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Sunday Evening Worship & Word! | Special Guest Rev. James Wilson!

July 24, 2022 · First Apostolic Church of Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)

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The end of bad days: the text

  • He jokes that they keep bringing him back and that he likes this church a lot, then turns to his text: Esther chapter 8, beginning at verse 15, read aloud — Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, with a great crown of gold, and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
  • The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour; in every province and every city the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day, and many of the people of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
  • His title: 'The End of Bad Days' — God is in the business of taking the bad days and making them good days, and taking what the enemy meant for evil and turning it around for our good.

Scriptures: Esther 8:15-17

Bad days, and the worst day

  • Growing up homeschooled by a mother he calls a super mom, he learned to read early; of all his childhood books, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was the one that perplexed him.
  • Sometimes living for the Lord includes bad days — tears, pain and disappointment — but he would rather have a bad day in the house of the Lord, with shelter from the rain, than a bad day somewhere else; it rains on the just and the unjust alike.
  • The bad day behind all bad days is the day humanity was first separated from God, when sin and death began to reign over the whole human race.

Mordecai at the king's gate

  • Esther 5:9 is read: Haman went forth that day joyful and with a glad heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
  • When the people of God are having a bad day the enemy is having a good day; what turns the enemy's day bad is a child of God who still comes to the king's gate with thanksgiving and praise in the midst of what he is going through.
  • Haman refrained himself only to devise a plan, and built gallows for Mordecai — but the same gallows Haman himself hangs on, for no weapon formed against God's people will prosper.

Scriptures: Esther 5:9

A greater word

  • Haman dead, the death law still hung over the Jews: under Persian law a king could not reverse a law sealed with his signet ring — but he could speak a greater word over a person, and the first word would be null and void.
  • Esther's petition is rehearsed: if it please the king, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman to destroy the Jews in all the king's provinces — and the king spoke the better word.
  • The posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; those who really believe the king's decree are pressed in their spirits to tell everybody about it.
  • Hebrews 12:24 names our greater word: Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel — Abel's blood displayed man's condition; the blood of Jesus speaks hope to every murderer, adulterer, liar and cheater.

Scriptures: Esther 8:5; Esther 8:14; Hebrews 12:24

Joy, gladness — and harvest

  • Wherever the better word was heard there was light, joy, gladness and honour; people who truly understand what God has done cannot hang their heads in depression.
  • The byproduct of the people's good day is harvest: when the church gets excited about what God has done, people look and say, I want what they have.
  • He turns the room into one great altar: repent, be cleansed, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance — you do not beg for a gift; you open it and accept it.

Scripture index: Esther 8:15-17; Esther 5:9; Esther 8:5; Esther 8:14; Hebrews 12:24.

