good morning church family and ministry
friends i'm pastor stephen brooks
welcome today to our online internet
around the world church service and i'm
so happy that you're here once again i'm
convinced that god's word
is able to build you up to do all that
god has called you to do and to be the
person that he has called you to be
today we're going to begin our service
by receiving the holy tithes and
offerings let's take a look at one
special verse
this is second corinthians chapter eight
let's go to verse nine
the apostle paul said
for you know the grace
of our lord jesus christ
that though he was rich
yet for your sakes
he became poor
that you through his poverty might
become
rich
now i'd i know that there are some
preachers
usually not within the group of what we
we would call spirit field or
pentecostal type preachers but there are
some preachers out in the body of christ
who would say that
this is not talking about prosperity or
financial riches
they would try to explain this scripture
way like they do with many of the other
scriptures by saying this is only
referring to spiritual riches
but to do that
you really have to warp
the entire context and bend it to say
something that it's not saying
in other words this is not talking about
spiritual riches because the entire
context of the whole chapter chapter 8
and also going in
and through the entire chapter 9 are all
talking about the giving
of a special offering to the lord so
paul is talking about
money paul is talking about the giving
of an offering he's not talking about
some type of uh ethereal spiritual
riches
that some ministers mistakenly tried to
you know say that this is what paul is
talking about no
you can read the chapter chapter 8 very
slowly you realize he's talking about
money given in offering and also verse
9.
now
excuse me chapter 9 is also about the
giving of an offering well pastor
stephen why why then would a preacher
try to shift it or change it to mean
something that it doesn't mean
because
they are filtering
the scriptures through their belief
system which has been formed through
religious tradition of men
and religious traditions of men have
told us for centuries that the church is
supposed to be poor that we're supposed
to be powerless that we're supposed to
trudge through life and somehow when we
get through life when we finally die
then we can go to heaven and have the
streets of gold and you know the
mansions and pearly gates and all of
that but while we're here we've been
taught through uh we have been taught
wrongly through religious tradition that
we're supposed to be poor
well
we have to understand that on the cross
there was a beautiful
timeless
divine exchange that took place
and on that cross there was an exchange
where jesus took our unrighteousness
and he gave us his righteousness
jesus also took all of our diseases and
sicknesses upon himself and instead of
all that yucky stuff he took all the
yucky stuff and he gave us
promises of health and divine healing
in the same way that he uh
just did this beautiful exchange he also
took all of our lack
and this insufficiency
and basically every curse that was
that was in effect
uh that took place when somebody broke
the mosaic law in other words when you
did not keep god's commandments it
released the curse into your life
and
if you read deuteronomy chapter 28
verses 14 onward you see the devastating
effects of the curse and a lot of that
uh incorporates lack financial lack
insufficiency never having enough money
and also the agony in the worry of
where's the money going to keep coming
from so jesus did a divine exchange at
calvary that dealt with this issue of
lack
and
on the cross jesus bore our sin
every curse of the mosaic law which
includes poverty all of that was placed
on him
and we see therefore because of what
jesus did at calvary that it is our
divine
right to prosper it is our redemptive
right to prosper and to prosper
the lord wants to take us into the place
where we are rich what does it mean to
be rich it means to have a full supply
praise god thank you jesus now
let's ask ourselves this question what
are the covenant exercises
that we must engage in to become
financial heavyweights in the lord's
kingdom in other words perhaps you see a
a guy every now and then who has really
developed himself in the area of his
physique or muscles and you realize that
you know a person who's done that
doesn't just wake up one morning and all
of a sudden there's muscles everywhere
and things like that no that person has
done exercises
within that sphere of of you know
fitness and so forth and he has figured
out what works and really if you go to
ask a person like that
particularly if you want to go that
direction what are you doing that's
producing that they'll tell you that
basically they are
lifting
the
heavy weights they are doing the
compound basic movements such as squats
uh which are for the legs or bench press
which is for the chest and for the back
bent over rows or deadlift if you just
do those basic things and you're
consistent with it you're going to get
what you're going to get strong well my
friends it's the same way
in the lord's kingdom concerning
finances and let me say this it's not
your receiving that makes you a
financial champion
but rather it's your giving that propels
you into realms of financial strength
i want to say that again let that just
begin to
percolate in your
spirit it is not your receiving that
makes you a financial champion but
rather it is your giving that propels
you into realms
of financial strength praise god now in
this area of kingdom finances how do you
get strong well we work the principles
just like somebody that wants to develop
muscles they're gonna they're gonna work
the muscles and they're gonna follow
proven principles that work the heavy
the heavy lifts like bench or squats or
so forth over here in the lord's kingdom
the principles that he lays out
are obedience to tithes and offerings
and we're going to exercise them
regularly praise god
you know what
you can take
you can take a young person like a young
guy who's maybe uh 14 years old and real
skinny
and you can take that young person and
put them on a strength training program
and
feed them a lot of steak a lot of
protein and some potatoes for carbs in
other words solid real food not not you
know snacks and stuff like that but i'm
talking about real food
and i'm telling you
muscles will begin to develop when
they're hitting the weights and they're
eating muscles develop and you you grow
but my friends is the same way if you
lift the compound the heavy weights
in the kingdom if you
consistent with the tithe and you
realize the 10 percent belongs to the
lord and you just always bring the 10
percent into the storehouse of god and
also when you sow special seed when you
give offerings the holy spirit leads you
and you respond to a a special
opportunity to sow that's the same thing
as going to the gym and working out and
eating good and getting stronger and
when you make this application in the
lord's kingdom what is going to happen
you're going to become financially
strong
what do we call a person who has
financial strength we say they're rich
praise god hallelujah and that my
friends is
your redemptive right
for you know the grace
of our lord jesus christ that though he
was rich yet for your sakes
he became poor
when where how
it happened when about two thousand
years ago where on the cross at calvary
how he was crucified
and that's what took place there
he was rich yet for your sakes he became
poor he became poor for you he became
poor for me on the cross
why
that
you
and myself that we through his poverty
