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Divine Interception

October 9, 2022 · Apostolic Pentecostal Church (St. Louis, MO)

Transcript of a published sermon by Rev. Tim Milligan, transcribed from YouTube. An attributed primary source — not Acts 2:38 Life doctrine text.

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Summary prepared by Acts 2:38 Life from the transcript below — the preacher’s words follow in full.

Honors, Family, and an Expectation of Great Things

  • Milligan thanks the worship team and the connect class he was invited to join, and gives honor to the host pastor and his wife and to the bishop and his wife.
  • He introduces his wife and family: his only daughter Bella, and his sons Xander, Tate, and Henry.
  • He tells of having been part of hundred-soul revivals and of the dramatic change they brought to a church.
  • He declares in faith that the Lord is preparing great things for this house, this city, and this community, and leads the congregation to stand and thank the Lord in advance.

The Text: Two Thieves and a Promise of Paradise

  • He reads the crucifixion account: one criminal rails on Jesus while the other rebukes him, admits their own guilt, and says, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom."
  • Jesus answers the penitent thief, "Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise."
  • He announces his subject: Divine Interception — a turn of events for a man headed in the wrong direction.

Scriptures: Luke 23

Jesus Intercepts in the Darkest Moment — Activate Your Faith

  • Jesus is presented as the Divine Interceptor who steps in just in the nick of time for the unworthy, the unlovable, and those who feel unforgivable.
  • His interception is promised for salvation, for divine healing, for fragmented mental peace, for family crises, and for bankrupt finances.
  • In the darkest and most hopeless moment, believers are told to look up and lift up their heads, because redemption draws nigh.
  • At Lazarus's tomb, Jesus had the mourners move the stone themselves: faith must be activated before God works on someone's behalf.
  • The congregation is called to stand and believe they can receive the Holy Ghost, be healed, be set free, and see their families restored.

Scriptures: Luke 21:28

The Game-Changer Who Does Not Change

  • Football interceptions illustrate the theme: players like Lester Hayes and Paul Krause were known as game changers for being in the right place at the right time.
  • The Lord is the true game changer who can change the course of a life today.
  • God is no respecter of persons; what He does for one, He will do for another.
  • He quotes the Lord's word that He changes not, and declares that with God nothing shall be impossible, so impossibilities can be brought into the house.

Scriptures: Malachi 3:6

Recognize the Interceptor — You Haven't Done Too Much

  • Before a miracle can transpire, a person must recognize the Divine Interceptor in their life, as the penitent thief did and as Zacchaeus did.
  • In Zambia, an elderly pastor who had been searching for more of God came to a bush service, recognized his need, and received the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues for the first time.
  • The woman caught in adultery was thrown down at Jesus' feet by men using her as a pawn — and the hearers are told they have not gone too far and have not done too much.
  • All stand in the same need: there is none righteous, and all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

Scriptures: Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23

No Condemnation — and It Is Not Too Late

  • Jesus did not come to condemn the woman; this house is not there to accuse anyone, but to pray with them as sinners saved by grace.
  • He cites the promise that there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • The single word "go" gave the woman a future she never thought possible — she was not going to die in her mistakes.
  • The thief also recognized that it was not too late: as long as someone is breathing, God can intercept their life, just as the thief's cry, "Lord, remember me," got heaven's attention.

Scriptures: Romans 8:1

Moses: Intercepted at the Memphis Bible Study

  • Milligan tells of pastoring a downtown church on Front Street in Memphis, where a man named Moses came to the Tuesday night Bible study, seemingly only for the cake and coffee.
  • One night Moses came down the aisle in tears, tired of living, and asked for help; Milligan pointed him to Jesus and taught him that if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  • As they prayed together, the Holy Ghost fell on Moses and he spoke in a heavenly language; he then insisted on leaving to go tell somebody what had happened.
  • Moses returned with two police officers who knew him as a man they locked up every weekend; hearing his testimony, one officer wept, allowed Milligan to lay hands on her head, and the Holy Ghost began to fall on her as well.

Scriptures: 1 John 1:9

The Altar Appeal and the Prayer for Miracles

  • Everyone with a special need is invited to the front for prayer; the whole congregation is led to repent together and ask God's forgiveness.
  • Those needing healing are told to lay a hand on their own forehead and believe for divine healing while the church worships.
  • Milligan announces that Matthew Rulo has just received the gift of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues, and urges that what God did for him He can do for anyone.
  • He closes with a focus prayer, sending the church to lay hands on those who raised their hands, declaring that God will intersect people at their time of need, heal, and pour out the miraculous on families.