Transcript

well praise the Lord everybody amen well I like I said I guess they're a little bit crazy they keep bringing me back so I don't I don't know but I like it I like this church a lot this is an amazing Church aren't you thankful for an amazing body of Believers that you can worship god with amen we're excited about all that God has done and all that God is going to do why don't you turn in your Bibles to Esther I believe it is chapter number six let me make sure on that is Esther chapter number eight Esther chapter eight we'll begin reading at verse number 15. Esther 8. 15 let me say again what an honor it is to be here and honor bishop and sister McCool Pastor Mark McCool sister Jamie McCool the whitleys and then brother Kelly our brother Kelly sister Kelly whoa sister where's she at you have to forgive me where is she at I'm I might be in trouble right now amen we've we've done six six camp meetings and six camps in the last seven weeks so a little bit of brain fogger sister Kelly brother Anthony amen and I have moths in my ears so that's there's that um I told you I'm probably like five percent off so you just have to forgive me just moths amen but I honor them so great to be in the house of the Lord honor them and their leadership and I'm just so thankful for people of God that you can feel comfortable around that love God love the people of God I know you guys know this but these people they really do love you they pray for you they're passionate about serving the lord and serving you and there's nothing better than having leadership that does that I think they all I think they deserve a little hand clap of appreciation [Applause] Esther chapter number eight beginning at verse 15. the Bible says and Mordecai went out from the presence of the king and Royal apparel of blue and white with a great crown of gold and with a garment of fine linen and purple and the City of shushan rejoiced and was glad the Jews had light someone say light and glad that someone say gladness and joy someone say Joy and honor in every Province and in every city withersoever the king's commandment and his decree came the Jews had joy and gladness a feast and a good day and many of the people of the land became Jews for the fear of the Jews fell upon them amen I would like to preach with the help of the Holy Ghost on this title the end of bad days the end of bad days I want you to tell somebody it's it's the end of bad days for you I believe that God is in the business of taking the bad days and making them good days I believe God is in the business of taking what the enemy meant for evil and turning it around for our good is there anybody that can testify of that the devil tried to take me out tried to destroy me tried to destroy my life but God turned it around from my amen one more time clap your hands and give the Lord Praise in this room the end of bad days you may be seated growing up I would I had a I had a mom who was a super mom and uh what I mean by that is this my mom homeschooled five kids at once now anybody that homeschools five kids and one of them happens to be named James Wilson amen she is a super mom because we were not always the easiest to handle we weren't always the easiest to work with but my mom she was incredible just the incredible lady of prayer and was very intentional about our education and about how she raised us and before we got to kindergarten age even my mom had already started to work with us and my sister Lauren and I were the two oldest we had already started to read and so very early on I I learned how to read and uh just enjoyed reading because obviously when you read you can you can discover things it takes you to this place that otherwise you would not be and I remember some of my favorite children's books growing up uh uh were were books that that I can still remember today there's a book uh about a little monkey Curious George anybody know Curious George they still read that book I know that book has been around for a while okay or how about Arthur the I remember Arthur is I don't know if he's a he was some type of animal I don't remember a hedgehog or some Aardvark that's right and Aardvark okay see we've got an Arthur fan right over there or Clifford the bid rag doll anybody read Clifford the Big Red Dog see yeah we got some Clifford fans Dr Seuss Green Eggs and Ham and Good Night Gorilla and the berenstained Bears I mean I feel the Holy Ghost right now I'm gonna be honest with you I love to read but there was one book that just kind of perplexed me a little bit I'm not going to I'm not going to try to front with you I'm not going to try to uh to to act like it didn't bother me a bit because this book was was just an absolutely horrible book as a matter of fact the name of the book was Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day anybody remember that book I mean this book was everything that the title says it was it was horrible it was about this young man that woke up and from the moment he woke up he had the worst days in the history of worse days you know I'm listen it was more than just a moth getting in his ear I mean this guy woke up and he had gum in his hair gum that he had chewed from the night before was still left in his hair he gets out and he slips I believe on a skateboard that's right in front of his bed and he just proceeds to have the worst day in the history of bad days it was a horrible thing and you know I couldn't help but think as I began to prepare this message you know what to be honest with you sometimes living for the Lord is like that see I I know that that you're not supposed to say that in church I know that you're supposed to say that every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before and it is every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before but you know what that does not mean that we are exempt from bad days sometimes you will have bad days sometimes you will cry yourself to sleep at night sometimes you will go through pain and heartache and disappointment but can I remind someone in this room of what David said David says better is one day in his courts than thousands elsewhere I might be having a bad day but let me tell you something I would rather have a bad day right where I'm at than having a bad day somewhere else this is the