Generational Fire/ Trim/ Smoke in The Wilderness

Thank you for the opportunity, pastoral team. Y'all can be seated. God is amazing. God is so good. I am so blessed to be here now to here at church. Oh, in the name of Jesus. I'm going to start the scripture off in Exodus chapter 30 and verse 6-10. And with this being said, we have talked about the tabernacle, but I want to go to a different view of it, but the same fire that drives us each and every day. Amen. In Exodus 30:6, "And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I meet with thee, and Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning.

When he deserveth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lightth the lamps that even burn incense, he shall burn incense upon it the perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. He shall offer no strange incense. Everybody say no strange incense. Therefore, nor burnt and sacrifices, nor meat offering, neither shall be poured drink offering thereon. And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering and atonements once in every shall be make atonement Lord throughout your generations.

It is the most holy unto the Lord. In Exodus 30 again verse 19- 21. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet through there at when they go into the tabernacle unto the congregation, they shall wash with water. They die not. And when they come near to the altar to minister the burnt offering made by fire unto the Lord, so they shall wash their hands and their feet that they die not. And it shall be a statute for every to them, forever to them, even to him and to his seeds throughout the generation.

The topic I want to speak to you about isn't just a fire that burns in the incense or the altar that you come on or the lamp that is in the uh moronas in the holy of holies. But I want to talk to you about generational fire. Generational fire. You see, Aaron took the steps that had need to be made through the generations through Moses and through those a far off even to come to Joshua. You see, Aaron who knew had to take the steps by the tabernacle, how to set it up, how to tear it down, how to lead, and how to direct.

But through that steps that he had to take, he had to learn from the generation thereof that he was teaching his children. He knew the instructions that the Lord has given him. Everybody say instructions are good. You need structure. Amen. He knew that. But not only that, Aaron had four boys. Anybody got some kids up in here? Oh, come on. When Aaron had to teach his children when they were infants and growing up, they looked at daddy and knew that they, hey, what is daddy doing in the background?

What is daddy doing right now? Where is he at? I don't understand the why he's talking that way or why he's doing it this way or why he's speaking that way to the elders or to me or to other people. He had to teach them the right way. You see, with that being said, the tabernacle had an eastgate entrance which was facing Moses and Aaron and the generation upon them. And Psalms 104 says, "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise." Let me pause there.

They enter the gate of the Old Testament when the tabernacle when you enter the gate on Sean yourself in them like oh praise the Lord. No you better dance unto the Lord because you're giving a sacrifice to what God has given you into the holy place of the courtyard. We are the congregation of what the Lord has given. Amen. You see the steps of the altar when you come into the gate with thanksgiving into his house with praise. The altar of sacrifice is what you are coming about.

You just don't walk up to the altar. It's already there. When you walk into the gate, there's no steps to the altar. There is no steps to the altar. Once you enter the gate, there it is right there. You better sacrifice unto the Lord. Oh, come on, somebody. It says in Romans 12:1, it says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by my mercies of God, that you present your bodies at a living sacrifice." It's not about the sacrifice that you bring to the altar in 2025. It's what you have behind you.

Your pride, your anxiety, your fear, your lust, your stress. Everything you have, you give it to God. You don't want that on you because why? He will not accept it. No strange fire unto the altar. Aaron knew the steps that he had to take. He knew the things that were coming to him. He knew the things that were going to be after him and before him. And number two, the bronze labor was the washing of hands. Everybody say baptism. Oh, come on, somebody. After they made the sacrifice unto the Lord and to the altar, they had to get some water and baptism right now.

Amen. To cleanse themselves to get ready, prepared for what the Lord is about to do in their life. And then they would enter the tabernacle. There would be a minora which was always lit up in the room. Everybody say light. You can't walk in the dark. What you going to do? You're going to hit some walls. You're going to run to some hopefully you run into the word. Amen. Because when there's darkness in your life and you have no light, that's all you're going to be doing is falling.

