Stephen brookson welcome to day two
Morning Glory I'm so happy that you're
here
why don't you take your Bibles and meet
me today in the book of Romans chapter
eight and let's drop down to verse 31
today let's talk about painting an image
on the inside of us praise God
let's open up with prayer Heavenly
Father as we jump into your word we ask
that your Holy Spirit would come and
illuminate the Scriptures and bring
forth the image that you would have us
paint on the inside of our hearts thank
you father we give you the praise in
Jesus name we all agree and say amen
now Romans chapter 8 verse 31 says what
then shall we say to these things if God
is for us who can be against us he this
is verse 32 he who did not spare his own
son but delivered him up for us all how
shall he not with him also freely give
us all things
now that's an amazing verse I really
thought about the title for this message
I wasn't sure to call it painting on the
inside which I really liked and I feel
that's the main thrust but I I was also
thinking this message has a lot to do
with just the understanding that God is
saying yes there's so many things that
you want to see happen in your life and
God's not saying no now the devil would
say no but I believe there there are so
many things that God has put in your
heart for you to do and God is behind it
and somebody might say well pastor
Steven God doesn't want me to have that
well again it's what Paul said that if
God the Father gave you his own son now
if he gave Jesus to you how much more
willingly would he give your child to
college education
how much more willing would he be
knowing that he gave Jesus to you is the
most valuable precious possession his
own son how much how much easier would
it be for God to give you a good job
maybe you're watching today and maybe
you are looking for a new job maybe
you're in a transition between work
maybe you got laid off or something like
that
or just it was just time for a change to
go onto something else how much easier
can God give you a job knowing that he
gave you Jesus well pastor Stephen you
don't understand I I don't have all the
qualifications and this and that now i
and i do know that qualifications can
play a role but not always and so many
times God's people they paint a negative
image on the inside where they say I
could never get a really good paying job
and thus on the inside they really
expect to stay stuck in a certain
financial strata they they actually
expect on the inside to kind of be in a
rut where they can never get into those
other areas but I really want you to do
some painting today and onward in the
coming days on the inside of your heart
and paint an image knowing that if God
gave to you Jesus how much more would he
give you for instance a good job you
know I was talking to one of my family
members recently and he said he said to
me I won't say who it is unless somebody
tried to call him and yeah you know
apply but he said he said Stephen you
wouldn't believe some of the people they
hire at my job that are totally
unqualified you know he works for a big
corporation and you know he's climbed a
ladder so to speak but he said he said
even at the very lowest level of the
company that I work for he said there
are no jobs that pay less than a hundred
thousand dollars they're at least a
hundred thousand dollars and usually
they start up way above that go up real
fast and he said I can't believe some of
the people they hire sometimes that that
have they don't have the qualifications
they don't have the training they don't
even have the skills that you would
think hey let's plug him into there and
he said they get hired anyhow now let me
ask you a question if people are out
there who are probably you know not
even covenant people not even children
of God yet somehow they have an
anticipation that like hold of a good
job and they get one now how much more
should you as a child of God a covenant
child of God who has you know promised
blessings and you know you're washed of
your sins how much more should you get a
good job well pastor Steve and I'm not
qualified well maybe I should just do a
little repainting and that you know
there's a lot of people out there who
are not qualified who are landing big
jobs big paying jobs all the time every
single day well that's not fair they
don't deserve that you know I'm not here
to debate that I'm just saying it's
happening it's happening all the time
and you know with the economy of America
so strong right now you know you know
employers are really looking you know
the hire people and so I'm just saying
if you need a job you're actually in a
really good boat because there are
companies out there they need people and
when there's a need and you don't you
know everybody else is working and
there's not that many potential you know
people that you can pull up on you know
I tell you what they fill a lot of
bonuses in and all kinds of stuff like
that I shared the store before but it
was a couple of years back when the army
was recruiting you know for new new
soldiers come join the army and there
wasn't much of a response until they
started throwing in these hefty bonuses
and they would give you up front I mean
it went all the way up to ninety
thousand dollars sign-on bonus justjust
for joining you haven't even you know
like iron things out with your you know
what's your pay is gonna be and what
you're gonna your position is what
you're gonna be doing and stuff like
that but just upfront sign-on bonus
without having done anything ninety
thousand dollars cash so I'm just saying
that you know paint an image on the
inside that there there's a good place
that God has for you because remember if
God the Father gave you Jesus how much
more will he not also give you
everything else that you need in life
all of that stuff is easy compared to
God giving you Jesus again verse 32 he
who did not spare his own son but
delivered him
for us all how shall he not with him
also freely give us all things I need to
let you know today that all things are
yours was you would you please just
paint that on the inside find the
