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Sunday Evening Worship Service

First Apostolic Church of Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)

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Be Filled with the Spirit

  • The text is Ephesians 5:18: be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit
  • Every person is a container with a fixed capacity: a day holds only its hours, the mind absorbs what it is fed, and something is always competing for the heart
  • The body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you — the Spirit of God is already in the believer, and the vessel is to be filled
  • Heaven's answer to 'Lord, fill me' is a question back: what are you willing to empty, and where would you put more of him?

Scriptures: Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 6:19

The Widow's Empty Vessels

  • The widow of 2 Kings 4 is told to borrow empty vessels, not a few; the prophet requires no impressive or decorated vessels, only available ones
  • The oil flows from vessel to vessel and stops only when there is no vessel more — God had not run out of oil; the room ran out
  • A little Sunday cup will not hold a week of revival: if you want more oil, bring more room

Scriptures: 2 Kings 4

Prayer and Holiness Make Room

  • Prayer is not a transaction to twist God's arm; it makes room in the one praying for what God already desires to do — he must increase, and I must decrease
  • Holiness is first belonging completely to God: come out from among them and be separate — the unclean is removed to make room for the holy, and what the eyes and ears let in must be guarded
  • The house found empty, swept, and garnished is in danger: removal without filling leaves the last state worse than the first, so the vessel must be filled and renewed all through the week

Scriptures: John (book-only, as spoken); 2 Corinthians 6:17; Matthew 12:43-45

What Fills You Influences You

  • Drunkenness and Spirit-filling stand side by side as two influences; whatever fills a person governs how he thinks, speaks, walks, and reacts
  • A bump does not create what spills from the cup; it reveals what was already inside — and out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
  • A pastor's wife who had not been in his church for ten years walked in during the sermon in Arkansas and was filled with the Holy Ghost as room was made in prayer — God can do anything in a life that makes room for him

Scriptures: Luke 6:45

Scripture index: Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Kings 4; John (book-only, as spoken); 2 Corinthians 6:17; Matthew 12:43-45; Luke 6:45.