You got to pick yourself up because the Lord is there. He is the light unto your feet. Amen. He is the tabernacle that's going to be structured into your place. On the other side was the table of shoeb bread. And with that we being said, you have the altar of incense. And the other side of that was the veil of the holies of holies and the ark of the covenant. Aaron doing the best he can raise his children up to be proper steps in the church to lead and direct us.

Not only is Aaron the priest, he was leading the priests after him. His children were going to take over the generations that he was going to do. He was going to pass the fire, the torch to them to lighten their life, to guide and to direct them to a place where they need to be. Do you have fire tonight? Is it burning in you? Is it kindling up to where you need to be? Like, hey, my daddy did this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to run the y.

I'm going shout a little bit though. My sin is here. I'mma rebuke that in the name of Jesus. I wake up every day when I come to the presence of God and understand my daddy did this. I'm my father did this. Amen. He is the place that we need to be. Come on. In the name of Jesus. He knew what he had to do. He had to respect it. He had to honor what God was given in his life. But not only that, he had to teach his children as being a father, but not only as a priest.

He had to step it down. In Leviticus 10 1-3, I'm going to change it up a little bit. And Nadab and Abu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them the senses, and put fire with them. They put incense thereon, and they offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. and they went out of fire from the Lord and devoured them. And they died before the Lord. Then Moses said unto Aaron, "This is that the Lord spake, saying, I will sanctify thee that come nigh me, and before all my people I will be glorified." Everybody say, "Glorify the Lord." Glorify the Lord.

Amen. This is what gets me. And Aaron held his peace. There is something in your life when the shepherd talks to you and corrects you and guides you and directs you and everything that you have in your life or the bishop talks to you, hey, we got to do it this way. You better keep your peace because it's of God. Amen. Let the Lord lead and direct you through your shepherd and through the elders of the church. Let God lead you. You cannot cheat God. No matter what it is, no matter what strange things you put onto their sacrifice, you cannot cheat God.

You can't give your fake. You can't fake it to heaven. You can't coatail it to heaven. You got to give it all to God. Amen. He respected the church. He respected what God had to do because he knew what these children have done. Even though he taught them the right way, we're all going to fall short from the kingdom of God. Amen. We're all going to fall short to what it comes. But when it comes to that, we got to learn to give it all to the sacrifice, all to the altar and look that generational fire burn in us.

Aaron was probably dismayed. Aaron probably looked at himself and didn't understand. What did I do wrong as a father teaching my children not to do wrong? Oh, come on, somebody. It's when you understand and you feel that burning. If you have children, you know, I knew I told him better than that. Why is he still doing it? I don't understand the things that he's going through in life. The things that he's not understanding. I taught him better. But God knew and he had a way for his sons.

His two other sons would later take him to the mantle and lead as high priest. Oh, God is so good. Amen. I'm going to bring the New Testament. We are the now testament. Amen. God is so good. In the New Testament, Acts 238 through 40, it says, "Then Peter said unto them, repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." It doesn't stop there. For the promise is unto you and to your children, and to all that are far off, as many as the Lord God shall call.

And many other words he testify, exhort, saying, "Save yourselves from this onto generation." There are some people in this generation that does not have the fire of God. There's some of the people that lived in this world. You understand? But I don't know what it is to worship and love God. I don't know what it is that my father did. I didn't have a father. He taught me nothing. All I had to do was look at the elders. I had to look at the church. I had to look at my pastor.

I had to look at my shepherd. Understand what can I do as a friend of God to understand and respect the tabernacle. I'm going to take this right now. Is when you walk into the core house with praise. There is an altar right here and you sanctify that. No more pride, no more anxiety, no more stress, no more fear. He didn't say, "I'm gonna give you 1%." I'm gonna give you all of me because there's no shame in my game. There's You should not be scared to dance.

You should not be scared to run. You should not be scared to shout. You should not be scared to run and shout for the kingdom of God. Why? Cuz my children are watching. The generation after me is coming to me. Let me tell you something. I'm the first generation. It is not going to stop there. my children. When I see my son running the aisles of church and not running at a game, it makes me want to shout a little bit. Makes me want to dance a little.