best place to be with the best people to be there with this is the best place to be with the best God to be there with I might have my bad days but can I tell you my bad days do not outweigh my good days when Jesus is with me and on my side [Applause] David said I would rather I would rather be a door Keeper in the house of the Lord than than be somewhere else and and yes I'm human and yes it rains on the just and the unjust alike and I believe I made this statement last time that I was here the thing about it is this it does rain on the just and the unjust alike but the difference is the just have somewhere to go to whenever it begins to rain we're all going to have to deal with heartache and pain and bad days but I would rather come into the house of the Lord where there's Shelter From the rain and there's Shelter From the cares and the storms of life this is the best one don't you let the devil eye to you and tell you that it's better out there it's better somewhere else no it's not this is the best place to be this is exactly where I will be I might have bad days but I'm gonna stay right here I might have heartache and pain but I am persuaded that nothing will separate me from the love of Christ Jesus bad days we all have bad days but this particular bad day that I'm referencing is more than just a casual bad day we're in you get a moth in your ear or a piece of gum stuck in your hair from the very moment you wake up but this bad day that I speak of is the day where Humanity for the very first time is separated from God the Bible lets us know in Genesis that Satan beguiles Eve and from that moment on humanity is ushered into a Perpetual bad day Humanity has been ushered into a day where in sin rules and death Reigns over the entirety of humanity this in fact is a simile of what happens in our scripture text as the Bible lets us know that Esther and Mordecai have a similar plight Esther being a Jew and living in Persia Mordecai being a Jew and living in Persia has found themselves in a very similar predicament for the Bible lets us know that Haman that evil Sinister man has devised a decree has come together with the king's Signet ring and signed into motion a law and they decree that would take the lives of every single Jew throughout the land of Persia it was a bad day death and Decay Loom over the head of the entirety of the nation of Israel they begin to wonder how is it that they are going to survive how is it that God is going to bring bring them out of this thing God we know you've done something before God we've had bad days before but this day seems to be a little bit different than the bad days that we faced before but the Bible lets us know that in the midst of a bad day that morning chaos makes up his mind that he's going to do something and the Bible says that Mordecai and Esther come together and they devise a plan they devise a plan that they will get together and they will go into the Kings Gates and they will petition the king to turn around what the enemy has presented as a death sentence for them but in the midst of that can I tell you that more to K.I and Esther have to do something first they first have to go before the Kings Gates and the Bible lets us know that in the midst of their plan Esther devises this this banquet and she invites Haman the enemy that would try to take the life of of Mordecai and Esther to this banquet it's all woven together within their intricate scheme to take the lives of or to turn back what was meant to take the lives of the children of Israel and as Mordecai is standing at the gate and Haman is leaving this dinner that they prepared for him the Bible records a very interesting encounter that happens between Mordecai and Haman in Esther chapter 5 and verse number nine the Bible says this then Haman went forth that day joyful and with a glad heart because here's the thing when the people of God are having a bad day you can rest assured the enemies having a good day it's just the way that it works when you begin to have a bad day the enemy begins to have a good day but you know what I'm not interested in the enemy having any good days I want to know the way to turn the enemy's good day into a bad day can I tell you the key this is the key the Bible says he went out joyful and with a glad heart but when Haman saw more the chaos in the king's Gates that he stood not up nor moved for him he was full of indignation against more decay can I tell you what will cause for the enemy to have a bad day what will cause for the adversary to have a bad day is when a child of God even with death looming overhead when they make a decision to still come and to the king's Gates and thanks and give him Thanksgiving and worship and praise come on somebody can I tell you the way that you get the enemy upset can I tell you the way that you have the enemy come on can I tell you the way that the enemy has a bad day it's with a child of God says I will enter into his gates with Thanksgiving and into his courts with praise even in the midst of what I'm going through I'm making a decision I'm still going to praise I'm still going to worship hey I know you might be having a bad day but the way that your bad day begins to turn around it's even when you're going through something you still worship you still praise you still I don't need anything to change for me to give God praise I don't need for anything to turn around for me to lift up the name of Jesus but even in the midst of this I will praise him I will worship Him oh is there anybody with a little praise in their heart is there anybody with a little praise in their spirit I know you might be having a bad day but I wonder if you would turn that pain into praise I wonder if you would turn that heartache into some worship and some praise and can I tell you when you do that the enemy begins to have a bad day and this thing will begin to turn [Applause] the enemy begin to have a bad day the moment child of God made up their mind I just you know what there's death that has been declared over me there's been death that is looming overhead for my life but I make a decision to still worship to still lift up the name of Jesus even in the midst of what I am going through and at that very moment at that very moment the enemy begins to have a bad can I tell somebody the