What God Seeks (at The Faith Center) | Part 1

1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,240
You pray it and he can answer it.

2
00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:06,020
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man

3
00:00:06,020 --> 00:00:07,680
avails much.

4
00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,040
God will put the prayer in your heart to pray

5
00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:12,320
so that he can answer it.

6
00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,080
Goes into the hearts of the people,

7
00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,120
doesn't return void, it produces results.

8
00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,560
(*audience applauding*)

9
00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,040
Hello everybody.

10
00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:31,040
You may be seated.

11
00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,960
I'm starting a new fashion trend.

12
00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,300
Can't be that bad, I got heels on the other foot.

13
00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,000
You know us ladies, we know how to make it happen

14
00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:44,920
no matter what.

15
00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,040
God is good, isn't he?

16
00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,200
I wanna make sure I'm very conscious of the time

17
00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,280
because I have an assignment from the Lord

18
00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,280
from the beginning of this message until the very end.

19
00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,560
Before we do, I just wanna let you know

20
00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:05,720
we did bring our books.

21
00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,040
This is Encounter God Through Prayer.

22
00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,400
This is a book that brings the reader

23
00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,800
from the very foundations of how to pray

24
00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,460
all the way up into contemplative meditative prayer.

25
00:01:19,460 --> 00:01:21,920
So this is a very good book for the beginner

26
00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,280
as well as those of you who've been walking with God

27
00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,840
for a while and as you know, we all need to be reminded

28
00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,520
because the Bible says we ought to give the more earnest heed

29
00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:32,760
to the things that we have learned.

30
00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,160
Yes, at any time we let them slip.

31
00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,520
Who would like this book?

32
00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,360
The young lady with the pink, is that pink?

33
00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:46,200
God bless you.

34
00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:50,240
Thank you Jesus.

35
00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,600
Next, I have my newest book, Contend,

36
00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,160
Stewarding the Hearts and Destinies

37
00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,000
of Our Children Through Prayer.

38
00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,880
This is one of my favorite books.

39
00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,520
I have literally put everything into this book

40
00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,560
that I've learned about prayer

41
00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,440
and the concentration is Stewarding the Hearts

42
00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,320
and Destinies of Our Children Through Prayer.

43
00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,160
So I give my own testimony.

44
00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,680
There's testimonies of other mothers and fathers

45
00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,800
who have prayed their children through to victory

46
00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,160
because we're not talking about name it, claim it prayers

47
00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,280
when it comes to praying the prayer of intercession.

48
00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,400
It's a different kind of prayer.

49
00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,080
So I get into all the aspects of how to pray

50
00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,400
for your children as well as I give the reader probably,

51
00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,040
I forget how many, about 80 something promises

52
00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:39,860
at the very back of the book.

53
00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:42,000
Now when I was done with this book,

54
00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,680
one of the editors said to me,

55
00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:50,320
I think you should put an outline at the end of each chapter

56
00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,040
so that people can use the book for Bible studies.

57
00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,680
And I said, I'm done.

58
00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,720
It's taken me forever to write this book

59
00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,240
and anybody that's ever written a book

60
00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,520
knows what I'm talking about.

61
00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:00,960
It's like, I'm done.

62
00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,200
I said, if you wanna write the outlines

63
00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,000
and you put them together, I'll let you do it, right?

64
00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,900
And where God guides, he provides.

65
00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:09,140
I just wrote him a check.

66
00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:10,460
He wrote the outlines.

67
00:03:10,460 --> 00:03:11,720
We put it into the book.

68
00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,720
And so therefore this book has a twofold purpose

69
00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,440
to teach the parent how to pray

70
00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,880
and to teach the teacher how to teach the parents

71
00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:19,720
how to pray.

72
00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,120
So I wanna give this book to you

73
00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,200
because you raised your hand.

74
00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,300
God bless you.

75
00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:32,960
Lastly, another book that was published by Destiny Image.

76
00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,920
This is one of my favorite books as well.

77
00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,920
Focus Eliminating Distractions

78
00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,680
for Enhanced Spiritual Vision.

79
00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,480
God told me for about a year and a half

80
00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,560
when I was raising my children at one point,

81
00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,240
he said, I want you to stop traveling,

82
00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,240
stop preaching, stop going on the road.

83
00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,920
I was only doing really local stuff.

84
00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,800
He said, there's some things I wanna teach you

85
00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,280
and the only way you're gonna be able to do this

86
00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,960
is if you are just, when the kids get on the bus,

87
00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,640
you just seek me and read and study.

88
00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,440
So therefore that's where this book was birthed out of.

89
00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,040
It was about a year and a half.

90
00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,040
But Eliminating Distractions,

91
00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,840
Restoring Spiritual Focus Between Heaven and Earth,

92
00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,060
Living From the Spirit,

93
00:04:10,060 --> 00:04:11,960
Hearing What's Coming, so on and so forth.

