The Power of the Spirit

Would you lift up your voice just for a moment? I know we're kind of waiting for the next part in the service, but just outside of the schedule, outside of the norm, we're before the feet of Jesus. Just imagine it with me right now. I can feel him. He's here in this room. But without the condemnation, without the guilt, without the weight of sin, just for a moment, I want you to think about what it's going to be like when we get there.

I want you to think about what it's going to be like when we're there before his feet and he's not worried about what you did the the the year before or where you came from. He the the enemy won't be able to condemn you or convict you or tell you're not good enough. We'll be free. That's what the Bible tells us. Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty because he doesn't see somebody that's condemned. He doesn't see somebody that's guilty.

He sees the blood. He sees you're free. He sees your cleansed. He sees your washed. He sees that unrighteousness as righteous. Would you lift up your voice all over this room and would you magnify the Lord just for a moment longer?

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yes. Heat. Heat.

Amen. Let's thank God for his word. I can feel Jesus here today. And there's one song that says, I can feel the brush of angels wings. I feel that today. I feel the Lord.

And this is something, as we've heard a moment ago, that not everybody knows. I can guarantee there are people this morning, right now, this same hour all over this world and even in this very city that don't know what it's like to be going through the darkest valley, going through a burdensome time and to be able to come to the house of the Lord and lift up their hands and instantly feel liberty, instantly feel peace in the middle of a cancerous diagnosis, in the middle of a financial struggle, in the middle of your depression, your fear, your suicidal thoughts, and say, "Lord, I don't know where to turn, how what to do, but what I do know is if I lift my hands, your word says you would inhabit the praises of your people." I'm just glad to be a part of what God is doing this morning. He's going to fill people with the precious gift of his spirit here today, and I'm excited about that. It is an honor to be here at APC again. I do feel I was looking back through some of my notes I have written down. I try to not retell uh the testimonies that I have told.

And so I try to jot down what I have said and I was going through my notes. I thought man I think I've already said all of them. So, uh, if I say it again, you all just worship and dance like it's the first time you ever heard it. Is that all right? And uh, I guess what I mean by that is I love this church. I love being here.

Love coming to this great church. You have amazing people of God here. and to see the diversity in worship, the diversity in culture in so many different uh cultures and countries represented at this great church. It is such a blessing to see you all worshiping together. Amen. And uh and it really is a blessing.

You know, I I will say this. I you can open your Bible. Acts chapter 2. It'll make you think that I'm about to start preaching. You feel like I'm going to move on with the service. But anyway, uh you know, being given the opportunity, the chance to go overseas, and I know we came just in October, I believe it was, and uh we were able to be here, but you know, having the opportunity to go overseas, I remember, or I guess it's been brought to my attention, been highlighted is the best way I can put it that, you know, we deal with what I guess you would call some type of uh prejudice or uh maybe having a difference, you know, of opinion based on the different cultures here in America.

And I I think people really kind of go on and on a little too long, a little too much about that in my personal opinion. Uh but when we went overseas, I quickly realized America has no idea what they're talking about when it comes to prejudice or, you know, uh being indifferent toward one person uh for the culture that they represent or the color of their skin or anything like that. But when you go to another country and you see how they treat other people that are not from their country, you quickly recognize, you know what, we've got it made right here where we're at. I'm telling you, some of you are like, "No, I don't agree with that." Well, that's all right. I'm telling you as someone who has been prejudiced against. All right?

Or like, "Oh, man. We didn't know we're going to talk about that this morning." Yeah, we're talking about it. Because you know what? In other countries, they'll gather on the other side of the room. They see somebody different walk in. They'll gather in the other side.

I don't know. Or some people say, "We need to have two different services now because we got two different cultures." Absolutely not. That's not what I see in the Bible. In the book of Acts, they came together and say, "Hey, you know what? All right. Here's the deal.

We got some Greeks together with the Jews and and the Greeks don't do what the Jews do, but we'll just give the Greeks some instruction. They don't need to do everything the Jews do, but we can indeed worship together. And I tell you today, we have a church body in this church right now that is able to worship God together. Would you clap your hands and thank the Lord? Doesn't it feel free to be able to worship with your brother, worship with your sister, no matter what it sounds like, no matter what they look like, no matter what language they speak or what food they eat, it's going to be what heaven's going to be like. And so I'm grateful that we get to be in the house of the Lord together and to hear the word of God and to worship alongside of you.

I can't wait to do it in heaven along with you. Amen. I want to take one moment and as you're open Acts chapter 2 and verse 1 and honor your pastor, your pastor's wife, their three amazing children, uh who as we already mentioned have so much in common to our children. Uh we we have something I'm just don't worry I don't preach long. You guys will be all right. Okay.

Uh but we have something in our family we do at the dinner table is called high and low. And we'll say our high of the day is this or our low, you know, and our kids will exaggerate. My low of the day, you know. Anyway, uh well, last night we were over at pastor's house and you're going to have to refresh my memory. They had something that was glad, mad, and sad. I think we need to throw the mad in there in ours.