might
become
rich whoo praise god well pastor stephen
i'd like that i'd like to step into that
good then operate the kingdom exercises
now
we figured out exercise i mean you you
could watch a youtube video and you
could learn exercises and you can learn
how to get in shape if you want to get
stronger there's enough teachers out
there that can teach you how to do that
that knowledge is now circulating all
throughout the world but in this area of
financial strength and applying biblical
principles that's how you get strong
that's how you get strong not by how you
receive but rather how you give
praise the lord it's not the giving
excuse me it's not the receiving that
makes a man or a woman it's the giving
that makes a man or a woman strong in
the kingdom
woo praise god thank you lord jesus so
let me share with you one more verse
this is so good this is deuteronomy
chapter speaking of deuteronomy this is
deuteronomy chapter 28
and i want you to take a look with me at
verse 10. and
as you step into the fullness of your
inheritance of the lord making you rich
this this is what it's going to do for
you
deuteronomy 28 verse 10
and please note i'm reading from the
bible
i'm this is all from the bible this is
not some kind of uh you know uh
theoretical stuff that we're pulling out
of uh some mysterious manuscript
somewhere this is from straight from the
bible look at verse 10
then all the nations of the world
will see that you are a people
claimed by the lord and they will stand
in all of you
the net translation says they will
respect you why they see what god is
doing in your life
then all the nations of the world will
see
how are they going to see something
that's just spiritual
yes pastor stephen we have been blessed
with spiritual riches that's not what
the bible says right there
that's not what this exchange was about
praise god oh yes we got
you could call righteousness spiritual
riches that was imputed to us
forgiveness of sins that's spiritual
riches that's something that we also
have
the blessing of but that in context is
not what paul is talking about right
here
um
that youth poverty might become rich
might become rich might become rich and
that those in the world can see it they
can't see spiritual stuff
unbelievers can't see spiritual stuff
they can't look at you and say
don't you look spiritual i think i want
to get saved
i i think i think i'm going to stand in
awe because you're so spiritual i can
tell you just prayed for 12 hours didn't
you no they
they they they don't get any of that
they don't understand that
then all the nations of the world will
see
that you are a people claimed by the
lord and they will stand in all of you
when you're blessed
when you're when you're testifying and
you're blessed it says something
it says something it grabs their
attention makes them think about it that
makes them think well the god they serve
and the god they proclaim sure does
treat them good
i'm having a hard time out here i'd like
to have the peace they have i would like
to have the security what of what they
have and i will certainly like to
get my life right so i can go to heaven
i i like the package that they're
presenting i think i want jesus
praise the lord that's the whole purpose
of it
that's the whole purpose of it to be a
witness
a full complete witness
okay let's look at it one final time for
you know the grace of our lord jesus
christ see this is financial grace
that through his rich
excuse me that though he was rich yet
for your sakes he became poor he became
poor on the cross
that you through his poverty might
become rich
before i
i pray over your giving let me just uh
share this very quickly i wasn't
planning on sharing this but
i had a situation years back
oh going back um
well i i suppose it would be about 20
years
and
i had a dream that was very very
disturbing and when i woke up
the dream just ended and it was hovering
it was just hanging there was a very
powerful dream and in this dream i saw a
man
suspended on a cross
lowered down into a
into what i would call a sea of
raw sewage
not like a swimming pool of raw sewage
not like a lake of it like a like an
endless ocean of raw
sewage
and i saw him i saw him in agony
lowered down into that and submerged in
it
and then he was lifted up out of it and
when he was lifted up out of it i saw
the most
i saw a man in inexpressible agony
and i saw that the green from all the
sewage
had permeated him and had soaked into
him and all the filth and all the sewage
had gone into him
and the dream was so revolting it was so
because he had he had shreds of filth
hanging off of him and uh
oh
it was a it was a a dream that uh it was
very um
unsettling
and so i woke up the moment i woke up i
said lord that dream i don't even want
to know what that meant
oh i said lord seeing that
that that individual
in that sewage and then that filth
see i used to work for a company that
made these gigantic sluice gates that
they would use at sewer treatment plants
and
one of the senior salesmen told me that
he was actually
on the job site
talking with the employees at the sewage
facility about the gate and how to
operate stuff like that when one of the
men actually fell in you and they have
they have a backup plan for that you
know they get you out of it and uh they
give you the you know your tetanus shots
and all that stuff so because you're
falling into a germ laden
uh bacteria loaded yucky situation so
they got him out of there and got him
cleaned up got him the shots and stuff
like that but this was a man that was in
the vision saturated with this filth
well
it wasn't just shortly after that that i
was about my day doing my uh normal
activities and uh i had a happy moment
that day at work when i was just kind of
relaxed and i was all happy and the lord
spoke to me
and it just kind of broke in on my day
very sweetly and very softly he said
that was me
i said lord what what was you he said
that was me i said what was you he said
that
was me
i said oh lord the the dream
oh
wow i said lord that was you he said i
took
the filth of poverty upon myself i took
it all upon me every sin every curse of
the law he says i bore every single bit
of it it actually says in scriptures he
became sin
that's why there was a separation
between the father and the son because
of the sin
wow praise god
well my friends jesus born why so that
we could become rich
i just want to encourage you step into
what jesus
paid such a great price to make
available to you
honor the lord with the tithe
10 of our income let's bring that to the
lord it belongs to him
and whenever the holy spirit would move
on your heart obey the lord he is doing
that for your good he's setting you up
for a blessing he's setting you up for a
harvest praise god god loves you
and he desires that you might be rich
the word might indicates
there's some variables in there that we
have to play god will always do his part
and the part that we have to play is
just like the guy going to the gym hey
if you go to the gym
you're going to get stronger if you
exercise these kingdom
principles you're going to become strong
financially they work it's no there's no
secret about it they work praise god
now heavenly father is your people are
honoring you with the tithe
and with an offering now father we just
give you praise bless your people
bring them into
the fullness of their inheritance bring
them in o god to their redemptive right
of riches
thank you father let your grace let your
grace be known to them just like paul
and the church in corinth understood it
father let your people understand your
grace
of prosperity
even the grace of giving the grace of