Transcript

tonight now, as you know me, I I I don't like to just come and talk to you about missions, which that is a wonderful thing, but I also would like to just speak a little word today. Something that God has placed on my heart for this church today. Uh you came to not just hear the missionary, but you came to hear the word. Is that right? >> Amen. Amen. And not that I would do any good job than all these wonderful people. You got some awesome preachers right here. But I will try to do my best just to just to uh share with you what God has placed on my heart. Amen. We're going to go into the book of Ephesians chapter 5 verse 18. If you have your Bible with you and we I'm just going to do things the way we do it at back back at home. Amen. If that's okay. I'm just going to preach like I'm used to. I'm gonna these these these lights are in my eyes anyway. I don't see anything anyway. So whether you respond or not, I'm gonna I'm gonna preach. Is that all right? >> Amen. Why don't we stand for the reading of the word? Amen. Hallelujah. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 18. Thank you for standing with us. Amen. Praise God. Ephesians 5:18. The Bible says, "And be not drunk with wine." We're in it success. But be filled with the spirits. be filled with the spirit. >> The other day I was listening to our worship team and they started singing this new song and and I was just inspired by that thinking of what it said and it said we're here to make room make room for God. And that's what I want to speak to you to tonight about just make room for God. Hallelujah. >> There's something about making room for God. Amen. There's something about allowing God to have his space and his place in our life. >> And that's what I want to talk to you tonight about. Hallelujah. Why don't you lift up your hands right now? Let's pray together. Lord, I thank you, Jesus. God, I pray right now. Help me, Lord. Preach to me and through me, God. And help me, Lord, to walk, Lord, in your way, in your will, God. Preach, Lord, through the anointing of your Holy Spirit through me, God. And help us, Lord, to make room for what you have for us, God. Lord, I give you praise and I give you glory and honor in Jesus' name. Amen. Hallelujah. Amen. Praise God. You may be seated in Jesus name. Make room for God. Now the truth is everybody is a container. >> We are a vessel. >> That's right. >> And as a vessel, we want to be used by God. As a container, we want God to use whatever is here. And the truth is though that as a container simply just like as this glass right here. Amen. Every container has a certain capacity. A certain capacity. You can fill up this glass of water right here. This cup can only hold so much. And once it is full, SOMETHING SOMETHING HAS TO SPILL OUT. ONCE it's full, it has to spill out. If you fill it over or something else, something else has to be removed so something can be filled in. >> Amen. >> Anybody with me? >> Praise God. So something has to be removed. Amen. It's simply like just a moving truck as an example. It may be large. Amen. But but even a moving truck has its limits. You can you can load a couch. You can load beds or tables, boxes or bicycles or whatever else, amen, you have in your garage. But eventually the door will not close. >> And at that moment you have to make a decision what matters enough to take with you or what must be left behind. >> Amen. >> Because it just doesn't fit in there. AND AND YOU CANNOT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM BY JUST YELLING AT THE TRUCK. >> You you CANNOT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM BY BY BY JUST REBUKE THE truck or simply anoint the truck. It that does that problem doesn't go away. >> The truck has just a fixed capacity and that's just as much as you can get in. >> If you want something important inside, something else less important MAY HAVE TO COME OUT. >> Anybody with me? >> Come on. You got to get with me. Stay with me. Amen. >> So your your day is a container. IT ONLY HOLDS 24 HOURS. >> YOUR ATTENTION is a container and you can only focus on so much in your life. Your your mind is like a container. Amen. And and it is constantly absorbing voices and images and opinions and fears, desires and information. Amen. YOUR HEART IS LIKE A CONTAINER. AMEN. AND AND SOMETHING IS ALWAYS COMPETING FOR ITS ATTENTION, for the attention of YOUR HEART. AMEN. YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE. AMEN. And something is always seeking to influence you within it. Amen. Hallelujah. We are a container and we can only hold so much. >> In 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 19, the Bible SAYS, "WHAT? KNOW YE NOT that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?" Amen. which is in you. >> Come on, somebody say in me. >> The spirit of God is in me. The spirit of God is in you. Hallelujah. And we need him to fill us. >> But we have a capacity. >> We have a capacity. >> Now, think about that. Amen. So often we ask, "Why is there not more of God in my life?" Perhaps heaven might be asking you, "Where would you put more of me in your