We don't have that one, you know. Uh but anyway, they say, you know, we have some, you know, that you're going to be glad about, some you could be mad about, some that made you sad during the day. And so we went around the table and we said ours and I think our kids reacted exactly as their kids. One of our kids will go hide under the table and little Wes did that last night, right? And then uh you got Selena who will kind of just go on and say something. We don't know exactly what that is, but we know she's having a glad day hopefully.

Anyway, uh but I I honor them. They are genuine Christian people that love God and love you, are here to help you make heaven your home. They're apostolic in every way. And I love the fact that they're not just looking at what God is doing here in APC, but they have partnered, yes, with us, but also with other people throughout the world. You all are connected with churches throughout the world. And so I thank you for that.

I honor your leadership, all the great leadership that is represented here. And I do want to honor my wife and uh my kids, my children. So grateful for them. Is my son Jesse here? All right. Uh he's going to come on up.

I want to honor them. Let's give a Lord a round of applause for them. That's all right. Jesse is going to make his way on up here real quick. And as he does, he's going to say a scripture for us. But I um I'm just so grateful that we get to do this ministry together.

uh they indeed think that this is normal coming to church and I want them to think it's normal. See, he's just he's ready to preach. You all saw that he's like, "Hey, give me the mic. Let's go." Uh but I'm so grateful for my family. We get to do this together. And he's going to say John 14:1-6.

Right, buddy? All right.

John 14 1-6. Let not your hearts be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many mountains. If it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that wherever I go, ye know, and the way ye know.

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whether thou goest, and how can we know the way? Well, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man come unto the father but by me. John 14:1-6. It is such a blessing to get to do the work of God together. And uh as I mentioned, they think this is normal.

I think it was about a week ago. We were in service Tuesday through Friday, one break on Saturday and then two services on Sunday. And uh they just they're like, "All right, we're going to church." You know, on Saturday when we didn't have church, I don't know if they felt backslitting or what, but uh but I I want my kids to know this is where we're going to be.

Amen.

Don't make me change the message now. You know, this is where we're going to be. We got to be in the house of the Lord.

There's no choice. Amen. I'm going to be here in the house of the Lord. And so, I'm grateful for that. Um I I want to say my my son David is not here. or he is here, but he's back in the the service, children's service.

We're praying that he stays there and uh doesn't come back halfway through. My wife will get to worship freely as well as my uh my daughter Ava. I will say this last thing. I'll get into the into the word, but uh my son David, he really likes to eat I should have put the video up there, huh? But uh he really likes to eat lamb. And so out in other countries that looks a little different than what we do here.

And so out in other countries, they got the whole lamb head. You know, in Cyprus, where we were had the whole lamb head, the eyeballs, the tongue, the whole deal. And some of you are like, "Oh, no. You know, I'm spoiling your lunch, but that's all right. If you don't want it, you can give it to me." And so, uh, my son, we went out, we had, you know, lamb and he thought totally normal. He ate the eyeball and the whole I mean, he loves it.

So, we, my wife took him over. We all went to Cava. I don't know if you have that out here. It's kind of like a Chipotle, Mediterranean style. Anyway, he ordered the lamb and it's like a shredded up lamb there and he looks down. He said, "Mom, where's the lamb?" And she said, "It's right there." He said, "But where's the eyeballs?

Where is the tongue? Where's the teeth?" And so, uh, to him, having no eyeballs means you have no lamb. I don't know. One day I'll preach about that somehow, but for now, it just makes a good story. But I I I love my family. so grateful uh that they think it's normal to have a good lamb lamb head every once in a while.

Acts chapter 2 and the Bible says in verse one, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them, and they were all filled." fil. Everyone say, "All filled."

All filled.

No, no, no. Say it like you mean it. All filled.

All fil

with the Holy Ghost. Everyone shout, "Holy Ghost."

How do you know? The Bible doesn't stop there, but it lets us know how we can tell. How others can tell they receive the Holy Ghost. And it says, "And begin to speak with other tongues as a spirit gave them utterance." God is going to fill people today with that same precious gift. in this service. If you believe that, would you say amen?

Now, in great expectation of what God's going to do, would you lift up your hands and would you help me pray? Jesus, we thank you for the privilege to be here right now. I pray, God, that you would anoint my mind and loose my tongue to speak your word here today. We give you all the honor and all the glory. I thank you for every person you're going to fill with the power of your spirit. We love you and we thank you in Jesus' name.

Amen. Amen. Would you clap your hands one more time? I see a few people kind of giving this kind of clap just for a moment. Would you clap your hands and would you shout unto God with the voice of triumph? And if you feel like it, that's great.

But if you don't, that's the best time to do it. Would you lift up your voice just for a moment? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Doesn't that feel good? Would you go ahead and do that one more time? You're used to having church. you're too used to having church. Would you do that one more time? Not because it's protocol, not because it's something that we do just to do, but because HE INHABITS THE PRAISES OF his people.

Go ahead, lift your hands. GO AHEAD, SHOUT UNTO GOD. YOU MIGHT NOT FEEL THE VICTORY YET, BUT WHEN YOU SHOUT WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH, GOD'S GOING TO COME IN THE ROOM AND VICTORY SHOWS UP. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH.