beginning of your good day starts when you make a decision even though it's a bad day I will still worship I will still thank God I will still praise God you might not see anything turning around just yet but I can tell you where it begins it begins before you ever see any light of day before you ever see anything happening you making up your mind I'm still going to worship my God I'm going to be faithful to I don't feel like coming to church I don't feel like worshiping God but you know what there are two times when you praise God you praise God when you don't feel like praising God or you praise God when you do feel like praising God I would argue the best time to praise God is when you don't feel like praising God the best time to worship God is when you don't feel like worshiping God the best time to be faithful is when you don't feel like being faithful and I'm telling you when you begin to do that something will begin to happen in your life things will begin to turn around for you it will not be like this forever it does not have to last like this forever there's going to be a day when the sun will break through the cloud there's gonna be a day when this thing turns around but it will begin when you make up your mind even in the midst of what I go through I praise the Lord so he makes up his mind I'm gonna be at the king's gate I love what the Bible says the Bible says when Hamner walks by Mordechai doesn't even look at him I don't have time to look at you I don't have time to look at the doubt I don't have to when's the last time you told the enemy that when's the last time the devil sat on your shoulder said man this is really bad around here when's the last time the Devils come to you and told you everything that's going bad or wrong you just ignored him see the problem with some of us we're paying too much attention to what the enemy is doing Mordecai said I ain't got time to be to be worried about what hell is doing I don't have time to be worried about what my adversary is doing I'm going to look to the Hills from which cometh but I'm focused I am determined I'm setting my face like a flint I will not be moved God I believe you're getting ready to do something and the enemy may be looming in my but I'm going to worship you I'm going to praise you and at that point that's when things begin to turn around in the Bible let's just know that nevertheless Haman refrained himself the one adversary that in heaven could not refrain himself now get sit within himself to reflect isn't it interesting that the only time that the enemy the only time that the adversary will will refrain is is when he's trying to devise a plan and that's that's the way the devil is the devil has a way of refraining himself and and and and and and restricting himself in order to devise a plan for our demise the Bible says that Haman refrains himself and he begins to devise a scheme devise a plan Bible says he comes to his wife says why if I was having a good day I was having an awesome day everything was going well I mean I got invited to a banquet at Queen Esther's house I was there with her and the King it was an amazing day it was an amazing time she said well why do you have a friend on your face then he said I'll tell you I have a frown on my face because I went in front of the king's gate on my way out and you would not believe he was there she said who was there honey he said Mordecai was there and he was still worshiping ethic you mean to tell me that Mordecai is there he's at the king's Gates even in the midst of what you pronounced over them he said and the guy wouldn't even look at me she said no he did he said absolutely he did and the Bible says that Haman makes up his mind you know what I'm going to do something special for this guy because if I don't take him out right now the fact that he's still willing to come to the king's Gates shows me that this man just might be willing to do something about what I have pronounced over there you know so he said you know what I'll divide the plan the Bible says he devises a plan to to hang more to KI we know the story but even in the midst of that those same Gallows that Haman decides that Mordecai would one day hang on the Bible lets us know that those same Gallows Haman himself hangs on because we serve a god that is able to take what the enemy meant for evil and turn it around for our good you're absolutely right when you say that that this that test was meant to destroy you you're absolutely right when you're when you say that attack from the enemy was meant to take you out yes it was meant to take you out but you need to realize that you have God on your side and no weapon formed against you is going to be able to prosper it might have been meant to destroy you but can I tell somebody it will not Prosper it will not remain it will not be successful in what it was meant to do because God is with you God is for you [Applause] I got to keep moving I got to keep moving the Bible says that he devises a scheme for the enemy what the enemy meant for evil God turns it around for their good but they still have a problem although Haman is now dead they still have a problem for the Bible lets us know that the law that had been spoken over them is still looming over their head although Haman the man that divides this plan is now dead there is still a law that is hanging over their head and so they approached the king and here was the trepidation that Mordecai and Esther had in their spirits they knew that the king's word had been spoken and yes they were a little bit nervous about going into the king's Gates Uninvited yes we preached that we know that to be true but can I tell you they were even more nervous about this fact if you study into Persian law you'll understand that once a word had been spoken by a Persian king once that law had been spoken and it had been written into law and he had taken his Signet ring and stamped it upon that document and it became a law at that point the law that the king had signed into law had become irreversible the king himself could not reverse the law that he had set into motion it didn't matter if the if the ink was still wet on the law it didn't matter if the very moment he takes that Signet ring and stamps it into it stamps it into law and then tries you know what I I don't