 Many in the body of Christ have been sensing that there is something coming and we can't quite put our finger on it. We just know by the Spirit, we sense by the Spirit that there is an intensification of deception coming upon the earth. And that deception causes people confusion about who God is, about who they are, about how they should live in this world. And that deception will only intensify as the world goes further and further into darkness. Now we must remember that Jesus did say that in the last days, perilous times would come. We understand that, we accept that, and that's no reason to fear. But we also must remember that though in the last days perilous times will come, Jesus never said that in the last days the gospel would lose its power. When is still the problem, Jesus is still the answer, and the gospel still has power. So we're not facing these situations with fear. I often get messages from believers on social media saying, David please, I'm so afraid of the last days, I'm so afraid of the rapture, and I think that we're afraid because we don't understand exactly what it is. Even in the midst of tribulation we are not abandoned, pressed but not crushed. God remains with us, that strength of the Spirit holding us up, and even though things may be falling apart out there, there's glory on the house. And so pressures come, deception intensifies, the world gets darker, yes, but people are still being saved, revival is still happening, I mean think about the fact that Jesus listed several different things that would indicate to us that the end is upon us. And he talked about wars and rumors of wars, pestilence and famine, and I can go on listing several different things, but after each time he listed something he would say, but the end is not yet. What did he say was the indicator, he said, but this gospel shall be preached to the ends of the earth and then the end will come. What does that tell you? That revival, not retreat, will be the posture of the church in the last days. We're not cowering in the corner saying, get us out of here Lord, no, we're advancing the kingdom of God in power with truth by the Holy Spirit. So yes, deception will intensify. This is what the Bible says in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 1 through 4, and as you turn there I'll just mention that I'm wanting to balance our thinking on this, because on one hand we have people who are so consumed by the realities of this world that they live in fear, and on the other hand you have Christians who are so naive about this world that they live in delusion. And so we want to avoid both delusion slash deception and fear. We must recognize that yes deception is coming, yes hard times are coming, yes the world is getting darker, but also we must remember that ultimately Jesus has the victory. He's seated upon the throne. He's seated at the right hand of the Father, 2 Thessalonians 2 1 through 4. Now dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus and how we will be gathered to meet him. Don't be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don't believe them even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us. Don't be fooled by what they say, for that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the one who brings destruction. He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call God and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God claiming that he himself is God. So there we see the coming of the Antichrist, a great deception coming over the world. 1 Timothy chapter 4 verses 1 and 2. Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith, and I believe we are seeing that now, except they don't call it turning away from the faith, they call it deconstructing their faith. They will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead. Matthew 24-24, for there shall arise false Christ and false prophets, and they shall show great signs and wonders in so much that if it were possible, and there's a lot of misconceptions surrounding this particular verse, it says, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect, meaning those who are truly guided by the Holy Spirit cannot fall under this deception that's being described. The great deception is rampant. We see it in culture. We see it in the systems of this world. We see it in the political system, in the education system, in the movie industry, in the music industry, in the entertainment industry, in the social media algorithms. We see deception being pushed, and many are caught in this system of deception under the power of darkness. Here's the reality. Either you are of the kingdom of light, or you are a slave to the kingdom of darkness. There is no in between. Whether you're aware of it or not, there are only two kingdoms, light and darkness, truth and deception, good and evil, heaven and hell, God and Satan. They are opposed to one another, and we must recognize that there is a clear line of distinction drawn between the two. And many preachers, sadly, trying to placate to culture or make the gospel more palatable, are trying to blur that line in order to be accepted by culture and society. People of God, leaders, preachers hear me now. It is not clever or wise or profound to dance around issues and questions. It is not clever to give half answers. God raised preachers to be bold declarers of truth. We see these systems that are gaining power, but again, this is not a reason to fret. I want to make you aware of these things so that you can stay spiritually sharp, that you can use eyes of discernment. By the way, discernment is not the gift of criticism. I can't tell you how many times I've seen posts about my friends, the poster picture or the video, that say you have to use discernment with this guy. I'm thinking you have to use discernment with every guy, with every woman. So what they think it means is you have to dislike them or you have to mark and avoid them. No, my friend, discernment is seen by the spirit based on the word, not your opinions or emotions. And so we have to make sure that our discernment is properly calibrated and that is based on the word. And this is why I want you to be prepared because I don't want you to live under the bondage that comes from deception. We have to stay strong. Let he who has eyes to see see, let he who has ears to hear hear. Let me say it this way and I'll only go so far on this point because I've not been released to talk too much about this by the spirit. You watch as those in power begin to blatantly communicate with demonic beings themselves. You watch for that. And what those demonic beings will communicate, you may think this is crazy. You may think this is conspiracy. I don't really care. I'm telling you the truth. Those in power will believe that they are receiving truth from these demonic entities. You want to talk about deception, the enemy is losing. Truth is advancing. These are not moves made from positions of power. I want you to hear that. These are not moves made from positions of power by the enemy. These are desperate attempts of a dying kingdom. Darkness has already lost. Jesus defeated darkness when he rose from the dead. Now John 1633 says, I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. Many times we don't want to claim that part. That's what Jesus said. But take heart because I have overcome the world. So let's go now to Ephesians chapter 6. I'm going to begin reading at verse number 10 and we'll go through down to 12. And then onward to 13 and 14 through 17. But I want to make a few points about 10 through 12 first. A final word, Ephesians 6 10. A final word, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. Stop and look up at me for a second. Does it say some strategies of the devil? What does it say? Meaning any strategy that the enemy can use against the believer can be prevented by use of the armor of God. God does not hide the believer's freedom behind demonic or ancient mysteries. It got kind of quiet here. So I know I'm on the right track. Your liberty in Christ does not depend upon whether you have a membership to Ancestry.com or not. Well, I have to find out. It's not like in the movies, guys. I have to solve the riddle. I have to put the puzzle together. I have to go back and find where in my generations, as if God is folding his arms, looking down at you saying, I would set you free, but you don't know what your great great grandmother did yet. So I can't do anything. My friend, whatever your family bloodline, there's nothing more powerful than the blood of Jesus. So the Bible here says all strategies, nothing hidden, nothing that the enemy can bring forward that the scripture did not mention, nothing that the enemy can bring forward that take some riddle to solve, that we're desperate to find the answer to. No. God lays it out plainly for you. You live by these precepts. You will walk in freedom. That's what the scripture is telling us here. So you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil, every single one of them. That's what the Bible says. Verse 12, for we are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in heavenly places. There's a lot to break down there. But I want to simply point out to you that hell is structured. There is a rank in command, a rank in file in the kingdom of darkness. There is a organized effort against the children of God, and they're coming after your faith. They're coming after your belief in the