vibrant color paint that on the inside
and just you know that way you can say
hey I can have that well who do you
think you are well I think I'm a child
of God if God gave me Jesus he could
certainly give me that I mean what is
that compared to Jesus so this is just
what I'm talking about painting on the
inside I'm talking about yes a mindset
but more of a heart condition the way
that you in your heart the way that you
filter things and I'm talking about
filtering things through the Word of God
and when you do that you'll begin to
think different you'll be that you begin
to think like God does and you really
step into that statement where Paul said
that we have the mind of Christ what
does that mean well it's not like a
religious theological statement it just
means that you begin to think like Jesus
there his way of thinking his way of
thinking that begins to become your way
of thinking and that really is a product
of washing your mind with the Word of
God and you know what it'll start to
really work with your thought processes
and your heart and your believing in
your heart that yes God can do this for
me also why not I mean it gave me Jesus
and so I just want you to be begin to do
some beautiful painting on the inside
whenever you see certain types of
ideologies in the earth like I would
call them the isms whether it's
socialism or you know communism when
whenever you look at those things what
you'll notice is lack of color you know
um look at some at what some of the
leaders of communist countries where why
ask yourself this question why is what
they're wearing why is it always
grayscale okay if you look at the
president of China look what he's
wearing why is it always grayscale
clothing look at the guy in you know
North Korea how come he's always wearing
the same thing with the same non color
why is there such an absence of color
such an absence of illumination why well
that's because what's on the heart of
you what's on the inside is going to be
what's reflected on the outside praise
the Lord
and the more of the knowledge of God's
Word that you have and your mind washed
with that word the more the more
colorful and the more experienced your
life becomes rich in Christ we praise
the Lord you can take an old house and
you know paint the inside paint the
outside and it's just mind-boggling
what new paint can do I mean it's
absolutely incredible people can look at
a house you know if you uh you know
replace the gutters maybe that the
shingles need to be replaced on the roof
or something like that but you start
painting you take off that old flaky
paint and you know fix the wood up and
stuff like that and putting you paint on
it I tell you it's just it's amazing
that the value of that home will go up
overnight
same way with the inside you know if
there's old wallpaper or old weary drab
paint you just take that stuff you know
take the wallpaper down and take that
old paint and get some primer up there
and you know again get something that's
beautiful and nice and clean and modern
I'll tell you what the value of that
home will just start to go up
immediately just by painting the the
color something that's fresh and clean
and you praise the Lord so on the inside
would either have the right image it's
very very important because your outside
is determined by the way that you filter
things on the inside mmm some people
they like poverty it's very bizarre it's
a twisted way of thinking it is a
darkened understanding within their
heart and they like cheap stuff even if
it falls apart and they curse it because
it's you know cheaply made then it's got
to go out buy another one but the thing
is there's a part of that they actually
like so as you begin to wash with the
Word of God you wash all that dirt off
of your soul your heart begins to get
illuminated as to what is pure and holy
and clean
this is very important don't ever forget
that the wealthiest place in the
universe is also the holiest place in
the universe and that's heaven a lot of
people still they have a they have a
heart they have a heart concept that
poverty is associated with holiness but
I've been to the I've been to some of
the poorest places in the world because
I've been privileged by the Lord to
travel all over the planet and
oftentimes I see these greatly
impoverished places I see sin just
running like crazy everywhere sin sin
sin and you know the the people may be
sweet that are stuck in places like that
but oftentimes they don't know the Lord
they're in spiritual darkness they're in
spiritual ignorance and when the gospel
comes it begins to turn around every
facet of a person's life whoo praise God
so the Word of God will clean us up and
will help us to get the right color of
paint - fresh paint on the inside now
let's move over to first Corinthians
chapter 3 first Corinthians chapter 3
verse verse 21 the Apostle Paul said
therefore let no one boast in men
well he is kind of bringing together
some previous thoughts that he'd
presented to the church there in Corinth
basically were some some were saying hey
I'm of Paul others were saying I'm in
the Apollo's group others were saying no
Peter's my guy and you know they all had
their you know how can we say
denominational champions so to speak and
and then there's also a lot of talk in
this chapter about the wisdom of God as
contrasted with the so called wisdom of
the world which is already passing off
the scene the wisdom of God will always
stand this always eternal and so he says
here in verse 21 therefore let no one
boast in men for all things are yours
please take your paintbrush today with
the help of the Holy Spirit paint that
on the inside of you with something
fluorescent maybe bright orange maybe
how about some how about some lime
colored fluorescent line paint on the
inside
you all things are yours well you can't
have that well who says who says I can't
have that especially when the scripture
says all things are yours whoo
now I know that as mature believers in
the Lord we're not running around trying
to grab ahold of everything underneath
the Sun we're really trying to stay on