Scripture index: Luke 23; Luke 21:28; Malachi 3:6; Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23; Romans 8:1; 1 John 1:9.

oh beautiful beautiful beautiful I'll let you be seated here as I make my opening remarks again thank you worship team so beautiful so wonderful amen what I feel in this house praise God praise God amen I had such a wonderful time just a little earlier appreciate Pastor Delong asking me to to are inviting me to come to the connect class back there amen all the Ghana folk why don't you just wave your hands at me so nice to meet you praise God all of those that were a part of that class wave your hands so nice to meet you amen you have made our day here at APC Hallelujah let's give them a hand praise God amen amen amen good to have everyone in the house praise God here with a lot of wonderful friends and family I give honor first of all to your pastor and first lady Amen brother and sister Delong thank you for the invitation amen and I am so thankful of what I'm hearing great things and we honor them today as well as I miss my uncle but your Bishop Amen brother and sister Williford so why don't we give them a hand in honor all of them praise God and all of our family eye on her pop today it's always a pleasure always feels like vacation amen when we get to go to Pop's house so so many friends and family that are here and I don't want to get caught up with mentioning everybody's name but there's so many familiar folks amen some we've known for a long time and praying for for some in this house that need a touch from the Lord and I believe that God is in the miracle working business amen praise God it's just an honor to be here and then of course my family amen I guess our two boys are in a class somewhere but I want my wife and my only daughter Bella who constantly reminds me that she is my favorite child I tell her that she's my favorite daughter but I'd like for them to stand in my son Xander Tate and Henry as I mentioned you'll you'll get to meet them later it's an honor to have them with us today amen and just to be in the house of the Lord and I as I was praying last night thank you again brother Delong and and pop the invitation to be able to do it and for pop opening up the church last night walking through this house in prayer feeling the presence of the Lord and then in the class this morning and what I was hearing happening out here as the teaching was going on and then in the worship I've had the opportunity to be a part of some incredible things in my lifetime two different times that were separated a few years apart hundred Soul revivals that took place and watching how the dynamic of a church can take with a hundred souls in a very short amount of time receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost lives changed impacting a church in such a dramatic way and I felt such a kindred spirit walking through the house last night and then what I feel today I want to tell you and speak in faith today to get ready for great things that the Lord is not only doing but he's getting ready to do praise God if you believe that with me why don't you stand to your feet and in your way I want you to open up your mouth and thank the Lord for that can you do that right now for what the Lord is going to do in this house affecting this city and this community right now Lord Jesus thank you Lord for what I feel thank you Lord for what I feel hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah prophetic voices that have preached and prayers that have been prayed God the culmination to a ladder Reign Revival God I thank you Lord for that hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah praise God praise God praise God thank you Jesus one more time can you put your hands together unto the Lord hallelujah hallelujah

as you remain standing turning to Luke chapter 23 praise God God is getting ready to do something great in this service Hallelujah and please understand that I know that that has nothing to do with me that has everything to do with the Lord praise God God gets the glory for all things I'm just thankful brother Delong that how can I say this in a politically politically correct way I'm the little round boy that's in the line waiting to be picked and uh finally my name gets called and I realize that I got picked by the right team the winning team and I'm not going to contribute much but I get to share in all the glory that's the way I feel right now praise God so it's an honor to be with you today to be a part of what the Lord is going to do in this house Luke chapter 23 amen I would be remiss if I didn't mention sister Christy and her team for the wonderful basket my Lord we were staying with pop and walked into the bedroom and there's this this giant basket that takes up the whole the whole piece of furniture there I mean we're going to be eating on that a month but praise God I didn't get to looking like this because I don't like food so thank you so much for that amen for those that were a part of making that happen Luke chapter 23 amen I give honor to this ministry team as well verse 39 and one of the male factors which were hanged railed on him saying if thou be Christ save thyself and us but the other answering rebuked him saying thus not thou fear God seen Thou Art in the same condemnation and we indeed justly for we receive the new reward of our Deeds but this man hath done nothing amiss and he said unto Jesus Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom how many of you here today want the Lord to remember you right now praise God Jesus responds appropriately and says verily I say unto thee today shalt thou be with me in Paradise today what a turn of events that's what I want to talk about today my subject is simply this divine interception a divine interception Pastor Delong would you pray strengthen someone who has been headed forward in the wrong direction praise God put our hands together thank you Lord hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah praise God well look to your neighbor before your seated and say you need a Divine interception praise God bless you you can be seated in the house praise God