YES, God almighty. We love you, Lord. Praise God. Turn to your neighbor. About two or three people, shake their hand and tell them the power of the spirit. And after that, you may be seated.

God is going to fill people with his spirit today. And I'll say it one more time so everyone can understand what God is going to do. God is going to fill people with the power of the Holy Ghost today. If you came to this place this morning with a a burden, with something heavy, as was already mentioned a moment ago, you came looking for a way out. I want to let you know you're in the right place at the right time. And God is going to pour out his spirit in this room.

And it's not just for the old. It's not just for those that have been in church a while. It's not some special prize that you receive after doing some tradition long enough, but it is for everyone that desires, as the Bible says, to whosoever will. It's to the youngest all the way to the oldest. God wants to give the precious gift of his spirit. We are in the last days.

There is no doubt that we are at the end. Time is ticking away and it is any day now that Jesus will return. Any moment that we can expect that trumpet to blow. We can expect him to come and we can expect with the help of the Lord to meet him in the clouds. Can I tell you the Bible tells us except a man be born of the water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. But I'm here to let you know that when the trumpet sounds, if you have been born of the water and you have been filled with the SPIRIT THAT YOU AND I ARE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM IN THE CLOUDS FOREVER.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS is not my home. UH YOU CAN HAVE THE CAR, YOU CAN HAVE THE HOUSEH, YOU CAN HAVE THE MONEY, YOU CAN HAVE THE CLOTHES. I WANT JESUS WHEN THIS THING IS ALL OVER. I WANT HIM. I WANT MORE OF HIM AND LESS of me. And so I'm grateful that we recognize we are in these last days.

And as a a product or a byproduct of being in these last days, there is no doubt that God is pouring out his spirit.

There's just a few of you that believe that. All right, say it again so everybody can jump on board. Look, I'm not a long-winded preacher. I'm really not. But I will finish when you respond.

One more time. One more time. Here's the deal. Okay, quick quick bit of w I'm taking a pause in my message right now to give you some wisdom. You guys ready?

You're not ready. Okay, you guys ready?

There we go. Make me feel a little nervous. You don't talk back to me. This is what happens. A long-winded preacher, I know your pastor never preaches long, okay? I know he never goes long, right?

Oh, man. All right. Here we go. This is what I'm talking about. I'm giving you the wisdom. You got a long-winded preacher up here.

I know not your pastor, but somebody else. All right. If you let him know, amen, I'm getting what you're saying. Let it be so. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.

You let him know you're getting the message, then he doesn't have to keep on going.

But when a preacher gets up here and he's like, "Man, they're really not getting it, pastor. I might as well keep on going. And so we'll just pull Genesis to Revelation. All right. So you let me know you're getting the message and we're going to be all right. You'll be out for lunch no time.

I promise. All right. So as I mentioned, okay, we are in the last days. And one of the amazing things along Yeah, this brother is ready for lunch wherever he's at right now. You're dismissed, my friend. Actually, stay a little while.

I might rub off on some people. We need that. And so while we are in these last days, yes, there's a lot of doom and gloom and there's a lot of darkness that points to the fact that we are indeed in the last days. You don't have to look very long. You don't have to search very hard at all to figure out the fact that these times we are living in are like no other time in this world ever of any time. The world is so backwards, so wrong.

They say right is wrong and wrong is right and people are literally out of their right mind. It is uncanning how wild this world has gotten. And if you step outside of this country, you will see it is much the same. People are bound by things that have been around for years are bound by certain ways of life and ideas that really have nothing to do with the word of God. They are contrary. They are opposite of what God says is righteous and what God says is love and true peace and so on and holiness.

And we recognize that we are at the end. And yes, I want it absolutely to scare somebody today. Why? Because I want you to know that you can't go another day without Jesus. You can't go another day without giving your life to If you're afraid right now, that's all right. Because I want you to know that HELL IS HOT.

AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE OUR SINS ARE DESTINED TO SEND US. BUT THE MOMENT you repent AND GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS, THAT'S THE MOMENT THAT GOD BEGINS TO WASH YOUR SINS AWAY AND NOW YOU CAN BE A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST. Anybody understand what I'm talking about today? We are in the last days and I don't want to be caught in this moment when the trumpet sounds and I'm not ready for what the Lord has. I want to be ready. I want to be there in the streets of gold.

I WANT TO WALK. I WANT TO DANCE. I WANT TO RUN THE STREETS OF GOLD. I WANT TO WORSHIP GOD WITH peace in my heart. And so another thing that points to these very last days is the outpouring of his spirit. The Bible tells us in Acts chapter 2 and verse 17, it and it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.

Your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And he says, "And on my servants, on my handmaidaidens, I will pour out in those days of my spirit and they shall prophesy." It was told to us in the last days that we will indeed receive the spirit, that the spirit would be poured out. And I don't know about you, but I want whatever the bible says. I remember being in Cyprus and I would tell a lady, I said, "Listen, if it's in the Bible, we want it. If it's not," and I would put my hand off of the Bible, "We don't want it." And she said, 'Well, what about praying to the saints?' I said, 'Is it in the Bible?' Well, she'd say, 'I don't know.' I said, 'No, it's over here. It's not in the Bible.