think that's good I can't do it anymore no the very moment that that King took that Signet ring stamped it into that document and it became a law at that point it was ear reversible and so when Esther was coming until the king's Gates She was nervous because she understood and she knew that the law was irreversible can I tell you that is exactly what happened to us in the Garden of Eden that's exactly what happened when that Perpetual bad day had been ushered over Humanity the Bible lets us know that the law of sin and death always proclaimed over us that whenever there was sin there had to be death that's just the way that it was before the foundations of time God had written it into his Divine Law and DNA that when there was sin there must always be death when there is someone that transgresses against God there must always be death it could not be reversed it could not be undone it's just the way that it was it's just a bad day and the moment the moment that Humanity sinned it was an irreversible law that had to be fulfilled and so you would understand the predicament and the nervousness that overtakes Esther and Mordecai as they are ushered into the king's Gates that day they understand that the odds are stacked against them they understand that there is really no chance for them and so they come into the king's Gates and they understand that that this law cannot be reversed but there is one thing that the king can do although the law cannot be reversed although the king cannot undo what he has already spoken although once the king takes his Signet ring and stamps into that document and it becomes a law at that point it is irreversible although that is true there is one thing that the king can do if the king determines that this person is Worthy a king cannot reverse the law that has been spoken but the Persian king could speak a greater word over that person and whenever that greater word is spoken the law that previously hung over their head is now gnawled and void and so what Esther and Mordecai are hoping for is that when they come into the king's court they will begin to say King I know that you've already spoken a word I know that you've already said that something is going to be the way that it is and I know on your own you cannot reverse this law but King what I'm asking you to do is I'm asking you to speak a better word what I'm asking you to do oh King is to speak a greater word and O King if you will speak a better word over me the word that was previously spoken over me will be known and void and we will ought to be live and so when they come into the king's Gates this is exactly what Esther is saying she says if it please the king and if I have found favor in his sight and the things seem right before The King and I be pleasing in his eyes Let It Be written to reverse the letters now what she is saying is not simply to reverse but what she is saying she's saying oh King if you will speak a greater word if you will speak a better word because we can't just undo what has been done but what I need for you to speak is a better word over us she says King if you'll reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of a hamedatha and the agagite which you wrote to destroy the Jews which are in the king's provinces Cain would you do that over us and the Bible says that the king does just that and he begins to speak a better word over Esther and more to chaotic and they begin to live can I tell somebody this is exactly what happened to every one of us Humanity had been ushered from the Garden of Eden into a Perpetual bad day the law of sin and death was looming overhead there is no hope for us there was no chance for us the enemy's planned had been executed to Perfection but in the midst of that can I tell you that the Bible says in Hebrews 12 and 24 and to Jesus the mediator of the New Covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel can I tell you what that means in Good Old King James is that means that there is no way that we should have lived no way that we should have had life the pronouncement of death that was over us from the law of sin and death could not be reversed it could not be undone but Jesus arrived on the scene and on the cross he began to speak a better word with his blood hit the ground when his blood was poured out can I tell somebody the better word was spoken a man couldn't do it Humanity couldn't do it but the King of Kings and the Lord of lords spoke up and that's why we can worship her that's why we can praise God that's why we can lift up the name of Jesus because the bad day should have destroyed us the bad they should have taken us out but God but God he spoke a better word oh is there anybody in this place thankful that a better word has been spoken over your life oh is there anybody that can testify I've had the end of bad days in my life because God spoke a better word I should not be here the law of sin and that should have destroyed me I should be in a devil's hair but God picked me up God turned me around God spoke a better and that's why I praise him that's why I worship I'm not perfect I don't have it there was just a better word I don't have it all together there was just a better word I said because they better word oh somebody lift him up [Music] oh somebody lit I've come to encourage somebody you don't have to have it all together a better word has been spoken you don't have to be perfect huh because a better word has been spoken right there was the beginning of the end of bad days and at that point in the narrative the Bible lets us know that the Jews begin to Rejoice the Jews begin to get glad the Jews get happy about the fact that a better word has been spoken over them I would to God that some of us would be reminded of what we should be thank you when the better word is spoken over the Jews they're not just coming oh one Lord all right let's go back to what we're doing no the Bible says when that better word has been spoken over them that the Jews begin to Rejoice they begin to get happy can I tell somebody the reason why we act a little bit crazy let me remind you of the reason why we worship the way that we do it's because we should have been dead in our transgressions and our sins but a better word has been spoken that's why we worship the god with passion that's