track we're trying to stay focused on
the specific paths and destiny that God
has for us as the church and also as
individuals but I just want you to know
that there is leeway along that journey
for you to get their blessings for you
to get their you know concepts and new
ideas and biblical ways of thinking
along their journey because Paul said
all things are yours and that includes
Peter that includes the teachings of
Paul that includes you know having a
good relationship with nopales includes
everything includes tapping into the
wisdom of God everything that Paul
talked about here he said hey it's all
yours you know it's not like hey you
can't talk to Apollo's only my groups
are allowed to talk to me and only his
know he said hey we're all available for
you all the Saints say if you want
access if you go they've got their books
read them listen to their CDs or
whatever anything that can help you
along with your journey in the Lord and
anything that you need God has it ready
for you and again I'm just here to tell
you today that God's not saying no if
its along that path than the longer
journey and something's God has put in
your heart as part of your spiritual DNA
you know God's not saying no he's just
saying go for it I've got it for you now
we understand that it does take faith it
does take patience many of these things
don't happen overnight but just because
they don't haven't happened over
overnight doesn't mean that God's saying
no it just means that you're on the
journey that will come the time when
it's manifestation just stay on it and
faith keep working it as a faith project
and keep painting on the inside the
right image see yourself in that see
yourself doing that see yourself being a
part of that and you know what you're
going to end up in that place I I
shouldn't have been shocked but I've
been shocked sometimes with the places
I've ended up in the sense that I
thought this is wild this is God but the
whole time it now it took sometimes it
would take like three or four years when
I could see something spiritually and
start moving towards it sometimes it
would take three four years some other
things that were very important a little
longer but you know those years went by
and you know I found myself standing in
those places that at one point would
have seemed like just like a distant
dream but you know what I actually have
lived the reality of dreams and that's
and those were things that God had from
my life planned for my life and there's
more and I'm moving towards those I'm
painting the right image so I can step
into those things as well but my friends
you need to paint that image that the
Holy Spirit gives you sometimes when
you're in prayer you you see yourself
doing things you get over deep in prayer
and you'll see yourself doing things and
you'll think could it be I'm here to
tell you today yes it could be and yes
it can be and by God's grace and you're
sticking with it
yes it will be hallelujah praise God so
keep painting keep painting that image
you know you'll have those around you
that don't want to paint anything except
what we would call normality and I'm not
saying that everybody has to swing for
homeruns all the time and knock the ball
out of the park every time not everybody
has to be some kind of like epic person
where you're the next Elon Musk okay
what I'm trying to say though however is
that God does have an amazing plan for
your life
it is up there and it will make an
impact within your sphere of life okay
within your sphere of influence and
you're called to move into that and you
can't you can't get into that with an
image of you know like a chicken being
painted on the inside you have to have
that image of the eagle you have to be
willing to soar you have to be willing
in your heart and in your mind to say I
had not only can but by God's grace I
will and you need to say I belong there
praise the Lord well hi I don't hold
pastor Stephen well then you need to
stay in the word until you know praise
God and get convinced in here with the
word by painting that image on the
inside and then you'll you'll get there
you
feel quite comfortable now those places
I stepped into I told you some of them
were shocking
they were shocking in the sense that hey
like while it happened but at the same
time I felt totally comfortable when I
actually did get there I felt I never
felt at a place at all I'd ever felt
like hey this is beyond me I felt like
hey yeah this is exactly where I'm at
I'm right on time I'm gonna enjoy it
praise the Lord and I certainly did and
when things like that happen I you know
you always want to just enjoy your
moments in the Lord praise God but I'm
telling you my friends paint on the
inside the right image and you know get
some colors out get some bright colors
and you know if you see something that
is part of your destiny part of your
spiritual DNA maybe you see it in the
catalogue maybe you see it on a magazine
they get some scissors and cut it out
praise God and keep it close to you I
have my my briefcase close to me over
here which I whenever I'm you know
traveling going to the office and things
like that I have my Bible have my
notepads and stuff like that but I've
also got my files and my folders and
inside of those files on each file is
the subject listed of what that focus is
and in there or you better believe it
I've got pictures I've got articles I've
got teaching on that subject I've got
I've got manuals on that subject whoo
praise the Lord and I remember also it
says in the Book of Proverbs that good
understanding brings favor what does
that mean it means that if you know God
has a plan for you to stand in a certain
circle in a certain arena of influence
or in a certain place that maybe you're
not there yet but you're going that
direction you need to be able to talk
that language because when you get in
there those conversations that those
people in that group they talk about you
need to be able to hang with them and if
you can't you're going to be an oddball
out so good understanding brings it will
bring favor I have a friend of mine he
