Truth Under The Tree | Senior Pastor Kenneth Carpenter
by Kenneth Carpenter
First Apostolic Church of Maryville (Maryville, TN)
Kind: sermon
Scripture: Luke 11:2, Luke 11:11-13, Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 10:17-24, Luke 15:4, Luke 15:20, John 21:25, John 20:30-31, Mark 16:17-18, John 1:12, Colossians 3:17, Acts 2:21, Acts 9:14, Acts 22:16, Matthew 1:21, Philippians 2:9-11, Acts 4:12, Genesis 4:26, Proverbs 18:10, 1 Samuel 17:45

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if you have your bibles and return with me to the gospel of luke the gospel of luke chapter 11 verse number two musicians in choir thank you so much for taking us in the presence of god if you're here today and you are a first-time guest at first apostolic church we welcome you we're so thankful to have you with us this morning our prayer is that first and foremost you feel the wonderful presence of god and then second that you feel the presence of god's people in a great and a great welcome we welcome you this morning luke 11 luke chapter 11 and verse number two jesus said unto them when you pray say our father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come and thy will be done as in heaven so in earth i want to impart the word of the lord to you this morning if you would be so kind to put your bibles down place your hand on your heart father in the name of jesus christ today i stand with the word that has the ability to change our lives lord help us to realize that if we're confused today that your word will bring clarity help us to realize today god that if we're in some form of bondage that your word and your word alone can bring freedom god if we're here today and our lives are in turmoil that your word can bring peace lord help our minds god to receive this morning the word that will direct our path our steps after we leave here today i'll give you praise honor and glory use your servant in jesus name amen you may be seated i want to continue and i was unaware that wednesday night's message was almost a mirror to uh pastor erickson's message on on prayer on prayer seems like i can't open my bible without going to the subject of prayer 2021 is soon to be history 2022 is a brand new year that set before us i want to close out 2021 preaching on prayer teaching on prayer and i want to open 2022 teaching on prayer prayer is the answer for everything prayer is the answer for anything prayer the good thing about prayer is it's something that we all can do it's something we all can do the first goal of prayer the first goal of prayer you may say why pray why pray well the first goal of prayer is to take our thoughts off of ourselves and our circumstances and place our thoughts upon god as our father god as our father many many have said before well when you go to god in prayer when you go to god in prayer you ought to first get your sin out of the way but when jesus taught them to pray he didn't say come to me first and get your sin out of the way we do know that in the model prayer that jesus gave us that our sin is addressed but it's not addressed first it's not addressed first it's addressed a little later in the prayer but not first the very first thing that jesus wants to teach us about prayer the very first thing is that our father that phrase alone lets you know that you're not by yourself it's not my father he's our father you can't get much done alone i'm glad i belong to the community of the body of christ i'm glad i belong to the community of the body of christ we have not had really any major tragedies in our community to speak of but yet our brothers and our sisters around the world have such as kentucky but i'm glad to be a part of a community that somebody is praying our our father our father our father who art in heaven our father he wants you to understand the nature the nature of your heavenly father today the nature of your heavenly father i don't believe you'll ever serve god out of fear i don't believe you'll ever serve god out of condemnation you've heard me tell the story of a man that went to the altar one night in a tent revival and the preacher preached on hell and he preached on hell hot the man went running to the altar and cried out to the lord to save him that night the man was walking home and the preacher of the tent revival was walking behind him and the man took a a shortcut through a pastor field where there was a bull the bull got after the man that just had cried out to the lord and when the bull got after the man the man began to curse at the bull the preacher began to rebuke him he said you you can't curse he said you just gave your heart to the lord he said preacher let me tell you like it is you scared it into me and the bull scared it out of me you know living for god you can't be hung out over hell every four or five days to serve him i don't believe you have to be hung over hell i believe if you understand the nature of your heavenly father you're going to want to serve him there's going to be a want to there not i got to how many is glad you got to want to i'm glad i got to want to not i got to i got i got to want to we all y'all go to that church y'all go to that church dinner where you have to do this and have to do that and i always say to them i don't know what you're talking about i don't know any such church that exists it's not a want to thank god it's a get to i get i get to come to church i get to worship god so when you understand the nature of your heavenly father things begin to change well let's look at the nature of our heavenly father for a moment in luke 11 11 jesus in wanting to describe the nature of your heavenly father said these words if a son shall ask bread of any that is a father will he give him a stone or if he ask a fish will he for a fish give him a serpent or if he shall ask an egg will he offer him a scorpion if you