even receiving father we give you all
the praise thank you thank you that
you're making your people rich
in jesus name
amen
one final thing
did you ever notice you don't you don't
need god's help to make you poor
you don't need the power of god to
establish the covenant with you so that
god can make you poor no you don't need
any help with that the devil in the
world system and all the sin in the
world
and just the downward uh
pull of the negative things in the world
could lead anybody into that with no
struggle but you need power to go into
wealth to go into prosperity and the
lord has made provision for you to step
into that praise god now as you're
bringing your tithes and offerings in if
you would like to mail them in please
send them to stephen brooks
international po box 717 moravian falls
north carolina the zip code is 28654 if
you prefer to bring your tithes and
offerings in online you can do so from
anywhere in the world day or night
anytime just bring them into the
ministry website stevenbrooks.org
there's a link on the homepage that has
a red heart that says give and you can
click on it and you'll see the area for
the tithe and you'll see some other
projects that if the holy spirit should
lead you that you can give into
any of those and my friends it's greatly
appreciated
praise god heavenly father bless your
people bless your people
i thank you that it's your desire to
make them rich and i thank you father if
there's any that have been shackled with
religious type teaching that even that
word would make them nervous i pray
father that there be such a cleansing by
your word and your spirit that they have
your faith to step into what jesus paid
such a great price for them to
experience father we praise you in jesus
name amen
and amen
praise god
can you imagine if you didn't know this
and you got to heaven as a christian and
you found out when you got to heaven
that the whole time you were on earth
god wanted you to be rich
you'd be like
wait a minute all that struggling and
all that suffering and not having enough
and the whole time god you wanted me to
be rich and god says yep i said so right
there in my word
well he did didn't he praise the lord
god is good
i know where you're heading i know where
god's taking you into a place where you
are rich praise god
amen
all right today let's take our bibles
and go over to mark chapter 5.
gospel of mark is my
favorite of the four gospels they're all
of course fantastic they all have a
different angle on the ministry uh the
earthly ministry of the lord jesus
christ
but i've always liked the gospel of mark
and we're going to be there today in
mark chapter 5. let's drop down to verse
25 we're going to talk today about the
four steps
that you can take
to step into a miracle this is not 77
things that you must do to have a
miracle just four each one is very
simple
nothing complex nothing beyond your
ability to do you don't have to uh get
on your stomach and crawl on your
stomach and on your knuckles and uh uh
crawl all the way to jerusalem and then
god sees that and he merits you with a
miracle because you know you're bleeding
and you tore your body up no god's not
asking you to do that
uh we're not justified by works we're
justified by grace by what jesus did for
us at calvary so i want to share today
four very simple steps to a miracle and
if you will take them you will find that
you can receive whatever it is that you
desire to receive from the lord praise
god let's open up in prayer father as we
jump into your word today we ask that
your word would be made alive and
quickened to us by your holy spirit so
that it jumps into us and becomes
spiritual food father we thank you we
thank you for revelation
and also for application of what we
receive today we thank you in jesus name
and together we all agree and say
amen praise the lord mark chapter 5
verse 25.
now a certain woman
had a flow of blood
for 12 years and had suffered many
things
from
many physicians
she had spent all that she had and was
no better
but rather grew worse
well
you could read a lot in between the
lines here uh we're talking at a at a
time when uh the knowledge in the
medical field was certainly not what it
is today
and not only is she being examined
by doctors but you know
there's the embarrassment you know of of
you know a man
looking at all your private parts and
stuff like that and you know it's just
it's not good all kinds of problems
going on here
very humiliating situation
and she
she is going to receive an amazing
miracle from god
you also can receive the miracle that
you desire of god
and in this story we're going to see
four steps that she took and if you take
the same four steps you as well can
receive your miracle
now let me say that anything
that the bible promises you now
you can receive by taking these four
steps that we're going to cover today
and you can also put these four steps
into operation
today isn't that fascinating you can
start today
praise the lord you don't need three
months of training you can start today
now keep in mind that
some of these things that
that you can believe god for or ask god
for
it can take some time for it to come to
pass
take for example healing
you can believe god for your healing but
also as you're believing god for that
healing sometimes there are certain
healings that are not instantaneous but
if you keep walking out these four steps
you still will get your healing same
thing in the area of finances you may
need a financial blessing a financial
miracle from god
but it can
it can require a little time to walk it
out which is fine because you're still
the end result you're still going to get
the miracle that you need
but you know even if i went out today
and took some corn kernels
and uh dug a hole in this in the ground
and the soil was real good and i i put
three or four of them in there
well eventually a stalk is going to grow
and i'm going to have some corn but
that's going to be just a few months
down the road so it's not overnight so
we're going to work these four steps and
they are actually for principles but the
end result is that hey yeah if you if
you need a miracle
whatever you might need god can do it
for you some things we just have to keep
working and they turn from steps in the
principles such as the corn but
eventually you know you're going to be
eating that corn you're going to be
receiving the miracle that you desire
from the lord
so we're going to also be patient and
work these principles and you are
eventually going to have what you desire
praise the lord all right here we go
once again here she is with a flow of
blood for 12 years she suffered many
things from many physicians
she had spent all that she had and was
no better
but rather grew worse
would you say that she's in a really
serious situation right now she can't
even buy medication can't buy any more
painkillers or anything like that can't
get her meds as we would say in modern
day terms perhaps
verse 27
when she heard about jesus
stop just for a moment think about that
statement when she heard about jesus
how does
faith come
faith comes by hearing and hearing by
the word of god well what did she hear
about jesus
well
i'm sure she heard that hey
this guy is a miracle worker there are
people that are getting healed in his
meetings and from everything under the
sun we're seeing people raised from the
dead we're seeing lepers cleanse we're
seeing blind people get their sight back
it's just it's just a miracle free for
all when this guy is passing through and
she heard that
and faith
exploded in her heart and came alive how
by what she heard
so we're always going to have to be
