What Do You See, APC? - Pastor Brad DeLong

got a text my father-in-law this week had a procedure on his eyes this is a testimony in and of itself I'll read it Jim it says seeing great this morning exclamation point praise the Lord I thank the Lord for what he's done in your life but I'm also thinking that's the testimony of every person in this room that has Faith you're seeing great this morning I know what you might be looking at could discourage you but some of you are choosing to look beyond all of that into a God who can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we would ask or thing according to the power that works with it

I think you're seeing just fine and if maybe you needed an adjustment that's why we're here I believe that the god of Glory is here and he's here to elevate your faith and here to strengthen you to come alongside you just as his word said he would do a moment ago through that message in tongues he's come with peace he's come with strength he's come with help today for you and for that person next to you on your Pew I feel a directive from the Holy Ghost for this service and the remainder of it thank you music team and worship team for leading us and being sensitive to the Holy

Ghost we need one of another thankful that the Lord has ordered this service today and I want to say thanks to every guest who's joined us at Apostolic Pentecostal church we are so thrilled that you are here that you get to experience this wonderful powerful presence of God I'm thankful we don't have a monopoly on this but I'm so thankful that the Lord meets with us every single week yeah to the point where we got to cut things out of our service just because we want to follow the Holy Ghost and that's what we're doing this morning celebrate with every life changed here of late we're going to continue to

celebrate we've got certificates that we're printing up and all 16 that were filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost a few weeks ago and four baptized in Jesus name we've got several others that are going to be filled with God's spirit and baptize in his name so you're seeing with your very eyes that God can do the miraculous and we're going to see it all the more I believe that we are going to continue to see the Lord move and work as we trust in him and put our faith in him and that is the premise of our text today from Hebrews chapter 11 it says now Faith is

the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen some of you are holding evidence maybe not in your hands right now but you're seeing it through your faith for by that Faith the elders obtained a good testimony and by faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible how many you know there are things that you're not seeing Faith enables you to see those things that are not yet realized Faith empowers us to see what we couldn't previously see and to see things that God wants us to see this

was the case in Mark chapter 8 man blind blind man of Betha just a few verses before this account disciples are struggling with their faith with seeing what the Lord's trying to get them to see and believe so it's no coincidence that right after this account that struggle with their faith that the Lord takes the hand of a blind man and leads him out of town verse 23 says he takes him leads him out of the town and when he had Spit on His Eyes what sometimes the Lord has to do some drastic things to get us to see and he put his hands on him he asked him if

he saw anything what do you see he looked up and said I see men like trees walking they they're blurry Jesus put his hand on his eyes again and he made him look up and he was restored and saw everyone clearly disciples are struggling with their faith and vision Jesus correct acts the vision of a man battling blindness and in an ironic but intentional way that man can now see clearly why the disciples were at least partially in the dark this morning I feel the Lord correcting and amending our vision and Faith there is such Faith here it's palpable I want to preach today from this title on question what

do you see APC what do you see do you see prodigals coming home do you see bodies and sicknesses healed and cured do you see your neighbors and friends and others saved and changed what do you see I'm going to ask for you to join me in prayer that the Lord would help us to fully open our eyes maybe like that man blind in Mark 8 we're just seeing a picture a blurry picture but I believe the Lord wants us to fully see what he can do and what he wants to do would you lift your hands and pray with me right now oh God I admit to you Lord

my vision at times is blurry and I don't see everything you do but today I invite you to help open my eyes and lift my eyes of Faith to see something new and something miraculous or maybe just to see the thing you've been trying to get me to see for so long but I have been blinded by other things and other distractions and and other discouragements Lord I pray that you would open my eyes just as we sang about in two separate songs today that you would help me to see what you can do and what it is you're trying to get me to see today in the name of

