacrifice and self-denial in order to have power that others cannot access. You must walk as others choose to not walk. A higher level of power does indeed require a higher level of consecration. Something about my generation just doesn't want to believe that there's such a thing as levels to anything. They want it given, handed, and I'm speaking of course in generalizations. There are exceptions. But as a whole, society has developed this entitled mentality and that has slipped into the church world. And we imagine that we should be celebrated for our intentions of serving God rather than actually doing it. I intend on being a great vessel of God. I intend on building a ministry. I intend on being used of God's hand. But what are you doing to actually put yourself in the position of surrender? You want to know the key to the anointing as I talk about these five different aspects of receiving the Holy Spirit's power on your life. The true key, it all comes down to one word. Die. Not literally, lest I be sued. I have to say that. I'm talking spiritually. You have to die. Forget the person you are. You have to become like Christ so that when people look at you, they don't see you. They see Jesus. That they see the presence of God. Now the Bible says, and this will be our core text, and we're going to pull from this. Glean many truths here. Exodus chapter 30. I'm going to read verses 23 through 29. And as I said, this message is for those who want to be used by God, who want to go to that deeper place. All of us have the power of the Holy Spirit. Verse John 2, 27, Romans 8, 9, Ephesians 1 and 2 make it clear that the Holy Spirit dwells within every believer. But not all of us live in a way that we're accessing that power. And when I talk about growing in levels of the anointing, I'm not talking about receiving more of God's power. You can't do that. All of his power is in you. Rather, I'm talking about greater levels of surrender. It's not about you getting more of the Holy Spirit. It's about the Holy Spirit getting more of you. Exodus 30, verse 23, then the Lord said to Moses, collect choice spices, half a pounds of myrrh, six and a quarter pounds of fragrant cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of fragrant calamus, and 12 and a half pounds of cassia, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil. Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil. Use this sacred oil to anoint the tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, the table and all its utensils, the lamp stand and all its accessories, the incense altar, the altar of burnt offering, and all its utensils and the wash basin with its stand. Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will become holy. Now, the anointing oil in the Old Testament was used to mark and consecrate certain things. The anointing oil was used ceremoniously to appoint kings and prophets. The anointing oil was used to mark certain items in the tabernacle, making them holy. And while we see the shadow in the Old Testament in the oil, we see the substance in the New Testament of the Spirit. The oil in the Old Testament represents the presence of the Holy Spirit, and the uses of that oil speak to us today in New Testament principles. Someone was to be anointed king, as we saw with David. Oil was poured over them. Someone was anointed to be a prophet. Oil was poured over them. And this oil was a special marking for it to anoint literally means to smear, to rub on to. And when God has anointed an individual, he has rubbed or smeared his nature on them. Kings were anointed, priests were anointed, utensils were anointed. And whenever something was anointed, it was marked as consecrated. It was God's announcement to the world saying, this item, this person, has been set apart for my purposes. The anointing brought consecration, but as we see in the life of David, the anointing also brought attack. Things like jealousy, hatred, demonic resistance. You step into the anointing God has for you, you're stepping into battle. And this is why we have to take it seriously. Because this is not just some power. Look, anyone can have power, just ask those who will be rejected in Matthew chapter seven. The Bible says they come strutting up to God, strutting, fully confident that they'll be accepted. And they are shocked, their jaws hit the floor when they find that God has rejected them and says, I never knew, yet they moved in power. It shows us one thing that's absolutely terrifying. Jesus will use you even if he doesn't know you. And the reason for this is because the word has power. God will always back his word with power. His word is so powerful that there are miracles behind it even when a hypocrite preaches it. God backs his message with miracles, but only his people are endorsed with his presence. You may wonder, how is it that so-and-so moved in such healings? How is it so-and-so cast out devils? Well, it's because the word has power. And God is faithful to his word, the Lord working with them confirming the word with signs following. Now the anointing was used ceremoniously in the Old Testament. And we are symbolically anointed with oil today, but actually anointed by the Holy Spirit as Jesus was. Acts chapter 10 verse 38. And you know that God anointed, there's that word smeared his nature with or rubbed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. And there we see the New Testament connection. Oil represents the Holy Spirit's presence. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. What do we see in the oil? Because just as the Old Testament holds certain revelations in the symbolism of the tabernacles, so we see certain revelations in the symbolism of the oil. Well first and foremost, and this is the first key to walking in God's palette, we see that they used myrrh. Now this was a gum that would exude from the bark of a shrub or a small tree was used for medicinal purposes, for purification, embalming. The primary effect of myrrh is its purifying components. Number one, you want to walk in God's power. You want God to use your life. Number one, you have to walk in purity. The enemy is destroying tomorrow's anointing with today's private sin. The enemy is taking out tomorrow's public voices with today's secret sin. It takes a while for sin to have its effect on your life. I heard someone say, I wish I thought of it, but they said that we wouldn't sin if the consequences were paid immediately. When I read that, I thought that's so true. We can be so short-sighted. Ephesians 5, 1-4 says, follow God's example therefore, as dearly love children and walk in the way of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself us or up for us, the fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But among you, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality or of any kind of impurity or of greed. So often we talk about sexual sin as an issue, but can I tell you greed is just as big of a problem for those who will be in ministry. Because these are improper for God's holy people, nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. When laying down the foundation of our ministry, we studied many great greats who had gone before us. One of those, of course, the evangelists who impacted the world in ways I can't think of anyone else impacting in modern day, Billy Graham. What an incredible vessel of God impacting not just a nation but nations. Now look, having national influence, having worldwide influence doesn't mean that you're booked in different countries to preach. It means that when you speak, it shifts the course of nations. I've seen it done with, look, I'm preaching here, here, here, God gave me the nations. Well, not yet because there's a certain authority that has to come first. We were studying the ministry of Billy Graham and our ministry team sat down and we've had these discussions and Billy Graham's team had actually found, after examining several other ministries, three primary areas in which people found themselves the most compromised. Number one, they identified sexual sin as an issue. Number two, they identified power. And number three, they identified greed. So we as a ministry, just like Billy Graham did, we modeled certain protocols in our ministry that would keep us safe from certain things. You try traveling to different countries and people of God, there are temptations as you do ministry. We've been to hotels and we had to switch hotels where they had certain attendance waiting for you by the elevators only to find out later they were prostitutes. Just right there, ready for you, you wouldn't even have known. And so we as a ministry had to establish certain foundations, one of them being