 Hello, Texas Steven Montezuma is here. He is driving. Don't worry. I am not so we are perfectly safe to be live streaming listen, we're on the road right now and I Wanted you to know that today Vivalrevival will not be occurring, but that doesn't mean we can't jump on and say hello to you real briefly We will be back next week for Vivalrevival and I know how much we love our gatherings together And we so enjoy our time with you every time we're together So I just wanted to come to you live from the road while we drive around We're actually looking at some facilities for the potential location for the brand-new TV studio It's gonna be an awesome time and I see many of you joining me now I see Naomi and Blaine and Morgan and Rosa. God bless you all coming on good to see you All let me know where you're watching from as I said, I'm coming to you live from Hutto, Texas We actually just came from Round Rock, Texas We were looking at a particular building that just may be the one for the television broadcast studio Now we're here. We're in Texas. We're not in the studio So we can't do Vivalrevival today But as I said that doesn't mean we can't jump on and say hello to you and see how everyone is doing so I just wanted to jump on real briefly and I and I wanted to I wanted to share a simple message about the favor of God Luke chapter 2 verse 52 and Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature in favor with God and in favor with man When you walk according to the will of God When you walk in obedience toward his word when you live a life of holiness and worship and when you live a life of selflessness As God has called us to live Then you experience the favor of God and favor isn't just vertical Favors horizontal There's favor that you can experience with God where he blesses you with his presence. He entrusts you with revelation He empowers you with the anointing. He strengthens you by his grace and Then there is favor That actually works horizontally between you and your fellow man When you are in right relationship with God that favor works both ways Now this of course does not mean that everyone's going to love you Jesus said in this world you'll have tribulation and he said that he's going to make it. So he's going to command us So he's going to instruct us. So in a certain way in a certain lifestyle that ultimately causes people to hate us Now that's not the goal of it, but the truth is if you follow Jesus You're gonna be hated by people. That's that's a fact of life But that doesn't mean that God can't turn the heart of those who are against you for his purposes There are moments when God can sovereignly move upon even your enemies to bring favor to your life God can bless you through a boss that doesn't like you God can bless you through a family member who has discord with you God can bless you with people who don't find you favorable. Why because you walk in right relationship with God And as long as you walk in right relationship with God that you are becoming the kind of person Filled with love filled with grace filled with patience filled with those things that are Others centered those traits that help you to interact with your fellow man You connect with God those things begin to flow naturally and as those things begin to flow naturally That favor comes upon your life So favor comes from God and favor comes from man You grow in both favor with God and with man through obedience to the word of God and the voice of the Holy Spirit now When you begin to walk in that favor There's nothing that can stop you There's no door that anyone can shut and keep shut God will continue to open doors and nobody can say a thing Nobody can come against it Try as they may man cannot stop the favor of God upon your life This is why it's so important that we remain connected with him through prayer through the word radical obedience through a lifestyle of surrender through living the crucified life and God will take care of the rest God will take care of the rest So that's just a short word I wanted to encourage you with the favor of God is yours if you walk in obedience to his word in the voice of The Holy Spirit that favor works vertically as well as horizontally God will open doors for you that no man can Shut now I want to start reading some of these comments and Say hello to you as I said earlier. There is no viral revival today, but I just wanted to jump on say hello That's because we're on the road right now Scouting locations for the future home of encounter TV. So let's go to the comments now Queen Miri writes why do pastors feel intimidated when young believers are used by God and his favor? I understand what you are saying, but what what is it jealousy? Well in some cases it absolutely is jealousy I know I myself personally when I was growing up and when I first began to preach the gospel You know, there was some attack on me that came from people who were well established in ministry But you also have to realize that not every time you are corrected by a seasoned minister Does that mean that they're jealous of you? I've seen a lot of young preachers talk as if they have all the answers talk as if they're the only ones getting it Right and even go as far as condemning other people and saying well, your pastor doesn't get it Well, your pastors out of line and I'm thinking my goodness first of all We don't know the situations in every circumstance and we don't know if people are misinterpreting what even their leaders have said So it's important that first of all you don't speak ill of other ministers, but sometimes when pastors bring corrections Young ministers interpret that as oh, they're jealous of me They're trying to keep me down and I know we have to be careful of that trap. So there's a balance to this So in regards to your question, yes, sometimes pastors are jealous of you Younger ministers and they do things to try to suppress their ministries, but if that pastor doesn't have a