It's over here. I don't want it. Then I open the Bible. I say, look right there. What does that say? You can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Absolutely. Is it in the Bible? Yes. Then I want it. I want what the Bible says I can have. I want what the Lord wrote to us that we can have.

And so I remember one man coming to church one day and uh he came to church not far from here and and he told me a little bit of his story. He said, "Man, I remember being just the night before service." He said, "I remember being in my room and he was involved in witchcraft." And he said, "I didn't really know exactly what it all was, how dark it was." And he said, "I literally asked the spirit to come into my room, into my house, into my life." He said, "In that same night that I was asking this demonic spirit to come into my home," he said, "All of a sudden, I heard a knock at the door, not the front door, at the door of my room." He said, "And nobody lives with me." And he said, "All of a sudden, I seen a black figure walk into my room. And I had no idea what it was, but what I did know is I did not like what I felt." He said, "I called my mom and I said, "Mom, I'm going to church with you tomorrow. I don't know what's going on, but I need what you have. He came to church. He was baptized in Jesus name, and he was filled with the precious gift of the Holy Ghost.

He looked at me, he said, "Man, I never felt this kind of peaceuh. I never felt this KIND OF JOY. I NEVER FELT THIS KIND OF LOVE. I'M HERE TO TELL SOMEBODY TODAY THAT WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DEMONIC HOLD IS ON YOU. THE POWER OF GOD IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER KNOWN BEFORE. The power of God is stronger than anything you've ever experienced before.

It's a thing that will change your life. That will see you through. It'll keep you in a time where you thought there's no way you could ever get out of this situation. It is the power of the spirit. And so, I remember so very clearly being in a uh in a ladies a lady's prison. I remember so clearly.

And I I had been only one time in a ladies I've been in men's prisons and I've testified a little bit about that here. I checked the log and uh some of y'all are barely getting that. But I remember being in the lady's prison and and uh walking in, they invited me to go and preach. And when I got to preaching, man, these ladies, they would come and they would worship God. And it was it was a great moment. But I remember so clearly before I ever even get behind the pulpit, I walked in and you know, it was raining outside.

And I know a lot of preachers say, you know, it's raining out there. It's going to rain Holy Ghost fire in here. How many you ever heard somebody say something like that? No, never. You need to go to church more. No, I'm just kidding.

I grew up in church, man. I've heard everything. You know, how about the one about, "Hey, the fans are out there watching football and they're willing to dance and shout over there. We need to dance in church." How many of y'all heard that one right here? That's right. Okay.

Now, I know I'm home. And so, I remember walking into that that prison and it was raining outside and I was like, "Nope, I'm not going to say it. I'm not going to think about it. I'm not going to do one of those cliche deals where I say, "You know what? It's raining out there and it's going to rain Holy Ghost fire in here." And I was walking toward the room, this chapel we were at, and we were going to and and I remember as soon as I got in, I looked out the window and it was pouring down now. Rain.

I mean, just pouring rain. Pouring cats and dogs as you would say. And all of a sudden, I felt the Lord speak to me. It's raining out there and it's going to rain Holy Ghost fire in here. And I said, "Woo, come on." And so I got up behind the pope and I said, "You know what? It's raining out there.

It's going to rain Holy Ghost fire in here." And I tell you, 29 ladies there in that prison, not at a church service like APC, but in that prison receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. I need somebody to understand today that it's not just for those you think is worthy of. It's not just for those that THINK THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S FOR THOSE THAT WHOSOEVER WILL. IF YOU WANT THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, UH I'M HERE TO TELL YOU UH THAT GOD WILL FILL YOU WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST UH AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM IN THIS WORLD. NO SITUATION, NO DEVIL TOO BIG THAT CAN STOP YOU FROM RECEIVING THE GIFT OF HIS SPIRIT.

Would you clap your hands for a moment? Would you clap your hands just a moment longer? You know what I feel in this room? I feel like it's a mundane tradition. Uh yes, we've heard about it before. We know about what you're talking about.

Well, then you should rejoice because you recognize UH YOU CAN CAST YOUR BURDENS ON THE LORD. UH AND GUESS WHAT? UH HE IS ABLE TO GIVE YOU REST. TO NOT REST LIKE ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD. NOT PEACE LIKE ANYTHING THIS WORLD WILL GIVE YOU, BUT PEACE THAT GOES BEYOND YOUR SITUATION. HALLELUJAH.

When you do that, every spirit in this room recognizes uh that depression that's been holding you bound, that fear that's been holding you, those suicidal thoughts uh that HAVE GOT YOU BOUND. They realize, wait a second, I'M ON MY WAY OUT. UH BECAUSE I FEEL THE LIBERTY UH OF THE ONE THAT ALREADY CAME AND CONQUERED ME. UH I FEEL THE POWER OF THE ONE THAT ALREADY CAME AND OVERCAME ME. I FEEL HIM IN THE ROOM AND HE'S HERE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT MEANS UH WHEN YOU BEGIN TO FEEL THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST UH YOU CAN BE SET FREE.

HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. You feel that in this room? You want to know why? Because God wants to do what only he can do.

But he's waiting on us uh to do what only we can do. And if you've got a hand clap uh if you've got a shout uh if you've got a praise uh it's a whole lot more than tradition. It is absolutely uh to bring the presence of God in this room. Uh he let us know in before in his word. Uh that he inhabits the praises of his people that WHERE WE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER, he's here in the midst. Uh I don't know about you, but I don't like going to church just to go to church.

Uh, I don't want to get dressed up just to do it. I WANT TO KNOW THAT GOD IS GOING TO SHOW UP. UH, MIRACLES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE FILLED. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE HEALED. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE TOUCHED.

And I'm telling you, in the Holy Ghost, somebody today is going to be delivered. There has been demonic activity. There has been things that have held your mind down. And just now you're getting revelation and understanding. I feel the Holy Ghost. You're getting revelation and understanding uh that that demon has held your mind uh and fed all types of fiery darts uh into your heart.

And that's why it's hard to worship. Uh because I don't feel like worshiping because I don't feel liberty yet BECAUSE I GOT THOUGHT THAT AREN'T LIBERTY, THOUGHTS THAT AREN'T PEACE. But can I tell you today it's not just when you feel like it, but it's in the moments that you are literally bound. JUST LIKE PAUL AND SILAS, UH THEY COULD NOT MOVE their feet uh AND THEY COULD NOT MOVE THEIR HANDS. UH BUT THEY STILL HAD A VOICE UH AND THEY WOULD NOT LET LET THEIR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCE UH KEEP THEM from praising God. Uh what I'm telling you today is they begin to sing, they begin to celebrate UH AND THEY RECOGNIZE UH if we do WHAT WE CAN, GOD WILL SHOW UP.

UH AND WHEN THEY SHOUTED AND WHEN THEY CELEBRATED, all of a sudden THE PRISON DOORS OPENED UP. I'M HERE to tell you THAT SITUATION IS GOING TO BREAK TODAY.

HALLELUJAH. It's a whole lot more than just some tradition. I am tired of tradition. I am tired of people going. Can I tell you? I've been in countries, they'll go, they'll light the candle, they'll kiss the saint, they'll go and kiss the picture, make their little kids do it, too.

and they don't feel anything on the way out. Uh, AND I TELL YOU, I DON'T want to go to church, uh, I don't WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT JESUS, UH, and not feel ANYTHING DIFFERENT. UH, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING WE CAN FEEL. WE'VE GOT SOMETHING WE CAN EXPERIENCE. WE'VE GOT SOMETHING WE CAN TOUCH. WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT THE BIBLE SAYS IS LIKE FIRE SHUT UP ON THE INSIDE.

Thank you, Lord. When those 29 ladies received the Holy Ghost the following week, they baptized them uh in the room adjacent to that particular room we were at. And all of a sudden there was a witch in that uh in that uh jail and she came to hold her services like she did week after week after week. And eventually they told me they said you know what after we baptized people in that room and so many people received the Holy Ghost that witch came to the same room that we were in and she couldn't connect with the demonic spirit. She told us she said I don't know WHAT'S GOING ON BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT SAME connection anymore. I'm here to tell you THERE IS NO DEVIL IN I WISH THEY' TURN ME UP ON THAT.

THERE'S NO DEVIL IN HELL THAT CAN STOP THE POWER OF ALMIGHTY GOD. All right.

I think we gotten too comfortable. And I know I'm I'm harping on it a little bit more. But I want to tell you why. Cuz the more we push it, the more we talk about what the enemy is doing, all of a sudden you can feel the liberty begin to move. Why? Because you receive revelation of what's holding you down.

You recognize, wait a second, uh, I might have forgot the time that God filled me with his spirit. I might have forgot what it felt like. Uh, the time I was washed and my sins were washed away. I might have forgot where I came from. Uh, THE DRUGS THAT HAD ME BOUND. UH, THE DEPRESSION THAT HAD ME BOUND.

UH, THE FEAR THAT I COULDN'T SHAKE. UH, THE ANXIETY THAT WOULD CONTROL MY BODY. BUT CAN I TELL YOU TODAY, THERE'S a whole room of believers uh, THAT REMEMBER THE TIME THAT JESUS SET YOU FREE. YEAH. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT GOD IS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. You got to stop relying on what you know.

Stop relying on the pills. UH STOP RELYING ON THE MONEY. STOP RELYING ON WHAT YOU FEEL. STOP RELYING ON WHAT YOUR MOM SAYS OR YOUR DAD SAYS. UH AND CAST YOUR BURDENS. ON JESUS.

Why do you think we heard that word? Cuz some of you are so close to your family that if your dad said, "No, no, no. I want you to go this way and not toward Jesus, you're willing to do what he says because you trust him that much." Uh, but can I tell you, if it's not in the WORD OF GOD, I DON'T WANT IT. UH, IF IT'S IN THE WORD, I WANT WHAT GOD SAYS. It transcends tradition. It goes beyond what we can feel.