life?" >> WE SAY, "LORD, SEND MORE POWER." GOD SAYS, "MAKE MORE ROOM." WE SAY, "LORD, GIVE ME REVIVAL." GOD SAYS, "MOVE SOME FURNITURE." AMEN. WE SAY, "LORD, FILL ME." AND GOD SAYS, "WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO EMPTY?" >> Something needs to empty so he can move in. Amen. needs to be removed so he can fill it up. Hallelujah. >> Amen. The greatest obstacles TO BEING FILLED MAY NOT BE THAT God is unwilling to pour his spirit into us, but it may be that we are unwilling to make room. >> Simply just that we are unwilling to make space, MAKE ROOM FOR GOD IN OUR LIVES. >> I I don't I don't want to be negative in any ways or anything. saying, "I don't want to tear us down." And and I bring guilt over us, but but it's it's the truth. There is only so much that can be filled into our lives. We have a capacity, but too many times there is no room or not enough room. And that's why we're here today. Come on. We are here today because we want to make room. Anybody? Anybody with me here? We want to make room for God. Amen. If >> we read the story in 2 Kings 4 1-7, I'm not going to read it, but if you remember the story with me, a widow, she was facing a crisis, right? In this story and and and and her husband, he had died. And then the creditor was was was coming and the sons were about to be taken away and she had almost lost all everything that she has left. And and and the only thing that she has had left right there was a pot of oil. a pot of oil. That was all that she has left. So the the the uh prophet came over, Elijah came over and he told her, he told her very clear. HE SAID, "GO BORROW the vessels abroad, all of all neighbors and men, even empty vessels. Borrow not a few." So that's what she was supposed to do. She was supposed to bring vessels in there because they needed to make room. But let me see, let let me tell you here. Notice that the prophet he required not impressive vessels. He didn't require any expensive vessels. He didn't require any decorated decorated vessels or anything that might have been appearing as perfect. No, JUST SIMPLY EMPTY VESSELS. EMPTY VESSELS BECAUSE GOD WANTED TO fill those empty vessels. Anybody with me here? >> Empty vessels. Hallelujah. We need to be emptied out so he can fill us. AMEN. WE NEED TO BE EMPTIED out out of THE THINGS OF OUR CAPACITY SO HE can fill us. And we need to make more room. >> God was not looking for something impressive. God was not looking for something that will be dressed great and shiny. But he was looking for something that is simply just available. Just available. Amen. Hallelujah. So she shut the door. She began to pour and and the oil kept flowing. One vessel was filled and then another was filled and then and then another and finally she said to her son, "Go bring me yet another vessel." And he answered, he said, "There is no other vessel more anymore." And then the Bible says, and this is interesting, the Bible says, "And the oil stayed. It stopped. It simply just stopped. The oil did not stop though because God ran out of oil. >> That's not the reason why the oil stopped. Amen. The oil STOPPED BECAUSE THE WOMAN RAN OUT OF ROOM. >> AMEN. HALLELUJAH. Heaven Hallelujah. It still had ENOUGH OIL. AMEN. GOD STILL HAD ENOUGH OIL. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS that earth had not enough empty vessel left to receive it. Hallelujah. LET ME TELL YOU, GOD HAS NOT RUN OUT OF ANOINTING. HE'S NOT RUN OUT OF POWER. HE'S NOT RUN OUT OF REVELATION and healing. God has not RUN OUT OF REVIVAL. GOD HAS NOT RUN OUT OF THE HOLY GHOST. HE'S GOT MORE FOR YOU. It is not HIM WHO'S THE PROBLEM. BUT THE PROBLEM IS HE IS LOOKING FOR AN empty vessel. HE'S LOOKING FOR A VESSEL THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE FILLED. That is making room. >> Are we making room for God? Hallelujah. So the question is not whether heaven has enough oil or not, but the question is whether heaven can find enough room. >> The Lord is trying to find some room in our lives. Amen. >> Come on, somebody say, "I will make room. >> I will make room." Hallelujah. Why don't you point at yourself and just say, "I will make room. I will make room." I need to make room. Come on. God wants more room for his spirit in your life. Hallelujah. Borrowing not a few. It says, "So do nothing." Amen. Excuse me. Uh do not bring God just a little bit of a a a Sunday morning cup. No. No. But expect and then expect him to pour out revival into your life from Sunday all the way to Saturday. If all we have is left is just a little bit of a cup for him. Let me tell you, God wants to do much more than just that. Do not give just social media hours, all your hours, but prayer is just simply your leftovers. DO NOT GIVE ENTERTAINMENT your full attention and give the word of God your your yawns. >> Come on. >> Anybody with me here? >> If you want more oil, bring more room. >> Bring more room. Hallelujah. Prayer. I want to talk to you about See, many people treat prayer like a business transaction. Amen. God. They said, "God, I I I I prayed 30 minutes, and so now you owe me a blessing. I I finally managed to be faithful throughout this week. Now you owe me something. God, I I I FASTED. SO SO NOW, GOD, YOU YOU need to answer me. I It's requested for you to answer me. God, I gave you an offering. So now you have to do you have to do what I want." That's that's how sometimes how we treat God. Now, we don't say it necessarily, but that's how we how we we in the back of our mind, we treat God. Whenever we have a need of something, we're trying to give something in exchange. But prayer is not a way to twist God's arm. Prayer is a way to open my heart. Actually, prayer does not inform God and then uh he he because he's already he's already knows he knows everything. Prayer does not just awaken God. He he never sleeps. Prayer does not make God simply just good because he's always been good already. Prayer does not make God powerful because he's already almighty. So whether you pray or not, it doesn't change God. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Amen. Prayer. Now listen, this this is so important. We think that prayer sometimes is asking God for something and God will just will will just do it and God will will will help us with something and actually begging things off of God. But let ME TELL YOU, PRAYER MAKES room in me for what God has already desired to do. And that's all that prayer does. It will make room. AMEN. WHEN YOU GO INTO PRAYER, IT WILL MAKE ROOM for God in your life. Amen. >> Anybody say, "I need to make room." >> I need to make room. Hallelujah. So when I pray, fear is moved out. Amen. And faith is moving in. When I pray, my will moves off the throne. HALLELUJAH. AND HIS WILL TAKES ITS PLACE IN MY LIFE. HALLELUJAH. When I pray, THE NOISE BECOMES quiet enough for me to hear his voice. John says, "He must increase, but I must decrease." So prayer is not begging God for to enter in a room and and and he does not just in a room maybe he not not doesn't even want to go. Amen. But prayer is is is handling him the keys to rooms I have kept locked away >> for a long time. A amen. Anybody with me here? >> It's handing him the key. Hallelujah. I know God wants to do something. We need to make room. We need to make room. There's so many things that are trying to trying to just take our attention away from the presence of God, trying to hold us away, keep us away from services, but it's not worth it. And when we come into the presence of God, let me tell you, it is actually the fact that we are making room for God. Amen. >> Hallelujah. And I'm thankful for that. How about you? Amen. >> Hallelujah. I am thankful for that. Holiness. Holiness is of often presented only as a list of things we do or we don't. Amen. But biblical holiness is first about belonging belonging completely to God. >> Amen. Belonging to completely to God. 2 Corinthians 6 6:17 the Bible says, "Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord." So, so why do we remove what is unclean? Because we are making room for what is holy. >> Anybody with me here? We're making room for what is holy. Hallelujah. We're making room for his presence. And that's why we need to remove some of things. SO WHY DO WE GUARD what we watch? Amen. Because our eyes are gates into a limitless space. Hallelujah. And God is going to move in. Amen. Why do we guard what we hear? Because our voices become thoughts and thoughts become desires. Desires become decisions. And decisions finally become determinations. And that's where it's going to end up to. So we need to be careful what we hear. We need to be careful what we watch. Amen. We need to be careful what we feed this vessel with. Amen. Hallelujah. And I want to tell you today, being and walking in holiness of God is simply just making room for God. Amen. It's making room. It means to MAKE ROOM THAT GOD CAN SHINE, that God can come through. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And I'm thankful for that. >> Consecration is deciding that his presence is worth more than whatever must leave to make room for him. And there might be some things in our life that have to leave tonight. Amen. There might be some things in our life that we have to empty out so he can be so he can have more room into our lives today. Amen. >> Can anybody say amen? Amen. >> Amen. >> Hallelujah. Now, in Matthew 12:43, we see that the spirit returned and found a house, an empty house. Jesus was talking about this. It was empty. It was swept. It was garnished. Amen. The house was clean, but it was simply empty. >> It was just empty. It was It was improved. Amen. It was definitely built up and made but it was it was unoccupied. It had experienced removal but not any fillings. And there is a danger in that brothers and sisters. There is a danger in that dear church. Amen. If we do not make sure that our vessels are going to be filled with the presence of God. The unclean spirit returned with seven other more wicked actually uhh spirits than himself. Amen. And the last state of that man was worse than even the first. Amen. Simply just because he might have gotten emptied out. But see, there is a danger in us just simply removing things. AMEN. REMOVING SIN, removing obstacles and problems IN OUR LIFE, BUT NOT BEING FILLED WITH THE PRESENCE OF GOD, NOT BEING FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS VESSEL IS FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS VESSEL IS GOING TO OVERFLOW SO THAT GOD CAN HAVE HIS WAY. It cannot stay empty. >> Oh, the devil, he knows his business. He's been around for a long time. Amen. And so, he knows his things around. He knows if there is a a a vessel somehow empty now. You might have cleansed yourself. YOU MIGHT HAVE GONE TO CHURCH THAT YOU PRAYED THROUGH AND AND YOU'RE TRYING to get away with your sin. You're trying to get away with your evil thoughts and with the things in your life. Amen. But let ME TELL YOU, IF YOU ARE NOT FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST THROUGHOUT THE entire week, IF THE ONLY TIME FOR YOU is to be renewed in the Holy Spirit is on a Sunday night, AMEN. IF THE ONLY TIME IS JUST WHEN YOU GATHER TOGETHER with the church on a Sunday, YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM because your vessel is empty and it NEEDS TO BE FILLED ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS A LIAR. HE'S GOING TO DO everything to destroy that that vessel. Amen. We need to be filled and renewed at any time. I know this is nothing new, but here's the point. We need to make room. Let's make room for God. Amen. >> I want to make room. Anybody want to make room here? >> And and if we really, if we're honest, if we really look into our lives, we can find spaces and places where we can still make some more room for God. >> Amen. There's some things that we could get away with. Amen. We could we could put away. We can remove out of that vessel so that God can move and God can move in. Amen. >> Hallelujah. Praise God. Amen. I thank the Lord. How about you? >> He deserves our worship. He deserves our thankfulness. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 18, it said, "And be not drunk with vine and success, but be filled with the spirit." Paul, he makes a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a deliberate comparison here. Alcohol influences how a person thinks, speaks, walks, reacts, behaves. And Paul says do not come under that influence but be filled with this influence. So the question is what are we filled with? Amen. >> Under what influence are we going to be set under? AMEN. WHAT FILLS us begins to influence us. >> So whatever influence our our story or our life, amen, and whatever comes and whatever fills us, it will uh long enough. Amen. If we allow it long enough into our life, amen, it will be begin to control our lives. It'll begin to control your lives. And we got to be very careful with that. You can tell what a person is is full of off when when whenever pre pressure shakes up on the container. Amen. >> Now, see, if you if you shake a cup, Amen. If you if you're drinking a cup of coffee and somebody just just bumps you and and somehow shakes up that that cup of coffee. Amen. Uh and that there's coffee that comes out. Amen. Uh but but let me tell you the bump did not create that coffee but the bump revealed what was already inside. >> AND SO WHENEVER WE GO THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME IN our lives, Amen. and we are bumped around. Amen. What's important is whatever is inside is going to be shown to the outside. It's going to come outside. AMEN. SO HOWEVER YOU REACT, AMEN. WHATEVER IS going to be in it in your life. If there is some evil things in YOUR LIFE, LET ME TELL YOU, EVIL REACTION will come out. But if there is, if there is THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS WHAT'S GOING TO come out with you getting bumped in your situations and in all your in your life. Amen. And I want the SPIRIT OF GOD TO shine through me. How about you? >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I want the spirit of God to shine upon me and through me. >> We want to be a witness of God. Amen. Anybody with me? >> Luke 6:45, the Bible says, "For the abundance of the heart uh of the heart, his mouth speaketh." So, you can't hide that. Isn't that interesting? You can't hide that. Whatever you're you you got in your heart, you got to make sure that whatever is your in your vessel, it'll be a truthful thing. It'll be something that will be of the Lord. And if there are evil things, if there are things hiding underneath, let me tell you, at some point it will come through. Your reaction is often uh often the overflow of whatever has been filling you in your private in your private times and in your heart. Amen. But there is hope. But there is hope. And we know that today we can we don't have to be filled with the things of this world, but we know that there is an option. And the option is to be filled with the Holy Ghost. The option is to be renewed in the spirit of God. The option is to make sure that there is more room for God. Hallelujah. When you are full of the world, you are full of the world. You need you need the world's approval to make you feel even more valuable. When you are full of the world, you you compare your life with everybody else's life. When you are full of