I tell you right now, when the kingdom of God is in you, the generational fire is coming in you. I promise you, God's going to take you up in the merry pit and set yourself on a foundation of praise. Amen. Oh, come on, everybody say generational fire. Generational fire. Generation. You better have the generational fire today. Amen. If you don't, you better get to a place in an altar and sanctify in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Everybody shout. Amen. Hallelujah. Amen. Come on. Anybody this afternoon thankful for the fire.

Amen. Anybody thankful for the fire? Hallelujah. I'm so thankful for the fire of God. You know what's awesome about the fire is that in order to get to the holy place, you had to have the fire here, but you also had to have it here. All pieces of the furniture that were separating the person coming into the presence in the tabernacle of God all had to have the fire applied. And that same fire here is the same fire here. It changes the nature of what's being carried.

It changes the nature of what's being carried from sacrifice to incense. But if you want to see the holy place, the holiest of the holy place, if you want to see the presence of God manifest in front of you, you got to have the fire. I'm thankful for the fire. And I'm thankful for four or five generations in my own family now that have passed that fire on. I I want to start this afternoon by just kind of sharing a little thing. Over a thousand years ago, a practice made its way from a China to an a little bitty tiny island, probably not very significant in history, named Japan.

And over the course of the last thousand years, this practice has been adopted by young and old. This practice involves taking a common tree, ordinary, normal, nothing really significant about it, but it places it into a controlled environment. And within this controlled environment, this tree is cultivated, it's grown, it's shaped, it's genuinely loved into becoming something beautiful and respected. And while many view the bonsai as a dwarfed and unhealthy plant, the bonsai tree is not only healthy, it is carefully cultivated. It is a carefully cultivated creation designed to be visibly displayed for all to see.

At the foundation of the of the practice of bonsai cultivation is this process called pruning or trimming. Bear with me for just a moment because I know we're talking about the altar of incense and I will get back there. I I will come back to it. But John 15 verse one and I'm going to read this if you'll indulge me from the ESV says this. I am the true vine and my father is the vine dresser. Let me just tell you this afternoon for time sake.

Let me get straight to the point. God will trim and God will prune us. prune us for one of two reasons. The first, he says in verse two, he says, "Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes it away." The process of being pruned or trimmed because I'm not bearing fruit is much more painful than the one of being trimmed because I am bearing fruit, but I need to grow. It it is a process where I'm completely cut away from and broken away from everything that already that I that I have been connected to.

However, the the process there is is much more painful and permanent. However, it goes on to say in John 15 verse two that every branch that does bear fruit, he will prune that it may bear more fruit. This one is important because it must be done. Pruning or trimming must be done to foster growth. Without a trimming, there will be no growth. I if there is growth, what you see is the all these little pieces that come off of it that are not of value. It it must be done to ensure that that when you are growing and when you are growing in him that when you come to him that we are like him.

If we are the same when we come to the altar as we are when we get back here, we are not growing. We are not changing. Nor are we fulfilling what First John 3:2 says that we are the children now. We are God's children now. And what we will be has not yet appeared to us. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him because we shall see him as he is. If we do not change from here to here, there will be no growth, we will not see God in what we need him to see or be for us.

We will not see him the way we need to. And so what happens is we get in this mindset and we start dwelling at the pruning and the trimming because we see the pain and we experience the heartache. The reality is, I love the words. I had already written this in my notes before I saw the song set that Sister Lauren chose for today. But can I just tell somebody again and reiterate the words of that song we were singing? He's not done with me yet.

If I'm only at the sacrifice, he's not done with me yet. I am going to the labor. I'm going to the table. I'm going to the candlestick. I'm going to the incense. And eventually, when God's done with me, I will step into the holiest of holies. I will bow down at the mercy seat of God. And everything I've sought for, everything I've fought for will be revealed. He's not done with you yet. Yes, he's trimming. Yes, he's prudent. But guess what? As long as you're living, you are still attached to the true vine.