And while I was in Colombia just earlier in 2025, I remember so clearly being in a village out there and watching the people as they would worship with no other option. That's the problem. Too many options.

Think about it for a moment. Well, if nothing happens today, I'll just go back to doing what I was doing. But when you go back and you face that fear, you face that depression, you face that anxiety, you face that same addiction, and you don't have any power that change your life. Guess what? Your willpower will only go about that far.

You know it because you can't control what you eat,

right?

Something smells good. Oh man, that's that's nice. break all the diets. Willpower only goes about that far. But when you get Jesus living on the inside, you know what happens? All of a sudden, it could be the midnight hour.

And there's a difference when he's around you and he's inside of you.

You could you can come to church and feel good. And pastor will come over, open the doors, and man, he's got a good word, powerful word, and and you feel good, but you got to wait till next Sunday or next Wednesday to feel that good again. But man, when I got Jesus living on the inside, that's a whole different thing. I'm driving down the road and the enemy says, "What you did the other day wasn't real. That worship, it it wasn't real. You don't know who you really are.

That fear, I've still got you bound." And the enemy lies to you. They're in your kid's room and you recognize, "Man, the enemy's got my kid running in circles. Uh, and he's got them all depressed and sad, all fearful, and things are going wrong." and the enemy begins to creep into your mind and into your life. Uh you can look at the enemy AND SAY, "WAIT, HOLD ON. GREATER is he that is in me than he that IS IN THE WORLD. I DON'T JUST GOT JESUS ON THE OUTSIDE.

I'VE GOT HIM LIVING ON THE INSIDE. I'VE GOT HIM WORKING. I'VE GOT HIM MOVING THROUGH ME."

Somebody go ahead and worship God. Would you do that now as you magnify the Lord? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Watching those people in that service in Colombia. Can I tell you in a moment where they had no hope, had no way out, I watched as 70 plus people were filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost. Uh they begin speaking with other tongues UH AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD GAVE THEM THE UTTERANCE. UH AND YOU KNOW WHAT? NOBODY EVEN LAID HANDS ON HER. But there was one girl right about here that was possessed with the devil.

And instantly she was DELIVERED AND GOD FILLED HER WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST. UH I'M HERE TO TELL SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM UH THAT THERE IS NO DEMONIC FORCE. THERE IS NO SPIRIT THAT IS GREATER THAN THE POWER OF JESUS CHRIST. One more time, would you clap your hands unto the Lord?

This is what I want. I I like to just be as real as I can. You all know that.

I want you to stand. I feel like there's people in this room, maybe you're expecting something different. I don't know. You have to wait till next Sunday.

But I I want you to understand today that it's the simplicity of the word that we walk in, that we live in, that we live by. You might not know the Greek and the Hebrew and that might actually benefit some people because some people think they know too much. Yeah, absolutely. I I definitely feel that. I I've experienced a whole lot. You know, I know I know a little bit.

You know what happens? It takes away from the simplicity of it, the the elementary level. He said, "But you got to be his children before me. So, you try to figure it all out and Oh, yeah. You know, I know. I had one cousin.

I invited him to church and I was like 17. I was preaching and I was really just inviting him so he can he can come back to Jesus. He came to church and after that we went out to eat and he started examining the whole message. Well, I didn't like how you said this or didn't like how you said that. You should have done it like this. And in my head, I'm like, "Bro, you missed the whole thing." That's not why you're here to examine what the pastor is saying.

You're here to get more of him. Amen.

We are to recognize that Jesus is the only one

that can save our life. And I want to tell you in a moment like this, God can fill you with his spirit. He can heal you. He can touch your body just like this. I remember being in Washington and as we were in service or not even in really a service, a Bible study at someone's house. There was about 30 people there and uh I preached a very quick and simple message and I said God is going to fill people with the Holy Ghost.

And in that moment after shortly after they began lifting up their hands and 15 people received the Holy Ghost just like that they began speaking with other tongues as the spirit of God gave them the utterance. Their hands began to shake and God came to live inside of them. Tears begin to come down their faces. The joy of the Lord began to fill their heart. Because here's the deal. There are other religions in this world.

There are other faiths. There are other people that preach their word and whatever they think is holy. They'll preach it dogmatically. They'll preach it with their whole life. But can I tell you, there's nothing that will change at the end. But when somebody comes to an altar of repentance here today like you have the chance and says, "God, I know I can't do it without you.

I need you to fill me with your spirit. I need your joy. I need your peace. I need love. I need what only you can give me." It's in that moment that God comes and gives that precious gift of the Holy Ghost and your life is changed forever.

And I I want to tell you today that God can indeed do that in this room.

You believe that?

This is what I want us to do. I want you to grab your neighbor very quickly, everybody in the sanctuary, and I want you to grab your neighbor right now. Would you do that? Grab the person next to you. right next to you. And I want you to say, "You know what?