people of faith we're always going to
have to live our lives by faith in god's
word not just a random floating around
mindless faith yes pastor stephen i
believe
do you believe what well i don't know i
guess i just believe something no we
believe the word
that's how faith comes praise god
when she heard about jesus
she came behind him
in the crowd and touched his garment for
she said
if i if only i may touch his clothes
i shall be made well
now the first thing that you're going to
have to do is only four steps
the first thing step number one is
say it
you're going to have to say it
well hold on pastor steven that's not my
style i'm kind of a reserved person i
like to keep things to myself well
if you want to get your miracle
you're going to have to follow these
four very simple steps and you might
have to push yourself out of your
comfort zone a little bit and open up
your mouth and begin to speak the thing
that you want so the first thing that
she did is that she said it
and according to what you say
my friends that's what you're going to
get
i need to say it again
according to what you say
that is what you are going to get
so there are two parts
to
every miracle there's the part that god
plays and there's the part that you play
how many of you know that god is always
going to come through and do his part
well i don't know pastor steven i think
god really let me down no
it's impossible for god to lie
it's impossible for god to fail
he will always do his part
so
what we have to do is make sure that we
do our part and the first part that we
need to do is we need to
say it
whoa praise god just go ahead and
and say out with me that first step say
say it
thank you jesus
i'm sure that you understand that your
words
can be either
positive or
negative your words can be full of faith
or your words can be full of mumbling
and grumbling uh
groaning moaning complaining doubt and
unbelief and all that what we would
classify as negative type stuff
and this woman could have been negative
she could have said look
at this point i've heard okay so i heard
about jesus going around doing all these
miracles
but she could have pushed that word of
faith away and she could have said but
my situation is different because i've
i've just had this for so long and i i
can't take it anymore and you know i've
got i just got all these problems now i
don't have any money
it's not fair it's not right i might as
well just die
and if that
would have been what she would have said
that my friends is what her ending would
have been
so you're going to have to say what it
is that you want
and stop saying
all kinds of words of negativity and
unbelief now last week we looked at the
12 spies that went into the canaan land
10 of them
did not believe that god could help them
take that land but the other two said oh
yes we can not only can we do it we can
just go ahead and do it right now we
don't need to have another committee or
another meeting god's already spoke
let's go
but the ten
they were negative and they got all of
the other israelites except for a very
small group they got all of the others
into doubt and unbelief and you know
what they said that we can't and they
were right they couldn't they doomed
themselves by their awful words that
they
spoke
think about david
just for a moment
he
he could have been negative in that
situation with
goliath
he could have said oh my goodness
what did i get myself into i'm down here
with this guy and this guy i didn't
really know he was that tall now that
i'm up close to him and he could have
gone over to one of his brothers and
said now listen
look i don't know how i got into this
mess but look why don't you take my
place
and if if you do that i'll buy you a
cheeseburger every day for the rest of
the year and i think i'll just go back
and and take care of the sheep no
no no no no none of that none of that
you have to say it
and david said it because he really
believed it and he told goliath hey
i'm taking your head off today and today
is your last day alive on this planet
you're dying today and the giant got so
angry and got just so mad but david you
know david had his moment where he said
it
and i want to let you know that you
can't skip this it's going to have to
come out of your mouth
and faith you can't clap it down it
demands a voice faith demands a voice
whoa praise god
hallelujah so you must say it before you
ever see it you must say it
first praise the lord
and
in this area of speaking what it is that
you want god to do and then
then with great faith
saying that it's going to happen that
god's doing it my friends
on the other side don't go around
uh
saying the negative things
that you're seeing
through circumstances
or
you know these things that will try to
bring pressure upon your life
let me let me talk just for a moment
about coven
don't say something like well
everybody's getting it i guess i'll just
gonna eventually get it too
you know well i've had the vaccine and i
guess i'm going to get it or or i didn't
get the vaccine so i'm probably going to
get it no don't don't talk sickness
don't talk any type of sickness or
disease if you do you're inviting it to
come to you
i've heard people literally christians
out of their own mouth say well we're
coming into the cold season i'm probably
going to get a cold or flu at any time
and they do
and uh
and they just they can't figure out that
the very thing they said is the very
thing that
that happened to them
if you're having challenges in your
finances
and you're believing god to do a miracle
in your finances don't don't talk about
lack
if you start talking lack and oh we
don't have enough money and and you're
and what will happen is you will magnify
that problem and it'll get it'll look so
big to you and then the mighty god will
god will look so small and
the lack will look so big and i'll tell
you another thing the money will stop
coming in
it'll just dwindle and dwindle and then
and then the problem will get worse so
don't talk negative don't talk the
problem
talk faith and say
what exactly you're wanting god to do
and stay with it and stand on it praise
the lord thank you jesus
all right so number one is you have to
say it
i told you it's very very simple i'm not
presenting anything complicated or like
what we would call advanced mathematics
or something like that no very very
simple stuff jesus when he spoke he's
speaking to fisherman he's speaking to
people that were you know farmers and
had agricultural knowledge of you know
very simple methods of operating so
nothing deep it's all very simple an
adult or child could hear and walk it
out number two
the number two step that you're going to
have to make
is that
uh
you're going to have to do it
we can just boil it down the two words
do it first step say it second step
do it
your action
defeats you or puts you over
again your action
defeats you or puts you over
of course there is a time to pray and
there you know it's time to get on our
knees and pray and stuff like that but
there's other times it's totally out of
order to pray you're supposed to be
doing something else you're supposed to
be in action oh no pastor stephen now we
need to just be praying all the time we
need to call prayer readings all the
time all the time
i am all for prayer meetings i i love to
pray i'm a big proponent on prayer i
mean it's it's one of the core tenets of
the faith
but there is
a certain
or there are certain times when
prayer
is not the key that you should be using
at that moment well what should the key
be
sometimes is action god wants action god
wants you to do something we see this
very clearly in the book of joshua
joshua chapter 7.