then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your father unto your children excuse me how much more look at that word how much more shall your heavenly father give the holy spirit to them that ask him see let me let me show you a little bit about your nature what do we want to give our children we want to give our children good things what do we want for our children we want our children to be successful amen we want good things for our children and when it's in our power as a father to give our children good things guess what we do we give them good things because they're our children and we give them because we're their father and we give them good things we give them things to help them now jesus said if any of you have a son and that son would ask his father father would you give me a piece of bread he said would you reach down and give him a stone to know on the answer to that is obviously no if you shall ask for a fish would you give a snake something that would hurt him no you wouldn't give you would not give your children something that would hurt them no they ask an egg would you give a scorpion no then jesus says let me explain this by nature when you contrast me with you when you compare man and god man is evil god is good he said if you by nature being evil know how to give good gifts to your children look at the wording there how much more shall your heavenly father give the holy spirit to them that ask him so he's he's talking about our he's talking about our nature well let's go on and examine the nature of our heavenly father isaiah 9 6. it's a popular scripture right now at christmas time isaiah 9 6 for unto us a child is born who's the child born for unto us a child is born unto us a son is given who's the son given for the whole thing about christmas the whole thing about this season is that a heavenly father gave us something to save us or someone unto us a child is born unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder this word government here means empire it means dominion it means to prevail a son is given a child is given unto us a son is given unto us and this son is going to bring a government an empire a kingdom that is going to always be prevailing growing increasing and his name his government shall be upon his shoulder remember that word there i'm going to use that in a moment where is the government going to be on his shoulder and his name shall be called wonderful counselor the mighty god the everlasting what father the prince of peace let me travel on in this verse verse 7 and of the increase of his government and of the increase of his government can i tell you if you met the lord years ago and you have been in a decline since can i tell you that you might have got a relationship with religion because if you ever embrace the sun that was given and the nature of that son who is wonderful counselor mighty god everlasting father and prince of peace things do not decrease from there you don't have an apec of i went to the altar and from there on it's going downward not so religion that is so but not in salvation of the increase would somebody say increase of the increase of his government what is that government domain empire prevailing of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end upon the throne of david upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever and i like this last part the zeal of the lord of hosts will perform this now to break it down with y'all just tell you this it just simply means there that god is excited about what he has planned for you god is thrilled that he has given you a son god is thrilled that he has given you a child god is thrilled that he has given you one that the government there shall be no end and it says and the zeal or he is excited about it don't know about you and your custom is at your house at christmas time but i don't as a father and a grandparent i get excited to watch them open up gifts i like to see the look on their face i i like to watch them open up oh open up gifts because i just i bought it and and i want to give it to them and i like when they when they get there and papa is this mine is this one mine is it yeah that's yours and and and and i like to watch i like to watch them open up them gifts can i tell you our heavenly father has given us a gift and he's got excited this morning to see if you'll open it there's something good on the tree and under the tree and he's excited he could you just see a father don't don't see him today as a is a is a wide-headed uh mean bloodshot odd god up in heaven with a club just standing there i'm just waiting i want a wacko step up beside the head you you let old mr step go astra i'm gonna whack him and listen god don't play whack-a-mole he got ain't in god ain't just beating his children up god is in heaven he has given us a son he has given us a child he has given us all of this and he's standing there saying oh i want to see them open that up i want to see them i want to see them open the holy ghost up i want to see the look on their face when they open the things of god could you give our heavenly father praise this morning some of you are serving a god that's like the it's like the the ride at the county fair anybody ever went in the house of mirrors trying to find your way out and they got a new thing out called a an escape room or whatever i've never been to one i ain't gonna pay money to get locked up in a box and try to find my way out all right i got i got way more aspiration than that all right so uh some folks think they serve a god that he put you in the house of mirrors and you're always hey some people always i'm seeking the will of god i'm going i want to be oh i just want to be in the will of god you know if you read the bible the bible gets you started on the wills of god number one it's his will that you're saved number