what come on I refuse to let somebody out there in the world that doesn't have the hope that I have I worship and out praise their God no no no no no I've got a reason to praise I got a reason to shelter I got a reason to work my bad day I should have taken me out I should have been dead in my sins and my transgressions but God spoke a better word God died on the cross for me [Applause] I wonder if somebody would just give him praise right now you're waiting on me I wonder if somebody would just lift up your voice oh I wonder if somebody would praise God like your bad day has been ended I wonder if somebody would praise God like the bad day is over come on come on we have hope in this place because of our God speaking a better word we have a future in this place because God has spoken a better word [Applause] huh God spoke a better word that that scripture in Hebrews says that that that God's blood spoke a better word than that of Abel theologians really they they kind of are torn as to what this actually means is it talking about the blood that that literally that that the blood of Abel that is on the ground whenever Cain murders him I am of the opinion that's exactly what it's talking about that blood of Abel has been spilled out on the ground and and obviously literally it's not talking about the blood speaking but figuratively it's it's talking about that blood as as a display of of the of the horrible condition that humanity is now in his blood is on the ground and hell is snickering hell is excited about the fact that Humanity this is this is actually a a display an open display of the condition of of the human spirit and heart as that blood is poured out on the ground and the devil's thinking I've won the law of sin I know the way this ends I know what God is I know that in his law it's irreversible once stuff like this happens you die once you sin you die I've won I've got this thing the blood of Abel is speaking out but that same ground that took that blood of Abel once the blood of Jesus hit that ground that blood of Jesus began to speak a better word and say you know what Humanity should have died you're exactly you're exactly right Abel should have Abel should have been pain should have been dead but because of a better word that has been spoken from this point on every single murder in human history has hope every single every single adulterer throughout human history has hope every liar every cheater you have hope because a better word has been spoken [Applause] I love what the Bible says the Bible says at this point something begins to happen at that very point where the better word has been spoken Israel does not stay still it's where Israel does not stay quiet but the Bible says in Esther chapter 8 that they begin to go out and they begin to tell people about the better word that has been spoken what good would it have been if once the king spoke a better word if it had stayed in the palace it would have been no good what good would it have been when the king spoke a better word and the word that was supposed to destroy Israel was now in existence what good would it have been had they never heard about the word but the Bible says something happens the Bible says that when the word that better word was spoken that Israel begins to tell everybody about it the Bible says in Esther chapter 8 and 14 show the post that rode upon mules and camels went out being hastened and pressed on by the king's Commandments can I tell you when you have a better word you can't just be quiet you can't be still but there's something in your heart there's something in your spirit that presses you to tell everybody about Jesus to preach to God let me tell you something I know those that really believe the king's Commandments I know those that really believe the king the king's decree can I tell you how I know her because they're pressed on in their Spirits there's something in them that said I gotta tell somebody about Jesus I got to tell somebody about the better word I gotta tell my friends at my job you don't have to live with that depression I gotta tell my co-workers at my job you don't have to live I gotta tell somebody at my school listen there's hope for you there's hope for your family there's a better word that's been spoken that's why preachers preach with passion that's why Pastor Mark can preach with passion that's why Bishop McCool can preach with passion because there's something in us inside of us that presses us on there's something inside of us that says in the midst of a dark world that will tell you there's no hope for you I've got a word from the King for you that says you don't have to live that way you can be free you can be delivered I want you to stand they were pressed on by the king's Commandments and decree that was given at shushan the Bible says in verse 15 and Mordecai went out from the presence of the king Royal Peril of blue and white and with a great crown of gold something very interesting happens when they hear the decree when the better word has been spoken over the children of Israel the Bible says and in every city and every province where that word Was Heard there was there was Joy and and gladness there was light and honor I can always tell those who really believe and have received the better word that has been spoken over them there's always Joy there's always gladness if I see somebody with their head hanging low depressed I'm not so convinced that they've really understood what they've received I'm not so sure that they really understand what God has done for them because every person that truly understands the the magnitude of what God has done in their lives there's always Joy there's always gladness there's always honor there's always light the Bible says that in every province where this word Goes Forth wherever people heard about that that better word that was spoken over them wherever people heard that I don't have to live with death hanging over my head I don't have to live this way I don't have to be this way but there's hope for me there's hope for my family There's Hope for my life the Bible says that wherever this is heard but they had joy and gladness a feast and a good day here's what's interesting though when the children of God have a good day there's always a byproduct that follows that