our text today is a very common story that most of you in this house have heard or read many I'm sure have heard preached about most times around Easter Jesus has completed so it seems his Earthly Mission and all that is left for him to do is to die nobody would have seen this coming no one would have thought this part of the script no one except for Jesus the Divine interceptor an anomaly is about to unfold a pardon for the ages guilt acknowledged yet Mercy extended and to one of the most unworthy and unlikely of sorts what timing is this Jesus is a master at just in the nick of time isn't that harm for the course when it comes to Jesus the Divine Interceptor he intercepted my life and he's here to intercept your life when you were unworthy when you were unlovable in your estimation even unforgivable and he does it just in the nick of time oh I wish I could recall some of the testimonies in this house today of people who are saved just in the nick of time they had no hope they had no future but all of a sudden the Lord stepped into your life when you least expected it and he intercepted you it did not seem like there was any hope it seemed like your world was crashing in but the Divine Interceptor step kept in and changed your whole world and changed your whole future Hallelujah disenfranchised Souls who were losing their grip on a reason to live Hallelujah but the divine intercept everybody say but the Divine interceptor anybody in this house ever been at your wit's Inn but God intercepted your life Hallelujah I've come to preach to someone in this house and I believe that the Lord is going to do something extraordinary before we leave here Jesus is here to intercept your life some of you for salvific purposes some of you because of Divine Healing some of you because your mental peace has been fragmented but the peace the Prince of Peace is going to walk into this house and give you peace once again I realize that there's a reason why he said that I was wounded for your transgression and Bruise for your iniquities but he also declared but the chastisement of your peace is upon me Hallelujah and by my stripes ye are healed God's going to speak peace into your life he is a Healer here today he is a rescuer here today he is a restorer can you put your hands together and thank the Lord for that Hallelujah I feel like that the Holy Ghost has directed this whole service you may think that you're here only out of invitation but Jesus has Divine appointment in mind today before this service ends someone is going to come to this altar and they're going to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost for the very first time Hallelujah someone is going to see their need to be baptized in that name which is above every name the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins Hallelujah someone is going to come to the Altar and you're going to bring your broken world and God is going to rebuild it hallelujah how many of you believe that in this house Hallelujah you have never repented of your sins been baptized in Jesus name or receive the gift of the Holy Ghost if you're in this house and you need healing and I feel healing virtue in this house somebody believe that right now Hallelujah the Healer has walked into the house praise God some of you are facing a family crisis of one sort or another and God is getting ready to restore your family somebody walked into this house with their finances bankrupt but God's getting ready to speak on your behalf and he's going to change your world into a 180 and begin to bless and prosper your life to many somebody's in this house God is getting ready to bring joy where Terror once was where fear has creeped in Hallelujah you may have walked into this house feeling like the world has come crashing down but Luke 21 28 reminds us and when these things begin to come to pass then look up lift up your heads because Redemption draws nigh it's in your darkest moment it's when it seems like you are hopeless that's when the Lord steps in that's when the Lord Works a miracle on your behalf Hallelujah so lift up your head today it's Redemption day its interception day Hallelujah I'm asking someone and there's a purpose in all of this because what the Lord wants to do it's important that you activate your faith Faith needs to rise in this house Hallelujah Jesus always Illustrated do you believe or do you have faith every time that he would Minister to the despondent or to those that were needing healed or whatever the case may be the reason for that was because he needs us to activate our faith matter of fact I believe Pastor Delong that that's what was happening at the grave of Lazarus tomb that day he had walked in in that middle of that situation you go back and you read it for yourself on two different occasions the Bible declares that Jesus groaned in his Spirit when you look that up it literally means that he become aggravated the tone of it as you understand the revelation of that groaning means that he actually got angry his righteous indignation began to kick in he began to look at everybody crying and everybody wailing and he knew that Faith had to exist here is God incarnate but he works within the principle of faith and he knew that Faith had to be activated that's why he said move the stone away do you think that he couldn't have done that on his own with his little pinky finger he could have moved that stone away he could have blew it away he could have spoken out of existence but he needed their faith to be activated so he looked at them and he said you move the stone away somebody in this house today your faith must be activated before the Lord it's going to work on your behalf you've got to stand to your feet and believe I can receive the Holy Ghost I can be healed I can be set free my life can be restored my family can be renewed Hallelujah he was activating their faith Hallelujah and all of a sudden whenever they grabbed hold of that rock and they began to push it away he was like okay game on I can speak to dead things now and they can rise again because I had the vehicle of Faith to work within that's what's going to happen in this house in just a short little while the musicians are going to come and they're going to begin to sing and worship and you're going to bring whatever it is that you have to the front and God through your faith is going to work a miracle in your life I need somebody to believe that with me right now put your hands together and say Lord I believe that right now hallelujah hallelujah now don't think I heard the snickering a moment ago whenever I read my title or maybe it's just my own thoughts but I heard some of the guys and maybe some of the ladies going home football an interception come on baby well stay with me there were some individuals pastored along that received a few notoriety a little bit of notoriety because their ability to be in the right place at the right time on the football field many of you it's of old but many of you might remember Lester Hayes with the Oakland Raiders he was known back before they outlawed it to cover his chest and his forearms and his hands with something called stickem before they outlawed it so that when the ball got close he could just kind of snatch it away Paul Krause holds a record of 81 interceptions these people were considered game changers but that's what the Lord is hallelujah he's a game changer praise God he's the one that can set you free today he can change the course of your life today in the connect group there was a gentleman that began to speak of one of the times that we were here before and how that they come down to the Altar and I believe his wife received the gift of the Holy Ghost what a game-changing moment praise God praise God I want to declare to somebody in this house that God is no respecter of persons the Bible says in malachia 3 and 6 I am the Lord and I changed not what he will do for one he will do for someone else hallelujah hallelujah Luke The Physician pin the words that for with God nothing shall be impossible so bring your impossibilities into the house let me introduce you to Jesus Christ the Divine Interceptor of your situation hallelujah hallelujah the fact of the matter is this text this story has always intrigued me from my earliest memory of reading it Jesus is in the process of carrying out his final mission on Earth he is nearing the finality of his Humanity shedding the temporal shell of his flesh and these two thieves start a conversation Luke 23 that we read it I want to read the New Living Translation it says the crowd watched and the leaders laughed and scoffed he saved others they said let him save himself if he is really God's chosen one the Messiah the soldiers mocked him too by offering him a drink of sour wine they called out to him if you are the king of the Jews save yourself a sign board was nailed to the cross above him with these words this is the king of the Jews one of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed so you're the Messiah are you prove it by Saving yourself and us too while you're at it I don't have the translation but I have a feeling that it sounded something like this the other Thief chimed in and said you're an idiot don't you recognize What's Happening Here we're here because we deserve it but not this guy Can I submit to Something in somebody in this house before a miracle can ever transpire for you you've got to recognize the Divine Interceptor in your life that's what that Thief did he recognized the Divine Interceptor it doesn't matter who's sitting around you today who comes to the altar who does not you make up your mind I recognize this is my day this is my Deliverance this is my healing this is my Miracle recognize the Divine Interceptor in this house that's what he did he recognized the Divine Interceptor just like Zacchaeus had Zacchaeus recognized and he said you know what I think he's going to come over in this area I'm going to go climb a tree well Zacchaeus you didn't choose God the Bible declares you didn't choose me but I chose you before the foundation of the world ladies and gentlemen you may make up your mind to recognize him but he already knows your decision and he's going to walk by the path of the altar where you stand today and salvation is coming to your house why because you recognize the Divine Interceptor in your life do I have a witness from somebody in this house that when Jesus stops by your residence there is salvation that's going to come because he's already saw this moment in time and he's here to bring a new life and Liberty to you hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah why don't you put your hands together and thank the Lord that you recognized him Hallelujah to my newly founded Ghana friends you reminded me of a mission trip a number of years ago we had traveled to Malawi for the Reaver and and to Zambia and I was not ready for what was getting ready to happen we traveled through a bush country where we had to drive hours to get to this little thatch Hut in the middle of nowhere and when we got there there was people that had been waiting no shoes most of them no shoes on their feet they had walked through the bush for hours just to get to that service ready for a move of God ready for God to intercept their lives little did I know in that congregation there was a pastor there that a denominal movement at one time years ago had come and he had received something but he had been on a search now he is elderly he's nearing the end of his life but he had heard about the commotion that was going to happen in that little thatch Hut in the middle of the bush in Zambia and he came to that service and the preaching went forth and they began to sing and the power of the Lord began to show up and I watched that elderly man come down to the front had no idea who he was what his Revelation was or anything but when he come down he brought what he had and he said Lord I want more and when the Holy Ghost began to hit that man tears streaming down his face because he recognized a Divine Interceptor in the middle of Africa he said God I need you like I've never needed you before and the Holy Ghost began to fall in that service and the man begin to speak in tongues for the very first time in his life God provided a Divine interception in his life I will never forget that what a Divine interception some of you you don't live in the middle of Africa in the bush but you feel like your situation is just as desperate and yet the Lord brought you in this house to rescue you to speak a word to you to bring Revelation to you to bring healing and to bring the Holy Ghost it doesn't matter where you're at you can have a Divine interception in your life but he didn't just recognize that he needed a Divine interceptor Hallelujah but he also recognized that he had not done too much Hallelujah I want to encourage somebody in this house that you haven't gone too far somebody hear me right now you haven't gone too far you haven't done too much there is a Divine Interceptor that wants to work on your behalf when Jesus stepped onto the scene that day amidst a group of sinister religious men that were really trying to catch Jesus in a trap it had really nothing to do with the adulterous woman she was just a pawn that they were trying to use and yet their biggest mistake was that they threw her down at the feet of the Divine Interceptor Hallelujah that's the mistake the enemy has done in speaking that you're over and because you're at your Wit's End you found your way at an Apostolic church and you've been flung down at the feet of Jesus the Divine interceptor Hallelujah let me remind you of what he spoke to that lady he first said he that is without sin among you let him first cast a stone I forget the gentleman's name but in the connect class he reminded us that we're all Sinners saved by grace Hallelujah and the Lord has not come to condemn you today hallelujah we're not a bunch of Pharisees with perfect suits and perfect lives but we are sinners Saved By The Grace of Jesus Christ Hallelujah you are no different than anybody else in this house you need a saving Jesus to redeem your life Hallelujah Romans 3 and 10 says there is none righteous no not one verse 23 says for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God the second thing that he did was he didn't go to condemn Hallelujah when everybody parted ways and dropped their rocks pastored along he looked at her and he says where are those nine accused or somebody in this house nobody's here to accuse you today Hallelujah you're among the family of God you're among friends here today that's going to be rooting with you matter of fact when you come to the altar just in a little while there's going to be a heap of people there to pray with you and let Faith rise in their spirit so that your life can be affected and your life can be changed we're not here to condemn you Hallelujah we're going to be a part of the mission of seeking and saving that which was lost Romans 8 1 Paul pinned these words there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walked not after the flesh but after the spirit and then he declared something that the Lord is going to declare to somebody in this house something that she never expected if you look at those moments in time there was a spectacle that would always occur and when that spectacle would occur it would draw a crowd not much different than us ever been a part of a highway system where whenever you got to it there was really nothing wrong that caused all the delay but it was a bunch of rubberneckers oh it was the same in Bible times any time there was a spectacle a drawn a crowd very possible sister Amber that as she's cast there at Jesus feet her own Mom and Dad could have been a part of that crowd maybe her friends I don't know maybe she even had children but what she thought was going to be the last moment that she would be known for the last living breath that she was going to be breathed and the people that loved her were going to see her life in it seemed like futile it seemed like finality but they cast her down at the Divine interceptor's feet who had not come to condemn and he began to speak words to her that she never thought possible he said I didn't come to condivia matter of fact go that one word declared future that she never thought was possible that one word let her know that it wasn't going to end she wasn't going to die in her mistakes there was hope there was New Life the Divine Interceptor and intercepted her life just in the nick of time hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah praise God that's what he does that's what the Divine Interceptor does everybody's staying in this house musicians come my final Point here today the thief recognize the Divine interceptor he recognized that he had not done too much and lastly he recognized that it wasn't too late Hallelujah I can't imagine what that man was thinking but I wonder if he was thinking no way he dies on this day no way they put him right next to me in the middle Sinner's stage no way this is just a coincident ladies and gentlemen it ain't a coincident that you're here today Hallelujah it's not a coincidence that you're in this service at this moment you know why because no matter what you brought to the table and no matter how much you may think it's over it's never too late not when you're in a service like this not as long as you're breathing air today and that heart is beating it's not too late and I have a feeling that there was something to began to churn up on the inside of him like what I'm feeling in this house could it be could it be that he chose this day I for me to give me a chance to recognize him right next to me and say Lord possible when you enter into your kingdom will you remember me oh how that gets the Lord's attention when somebody recognizes him and realizes no matter what they bring to the table that they haven't done too much and it's not too late