the world, you know every trend, but you cannot recognize God's voice anymore. When you're full of the world, but when you are full of the spirit, let me tell you, you ask, "How close can I get to Jesus?" When you're full of the Holy Ghost, how close can I get to his feet? When you are FULL OF THE FLESH, AMEN, and that's another obstacle in our life. It's not just the devil himself and the world, but it's also our flesh. Amen. When you are full of the flesh, everything has to be about you. You must be noticed. You must be thanked. You must be consulted. You must be And let me tell you, your you must get out of the way. When the flesh is full, offense comes easily. Forgiveness comes slowly and submission feels almost impossible. The devil is a liar. Somebody say, "The devil is a liar." So the spirit says do what pleases God. And that's what we want to do. We want to please God when you are full of the Holy Ghost. Worship is not just something you watch anymore. But worship is something that overflows in your life. Amen. When you are full of the Holy Ghost, PRAISE DOES NOT JUST HAVE TO be h something that that that that going to pull you over, but it's going to be something, amen, that is going to blossom in your life. >> When you are full of the Holy Ghost, you speak different because another influence governs your tongue. YOU WALK DIFFERENT, YOU REACT DIFFERENTLY. AMEN. HALLELUJAH. IN FACT, YOU LOVE PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY. You forgive differently. You stand differently. YOU EVEN GIVE DIFFERENTLY. You worship differently. And your witness will be definitely differently. Hallelujah. And we want to see God having room in our life. Hallelujah. I want to see God having room in my life. Would you stand with me? I need God to have room in my life. Today we're not merely asking God to fill you, but ask him to show you what is occupying his room. Help us, God. What's occupying your room in my life? What is occupying your room? What must be moved? What must be surrendered? What must be forgiven? Now, I know I know this is just a mission service, but I I came to you just just reminding you of these things today. What must be surrendered? What must be forgiven? And there are things deep into our hearts that we have to pull out. We want God to fill us with the HOLY GHOST. WE WANT GOD TO RENEW US. BUT before any of that happens, we need to know what what must be removed, what must be turned off. Amen. What must be laid down? And what must be opened before the Lord? Hallelujah. Because God can do it and he can still do it. You believe that >> he can still do it. >> And I'm not I'm not sure if I if I told this story here, but I'm going to tell you again. But just a couple years ago, a couple years ago, I I went to Arkansas and I preached for a pastor over there. And um and that pastor, he is a he I I've never met him before. So he he invited me out to eat right before church. And so it was a midweek uh service and and as he invited me out to eat, he he we were sitting in that Mexican restaurant and we were sitting there and he was talking to me and he said he said, "Brother Krauss, I I I want to let you know something. I want to let you know that that you know I've passed at this church and it was a goodsized church, well over 200 people." And and he said, "I passed at this church for for for over over 10 years, but I need you I need you to know something." and and and and and he was he was starting to tear up and and and he said, "I need you to know that just about 10 years ago, 10 years ago, my wife had backslid." And I I was I was just surprised. I was like, "How can somebody pastor without a wife nowadays?" And and and he did it for 10 years. But boy, he was tearing up. And he said, "For 10 years, she's not showed up at our church. She's not been in our church anymore." and and and and we've been praying ever since. But I wanted you to know before you come into our service that that's what happened. So right there, I felt the presence of God. Amen. And and we were sitting at that Mexican restaurant and we were and I I took his hand. I said, "Pastor, would you mind if we just pray?" And we started praying. And as we started praying, I felt the presence of God moving in. Amen. And let me tell you, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEREVER YOU ARE. IF YOU FEEL LIKE PRAYING, AMEN. LET ME TELL YOU, YOU'RE making room FOR GOD. AMEN. YOU'RE MAKING ROOM FOR GOD. AND WE MADE ROOM RIGHT THERE AT THAT MEXICAN PLACE. AMEN. WE STARTED PRAYING AND PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT US AND SHAKING THEIR HANDS AND WE DIDN'T CARE. BUT WE MADE ROOM FOR GOD. And I felt the power of the Holy Ghost just moving right there. And so we walked out there and that whole evening I just felt the presence of God and and I knew God's going to do something. I didn't know what he was about to do. But so it came time for me to preach and to go to that service and have church and came time for me to preach. as of I I was preaching there just about halfway down the road, Bishop, a woman that was obviously not apostolic. She walked in and as