two that it's his will that in all things you give praise and he's not willing that any would perish there's a whole lot of things you can just get off and start thinking about well i'm in the will of god but satan you have allowed some people have allowed satan to torment their mind always worried am i in the will of god am i in the will of god can i tell you that if you'll pray god is a heavenly father and god will lead you where he wants you to go without any confusion of this zeal he's excited did i tell you he's excited our god is excited to watch you open up the gifts he's got a plan for your life it's wrapped up in his word he's into rapping he wrapped himself in flesh then he sent the gift of the holy ghost he's a god he's a gift-giving god he he came as a gift and when he left he said i'm going to send you another gift it's called the gift of the holy ghost and then when the holy ghost came on pentecost he said now open that gift up and there'll be nine more other gifts in there called the gifts of the spirit so he's just you got to understand he's not he's not up in hell i'm just waiting i have no greater the light than to damn you to hell that's not the god i serve if you go to hell it'll be over your heavenly father pleading with you not to go it's like a father well i'm not going to ask for hands but as a father you know you've given advice to your children don't do this don't do that please don't go that way please don't do this and they've done it anyway and it breaks your heart but they've done it over you saying don't go that way god will never sin i'll just tell you this god will never send one person to hell you send your own self by not having a relationship with a heavenly father that's the god i serve the zeal of the lord the excitement of the lord our father is a god that gets excited he is a god of rejoicing now i want you to understand our father's nature is to be excited and to rejoice when we get our minds on our heavenly father when we get our minds on our heavenly father it's like it's like some of you parents hearing from a child that you've not heard from in a long time my son called me today my daughter called me today oh bro and i hear that so much or i hear haven't heard from them in a while i wonder if our heavenly father doesn't feel the same way i wonder when we go to him and we come first and foremost i'm not here because i got a flat tire i'm not here because life has fallen apart i'm here because you are my heavenly father i wonder if that doesn't excite the heart of god that god says to one of the angels i heard from my son today i i heard from my daughter today my daughter my daughter talked to me this morning or i wonder if a conversation isn't held in heaven where god says i haven't heard from him in a while i want to make god i want to excite god today the bible tells us if you'll turn if you'll turn to luke chapter 10. verse number 17. luke chapter 10 verse 17 and let's just follow this narrative here and the 70 returned again with joy somebody say joy they came with joy saying lord even the devils are subject unto us through thy name he said unto them i beheld satan as lightning fall from heaven behold i give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you notwithstanding in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven he said if you're going to get excited get excited about something worth being excited over they were excited that the devils were subject to them and the lord says well that's old news because i kicked him out of heaven a long time ago but when you get ready to rejoice when you get ready to get excited don't get excited because the devils are subject but rather get excited because your names are written in heaven you want to rejoice about something today get excited that you're on your road to heaven don't ever forget you're on your road to heaven you want to get excited today get excited that your name is written in the lamb's book of life that's something worth getting excited over he said get excited over that matter of fact the word the word rejoice the word rejoice simply means to get excited it means to cheer it it means to cheer it means that's what it means to cheer have you ever thought about our worship service as being like the cheering that goes on at a ball game you know what are we doing when we're cheering at a ball game what are we doing we're helping the team we're letting the team know we're with you we're letting the team know we're cheering we're cheering with you i wonder if god doesn't look down from heaven when we gather and we begin to sing the songs of zion if god doesn't perceive that that we're cheering and how many knows that a person performs better in a positive atmosphere than in a negative atmosphere it causes you to you to perform better so jesus jesus says you know when you want to cheer don't cheer because of the devils or subject but cheer because your names and that that's what that word rejoice there means to cheer but look at verse 21 in that hour in that hour in other words in that same time frame that there he's he's been telling them to cheer over salvation to cheer over salvation in that hour jesus rejoiced in spirit now it's interesting word here because the greek word for rejoice that jesus did and the greek word for rejoice that they did are two totally different words one word means just to cheer but this word jesus rejoiced in spirit means to jump up and turn around to jump up and turn around now i know we don't have a picture of jesus like that in our minds we have a picture of jesus holding a lamb across his shoulder or a child here or we have you you know most hollywood uh portraits have a a man that's staring out into space you know uh like that but have you ever thought about a jesus that jumps up and spins around that's because we've never thought about our nature of