Jesus we pray amen and you may be seated we were at missions conference a few weeks ago and if you were there you may notice the parallels between my title today and the message that we heard from Brother pus if you didn't get a chance to be there I encourage you to go back and listen to it it was powerful but his title was keeping the c s in APC and he reminded us of our need to see others and and to see beyond our circumstances and even beyond our local needs in setting he and the Lord helped us to adjust our vision to look up to see the fields

which are right for Harvest that we need to look Beyond ourselves and see and we need to look beyond our own resources sister and see what the Lord can do and just to give you some insight into the mind of a preacher and a pastor at least this mind which can be a scary place I will disclose to you that before coming to that service that day I had a feeling that the Lord was going to use the message in in the service to help me to know what to preach last Sunday which if you were here last Sunday you can go back and watch uh the Holy Ghost mood

and uh I didn't end up preaching that sermon but this doesn't always happen like this uh uh it doesn't always happen that I I uh that's my process but in this particular Sunday I knew that I needed greater Clarity I wasn't seeing the full picture in fact I had already written the the tenative the the working title for today's message about faith and and seeing what the Lord wanted us to see in my iPad just a few weeks before but the petress sent me the title of his message and when I read that title I thought maybe the Lord's trying to say something he already knew it just took me

a while to catch up took me a couple weeks to realize maybe God's trying to speak something to this church family you see for the past several weeks and months I believe the Lord has been shaping and elevating and expanding our faith and our vision especially after some of the the severe testing that our faith has endured it's no secret that our faith has been tried extensively of late we've weathered test after test and trial after trial and funeral after funeral just as the people of God were always accustomed to experience it truthfully this is inherent within the fibers and nature of genuine and biblical Faith one look at scripture

and the Hall of Faith would tell you that we are in good company today if your faith is being tested if you're facing tests and storms and sickness you may just be Apostolic you you may just stand with the likes of Paul and Peter and James and John in fact a man by the name of Arian roders once said this he said a faith that hasn't been tested cannot be trusted a faith that hasn't been tested is a faith that cannot be trusted it just comes with the territory that Faith faces trials and trials often induce our faith these are Apostolic Hallmarks of faith our text in Hebrew 11 spells

this out it says now Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of Things Not Seen for by it the elders obtain a good testimony what Elders the ones that are going to be listed what did they obtain how did they obtain that good testimony it was by faith was their faith in a vacuum with no trials and uncertainty and pain and struggle no no let me encourage you today one look at the rest of the chapter would tell you these were the same ones who through faith subdued kingdoms they saw some things they worked righteousness they obtained promises they stopped the mouths of lions they quenched the

violence of fire they escaped the edge of the sword out of weakness were made strong they became Valiant in battle they turned to flight the armies of the aliens women received their dead raised to life again and we celebrate and wow that's exceptional but verse 35 says others were tortured not accepting Deliverance that they might have attain a better Resurrection still others had trial of mockings and scorings yes and of chains and imprisonment they were stoned they were swn in Two they were tempted slain with the sword they wandered about in sheep skins and goat skins they were destitute Afflicted tormented of whom the world was not worthy they wandered

in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth they all obtained a good testimony and they did it through the combination of both faith and trial belief and pain trust and Temptation resolve and storms Faith rarely if ever exists in a vacuum without pain and without struggle Faith usually stands its most Resolute in the middle of these so we're in good company today and I have felt the word and the power of the hand of the Lord of late spurring on our faith and correcting our vision like the man in Mark 8 refining our Focus strengthening our resol both personally and corporately I felt the Lord stirring my

in our faith of late as well as adjusting our eyes and vision of faith and future as well another clear indicator of this as well as a wonderful uh picture of this happened just a few weeks ago today in our Spanish service that afternoon for those who haven't heard there's a young lady that attends our Spanish church with her family her name is [name redacted] deeon it's a beautiful young lady with a beautiful name she turned 10 weeks old a few weeks ago and she has dealt with an issue in her right eye since she was three years old in fact I'm told that her family came to the United States

looking for treatment for this condition in that uh condition called toxoplasmosis some of our medical professionals may know what that is and they moved from Guatemala to here for treatment and they were told in December he said that her condition is so sever that's spreading to her left eye in a few years she's not going to be able to see she's going to lose her sight so she faced the possibility of blindness and even stroke and other serious ailments as well she even had to wear special glasses in order to keep her her her help her eye see as much as possible and if you look at her picture right

now on our database in elant you can see that right eye that it doesn't stay fixed and straight but it's it often wanders from side to side and all of this this was going on until three weeks ago when Miss [name redacted] got a Clear Vision of what God can do and she just got a hold of the substance of things hoped for they were in service that day and she told her mom in the middle of that service that she wanted to be healed that day that she believed that God would heal her eyes of this ailment she had faith and they came to this Alt and they laid hands