It's all part of the process to become one with him and one with his presence. See, as human beings, we often find ourselves despising the process of being trimmed. We focus on the pain we're experiencing. We focus on the discomfort. We focus on the heartache. We focus on the broken nature of our lives. Can I tell you again this afternoon, these feelings, they're fleeting, but the rewards are everlasting. Oh, somebody needs to hear that again. The feelings we feel in the moment of trimming and pruning are fleeting, but the rewards are everlasting.

But we we we so often look at the word discipline as a bad thing. But it's discipline that allows us to be pruned and trimmed and grow. Hebrews 12:10-11 says this, "For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good that we may share in his holiness. So that we may share in the holiest of holies. But we have to go through some nature changes for the moment." Verse 11 says, "All discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those that have been trained by it." Like the bonsai tree that is ordinary, common, not really going to amount to much, but put in the right environment, put with the right cultivators, put in the hands of the artist, God can do something amazing with our lives.

Proverbs 1:7 says this, "Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge. But fools fools despise wisdom and discipline." As Mr. T used to say, "I pity the fool." In in all seriousness, I look at the person that looks at wisdom and looks at discipline and says, "You know what? This is not for me. How dare the man of God correct me? H how dare the spirit convict me?" All the while, there's discipline that's being happening in our life that is creating in us and molding us and shaping us into something visible that God wants to put on display for our world to see.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that God has a plan for us. Sometimes we need to bust out the old Sunday school experience. I know what I'm talking about. My parents are here today and they they probably have a video somewhere on VHS. Was it 8 millimeter? Whatever it was back in the day. But I remember seeing a video when I was younger like he didn't have to, but he did. All right, that's not the Sunday school song I'm talking about. There was a Sunday school song I remember singing.

It said he's still working on me to make me what I ought to be. It took him just a week to make the moon and the stars, sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars. how loving and gracious and patient, depending on where you're from, he must be cuz he's still working on me. Can I tell you this afternoon, he is still working on us, pruning and trimming. I want to turn your attention to the book of Exodus again. Brother Justin read this scripture just a moment ago in Exodus 30 and verse 7 and 8.

We read about the about the altar of incense and he says this the word says this you shall put in front of the veil the pl the altar of incense is not placed coincidentally that our prayer and our worship I could talk about the sweet savor and the apothecary but you want to see some amazing teaching on that watch the last few Wednesday nights but he says this I will put the front the the the incense in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony and in front of the mercy seed that is above the testimony where I will meet with you.

And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense that takes and comes from being crushed that takes from being pulled, twisted, contorted in ways that are uncomfortable and painful. And Aaron burns that fragrant incense. But every morning, Aaron gets up and he goes into the tabernacle and he trims the wick of the incense. He He cuts back the bad. He cuts back the ugly. He cuts back that in the morning time. And then Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight. Two times a day, this man, this minister to the congregation will go into the tabernacle and he will cut away the bad things that limit the fragrant incense flowing to heaven two times a day.

And I know how difficult it is for some of us to even think about God outside of God is great, God is good. Let us thank him for our food. But the fact of the matter is two times a day Aaron would go into the tabernacle and he would trim back the wicks, offering a regular incense before the Lord throughout the generations. One time Aaron might forget and it changes the outlook and the outcome of the future. One time and yet still there was that dedication, that principle of trimming.

Can I tell you again this afternoon that let me share this? One of the first pieces, one of the first pieces of Japanese literary writing said that a full-size tree that is left growing in its natural state. This is referencing the bonsai is a crude thing. Y'all ever seen a tree just left alone? Briars, vines. Brother Nath and I went to the woods yesterday and cut back a bunch of vines and weeds that had grown around trees growing in its natural state. It's a crude thing.

It is only when it is fashioned with loving care that its shape and style acquire the ability to move emotionally its cultivator. Let me make that real to our walk with God. Because as we move ever closer to the presence of God, we must be willing to cut away parts of our life to trim them away and allow God to do the same. We we must allow those things to happen. See, we are the tree. We are ordinary. We are plain. And God wants to change our value from sacrifice to altar of incense.