track record for Done that then it's very walking in pride So let's keep a balanced look at all of these things Brittany L advice for those who cannot find a spiritual leader teacher subscribe to encounter TV We meet every single Wednesday at 3 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. It's a wonderful community of believers There's no community like the encounter TV community none whatsoever We have an amazingly supportive loving spirit filled fired up group of believers Who walk in the power of the Holy Spirit and are grounded in the word that's so key And so join our group join our spirit family as we so affectionately refer to it as and be a part of what God is doing through encounter TV in fact We're actually changing the time very soon for Bible revival so that more people can be a part of it And then eventually I think later this year. We're adding a second stream There's a lot coming your way from this ministry, but I say get connected get to know us be a part of what God is doing This is gonna be an awesome awesome season of ministry. So you're looking for spiritual guidance You're looking for a community of believers subscribe to encounter TV connect with our ministry and you can be a part of that Okay, I see Queen Marie writes what you said about them thinking they're the only ones that hear from God the spirit to the point of demanding that No communication can be among people unless they know they are apart a part of I didn't say anything like that But but that is also a good point I mean some people who have very cult like Leadership styles like to make it sound like they have all the answers. No one else gets it Whenever you hear that kind of talk just know that there's a lack in power because they have to make up for in their mouth What they lack an actual demonstration, so be very careful with that Z Zs writes, thank you for listening to my feedback about changing the time Well Zs you and many others were giving us that feedback now I know we have people who love Bible revival at its original time But we just realized that there's just so many people I mean a higher percentage of people would actually be able to tune in if we did it a little later So we're gonna be doing Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time starting very soon. I don't think we're doing that this month I think that's next month. Okay. What else do we have? I have to bring the camera a little closer to my face guys, so excuse the angle in order for me to read this Daunted foam right? I was watching the video from two days back and I was really moved and it was such a blessing Praise God for everything. Well daunted. Thank you for saying that and thank you for being a part of our livestream here today You know that really is the move of the Holy Spirit People are healed people are saved Demons are cast out of people believers are filled with the gift of speaking in tongues their spiritual gifts are stirred leaders are raised all of that Happens in a mood And so we're thankful for the Lord Really blessing us. I should say trusting us with such a unique move of his spirit for sure Teachings about the Holy Spirit. I saw I saw how God favored you from the very start when you haven't had your church or video Studio, that's true. We some of you were with us since the beginning when we didn't have a studio We didn't have any of that going on for us. It was all really just You know, it was the humble beginnings of a ministry and and we still try to keep that humble posture because of course the Lord himself Is the one doing everything? But my goodness, I'm so I'm so blessed to know that God is blessing his ministry. So that favor comes from obeying the voice of the Holy Spirit We teach his word. We obey his voice. We just stick to the Bible We stick to demonstrating his power and you walk in that obedience favor comes Um Frank Javier soza writes, I really want to help your ministry, but I might go to federal prison in 20 22 please pray for me I'm so hungry for Jesus and ministry Big time. Well, Frank, we all make misunderstand that but you know, God is a God of new beginnings And so I pray that the Lord favors you that he causes his will to transpire in your life Whether that looks like you doing some time or no time or as much time as they said you're going to do It matters not because the favor of God can follow you even in the prison Even if you're there by your own mistakes, that's the power of God's love So you can stay in touch with us. Of course be a part of it I mean, I pray they have some way of allowing you to watch the teachings in the live streams And maybe you can minister to everybody in there as well, but we're gonna be praying for you and God will be with you Jason Peter Parker writes, hi, I am from India. I want to know more about Guys, I got to bring the phone closer to my face. I'm sorry I want to know more about God like by reading the Bible, but couldn't I Wasn't able to remember all the things I want to be a preacher. Oh, that's a wonderful wonderful Desire to want to be a preacher and that's something that you should definitely aspire to be That's a good thing that you desire to be a preacher of the gospel Just remember that there are standards that God has given to us and there are certain ways We have to live in order to be ministers of the gospel. So I actually just released a teaching I think it's called. I think I think I don't know how many signs we I think was seven signs of ungodly ambition Make sure you go and watch that. That's a nice start It's right here on the channel and those of you watching this live stream here this impromptu live stream If you're not subscribed make sure you subscribe to the channel We are a community of believers who love Jesus and we love the power of the Holy Spirit We let the Holy Spirit move freely We meet every Wednesday at 3 p.m. Pacific Standard Time for a live stream and we release content almost every day We do events around the world. We teach on the Holy Spirit prayers spiritual warfare Supernatural topics such as those you're gonna want to join and be a part of what God is doing Juan Carlos writes David. Do you speak Spanish? It'll be beyond powerful to have a revival for not non-English speakers Well, I think the power of the Holy Spirit's the same every language. So let's establish that first and unfortunately No, I don't I don't speak Spanish. I'm a fourth generation Hispanic my great grandparents came from Mexico and You know, we just we do we assimilated to to the language of the nation and since then we've lost that language And so I do not speak Spanish. I understand very very very little of it But that's the wonderful thing about translators. We can use translators and it would be of course just as effective I think if you get a good translator Let me see here Eva Cortez. It's a nice place to park right here Eva Cortez writes Question there's a wave of folks Memorizing the New Testament. What do you think to religious? No, my goodness I try to memorize as much of the Bible as possible. If I could memorize the New Testament, I would do it I my memory is not as sharp as most people's you may not believe that But I'm just being honest with you vulnerable with you. My memory is not the greatest I'm constantly forgetting things. In fact today my brother had My brother had to drive me my wallet because I left it at the partner dinner last night and Ruben Who assists us that all the services knows I forget everything sports Steve with me all the time I'm constantly forgetting things this guy has to constantly say hey, you forgot this Hey, you forgot that I leave phones at restaurants wallets in hotels and dip the dead all over So if I could memorize the New Testament, I would do it That's a great and noble thing to do now if they say you need to do it to be saved Okay, they're they're crazy religious But but but if it's just memorizing it because you reference the word and you love it by all means of course memorize it Morgan Whitlow writes just finished praying in the Holy Spirit. It was so amazing best book to go deeper in prayer Hey Morgan, I really appreciate you saying that it's really nice of you to say I pray it was a blessing to you I pray that many people are being blessed by that book praying in the Holy Spirit is my latest work I took about a couple of years to write it and it really helps you to tap into the depths of prayer and Receive the gift of speaking in tongues So if you haven't received that gift go get that book if you can't afford the book all the teachings are on YouTube for free So check out our channel I'm Queen Kish writes it's been a year now and I haven't been to church But I usually conducted Bible study each Sunday for two hours with my kids Is that okay for me to continuously conduct a Bible study as a single mother? Not only is it good for you to do not only is it okay? It's a wonderful thing for you to have a Bible study in your home with the kids Just make sure that you are also fellow shipping with other believers You know, there's an interlinking of households to to that's to take place not just one family the entire family of God But oh, that's a wonderful thing. Hey Natasha wrote. I'm still reading praying in the Holy Spirit great book Well, thank you Natasha. That's very kind of you to say Lynette Erasmus writes I have trouble remembering the Bible. I want to be even closer to God Well, thankfully memorizing the Bible isn't the key to getting closer to God It's surrender to the Holy Spirit and he'll do the rest Let me see here Wiseman Nathari writes. How did Jesus's resurrection change both heaven and earth? Well, Wiseman, that would be a whole different topic, but think about the fact That God himself the creator of all things stepped into his creation Interacted with that creation and then caused all things to become new it set the cosmos in order That was the power of his resurrection Resurrection TV writes I was just reading 25 truths about demons and spiritual warfare. Okay, that book Steve will tell you Steve Did that book get me in trouble? Oh, yes, it did that book got me in trouble read it Please read it. It's a good book and I'm still stand by every word I wrote But oh my gosh When I wrote that book 25 truths about demons and spiritual warfare the religious spirits that stirred up. Oh my goodness when I started telling people the truth about Say for example generational curses and the fact that no curse can come upon my life for the Bible says he broke the curse and That blood breaks every curse when I'm blood bought with the blood of Jesus When I started telling Christians the truth the truth the biblical truth that Christians can't be demon possessed Oh, the religious spirits it stirred up people got mad at me who were calling me saying hey I have a whole ministry where I cast demons out of Christians. Why are you doing this? I say well, don't base your ministry on things that aren't biblical simple But man that book. Yeah, I started attacking all of the superstitions the the myths and the conspiracies that really are just Sadly come about because people don't know the word That was I was a wild ride in 2015 It was 2015 that I wrote it and I've been preaching that ever since and that has caused that's really stirred the pot But I pray I pray it blesses you want more if you don't if you can't afford the book go watch my e-course It's free on YouTube on demons and spiritual warfare. It was just a couple months ago. You can go look at its two parts It's like I think like six hours of teaching but yeah, so Anyway, okay, David when healing does praying to myself work or does someone have to do it for me Like do someone have to pray for you to be healed? excellent question, um You know, you can ask God to heal you But there seems to be something about the connectivity of others when believing for healing I don't know what it is, you know, the woman with the issue blood had