let's go to verse 7.
and this is the defeat at ai
and joshua said alas lord god
why have you brought this people over
the jordan at all to deliver us into the
hand of the amorites to destroy us
oh that we had been content and dwelt on
the other side of the jordan look at
joshua
the great leader
having a pity party he's having an
absolute total complete
faith meltdown
well pastor stephen
pastor stephen what should he do
well
what do you think he should do oh pastor
stephen in times like that well it's
important that we pray pastor stephen i
would recommend that joshua and all of
the army
and all of the israelites get on their
knees and pray because that's what we
need to do
well he's on his knees and he's praying
look at verse 10
so the lord said to joshua get up
get up isn't that fascinating
sometimes we need um
we need that jolt
praise the lord
and there is a there is a place
uh in your walk with the lord where god
he won't treat you like a little
spiritual infant anymore he expects you
to grow up
he expects you to move uh past the
diaper stage
start moving into the image of christ
and do what you're supposed to do
and do the right thing at the right time
and this is not the time to be on your
knees so the lord said to joshua get up
why do you lieth us on your face
israel has sinned and they have also
transgressed my covenant which i
commanded them
for they have taken
some of the accursed things and have
both stolen and deceived and they have
also put it among their own stuff
therefore the children of israel could
not stand before their enemies but turn
their backs before their enemies
because they have become doomed to
destruction again look at verse 3
get up
sanctify the people
there is a time to pray but there's a
time to do it and my friends it's time
to do certain things praise god thank
you lord jesus
it's time to do it you're going to have
to have
uh
obstacles we can't we can't pray away
all of the obstacles we can't we can't
say god this is too hard i would do it
if it weren't so hard and i didn't have
so many things in the way
you're going to have the obstacles
this uh dear lady
in mark chapter 5 as we turn back over
there she's now completely out of money
there's no cure for her condition
the doctors have no
you know magic pill that they can give
her or anything like that
she is in a category with this non-stop
flow of blood where she's treated as the
same category as those of the who are
who are lepers
and also now there's a big crowd all
around jesus and she's in a very
weakened condition as many of you would
know if you're losing blood like that
continually
you're not going to have a lot of
strength so everything would seem to be
going against her
but she's not asking god to remove the
obstacles
what she decided to do was walk over the
obstacles and she's going for it she's
going to go for it and you know what god
will honor that
god will honor that and she starts going
what i would say
against the grain
you know they they tell you when you're
cutting wood
cut it a certain way cut with the grain
not against it
if you have a chainsaw and you you've
cut a tree down where you want you want
to cut it that way you don't you don't
cut it like that you want to cut the
proper way
my friends
this is uh
this is something that you're going to
have to push
at times and it's not time to pray it's
now time to do it to do what to do what
you said
to do what you said
because now's the time to rise up and do
it
so you walk over all of the asp the
obstacles that's what she did she knew
hey i'm not supposed to be in this crowd
but she's like i don't care i'm getting
this crowd anyhow i'm not putting up
with this anymore
i'm pressing in
thank you jesus
remember
the story of when jesus died on the
cross
they put him in the tomb
and the big stone was rolled over the
entrance of the tomb and the stone is
sealed and secured
well
the ladies on the third day were going
to go anoint
the lord's body so they've got all of
their spices and perfumes and all of
their all of their things to anoint the
body of the lord
and they're walking towards the tomb
and the big
underlying question eventually surfaces
somebody is going to you know you have
to bring it up because
it's it's still there and one of the
ladies said
well
what about the stone who's going to roll
the away the stone
in other words what i'm trying to say is
that
if there would have been
certain
women in that group walking with those
ladies
uh that were not in that group if you
could just take one and put them in
there could have been somebody that
would have said
you know what
i don't know how we're going to move
that stone
technically it's going to weigh probably
a couple thousand pounds
and uh
uh we can't push it out of the way and
not only that we don't we don't even
have permission to move it out of the
way and uh you know what we just might
as well go home why are we walking to
the tomb when there's a gigantic stone
sealed and we're not gonna be able to
move it what are we even walking there
for
no
no when you're on assignment
and you're believing god for your
miracle you do it
and they kept on they kept on going you
don't have to do the same thing and you
know what happened they got to the tomb
and what the stone was rolled away
i'm telling you that
the obstacles
they're not deal breakers
the obstacles
are not the final say
my friends you have to do it you have to
actually go out there and walk it out
you say it because you believe it so you
say it and now you
do it
and i think for many
that is the great challenge for many is
to actually do it but i see that for
many of you that hour
is at hand for you to do it for you to
do it and i'm here to say today that the
holy spirit is with you god is with you
god is with you praise god so my friends
you must act
on what you say
she said if
only i may touch his clothes that's what
she said that's what she said that's
what she said and now there's this
massive crowd and all this but that's
what she said she's going to do it now
this is the time this is the time for
her it's now or never why because that's
where he's at he's not going to be there
forever he might not even be there for
the remainder of the day while he's here
you better do it and she
did it
and we're still talking about it today
i see you doing it
i see you doing it
praise the lord it is an essential step
all right number three
your number three step out of four your
number three step to receive your
miracle whatever it is you want from god
is to receive it
sounds simple doesn't it look at verse
29
immediately
the fountain of her blood was dried up
and she felt in her body
that she was healed of
the affliction
she's right
it's over with
boom just like that she's got the
miracle she has
received it
and i want you to know
that you can
get a call anytime
to come pick it up
god can do the miracle for you that call