He wants to change our nature from sacrifice to the holiest of holies. See, we are the tree just as we are the incense fragrant to our world, fragrant to our God through our prayers. However, we must be trimmed. The smell, the fragrant smell will dissipate if it is not trimmed. If Aaron didn't go in there every morning, God would wake up that morning. We know God don't wake up, but God would wake up and wonder where the prayers, where the incense, where the fragrance had gone.

We must be trimmed. That sweet fragrance made after the manner of the apothecary, the mixture of the sacrifice with that fragrance will lose its intensity to move God. The declaration this afternoon is that I must be trimmed. I must allow God to work in me, to mold me, to change me. It will hurt at times. It will be uncomfortable. It will require that the cultivator, that master artist knows what he's doing. He does. But the holiest of holies back here awaits those that trim the incense and allow God to create from the normaly and mundane of their lives something beautiful, something respected and something highly sought after.

It is only going to happen when we allow our wicks to be trimmed and God to renew us every morning. He is our cultivator. Every step and journey to enter the tabernacle, from sacrifice to labor to showbread to the candlestick, has led to this moment. this moment right here where I'm a different nature where I am significantly changed to that place where consistent attention must be given to be trimmed and pruned. Have you ever noticed that the crowd gets smaller the further in you go? Everybody just about can see and observe here.

But the further in you go, it requires a commitment. It requires a dedication. The act of complete surrender will open an avenue through which I can enter into the presence of almighty God and I can cast myself at the mercy seat where God dwells. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Thank you, J. Can we take a second and just praise God right now? Can you just lift up your voice? Lift up your hands for what already has been spoken in this place today. Thank you, Jesus, for your word.

Thank you, Jesus, the tabernacle in the wilderness. It is a it's an experience in the word of God that I have always been drawn to because it's a perfect pattern that it as a perfect pattern of prayer. It leads us to Jesus. But I was thinking and and my topic tonight is smoke today is smoke in the wilderness. Now smoke in the Bible, it can it can um it mean different things. It represents different things. It can represent the spirit and the power of God, the presence of God.

The tabernacle, it's a holy place. You got the altar of the incense, a perfect recipe created from a perfect God. Incense is burning. You know, you've heard the statement, where you see smoke, there's fire. Well, I'm here to say today that where you see fire, where you see smoke, there's fire. There's a fire burning, a perpetual flame, and it creates something that changes the atmosphere. How many knows that when you worship and when you begin to praise God and you begin to lift him up, something happens in the atmosphere, there's an atmospheric change.

That's what the smoke was doing. It was going up and it filled the tabernacle with the presence of God. The presence of God filled the holy place. In Exodus 40:34, we read, "Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, the holy place filled with smoke, filled with the weight of glory, filled with the breath of the Holy One." When his presence fills a space, no man, no woman, no child can be untouched. You may you may try to ignore it, but there's something when praise is lifted up.

When we begin to lift up our God, when that when that sacrifice begins to fill the air and change the atmosphere, there is not a person that does not feel it. You may ignore it, but it is there. And I thankful for the presence of God. But let's talk about the tabernacle. Where was the tabernacle? Here you've got a you've got the Israelites. They've been in bondage. They've been set free. And where did God lead them? into the wilderness. God leads us. Exodus 13:18. You don't have it in the in the room, but God led the people about through the way of the wilderness.

So often we get so caught up in our circumstances and everything around us. We're looking at our wilderness, our wilderness situations. Have you been in a wilderness? Have you ever been in a situation where you felt like you were drowning? And I don't know about you, but I've been in a few wildernesses in my life. I'm 56 years old. There was a time when my wilderness looked like a hospital room. It was a deathbed. It was a diagnosis that did not give me much hope. That was my that was my wilderness.

But there was something I remember a day in my room, in the hospital room, when something moved in and I felt I could feel death. I could feel death. I could not move. I could not lift a finger. But I was also and I was in that room alone. And I can remember that was my wilderness. I was in my deathbed and I knew it. I felt it. But just as quickly as I felt that something moved into the room, something changed the atmosphere and I felt the presence of God.