I'd like you to come with me down to the altar." And I want you to bring them on down to this altar area. It's the front area here of this church. And as you come, make room for those behind you, please. As you're making your way, you're bringing them this way. I believe God is going to do what only he can do. You can make room for those coming behind you.

There's people coming. Please make room for those. And God wants to fill you with the gift of his spirit today. I remember as I mentioned to you a moment ago, some of you are saying, "Man, I just need a miracle. I need God to heal me, to touch me, whatever it may be may be." While we were in that service or that house and a Bible study was happening, I remember those people were speaking with other tongues. The spirit of God was in the room.

And that's what I want to highlight today. Because as that was happening, there was a man who was deaf, could not hear. And I had no idea about it. Nobody went laid hands on him. But all of a sudden, his ears opened as God healed his body. And he began looking around.

Hey, hey, I can hear. I can hear. And begin to tell us and explain. God just opened my ears. Can I tell you it's in a moment like this where your faith is in Jesus and you recognize, you know what? I need more of him that God begins to move in this room and do what only he can do.

So, if you've got a need today, I want you to raise your hand just like this. You say, "I need Jesus to move in my life." Would you do that right now? Raise your hand. I want to know. There's somebody today that says, "You know what? I got a situation.

It might be a sickness. It might be something going on in my mind. I can't overcome. I need God and God is going to do what only he can do. This next part is very very important and uh I told you I wasn't going to be long, right? I stuck with my stuck to my word and God is going to do what only he can do right now.

But this part is on you. Is everybody ready? Is that all right? This part's on you. I can't do this for you. And the person next to you can't do it for you.

You've got to ask God for forgiveness. We are all sinners. We've all fallen short of the glory of God. We have all messed up. We've all done wrong. Every single person in this room.

And so from the front to the back, left to the right, we're going to all ask God to forgive us. Now, I want you to know that God does not forgive like you and I. All right, let me explain. Brother Walmer and I, we're friends, right?

All right. He's he's my coffee buddy and he loves Anyone who loves coffee is a friend of mine. And one time he actually went and got us coffee. I mean that's like BFFs right there, you know. And so anyway, the Walmart and I, you know, we're friends now, you know, he's a Christian, right? And I like to believe I'm a Christian also.

And so, you know, if the day ever came, it probably never would, but if the day ever came that brother Walmer and I, you know, just had a situation, a problem, and let's say I started saying some things about him that really were not nice, I wouldn't do that. But let's just say it was, right? And and if that happened, he might now he might not, but he might in his flesh make me wait a little while. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Before he forgives me. So maybe I text him and say, "Hey, bro.

How you doing?" and he's like, "I know what he said about me the other day." And so I'm going to make him wait like a week before he can actually get a text back from me. How many of you understand what I'm talking about? Any of you that are married, you know exactly what I'm talking about. I know this isn't a marriage conference, but praise the Lord, it's exactly how it goes. My dad used to call it the silent treatment when my mom would give it to him, you know, and she wouldn't talk and he'd have to figure out what's going on. And so it happens.

We know that. But Jesus does not forgive like you and I. When he was on the cross, he let us know those sins that you've committed. I already died for those before you were ever even born. And so all you need to do today is say, "Lord, would you cleanse me of my sins? Would you wash me today?" Pray your prayer of repentance.

And as you do that, God will forgive you of all your sins today. If you believe that, would you say, "Amen."

Amen. So, right now, I want you to bow your head and close your eyes. And this is what I'd like you to do. I'd like you to pray and go ahead and lift up your voice. And I want you to ask God for forgiveness. I'm going to do it for me.

You do it for you. Would you do that right now all over this room? Jesus, would you cleanse my heart here today? Would you wash me in this place, God? Would you forgive me of my sins in the name of Jesus? I pray, Lord, that you would forgive me of the things that I know I've done.

Forgive me of the things I don't know I've done. In the name of Jesus, I release those that have trespassed against me, that have done wrong against me, God. Those that have have come against me, I pray. In the name of Jesus, I release them. I forgive them that your mercy would flow onto me. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you and I love you, Lord, for your mercy and for your grace here today.

In Jesus' name, I give my heart to you, my mind to you. I surrender it all to you in the name of Jesus. I love you and I thank you almighty God. We worship you Lord in Jesus name. Amen. If you believe that God has forgiven you and I believe he has if you've been sincere with God, I want you to rejoice because you've got a clean slate today.

So, can we clap our hands and thank the Lord? Thank you. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Thank you.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. It feels good to be cleaned.

And it really happens just like that.

Amen.

When you go down in those waters, the enemy looks at you and says, "Hey, I see forgiven." So, if you've not been baptized today, today you can be baptized in Jesus name. God's going to fill people with his spirit here and I'm going to give a few instructions and we're going to pray together. The reason I've asked people to come to the front is because we're a body of believers together. We're a family. And so, we're going to pray as a family here in this altar together. All right.

What I would like you to do, though, very important. I want you to look at the person next to you. There's probably two people beside you, one on the left, one on the right, and I want you to ask them, "Have you ever received the gift of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking with other tongues?" Would you do that right now all over the sanctuary? Would you ask them, "Have you ever received the Holy Ghost?"