94
00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,120
Then the enemies of spiritual vision,

95
00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,320
number one is offense, people pleasing, self-absorption,

96
00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,440
focusing on the past, the easy road.

97
00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:23,680
That's a big one.

98
00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,860
The noise of the enemy, discouragement,

99
00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:27,280
the treasures of this world,

100
00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,640
reliance on our own works, weariness.

101
00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,920
So who would like this lady here in the very back?

102
00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,740
She's very, very aggressive and I'm gonna give it to you.

103
00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,280
Oh, okay, there you go.

104
00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,280
God bless you.

105
00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:45,640
As we're getting into the word,

106
00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,760
Pastor John and Pam are just really good friends of mine.

107
00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,440
We've known each other, yes, for a long time.

108
00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,920
But I just wanna give a shout out to Pam

109
00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,880
because you can sense people's hearts.

110
00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,400
How many of you know what I'm talking about?

111
00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,800
The Bible says, though we're absent in the flesh,

112
00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,160
we're present even in the spirit.

113
00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:08,160
And I could tell you, even in a text, I can feel her heart.

114
00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,320
And she has a true heart of a mom.

115
00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,040
And I feel her mothering me.

116
00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,960
And it's just something you sense in the spirit.

117
00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,000
And God gives us the mothers and the fathers

118
00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,520
to watch over us and to protect us.

119
00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,460
So I just wanna give a shout out to Pam.

120
00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:31,460
I just love you and I appreciate you very, very much.

121
00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,240
Okay, so we're gonna talk this morning.

122
00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,720
Before I get into the message,

123
00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,480
I wanna explain something briefly to you.

124
00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,640
I do my best to hear the word of the Lord

125
00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,280
for that particular body where he sends me.

126
00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,280
And I operate, can I be honest?

127
00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:56,960
I wish I could operate more as a teacher

128
00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,720
because in some regards, it's a little bit easier.

129
00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,520
But I operate also in a prophetic anointing

130
00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,960
combined with a teaching gift.

131
00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:08,840
Ooh, glory.

132
00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:13,840
And it's the prophetic that it has a little sense of

133
00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,480
you gotta walk by faith and then you have to listen

134
00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,600
and hear what the spirit is saying

135
00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,200
and put it together in a manner whereby

136
00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,360
you're not giving an uncertain sound,

137
00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,440
but you're preparing that body, that city,

138
00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,680
that whoever for battle.

139
00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,760
And that's my heart, that's where I'm at

140
00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,040
and that's where I'm at today.

141
00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:42,040
So this morning, we're gonna talk about what God seeks.

142
00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:47,040
And oftentimes we hear and I teach so much about,

143
00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,600
you know, those that seek me, find me.

144
00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,820
There are those that knock, the door will be open.

145
00:06:52,820 --> 00:06:55,960
Draw near to God, he'll draw near to you.

146
00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,560
And I teach people how to pray,

147
00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,160
how to enter into the presence of God.

148
00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,480
But recently God showed me there are things

149
00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,960
that I seek as well.

150
00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,920
And as if my people would just posture themselves

151
00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:18,920
in a position to come into alignment with what I seek,

152
00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,000
they will have an encounter with me

153
00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,360
like they've never had before.

154
00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,960
Now, before we get into this message,

155
00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,360
there's some specific things God gave me

156
00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:35,360
for the Faith Center on the 14th of this month.

157
00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,440
He said, I heard on the inside of me,

158
00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,620
I am increasing the Faith Center

159
00:07:41,620 --> 00:07:45,200
with a greater measure of wisdom,

160
00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,900
listen, and spiritual understanding.

161
00:07:50,020 --> 00:07:52,880
Listen to me, the realm of the spirit

162
00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,120
is not like the realm of the natural.

163
00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,020
And there is a realm of the spirit

164
00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:01,760
and there's ingredients in the realm of the spirit.

165
00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,000
There's angels in the realm of the spirit.

166
00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,600
There's unseen things that go on

167
00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,080
in the realm of the spirit.

168
00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,680
And what I saw for the Faith Center is,

169
00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:15,680
he is rising up, it's like Isaiah 60,

170
00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,360
there's a glory of God, is rising up within you

171
00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,840
and he is increasing this ministry

172
00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,120
specifically in the area of wisdom

173
00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,040
and spiritual understanding.

174
00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,640
Wisdom is Sophia.

175
00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:37,520
That word means to insight into the true nature of things.

176
00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,640
So he's going to increase you with wisdom

177
00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,600
and spiritual understanding.

178
00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,840
In other words, it's like the Ephesians prayer that says,

179
00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,160
that the eyes of your understanding

180
00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,760
would be open and enlightened.

181
00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,840
That he would anoint your eyes with eyes salve

182
00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,640
that you may see.

183
00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:04,360
It's a spirit of seeing and knowing

184
00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,800
in the realm of the spirit.

185
00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:11,680
It goes beyond what you see with these eyes

186
00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:15,960
and it goes into what you see and hear

187
00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,820
and know on the inside.

188
00:09:18,820 --> 00:09:22,000
Now how is he going to increase the Faith Center

189
00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,560
with a greater measure of the spirit

190
00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:26,560
of seeing and knowing?

191
00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,320
I heard him say, it's not by might.

192
00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,160
It's not by power, but it's by my spirit.

193
00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,440
And we are living in perilous times

194
00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:42,000
and it's very important that the church be fully equipped,

195
00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,000
fully understand what the laws of the spirit are

196
00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,440
so that we can live and move and have our being

197
00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:55,060
in that realm and therefore accomplish the will of God

198
00:09:55,060 --> 00:10:00,060
in the earth because we are co-labors together with God.

199
00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:04,040
And he has need for us in this hour

200
00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,120
to operate in this greater measure

201
00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,120
of the spirit of seeing and knowing.

202
00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,400
So I want you to know that that's happening.

203
00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,320
And I want you to know one other thing

204
00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,180
and I was thinking about it when I was sitting there,

205
00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:18,520
I wasn't thinking about it on the 14th,

206
00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,040
but spiritual things are transferable.

207
00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:28,040
Spiritual things are transferable who you sit under.

208
00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:33,420
Spiritual things are transferable who lays hands on you.

209
00:10:33,420 --> 00:10:35,100
Be careful with that.

210
00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:36,700
There's a lot of new-agers in the world.

211
00:10:36,700 --> 00:10:40,220
I just went to my energy healer and he laid hands on me.

212
00:10:40,220 --> 00:10:41,900
Stay away from that.

213
00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:47,900
Through association, spiritual things are transferable.

214
00:10:48,260 --> 00:10:50,580
And I'm gonna say this with all boldness

215
00:10:50,580 --> 00:10:53,100
because I know who I am, I am what I am

216
00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:57,700
by the absolute 100% grace of God.

217
00:10:57,700 --> 00:11:01,380
I know that there's a measure of what I carry.

218
00:11:01,380 --> 00:11:04,260
And I know that spiritual things are transferable.

219
00:11:04,260 --> 00:11:07,380
I'm very much aware that that which is in me

220
00:11:07,380 --> 00:11:10,700
is going and is already rising up

221
00:11:10,700 --> 00:11:15,700
and it's being poured out of me into you.

222
00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:17,940
I didn't know anything about that.

223
00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:19,900
I used to clean Kenneth E. Hagen's home.

224
00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:22,180
I was around all these heavy hitters back in the day

225
00:11:22,180 --> 00:11:23,700
and I was only 19 years old.

226
00:11:23,700 --> 00:11:25,300
I was born a Catholic girl.

227
00:11:25,300 --> 00:11:27,060
I was six months old when I went to

228
00:11:27,060 --> 00:11:28,340
Ramo Bible Training Center.

229
00:11:28,340 --> 00:11:30,140
Knew nothing about the word of God.

230
00:11:31,060 --> 00:11:34,640
And I landed in these homes of all these heavy hitters

231
00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,820
and Kenneth E. Hagen was one of them.

232
00:11:36,820 --> 00:11:41,820
And to make a long story short, at our 1977 graduation,

233
00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:46,460
you know, I was 20, I went at 19, I was 20 at the time.

234
00:11:46,460 --> 00:11:50,060
And during our graduation, we all stood up, you know,

235
00:11:50,060 --> 00:11:52,060
cause you're leaving the building, right?

236
00:11:52,060 --> 00:11:53,700
You got your hat, the whole thing.

237
00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:55,420
And you know how Kenneth E. Hagen,

238
00:11:55,420 --> 00:11:59,220
sometimes prophets do things that are very unpredictable.

239
00:11:59,220 --> 00:12:03,340
But I just want to encourage you, let the prophets speak.

240
00:12:03,340 --> 00:12:05,220
We need the voice of the prophets.

241
00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:08,940
There are actually normal prophets in the earth today.

242
00:12:08,940 --> 00:12:11,580
There are some that are nutty, fruity, and flaky

243
00:12:11,580 --> 00:12:13,660
and what they prophesied doesn't come to pass.

244
00:12:13,660 --> 00:12:17,620
But there are real solid prophets in the land.

245
00:12:17,620 --> 00:12:19,940
How do you know if a prophet is solid?

246
00:12:19,940 --> 00:12:24,300
They know the word of God.

247
00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:26,900
And they don't just speak by experience.

248
00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:31,900
They confirm the word of God with their visions,

249
00:12:32,540 --> 00:12:35,940
their dreams, and whatever else it is that they're seeing.

250
00:12:35,940 --> 00:12:39,680
So Kenneth E. Hagen, am I talking too fast?

251
00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:44,020
Kenneth E. Hagen, just breathe for a second.

252
00:12:44,020 --> 00:12:45,860
I went to a public speaking class

253
00:12:45,860 --> 00:12:47,340
and they told us to let the people breathe

254
00:12:47,340 --> 00:12:48,180
for just a second.

255
00:12:48,180 --> 00:12:49,000
Can you breathe?

256
00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:49,840
Are you done breathing?

257
00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:50,680
Okay.

258
00:12:52,300 --> 00:12:56,100
And during our graduation,

259
00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:59,580
Kenneth E. Hagen stopped the whole ceremony

260
00:12:59,580 --> 00:13:03,780
and he said, let's not miss God.

261
00:13:03,780 --> 00:13:05,700
And then he stopped everything

262
00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:08,100
and there were brother and sister Goodwin.

263
00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:11,180
I mean, you guys, I don't even remember, totally.

264
00:13:11,180 --> 00:13:14,160
I mean, they were older than me and I was only 19, 20.

265
00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:15,620
But this is what he said.

266
00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:18,540
He said, I used to be able to go into their church

267
00:13:18,540 --> 00:13:21,620
and instantly operate in the Spirit.

268
00:13:21,620 --> 00:13:23,720
Do you know the churches I go into

269
00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,140
that don't understand the Holy Spirit,

270
00:13:26,140 --> 00:13:27,820
His person and His work?

271
00:13:27,820 --> 00:13:29,200
You go into these churches,

272
00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,740
you can't always do and operate in the full measure

273
00:13:33,740 --> 00:13:36,020
of your calling and your anointing

274
00:13:36,020 --> 00:13:40,260
because they don't understand the Holy Ghost.

275
00:13:40,260 --> 00:13:41,780
That's why Kenneth E. Hagen used to say,

276
00:13:41,780 --> 00:13:44,380
the Holy Ghost could walk into the room

277
00:13:44,380 --> 00:13:46,940
with a big hat on and say, I'm the Holy Ghost.

278
00:13:46,940 --> 00:13:50,880
And some people would never ever recognize Him.

279
00:13:52,020 --> 00:13:56,340
So anyway, so the Goodwins were like that.

280
00:13:56,340 --> 00:13:57,660
You could walk in.

281
00:13:57,660 --> 00:13:59,700
He said, I could operate instantly in the Spirit.

282
00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:01,700
They just had an understanding

283
00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:03,660
of the operations of the Holy Spirit.

284
00:14:03,660 --> 00:14:05,540
What He liked, what He didn't like.

285
00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:07,260
How to flow, how to know.

286
00:14:07,260 --> 00:14:10,260
It was the Spirit of seeing and knowing

287
00:14:10,260 --> 00:14:14,300
they had an ability to flow and operate.

288
00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:18,420
And it was just, according to Kenneth E. Hagen, amazing.

289
00:14:18,420 --> 00:14:21,940
So he said, they were at our graduation.

290
00:14:21,940 --> 00:14:26,940
And he said, I saw them, everyone say saw.

291
00:14:27,380 --> 00:14:29,500
Prophets see.

292
00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:32,900
And I believe those of you that are believers

293
00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:36,940
don't necessarily stand in the office of a prophet.

294
00:14:36,940 --> 00:14:41,820
You can still operate in the Spirit of seeing

295
00:14:41,820 --> 00:14:46,820
and knowing by way of the revelation gifts.

296
00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:48,340
And I believe that's what the,

297
00:14:48,340 --> 00:14:50,820
I know that's what the Holy Ghost is saying.

298
00:14:50,820 --> 00:14:54,380
So anyway, he said, I saw them stretching forth

299
00:14:54,380 --> 00:14:57,340
their hands toward this graduating class.

300
00:14:57,340 --> 00:15:00,580
Now in that day, there was only 337 of us.

301
00:15:00,580 --> 00:15:03,620
Now Ramah's a Bible college and so on and so forth.

302
00:15:03,620 --> 00:15:07,820
He said, I saw something of the wisdom of God

303
00:15:07,820 --> 00:15:09,700
and the maturity of God.

304
00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:12,900
He said, that which took them 40 years to learn

305
00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:17,900
being transferred into these students tonight.

306
00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:18,740
Now I didn't know.

307
00:15:18,740 --> 00:15:21,100
I only went to Bible school for a year.

308
00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:21,980
I was raised a Catholic.

309
00:15:21,980 --> 00:15:23,220
I learned a lot in Ramah.

310
00:15:23,220 --> 00:15:25,420
But I didn't understand what that meant.

311
00:15:25,420 --> 00:15:29,060
But after that graduation day,

312
00:15:29,060 --> 00:15:33,740
I noticed something that I was able to do,

313
00:15:33,740 --> 00:15:38,380
but it wasn't from my own natural ability.

314
00:15:38,380 --> 00:15:40,780
I noticed that when I was in prayer,

315
00:15:40,780 --> 00:15:45,380
I was able to follow the rhythm of the Holy Spirit

316
00:15:45,380 --> 00:15:48,100
in prayer and pray supernaturally.

317
00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:50,100
Pray, when I say supernaturally,

318
00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:55,020
I mean pray with wisdom and revelation and knowledge

319
00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:58,620
and insight into the true nature of things.

320
00:15:58,620 --> 00:16:03,620
And I was able to pray more accurately,

321
00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:07,620
more like you hit the target right on time,

322
00:16:07,620 --> 00:16:09,300
right on target.

323
00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:12,020
And I noticed that, I was very young

324
00:16:12,020 --> 00:16:13,180
when I started ministry,

325
00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:16,580
I noticed that when I would teach and preach

326
00:16:16,580 --> 00:16:20,140
or minister, I had an understanding

327
00:16:20,140 --> 00:16:22,240
of what was going on in the services.

328
00:16:23,180 --> 00:16:25,900
Now that doesn't come by natural means.

329
00:16:25,900 --> 00:16:29,700
Listen, it's by the Spirit of the living God.

330
00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:33,420
And so I believe that God is increasing the faith center

331
00:16:33,420 --> 00:16:37,500
in wisdom and spiritual understanding in Sophia.

332
00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:40,660
The revelation gifts are going to be arising

333
00:16:40,660 --> 00:16:42,260
and you're gonna be shining

334
00:16:42,260 --> 00:16:45,500
because men are gonna come to the brightness of your rising

335
00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:48,020
and we're gonna need to be fully equipped

336
00:16:48,020 --> 00:16:50,840
and ready to meet people's needs.

337
00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,860
Not only that, I know beyond any shadow of a doubt

338
00:16:54,860 --> 00:16:58,700
that God is calling this church, not just a couple of you,

339
00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:03,700
but all of you to a greater measure of a devotion in prayer.

340
00:17:05,860 --> 00:17:09,740
In your secret prayer and in your corporate prayer.

341
00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:13,580
And prayer becomes fun when you operate

342
00:17:13,580 --> 00:17:16,740
in the spirit of seeing and knowing.

343
00:17:16,740 --> 00:17:19,400
Now how many of you have had dry prayer times?

344
00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,740
You know, when I first got here on the 6th of January,

345
00:17:23,740 --> 00:17:27,220
that's when this happened, because the devil is a liar.

346
00:17:27,220 --> 00:17:29,780
You have no idea the warfare.

347
00:17:29,780 --> 00:17:31,800
Do you know that every time you're about to enter

348
00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:36,500
into a new door, there's adversaries at the gates?

349
00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:39,260
The apostle Paul said, a great door in effectuals

350
00:17:39,260 --> 00:17:41,460
has been opened to me, there's many adversaries.

351
00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:43,620
Well, you're entering into a new door.

352
00:17:43,620 --> 00:17:46,180
I just wore at the gate, just keep going.

353
00:17:46,180 --> 00:17:48,580
I knew beyond any shadow of a doubt,

354
00:17:48,580 --> 00:17:52,940
I know that I know that once we did this meeting today,

355
00:17:52,940 --> 00:17:55,380
things are gonna change and shift in the spirit.

356
00:17:55,380 --> 00:17:58,300
Because Satan has desired to have you

357
00:17:58,300 --> 00:18:00,380
that he may sift you as wheat.

358
00:18:00,380 --> 00:18:02,980
He doesn't want you going through that open door.

359
00:18:02,980 --> 00:18:05,620
He doesn't want you to enter into that new level.

360
00:18:05,620 --> 00:18:08,500
He doesn't want you to increase in all wisdom

361
00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:10,020
and spiritual understanding.

362
00:18:10,020 --> 00:18:13,620
So he'll try to stop with warfare, stop with this tactic,

363
00:18:13,620 --> 00:18:15,740
stop with that tactic, I'm just gonna do this

364
00:18:15,740 --> 00:18:17,300
and I'm gonna do that, meh.

365
00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,900
I mean, I can't even tell you, I'm in my house

366
00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:23,940
and I'm like, hmm, distracted at the noise of the enemy,

367
00:18:23,940 --> 00:18:25,260
the book of Psalms says.

368
00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:28,980
Just the warfare, and the Lord said to me,

369
00:18:28,980 --> 00:18:30,740
because he's been whispering to me lately,

370
00:18:30,740 --> 00:18:33,620
and all the whispers, I actually might make a book out of it,

371
00:18:33,620 --> 00:18:36,100
have been really beautiful and fun,

372
00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:38,980
and I'm here with you, I go before you, I'm with you.

373
00:18:38,980 --> 00:18:41,060
All these beautiful whispers.

374
00:18:41,060 --> 00:18:43,380
I woke up one morning and he whispered,

375
00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:45,780
we wrestle not against flesh and blood,

376
00:18:45,780 --> 00:18:47,940
but against principalities, powers,

377
00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:50,620
and the rulers of the darkness of this world.

378
00:18:50,620 --> 00:18:53,860
And there was an insight into the true nature of things,

379
00:18:53,860 --> 00:18:58,460
and the Lord just reminded me, be strong, be very courageous.

380
00:18:58,460 --> 00:19:01,620
I am with you, greater is he that is in you

381
00:19:01,620 --> 00:19:03,380
than he that's in the world.

382
00:19:03,380 --> 00:19:08,100
The warfare may be there, and all this is going on,

383
00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:10,900
but it's the realm of the spirit.

384
00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:15,780
Be as wise as a serpent, and as harmless as a dove.

385
00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:19,100
That's the time you don't open up your mouth

386
00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:21,380
and talk about it.

387
00:19:21,380 --> 00:19:24,180
What you do when you're in the midst of the battle is,

388
00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:29,180
you speak the word of God, and the enemy must flee.

389
00:19:29,980 --> 00:19:32,820
And then the other thing is, I don't know how to explain this,

390
00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:35,340
you just gotta get through that door.

391
00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:37,980
I said to God, I know once I do this meeting

392
00:19:37,980 --> 00:19:41,780
on Sunday morning, I know all this stuff's gonna lift.

393
00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:44,220
All this crazy stuff's gonna lift.

394
00:19:44,220 --> 00:19:46,100
I just know it.

395
00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:48,140
I know it.

396
00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:52,180
Mary Jo knows, when we first launched our KIU events,

397
00:19:52,180 --> 00:19:53,780
I don't remember what year that was,

398
00:19:53,780 --> 00:19:56,220
the first time we did the KIU events,

399
00:19:56,220 --> 00:20:00,380
we were bringing leaders from all around the area,

400
00:20:00,380 --> 00:20:02,220
because I have favor in my region.

401
00:20:02,220 --> 00:20:04,900
They like me because I'm not competitive.

402
00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:06,180
I'm not jealous.

403
00:20:06,180 --> 00:20:09,700
I don't have an agenda, and I love the pastors,

404
00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:12,180
and want to support the pastors.

405
00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:16,980
And so we had the opportunity,

406
00:20:16,980 --> 00:20:21,980
and the opportunity to bring together all these leaders.

407
00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:23,700
That we were all coming together,

408
00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:25,300
all the different churches were coming together,

409
00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:26,620
all the leaders were coming together

410
00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:28,420
for the purpose of prayer for the region,

411
00:20:28,420 --> 00:20:31,660
fellowship, and learning how to pray.

412
00:20:31,660 --> 00:20:34,460
And I'm telling you, for a month,

413
00:20:34,460 --> 00:20:37,140
before that first KIU event,

414
00:20:37,140 --> 00:20:41,380
I would wake up in the morning and hear that enemy was,

415
00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:43,340
just whispering in my ear,

416
00:20:43,340 --> 00:20:48,340
you don't think that anybody is gonna show up

417
00:20:51,580 --> 00:20:55,220
to that corporate prayer meeting.

418
00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:59,420
And then it was like, who do you think you are?

419
00:21:01,180 --> 00:21:03,740
And the beauty of it is, I know who I am.

420
00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:05,820
I'm like a little tiny person

421
00:21:05,820 --> 00:21:07,540
that was raised by five brothers,

422
00:21:07,540 --> 00:21:09,500
and I'm an introvert by nature.

423
00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,660
So this isn't even my nature to do half the stuff,

424
00:21:12,660 --> 00:21:14,700
three quarters of the stuff I do for God.

425
00:21:15,580 --> 00:21:18,100
Do you know once we launched that KIU event,

426
00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:20,860
we had, I don't know how many leaders came,

427
00:21:20,860 --> 00:21:23,900
how many churches came, we preached, we prayed,

428
00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:25,780
there was lunch, everybody got to know,

429
00:21:25,780 --> 00:21:27,620
it was just incredible.

430
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:30,860
Oh, I forgot to tell you, and my hair started falling out,

431
00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:33,700
and I had a bald spot in the back of my head.

432
00:21:34,620 --> 00:21:36,340
And we were bringing in the cameras,

433
00:21:36,340 --> 00:21:39,220
we were recording it, because listen,

434
00:21:39,220 --> 00:21:43,660
it was a new season, it was the dawn of a new day.

435
00:21:43,660 --> 00:21:47,100
God said, I'm about to do a new thing.

436
00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:49,140
So there's war at the gates.

437
00:21:51,140 --> 00:21:52,620
So what?

438
00:21:52,620 --> 00:21:57,620
I've learned in whatsoever state I am to be content,

439
00:21:58,300 --> 00:22:03,300
to be patient, to rest, because patience and rest

440
00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:08,300
and contentment is your secret weapons.

441
00:22:09,180 --> 00:22:12,580
You start getting freaked out, start getting anxious,

442
00:22:12,580 --> 00:22:14,300
start saying all the wrong things,

443
00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:16,340
the enemy gets all involved in that,

444
00:22:16,340 --> 00:22:18,300
and he likes all that confusion,

445
00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:20,460
then he just makes it worse and worse and worse.

446
00:22:20,460 --> 00:22:23,420
No, having done all to stand, stand therefore.

447
00:22:23,420 --> 00:22:25,700
So that was my word for the faith center,

448
00:22:25,700 --> 00:22:28,660
there was a lot more than what I had planned,

449
00:22:28,660 --> 00:22:30,780
so there's going to be an increase.

450
00:22:30,780 --> 00:22:35,780
So what is going to facilitate this increase?

451
00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:41,220
The Lord said, posture yourselves individually

452
00:22:41,220 --> 00:22:45,820
and collectively, then go after God with your whole heart.

453
00:22:47,020 --> 00:22:48,900
And the scripture he gave me was,

454
00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:53,900
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,

455
00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:56,980
all your soul, all your strength,

456
00:22:56,980 --> 00:22:59,100
and everything that is within you.

457
00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:03,260
Go after God with all your heart.

458
00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:06,900
In other words, he's calling for a fresh commitment.

459
00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:11,740
He's calling for a fresh surrender to him,

460
00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:16,740
because the best is yet to come.

461
00:23:17,340 --> 00:23:22,020
And with great surrender comes a great wave of the power

462
00:23:22,020 --> 00:23:24,700
and the anointing of the Holy Ghost.

463
00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:27,380
I don't know where it is, I think it's Psalms 110.

464
00:23:27,380 --> 00:23:32,380
My people shall be willing in the day of my power.

465
00:23:33,860 --> 00:23:36,660
It's a surrender, it's a willingness,

466
00:23:36,660 --> 00:23:39,300
it's an opening up your heart to God.

467
00:23:39,300 --> 00:23:44,060
It's saying not my will, but your will be done in my life.

468
00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:46,340
Though everyone forsake me, Lord,

469
00:23:46,340 --> 00:23:48,540
I'm gonna press forth toward the mark

470
00:23:48,540 --> 00:23:51,900
for the prize of the high calling in Christ Jesus.

471
00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:55,500
I choose not my life, I pick up my cross,

472
00:23:55,500 --> 00:24:00,260
and I'm gonna follow you all the way.

473
00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:02,940
Though my father and mother forsake me,

474
00:24:02,940 --> 00:24:06,020
I know that the Lord will take me up.

475
00:24:06,020 --> 00:24:11,020
No man has left houses or brothers or mothers or sisters

476
00:24:12,060 --> 00:24:15,340
and shall not receive in this lifetime

477
00:24:15,340 --> 00:24:19,420
anything according to his riches in glory that you need.

478
00:24:19,420 --> 00:24:21,740
It's living in the light of eternity

479
00:24:21,740 --> 00:24:26,140
and living a surrendered life.

480
00:24:26,140 --> 00:24:27,500
So what does God seek?

481
00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:29,860
Number one, God seeks worshipers.

482
00:24:29,860 --> 00:24:31,060
This is a new thing for me,

483
00:24:31,060 --> 00:24:32,860
and I've been preaching prayer for how many years?

484
00:24:32,860 --> 00:24:35,500
Years, I never saw this.

485
00:24:36,620 --> 00:24:38,700
My guy back there is so good,

486
00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:40,260
I gave him all these scriptures,

487
00:24:40,260 --> 00:24:41,900
now he could put one of them up.

488
00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:44,740
Right?

489
00:24:44,740 --> 00:24:46,980
Remember the prayer seminar?

490
00:24:46,980 --> 00:24:48,540
I gave him so many scriptures,

491
00:24:48,540 --> 00:24:52,540
I don't even know how many we used, not many.

492
00:24:52,540 --> 00:24:56,500
John four, I think we need to honor those

493
00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:58,980
that are hidden in the background

494
00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:03,980
because if it wasn't for them, what would we do?

495
00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:06,260
I have an assistant, it's Jeannie,

496
00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:08,580
I have a social media assistant.

497
00:25:08,580 --> 00:25:13,180
Listen, what would we do with all the people that are hidden?

498
00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:16,140
Let me tell you, one day we're all gonna stand before God,

499
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,020
we're gonna give an account for our lives.

500
00:25:18,020 --> 00:25:19,820
It's not gonna be just the preacher

501
00:25:19,820 --> 00:25:21,300
that's in front of everybody,

502
00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:23,100
it's gonna be the praying people,

503
00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:25,780
the Aaron's and the hers that held up their arms,

504
00:25:25,780 --> 00:25:28,580
it's gonna be the people that supported us

505
00:25:28,580 --> 00:25:30,860
in the spirit and in the natural.

506
00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:35,380
So God seeks worshipers.

507
00:25:35,380 --> 00:25:38,580
Jesus said, John four, 21 through 24,

508
00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:46,260
Jesus said to her, woman, believe me,

509
00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:48,760
wouldn't you would have loved to have been there

510
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,480
when Jesus walked the earth?

511
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,960
I would have been that person right next to him.

512
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,960
I just know my heart, I would have been right there.

513
00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:01,120
I would have grown my hair out

514
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,260
and I would have washed his feet with my hair.

515
00:26:04,260 --> 00:26:06,620
How many of you know your hearts?

516
00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,520
Sometimes it's good to look into your heart

517
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,000
and test and see if you're in the faith.

518
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,600
It's created me a clean heart

519
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,520
and renew a right spirit within me.

520
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,320
Lord, Lord, am I right with you?

521
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,400
Lord, I know this thing that I keep doing

522
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,400
is not pleasing to you.

523
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,640
Lord, give me the grace that I need to overcome.

524
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,760
You said your strength is made perfect in weakness.

525
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,920
Lord, help me.

526
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:32,480
It's okay, I get it.

527
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,320
Listen, we all have stuff,

528
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,000
but give it to God and ask him to work it out.

529
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,580
He said, work out your own salvation.

530
00:26:39,580 --> 00:26:40,420
With what?

531
00:26:40,420 --> 00:26:42,660
Fear and trembling.

532
00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:45,900
So Jesus said, woman, believe me,

533
00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:49,900
the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain

534
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:54,900
nor in Jerusalem worship the Father.

535
00:26:56,260 --> 00:26:58,380
You worship what you do not know.

536
00:26:58,380 --> 00:26:59,880
They were worshiping idols.

537
00:27:01,420 --> 00:27:03,420
So much going on in the world, isn't there?

538
00:27:05,900 --> 00:27:07,880
And by the way, Florida,

539
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:12,660
the last time I was here, God said to us, all of us,

540
00:27:12,660 --> 00:27:14,320
not a time for you to retire.

541
00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:18,900
It's a time for you to refire.

542
00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:22,380
Oh, I'm just gonna go get a boat and hang on the boat

543
00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:25,160
and drink a martini and look at the dolphins.

544
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,120
No, get out of the boat.

545
00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:29,780
Put your boots on.

546
00:27:29,780 --> 00:27:32,260
You're a soldier in the kingdom of God.

547
00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:34,420
These young people, these millennials,

548
00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:38,060
these people who are sick, they have disease,

549
00:27:38,060 --> 00:27:43,060
they have need of us in this hour.

550
00:27:43,060 --> 00:27:46,340
The Bible says be sober, be vigilant.

551
00:27:46,340 --> 00:27:49,980
Your adversary, the devil, Azeruri Lion,

552
00:27:49,980 --> 00:27:53,940
is seeking to devour the generations that are rising

553
00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:56,900
in the land today, but we are the strong ones.

554
00:27:56,900 --> 00:27:58,260
We are the bold ones.

555
00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:01,260
It is going to be by the Holy Ghost anointing us

556
00:28:01,260 --> 00:28:03,900
and using what we know that's gonna pull them,

557
00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:05,700
marvelous light.

558
00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:07,060
I am not giving up.

559
00:28:07,060 --> 00:28:08,380
I am not retiring.

560
00:28:08,380 --> 00:28:11,020
I told God, I am not retiring.

561
00:28:11,020 --> 00:28:13,580
I'm gonna be like a Joyce Meyer.

562
00:28:13,580 --> 00:28:16,980
I'm gonna be 94-ish, and now I'm gonna go home

563
00:28:16,980 --> 00:28:19,740
and be with Jesus, and if I'm in a rocking chair,

564
00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:23,220
I'm gonna be praying in the Holy Ghost.

565
00:28:23,220 --> 00:28:26,060
Thank you so much for tuning in to today's podcast.

566
00:28:26,060 --> 00:28:28,220
It has been such a joy sharing this time with you.

567
00:28:28,220 --> 00:28:30,940
For more inspiration and resources on today's topic,

568
00:28:30,940 --> 00:28:34,060
please visit our website at margieflora.org.