truth. There are some believers who are so obsessed with demonic power that they live in paranoia. There are other believers who are so ignorant of demonic power, they live in bondage and don't even know it. So we have to avoid demon obsession, but also ignorance about the demonic. Vigilant, not paranoid. But my friend, lest there be any mistake that we can make regarding this issue, let me make it clear. There is a spiritual realm. Demons are real. There is a spiritual battle going on over this world, over the souls of this generation, and we cannot pretend any longer like this isn't a conflict between light and darkness, because it is. We have to wake up. We have to stop preaching things that take our focus off the realm of the Spirit. The Bible is fundamentally supernatural. But many times we try to pretend as if it's superficially supernatural, as in the basics of it are mostly very just practical and so forth, and there is a practical application to everything in scripture, don't get me wrong. But many believe that we can live disconnected from this reality, and to do so is detrimental to your spiritual life. And so again, we must strike balance, not paranoid and also not ignorant. So the Bible lists for us there, there are powers, demons, that word is not a metaphor or just an idea or a figment of literature. These are actual beings that come against the people of God. Verse 13, therefore, in other words, because of the existence of these entities, because of the existence of the powers of darkness, because these are realities by which we must live, therefore put on every piece of God's armor. Now watch this again. Put on every piece of God's armor. So you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil, then after the battle you will be standing firm. This is a command. You put it on. God provides it, you have to choose to use it. This is what many believers don't understand about the power of the Holy Spirit. They're constantly begging for more of the Holy Spirit, not realizing that everything the Holy Spirit is, He dwells in you. When you were born again, you did not receive a baby Holy Spirit, a portion of the Holy Spirit, a new convert Holy Spirit, a children's church Holy Spirit. When you were born again, the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you. It's the same Holy Spirit. And so this Holy Spirit gives us power, gives us truth. That's the life of the believer. You already have joy. You already have peace. You already have love and power and grace and holiness. The issue is many of us aren't living a life and surrender to the Holy Spirit and therefore we never make use of that which He's already given to us. And so we're begging God for more and we're saying, Holy Spirit, I want more of you. When in reality it's not a matter of you getting more of the Holy Spirit, but of the Holy Spirit getting more of you. Surrender. So you put on the armor. Now watch this. Verse 14, stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness. For shoes put on the peace that comes from the good news so that you will be fully prepared. In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Verse 17, put on salvation as your helmet and take the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. Now let's break these down. Number one, the belt of truth. What is the scripture describing here? Truth itself, simple enough. John 14.6, Jesus told him, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. John 17.17, Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth. Jesus said, if you build your life upon the sand, you build your house upon the sand. Then when the storms come, not if the storms come, when the storms come, then whatever you built upon the sand will be knocked over. But if you build your house upon the rock, which is the word, the truth, the sayings of Jesus, the teachings of the Master, you build your house upon the rock, then when the storms come, your house will stand firm. You wonder why it's difficult to remain standing. You wonder why your faith goes up and down. You wonder why on Sundays you get recharged only to find yourself by Wednesday feeling like you're ready to backslide. Because many of us build our houses upon opinion. Many of us build our houses upon emotion. Many of us build our houses upon how we're doing that week or what the circumstances dictate to us. When we should build upon the words of Christ, the teachings, the truth that He has given to us. If you are not in the Word, you are easy prey for the enemy. Why? Because the enemies attack against the believer. Hear me now, and this is something I pray the Holy Spirit gives us all revelation on. The way that the enemy attacks the believer is the one thing, deception. It's always deception. Now you talk about the unbeliever, oh my goodness, there's a whole bunch more that's in his tool belt that he can use against them. But against the believer, it's just deception. Why? Because you've already been given the power of the Holy Spirit. And the only way he can take any influence in your life is if you don't make use of what God has given to you. And so if he's constantly lying to you about who he wants you to think you are and you believe it, you'll never use what God gave you. And so we must learn not just who we are, but more importantly who God is. What Christ has accomplished. So many believers are in bondage because they don't understand their inheritance or identity in Christ. So many believers are in bondage because they don't understand the work of salvation. They don't understand the fullness of the power of the Holy Ghost. They don't understand what it means to walk in the glory of God. The life of the believer is meant to be one of victory. Now I'm going to say something that may be offensive, but I'm going to say it anyway, not to offend, but to speak the truth and then allow me to explain it. Because many times when you say things, people hear another thing than what you're saying. So listen very carefully. If you are in bondage, you are not living the Christian life. Now this is something you're not going to be told quite often. Because many times preachers placate to itching ears, wanting to be told something else. If you are in spiritual bondage, you're not living the Christian life. Did you say I'm not a Christian? No, it's not what I said. I said you're not living the Christian life, meaning you are not accessing what is rightfully yours. Spiritual bondage, please hear this church. Spiritual bondage is not a part of the Christian life. We often think as though, oh, I'm in my struggling phase, and I understand that there are trials. I'm not saying we won't have emotions. I'm not saying we won't experience sorrow. I'm not saying we won't face difficult times and difficult circumstances. We will face loss and tragedy. Yes, we will have trials. But that's not the same thing as a spiritual bondage or deception. See, a believer who walks in victory, though they have trials, they still have their joy and peace intact. But a believer who's in bondage faces those trials and they think those trials are proof that God has abandoned them. They think those trials are proof that God didn't keep his word after all. They think those trials are proof that the enemy has any power over them whatsoever. And so because we always have trials, they believe they're always under the power of the enemy. And so you look in the Scripture and the life of the believer is described as victory. And we accept spiritual defeat. Again, I'm not talking about trials. We have to distinguish between the two. Spiritual defeat is not a part of the Christian life. Yet we say things and we have this form of pride that we surround ourselves with to protect us from actually addressing the issue. And we say things like, well, the enemy knows I'm such a big threat and that's why he has so much influence and that's why he's attacking me. My friend, if you're a threat to the enemy, he flees. And we wrap our identity around our struggles. You say, well, I've never wrapped my identity around my struggle. You have wrapped your identity around your struggles if you accept those struggles because you think that's just a part of being anointed. Being anointed people will come against you. There will be seasons of doubt. There will be seasons of hardship. You will be persecuted. But never once did the Scripture say that we should be under spiritual bondage. And so we accept it as a part of the Christian life and say, well, you know, I'm so anointed that I'm just spiritually bound. And it's this backwards thinking when the Scripture tells us that if you resist the enemy, he flees. He doesn't fight. You know why? Because the moment you start resisting, he recognizes you just found out who you are. And once you find out who you are, he says, I have to flee. But you see, if we're not keen on how the enemy deceives, then when deception begins to permeate and intensify, we may be swept under certain mindsets that keep us thinking in defeat. And this is more than just positive thinking. This is truthful thinking, rightful thinking, biblical thinking. The belt of truth. And many of you are arguing against your own deliverance. Say, the enemy can't have any power over you. Yes, he can. I say, some of these believers really want their demons. They get more offended that when you tell them the enemy doesn't have power of them, then if you told them, you didn't think they were saved. They're more quick to