could come in that email could come in
it's not like god is limited
let me just tell you that
when i see
the ups truck or the fedex truck coming
up my driveway when they're coming up
the driveway to bring a package to my
house
i don't run out there and say hold on a
minute i can't receive the package
because it's morning time and i only
receive
in the evening once i've had my coffee
and once i've kind of gotten going for
the day no no no
they're there they got my stuff i take
it right now sign for it whatever i need
to do yes hand it over to me i receive
it
glory to god be ready to receive it
don't ever tell your miracle to come
back later and you'll pick it up later
don't ever ever ever do that
when you're favored
to win the men's 100 meter dash and
you're favored heavily to win the gold
medal
don't think well hey you know this you
know i can do this any time no that's
that's your one time the olympics only
comes around
once every four years
that's your moment well you know if i
don't make it you know there's always
other races nobody watches the other
races
this is it this is your moment now go
out there receive
praise god receive praise the lord
receive glory to god
let me share something fascinating
get ready for this now what i'm going to
share with you is very important
it's going to open you up
to the miraculous
praise god
look at luke chapter 5
17. there's a lot of theologians they
dance around this verse they don't
they don't want to discuss this verse
but i want to intentionally talk about
it on purpose today
look at verse 17
now it happened on a
certain day
as he was teaching
that there were pharisees
and teachers of the law sitting by
who would come out of every town of
galilee judea
and jerusalem oh
oh so we've got rabbis all over the
place we have the religious leaders we
have the experts of the mosaic law and
they're all here big grouping of them
have come together to check out jesus
check him out
now watch this
because remember god god loves
his leaders god loves those that would
teach his people righteousness
now watch this
and the power
of the lord was present
to heal
them
long story short only one person got
healed
but the power was present to heal every
single one of those people that were
that were there that day particularly it
was a day designated for the religious
leaders to be healed and you know
anytime you get a bunch of people
together there's going to be those that
need healing
but not one person got healed except
except another person the man who was
paralyzed
but understand that the power of the
lord was present to heal
them some translations say present to
heal them all it's very clearly uh
revealed there
so
here's the thing
if you wanted to get your miracle then
at that time
you had to go where the power
was at
where was the power at is wherever jesus
is at because the spirit of god is on
him and if you really need a miracle
need your blinded eyes open
or whatever the case might be you have
to go to where he's at and he's on the
move he's on the move so you've got to
find out where he's at you've got to get
into the meeting of jesus and receive
ministry from jesus because the power is
there the power is on
him praise god now
look at this
in john chapter 16.
john 16 verse 7.
nevertheless
i tell you the truth
it is to your advantage that i go away
for i do not for if i do not go away the
helper will not come to you
but if i depart i will send him to you
all right so we know that jesus departed
and he ascended into heaven and he's now
seated at the right hand of
heavenly father
and the holy spirit was sent into the
earth on the day of pentecost
praise the lord
now when jesus
was on the earth
jesus
was the sole representation of the
godhead
with within
the earth
the holy spirit would come upon jesus
but only upon jesus
and that would be through the form of
the anointing
but my friends today
the father
is in heaven
jesus is in heaven
and the holy spirit is here on
the earth and this is very very
important for you and your understanding
for a miracle to realize this
power
is always present now
everywhere
anywhere
anytime
day or night
god can do a miracle
for you you don't have to wait till the
sun goes down
you don't have to wait for the sun to
come up god can do a miracle just as
easy as one o'clock in the morning as he
can at three o'clock in the afternoon
just as easy as he can in north carolina
as he can in beijing china or in
australia or in dallas texas it doesn't
matter because the holy spirit is now
here
god is now here you can get your miracle
anywhere anyplace any time
and so you have to now receive it
because it can come and when it comes
you don't need to say well now lord i i
didn't know you're coming at two o'clock
in the morning i need to brush my teeth
first oh no brush your teeth later take
the miracle now
i had a
couple of
sporting injuries i had a torn biceps
and i had a torn
pectoralis major muscle chest muscle
and
detached quite painful
quite stupid how i did it and i repented
and i said lord i'm sorry and uh but and
god forgave me of course
and the pain went away
but the tares were
were still there
uh
a couple of months went by
and
my wife and i were house watching
there was a person uh one of our church
members who had gone to europe and he
asked us if we'd come over at times and
watch his house so we were over at his
house and uh his house was in a very
very beautiful like subdivision type
area
and
uh i was act actually at the home his
home one day alone by myself my wife and
uh
abigail were out doing something else
and i was sitting there in the afternoon
it was about
maybe like three o'clock in the
afternoon i was sitting on a couch
all by myself i wasn't praying
wasn't really reading my bible just all
relaxed
and suddenly
you ready for this
suddenly god came into the room
and the power of god
filled the room
and that power began to come all over me
and in those two areas where the tear
was at
right where the insertion area is at
heat
uh it wasn't it wasn't painful it didn't
hurt but it was intense warm hot hot hot
beautiful heat coming into my body and i
said oh lord you're healing me
you're healing me
and i said lord i receive
i receive and that that last it
that let that whole experience maybe
lasted two minutes
and then the glory began to pull back
and then everything returned to normal
and i said god i'm healed
i said i'm healed you know the first
thing i did
i grabbed
uh i grabbed my keys
ran out
of my friend's house
they had a a clubhouse fitness center
ran to the fitness center
and started working out i started doing
curls and
with bicep curls and put more weight on
and put more weight on and then i just
begin
i begin
to weep
hot tears of joy
because i realize god you did it there's
no pain the tear is completely mended uh
i began to do things the exercise my
chest no pain the the
it had all been reinserted i'd like