on this precious 10-year-old life and they prayed and [name redacted] described she said it was almost like a popping sensation in her eye and I quote what she said someone moved my eye you know the rest she opened that eye and it was looking straight and she took those glasses off the ones that she can no longer wear because her vision has been completely corrected in do you see what our God is capable of do you see what our God can do he can do anything I wonder if anyone else's faith is being adjusted right now are you seeing a little more clearly what our god Jehovah Gyra Our God the

almighty what he can do I wonder if someone that's battling sickness or storm or struggle it's just experiencing a surge of Faith right now in your heart and if you are I believe it's because like [name redacted] the Lord's trying to correct and amend our vision and eyes of Faith he's reminding us once again he really is on the throne he is he's not just on the throne for someone else and not on the throne God can heal you he can he can touch your heart in life as as sure as he healed that that man and assur as he's healed [name redacted] and assur as he's healed individuals God is able

to do anything he really is able he really can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we would ask or that's just what this book says I'll preach to you what this says he really can save he really can heal he can restore lives and hearts and families he can fulfill everything this book says he can do he really is the author the Pioneer The Finisher the perfector of our faith and I believe he's been amending and spurring and correcting our faith in recent days and weeks and months those disciples struggled with their faith they had literally been walking with Jesus and watching him heal individuals and cast out demons and

they're still wrestling and struggling Mark 8 and I believe that just like them the Lord has taken us by the hand of late he's walked alongside us he's begun a work in us he's attempting to help us truly see and I know he was frustrated at times with their lack of faith how can you not you've been in this you've seen me what I can do and I believe that the Lord is continuing to perfect our faith while the disciples are arguing over bread when Jesus had just sped 5,000 and Peter's missing the mark on his upcoming crucifixion Jesus Takes a man at Blind by the hand and he spits

in his eyes and says you see anything what do you see he's been asking me this of late church what do you see Pastor what are you really looking at are you looking at Jesus the author and finisher of your faith or are you looking solely at pain and struggle and strong where is your vision and your faith placed is it placed more in yourself and in your resources and in your plan or even in your adversary than it is your god and king or you looking to him with great anticipation weak in and weak out wondering what has he got for us next where's he leading us next as

he takes us by the hand and leads us on the blind man answers Jesus he looked up and said I see men like trees walking then Jesus put his hands on his eyes again and he made him look up he made him look up some of us see but we don't see clearly just like Paul said through a glass Darkly and the Lord is trying to correct our vision he made him look I don't know if he took him by the chin I don't know if he put his had his hands on his eyes I don't that kind of hurt me but anyone else feel like the Lord maybe coming

along maybe gently or maybe just a little more forcefully and grabbing your chin and saying look up you have been fixated on this for too long look up and see me again look up and see the field again look up and see me working again in the substance of things hoped for again and and along with him raising our our eyes of faith I hear his voice saying from First Corinthians watch Stand Fast in the faith be brave be strong let all that you do be done in love or maybe he speaks to you from Proverbs 3 and 5 trust in the Lord with all your heart we quote it

my kids have been quoting it h but if if I could just really live it trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and all the forums and all the things you bread and all the all the other opinions don't lean on it lean on his understanding and all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path or maybe it's from first John 5 whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and everyone who loves him who begot also loves him who's begotten of him the others around Us by this we know that we love the children of God

when we love God and keep his Commandments for this is the love of God that we keep his Commandments his Commandments are not burdensome for whatever is born of God overcomes the world that's your inheritance if you're born of God you overcome the world and this is the victory that has overcome the world our faith who is He Who overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God so look up watch Stand Fast in the faith and in the truth be brave be strong let the eyes of your faith see again believe in him again lay aside every weight in the sin that easily ins

snares us and run with patience the race that's set before us looking unto Jesus the author and the finisher of our Fai what do you see APC do you see storm and Si Ness and trial only are you fixated on pain and heartache only are you stuck in a rut of hopelessness Paralyzed by pain and Agony or is your faith telling you that something is coming that Victory is still assured in it's promise have you given up on that prayer did you stop praying it all together that dream that Vision that calling that relationship or is there something in you that can still see it albe it through a little