Amen. All right. And so now you've asked them, you know, there's people that have said, "No, I've never received it. I don't have it. I've never spoke with other tongues." Or they said, "I don't know." Or they said, "Maybe I have, but I don't remember." That's all right. We're going to pray with you.

God wants to fill you with his spirit. And so if you're standing next to somebody that said, "I don't have it or I don't know or I'm not sure still what the preacher's talking about." We're we're here to pray with you. All right? And I want you that's standing next to them to help me pray with them. Can you do that? So when we shout hallelujah, I want you to lay hands on them and God is going to fill them with his spirit.

So right now, what we're going to do, we're going to lift up our head toward Jesus. We're going to lift up our hands like this in a sign of worship and surrender. And the very most important thing is that we worship God. We are not begging. We're not hoping. We're worshiping God.

I thank you. I love you. I worship you. I want you to do that all over this room. And when they start speaking with other tongues and you're praying with them, please give me a thumbs up and let me know because that's going to build faith for somebody over here who's seeking the Holy Ghost when they are filled over here. Would you lift your hands right now in this sanctuary?

And I want you to lift your head up toward Jesus. Don't hold it down in shame. And as you lift your head up toward Jesus, I want you to begin to worship. I'm going to speak a word of faith and and we're going to shout hallelujah as loud as we can in a moment. And God is going to fill you with the gift of the Holy Ghost right now. We thank you, Lord Jesus.

We love you, Almighty God. Go ahead. Right now, that's it. The spirit of God is here. That's it. The power of the Holy Ghost is in this room.

It's the power to transform your life. Uh it's the power to change you. It's the power to heal you. It's the power to move in your life today. Go ahead all over the room in the name of Jesus. There it is.

Just lift up your voice now. Lift up your voice. by the authority of the word of God and the power of the name of Jesus. Uh I command every one of you to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Everybody let's shout hallelujah. 1 2 3 Hallelujah.

THAT'S IT. Let it flow. Lay hands on the person next to you. Would you do that now? Would you lay hands on the person next to you in the name of Jesus? That's it.

Let it flow. Let it flow. Let it flow. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Have you ever spoken in Thank you, Jesus.

Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Oh Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Go ahead. That's it. Lay hands on somebody. God's filling people with his spirit right now. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. There it is. Just like that. Just like that.

There you go. No more English. Just pray in the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. Let it go. There it is.

That's the Holy Ghost. That's it. That's the Holy Ghost. That's it. Don't stop. That's the Holy Ghost.

Don't stop speaking in tongues. Let that flow a little bit louder. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

God's already filling people with the Holy Ghost. There's somebody that's already received the gift of the Holy Ghost in the name of Jesus. That's it. Don't stop. Don't stop. Don't stop speaking in tongues.

Let it flow in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We're going to pray with you until you receive the Holy Ghost. That's it. When you feel that in your lips and your tongue, just let God have his way.

Let God do what he wants to do. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. That's it. Let it flow. Let it flow a little bit louder. There it is. Don't worry.

Let it flow. I want you just to worship. Say hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let it flow. Let it flow.

A little bit louder. Okay. You feel that in your tongue and your lips. No more English. Just speak in tongues now.

There you go. No more English speak. Let your tongue go. Okay, there it is. No more English. Okay, just speak in tong.

Just let it flow. There it is. Yes. Little bit louder. A little bit louder. Go.

Let it go again. Little bit louder. There it is. Let it flow. Let it flow. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Little bit louder. No more English.

Okay. Just speak in tong. There it is. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Don't stop. Don't stop. Don't stop. Hallelujah. That's it. Keep going.

That's it. A little bit louder. That's it. No more English. No more English. Just praying the Holy Ghost.

Thank you, Jesus.

Go ahead. People are praying. People are praying. Continue to pray. God's filling people with his spirit right now. Would you go ahead?

Would you continue to pray with them? We want we're going to pray with you until God fills you with the Holy Ghost. Let's let it flow here today in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. If you're seeking the Holy Ghost, would you lift up your head toward Jesus?

Just begin to speak hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let that flow here today in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Jesus. Thank you, Lord God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hey, baby. Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. There's two more people that have been filled with the Holy Ghost. God's moving right now.

He's already filling people with the gift of the Holy Ghost. Don't stop praying. And if you're praying with somebody, don't stop praying. God wants to fill them with his spirit.

I need you to live inside. That's it. God's filling the kids with the gift of the Holy Ghost. He's filling Mila with the gift of the Holy Ghost. God's moving all over this sanctuary right now. Don't stop praying.

Don't stop praying.

Praise God. Praise God.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. God's still filling people with the gift of the Holy Ghost. Can you help me? If you're sitting in the pew, would you stretch your hands this way?

And would you extend your faith this way right now? God's moving right now. This is a life-changing moment for people in this room. For some young kids here today, this is a life-changing moment. Would you lift up your hands? Stretch your hands this way.

Go ahead. Would you help me pray in the name of Jesus? Hallelujah. Hallelujah.