started a satellite television network
and you know in the early days now today
it's all over the world you know with
all kinds of satellites all over the
world and no telling how many people are
watching it sits in the
millions and millions of people and I've
been privileged to be on that satellite
somebody just told me that many of my
programs are still airing particularly
over in Europe but this this Minister
told me he said Stephen he said I went
to one of these big national meetings
where all of the bigwigs go to an
America and my friends he's overseas but
anybody that has anything to do with
television and the media industry every
year in Las Vegas they have the big
event where they bring out all the
latest cameras all of the latest
equipment technology anything having to
do with broadcast media you know it's
all going to be there in the who's who
are there and he realized you know hey
you know this is a field guts plugged me
into and I'm kind of like starting to
get my feet wet so I need to go there so
he told me that he went this was like
the first time he ever went and while
he's there and he's in one of these you
know it's a giant convention center but
you know still people have to get into
smaller rooms when something is being
unveiled to present it like a new camera
something bad like that or new
technology so he ends up in one of these
rooms with only a couple hundred people
in there and most of the people in there
were were executive Hollywood producers
and stuff like that and so he kind of
bumps into somebody just a little bit he
turns around and is a very famous one of
the most famous movie producers in the
world and they struck up a little
conversation and my so my friend he's
trying to like you know hang in in the
conversation and that that producer
asked him a question he said what do you
think about this and mentioned a certain
type of product and you know
specifications on that product would
which had to do with television and he
said he said my friend said I don't know
he said I don't know about that and he
said he'll never forget it he said that
producer looked at him and said well if
you don't know about this he said what
are you even doing here so he he left
that that that you know of conference
and he went back to his hotel room and
he said Lord if I'm gonna do this I need
to be all in
the words Lord I know you're calling me
into this to provision is flowing in so
that I can make these purchases and
you're bringing the help and I mean God
you're all over this but lord if I'm
gonna do this I've got to learn this
stuff and I've got to get into it not
just walk around the fringes of it okay
that's what the scripture means good
understanding no I'm not talking global
understanding where you know about
everything I'm talking about good
understanding in your field of expertise
good understanding brings favor the
opposite of that is true lack of
understanding not knowing your stuff not
being able to talk the talk in your
field is going to inhibit your
advancement mmm praise God so you you
want to not only know your stuff and
have good understanding preferably you
want to be like Daniel Shadrach Meshach
and Abednego where your mind is
illuminated in your field and you stand
at the forefront and you have the
answers that others need and you you I
mean either if it's technical and
analytical or whatever that's your thing
you're like yeah let me help you
understand that you guys just jump in
there and help people with it and yes
you're gonna have to study yes you need
to you know maybe after you know this is
not always confined to working an
eight-hour job you're gonna have to
after hours in your own free time dig
into it maybe late at night if you have
to if you put the kids to bed or stuff
like that but if you want to rise to the
top these are the things that you have
to do because remember God's not saying
no God's not saying no for all things
are yours included in that along with
you know you know contacting the wisdom
of Peter Apollo's or Paul you know
they're contacting their teachings and
connecting with their their ministry and
thing like things like that also very
heavily in that chapter Paul was talking
about the true wisdom of God the wisdom
that's above all other so-called forms
of wisdom and that's all yours and you
could tie into that and swim into that
ocean of the wisdom of God and just
access everything that God has made
available to you he's not holding back
he says here it is go for it
so you have to stir yourself up stir
yourself up because you have a lot of
chickens they're very content the very
content to live their life out there
saved their watch through the blood of
Jesus that's fine they're going to go to
heaven
that's great but when you really when
you really feel that God has his hand on
your life to do something that will be a
blessing to others then make that push
and go for it because God says that all
things are yours yes you can have it
shout right now I can have it mm-hmm
what are you doing you're painting the
right image on the inside of your spirit
praise the Lord
now let's go back to a classic verse
proverbs chapter 23 verse 7 has actually
been quoted a lot by those who would
teach along the subject of the power of
confessing God's Word sometimes what we
would call positive confession and I'm
not talking about like New Age stuff
although New Agers use it in a selfish
sense to try to tap into a spiritual law
but all of that is irrelevant when
you're not even saved I mean what does
it matter that stuff is even working for
you if you don't know Christ you're
gonna veer off into the direction anyhow
because you're gonna try to manipulate
it for your own personal gain but it is
true that this is actually when you look
into it this is still the context that
it does have to do with having the right
image in your heart now proverbs chapter
23 verse 6 do not eat the bread of a
miser what is a miser now a lot of
people would think a miser is a poor
person who is very stingy with what they
have that's not that's not the full
picture you and I both know that a miser
can be somebody who's very stingy very
greedy and can have a ton of money I've
seen him before I you know when Kelly
and I used to live in Southern
California because she she was born and
raised in Southern California when I
lived out there we were married you know
people would pull up to garage sales
it's I don't know it was very unusual in
California I've seen garage sales of
course all over America but they were
they were extra unusual in Southern
California because you could have a
garage sale you could have a you could
have a family that maybe you know maybe
the husband and wife both working
full-time only make $45,000 a year both
working
time and they have they have a home that
you know I don't know what like a
hundred and fifty thousand dollar home
or something like that and that so they
have a garage selling they put all this
stuff out there and it's almost all junk
but yet it's up in California you'll
have people pull up to garage sales in
Bentley's and mercedes-benz s-class you
know sedans and all kinds of things like
that and they'll get out of that car and
they'll look and boy they'll just
they'll they'll fight you they'll fight
you over a for dollar for dollar item
trying to get it down to three dollars
and they'll I'm very serious about it
too and it's just crazy crazy stuff and
you know you think well they've got that
much money just pay the four dollars I
mean who cares what's that - what does
that mean to a person that pulled up in
a Bentley I mean it's just silly
sometimes
what's going on what's going on do not
eat the bread of a miser a miser is a
person who externally can have great
wealth but on the inside they're
impoverished they don't have a giving
heart even even if they tried to get the
words out that would pretend or portray
that they do such as we see here do not
eat the bread of a miser nor desire his
delicacies for as he thinks in his heart
so is he
not that's been quoted so often Frazee
thinks in his heart so is he eaten drink
he says to you but his heart is not with
you the morsel you have eaten you will
vomit up and waste your pleasant words
why what's going on here he doesn't he
doesn't want even to share his food with
you now he knows culturally particularly
back in you know the Middle East
biblical days if you had a stranger or
he had somebody to drop by unexpectedly
then a hospitality was a huge part of
the culture back then and if you didn't
host somebody give him something to
drink or offer them somewhere to sleep
or something like that then back then
that was like completely unheard of
because everybody did that Hospitality
was just a standard where you know you
just help everybody get along and if you
ever need it they're gonna be there for
you so he's trying to do that but in his
heart he doesn't want to and he
offer you a plate of hummus you know
with some pita bread on the side he sit
here I know your hunger go ahead and eat
some but he he doesn't want you having
one slice of pita bread and he doesn't
want you eating any of his hummus even
if he's got a whole refrigerator full of
it he doesn't want you having any of it
and even even if he's got fifty million
dollars in the bank he still doesn't
want you having any of his pita and
hummus he doesn't want that why he is
greedy he is a miser he is stingy in his
heart and so what happens is that even
when people try to externally still do
it right on the outside it won't work
right why the heart is not right the
heart doesn't belong to the Lord let me
tell you right now why the church is
stepping into the initial phases of the
various scriptures in the Word of God
not just Old Testament but New Testament
as well that refer to what many
theologians call an end time wealth
transfer from the righteous money being
moved from the from excuse me of the
unrighteous or the wicked into the hands
of the righteous can I tell you why can
I just be flat-out honest today and tell
you why yes pastor Stephen please do
that I would enjoy your honesty and your
candid opinion on that okay here's why
sinners do stupid things with their
money okay no no Christian anchored in
the word with the heart for God who
loves God would go out and do some of
the most idiotic wasteful stupid things
that Chris excuse me that unbelievers do
with their money
opening strip clubs opening bars opening
nightclubs just nothing but hedonism
nothing but paganism nothing but sin
opening liquor stores and just on and on
it goes or producing vile filthy videos
or starting starting TV networks and
channels that just splash filth and
vomit all over people just total garbage
and trash and they do stupid things with
their money they spend it on things that
that just make no sense and it's just
amazing to see the waist and the
foolishness of what's done with it oh oh
but what would a minister
what would a child of God who loves the
Lord with all of his heart what would
they do with money oh they would do the
most important thing they would use it
as leverage to keep people from going to
hell and endeavour to reach them with
the gospel so that they can gain heaven
mm-hmm praise the Lord
mm-hmm they're not going to take it go
out and open up a casino or something
something foolish like that praise God
that's why the enemy has fought it but
it's going to happen in the scriptures
have prophesied it and the Scriptures
cannot be broken
praise the Lord so position yourself for
that position yourself for that paint
the right image on the inside of your
heart and say I'm a giver oh oh I know a
lot of wealthy people that give yes
you'll read about some of the
billionaires making large donations did
you ever notice none of their donations
ever ever go to the kingdom of God none
of their donations ever go to the
preaching of the gospel none of them do
none of them none praise the Lord
hallelujah but God's going to begin to
do a work and God's gonna put the money
in the right hands are the people that
will steward it for the Advancement of
his kingdom and so that the gospel will
be preached to all of the world to all
of the world hallelujah on every
available network it'll be just blasting
everywhere all of the world's satellites
all over the world praise God thank you
Jesus and this is this is going to go
beyond just Christian networks this is
going to go to the point where the
Christians are having their payloads of
their new satellites taken in the space
and position in space and beaming down
messages of the gospel around the world
and that way if any any government says
well we're going to turn off your
network it's like well you can't turn
off our you can turn off the networks
but you can't turn off our satellites
because our satellites up in space
whoohoo praise the Lord hallelujah
so my friends
God is going to see to it that his word
is fulfilled and so we want to have the
right image on the inside of being
generous of having a a heart where we we
see surplus thank you Jesus
you know some of you you need to have
inside of you as it says as he thinks in
his heart so is see you need to have in
your heart an image of health pastor
Steven you don't understand how sick I
am well you could be really sick but my
friends as you spend time in the word
and the word becomes more real to you
than your sickness and Jesus and his
anointing becomes more real to you than
your sickness than the canvas on the
inside of healing that your painting
will manifest and all sickness and
disease will fall off and out of your
body
praise God it's just a matter of
painting painting painting the right
image on the inside not an image of you
laid out all the time with a cold
compress on your head with another
another fever another headache legs
propped up you know window shades drawn
down and staying there for three days in
a deep dark depression no no images like
that no we're talking about illuminated
brilliant images based upon scripture
based upon the Word of God you need to
paint the right image within your heart
because se thinks in his heart so is he
whether it's negative or whether it's
positive it's however you worked that if
you have a negative image that's what's
gonna extend into your natural life and
if you have a positive image based on
God's Word I'm not just talking about
positive be happy you know go around
then you know you know is it's a good
day because it's just you know whatever
I'm talking about because of who you are
in Christ and because who God is and
knowing that we're going to be with the
Lord forever and ever and ever and ever
how can you not have come on how could
you not have a positive image who praise
the Lord thank you Jesus amen and God
does not want you to limit him now we
have heard that said before that is in
the scriptures of course that's
something that children of Israel
struggled
as they went through the desert went
through the wilderness experience there
were times they really limited God can
God do this you know yeah I mean we're
dying of thirst out here well God can
bring water out of the rock ah that's
crazy next thing they know water is
coming out of the rock anyhow but see in
many other ways they just they just
limited God but my friends there is an
anointing right now that go big I'm
telling you I can't you sense it
that God is moving the Spirit is moving
in the church right now so this is
definitely not the right time well
there's never a right time but this is
definitely not the time that you'd want
to be negative or have a little tiny
image you know you know of just like
going from from here to here
no the this is time to make some moves
in the spirit praise God whoo this is
this is the moment this is the moment
God's with you and God's moving so in an
anointing you need to ask you need to go
for it
hallelujah praise God you need to have
the right image because I'm telling you
what we are in the season of giving
birth we're in the season of producing
we're in the season of God's power in
manifestation and it's moving praise God
it is moving and this ministry is in on
that and we are enjoying the blessing
and the fruit of that hallelujah so let
that anointing come down come over on
you splash all over you get drunk in the
Lord get drunk in the beautiful artistry
in the canvas the images that God shows
you I'm telling you when you get over in
prayer and the Holy Spirit starts start
showing you things you write that down
and watch how prophecies come confirming
as as God says to you prophets and
perfed that those are that that are able
to flow in prophecy minister to you and
that they'll give you the word of what
God has already shown you and visions
and in times of prayer through these
inner impressions so you need to paint
the canvas with the full colors
hallelujah and some of you bless your
hearts you need to get a little more
colored you need a little more vibrant
colors and be a little daring hallelujah
if you need some inspiration just go
look at God's creation look at some of
these crazy birds that are out there
from the peacock to these so these birds
that are called bird
paradise and don't ever forget that the
devil did not deck them out because he
could not create he could only copy and
try to emulate but God the the author of
creation he's the one that created DNA
and designed these birds with with
colors that are just nothing short of
extreme exotic brilliant yellows and you
know fluorescent greens and metallic
colors it's just absolutely incredible
so you need the paint and be free in the
spirit and you know I'll just be honest
this is my Tesla is you know the stock
has gone crazy is because and you know a
lot of people say well it's not the
stock price is not really justified yes
it is it is because mr. musk has thought
out of the box he wanted to bring a car
forth that's not like other vehicles and
it's so different that it has changed
the paradigm of how a vehicle is
actually viewed now and all the other
speaking from the American manufacturers
perspectives and many of course of the
European manufacturers as well they're
all playing catch-up and the truth is
that they're they're years behind
now I'm not given a plug for Tesla
vehicles or something like that but I'm
just saying he is reaping the rewards of
having thought outside of the box of