And that was in 1992. And you can't tell me when something when the spirit of God moves into a place that it will not change your circumstances. So often we look at our wilderness. So often we look at our situations and we get focused on that that we forget that there is smoke in the wilderness. The presence of God is in your wilderness. I don't care what you're looking at right today. It may be my finances are depleted. My health is depleted. I don't know. My marriage may be falling apart.

Your friendships are failing. You may feel alone. I don't know what your wilderness is. But if you will just look up in your wilderness, there's smoke. There's a presence of God. He has not left you and he has no intentions. If he led you there, he's got a plan. There is a purpose in your wilderness. So often we get so consumed with what's around us and what's happening to us if we can only understand that God has a perfect plan. His plan is perfect for your life.

So whatever you're walking through today, God has led you there. There is a perfect holy reason why you are there. There's a perfect plan, a perfect a holy place. A holy place. The holy place. God doesn't bring us into the wilderness to abandon us. He leads us into a place of desolation just to show us that he is our provider. It was in the wilderness that mana came poured out of heaven. It was in the wilderness that water poured out of a rock. People might and the Israelites might have looked around and said, "Look at our situation.

We've come out of bondage and where we are. You've brought us here to die." But it was in the wilderness that they could see God's hand of provision and protection. Why? Because he has a perfect plan every time. Are you going through something today? Are you going through something today? What is your wilderness situation? You got to look up in the wilderness and see the smoke. See the presence of God. He's there. You know what? The the wilderness is a place of separation. God pulls you into a wilderness situation because he's trying to separate you from things that separate you from him.

It's also a place of preparation. God's preparing you for his presence. He's preparing us for his presence. It's a place of revelation. Everything about the tabernacle out in there in the middle of the wilderness, everything there was pointing to Jesus. It's all about revelation. He's trying to show us something. If we'll just get our eyes off of our problems, if we'll just get our eyes off of our situations and understand that God's hand is there, his presence is there. And as that smoke fills that room and the holy place, I am reminded of prayers that have gone up.

I mentioned me in in the hospital room. I know what happened. I did not have the energy to pray myself. But somebody had made it into the holy place. Somebody because see the smoke also represents prayers of the saints. Prayers never die. Prayers never die. And I can just imagine in that room the saints that had been praying and calling out my name, that presence of God had moved in and had responded. God always responds to obedience. God will always respond to obedience. And that's what the holy place is.

That's what got you to that place is obedience. And God will always, always respond. When I think about prayers, when I think about the holy place and as that smoke and the incense was being filled filled that holy place, that's where God speaks so clearly. We've wondered why we had to go through some things. But when we find ourselves standing in a holy place, it's almost like a holy hush can come over a place. Have you ever been in that place where the presence of God starts to move and the prayers and your prayers, they matter because they never die?

They're somebody's mama, somebody's grandma or daddy or grandfather, somebody's Sunday school teacher. They've prayed for you and they may no longer be here, but in that holy place in heaven, those prayers, they're still filling, they're still filling the space. They're still being answered because although people pass on that smoke that's being that's filling up that holy place, it's the prayers of the saints. And I can almost I can almost hear some of the saints of old that have gone on before me that have prayed prayers.

If I get into that holy place, I can almost hear their voices. And it's a place when you get into that holy place. And your prayers, your voice, it can join the voices of the saints of old that have gone on. those that in Revelation chapter 8 3 and 5 says and another angel came and stood at the altar having a golden censor and there was giving unto him much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar and the smoke of the incense which came with the prayers of the saints ascended up before God out of the angel's hand and the angel took the sensor and filled it with fire of the altar and cast it into the earth.

Prayers never die. That smoke that fills the holy place, God's presence. You're in a wilderness. Get into the holy place. Look into your wilderness. See that smoke. Join the voices that have gone on before you. The faithful soldiers of old, the faithful soldiers of the cross that have gone on. And let your prayers join their voices. Don't give up. It's a place of prayer and it's a place of intercession. It's a place where Jehovah Gyra meets us. It's a place of provision. It's a place where God's divine plan comes to fruition.