bit of rubble and Brokenness and discomfort are the sufferings of this present life your lot in Life or are they truly working for you a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory what do you see APC can you see Jesus in all of this can you see victory at the end of this can you see hope despite this what do you see and while you consider that and ponder that let me let me tell you what I see is that okay let me tell you what I have seen through the lens of faith I see a church that's a fruitful Vine whose Leaf shall not wither and whatever she

does shall prosper I see a strong Church a Victorious Church an overcoming Church full of faithful Elders committed parents Apostolic singles and young adults being used in their giftings biblically centered and grounded youth trained and educated children and students an army of worshippers every Sunday I don't know if I'm going to preach Any Given Sunday that's what I see a people committed to sacrifice and unity at all costs of Faith filled and battled yet Victorious People I see that we are pressed on every side yet not crushed we are perplexed but not in despair we are persecuted but not forsaken struck down but not destroyed always carrying about in the

body the dying of the Lord Jesus yes that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body I see some that are struggling and battling sickness and cancer and disease but they're still full of faith I got a text from one of them standing over there about 20 minutes ago he sent me a text from Jeremiah chapter 30 that reads this I will restore you and to health and heal your wounds decare the Lord that's from someone battling sickness and disease in his body I see some that's all they can do to get to the house of God but they come and they worship and they seek after God

anyway I see others that may be low in their hearts and spirits and it may be all they can do but they rise to their feet and they encourage others anyway I see the bride of Christ and all her beauty rising to meet the day and the challenge and the call has been placed squarely on this Church's shoulders the call to be more like Christ the call to be healthy and growing and full of love the call to reach our field and neighbors and others the call to see a thriving Apostolic work in every Community including this one time and time again I see people who have weathered the worst

of what life has to offer but are still showing up still sacrificing still growing still reaching still being equipped for the work of ministry and contributing to the needs of the body you wonder why I got fake today and why I've been so excited despite all we've faced and gone through I see a church and I see the head of that church who is seated far above any principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in this age but also in that which is to come oh the one whose name is above every name and at whose name every knee will bow and

every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord I see a church church and I see the head of that church whose name is Jesus who can do all things for with him nothing shall be impossible I'm seeing a little clearly a little more clear this morning the one who causes us to Triumph in his name and the one in whom our strength is found what do you see what do you see I see our future when that's in the hands of the head of this church I see thriving Apostolic families and youth and homes and marriages I see us connecting with God and others I see us realizing our

core values of Love truth growth connection and Mission I see us connecting with growing and serving others I see us reaching our city and I wonder if someone would just align your faith with me right now and agree with me we're going to reach our city our field our neighbors and others I see us reaching the B in community and play in churches we're going to reach the broken we're going to reach the lost we're going to see them Changed by the power of God we're going to plant churches and communities that need hope and help we're going to see prodigal come home they answer to years and years of

prayer precious wonderful people that the Lord's going to see return burn I see Victory I see Triumph I see us taking dominion and territory in the name of Jesus I see others friends co-workers children unsaved loved ones being filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost baptized in Jesus name I see ter viw Apartments literally right now I can see them any of these months with without the leaves I can see them every Sunday see ter you being reached by the gospel a couple weeks ago I was up on my roof taking down the Christmas lights that should have come down a month earlier I was listening to a message

by Brother sha talking about being led by the spirit of God if you would have driven by you thought there's our crazy Pastor on the roof he's pacing up there what's he doing truth is the Holy Ghost came over me standing up on top that roof looking over those apartments and my neighbors and others oh I just started proclaiming what God was going to do I don't know how he's going to do all of it I want to be a part of it I know that I'm not just going to leave it to somebody else but I just started speaking Lord we're going to reach them ah you're going to

open the door oh we're going to see those precious kids in our children's programs learning the word of God learning the word of Truth oh they're going to be changed and filled with the power of the spirit of God oh we're going to see the light shine in darkness I see it shall come to pass in the last day says God that I'll pour out my spirit on All Flesh your sons and your daughters shall prophesy your young men shall see Visions your old men shall dream dreams and on my men servants and made servants I'll pour out my spirit in those days and they shall prophesy I know it

might be difficult my eyes may take some adjusting but my faith has me believing that this church is going to be victorious just like this book says it will be now hear me I want to address this like many of you I am admittedly needing to look past some present trials and circumstances in order to see all of this understand like many in the room I'm having to look through my share and our share of present storms and pain and heartache sure so this is not pie in the sky and this is not undo optimism there's some scorched Earth that we have to look past and we see that clearly

with our natural eyes sometimes we see it more than we see anything else and I acknowledge the difficulty and the challenge that lies ahead of us but this is the very nature of faith those Heroes of Hebrews 11 had to look through and beyond their share of Sorrows and anguish in order to see the Promise the same one many of them never saw this side of Eternity I quote one of them earlier who said for for our light Affliction which is but for a moment is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory while we do not look at the things which are seen but the

things which are not seen but the things which are seen are temporary he acknowledges them they're there oh it's real Faith doesn't say that's not real we're just going to act like it doesn't exist and that pain and that suffering that doesn't exist no faith says it's there it's there it's temporary for the things which are seen are temporary but the things which are not seen are Eternal you are looking at something temporary oh and I know it it's not pretty I realize that but it is temporary it is there will be an eternal weight of glory after this temporary weight of sorrow and grief faith is acknowledging the reality

that's in front of you but also acknowledging that these things are temporal and those other things are Eternal that there will be an ultimate and assured Victory and I can stand alongside the Apostle Paul and see that Victory right now and in those moments when my faith is wavering I pray along the lines of the prayer in Mark 9 one chapter after our text by a desperate father where he says I believe Lord but help my unbelief truth be told I had had one of those moments just the other day oh yeah we all have them sitting at the house I called on the Lord for his help his assurance

and his strength he answered me that day like he did that desperate dad that day in my case I believe the Lord spoke a word and a message into my heart one that increased my faith and one that I believe is for this church family it's from hag chapter 2 the Lord speaks to his people and to APC today and in this chapter the people are struggling to rebuild and and to do uh what the word of the Lord had called them to do they're discouraged over the state of the temple the the landscape they're just looking at scorched Earth they're looking at Rubble what used to be something so

beautiful and the Lord speaks to them he grabs them by the chin so to speak and he lifts their eyes and this is what he says in verse one in the seventh month on the 21st of the month the word of the Lord came by Hagi the prophet saying speak now to zerubabel the son of Shield to governor of Judah and Joshua the son of jehos the high priest and to the remnant of the people saying who's left among you who saw this temple in its former glory notice what they were looking at they're looking at the rubble and the Lord says I know what you're looking at speak to

him he asked him who saw it when it was in his former glory and how do you see it now what do you see in comparison with it is this not in your eyes is nothing nothing he acknowledges this is bad y'all this is rough you had a beautiful Temple it was the Envy of the earth and now you're just looking at Rubble it looks like nothing doesn't it but then he turns yet now be strong be strong Joshua son of jehos be strong all you people the land says the Lord and work for I Am with You says the Lord of host oh we could just get that according

to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt so my spirit remains among you do not fear I walked in that door this morning I knew what I was planning to preach and I got about three steps before it felt like I hit a wall of the glory of God I couldn't move any further felt the glory of God and I felt the Lord just speak to me in that moment and say I will build my my church his spirit is with you you've got everything you need for thus says the Lord of hosts once more it's a little while I will shake heaven and

earth the sea and dry land I will shake All Nations they shall come to the desire of all Nations and I will fill this temple with Glory says the Lord of host the silver is mine the Gold is mine says the Lord of hosts the glory of this latter Temple Temple shall be greater than the former says the Lord of hosts and in this place I will give peace says the Lord I wonder if you believe that if you just lift your hands and thank the Lord in anticipation of it would you let your faith push some praise forward right now Jesus we're believing Lord H that the the this

Glory that we're going to see is going to be greater than what we've already seen oh God we believe that you're with us we believe that you're going to to give peace we believe that we can do the work that you've set in front of us because you are helping us we believe it Jesus You're Going To Give Peace full disclosure the Lord told me to read that passage three times that morning till I fully believed it like Miss [name redacted] I can feel the Lord doing something with my vision of late he's coming along and gently lift liting our eyes beyond the temporal and on to some things that are

Eternal he's adjusting our eyes so I ask you again what do you see APC Physicians you can come let me ask you what's the Lord showing You Through The Eyes of your faith what is that thing hoped for the thing not yet seen except through the lens of your Resolute Faith what do you see for your future and does God have a say in it what's he showing you about your marriage your ministry your relationships your dreams your desires what does that calling look like down the road and is your faith big enough to see it realize does your faith give God enough room to see it accomplish are you

battling unbelief what do you see about your neighbors Fielding others they're not here right now but I can see my neighbors right here I can see them sitting around my table as we open the word of Truth can you see him sitting in your home being filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost there that's how they did it in the book of Acts do you see a conversation out on the driveway that turns into a time of prayer do you see a connect group in your home with people you don't even know friends of friends what do you see what do you see for your family in your home

Hebrews 11:7 by faith Noah being divinely warn of things not yet seen someday we're going to see him you can't see him yet not as he will be when he comes for us but I implore you to believe and let your eyes of face see Jesus coming he prepared an ark day after after day and year they say 75 years potentially he saw something and he got to act he got T work do you see that the Lord's coming soon do you see your family and home need to be ready do you see your family praying together worshiping together believing together growing together do you see that prophecy of Joel

about our sons and daughters prophesying do you see it in happening in places is beyond these precious walls and Beyond Children's Service what if they prophesied in your home what if they prophesied on the way to school over a community or a neighborhood or over your do you see your home and family and marriage being the means through which God blesses the Earth and draws lost neighbors and families back to himself what does your faith show you about your family the first church God ever instituted the only one that your community may ever witness do you see yourself in your home healthy and growing and full of love and lastly

what do you see when you pray Jesus said this in Mark 11 Jesus answered and said to them have faith in God for surely I say to you whoever says to this mountain be removed and cast into the sea and does not doubt in his heart but believes that those things he says will be done he will have what whatever he says these are not my words these are Jesus's therefore I say to you whatever things you ask when you pray believe that you will receive them and you will have them a few weeks ago a 10-year-old and at least 16 other people walked into this room with faith on

one Sunday and they all walked out with their lives changed what is your faith telling you can happen today when you pray again are you getting a clear picture or maybe has your faith waned or grown callous or en napped over seemingly endless prayers and trips to the altar someone let me ask you someone that's prayed for something for over 40 years would you lift your hand right now anybody prayed for something for over 40 years all right now let me ask you anyone pray for something for around the same time maybe I'll just say decades you prayed at least a decade for something and never saw it but eventually

the Lord answered it anybody how long did you pray for Aunt Sherry dad 45 25 years and she calls him one day and said I was refilled with the Holy Ghost how long have you prayed and is your Faith telling you you can pray again will you go to the altar again try again like Jesus did with the man of best are you seeing clearly enough yet or are you still focused and fixated on the sufferings of this present time which are not worthy to be compared to the glory that will be revealed in us what do you see if you believe that God can do anything and you believe

your faith is causing you to want to respond I wonder if you'd stand right now and I'm going to give you some instructions we're going to take the Lord's word take him at his word today if that's all right Church we're going to speak some things that are not yet seen as though they are and we're going to exercise our faith and declare Victory this morning even if we don't yet see it with our natural eye we're going to speak to some mountains in the name of Jesus and we're going to see them remove I don't know why God chooses to use our voice to move mountains really he's doing

the moving but for whatever reason he invites us into the equation you speak you say it of course God gets the glory and we speak it in his name but we're going to adjust our vision and look up and we're going to stand fast in the faith we're going to claim things hoped for with the evidence of things things not yet seen our faith here's what we're going to do we're going to come to this altar in just a moment and we're going to speak words of Faith like the apostolic church has been doing since its beginning since men like Peter looked at the lame man and said rise up

and walk we're going to speak some things in faith this is a Hallmark of the people of God a people called to raise their voice and speak to mountains in faith an unscripted example of this share with you about 10 days ago on a Wednesday afternoon I left the building you could call it the the warm air it was nice outside you could call it craziness I just call it faith I got on that sidewalk outside the office and something came over me I just started walking this building all the way around the perimeter speaking things in faith if you would have driven by then just like when I was