believe that maybe they weren't born again than to believe that they're no longer under bondage. And so, well, there's a perfect illustration, but light will overcome darkness. I think someone just leaned up against the lights there, Ruben. Whoever that is, they're probably going, oh my goodness, what did I do? It's OK. You gave me a great sermon illustration. I would just be, I don't know what I would do if I did that. I would be thinking about it all night. So whoever that was, we forgive you. Don't even think about it, OK? Brothers and sisters in Christ here. But you know, we accept these lies, and we haven't girded ourselves with truth. And because we just accept the premise, we grant the premise, we grant the premise of the lies of the enemy. And then he runs our lives through that influence, through that deceptive thought pattern that we have. And we don't even realize we're the ones who gave him that in the first place. And so we have to come back to the place where we're living in truth, truth about who God is, truth about your identity, truth about the new nature of the believer, truth about the power of the Holy Spirit living in you. That's the belt of truth. Now, you know you're not walking in truth when you're swayed by worldly opinions. Let me put it to you this way. Truth by its very nature does not change. I don't care what the modern world says about any issue if it contradicts the truth of the Word of God. You know you're not living in truth if you're swept up constantly by strange doctrines, getting all wrapped up in doctrines that just create legalism. You know how you know you're wrapped up in legalism? You have no peace. You know how you know you're wrapped up in strange doctrine is when the doctrines bring you more paranoia than they do power. You forget about who you are in Christ. You know you're not living in truth when you do things based upon your own thoughts and emotions. Well, is Jesus Lord or are your emotions the Lord of your life? See, because if you live according to your emotions, your emotions change and therefore soul will the direction of your life. But you live according to truth and no matter how you feel, you have a fixed purpose. So that's about the truth. Number two, the body armor of righteousness. Romans 4-3, for the scripture tells us Abraham believed God and God counted him as righteous because of his faith. Righteousness is a gift. Righteousness is a gift from God when you believe God and put your faith in what Jesus has done on the cross, then he grants to you righteousness. It's imputed righteousness. Once you've placed your faith in Christ and this is one of the true miracles of salvation and this truly is one of the great lifters of the burden that many of us have carried. When you recognize who you are in Christ, you come to know this wonderful reality that when God looks at the cross, he sees your sins. And when God looks at you, he sees Christ's perfection. Now that can only be granted by faith. You believe and therefore he gives that to you. That's the gift of salvation. So this righteousness in which we live is only stabilized, is only received, is only acted upon or lived out when we live in truth. In the scripture, the armor that's being described is an ancient armor and that breastplate of righteousness, the body armor of righteousness, was held in place by the belt. So therefore we see in scripture that truth is what fastens righteousness to us. Jesus said, you'll know the truth and the truth will set you free. If you're bound in a sin, in an addiction of some sorts, you're bound in a cycle of habits that you can't seem to break, I promise you this, somewhere deep down you are believing a lie that's keeping you bound to that sin. And that truth that you're not living in, that lack of truth makes it difficult to hold to yourself the body armor of righteousness. Now, I don't have time to completely dissect this because there's many other points I wanna make, but we wanna talk about repentance here just for a second. To repent means to change your mind. Now, when I say that, some believers get offended, they say, no, you must turn around. That's what you must do. And I agree, you must turn from sin, yes. But that's still not what the word repent means. Though the Bible does say we must turn from sin as well. To repent means to change your mind. To renounce means to turn from. Now, here's the issue. Many believers try to renounce their sin that is turned from it before they've had a change of mind. And so, when you repent, you agree with God, God, I agree this sin is destructive. God, I agree this sin will not fulfill me because if you sin, you believe the lie that it will fulfill you. If you sin, you believe the lie that it will not destroy you. Otherwise, you wouldn't be doing it. And so, I agree that this sin is destructive. I agree that this sin will not fulfill me. I agree that this sin must go now and for all time because here's what we do, the flesh is so tricky. We lie to ourselves when it comes to repentance. We say before God, God, I'm gonna put this sin away. And the flesh whispers for now. God, no more, I'm giving this up. And the flesh says until the cravings become strong again. And so, even though we say it with our mouths, even though we really want it, and many times it's not sin we want to be freed from, but the consequences of sin. Many times it's not sin you want to be freed from, it's from the guilt that sin brings. Lord, relieve the guilt, but let me keep the sin. And then they get stuck in the cycle. Feeling bad is not repentance. And so you believe according to the flesh and then you're lying to yourself and then you try to renounce and turn from it while you're battling with yourself. So to repent means I change my mind about it completely. And now I can renounce. By the way, renounce means to turn from. We've ritualized repentance and renouncing to what we think is just a list that we read off of. You know, we get the scroll and it rolls all the way across the floor. I renounce this, I renounce this, across the floor. This, I renounce this. And if it really was biblical, we had to renounce everything our ancestors, way back to Adam's Eve. And then a perfect record of everything in between. But that's not what we're, you can do that. There's nothing wrong with that inherently. If you want to verbalize the fact that you're rejecting the sins of your ancestors, go for it. That's a beautiful thing. And it's good that your children see you do it. We renounce drug addiction, we renounce alcohol, right? You can do that. But that's still not what that word means. Because many of us will read off of a paper or say a ritualized prayer, while never turning from that sin and then wonder why it still has its consequences manifesting in our lives. And so we've made it a religion. We've ritualized it. This is where we have to come to the place where we're saying I'm gonna hold myself to righteousness in the truth. And that truth will be held to me fast. And I will agree, God, this has to go. I turn in my mind from this sin, and I also renounce it in my everyday life. I'll briefly survey some of the other pieces of armor, the shoes of peace. This is your readiness to preach the gospel. Now I do find it ironic. I think that's the word that I should be using. I think it's ironic that the shoes of peace are the means by which we take territory. See, we don't conquer in the manner of worldly kingdoms. We don't expand territory through violence. When we take steps with the shoes of peace, we are taking the declaration of the gospel everywhere we go. And everywhere that the gospel goes, the hearts of prisoners are set free. Everywhere that the gospel goes, truth advances. You see, we expand our kingdom by sharing the gospel. And every time a life is transformed, that life touches a family. That family touches a region. That region shakes nations. And so the shoes of peace is the truth of the gospel. Are you seeing a theme here? Truth, truth, truth. Number four, the shield of faith. The shield of faith is your belief in what God has said. Spiritual warfare, ultimately, is the fight to believe God's truths over the enemy's lies. That's spiritual warfare. It's that battle in the mind to hold fast to truth. And the fiery darts of the enemy that are launched at you, that's deception. That's a lie. And just as the shield quenches that fiery dart, so truth quenches deception. Fire, like deception, spreads if it's not addressed immediately. Everything about the kingdom of hell is built on shifting shadow. Oh, I pray we understand this in the name of Jesus. Everything about the kingdom of hell is built on shifting shadow. Brick by brick, lie by lie. The fortresses of hell are built. The weapons of the enemy are nothing more than sharp silhouettes. And just as the shadow can appear larger in the right perspective, so the power of the enemy can seem larger than it actually is when we live under the power of deception. The enemy's power, everything he can do against us, it's a smoky illusion that only works if we give in to the belief in his lie. When you enter a dark room, hopefully you don't scream at the darkness to try to get it out. All the enemy doesn't care at all if you raise your voice. He's not intimidated by our tactics or our firm stance or our raised voices. He doesn't care about how much we think we know about the spiritual realm. The enemy fears one thing, it is written. And so the kingdom