good day anytime the people of God have a good day you can mark it you can you can you can count on it it's going to happen anytime there's joy and gladness and there's a feast and people are excited about what God is doing people are excited about what God has done in their life you can put it down listen to what happens next the Bible says after the Jews begin to have a good day the Bible says in many of the people of the land became Jews for the fear of the Jews fell upon them can I tell you a Telltale sign that we've accepted and we understand the better word that has been spoken over us is when there's Revival and there is harvest in our midst it's just a byproduct of people understanding the better word the moment that the people of God understand the better word that is spoken over them and they get excited about it and they get glad about it and they begin to rejoice and lift up the name of Jesus can I tell you people are drawn to this can I tell you the key to the church having Revival like we've never had it's us getting excited about what God has done [Music] and when the church gets excited about what God has done can I tell you people will look at us and say man I'll have what they're having I want what they have whatever is making them have joy like that I want that whatever's making them have gladness like that I want that whatever is making them shout and worship and magnify God like that give me some of that and that's when the church can stand and say can I tell you what I have I have a God that's spoken a better word over my life I have a God that's spoken a better word over my family we shouldn't be here we shouldn't have what we have but God has spoken a better word and now we stand a Perpetual good day you know what even on my bad days I'm having a good day you know why because ultimately I know one day I'm gonna be in heaven with Jesus see I'm not worried about everything that happens down here listen I'm human I I have emotions I I deal with all the types of stuff that we all deal with but ultimately I'm not afraid I'm not worried about what happens in this world and I can always have a good day even in the midst of the work states because I know one day I'm Gonna Be With Jesus in heaven and that's something to worship God for that's something to praise God about even on my bad days I can dance I can rejoice because of the better word that has been spoken over me there's been an end bad days if you're in this room if you've never experienced a good day that we now live in can I tell you you've listened to a preacher this morning and tonight has been pressed on by the King's Command I've been pressed on in my spirit to tell you that you don't have to live the way that you've been living you don't have to stay the way that you've been living but there's a God in this room and his name is Jesus and on that cross of Calvary he spoke a better word over Humanity on that cross when his blood poured out on the ground a better word was spoken you have a pastor you have a bishop and you have a pastoral team that are being pressed on by the king's word to remind you to inform you that a better word has been spoken I want you to lift up your hands all across this room whatever it is that you've been facing right now can I tell you when we are reminded of the good day that God has ushered us into by his sacrifice that is something that we can Rejoice about even on the worst days so right now I want you to fasten your attention on him I want you to turn your faces towards heaven I want you to begin to magnify the name of Jesus come on all across this room right now [Music] all across this room right now I want you to lift up your voice I want you to lift up your hands [Music] come on I want you to pray I'm going to give us instruction here in a little bit but right now I just want you to begin to thank God [Music] oh that's it open up your mouth lift up your voice and begin to worship Him oh yes Lord we praise you [Music] We Worship You Lord [Music] Hallelujah [Music] here's what we're gonna do same I want us to do the same thing we've done this morning if you've never received the gift of the Holy Ghost it's your first time in an atmosphere like this or maybe you've been in an atmosphere like this millions of times thousands of times here's what we're going to do if you need the baptism of the Holy Ghost I want you to come to the front as a matter of fact there's anybody that's never received the baptism of let me tell you this this is how you begin to experience a good day this is how you begin to partake of that good day because let me you you can you can know about the good day but but brother brother James how do I experience the good day that God has has spoken over us how do I experience that bitter word I'll tell you exactly how it's when God filled you with the baptism of the Holy Ghost and you begin to speak in other tongues as this spirit gives you the ability so here's what we're going to do if you've never received the baptism of the Holy Ghost but you would like to I want you right now to lift up your hands I want you to lift up your voice as a matter of fact all across this room can we do that and we're going to turn this entire Auditorium into one gigantic altar I want you to begin to repent I want you to begin to ask God to cleanse you and wash you come on right now [Music] you've never received the baptism of the holy spirit before this is your moment this is your opportunity this is your chance come on everybody in the room right now I want you to begin to ask for God to forgive you I want you to begin to ask for God to cleanse you I want you to be come on this is this is this is what God is getting ready to do in this place they're just getting ready to be an end of bad days and we're getting ready to be ushered into a good day in Jesus name come on all across this room God cleanse me God washed me anything in me that's not like you thank you come up for a few more moments right now would you just entertain the presence of the Lord oh cleanse me Jesus Wash Me Jesus [Music] oh yes oh yes so yes [Music] Jesus name foreign just one moment can I have everyone's attention I know we have some that are praying right now here's what we're going to do if you've repented of your sins you've asked for God to cleanse you've