she walked in, she sat right there in the middle of the pews there. She sat down and I kept preaching and and and and and after my sermon, I was I was I was calling for the altar. And so all of them, they came up. They came to the altar. They came down and we started praying. And God was moving. And I was just excited that God was moving. And in a mission service, people were filled with the Holy Ghost. And it was just a powerful move. And and and all of a sudden all almost throughout the enter time uh finally that woman, she got up and she was coming down to the altar and she was literally just running over to a side there being by herself and she started lifting up her hands and nobody was with her. And so I walked over there. I thought, I'm going to pray with her. So I laid my hands on her. She lifted up her hands and I could tell that there was some some things she was fighting and so some resistance and and so I started praying with her and and I felt I felt the spirit of God moving right in there and and it was just a moment where she made room for God. Amen. She made room for God. She was fighting with it. And sometimes it is a fight in our own in our own soul in our own mind. Amen. But if WE ARE WILLING TO BREAK THROUGH, AMEN, and make room for God. She was filled with THE HOLY GHOST. SHE WAS SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND GOD BLESSED her right THERE AND WE REJOICED and it was just a wonderful moment and I was so thankful for that. But something very strange happened. All of a sudden as she was praying over there, the entire church was moving over. They were all gathered around her and they started praying with her. It was so powerful, Bishop. It was so powerful. So I looked over. I was trying to find the pastor. Couldn't find him. So saw him sitting on the side there standing there and I walked over there. He was crying like a baby. He was he was crying. He was he was going he WAS GOING, "BROTHER KRAUSS, HE SAID, "BROTHER KRAUSS, THIS LADY RIGHT HERE, THAT'S MY WIFE. THAT'S MY WIFE." LET ME TELL YOU, THAT'S IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE ROOM THAT GOD HAS IN your life. IF YOU ARE MAKING ROOM, GOD CAN DO ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE. GOD CAN DO ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE. I want to make some room today. How about you? I want to make some room today. Hallelujah. Would you be so kind? Would it be all right for US? I KNOW WE WE ALMOST HAD AN ALTAR SERVICE EARLIER, BUT CAN WE DO THAT AGAIN? Can we just come down to this altar and and just pray? Let's make some room for God. Come on. I want to make room for God. Anybody here want to make room for God? There's nothing he can't do. If you are willing to make some room for God, he can take over your situation. He can take over your problem. But come on. Come on. Your your vessel. Come on. There's too many other things. You need to make room. Come on. God is looking for some room. He's been able to fill you so much. He's been able to do so much, but he wants to fill you even more. Hallelujah. Would you lift up your hands right now with me? Hallelujah. Would you pray with me? I want to make room. I want to make room. Why don't you cry out to Jesus right now? Hallelujah. The Bible says, "Bring words before the Lord." Come on, young people. Lift up your hands and bring words before the Lord. Come on. There might be some things in your vessel. They don't need to be there. They've been there for a long time. Hallelujah. You know what it is. I don't have to tell you. You know what it is. Why don't you dig a little deeper? Make some room. I want to make room. I want to make room right now. Lift up your hands to the Lord. God, I want to make room for you. God, I want to make room. I want to make room in the name of Jesus. Come on. Why don't you open your mouth and just repent before the Lord? Ask him. Hallelujah. What is it? What is it, God? Give us revelation, God. God, open our eyes, God. Open our hearts, God. Oh, I need to make room. Hallelujah. Come on. Whatever it is, whatever it is, >> make room for long. is what you want from me. Come on, somebody pray. Somebody lift up your hands and your voice unto the Lord. This is it. This is it. Make room. Come on. As you pray, you're making room for God to move. Oh, as you worship, you're making room for God to move. Come on. As you seek the Lord, you're making room for God to do extraordinary. Hallelujah. To do something. Come on. As you magnify him, I want to make room. That's it. That's it. That's it. Yes. Oh yes. >> I want to make room. I want to make room, God, every morning. >> Rightousness. Rightousness is what I long for. Rightousness is what I need. >> Come on. Just a little praise. Seek him right now in the name of Jesus. >> Rightous is what you want. >> Take my heart. Take my heart. Take my heart. >> >> to you. You come on. There's room. There's more room. Let the Lord reveal himself to you.

Scripture references as spoken: Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Kings 4; John (book-only, as spoken); 2 Corinthians 6:17; Matthew 12:43-45; Luke 6:45.