having used creativity and I have no
doubt in my heart that much of his
inspiration has come from the Lord you
know you can go back to the early 1900's
and you can look at pictures of New York
City okay right around you know like
1903 and you could look at the main you
know what would be um it'll come to me
in just a moment but that area around
Central Park and you've got you know
just these packed dense streets in
Manhattan you can look in the early 1900
so there's nothing on the streets but
horse and buggies you know and people
being taken around on horse and buggies
and just like 14 years later same same
shot same area there's not
one horse-and-buggy insight anywhere
it's all cars and it happened it
happened within the confines of one
decade so things are changing and since
God is with you and the anointed is here
for you to paint the canvas the way you
want it to be well I would just say go
for it you know
now united we know we're mature we're
not gonna be stupid okay do crazy stuff
that's way beyond our faith and also
would be really weird you know what I
mean but there is something about class
there is something about elegance there
is something about purity there is
something about the touch of God that's
timeless and that can flow through your
heart through your mind and you're like
I've got it I know exactly what we're
going to do praise the Lord hallelujah
and you know here in this in this
ministry we have been able to do some
things that that really have stretched
some things I mean if you look at our
set on pure gold when that when that is
airing and people look at that I mean
that looks like literally you're in a
real castle from somewhere in Europe and
when we were recording there was a man
that had just come over from England and
he was actually touring the facility and
he saw our studio set and he's like this
is incredible he said there's a castle
about a half a mile from my house and he
said it looks exactly like this studio
he's just like this is just incredible
and so you know the creativity and Kelly
my wife had a lot to do with the
designing of that set and the creativity
and it was amazing what went into that
but I'll tell you you look at that and
it's just like wow where'd you guys film
it at in Europe we had a lot of fun with
it where did that come from pastor
Stephen it came out of me and Kelly's
heart we just pulled it out pulled it
out let's do this here let's put that
there let's put a stained-glass window
here and all of that just it came out in
a sense of nowhere
praise the Lord and you could rejoice in
it too because so many of you sowed into
that and every time you see it you
should say I had a part I had a part in
that and I I join in those rewards
through Christ praise to God because you
certainly do
so my friends gots moving and we are
creating new things we're going to do
some new things and it will be
expressive it will be beautiful pray you
Scott and so let that anointing touch
you as well the Lord is not saying no
he's saying yes so go for it do it right
do it first class we the church has
really got a pull out of this ditch of
doing things half-baked and you know
just you know like well we don't ask God
for too much you know that stuff has got
to stop where we present these things
that the world looks at and laughs at
them and then you know then the church
looks at the world in the world sits a
higher standard we've got to stop that
stuff and there are good examples where
the church actually has the lead on the
best in the world in certain areas so
let's really go for it and let's set the
standard because this is the Isaiah
chapter 60 moment this is the moment
when the light is on us this is the
moment when the wealth of the nation's
is flooding in it's moving into the
church and so let's create with
beautiful expressions of the Lord and
you know what it's gonna draw many many
people to the Lord Jesus Christ
let's pray Heavenly Father we thank you
for this this time we just asked father
God that as we thank in our heart that
our thoughts in our heart which affect
our thinking the thoughts that are noble
that are pure that are high that are
clean that are full of your wisdom that
are representative of your eternal
wisdom father we thank you we thank you
we thank you there's a there's a balance
of not having enough and then going too
far and now it looks overdone so father
we thank you for that wisdom to get it
just right we give you praise we give
you praise and it will bring many
questions it will bring much curiosity
from those that are outside those that
are on the fence and really wanting to
know they will come in so father we
bless you in the name of Jesus let your
people flow in the creative anointing
let them paint paint paint in a
beautiful way what it is that you're
showing them and we thank you the
benefit station is on the way and I
prophesy sue
then they think father we give you
praise in Jesus name Amen hallelujah
shout amen
now we're going to take Holy Communion
so please grab some unleavened bread and
some grape juice if you're watching
today's program and you've never made
Jesus the Lord of your life but you like
Jesus you're you're like hey I'm Pastor
Steven I'm there's some about this man
Jesus I I don't understand it all but I
really like him well Jesus Christ is the
son of God the Father and he is part of
the Godhead deity which is the father
the son who is Jesus and the Holy Spirit
and Jesus as God's son was sent into the
world to be born of the Virgin Mary he
was raised as a man lived a sinless life
so that he could give his life as a
ransom for our sins and he went to the
cross to pay the penalty for the sins of
anybody that would put their faith and
trust in him the fact is he paid the sin
penalty for everybody but it has to be
received that the blessing of that has
to be received by faith and he fill
receive him by faith he will wash her
sins away and he'll be your Lord and
Savior so if you would like to receive
Christ now as your Savior pray this
prayer after me say Lord Jesus I come
before you as a sinner my sins have
separated me from you but Jesus I