I will never forget pastoring the Downtown Church on Front Street in Memphis Tennessee if there was ever a moment that I've experienced this in someone else's life it was this moment ladies and gentlemen you see Moses used to come into our Tuesday night bible study we would have cakes and cookies if you know me that's just going to be part of the process coffee and I have to be honest with you many of them just came for that I didn't care I come for that a lot of them would eat Pastor Delong and they would walk out never be a part of the Bible study and when Moses came in I thought shamedly he's just here for the cake just here for the coffee he went over to the side table and looked at my watch and it was time to get started so I went to the podium that I put right there in the front of that little little bitty church on Main Street you had to walk downstairs to get to it the windows was like eye level you just see legs walking by and I got ready to teach and I'm beginning to tell them that we were going to start to pray and this time Moses came around from the table and he got center aisle and he started walking towards me and I thought oh what's what's up here and when he got down before he ever got halfway there tears began to stream down his face and he come up to me and he said pastor Milligan I'm tired I'm tired of living can you help me I looked at him I said Moses I can't help you but I know someone who can his name is Jesus Christ and Moses he's been waiting for you to do this your whole life I said Moses if you want the Holy Ghost today all you need to ask God is to forgive you and mean it with your heart John 1 9 says that if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness I said Moses if you'll do that with me right now I'm going to do it with you because hey ladies and gentlemen don't we all need an altar of repentance that's what everybody in the house needs to do in here a little while because when we all get to repenting the Lord will step in and faith will rise foreign I said Moses let's pray together I said Moses just tell God you're sorry God I'm sorry for my sins forgive me I realized that when I walked in here I brought a bunch of mess and I brought a bunch of Brokenness but God you can fix me and I'm asking you to do that right now and as he began to pray that simple prayer the Holy Ghost began to hit Moses and he fell down on his knees and when he fell down on his knees his mouth opened up and his tongue began to say strange words as the power of the Holy Ghost began to fill him and he began to speak in a Heavenly language Pastor Delong I was ready to go have dinner after that but we weren't done there little did I know when he got up from receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost he said pastor I need to go tell somebody about this that's what some of you all did that brought some people in this house you said I've got to go tell somebody about this thank you for that the Lord's going to bless you for it I said Moses you ain't said for one of my Bible studies yet do you think you could stay for one of them said pastor please please let me go I've got to tell somebody what's happening down here I said well Moses if that's the way that you feel you know where to find us I had got halfway through my Bible study pastored along and those feet I was telling you about this time there were six of them outside the door brother small and one of them was doing this and I could hear it well you know when that's going on in a little church you just don't really overcome that it's kind of got to stop everything and so I got about halfway down and Moses flung the door open and in comes walking two police ladies and I thought oh dear lord what has Moses done now and when I get nervous I talk fast I guess that's a northern thing so I got to talking really fast and I said ma'am this is Pastor Milligan this is the downtown church this is part of the Pentecostal church over there on Germantown Road how can I help you and she looks at me and she says do you know this man boy if I was ever tempted to lie do you know this man and I said yes ma'am I know him that's Moses he just had an encounter with the Lord and she said no not Moses because every weekend we lock him up every weekend he's doing drugs he's stealing somebody's purse where we're throwing him in jail but something has happened to Moses and we need to know what it is and the whole time he's going there's something going on down there there's something going on down there and I said Moses hang on just a second and finally he interrupts me and he says Pastor lay your hands on her head like you laid on mine and I thought dear God I am going to jail about that time we locked eyes mean that police lady and a tear begin to course down her cheek you see what I didn't know till after the fact was Moses had been a denominal pastor in West Memphis and I don't know the whole story but he lost everything and he had been living on the streets of Memphis his family had forsaken him all hope was gone and he thought it was final he had no idea that the Divine Interceptor was walking into his life and when he received the Holy Ghost there was a new and fresh anointing that came onto him he had been a wino one minute and a preacher the next he had been a Down and Out alcoholic and then became a missionary Hallelujah just like that and he said pastor Lay Your Hand on her head and when he said it the second time I looked at her and said ma'am may I and when those tears already streaming down her face she said yes sir and the Holy Ghost began to fall just like it's getting ready to fall in this house ladies and gentlemen I don't want you to hesitate but when we begin to lay hands on that woman the Holy Ghost began to fall I'm telling you right now the Holy Ghost is in this house and I don't care whether you need salvation or you need healing or whatever you bring to the table the Divine Interceptor is here

so this is what we're going to do Hallelujah they're getting ready to sing I want everybody to make your way down to the front but if you have a special need please do this for me if you have a special need I want you to make your way up to the front now please understand nobody's going to do anything that you don't want done we're just here to pray with you because we've all had the Divine Interceptor intercept Our Lives Hallelujah so as they begin to sing and you begin to feel the presence of the Lord I want you just to make your way down to the front hurry with me just in a moment we're going to pray everybody's going to repent today hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah doesn't matter who you are come on down to the front in Jesus name I'm going to begin to pray and I'm going to ask God to forgive me if you need forgiveness ask God to forgive you we're all going to ask God to forgive us today because that's what God gets God's attention hear me right now as you begin to pray and ask God to forgive you you're going to feel something you've never felt before I want you to yield to the presence of the Lord open up your mouth don't worry about what comes out of your mouth because the Lord's going to fill you with a Heavenly language it's going to be evidence by speaking in another tongue if you need healing I want you to lay your hand over your forehead and say God I believe for Divine Healing they intercept my life right now in Jesus name God I'm sorry for my sin God forgive me I need you Lord they are set my life do it right now do it right now we're gonna pray with you but as you begin to feel the power of the Holy Ghost open up yourself God's Gonna feel you God's Gonna heal you lift up your hands and begin to thank him and begin to praise the Lord use your mouth use your tongue allow the Holy Ghost to flow through you today God We Believe God we will leave foreign for there is God We Believe breaking break the unbreakable God remember God We Believe you are the way when there seems to we know what we trust yourself away when there seems impossible that we believe We Believe foreign it is I need you you said it is I believe you said a miracles foreign away when there seems Unbreakable God We Believe God we believe foreign it is I believe you said you said you said it is foreign we'll see a miracle God We Believe thank you foreign foreign foreign

we've got several that are still praying but I want to pray a focus prayer if you're in a moment or a season where you need God to intercept you need him to do a miracle whether it's right now or the next couple days you just need a miracle in your life in a moment where God intersects you at that time of need would you just lift your hand right now and ask for God ask for his help we're going to believe I feel Faith in the room today I want to tell you Matthew Rulo just received the gift of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues if God can do that in his life oh I was there when the Lord washed away all of his sins if he can do that he can do it in your life I believe it then there's space in the room if you need a miracle lift your hand again in church I'm asking you to move right now and go and lay hands the Holy Ghost is going to help but we're going to be a part of it would you move right now to those who have their hand up in which you pray in the name of Jesus with that same faith that you've expressed throughout this day why don't you go right now and pray oh Jesus we trust in you Lord we trust in your power oh you're able to do miraculous right now you're able Jesus to heal you're able to touch hearts and lives not just able but you've already done it so we're declaring the miraculous and we're speaking in faith ah that you're going to intersect Florida and you're going to shrink it in this time of need and you're going to put out your spirit and you're going to pour out the miraculous on families and lives that are in need of you're going to respond to Faith and Desperation that's in the room oh we claim it right now in the name of Jesus Oh that we were headed for Destruction but you stepped in the way in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus or not today we're not right now like you did for that Thief right out in this moment where you can heal harsh and lies and families I'm not hearing today oh Jesus Hallelujah

Scripture references as spoken: Luke 23; Luke 21:28; Malachi 3:6; Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23; Romans 8:1; 1 John 1:9.