our heavenly father the nature of our heavenly father gets excited the zeal of the lord the zeal the excitement of the lord has performed this in other words he gets excited when you get excited about something that's worth getting excited for he didn't get excited because the devils are subject he just kind of said ah that's old news i kicked him out of heaven in eternity pass but when you want to rejoice because your names are written in the lamb's book of life and then he couldn't let it go by very far until he began to rejoice he ever thought about that he as a matter of fact i could have picked a scripture from zephaniah today you think you're the only one singing the book of zephaniah said god sings over you so it could be brother hammond in the midst of our praising that the heavenly father is singing over us when we're saying i love you lord i really love you have you ever thought about him leaning over the balcony of heaven and saying i love you too i love you too oh there's nothing any more precious than than a child coming and saying dad i love you papa i love you and you know what i don't know just not i don't want my son or daughter and son-in-law when they tell me love you dad love you love you i don't just guess what i say back love you too thanks brother perry i love you too i love you too can we see today and get out of this business that prayer is like the lottery that if you just somehow maybe one day specially hit the lottery god will answer a prayer that's foolishness to serve a god that way serve a god who is your heavenly father get your mind guess what we've done guess what we've done for the last few minutes of moments of this bible lesson i've not addressed your situation i've not addressed your circumstances are they still there sure they are but now i can handle them a whole lot better when i know the nature of my heavenly father i'm not going to always think about me prayer in that hour jesus rejoiced in spirit and said watch it follow this now he rejoiced in spirit and said i thank thee o father lord of heaven and earth that thou hast hid these things from the wise and the prudent and hath revealed them unto babes even so father for so it seemed good in thy sight he just simply says i thank you that these people are hungry enough to be led i thank you that they're not cocky they're not prideful they're not snooty they don't have it all together they don't need me i thank you that you have given me a bunch of babes to lead because one things baby have babies have in common they are hungry they want to be fed they want to grow and jesus says i thank you that i don't have a bunch of know-it-alls i thank you that i don't have a a bunch of uh uh uh you know people that are just sitting trying to figure out if i agree you know what it only matter you don't matter if you agree with god or i agree with god he's still god well i don't know if i agree with that join the long line going the other way you know it's the word of god he says i thank you that you've given me babes i thank you that you've given me babes for so it seemed good in thy sight verse 22 don't don't lose sight of this now all things are delivered to me of my father and no man knoweth who the son is but the father and who the father is but the son and he to whom the son will reveal him now this is a good godhead scripture right here because the father is spirit that is invisible the sun is flesh that is visible we know that jesus is god in the flesh so there's two ways the spirit will reveal who jesus is and jesus will reveal who the father is verse 23 and he turned into his disciples and said privately blessed are the eyes which have seen the things that you see for i tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them you know what we need to be thankful for today what we have seen and what we have heard oh yes amen amen now luke 15 4 remember i ask you to pay close attention to the shoulder of the heavenly father luke 15 4 simply says what man of you having a hundred sheep if he lose one of them doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and goeth after that which is lost until he find it and when he hath found it he layeth it on his shoulders what he layeth it on his shoulders and that he's excited about it because what thrills god is his salvation that he's given he lays it upon his shoulders and he begins to rejoice now we all know we all know that the prodigal is a parable but in the parable there's a meaning here luke 15 and verse 20. remember the prodigal son wasted all of his living got in sin he arose verse 20. he arose the prodigal son came to his father and the whole story is about the whole story is about sinners and the heavenly father he arose and came to his father but when he was yet a great way off his father saw him and had compassion on him and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him now i don't know how to do this other than just try to do it all right i think that when you study the scripture there's meaning that comes out in the scripture of beauty you know every word for example when brother erickson sings a song about isaiah i saw the lord if you read that story you find that as isaiah was standing there that an angel came and laid a coal upon his lips he laid the coat it does not say he touched his lips it says he laid the cold there now it is impossible i'm not i'm not i'm not i'm not really straining it and that and swallowing a camel it is impossible to lay anything on your lips when you're looking this way you could touch my lips with it but the scripture doesn't say he touched his lips it says he laid the coal upon his lips brother dakota the only way that coals can be laid upon the lips of isaiah is for his position to be this way if i'm looking up you can lay something on my lips too many people get in the presence of god and look this way that's why they only get maybe a moment's touch of the spirit i don't want just a moment's touch i want to i want to learn the art of prayer so i can escape circumstances and problems because prayer has never been intended for you to walk in it's not like the car wash you take a dirty car in on one end and walk out with a clean car sometimes i go to the prayer with my problems and i walk out with my problems there's some circumstances that are not erased immediately there's some stains that take repeated prayer prayer prayer prayer prayer staying at it praying praying praying praying god can deliver you from anything if you will consistently pray if you will consistently pray god can bring you out god can give you the strength we'll say if god's not going to do it automatically why pray i'll tell you why i pray because i get power when i pray something happens when i call his name something happens when i begin to call his name i may not get my mountain moved i may just get strength to climb another day i may not get my healing then but i just may get grace to make it another day and that is the privilege of prayer would you put your hands together and give the lord a hand of praise the only way that the heavenly father could fall on that boy's neck was for that boy to be looking down he fell on his neck he fell on his neck you know you can pretty well tell if somebody's repented of their sins by the direction they're looking if they're looking around saying well i might have done this but boy you know this and that when that one done you ain't repented you only sorry you got caught but when you really know that you've wasted your life with foolish living and you've spent all your father had given you in the first place you're getting his presence there's only one place to look but i'm glad when there's only one way to look that there's a heavenly father that saw me a long ways off and he's willing to come and fall on my neck which means i get close to his shoulder if he's falling upon my neck my shoulders that means i fall upon his neck and his shoulder and he's excited he struck up a band he had a party going on my son which was lost is found my son which is dead is alive make music kill the fatty calf bring the robe sounds like an excited god to me you see pardon me if i may have stretched this i don't mean to stretch this i think there's something to it i don't think god ever does anything just to do it and when the day of pentecost was fully come they were all in one accord in one place and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind rushing rushing not a gentle breeze a lot of folks like to have a pentecost that's a gentle breeze that blows across your head and tranquility and all of that but when the holy ghost came he came as a mighty rushing rushing he's in a hurry can i tell you i believe that that's exactly right i believe that god had not lived in the heart of man since the garden of eden and god finally said i've got a mediator set i've got the blood that is shed i've got the prophecy fulfilled i'm just waiting for a certain day to come and when the day of pentecost come i can see god saying get in a hurry and blow in a hurry i've not been in man's heart in a long long time can i tell you god's in a hurry to help you this morning i said god's in a hurry to help you this morning god is in a hurry to be your savior god is in a hurry to be your comforter god is in a hurry he god is in a hurry oh let me finish we'll gather up around the altar here in a moment our father who art in heaven hallowed be your name the word hallowed means to set apart it is to say that there is no one like god he is completely unique he is not a super person or a better person his name hallowed means it represents god's whole character his whole person is set apart the name in bible day stood for far more than it does to us it sums up a person's whole character all that was known or revealed about him and i wrote this down because i hear it sometimes often i hear them say to someone do you know your name tell me what your name is and they'll tell their name and i wrote this down people who know their name but don't know who they are there's a lot of people know their names but what they're struggling with is who they are they don't know who they are but i got news for you it doesn't stop with us there's a lot of people that know the name of jesus but don't know who he is and let me say this if your mind is racing toward water baptism in jesus name we fall so short of only thinking about his name when our sins are remitted he is a lot more than just one who remits our sins we can know his name but do you know him we can know that his name is j-e-s-u-s jesus but do you really know the full character of god have you got beyond just meeting him do you know what he's like the bible tells us in john 21 25 john ends his book in john 21 25 he ends this book and he says and there are also many other things which jesus did the which if they should be written everyone i suppose that not even the world itself could contain the books that should be written so we we we know all the we we know all the all the truth you better watch that one we know the truth to be saved to get to heaven but if everything was written that he did john said the world couldn't even contain the books what a mighty god we serve john said i've been writing about him i've been writing about his signs and you do realize miracles are intended to lead you to a full revelation of who he is well let's let's look at john 20 and verse 30 john chapter 20 and verse number 30. this is the chapter before that listen to this john tells you the reason for the book and many other signs truly did jesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this book but these signs i headed that word these signs are written that you might believe that jesus is the christ the son of god and that believing you might have life through his name our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name john says these are written that you might believe but don't stop but that you might have life you might have life through his name through his character through what he is like my understanding and prayer of who he is gives me life if your drab without spiritual energy find out about him because there is life through his name matthew excuse me mark 16 17 these signs shall follow them that believe in my name shall they cast out devils praise god they shall speak with new tongues they shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover but all of these things happen notice in my name shall they cast out devils in my name shall they speak with new tongues i submit to you that the people of the name need a fresh revelation of the name in that name in that character of jesus when i go to god in prayer church he is our father he's not going to whack me on the head he's not wanting to remind me of my sins i go through life i am not going to go through life with every bad thing happening to me i begin to think yeah that's god getting back at me yeah that's god making me pay my dues yeah the baby got sick that's god getting me back for something i've done foolishness church don't listen to that whisper of hell god is not like that when you repent of your sins he doesn't bring back punishment to your life as that he already took the punishment he died on a calvary's timber he already took that punishment for you walking freedom walking liberty walking life we are the children of the name musicians singers would you come john 1 and 12 but as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of god even to them that believe watcheth now on his name underline that believe on his name colossians 3 17 and whatsoever you do in word or deed do all in the name of the lord jesus giving thanks to god and the father by him on the name in the name the bible speaks about believing on the name the bible speaks about in the name is it saying the same thing i don't believe it is the phrase on the name leans more toward the initial beginning of salvation in the name speaks more of getting to know his nature getting in and into when i believe on him i am coming to him in salvation i am coming to him in the initial salvation on him believe on the name but later i'm not intended to stay on the name i am intended to get in the name i'm intended to find out what does this name mean he's more than a savior he's whatever life demands him to be are you sick he can be a healer are you down he can be a picker-upper are you lost he can be a shining light do you need him he can be a friend at the midnight hour church hear me have you lost your husband he can be a husband did you lose your wife he can be a wife have you buried a child he can be your child whatever you need him to be oh i wish we would really get excited about on him go ahead and stand with me right now acts chapter 2 21 it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the lord shall be saved that's initial salvation jesus help me jesus i need you i'm calling on his name acts chapter 9 verse 14. they say about they say about the christians and here he have authority from the chief priest to bind all that call on that name you know when they the pharisees wanted to stop this apostolic church when sinners started calling on the name stop it in its infancy stop it in its beginning when they call on the name acts 22 16 watch paul being baptized and now while terrorists thou arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins calling on the name of the lord that's initial salvation if i ask everybody to raise their hand that's been baptized in jesus name this morning this place would with the great percentage would say yeah i've been baptized but i'm afraid that if i ask you to raise your hand if you believe in the name i believe it would be kind of hit here there there because a lot have believed on the name but they've not went further in prayer our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name there's not another name like jesus it's not just a name it's a name above every there's not another have enough faith to call his name have enough faith to say jesus i need you you don't need to think it you need to say it you don't need to ponder it you need to say it jesus i need you jesus you said you never leave me no forsake me jesus i've seen you do too much jesus i've seen you bring too many people out jesus i know who you are oh yes something happens when i call that name something happens when i call that name something begins to happen now i'm going to tell you something i'd like to excite your prayer time because prayer time is not just you you there with saying help me help me help me he said when you start to pray say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name i had the most wonderful experience here friday and i'm going to tell you i'm going to tell you it was beautiful i had the most wonderful experience in prayer because i i did what i'm asking you to do this morning i began to pray the word before i ask god about cancer before i asked god about healing people and making a way i just came into his presence and i said our father who art in heaven hallowed be your name and i said these words i said lord you know in matthew 21 and 21 and she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his name jesus for he shall save his people from their sins i said lord your word tells me that your name has got salvation then i said lord i know your word tells me in philippians 2 9 and 11 wherefore god hath also highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name that at the name of jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven of things in earth and things under the earth and that every tongue should confess that jesus christ is lord to the glory of god the father i said lord you know when i mention your name your name not only saves us from sin but your name affects three realms it affects things in heaven it affects things on the earth and it affects things under the earth what do you mean by that when i mention the name of jesus angels have to stand in attention when i mention the name of jesus angels have to say he's singing the song that the moses could not sing but said of things in the earth and i said lord what are you trying to tell me he said i'm trying to tell you about principalities that are in this earth forces that are against you hindrances roadblocks things that are coming against you undescribable pressure that's trying to pressure you down that's principalities and when i say the name of jesus principalities have to begin to back off press oh hallelujah when i say the name of jesus come on let's cheer his name jesus jesus jesus jesus i said all right lord angels have stopped in heaven at the mission of your name principalities on earth have to back off me when i mention your name i said but it says and things under the earth he says those are demonic spirits that i've already put in bondage and in chains the bible tells us that there's a number of devils that have already been bound up and they've already waiting the day of judgment and when i say the name of jesus jesus reaches to the highest heaven jesus reaches to the horizon of the earth and jesus penetrates the lowest hell and causes them to know that name well i prayed that i prayed it oh yes yes i prayed that prayer i read no scripture and then i came to acts 4 and 12 and i said father your word tells me that neither is there salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved i shut my book i was walking back and forth pacing the altar and it was like i heard the gentle voice sister rondell the lord say it's nothing new it's nothing new you know what what do you mean it's nothing new he said they've been doing this for a long time turn to genesis 4 26 sin hadn't been been around very long until the bible says in genesis 4 26 and to say to him also that was born a son and he called his name enos then begin men to call on the name of the lord we've got a curse we've been expelled from the garden things are going haywire but a group of men got together and they said let's call on the name of the lord let's call on the name of the lord hey he said it's nothing new and then i turn my bibles to proverbs 18 and 10 and it simply says the name of the lord is a strong tower and the righteous run into it and are saying i'm not trying to hype you up i'm not trying to sell you a gimmick today i'm trying to tell you 2022 is going to be filled with victory 2022 is going to be filled with joy 20 22. one more verse and i'm done first samuel 17 45 the odds are against david david's a young stripling goliath is a man of war trash talk upon trash talk what i'm gonna do to you i'm gonna get you this year you ain't no christian i'm gonna destroy you this year i got you boy he ain't coming back to church trash talk trash talk trash talk david said these words then said david to the philistine thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield but i come to thee in the name of the lord of hosts the god of the armies of israel whom you have defiled are you tired of trash talk this morning why don't you come up around the altar and begin to call out on that name i believe salvation can happen i believe deliverance can happen something happens when i call your name something happens when i call your name do you believe it enough to do it do you believe it enough to push out of your pew get down around the altar jesus jesus jesus jesus something happens when i call that name something happens when i call that name that wall it had to fall down believe it believe it release the sound release jesus was buried is of is jesus the name is jesus is let's pray right now let's pray right now father in the name of jesus you're a god of salvation not on the name do i pray but in the name i pray you're not willing that any would perish but that all would come to repentance father deal with every man woman boy and girl in this room are watching online deal with them god touch their heart lord god i pray that you would touch the prodigal oh god i pray today lord you you don't want us to be lost i pray in the name of jesus oh searching shepherd oh searching shepherd i pray today lord i pray for healing god in the name of jesus in the name of jesus i pray for healing lord i pray that you would touch your people this morning lord i pray for your people in jesus name right now i pray for healing in jesus name oh let there be healing in jesus name i pray lord for those that need healed in their mind i pray god for those that need healing over depression and they need healing over oppression i pray for those god that have mental disorders in the name of jesus i pray today in the name of jesus i pray father i pray this morning lord i pray that we will go from this place and take into our daily prayer lives hallowed be thy name lord we will take into our prayer lives what a mighty god and a loving god and a merciful god and a kind god and a forgiving god that you are lord keep your hands upon us today bring us back tonight at six o'clock lord ready to worship you o kind savior ready to magnify you o loving lord ready lord to make a joyful noise to our king lord keep your hands upon us today and again father oh god touch brother mike and joyce wilson again father oh god remember our good brothers and sisters in the wake of this tornado god bind this church together and hell cannot separate us in jesus name i pray in jesus name would you say it with me in jesus name god bless you shake hands hug next you're dismissed in jesus name