of hell is built upon shadowy illusion. And the moment the light is turned on, everything in the kingdom of darkness dissolves. Everything in the kingdom of darkness dissolves once that light is introduced. So shoes of peace, we take the gospel, shield of faith, we believe in the truth of what God has said. Helmet of salvation, just cross reference this with 1 Thessalonians chapter five verse eight, and you'll see that the helmet of salvation is your confidence in salvation. All the enemy wants to shake you from that. You know it's not God's will that you live your life wondering if you're saved. In fact, and this may shake you up, but that's okay. It'll get you studying in the right direction. If you live your life constantly wondering if your last mistake was the one to finally do you in and cause you to lose your salvation, then you believe a workspace gospel, legalism. You wanna know how you're bound by legalism? You wanna know if you're bound by legalism? If you're constantly fearing the loss of your salvation, you are bound by legalism. Now again, I know I'm preaching some things that are shaking some people up, but it's good to be shaken up sometimes because we need to come back to the truth. Now again, people say, well, does that mean I can live however I want? No, because a true believer would desire to live holy and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, the spirit of truth, the spirit of truth works in conjunction with the word of truth. The holy spirit will remind and reveal concerning truth. And when we're faced with those battles where the enemy is coming against us, we must hold fast to the truth of the word of God. When culture tries to pressure you into believing and preaching according to how they believe, you hold fast on truth. Do not be deceived. They'll call you a bigot. They'll call you old fashioned. They'll call you out of touch. They'll call you narrow-minded. Just smile and say, yes, I am narrow-minded because Jesus said narrow is the way, narrow-minded. Some people are so open-minded, their brains are falling out. They just take anything for granted and believe everything that comes their way. No, I'm narrow-minded. Jesus is the way. Jesus is the way. There's no name under heaven given amongst men by which we are saved other than the name of Jesus. There's no other name, no other name, no other name. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me. So we stand fast in the face of adversity, in the face of persecution. And yes, criticism and slander and rejection, that is a form of persecution. We stand fast. The armor of God, when the enemy comes to attack you, he throws a lie at you in that fiery dart. And you know the thing about a lie is that a lie doesn't become deception until you believe it. When I tell a lie, if I say to you something that's untrue and you reject that lie, you're not deceived. So the enemy crafts his lies to try to make them as believable as possible. And he hurls these fiery dart sentence. God has rejected you. That's the lie that's been launched, the fiery dart. Then I take the shield of faith and I believe in the promise. I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. And so you hold that shield up and it quenches the fiery dart of the enemy. And then you go after that attacker with the sword of the spirit. It's with the shield of faith that we quench the fiery darts. It's with the sword that we cut down the liars themselves. Those demonic powers. The enemy says, God holds your past against you. That's a fiery dart launched. Shield of faith. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. The enemy launches. Nothing good will ever happen to you. You're bound for defeat. God has rejected you. Shield of faith. I cling to it and believe. I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future. Your family will never be saved. Nothing is impossible with God. That sickness is gonna keep you bound by his stripes I am healed. The enemy is gonna have your mind and your family. Resist the devil and he'll flee like a coward. Live in the truth. Power that God has made available to me. It's time you stand and who you are. It's time you stand upon truth. I'm telling you right now, there's a boldness that's coming upon the people of God once they stand in truth. And they'll say devil you cannot have my mind. Devil you cannot have my body. Devil you cannot have my children. Devil you cannot have my family. Devil you cannot have this state. We declare to the enemy we say America belongs to Jesus. The nations belong to Jesus. This world belongs to Jesus. Are you ready to wage war against the enemy? Then lift your hands right now and begin to pray in the Holy Spirit. Here's the altar call now. Ask the Lord to help you stand in truth. Ask him. Ask him to give you the strength and the discernment. Repent if you've not been in the word. Repent if you've not been in prayer. Ask the Lord to do it. Standing there where you are, hands lifted, eyes closed. I want you to begin to ask the Holy Spirit now to help you identify the lies of the enemy. The lies that you've believed about God, about yourself, about your family, about this world. These are the roots of deception. And boldly declare this out loud right now. Say in the name of Jesus. I stand in truth. Say Holy Spirit. Help me to know the truth. Guide me by truth. Thy word is truth. Now just begin to pray out loud in the Holy Spirit. Many bondages are being broken right now. Bondages are being broken right now. You don't need to scream. You don't need to beg. You don't even need to cough. Just receive the freedom that is of the spirits. Receive the freedom that is of the spirits. Who you are in Christ. A child of the most high God. Seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus himself. Jesus we honor you. Jesus we bless you. And so Father I lift your people before you now. Those here present and those watching online. And I ask you Lord to cause them to step in to realms of glory such as they've never known. Thank you Father that you are strengthening us by your word. Thank you Father that you've planted us firmly in truth. We honor and we bless you. In Jesus mighty name we pray. And the church said amen. Please take your seats. In a few minutes we're gonna pray for God's healing and delivering power to sweep across this room. But first I wanna encourage you with something here. Go with me now to 2 Corinthians chapter nine. We're gonna go to verse number six here. And remember Paul the apostle here is talking about finances. He's talking specifically about giving an offering for the work of the kingdom. And this is where we get the biblical concept of sowing and reaping. Now granted some have abused this concept of sowing and reaping. But just because some have abused it doesn't mean it's not biblical in and of itself. So 2 Corinthians chapter nine verse number six. Remember this a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. You must each decide in your heart how much to give and don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. Let me say that again. Don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure for God loves a person who gives cheerfully. Now watch the promise here because we can't get this mixed up. It is wrong to say that if you give a financial seed that that causes you to reap a healing in your body. It is wrong to say that if you give a financial seed that that causes you to be delivered from demonic power. You don't need to give money to be healed and you don't need to give money to be delivered. What the scripture is describing here we have to get this right so that we're not out of balance with the scripture. What the scripture is describing here is God's response when we sow financially for the sake of his kingdom. You sow financially, you reap financially. If I sow watermelon, I'm not gonna reap strawberries. If I sow apples, I don't reap oranges. You sow financially, you reap financially. It's the law of stewardship. God looks to see how we handle that which he has given to us and we are responsible. Some of us have much, some of us have little but every single one of us has a responsibility to expand the work of the kingdom through what we are able to do not in response to pressure, not reluctantly but cheerfully recognizing that we have the honor of being a part of what God is doing. Now watch this verse eight. Here is the promise attached to the command. The command is, give generously. Look at the promise and this is Bible guys, verse eight. And God will what? Generously provide some of what you need, some of what you need, what does it say? All. Well, what a promise that is, all that you need, then you will always, not sometimes, you will always have everything, not some of the things. You will always have everything you need and this is my favorite part of the promise and plenty left over to share with others. I love that. That's prosperity. Prosperity isn't I drive a fancy car, I live in a multimillion dollar home. For some, God has blessed them that way. Let them be blessed in that way. It's not a sin to have wealth as long as wealth doesn't have you. It's the love of money that's the root of evil, not money itself. The scripture actually teaches us we can use our resources for good. But that's not necessarily the definition of prosperity. Do you know what biblical prosperity is? Your needs are met and you have enough left over to help others. That's biblical prosperity. Now come down to verse 10. For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer. What's that seed? It's what he gave you already. And then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. So not only does he provide your resources, as you learn to become a giver, he increases your resources. I myself learned this. When I first started in ministry, I used to justify my lack of giving. And I would say, well, I'm full-time ministry. So technically, anything I keep for myself is going into the ministry. And I couldn't pay my rent. I barely had enough for food. The ministry was not necessarily in the best place financially. Steve, you remember those days of when we would do our live streams on Monday nights? The way I would pay the staff was a pizza party after the live streams. Remember that, Steve? And they were so gracious to stick with me then. And I was still learning. I was like, I think I was like 18, 19 at that time. And I was learning the principles of giving. And I was so afraid, I would withhold resources and I would hide behind, oh, I'm just using wisdom. Like, no, you're just not obeying what the Holy Spirit is saying. And so we for many years had to learn how to grow in this area. You look around the room and you see this event. You see the cameras, the crew. You travel with 30 plus people. The resources and the equipment that comes here, it's just amazing to look around. But this all started with one camera. It was me, the camera, Steve, and the guitar. And we would go from church to church, preaching and teaching. And Steve would do the worship on his acoustic. We would always say one day there's gonna be a worship team. We're gonna be going to different states. And it's the fulfillment of a vision. But let me walk you through what happened there. I had the first camera that was given to me by my youth pastor, his name was Eddie Vargas. And he gave me a Sony VX 2100. I still remember the model. It had lenses, it came in a leather bag. It had all of these different attachments. I think there was even a light that went on top of that. And I cherished that because for a media evangelist, that's like your church building, your camera. It's my way to make resources come into the ministry. Cause we would film programs and sell DVDs and so forth. And I remember one day the Holy Spirit tells me, I want you to give that camera to, and he named the ministry. And I remember just kind of grasping the camera and going, no, this can't be the Lord, this can't be the Lord, this can't be the Lord. You ever have the Holy Spirit speak to you and you mistakenly rebuke that as a lie? No, no, I'm gonna use wisdom. It's not wisdom, it's not wisdom. And the Holy Spirit just pressed it on my heart. And all I could think about was the lenses and the bag and the attachments. And I said, okay, Holy Spirit, I'll do it. And you know, when I gave that bag, that camera equipment to the evangelist, the Lord told me to give it to him. He had not yet been in media ministry. He had not yet been doing anything like that. And if I named the evangelist, I would say 90% of you would know who this evangelist was. Dynamic ministry here in the United States. And I gave that camera to him and he took it and he said, you know, this is confirmation that the Lord wants me to start to do media ministry. I said, great, that's good for you, but... And so I'll never forget, a gentleman comes up to me some time after that, and he says, God told me to give you something. He says, let me be honest, I didn't even like you. I said, okay, could have gone without saying that part, but I said, I didn't even like you. And he hands to me this wad of $100 bills. I was like, is this guy like a drug dealer that got saved or something? And he gives me this stack of $100 bills. It was $14,000 in cash. And he said, I want you to go and buy new camera equipment with this. And so we went and we bought camera equipment. It didn't end there. You know, often I think of Joseph, who when he was in the house of Potiphar, most of us would have said, yeah, I think this is the fulfillment of the dreaming we would have just stayed there. But God didn't stop challenging me. You never reach a place where God stops challenging you. He's always gonna challenge you in proportion to what he's given you. So we bought this camera equipment. I had like three cameras. It was a mixer. There was, Omar, you remember this too? There was the mixer, there was microphones, some lighting that we could set up. And with that camera equipment, Frank, you remember this too. With that camera equipment, you were one of the guys who got paid in pizza. With the camera equipment, we were able to start doing charter cable, which was, you know, in Los Angeles, it was just a local cable station. We were able to start producing for that. And I had this dream of doing national broadcasts so that we could reach more people. But we couldn't do it with the equipment we had. And so again, the Holy Spirit speaks to me. I want you to sew all this camera equipment. That was much more difficult than sewing my little Sony VX 2100. Lord said, sew it. Okay. And I started giving cameras away. There's the pain before promotion. And it took faith because we built everything around media. Microphones, video boards, sound boards, you name it, it was gone, lighting. I said, okay, Lord, only you can do it now. And for the next step, we needed about $100,000 to come in to help us build a new studio so that we can do broadcast nationally. And I'll never forget, I got a call from a wealthy businessman in Northern California. You know how all these stories of faith include that one instance where the wealthy businessman calls? I found one of them. And so he called me. He calls me and he says, this is what he asked me on the phone. He goes, mind you, I had just sewn a bunch of camera equipment. He goes, how big is your faith? I said, Paul, it's pretty big right now. I just sewed a bunch of camera equipment to a bunch of ministries. He said, okay. He goes, then what am I about to tell you? I said, you're about to tell me that you're gonna send me a check that's gonna cover all the costs for our new television studio. He goes, hmm, that is big faith. And then he said, I'm sending the check. It's being overnighted. You'll have the resources tomorrow. And I could go on telling stories like this. Time and time again, the Lord has met the need, but he always asks some faith for us. What we make happen for others, God will make happen for us. And you know, there's that challenge we have, right? There's that fight. And this is why people don't want, they try to spiritualize their grief. Stop talking about money. It's like, ah, there's a reason you're uncomfortable with that. There's a reason you're uncomfortable when people challenge you to give because that's where I was. I didn't like it. And there's this little greedy person inside us. We fight and it clings and it hangs onto and says, no. And the Holy Spirit says, you've got to trust me because if you don't learn to trust me in this, how can I trust you with spiritual matters? You don't learn to trust me in the little. How do you expect me to increase you and add to your resources? And I had to learn for that stubbornness in me to be broken and that those excuses had to stop. The stubbornness had to stop. I had to let go and finally put my faith in what God had done. And you know, the ministry grew over and over and over again each time we've sown, each time we've given, each time we've trusted God. And so I'm just gonna put it out there as straightforward as I can. This event here in New York state costs $475,000 to do. I know, whoo is right. It's almost half a million dollars for this event. Now you can look on the website. We've broken down the cost so that we're accountable to you. You can see all the expenses yourself. I do not get paid for these. I have my own salary. I have other ways of making income, same for Steve. We do not personally make money off these. But we do have staff that need to be paid. Workers are worthy of their wages is what the scripture says. We have sound people who've flown in. This is all they do. This is their job. And so we have put out resources. By faith, we have not charged a thing. And that is my vow. We will not charge for these events, period. I would rather go broke than charge people to experience healing and deliverance and salvation. I'd rather go broke. Now God's grace is upon this ministry. We've seen it growing. And we have our eyes set now on stadiums and arenas. We have our eyes set now on stadiums and arenas. But guys, we had to turn away. I don't know how many people last night and tonight. And there are people, it breaks my heart. There are people who drove ours. There are people who flew in. There are people with sick loved ones. We have no control over how many can get in. It's the venue. And they tell us, Fire Marshall says we shut it down at a certain point. We have to get larger venues. We have to expand to the next level. But I'm asking you to step out in faith. We need help raising these costs. This is the last night it needs to come in tonight. And those of you watching online, it has to come in tonight. Because if it doesn't come in tonight, that means that's one less event that we can do next year. And I don't wanna do that. I wanna be able to add to the events, not take them away. I know we're growing. We're all in this together. I know there's growing pains. And so I'm coming to you as your brother in Christ saying let's believe God together. So something sacrificial. If God has blessed you with wealth, take off a good chunk from that amount. If God has not blessed you with wealth, so sacrificially, and you watch how he'll increase you. But everyone in this room has a responsibility to do the best that they can. Everyone watching online right now has a responsibility to do the best that they can. And that's all that we ask is that you hear the Holy Spirit. Respond in faith with us. We've stepped out. We put up the cost. Now we need help to put that back in so we can go to the next place. Will you help us do it? So what I want you to do is look at the QR code. May you hand me one of those please? Just one of those flyers. Now those of you watching online, thank you so much. Are you okay? Those of you watching online, you won't see this, but online you'll see a link at the bottom of the screen. Our moderators are also putting a different link in the comments section. Those of you here in person, you'll see this card that was placed on your seat. What you're gonna do is you're gonna scan your phone's camera over this QR code. And once you scan that code, a link's gonna come up. And that's gonna take you to a special page where you're gonna be able to see the progress that we've made on covering these costs. Again, guys, this has to come in tonight. So if you've been saying, well, I'm waiting to see what other people do, never mind that. We each have a responsibility to do our absolute best. And so you're gonna scan that. You click the link, you'll see you're giving how it affects the amount that needs to be made. So you can give that way. You can also give by envelope, which I'm gonna ask the ushers to now pass out. You can also give by envelope. If you wanna give digitally, this card is the way to do it. You wanna give by check, put that in an envelope and it'll be checks made payable to David Hernandez Ministries. Ushers, please just give them a stack and they'll take one and pass it down. It'll be a little more efficient that way. Gustavo, my friend, Frank, my friend. If we can just give them a stack and they'll pass, take one and pass it down. So that's how we'll do it. Thank you so much. And you're gonna take a look at the QR code. This is our responsibility as believers. And as we sow generously into revival, we will see the growth. This is the stretching of our faith. All of us together in this together to see the nations of the world, one to Jesus. This is what it takes. Sacrifice and faith, stepping out. So scan that code, you'll be able to see it. You'll see the progress. You online, just give it that link. In a moment, as I said, we will be praying for the sick. We will see the power of God move across this room. But first, we must take up the responsibility of the free will offering. This is the biblical way to do it. We do not charge to get in those doors. Each one can give just in proportion to their ability. Now again, I wanna challenge everyone. Absolute best that you can. I do not wanna say no to the nations. I do not wanna say no to any region in the United States. This is what it's gonna take. This need will be met tonight, tonight. So as we continue to pass those out, I wanna thank you for your support. Thank you for your giving. Pray that God gives us wisdom and continue to give us wisdom, that we might be able to take those resources and maximize the effectiveness of those resources. So again, if you're making a check, I don't know if I mentioned this yet, but if you're making a check, make it payable to David Hernandez Ministries, not to the individual, to the organization. If you're giving by card, you can scan the QR code. If you're doing cash, you can just stick that in the envelope, write your name and maybe an email address so we can give you your records at the end of the year. And again, I wanna thank you. Thank you for believing in this ministry. Thank you for believing in the work of the gospel. Thank you for helping us host this event. And again, I do not want to charge for these. On average, you look at the conferences that are put on around the world. They charge two, 300. Patrick and I were looking at a stadium event and on average, a stadium event, people are charging $300, $400 a seat. I'm not gonna do that. And you said even more than that, Patrick. I'm not gonna do that. We're gonna do it by faith, but everyone has to do in proportion. That little voice and you say, no, I can't let go. Especially if God's increased you and you're one of the wealthier ones. You're saying, well, I don't know. I can kind of hang on, let it go and do as the spirit leads. So I'll give you just a couple more minutes to continue filling that out. Those of you watching online, I'm giving the people here in attendance just a little more time to finish their giving. They're giving manually by envelope and check so it can take a few minutes. But in a moment, we will be praying. We will be believing God for your healing, for your deliverance. And I'm thanking God in advance for the power that's gonna flow through this room. And I believe it's gonna shake us up here tonight. And I don't believe that this state will ever be the same. I don't believe that you watching will ever be the same in Jesus' name. So I'm gonna pray now and I'm gonna pray for those of you giving here in person and those of you watching online. And you can continue filling out the envelope if you need to. Just allow me a moment to pray over you and just receive it by faith. Father in Jesus' name, I left each one to you now who is giving. Rich and poor, all generations from all around the world and here present in this room, you see the heart, Lord. You see the motives. And I pray, Father, that you would cause your people to experience increase as they've obeyed your voice. Put resources in their hands that they might expand the kingdom. And Lord, for those ministries that are sowing into this ministry, what you're doing for this ministry, I pray you would make happen for them. Lord, for those who are giving out of their business, like the disciples who allowed you on their boat to preach, let them experience increase that's overwhelming to the point that they have to call for help for others to help them bring it in in Jesus' name. And I pray, Lord, you break every power of debt. I pray, Lord, that you would increase your people that every need would be met and that there will be plenty left over for others to be blessed as well through their lives. In Jesus' name we pray and the church said, amen. Well, let's go ahead and pass those buckets and as they're passing those buckets, let me explain to you how the Lord works through this ministry. In my life, Lord, be glorified. Just play it, please. The power of the Holy Spirit is going to charge this room. Many of you will begin to feel like waves or currents flow through the room. Some might feel like a heat come upon their body. Others will feel like electric pulses. Now, I can't explain these supernatural occurrences. All I know is I preach Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit shows up. We preach the gospel of salvation. We preach on God's miracle working power and this is just the way he's choosing to demonstrate his power. Now, many of you have been in meetings and you wait for the man or the woman of God to lay hands on you. Let me break it to you now. There's only one healer here. There's only one deliverer here. His name is Jesus. And he will lay hands on you himself as his power flows through this room and through that camera to those of you watching online. Do not wait for me to lay hands on you. Do not wait for the prayer line. There may be one tonight. There may not be. It depends how the Spirit leads. But tonight, as you worship, you will be healed. As you worship, you will be delivered. As you worship, you'll experience breakthrough. And many of you in this room and watching online are about to encounter the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in a way you've never encountered him before. I believe that with all my heart. Do you believe that? So as we worship, that beautiful presence will descend on that room. And I say descend, but we know the Lord is always present. What I really mean is that there's the manifestation of that. It becomes more apparent. You become aware of it. And as that power begins to move across this room, the moment you sense the touch of the Master, I want you to reach out and receive your healing. The moment you feel the touch of the Master, I want you to reach out and receive your deliverance. So let me just encourage you here with one scripture. And as I read this to you, I want you to receive it in your spirit. Matthew 14, 36, one simple verse. Actually, everyone please standing. How many of you just sense the shift right now? I felt like the winds of the Spirit just changed right now. It's the presence of Almighty God. It's the presence of Almighty God. You've heard stories about it in times past. You've longed to encounter it. That glory is resting on this room right now. Matthew 14, 36, and besought him, speaking of the people, that they might only touch the hem of his garments. And as many as touched him were made perfectly whole. My friend, whatever you've been dealing with, whatever battle you might be facing tonight, whatever the inner turmoil or torment, whatever the sickness or disease, despite what the doctors have told you, and despite what others have told you who've criticized the move of God in your life. I'm here to declare to you tonight that Jesus is still a healing Jesus. Jesus is still a delivering Jesus. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. God is a God who does miracles still today. Nothing is impossible. And no matter how long you've suffered, no matter how intense the problem, no matter how impossible the situation might seem, one touch and everything changes. One touch and everything changes. You don't know how your life is about to be transformed in the next few minutes. You have no idea how, in the next few minutes, what came in here with you as a discouragement or as a trial on the mind will be lifted from off of you. And I believe as we turn our focus to Jesus now, as we've declared his word, and as we've preached him, the power is present with us now. Hands lifted, eyes closed, begin to pray out loud in your heavenly language. Go, church, go, go, go. You watching online? Join us by praying out loud in your heavenly language. Jesus. Receive your healing in Jesus' name. Receive your deliverance in Jesus' name. Con di orovo santo. Sing it, Steve, in my life, Lord. Let that be your prayer now. Beautiful Savior. Every voice lifted now. Jesus' name of the morning. Jesus. See him now seated at the right hand of the Father. His spirit, I pray, cause us, Lord, to go to higher places. We sense that wind of the spirit moving across this room. I pray, Lord, you would help us to focus on Jesus. You are holy, Lord. You are holy, Lord. I want you now just to begin to lavish him with your praise. Every hand lifted, every eye closed. And just begin to praise. And you don't need a song, you don't need a lyric. Let the spirit sing and praise through you now. Let us be raptured in your glory. Beautiful Jesus. Where else can we go? Where else can we go? Only you have the words of life. Where else can we be refreshed? You're like a wellspring. Wellspring of life in the desert. Let us receive the beauty of your glory. We turn our hearts and attention toward you now. Teach us to love you like we should. Teach us to love you like we should. Help us to walk faithful according to your word. And Father, we pray that if there'd be anything in us that contradicts your nature, she would remove it, Lord. But we desire nothing more, nothing else than your presence. But nothing can satisfy the deepest longing of the human soul like your presence can. We long to drink from that fountain that never shall run dry. You are holy. Worship Him now, church. Holy, holy. Are being reminded of what it is to be in His presence. Are for the first time experiencing the reality of His nearness, presence, and glory. We're not going to rush this moment. We're going to bask in this moment. Reverence Him now to forget about all your troubles now and just worship Him. Let me hear you, Remi. It's the glory of Almighty God. Hands and sing it out, church. I stand and all I stand. That's the presence of Almighty God, church. The touch of His glory. Honto Robocente, yente. Miracles are beginning to happen all over this room right now. Many are being healed and delivered and many are encountering the beauty of His presence. In this room and online, the power of the Holy Ghost is at work. Don't let this moment pass you by. Surrender now to what the Holy Spirit is doing. The Lord Jesus is walking down these aisles and placing His hands upon the sick. The Lord Jesus Himself is removing bondage of all kind. That's His power. That's His power. That's His power. You have it. You have it. You have it. It's happening right now. Church of the living God, it's happening right now. Just lift your hands, receive Him. Receive your healing and deliverance in Jesus' name. Intrusive thoughts, oh see. I rebuke every sickness and disease in Jesus' name. Cancer goes in Jesus' name. Heart disease goes in Jesus' name. Joints be healed, tumors go. Blood be healed, eyes open, ears open. Paralysis, we rebuke you now in Jesus' name. Skin disease, we rebuke you now in Jesus' name. Arthritis, go in Jesus' name. Depression, anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts. We bind you up and cast you out now in Jesus' name. Be set free in the mighty name of Jesus. You don't need to beg, you don't need to scream. Just receive it by faith in Jesus' name. The glory of God is here, making you whole. She's just been set free, help her rejoice. Invite in Holy Spirit. As you continue to sing, Steve, you out there who've been believing for a healing or deliverance, filled or delivered, I want you to check yourself right now. Check for the sickness, check for the tumor, check for the skin disorder. You online as well. I want you to check yourself. And if the Lord has healed you, I want you to write that in the comments section. You here, if the Lord has healed you, I want you to wave at me like this. Keep waving, look around the room, everybody. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Now here's what I need you to do. If you've been healed or delivered, I want you to testify and I know maybe you're a little bit nervous standing up here, but I promise you, you'll be so overwhelmed by the power of God that you won't even notice the people here. So if you've been healed and you've been set free, I want you to testify now so that others can rejoice with you and be encouraged to receive their miracle. If you've been healed, I want you to step out of your seat and line up right where they're waving you down over here. Look at all of these people who've been healed and set free. Can we give the Lord a hand of praise for this? Look at all these miracles, church. Oh, come on, church. We need to give Jesus a mighty shout of praise. And these are gonna come and testify now. So looking forward to see what the Holy Spirit has done. The rest of you may take your seats and this truly is a mark of the move of the Holy Spirit. Jesus has not stopped healing the sick. Jesus has not stopped setting the captives free. We are laying witness right now to the power of the Holy Spirit. And we have the high honor and privilege to be able to see him at work. And I want to remind you here, I know 99.9% of you here sitting in this room know it. I know 99.9% of you watching online know it. But I want to remind you that it was Jesus who set these people free, not a man. Man cannot do this. A ministry cannot do this. It's the work of Jesus, the son of the living God. That's who's doing this work. And so as you hear these testimonies and stories, I want you to rejoice with these people. Rejoice with those who rejoice is what the scripture says. Weep with those who weep. So we will rejoice with them. But as we rejoice with them, keep in mind two things. One, these are people whose lives have just been transformed. They've experienced something so profound and it's the touch of God on their life. Whether he healed them or delivered them, that's a beautiful thing. We hear stories and we say, oh, nice testimony, but we don't realize they're gonna go back home tonight and their life is gonna be completely different. They're gonna go back to their places of work and their places of education and things will function differently for them now because of the miracle that God has done. And number two, and that I tell you number one, so your compassion is there. Because compassion is one of the keys to the healing ministry. And number two, I want you to remember that Jesus and Jesus alone deserves all the glory, all the praise, all the honor for His goodness for what He's done. So keep those things in mind as we hear what the Lord has done, Britain, what happened here. David, this is Justin. He said for four to five years he's had a stomach issue. He would have acid reflex in the stomach issue. He said after last night's service, he went and got some pizza. He woke up this morning and he said he had no acid reflex and he believes the Lord healed his stomach. Can we give the Lord a hand of praise? Jesus, we thank you for your power. You know, if there's one place to test yourself for a healing by eating pizza, it's right here in New York. And some of us might hear this and say, okay, acid reflex, but remember what I said last night and what the scripture says more importantly, he delights in every detail of our lives. There's no miracle so big that he cannot do it. And there's no miracle so small that he will not do it. His eye is on the sparrow. He focuses on our needs. And this man experienced the healing and to him it's a very big deal. And so I want you to be encouraged to ask for those things, even if you feel like it's too small of a thing. You may say things like, oh, I can deal with it. Oh, it's no big deal. I can put up with it. But no, don't be afraid to ask him for even what you think is a little miracle because there are no such things as miracles that are small. Sir, what was it like when you felt the power of God healing you? Yesterday I felt like a gurgling in my stomach and then even, whoa. I think that is the perfect description for the power of God. There are some places where words fail. This is one of them. Guys, this is the real deal. It's not me, it's who's around me. He's standing with me on the platform right now. This is the power of God. Help him up and then help him to his seat if he can make it. God bless you, sir. Go rejoicing in your miracle. These gentlemen are gonna help you here. Ruben, what happened here? Diga, I have Maria here. Since birth has had her vision impaired, but it wasn't until most recently in 2020 where her retinas were altered. And she said ever since 2020, she said she's been able to see like black spots and holes. She hasn't been able to see a full image clearly. Today in worship she was praying, believing for her miracle. And so she looked at her hand, she noticed it was a full hand versus spotness. She said her vision has been restored. Come on church, give Jesus a mighty shout of praise. So if I understand correctly, the problem started in 2020 or it got worse in 2020. You were born with it. What were you born with? First of all, what were you born with? That was the issue. Retinal-Lattitus degeneration, which means my retinas were kind of shredding. And the Lord, I had measures of healing over the years. And then in 2020, I think it might've had to do with blue light or something like that. And all of a sudden it was all splotchy and it was hard to, like I couldn't see you as one image. There would be parts that I couldn't see. And then there was something occluding this. So it was always in the way. So it was as if there was this thing here. And it's gone just, but just like last night with healing of my hearing, it's something that had been there for so long. She was here last night. You came on the platform last night and testified. Well, he opened her ears and opened her eyes. And whoa. She opened her ears. He opened her ears. He opened her eyes. And now she's rejoicing here with joy overflowing. Lord, give your people the same joy in Jesus' name. This is beautiful. May I ask why you're laughing? What are you sensing right now? It's the joy of the Lord. Give Jesus a hand of praise. What would you say to the people who are believing for their healing? Oh my gosh. Don't give up. My friends are sitting there. They know how much this has been. I had been downhearted so long because of these type of things and some other stuff. And I guess I had fallen into hopelessness. And now. Jesus is good. Jesus is faithful. Bless you. That's an incredible story right there. Jesus still opens the eyes of the blind. Jesus still opens the ears of the deaf. We do not serve a dead savior. We serve a risen Lord. He's the resurrected Son of God. Britton, what happened? David, I have faith here. She said for 10 years she's been dealing with back pain. She said that during the prayer she felt it just lift off of her. She also has been dealing with anemia. She said this would cause dizziness and an accelerated heart rate. She believes the Lord healed her of that as well. You said you felt the back pain just lift off of you. God. During what? Praising and worshiping. What was that like? Can you describe it? It just lifted. The back pain lifted. What couldn't you do before? Huh? What couldn't you do before without pain? It was just really hurting. Just really. Say that again? It was hurting. It was hurting. It was hurting a lot. And how long had that been an issue? About 10 years. 10 years you've been dealing with that. And so tonight this is an important healing for you. Lord I thank you that your power is present to heal. And I pray Lord, don't worry. Don't be afraid. It's just this power. Sometimes people are a little, they get a little nervous with that and they don't quite know what's happening. That right there is just this power. That's what you feel going through you. She's looking back going, what is going on? It's something that I have not been able to explain other than to say that when this power shows up this is what people feel on their bodies. Do you want that? Okay, lift your hands, close your eyes and just say Jesus, I want everything you have for me. That's His power flowing. That's His power flowing. I feel such peace here tonight. Such a peace here. And you know, as you're watching these people receive the touch of God it may be so that you're also feeling that power come on you. That's how this works. It's the act of faith. One person's faith leads to another person's faith because we become encouraged by what God is doing in the lives of others. And so I pray that as you're seeing these testimonies of people being healed that you would be healed. As you're seeing these people touch by God's power that you would be touched by God's power and the people said, Reuben. Diga, I have Alma here for the past three to four weeks has had pain in her right knee. She said the pain has been so excruciating that she's had to limp. Today was really bad. She went to the ER because it was just unbearable. She said, went to the doctor's appointment. She said she got diagnosed with arthritis. They gave her painkillers. And she said right after that appointment she came straight here because she said she was believing for her miracle. And today in service she began to move her knee to test it out. She said the pain is completely gone. Say again? I was struggling to walk on the train step to come up and then I woke up and then I woke up. Come on, let's go. Let's see. Hey man. Hey, but I have CJ here. He said six years ago while playing football. I remember you. We ran into you last night. We were walking around the streets of Brooklyn. Lenny was praying with a drug addict. Where are you Lenny? You were praying with a drug addict homeless guy. Yeah. And then I prayed for a woman on the streets with a stuttering issue. Pardon? Okay, well I remember you because I remember you too. Okay, what happened? So David this is CJ. He said six years ago while playing football he broke a part of his leg, his femur. And he said now he has constant pain he can play some sports but he always has pain in his legs. He said that during the prayer he felt the light of the Holy Spirit come toward his eyes and he said that the pain is completely gone. His leg started shaking and he's been completely healed. Did you deal with that issue for? Six years since 2017. And how do you know you've been healed now? I know I've been healed by Jesus Christ. By the ransom he's paid for, he's healed me. In your body you can feel no pain. What couldn't you do before that would cause you pain? I couldn't really stand for long periods of time even when I was standing here before I started getting healed. I was getting a lot of pain. I felt like sitting down but the Holy Spirit told me to stand up. He gave me strength. Lord make him a preacher of the gospel I pray. Make him a preacher of the gospel I pray. What's your name? CJ, lift your hands CJ. I hear men from every nation bowing down. Stretch your hands toward them and pray. Father, CJ desires to be used by you. And I pray tonight that there would be a fresh touch of your power that comes upon him. And let him remember this moment for all the days of his life. Mark today in heaven I pray. CJ, I see you standing before multitudes of people. Keep yourself pure and walk humbly. And the Lord himself will raise you. The Lord himself will raise you. For there will be some and even now there are some who mock what God is doing in your life. People you love dearly. But they themselves will be a witness to the power of the Holy Spirit demonstrated through your life. And the very ones who mock you will come along your side and serve with you as co-labors in Christ. I'm putting a fire in you now. A fire that will cause you to preach and conviction will come upon the lost. And they will turn from their sin and they will turn to Jesus. I'm placing in you also a healing grace for you will lay hands on the sick and they will recover. You will speak and demons will tremble and leave. I will give to you a prophetic mantle for God says not just one grace but grace upon grace upon grace. For I've given to you a teaching gift, a prophetic gift, a healing gift, a preaching gift, an apostolic gift. A generation awaits your obedience to God. A generation awaits your obedience to God. May you never be the same again in Jesus' name and the church said... Now you I ran into the streets and she came up to me. She came up to me. We were out just walking around and like I said there was this man who was screaming at us like growling at us. And Steve first thought, did we know him? But he... No, it was someone else. Before you there was someone else we prayed for. Yeah, you were on the way back to the hotel. Can you say something? Can you say Jesus is Lord? Jesus is Lord. Can you say Jesus is my healer? Jesus is my healer. You know why her... Hold on. You know why her friends are clapping? Last night she was stuttering. Frank, Frank. You heard her stuttering last night? Well, this is her now. Bubba, where are you? You heard her stuttering last night. This is her. I told the team she was stuttering because they were there with us and they didn't quite get to hear her afterwards because there was other people praying and there was a whole bunch of stuff going on last night right here on the streets of Brooklyn. But how long had you dealt with that? I've been stuttering since I was 10 years old. I'm so moved by this miracle. You've been stuttering since you were 10 years old and then we prayed on the streets last night. We all prayed. It was Jesus who did it and what happened when Jesus healed you? Jesus healed me. I felt my tongue be loose. I've been stuttering for the past 13 years. As soon as I came from Italy to America, the devil attacked my speech and I could no longer speak. My name is Leticia and I say that because I could never see my name.