to touch Jesus James 5 15 tells us lay hands with oil go to the elders and so forth. So I think it's quite an interesting subject Let me see here Resurrection TV says as I was reading I was completely Understanding that it's based upon the truth of the word of God. Well, yeah, I mean, you know Resurrection TV and by the way resurrection TV you're a regular viewer and commenter. So thank you. We love you. We appreciate you When I wrote that book I Had I had been challenged in my own thinking I Said to myself, okay, I got a challenge my own my own thinking I got to come to the word and Do what the word says and let me tell you it changed the way I approach spiritual over because I used to teach all of that you hear me I used to teach all of that, you know That's the the 12 steps to being delivered and so forth and and then I realized the power of the Holy Ghost lives in me I have the power of the Holy Ghost and I'm supposed to believe that that can't handle some some little warfare in my life No, I just I had the change I had to change my thought processes toward the word because I used to say things to people. I was so arrogant I would say things like well, they're not doing it. They're powerless They don't understand or well I got the proof you don't have anything and it was such arrogance such arrogance on my part and I repented it I had to repent of that and that's where that book came out of the truth about spiritual warfare The truth about demons the truth about all of these things Okay, let me see here Jacqueline and then I see oh that comment disappeared and Natisha Chetty says tuning in from South Africa Thank you for your guidance and being rooted in the word I wanted to speak in tongues for a long time and your sermons guided me I thank the Holy Spirit for his love and power one Natisha. Thank you for sharing that. Hey, by the way guys Can you all do me a favor? Can you all go and like this video and leave a comment because that really helps us to to spread the content around and anytime We release a video Just a little like on the thumbs up man That'll help us so much and I would so appreciate you doing that for us some of you wonder about you know Supporting the ministry and some say oh, I don't have enough finances to support one of the great ways You can support it's just a little like and a comment and they maybe even share it that helps Okay, let me see here. Oh Resurrection TV says I'm art. I'm a darsh. We've talked many times on viral revival and partnerships Well, thank you for being a part of everything Let me see here. What else do we have? What else do we have Natasha? Thanks. Thank you for your honesty It's so important and helps us. Well, all I can do is preach the truth and if I get attacked for it So be it. I'm not afraid of religious spirits. Let them come for me God is with me. You see the favor of God on this ministry on my life on Steve's ministry on Steve's life That's because we just obey God and I'm not willing to sacrifice that favor for anything Um, let me see here. Oh, somebody said hi from Germany. Well, God bless you all the way from Germany Carolina and Collie says can I heal slash cast out demons after giving my life to Christ or do I need to be ordained? Well, what does Mark 16 say? These signs shall follow them who believe They shall speak in new tongues. That's one of them. They shall lay hands on the sick They shall recover they shall drive out demons the moment you are saved You have the power to drive out demonic forces You are powerful in Christ's if only you knew that if only people knew this is something I want you to get something. I really am passionate about you knowing about yourself If only you knew the power that was in you. Oh My goodness the confidence you would walk in. Oh my goodness the joy you would have That's my goal. I want you to know your power. I want you to know the power that rests in you Okay, comments comments coming from Let the lie limp ox is how to be more aware of the Holy Spirit. I'll give you one key You want to be more aware of the Holy Spirit? slow down I Have to tell this to myself all the time. I'm very fast-paced. I'm a fast-brained guy I want to move on to the next thing The Holy Spirit has to remind me slow down rest Listen to me some of us live life at such a fast pace that we move too quick for the guidance of the Holy Spirit We don't allow him to speak to us and we move so fast time goes by and we don't even realize that he was trying to talk to Us until we look back at that moment. You want to be more aware of the Holy Spirit? slow down Well, God bless you guys. Thank you for tuning in Do me a favor Actually, I read a couple more questions But do me a favor like this video and make sure to leave a comment and share it with your friends That helps us to spread it around again. No viral revival today. This is the special stream We're on the road Steve is driving not me. So don't worry. I'm not driving But you know help us spread the word by liking commenting again viral revival We back next week make sure you join if you're new to this stream. Make sure you subscribe We want you to be a part of our wonderful community. Hey, everybody do me a favor. How about do this? I'm gonna get to the questions right now, but can you leave a comment on? Why people should subscribe to encounter TV just real briefly tell them why they should subscribe and leave it in the comment section Right now. Okay, somebody left a comment Justin rewrites. Do you have any tips on fasting? You know, I think we lost signal there I'm about to give you a tip for fasting and then at the same time I need you to leave a comment on why people should subscribe to the channel and leave a like Please a tip for fasting is don't do it as self punishment thinking that it's pleasing God Do it because whatever disconnects me from this world connects me to the next one Do it because in learning to fast. I'm training myself to say no to temptations and cravings