believe that you died on the cross that
you were buried and that you were raised
from the dead
three days later and that now you're in
heaven with God the Father so Lord Jesus
I asked you to come into my heart wash
my sins away I give my life to you write
my name and your Lamb's Book of Life
Jesus I belong to you now thank you for
saving me I receive you by faith in your
name amen and amen praise God those of
you who have just prayed the sinner's
prayer for the first time to receive
Christ as your Lord and Savior I'd love
to hear from you please email me at
contact at Steven Brooks dot org now
let's take communion together
father we thank you for this little
piece of bread in the grape juice
we now bless it set this apart as holy
through prayer and father this is now
the flesh and the blood of Christ and we
proclaim his death until he comes and
father God that our life is in him we
thank you Father that Christ went to
Calvary for us father that you gave your
own son and again we meditate on that
that if you gave Jesus how much more
will you give us these other things that
are just all included in the package so
father we say yes we're in we receive
father we thank you and as we receive
the body of Jesus father we just
determined not to put limits on you but
to stay on target to believe you for the
promises that you've spoken to us father
thank you in Jesus name Amen
let us now partake of the body of the
Lord Jesus
praise the Lord hallelujah hallelujah
put keep putting the word in and to your
heart faith is of the heart it's never
been intellectual it's never been of the
head faith is of the heart yes the mind
will come into agreement with it but
faith is of the heart so the paint the
right picture you have to keep feeding
your heart with faith-filled material my
friends stay on the image that you're
painting of what inspires you nobody
wants to paint something stupid I had a
lady in my church one time she was on
bless her heart she was a good lady she
loved Jesus but had a lot of things she
was working her way through but she she
liked to paint and but she had a lot of
oppression in her life and every time
she'd show me a painting I I you know I
would just say that's nice but I would
you know in my heart I just think out of
all the things in the world that you
could paint do you have to paint
something stupid like that I mean she'd
be painting like the most bizarre stuff
like a door and then it's colored you
know really ugly or like a doorknob
I dislike you've got all the things
under the Sun you can paint and that's
all you're gonna paint something so
that's because of oppression when
illumination when light comes it changes
your heart and now you're like hey let's
get some color woo glory to God I ain't
painting on doorknobs anymore unless
it's a golden doorknob or Christian
doorknob or you know something that's
got some beautiful facets on it let's
take it to a new level
whoo praise the Lord thank you Jesus
hallelujah hallelujah praise God now God
loves us right where we're at but he
just loves us too much to leave us where
we're at he wants to take us forward but
he's not going to do the painting for us
we have to do it so since we have to do
it let's have fun
please paint what inspires you don't
paint something that depresses you
don't paint something that just makes
you frown and stay miserable paint what
inspires you well pastor Steve but I'm
afraid to paint that but why is that the
miracle zone is that the thing God told
you about well yesterday but only older
God could get me but yes that's the
whole idea praise God amen
if it doesn't require God then you know
you're just you're staying you're
staying on a level that's too low for
you remember you are in the kingdom
miracles are your inheritance praise the
Lord father we thank you for the blood
of Jesus father we've all pulled out the
wrong colors of paint at time and and
Father we've all have painted images
that were probably beneath our potential
so father help us to go higher help us
to get it right help us to paint what
inspires us because that inspiration
comes from you now father for those who
may be lost at inspiration or maybe it's
been smothered by a pillow of doubt and
unbelief let it come off and let it come
back to life right now father show them
again that beautiful image of where you
want to take them for your glory show it
to them again so they can paint it on
the image of their heart we thank you in
Jesus name we all shalt and say Amen
let's receive the blood of Jesus praise
the Lord it is true that some of the
great saints particularly let me go
within a certain category for a moment
some of the ones that would be called
the passionate the passion is a group of
believers that love the Lord where their
focus is on the Passion of Christ or the
suffering of Christ that he went through
at Calvary and the moments leading up to
Calvary and there have been passionate
believers who so loved the Lord and
painted that image of what Christ went
through for them and so loved him and so
worshiped him and books were written
about some of these
and women around the world the passion
Asst that when they died the church
actually had coroner's examined them
they'd open up their heart and they're
on their their hearts would be the cross
they would find like a cross an image of
a cross somehow superimposed on their
heart so you know I'm just telling you
that what you paint on your heart is
what is portrayed externally in your
life now for those that really focused
on that that very holy lives very very
holy lives and many of them you know
we're having heavenly visitations and
visions of Jesus and angels and all of
that good stuff because they knew the
power of the Cross they knew that if you
lose your life for his sake you'll
really find the life that he has for you
mmm praise God
so my friends it's true it's been proven
it's even physically even physically
hallelujah okay the image is coming back
that inspires you get happy see it
receive it and paint it and don't ever
doubt it again thanks for watching I'll
see you back next time
bye bye