asked for God to wash you your sins we're going to pray in the name of Jesus and God is going to begin to fill people with the Holy Ghost in this room that have never received the Holy Ghost before I want to give I want to give a a very specific instruction the Bible says this Bible says that God is rewarded them that diligently seek him to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost so you've never received it before let me tell you this chances are you will not receive the Holy Ghost by just kind of halfway being engaged you know what I'm talking about like God maybe if you'll give it to me I'll happen no there's got to be something on the inside of you that says God I I need the power of the holy ghost in my life I I want this more than anything I want this more than money I want this more than notori I want this more than anything this world can offer me God if I don't have your spirit God I can't live I need you in my life and with that type of intensity I want you to begin to praise and worship and lift up the name of Jesus and as you begin to do that can I tell you the Holy Ghost is going to begin to flow in this room and people that have never received the Holy Ghost are going to receive the Holy Ghost people that have never spoken in tongues you're going to speak in other tongues as God's spirit gives you the utters but you want you have to praise him you have to worship him with that type of intensity are you ready I said are you ready fac Knoxville are you ready for God to fill some people with the Holy Ghost come on are we going to be engaged are we going to pray and we're going to worship come on are we going to do that so that God Can Feel Some people with their Baptists we can it's not something we can do but we can create an atmosphere of praise and worship so that people can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost lift up your hands God by the authority of your word and the power that is in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray right now that every soul that has never received the baptism of the Holy Ghost I pray right now just as it fell on the day of Pentecostal I pray let it fall now in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ let every single person in this room begin to speak with other tongues now in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ now lift up your voice lift up your hands and with passion and intensity begin to lift up the name of Jesus yes sir yeah [Music] yes in the name of Jesus foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it is [Music] I'm gonna see a victory [Music] Belongs to You Lord [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] forever [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] I'm gonna see a victory [Music] for The Battle Belongs to You [Music] Victory [Music] [Applause] Belongs to You Lord [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] you're tired [Music] [Music] Victory Belongs to You Lord [Music] belong to the Lord I'm gonna sing a picture [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I'm gonna see a victory [Music] and death couldn't hold you down voices [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] lift our voices [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] flavor shout out to God with the voice of Grace [Music] [Music] [Music] shout out to God With The Voice [Music] my battle foreign [Music] [Music] but I'm surrounded by you hear me [Music] this is [Music] [Music] is better boys [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] myself [Music] [Music] let it go that's it that's a Holy Ghost speaking through you let your tongue go that's it yeah yeah [Music] let it speak foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] this is [Applause] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah and everybody in the house hear me just a minute there's a reason it's called the gift of the Holy Ghost you don't have to beg for your gift you don't have to plead for your gift you just got to open it and accept it once the Holy Ghost Falls and he takes over you just let him have your tongue and then you've got to say thank you Lord for what you've done thank you for the power of the Holy Ghost except what he has for you in Jesus name I want everybody in the house I want us to lift our hands in just a moment again and we're going to pray a special prayer of Acceptance Now I want everybody that's got the Holy Ghost and everybody that's seeking the Holy Ghost let's pray a prayer say Lord I want to accept what you've got for me right now I want to receive that gift could we pray mighty God we come before you right now he had to go follow you somebody else I want to accept what you've got for me Lord you have promised me the gift of the Holy Ghost now Lord I'm turning my tongue over to you I'm turning my heart over to you that's right go on let the Holy Ghost have your tongue accept what he has for you let him speak through you right now let the Holy Ghost give you utterance in Jesus name let the spirit give you entrance in Jesus name that's right go on go on don't beg don't plead accept accept accepted in Jesus name yeah that's it that's it yeah yeah yeah yeah Hallelujah Hallelujah that's right that's right that's right go on go out go out that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it yay yay yay hallelujah thank you Jesus yeah yeah in the name of Jesus right now in the name of Jesus that's it that's it yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah go on go home go home [Music] Hallelujah yes yes that's it that's it go on let it speak let him give you entrance let him speak through you right now yay [Music] [Music] Hallelujah heart Glory yeah [Music] yeah yeah [Music] [Music] lift your hands and left Jesus right now lift your hands and love him just a moment Hallelujah can you thank the Lord for what he's doing and what he's done can you give him praise for what he's doing and for what he's done I challenge you to claim your Victory whatever you came tonight claim it and receive it go from this place and build on what God has done for you go from this place and build on the power of the Holy Ghost that has come into your life

Scripture references as spoken: Esther 8:15-17; Esther 5:9; Esther 8:5; Esther 8:14; Hebrews 12:24.