re-knit it all over again
i said god you did it
see
oh oh pastor stephen that did i i need
to get to california where that happened
that you were at a i know that that
house was in irvine california and if i
go to that very house uh maybe at three
o'clock god will come back into that
house and come back into that room and
do it for me no no no you don't need to
do it like that he'll he'll meet you
right where you're at
all you have to do though is receive it
but you need to understand that he can
bring it to you
anything you want anytime any place
anywhere and that makes it wide open for
a miracle well pastor stephen are you
telling me that god could do it for me
here in south south africa yeah
he can do it whether you live in south
africa or south carolina it don't you
think it matters to god
you think god says that's too far i
can't do that that's too far for the god
that created the universe
that we don't even know where it ends at
and scientists say it's actually still
expanding but that's too far god can't
get over there he doesn't have enough
time he's not fast enough god can do it
anywhere anytime anyplace the holy
spirit is in the earth now
and he's not in a limited locale like he
was with christ one place
one town at a time one village at a time
if you catch him good if not well he's
already moved on somewhere else and well
you missed your miracle no no or you're
gonna have to catch up no no no it's
here anywhere
you can be in prison
and the lord can bless you in prison
because the holy spirit can come right
there
now there are certain things you
couldn't receive in prison but there's
other certain things that you could
so you know you would ask wisely but
outside of that
you know in the normal flow of life yeah
god can do it for you
god could do it for you
god is a miracle working god
thank you jesus
hallelujah power
the power of god
is now
always present
everywhere in the world
be ready to receive it
say it
do it
receive it right then right then
right then
well lord my favorite show's about to
come on who cares throw the tv away i
take it now
glory to god well i i didn't know that
you were to bless me uh in such a large
way at this time oh go go right ahead i
can go eat later go right ahead
i received
[Laughter]
praise the lord
last one
ready
last one
let's jump quickly back over to mark
five
verse
verse 32
and he looked around to see her who had
done this thing
but the woman fearing and trembling
knowing what had happened to her came
and fell down before him
and told him
the whole truth and told him the whole
truth and told him told him told him
step number four
tell it
say it do it receive it and when you've
got it
tell
every single person
that you can what god has done for you
look at this just very previously
in verse 19
concerning the miracle of the
demon-possessed man who was delivered
verse 19
well let me look at verse 18 and when he
got into the boat
he who had been demon-possessed begged
him that he might be with him however
jesus did not permit him
but said to him go home to your friends
and tell them please underline that tell
them tell them what great things the
lord has done for you and how he has had
compassion on you
tell tell tell tell tell them
she came before jesus and told the whole
truth of what happened jesus heard it
and everybody else out in the crowd
heard it also
why do we need to tell it
oh it's very simple so that others might
believe
testimonies
are so powerful in fueling the faith of
others why because we all know that
god's good and he's no respecter of
persons and it doesn't take a genius to
figure out if god did it for that person
god can do it for me and you're right he
can and the more testimonies you hear
concerning that that that theme of that
particular type of miracle that
continues to build faith and your faith
gets stronger and stronger and plus
you're having more and more exposure
to others and you're thinking i'm next
in line and you know what
you are
you're next in line for your miracle
praise god and when you receive it make
sure
that you follow step
number four
tell it
this is why we have social media
yes pastor stephen we have we have
social media so that we can share our
cooking recipes with each other oh yeah
that's nice
but with your social media
while you're sharing your meatloaf
recipe with the world
show and tell them the miracle that god
has done for you
use every platform you can praise god
and as they say
one picture
is worth
a thousand words
take a picture of your miracle and say i
want to give all the glory to jesus i
want to give god all the credit because
he deserves it all look what god has
done for me look what he has done and
send it out there and tell people and
talk
about the goodness of god and what god
has done
i appreciate it
when online church members
uh drop by maybe for a visit
or that they you know they swing by and
they say pastor stephen
i'm dropping by because i want to show
you the new car that god has blessed me
with we get that one a lot pastor steven
look at my new suv
look at my new vehicle and you know what
i rejoice i rejoice and i'm happy praise
god what are they doing they're doing
step number four they're telling it
they're telling what god has done for
them that special blessing and if you
get a raise
like one of our our online church
members just uh
notified us just uh i think it was uh
three days ago
just got a 20
raise for the year
bumped up for a 20
raise guaranteed 20
plus potential for even more through
various types
of bonuses praise god
i think in certain things that you're
believing god for a miracle
you should just have a
special celebration
praise the lord
if you're husband and wife and you
couldn't conceive something was wrong
but you believed god for a miracle you
said it you did it now you've received
it well you need to tell it
i have a special celebration service
praise god
just do special things if you
got a new house maybe you're living in
an apartment and you thank the lord for
your apartment but you believe for your
own home and you get it what should you
do you should give the glory to the lord
and tell everybody and that could
include hosting a barbecue
on the backyard patio of your new house
praise god amen
and if i'm too far away to come
send this preacher a picture of what god
has done for you i'll tell you what i'll
rejoice with you amen
god is good
god is good now if you walk out these
four steps
you can receive from god anything that
you want
these steps as i mentioned previously
can
also with
certain things
be more
in a flow of four principles because
some things don't happen overnight
salvation
you can receive it on the spot
baptism in the holy spirit you can
receive it on the spot certain things
you can receive because they
have been made available to you through
christ and you just you just take them
the other areas where there are certain
things
it can take a little time to walk it out
but as long as you keep working each
step and you'll know right where you're
at keep working each step
my friends you you can still have it
you will have it the lord will do it for
you
i have a very
strong witness in my spirit that i'm
going to be receiving notification of
some very very unusual miracles
because you're going to be sharing with
me
you're going to be telling me what god
has done for you
praise the lord
praise god somebody's breaking through
to a new level
praise the lord god will always do his
part do your part keep working these
four principles
and
the power
will come the power will
come the power will come the power will
come
and of course you use your faith
you use your faith to connect with the
power of god
we just had a new
light switch put in one of our bathrooms
flip it off electricity goes off light
goes off flip it on light goes on
electricity is flowing to it
your faith flips the switch on
and positions you
for the power
encounter some of you are going to have
strange encounters
with the power
of god
might just even scare you in a holy way
when i say scare i'm not talking about
maybe like scared like you saw a big
snake i'm talking about
reverential all mmm
that you're talking about an encounter
with real power
real
power i remember one time we were in
israel
it was the first israel tour that my
ministry had hosted
and we had gathered at the sea of
galilee
uh at the leonardo
hotel and i was going to stream
over the internet
a little service that i was wanting to
do right there so i had our little tour
group together and i was going to
minister
and
we were having trouble with the internet
because you know it was real slow
internet speed at that time
so i just shared the message and
recorded it but as i started talking
as i started talking
the holy spirit
for a reason that i may never know until
i get to heaven the holy spirit decided
to come in to the room right at that
moment and as we all sat there
god
walked into
that meeting and the power of god came
into that little area where we were all
at by the way when i go to israel when i
take a tour to israel
my wife and i don't always just go to
israel to see the land because most the
sites i've seen many times over but we
also we but i still love seeing them but
we also go to encounter the lord
and i don't know where
it's going to happen or how but
there there comes those special moments
and the lord walked into
that
beautiful hotel area where we were
sitting
and i'll never forget i'll never forget
it one of the ladies said my
god
god just walked in here she told me that
after after the service was over she
said my god
god came into that
place with us she said i've never
experienced that in my life before i
said yes that's
that is that's a that's a power
encounter
what's he there for pastor stephen just
to tickle your feather
just to tickle your toe he's there he's
there to bless and so you have to be
ready to receive
encounters
strange encounters with the power the
raw power of god
not not just a little feel-good moment
i'm talking power encounters you're
going to get your miracle lift your
hands heavenly father i pray for your
people that are watching right now that
they'll be consistent and faithful and
walking out these four biblical steps
for biblical principles and i thank you
oh god that you're going to do the
miracle that their heart desires we give
you the praise father we thank you for
the help of your holy spirit we thank
you that power is available and that
you're going to release it in jesus name
amen praise the lord
if you're watching today and you don't
know
jesus christ as your lord and savior the
greatest encounter that you can ever
have with god is the encounter of the
born again experience
if you're ready to get your heart right
with god
pray this prayer after me don't delay
this is your moment this is your moment
pray this prayer say lord jesus
i'm a sinner
but i turn from my sin
i repent of it
jesus
you died on the cross to rescue me from
my sins
jesus come into my heart
wash my sin away
give me your new life
write my name in your book of life
wash me with your precious blood
jesus thank you for saving me
in your name i pray
amen
and amen hallelujah
and god has saved and rescued your soul
live for him with all of your heart
praise the lord
hallelujah let's take holy communion
together
grab some unleavened bread and some
grape juice i have the two in one little
transportable mini cup here
but however you'd like to do it
grab your version
and let's bless it
let's take communion together
father we bless the bread
the juice
through this prayer we set it apart as
holy
we thank you father this is now the
flesh and blood
of jesus
our savior
now father as we receive
the flesh of christ
we thank you that jesus
that jesus is at the right hand of the
father and your spirit is here
we thank you for the release of power we
receive the word of the release of power
in
jesus name
amen
let's receive
glory
can you imagine the energy that surged
into that woman's body
after all the perpetual weakness that
she had in lethargy from all the blood
loss she got her life back
goodbye to that wretched disease
hallelujah
god's going to set you free
god's going to make you shout hallelujah
tell it tell it tell it
[Laughter]
father thank you for the precious blood
as we receive the blood of christ we ask
that if we have committed any sin we ask
that you would forgive us
wash all of our sins away cleanse us
from all unrighteousness
father we forgive anybody and anyone
that is sinned against us we forgive
them we release them we bless them we
let it go
we give you praise we thank you that we
are standing in right place with you
with hearts
right
with you thank you father for the blood
of jesus
in his name we pray
amen let's drink together
i hear the spirit of the lord saying
surely he will rescue you
surely he will deliver you swiftly
surely he will come through for you and
you'll see his hand the hand of god
outstretched
in your life get ready god's gonna break
every chain god's gonna destroy every
burden god's going to shatter and
pulverize every yoke into nothing but
dust and when it's laying on the floor
he'll blow the dust away there won't be
one trace of smoke on your garments
there won't be one trace of what the
enemy puts you through god will enclothe
you with his precious sweet victory
glory to god and father we give you all
of the praise
thank you father for your word
we bless you
we thank you glory let us lift our hands
and worship the lord lord we give you
glory and honor and praise heaven is
celebrating because of the miracles that
are going to happen heaven is
celebrating because of the souls that
are being saved and born again father we
give you all of the praise we thank you
in jesus name
amen
and amen my friends thanks for watching
i'll see you back
next time bye bye