on my roof you would have said there's our crazy pastor she crazy enough to believe I started saying things like we're not going to lose we're going to win we're going to overcome we're going to be victorious we're going to reach all these neighbors and we're not going to quit until we see them or we see him oh we're not dying here we're not going to stop praying and believing and reaching I just I feel the I think I walked it three times two or three times the air was nice and the faith was flowing just calling things like we're going to see families that are healthy and growing and

full of love we're going to see churches planted and communities that we never dreamed of we're going to see people that were so far gone get a revelation of the name of Jesus oh we're going to see things ah that go that exceed our wildest expectations and you're going to see them in your life and your family so here's what I want you to do if you believe and there you're getting a vision of faith I wonder if you just take the hand of a friend or a neighbor or a spouse someone nearby and walk to this Altar and just start proclaiming some things in faith I'm looking for some

people that got faith to lead the way right now you believe that the word of God is true you believe that the Lord can do something in your life in your community and your faith if you've got a mustard seed of faith I wonder if you step out of where you are and come and exclaim it might seem foreign but you start exclaiming oh we're going to see Health in our home we're going to see a body healed of sickness and cancer and disease why don't you just start quoting some scripture oh that whatever we ask in faith believing we shall receive and we'll say into this mountain be thou

removed and be thou cast into the sea and it shall be done I wonder if someone that knows the the word of Truth would just start proclaiming the things of God maybe you don't have anything specific maybe you just want to start claiming Victory now thanks be to God who always gives us the victory would you claim the promises of God oh Jesus we claim it for our families we claim it for our communities we claiming Lord over sickness that you are a Healer inness that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess and we believe they're going to confess before they ever see you Lord you're going to

give your church Victory you're going to give your people Victory are you are the provider and you will provide you're going to heal hearts and minds of ailment oh God we proclaim the truth of the word of God yes my God that is who you are oh we claim it we claim it are moving in our I worship you I worship you you are here working in this place I worship you I worship you maker Mir worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are way maker mirle work promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are way maker Miracle Worker

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God that is who you are work promise keep light in the darkness my God that is who you are you are here will begin our I worship you yes I worship you you are here working in this place I worship you I worship we Mir work promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are way make mirle work promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are I want to pray specific specifically right now for any persons that are struggling with unbelief I freely admitted I had to read that passage three times and I've read it multiple times since we all do

and really that man in Mark 9 the Lord was helping him correcting him but he probably epitomizes many of us so I'd like us to pray today if you're just battling some unbelief some doubt I hope you know by now and if you're first time here you've only been this is a safe environment a safe place where even the pastor can have unbelief yeah so if you want to need the Lord's help he asked the Lord help my unbel help me help me so we're praying a violent scriptural prayer right now if you're battling that would you just just raise your hand right now and say you know what I

need the Lord's help I need the Lord's help again we don't ever do this to embarrass or out anybody but when a brother or sister walks up and says you know what I believe and my faith is our faith isn't running at level 10 every single day but when you got a brother or sister that agrees with you and links up with you and says I'm going to believe with you and we're going to see God do it that's why we do this so lift your hand again if you're just battling some doubt some unbelief and I'm going to ask the church to go right now and agree with these

wonderful people would you if someone's got their hand up we've got multiple in the building that need the Lord's help would you go and pray alongside them Jesus I hear your word Lord and that man was looking at you face to face and still battling unbelief so it stands to reason even when I don't feel it you're working you never stop you never stop woring you never stop you never stop woring even when don't see you're work even when I don't feel you're working you never stop you never stop working even when don't see you're work even when I don't feel you're working never stop you never stop working you

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would you praise him for who he is right now Jesus We Praise You Lord hallelujah hallelujah oh we praise you we praise you Jesus we praise you Jesus thank you Jesus anyone else feel Faith in the room and that faith is so well founded some described it as the currency of the Kingdom so we left out of here in Victory last week we're going to leave in Victory again this week and we're going to add it to it our faith I'm going to encourage you to exercise that faith that you should you can exercise this week but also exercise your faith this week if you know someone that's got a

need hey let's pray right now Peter didn't wait till they got in the temple said right let's let's pick you up and take you in there and then we'll pray no right then and there so exercise your faith this week and believe that God is able