I wish somebody would stand. If you're going through something today, I want you to be encouraged. If you're going through something today and you're in your own wilderness, this altar space is open today. Your situation is not hopeless. Your situation is not hopeless. Hope has a name and his name is Jesus. and he's here to meet you today. All you got to do is pour it out onto the altar. You got to offer up the praise and the worship. You got to you got to continue to pray and intercede for those needs.

No matter what's going on in your life, are you going to move? Are you going to pray? Are you going to believe? Or are you going to focus on your wilderness? But if you take another look, there is smoke. The presence of God is in your wilderness. God's plan is perfect. He we serve a holy God. And wherever the tr the ground is troubled, that can be holy ground. So I invite you right now to come forward, this place is open where you can meet Jesus, where you can fill this place, this sanctuary, you can change the atmosphere.

Fill it with your praise in worship. Fill it with those prayers of intercession for those lost loved ones, those prodigals, that disease, that sickness that you're facing. Whatever it is, God's here to meet you. God's here to do something great and mighty right now. Fill this place with your worship. Fill this place with your praise. God's in the miracle working business. He can put families back together. He can heal the sick. He can save the lost loved ones. He can bring the prodigals home. Jesus is here right now.

Let's let's give him our praise. Let's give him our worship. He is so worthy. He is a holy God in the holy place and he is here right now. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Come on, folks. Let's find ourselves around the altar. Let's create that atmosphere that only God understands. Oh, hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Oh, lift your hands to him around this place. Would you do that right now? In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Yes. Day and night, night and day, let in our eyes.

Hallelujah. Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. Angels before your throne. All the elers cast their crawl before the land of God and sing you're worthy of it all. You're worthy of it all. For from you are all things and to you are all things. You deserve the glory. You're worthy of it all. For from you are all things and to you are all things. You deserve the glory. All the saint angels they bow before your throne. And all the elders cast their crown before the lamb of God and sing.

You're worthy of it all. For from you are all things and to you are all things. You deserve the glory. Day and night, night and day, let incense arise. Day and night, night and day, let incense arise. Day and night, night and day, let incense arise. Day and night, night and day, let incense arise. Day and night, night and day, let incense arise. Day and night, night and day, let incense arise. Day and night, night and day, let in arise. Day and night, night and day, let in arise.

You're worthy of it all. You're worthy of it all. For from you are all things and to you are all things. You deserve the gloryy. You're worthy of it all. You're worthy of it all. For from you are all things and to you are all things. You deserve the glory. Hallelujah. I want us to do something right now. If we could have I I would like for if our children their children here I want them to come and and stand just across the front here. Then I want if you would if your mom and dad would you stand in behind them and if there's a grandpa or grandpa grandma would you step in behind them?

I want us to do that right now. I I thank you, brother Horton, for reminding us that this fire is a generational fire. It's something that never goes out. And I I would like for our our groups, as we get in groups to pray, I want you to remind these children, this has to continue to burn. It has to continue to burn. And thank you, brother Watt, for showing us that it's not always easy there. There's some pruning that has to take place. And and all of us need that instruction tonight.

Today is is we have to be pruned. We have to go through the process. But ultimately, we want to be in his presence, right? That is where we long to be. And in order to do that though, we've got to continue this fire. And I would ask if you would generations that stand behind these children, would you pray right now? I want us to pray for them. And I want us to pray that this fire, the fire of the Holy Ghost, that it continues to burn, that it burns in their lives, and it'll burn in their children's life.

Would you pray with us right now in the name of Jesus in this room? God, thanks for reminding us once again. This is something that burns inside of us and it should continue to burn, Lord Jesus. God, if we're ever going to see your presence, that glory that comes down, we have to we have to remind ourselves that we must keep the fire going. God, we love you. God, I want my children to know this. And I want my children's children to know this. Oh, thank you, Jesus.

Thank you for your presence, God. Once again, thank you, Lord. That's it. Pray for your children right now. Pray for them right now. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah.