good morning church family and ministry
friends I'm Pastor Steven Brooks and
welcome today to our online Internet
church service I am so happy that you're
here and I invite you to grab your
Bibles and join me today as we open up
the word of God and the Holy Spirit
brings the Word of God into its living
reality that it actually is praise God
it's the Living Word this is our daily
bread this is the food that we live by
which is God's Word now today let's take
our Bibles and go to the book of 2nd
chronicles chapter 1 and we're going to
spend some time today in this book of
2nd chronicles let's turn the chapter 1
let's drop down to verse 7 and we're
going to receive the tithes and
offerings we're gonna bring them into
the storehouse of God but let me just
give you a couple of scriptures from
chapter 1 that will really help you with
your money and with your finances 2nd
chronicles chapter 1 verse 7 on that
night God appeared to Solomon and said
to him ask what shall I give you now I I
know that we've read the story we know
what he's going to ask for but I would
still have to think that if the Lord
Jesus appeared in a vision to many of
God's people and said what do you want
I'll take your order right now anything
you ask
you know I'm God I have the ability to
cash to check what is it you want I
think a lot of people would ask for
money even though they know the story
about Solomon he's gonna ask for wisdom
and for knowledge I think even still
having read the story and heard of it in
church and ministers teach on it I think
still probably 95 percent of Christians
would still ask for money why why would
they do that when they know that Solomon
went a different route and ended up with
all the money they they just still don't
understand the power of God's wisdom
that God's wisdom which is the wisdom
that is above all wisdom is so amazing
that if you have wisdom the wisdom of
God you're gonna get you're gonna get
everything else
but I think even still having said that
and you know this having been taught not
just by myself by other good ministers I
still think most Christians would ask
God for money
if Jesus appeared to them and said what
is it what do you want just like he did
the Salomon well let's talk about this
for a few minutes
verse 10 here's the response now give me
wisdom and knowledge he said a few
things before that just to basically in
a sense acknowledged the Lord's coming
his appreciation for that and just for
the opportunity to have this special
moment then he goes into his answer to
the Lord now give me wisdom and
knowledge because after all if he's
going to ask you what is it you want you
need to have a response because he's
presenting it to you it'd be rude to say
don't Lord I don't need anything that's
just a bunch of false humility sometimes
you see that the church is well but when
you do have the Lord asking you a
question particularly wanting to give
you something there does need to be a
you know an honest response from our
heart Solomon says now give me wisdom
and knowledge that I may go out and come
in before this people for for who can
judge this great people of yours well if
you had to lead a couple of million
people that's definitely something that
you would want then God said to Solomon
because this was in your heart and you
have not asked riches or wealth or
honour or the life of your enemies nor
have you asked a long life but have
asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself
that you may judge my people over whom I
have made you King wisdom and knowledge
are granted to you and I will give you
riches and wealth and honor such as none
of the kings have had who were before
you nor shall any after you have the
like well we know that out of this
vision experience he had with the Lord
that you know it's just the very next
moment when he's reigning this king and
you know when people say well you know
how do we know he really got something
well they was proven within within just
you know like a few hours of waking up
after this encounter with the Lord
through up through a dream a vision at
night
because right after that you have the
two harlots that came before Solomon to
get judgment because you know they were
both to sleep at night and basically one
rolled over on the child and killed the
child and then there was the swap and
then it's like who does - who does the
baby really belong to because we're
hearing two different stories here and
the wisdom of Solomon was displayed
right there in front of the people and
when they saw his answer when they saw
what he did that proved who was the real
mother well they're like well he's got
it he's got wisdom so you really need to
go after the wisdom of God because it
will help you in that that's an
understatement
but it will help you dramatically with
your money you can make a good income
you can have a lot of money coming in a
strong income stream you could even have
money coming in from multiple streams
but still have a mess because just of a
lack of wisdom of how to appropriate the
money how to make proper application
with what's given to you you need the
wisdom of God not just to see prosperity
generated but to also see it preserved
in the sea it multiplied to see it
properly steward so I want to encourage
you to go after the wisdom of God even
in the New Testament when you see the
prayers of Paul which are prayers that
are inspired by the Holy Spirit which is
why you can still pray them today for
yourself and for others but the really
the greatest prayer is Ephesians chapter
one and it is a prayer that God the
Father would give to us the spirit of
what wisdom that's the first thing and
the first prayer mentioned in the
epistles but the first thing that comes
up is that we would receive the spirit
of wisdom and revelation revelation
being the pulling back of a veil in the
knowledge of him who is him Jesus so the
number one prayer from a New Testament
perspective starts out with Heavenly
Father I pray that you would give unto
me the spirit of wisdom
and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus
Wow what in other words what would Jesus
do with the money if the money were in
his hands how would Jesus spend it how
would he save it how would he type how
would he sow seed how would he give
offerings because he just got it right
every single time
and if you'll tie into his wisdom you'll
start getting it right every single time
as well so you know pursue the Lord for
wisdom and when because you know he's
not going to give you what you can't
handle I know the lottery system out
there doesn't tell you that and I know
the world doesn't tell you that the
world just tells you just just get it
and then figure out what to do with it
no no business operates that on
principles like that mm-hmm you have to
know what you're doing
no gigantic corporation is going to
elect a new CEO who doesn't know where
to take the company to have a plan for
how to get to company into that place of
greater prosperity no no no corporation
rewards anybody like that God doesn't
reward anybody like that the lottery
system is a fraudulent system I think I
think when States and I know our state
does North Carolina has an has a state
lottery I think when a state does that
they're actually abusing their own
people I think it's awful because you're
preying on the ignorance of people
you're preying on the unenlightened
mental and I wish states wouldn't do
that but you know they're they're taking
advantage of people's ignorance for
those that are foolish enough to engage
in such a rigged system rigged against
them but you know that people do things
like that because they don't know God
they don't even if they're Christians
they don't know the power of the
Covenant so they're just trying anything
to get ahead and if you will walk in the
wisdom of God which is very contrary to
the wisdom of the world you will begin
to tap into an unshakable source and
that source is gone and every blessing
originates from him and flows from him
if you tie into him now you're on solid
ground regardless of the recession's and
the market swings
the up-and-down cycles of the economy
that it's that it goes through God will
help you to stay on top every single
time but stop and think about the wisdom
of God just for a moment when Isaac was
facing a situation when there was famine
in the land Isaac with the wisdom of God
went out and so during times of famine
what the Philistines do the Philistines
representing the knowledge of the world
the wisdom of the world and the world's
way of doing things they laughed at him
the probably thought he lost his mind
but there laughter turned to jealousy
when they saw the tremendous harvest
that God gave him literally a hundred
fold and suddenly they're not laughing
but don't expect the Philistines to
understand it don't expect the world to
understand the wisdom of God its veiled
from them just as the gospel is veiled
from them and so our job is to preach
the gospel to them and as people come in
to the gospel they get saved they're
born again then as they continue to seek
the Lord the Lord begins to unlock the
covenant to those talking about the
Covenant of prosperity the Covenant that
gets you into the blessings of God he
begins to unveil it to those who are
hungry and who seek him with all of
their hearts
praise the Lord forever but the wisdom
of God is very contrary in many ways to
what the world does so while we're in
the world we're not of the world we're
operating on a higher higher standard
we're operating on a higher system
actually it's much higher it's designed
for eternity praise the Lord and all of
this knowledge in God in Christ begins
at the point of salvation so if you
don't know the Lord Jesus as your
personal Lord and Savior you need to ask
him to come into your heart right now
wash your sins away and receive him by
faith as your Lord and Savior and you
begin to get on the true blessing path
that leads to heaven glory to God and
for those of you that are already in
Christ
don't play the gimmicks don't play all
the things out there that are really
only profiting those who are pushing all
the you know all the trinkets of the
world and all that you know whether it's
the lottery system or whether it's you
know some kind of penny stock you know I
heard Christians are they talking about
a
any stock which I thought was silly then
I found out which stop stop they're
talking about and of course it would
have it would have it would happen to be
a cannabis stock so here here's the
desperate Christians who won't work the
Covenant so they're over here messing
with the penny stock and the one you
know you shouldn't be messing with junk
like that unless the Holy Spirit told
you to but is that's really junk you
know no serious investors are going to
touch stuff like that but of all the
stocks they're putting their money in
there they're investing in the marijuana
why that they just don't know the
Covenant so they're just desperate
they're trying all kinds of crazy crazy
hairbrained schemes to get money the
last thing you'll see believers doing
the last thing you'll see believers
doing who play the lottery and are just
trying to get rich through whatever it
takes to do it the last thing you'll
ever see them do is so in the time of
famine they'll agree with the world
that's crazy
and that's why they're blocked that's
why they don't ever step into the rich
blessings they're just always messing
around with the Philistine stuff praise
God
my friends I want to encourage you get
on God's system begins with salvation
but then the salvation salvation ties
you into the eternal life of Christ
there's two sides of Jesus there's the
person of Jesus that creates your peace
but there are the principles of Jesus
that's what creates your prosperity and
you can be saved and on your way to
heaven and be broke or be suffering
financially or never have enough money
or have some but it's just you know you
know you're swimming in the shallow end
of the pool but really the way you get
into the rich blessing is you work his
principles because it's his principles
that create your prosperity praise the
Lord okay so jump into the deep end of
the pool today be a tiger and sow seed
as the Holy Spirit leads you to do so
praise God hallelujah the tide by the
way that for those that may not know is
10 percent of all the money of all the
wealth that would come into your life
yeah even if you sold something at the
garage sale god says a tenth of that is
mine praise God so honored the Lord and
you'll start going up and you'll start
also seeing how how
you don't need all of the junk of the
world you don't need to do Harebrained
Schemes you don't need to do wild crazy
ideas just work the Covenant work the
Covenant and God will start lifting you
up all right so let's bring the tithes
and offerings now into the storehouse of
God so that the gospel may be preached
into the four corners of the world
hallelujah if you're mailing your tithes
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you can go right there and give right
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to continue to preach the good news of
Jesus that he saves he delivers he heals
he blesses we'll continue to preach the
gospel all around the world thank you
for your partnership with this ministry
and thank you also for bringing your
tithes into the storehouse because that
is God's system and we choose to obey
and follow his kingdom principles now
let me pray for you Heavenly Father
bless your people I thank you that they
are tithers they are givers and I thank
you that you unveiled the covenant of
prosperity to them and they they walk in
it and father I thank you that they are
blessed give them the best jobs give
them the best work give them bonuses
give them increases give them favor give
them inheritances father God let
prosperity come to them in multiple
streams we thank you Father God and I
thank you that they're faithful to tithe
off every every dollar every euro every
whatever whatever it might be peso or
one their shekel that comes into their
life we thank you Father God that they
were quick to bring the tithes into the
storehouse and your people are blessed
now father we thank you that we thank
you your father I think your your people
are so blessed they can't even
I did it just it's just all over them we
give you praise in the name of Jesus and
today around the world we say as a
church family we saved a men praise God
alright let's stay today in the book of
second Chronicles let's move over to
chapter 32 let's talk about good King
Hezekiah a good king not a perfect King
but III would call him an excellent King
he was better than good he was
exceptional
he had a couple of flaws though that
hindered him from not only his own life
his own walk with the Lord going to a
higher level but really as a king he had
the ability to lift the nation into a
higher level did he do good yes could
greater manifestations of God's glory
have been seen yes and so that's what
we're going for we don't we don't want
to just go halfway up Mount Zion we want
to go all the way up to Mount Zion we we
don't just want to say hey I I speak in
tongues now I got filled with the spirit
I've maxed out the spiritual experience
no you haven't you're just getting
you're just getting started because the
the baptism of the Holy Spirit relates
to Pentecost and you see that that was
you know that was something that took
place while they were still in the
wilderness but you must cross the Jordan
that is the Crucified life and then you
must go into the land that God has for
you but you must possess it you must
inherit it and that's the walk of faith
and you must you must eventually do what
David did get to Zion and capture it
praise God
so we don't want to we don't want to
stop halfway up the mountain we want to
go all the way to the top we want to
fulfill and do all that God has called
us to do
praise God we are today in second
chronicles chapter 32 let's pray
Heavenly Father as we're in your word as
we are disciples and students of your
word let your Holy Spirit come now and
unveil the scriptures to us let him
teach by the anointing that he brings
that there just be do fresh anointing
upon this message today so that we can
take it father today and apply it to our
lives
and not repeat the mistake that Hezekiah
made twice so father I just think you'd
I'm prophesying over your people father
that they're going to get it right from
the first go and we just give you praise
we think you that you're the god of the
second chance and if the second chances
need it we'll certainly get it right
then but we just think your father
you're helping us you are really helping
us and we yield to the leading of your
spirit and to the guidance of your word
we give you praise in Jesus name thank
you so much Heavenly Father for your
Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus amen
please shout and say Amen we're in
second chronicles we're in chapter 32
and today let's go down to let this is
so good there's so much in here that's
so good let's go to verse 24 in those
days Hezekiah was sick
and near death and he prayed to the Lord
and he spoke to him and gave him a sign
well there's there's more to the story
let me just bring you up to speed a
little bit
the nation of Israel had been under
siege King Cinna cherub has sent his
mighty army into the Land of Israel not
the land of Palestine don't don't please
don't ever call Israel Palestine that's
an insult to any knowledgeable Jewish
person if you want to lose favor in the
eyes of an Israeli Jew well then call
called Israel Palestine but please call
it by its biblical name and please call
it by what God calls it he calls it the
nation of Israel that's that land
belongs to the Jews that land is the
nation of Israel okay so King Senate
chair invades Israel with this mighty
army he begins to decimate all the
cities in all the towns he captures them
he plungers them he puts the people to
the sword he's getting closer and closer
to Jerusalem every other major city has
fallen or has fallen and he gets all the
way to Mount Scopus which is right there
in Jerusalem it sits on the Mount of
Olives and from the Mount of Olives you
can see the city
of Jerusalem laid out and you know he's
just like I've got you and I'm just like
I've taken all these other cities of
Israel at all of the other cities of the
Middle East he said I'm taking Jerusalem
and nothing's going to stop me his
ambassador began to mock and blaspheme
God before the the children of Israel
there in the city of Jerusalem and King
Hezekiah was like woo our backs are
against the wall god you're gonna have
to do a miracle because he looks like
he's unstoppable
not only that he's a bigmouth he's an
arrogant this this guy is like where did
he learn to talk like that from Goliath
I mean this guy is just full of the
devil
but Hezekiah had some good help and my
friends is always good to have a prophet
in your corner by the way I'm in your
corner and I'm prophesying over your
life that you will succeed and you will
not fail and you will rise to the top
and that you are blessed to be a
blessing
well King Hezekiah had a heavyweight in
the corner named Isaiah the prophet and
it was Isaiah praying and prophesying
and praying and prophesying that got
Israel through a very dark hour and he
said the Prophet said that big mouth
arrogant King who was actually an
instrument in the hands of God but his
overstepped the boundaries that God
intended for him do you see seeing King
so Tara was just a discipline rod that
God was using to discipline his
rebellious and disobedient people but
king china king sent a cherub just went
overboard and went past the the realm of
discipline and got into the area of just
really humiliating God's people that God
was very angry about that and so Isaiah
said God's gonna do with him and God's
gonna strike him down God's gonna cut
him down he's gonna deal with
Sennacherib's arrogant hearts and he and
Isaiah prophesied although he's close
he's not even gonna shoot an arrow
against this city he's gonna be turned
back in shame and well that was a wild
prophecy but it came to pass because it
was the true word of the Lord
the story is that God sent one angel not
to not a whole army
he said one angel and that one angel
went out there to the Assyrian camp and
killed 185 thousand of the best of their
soldiers that wasn't their whole army
that was just the best of them
and just that Abel's angel just cut them
all down and so when all the other
soldiers woke up and saw that most of
their comrades were dead especially all
the leaders and the strongest men that
you know they were just like there's no
way we can fight against Jerusalem now
and so they turned around they went back
and Senate Aaron went back in total
shame humiliated with his head down and
not only that when he got back and some
time later was worshiping in his own
temple back in his home country which
would have been in Iraq when he got back
his own sons murdered him there in the
temple of the false god that he had put
his faith and trust in so my friends
God's done a lot already for Hezekiah
and Hezekiah has also received a miracle
healing because he got sick he had a
boil that was so severe in bad that I
believe it created also blood poisoning
in his body and he you know he's just on
death's edge and so the prophet Isaiah
came and said put your house in order
you are going to die and he turned
around and walked out but before the
Prophet could even get out of the court
area of the palace Hezekiah was in there
just saying God you know Lord I've done
my best to live for you and serve you
and we've gone through a lot together
and you delivered me from sanitarium and
now Lord that I you know we have this
you know breathing room and this freedom
I don't want to die I really want to
live for you and uh you know what God
said it because you cried out to me and
you've you know you've turned your eyes
towards me he said I'm gonna give you 15
more years
and so before Isaiah could even get out
of the Kings Court the word the word of
the Lord the prophetic word came to the
prophet and he turned right back around
and told told the king thus says the
Lord basically you shall live you're
going to live and he gave him a
supernatural he'll
portion a remedy I'm not saying you know
put a lump of figs on your you know cut
or your wound it might not turn out too
good that was a supernatural word of
wisdom for a healing remedy it was
blessed of the Lord the next thing you
know the Kings back on his feet so God
has done a lot for King Hezekiah I think
it's very important that you understand
that in the light of what is about to
unfold now praise God verse 25 but
Hezekiah did not repay according to the
favor shown him what's the favor well
here's the favor
hey King Hezekiah you should be dead you
should you should be grateful for what
the Lord did matter of fact you should
hold a national celebration of just
worship and praise and why don't we just
get a bunch of singers and Prazeres
together and just thank God that you're
not dead and in the ground and that your
soul would have gone to paradise but you
know your life would have been over but
well King why don't you praise God and
thank God for what he did
Wow you really should have been more
thankful and appreciative for how God
delivered to you from Senator that's not
a small thing but everybody else is
biting the dust and you got delivered
guts in an angel hey this is special
stuff of God's doing for you and you're
on death's bed and God raised you up why
would you be prideful well he did not
return the wonderful favor by showing
kindness and appreciation and
proclaiming the goodness of the Lord
and it says for his heart was lifted up
really really you actually think those
figs that lump of figs they put on the
boil do you think that actually healed
you you actually think maybe all those
soldiers 185,000 of them died maybe they
had a maybe they all had a heart attack
I mean come on give the glory to the
Lord he's bailed you out he's done a
whole lot for you how couldn't you have
your heart now lift it up with such
pride
now that you've escaped these you know
duplicate difficulties shouldn't you be
more appreciative well he did not repay
according to the favor shown him yes
this heart was lifted up there for Wrath
was looming over him
/ Judah and Jerusalem what the Kings
ungratefulness was about to get him in a
big mess worse than anything he's faced
before and it's also now looming over
Jerusalem and Judah because of your the
King your decisions are going to affect
other people that is the responsibility
that we face as leaders the verse 26 he
did the right thing hey if you ever make
a wrong exit just get back on the
freeway as fast as you can and that's
what he did verse 26
then Hezekiah humbled himself for the
pride of his heart I'm glad today that
I'm not speaking to anybody that has an
issue with pride who pastor Stephen
don't lie on the internet okay I'm just
playing around it's easy to slip into it
King David prayed Lord let not the foot
of pride come against me watch out
because when the blessing is going and
you know God's fighting your battles and
angels are doing great things don't
start thinking that's you because maybe
you're so good or something like that
God's blessing upon your life be
appreciative be thankful but stay low
stay low I remember reading about one
minister a pastor Duma in South Africa
how God used him to raise a young girl I
think she was 17 years old she had been
dead for four days and everybody in the
community knew she was dead she was well
loved but she died and the Lord told him
go raise her up and he goes in the power
of the Spirit in the anointing of the
Spirit and raises her from the dead and
when the news of that went through the
community it stunned the community and
suddenly now now there's journalists and
newspapers all showing up from all over
the place and the Lord told him he said
don't even talk to the newspapers just
disappear for a while just go lay down
for a while and stay humble because the
enemy is going to be very very upset of
what took place because it's gonna bring
a lot of glory to me so you just go stay
low profile for a while and make sure
that you stay very humble and he did
that he was a very humble man and God
did mighty miracles for him
so Hezekiah is doing the right thing he
hummed himself for the pride of his
heart he and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem I believe I believe Jerusalem
was a very arrogant city full of
arrogant prideful people that's remember
also what it says in Proverbs pride
pride comes before a destruction and a
haughty spirit before a fall so if
you're walking in pride or arrogance
you're gonna get cut down if there's
just no question about it pride comes
before a destruction and a haughty
arrogant spirit comes before a fall so
we want to be people that walk in
humility he and they had happened in
Jerusalem they humbled himself so that
the wrath of the Lord did not come upon
them in the days of Hezekiah the Lord
also knew that although he had delivered
his people there's still a lot of
rebellion there's still people
worshiping at the high places there's
still people messing around with their
idols and their you know their idolatry
and just not getting fully cleansed from
all these areas of defilement but
nevertheless King Hezekiah he's doing
the best he can to serve the Lord there
is a remnant that is actually on fire
for God so God God's blessing them and
you know things are going in the right
direction now you know if they made a
mistake hey get it get it right with God
and so he did he got lifted up in pride
realized he was about to get chop suey
and he humbled himself okay alright okay
so now you're good to go gods gods you
in the Lord everything's okay between
you and the Lord let's let's endeavor to
make sure though that doesn't happen
again
well another opportunity it's going to
come the enemy is going to test him
again let's find out what takes place
verse 27
Hezekiah had very great riches and honor
also the blessings flowing absolutely
the blessing of the Lord is flowing
Hezekiah has humbled himself the
blessing of the Lord makes rich and he
adds no sorrow with it so the blessing
is there and it's it's producing in very
very tangible ways Hezekiah had very
great riches I like that
not just riches but very great riches
and honor and he made himself Treasuries
for silver for gold for precious
stones for spices for shields and for
all kinds of desirable items moreover he
provided cities for himself and
possessions of flocks and herds and
abundance for God had given him very
much property so we also see that
property was one of the areas of the
financial blessing that was upon his
life and may that also be something that
you are led into by the Holy Spirit
which would be the ability to acquire
property hallelujah
this same Hezekiah also stopped the
water outlet of upper Gihon and brought
the water by tunnel to the west side of
the city of David Hezekiah prospered in
all his works so he's involved in unique
architectural engineering feats those
are still discussed today if you go to
Israel go to Jerusalem go to this
ancient city of David you can see that
they have now uncovered that well and
that that water channel and you could
actually walk up it and walk through it
for quite a distance now verse 31
however got regarding the ambassadors of
the princes of Babylon now watch this
whom they sent to him to inquire about
the wonder that was done in the land all
right so what has happened in Israel has
become such a phenomena that it's gone
international and the newspapers are
talking about it
the reporters are very curious about it
they're getting their tickets to travel
in to do documentaries about the Wonder
in the land and so it's gone all the way
to modern-day Iraq it's gone to Babylon
and the king of Babylon has heard about
the wonder in the Land of Israel and
he's sending his his princess he's
sending his sons he's sending a special
envoy a delegation all the way to Israel
why they want to inquire about the
wonder that was done in the land may God
through the Lord Jesus Christ in you
make your life a wonder
that cannot be hidden now this word
wonder in the in the Hebrew is the word
mofette and it means it means miracles
and wonders of beauty and splendor is a
Hebrew word mofette spelled mo wph eth
it's a word that means miracles and
wonders of beauty and splendor and the
outsiders that Gentiles had heard about
the wonder that was done in the land may
your life be so dedicated to the Lord
may your life be so blessed by God that
your life becomes a wonder hallelujah
may may people look at you and say while
it's like God has done a wonder in your
life and then may they inquire about the
wonder that has been done in your land
or in your life when people see God
moving it brings inquiries from other
believers it brings inquiries from the
Gentiles from the unbelievers from the
outsiders you must be prepared to give
the right response praise the Lord
now regarding the ambassadors of the
princes of Babylon whom they sent to him
to Hezekiah to inquire about the wonder
that was done in your life in the land
God withdrew from him in order to test
him that he might know all that was in
his heart praise God well I know that
there's probably a few that are probably
thinking a pastor Stephen this God
really tests his people well first of
all we know he does he tests individuals
he contested a ssin but let's talk about
God tisha and individual God here
withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test
him how did you get out of high school
how did you graduate from high school
you graduate it because you passed quite
a few tests covering various subjects
and you just kept taking tests you kept
passing them until eventually you
graduate it that's how you got out by
passing tests those of you that attended
college and you graduate it you got your
degree your diploma how did you how did
you get out of college or your your
bachelor's your masters perhaps your
doctorate
how did you do that you did that by
passing tests they were not going to
give you that piece of paper that is
perhaps framed on your wall unless you
did what passed numerous tests and you
just kept passing tests passing various
tests until eventually you passed enough
of them and they said you fulfilled the
requirements and you now get the Diploma
congratulations
and the honors there the awards and the
empowerment that goes with that the
favor the acknowledgement that goes with
that now this also carries on into your
career field perhaps you want to be a
doctor maybe you want to be a brain
surgeon how do you get into that that
room that very special place were you
actually open up a person's head their
brain and begin to operate on their
brain you have to pass a lot of tests
you just can't walk in there as an
office and say you know what I want to
do this oh well you just go right here
we have an open surgery lab over here
for those that just want to give it a
shot you just go right in there and
who's gonna be the patient well you'll
find somebody who's willing to be your
guinea pig and we'll just let you start
slicing and dicing no it doesn't work
like that why nobody's nobody's gonna
ever go for something like that nobody's
gonna say yeah I'll volunteer cut me
open and just start poking and probing
and get me fixed up no you'll come out a
vegetable or your dye beer on this
operating table how do you get to a
place like that where you're where you
are authorized to do that you have to
pass a whole bunch of tests medical
class and just on and on it goes it's
the same in every occupational field you
know if you're a pilot and you see that
you know that beautiful 777 or 787
sitting there Airbus 380 or
whatever it might be or you know a
fighter jet corporate you know aviation
and you want to fly the left seat how
you know how you going to end up in that
left seat you're going to do it by
passing a lot of tests well you know you
can't just say hey you know give me a
shot I think I think I can fly it I had
some flight simulation videos that I
played on my personal computer on my
laptop back at my house let me fly it
no they're never gonna let you fly you
have to be authorized to fly it you have
to be certified you have to have type
recognition in that aircraft and it
takes a lot of study a lot of study
before you get in the place where you're
authorized to do that because why you've
passed the test and if you don't pass
the test you're not gonna be allowed to
move forward in that field of occupation
it's the same in every area you have to
pass test he passed he passed other
tests in life but when it came time for
very special areas of blessing the first
big test he failed because being
delivered from Senate Arabs army which
it's like going up against a football
team that had a record of a hundred and
zero they've never ever lost before and
they're coming up against you as a very
small team and you don't have a chance
in the world well
Hezekiah steam defeated the you know
superhuman team they defeated them and
yet Hezekiah didn't didn't take it to
heart of what God had done for him and
he just got lifted up in pride and then
his here's a guy about ready to die and
God you know he calls out the God and
God gives him 15 more years and he still
doesn't show any appreciation and he
gets lifted up in pride and doesn't give
any glory to the Lord so he totally
flopped when he got on the big playing
field
he totally he totally missed it well he
repented he got right with God now the
blessings flowing but here comes test
number two I believe that if he would
have gotten this test right he could
have taken the nation of Israel into
into realms were only David in Solomon
took it because he was touching it he
was on the fringe of greatness and he
already had international fame
but he look there's always a higher
level and God wanted to get him there
but you have to be you have to be real
solid in the Lord to walk in those
places praise God
now let's watch what took place it says
that that when they came the envoys came
to enquire about the wonder that was
done in the land God withdrew from him
God withdrew no anointing what I'm
talking about like a tangible anointing
no tangible presence no angel feathers
falling down no supernatural phenomena
taking place what do you do then ok now
you must operate by principle you must
obey biblical principles this is what
gets you there this is what sustains you
all the other stuff is icing on the cake
and God will give you the icing and
he'll give it on your cake thick and not
the cheap what's that cheap icing
sometimes these like supermarkets put on
the top of the cake because it's real
cheap it's just like it's just like a
bunch of sugar water but nobody wants
that cheap icing you want the
buttercream icing that's the best of
prosperity I've seen less that's the way
God puts it on he puts on the thick
buttercream icing and it tastes you know
vastly different from that cheap stuff
pray used to Loren okay so let's look at
what took place here they're wanting to
inquire about the wonder that was done
in the land hmm
they're going to be talking to him
one-on-one they show up the conversation
begins and now they want to talk about
the wonder in the land first of all we
need to cover that what was the wonder
that was done in the land it's a package
deal it was a package deal the number
one thing that they had heard about was
this incredible flow of prosperity just
just money flowing in in Hezekiah
kingdom like crazy it's like a
successful corporation other
corporations going to look at that and
they're gonna
they're going to discuss in their
boardroom what are they doing we're in
the same field we're selling the same
product why are they so successful how
are they doing so well what is it that
they're doing that we're not doing
because everybody wants to follow a
successful leader everybody wants to rub
shoulders with the winner with the
champion so they had heard about all of
this phenomenal prosperity hezekiah with
great riches and he's got so he has so
much precious metals he's got to make
storehouses for all of his silver and
gold and and precious stones of diamonds
and emeralds and and onyx and sapphires
and spices back in that day pepper was
the big thing if you had pepper you were
the hot Sun the pepper was very very
rare so they have pepper and these
various wonderful spices that made your
food taste good oh he had it all in
shields and all kinds of desirable items
you would say the Rolls Royces and the
Bentley's and the you know all just he
had everything he had everything
storehouses for all of his harvests so
they are incoming the envoys are coming
to inquire about the Wonder in your land
in the land and there they want to they
want you to explain to them how is this
prosperity flowing so fluently in your
life don't expect them to understand it
when you say it's the blessing of the
Lord because they don't understand that
but let me tell you this you sure enough
had better tell it don't you act like
you're so smart that it's your smartness
or your IQ that's generating all this
you better tell them it's the blessing
of the Lord well pastor Stephen they're
just a bunch of unsaved people they're
not going to understand that that's not
the point the point is you better be
giving credit and glory to the Lord or
else you were to find yourself having
flunked that means failed horribly a
very very important test God's standing
back withdrawing his presence watching
talking you know a Holy Trinity council
meeting Father Son Holy Spirit with the
Angels there and they're there watching
and there thank you no wonder what he's
going to
do is you going to get it right this
time oh my goodness because God wants to
bless you and take you to a higher level
don't think just because you got a new
car that you've reached the apex of a
prosperity God can take you a lot
farther than a new car or maybe you got
your house paid off you got out of debt
that God could take you way beyond those
levels of blessing there are different
levels of blessing God wants to move you
out there into the deep blue Pacific
water of deep blessing hallelujah
so they came to talk about the wonder in
the land the wonder in the land was
primarily for parts of a mega blessing a
package deal that God was doing in
Hezekiah is life number one the heavy
flow of prosperity number two and this
was a big one for the Babylonians
this was the sundial going back 10
degrees when Isaiah said your your
you're gonna have 15 more years add it
to your life and God says I'm gonna give
you a sign he'll give you a sign do you
want the sundial to go backwards or
forward and the king said well to go
forward that's kind of an easy thing in
other words something could happen maybe
some type of us you know time
acceleration or something like that but
hey everybody knows you can't get in a
time machine and go back in time oh
really
yeah so he says he said let God make the
sundial go backwards and God God took it
back hmm can you time travel is it
possible to time travel mm-hmm I I don't
in to that one time I had no idea there
was an astrophysicist sitting in the
meeting he and his wife are both
astrophysicists with PhDs in physics and
I started getting into that and when I
was done they said they said Pastor
Steven this is the kind of teaching we
need in the scientific community he said
you're unraveling secrets of the
universe well it wasn't me was the Holy
Spirit I just started talking about
those things but you can't you can't
kind of travel but only in the spirit
you can go back in the spirit whew glory
to God but you can't go back naturally
God can do some things with natural
science but it's gonna take me a while
to unpack that so let me just say this
the Babylonians love
stuff they were a heavy heavy into
astronomy and into the study of the
straw the stock nut straws but the Stars
and you know what we would call the
modern day zodiac and really the the
origins of the zodiac go back to an
entire panorama of the presentation of
the becoming Messiah you know you get
that got all mixed up with Greek
mythology and you know all of these
false zodiac signs but there are
original meanings of what we if we could
use the word zodiac and the Babylon
Babylonians just they just absolutely
ate that up that was an area of their
expected expertise they were a highly
developed in certain areas of math and
so they knew they knew the day that that
time had stopped at Sun had gone
backwards they they they were oh you
better believe they're aware of that and
so that was a big thing with them and so
the envoys are wanting to also inquire
about that wonder see this was a package
deal the Wonder in the land this wild
prosperity that you're experiencing
Hezekiah the the sundial going back 10
degrees they were very very curious
about the wonder that was wrought in the
land and they had also heard that he was
on the edge of death and they're like
hey what happened you know what we had
heard you know that you're just
practically dead the next thing we know
what we're you know we're hearing use
that you you've recovered so what's
going on how is this happening please
explain this to us well God raised me up
well pastor Steven if you say that
nobody's gonna believe that well you
sure better tell them God heals your
body God does a miracle for you doesn't
matter if they understand it you bet you
better tell them that Jesus did it for
you you should not be giving glory to
the doctor when you know the doctors
couldn't do it not that we thank God for
the doctors he tried to pamper you and
take care of you and they pumped you
full of morphine to make you as
comfortable as you could while you were
dying but when jesus heals you you sure
better open your mouth and proclaim that
was Jesus that did it
hmm hmm well they're wanting to talk
about that never forget what the healing
evangelist Raymond T Ritchey said he
said that divine healing is the dinner
bell for the lost and so that their the
loss their the heathens their that their
the Babylonians and I mean even in the
New Testament the Babylonian culture or
the system that operates in the earth is
still identified as a 666 system ridden
by the you know the dog the harlots in
red and the mark of the beast and all of
that stuff this John the Revelator began
to unveil Wow hallelujah well hey but
divine healing yeah
the Babylonians have an interest in that
what unbeliever who's sick doesn't have
an interest in a God who can heal what a
marvelous opportunity for Hezekiah to
lay it on them a bunch of total pagans
showing up on his turf in his court what
an opportunity to just unload heavy
validated signs and wonders that
everybody knows that a real and genuine
and just presented to these men and
overwhelm these men with the goodness of
the true and living God who is the
source of all of these wonderful things
that they're hearing about and are
actually you know seen with their own
eyes hmm praise the Lord
but Hezekiah is trying to he's trying to
be the cool cat he's pulling back he's
trying to hang cool with them and he
gets in the flesh
and he doesn't even he doesn't even get
into this stream of the glory he doesn't
even he just gets into the flesh and he
doesn't give the glory to the Lord now
by the way the the sign the wonder that
was done in the land and I believe God
can do all of these things in your land
a package deal you know they're they're
also they're amazed that let me say it
like this they're amazed that the
Israeli football team beat the
juggernaut the Unconquered ball in
defeatable team
with the world's best players with the
world's at that time number one army on
the face of the earth gigantic army that
nobody has ever beaten before and this
little bitty group wins well we we know
it's a supernatural victory how can you
take credit for something that God did
God sent the angel the angel light out
the the armies of Senate Aaron now we
must admit that there was some fierce
prayer going on I mean has a Hezekiah
sprain that went when the Kings praying
you know something serious
Isaiah heavyweight prophet he's praying
I mean he's praying hard and the remnant
is praying because the remnant smart
enough to know go to Israel God she was
he go to Jerusalem because everybody
else got to get destroyed so they're
there in Jerusalem but I tell you what
they're praying there in Jerusalem and
so God delivered them and that they
should they should have enough insight
to know God has answered our prayers but
he's the one that answered he's the one
that did it now let's give him all the
glory and so the Babylonians are also
just like hey you know you guys are they
you're the champions now and everybody's
afraid of you nobody's gonna like even
throw a rocket you you guys are like
lethal you're toxic for warfare nobody
wants to come against you and most
likely most likely there was probably a
a covenant that was talked about in
other words this be a lies because you
know we're strong you're strong by the
way the Babylonians hated the Assyrians
so that why the Assyrians had conquered
them and had suppressed them brutally
and now now Babylon is getting their
feet back and they're like hey let's
just come together so we can push
Babylon completely out of here excuse me
the Assyrians completely out of here
whose headquarters was in the city of
Nineveh southern Iraq
well you know what here's the thing also
I think Hezekiah was was missing
Hezekiah you don't need the Babylonians
hey where were the Babylonians when
you're about to get crushed by Cinna
cherub and his army wherever they ad oh
they didn't help you out they didn't do
anything for you so why why don't you
think you need them now why would you
even entertain a possible merger what
are they gonna add to you you you don't
you don't need to merge with them if
anything they need what you have they
need what you have what is it that you
have Jehovah God Jehovah God hallelujah
let me say this the glory of the Lord is
going to be seen upon the church it's
going to be seen upon the people of God
that means is going to be seen upon you
and there's gonna come a place where
there are unsolvable problems in the
world and the only people with the
solution are going to be the people of
God the church the glory of the Lord
upon you it doesn't mean it certainly
doesn't mean that we're arrogant it
doesn't mean that we're proud 'fl no
we'll be the most humble people on the
face of the earth but we'll also be very
confident in our God because it is our
God who is blessing us and that that is
illuminating us in a world that is rife
with sin let me say this anytime there's
sin please listen to me if you're an
unbeliever and you don't know who to
serve any time there sin I'm shouting
this around the world anytime there's
sin there's going to be heaps and heaps
of sickness and disease so if you want
to live in sexual immorality if you want
to venture into areas of sexual sin that
God said no it's wrong and you think
well I'm gonna do it anyhow you I hope
you've got a good doctor you're going to
need one and if you wonder into some
areas where you get some of the diseases
that medical science can't cure just
know that's not that's not the blessing
of the Lord that it is a product of the
curse that comes with with sin and
anytime there's a lot of sin
you'll find sickness and disease all
over the place it may look like a whole
lot of fun is going on wait till the
party's over and you go to the doctor
and you get the checkup and you're like
oh that's I got a nasty went yep you
sure did if you want to find healing
you'll find it only in the Lord Jesus
Christ who is the only way back to God
the Father he is the mediator the only
one who is the immediate urbe tween God
and man and if you want to get your life
right with God and you want to get your
sins washed away so that you can be
restored back into her right
relationship with God Jesus Christ is
the only way called upon his name right
now and receive him as your Lord and
Savior praise God hallelujah thank you
Lord Jesus well my friends the Lord
withdrew
while these ambassadors from Babylon
talked with Hezekiah he got he got hot
shot got back into the hot shot mode got
back into the air get mode and just
showed off in the flesh showed him
everything showed him all of his vaults
or all of his money and there they're
sitting there smacking their chops and
they're thinking oh wow and they're
probably they're probably conversing
later amongst each other saying hey the
Israel's too strong right now for us to
take him out
Hezekiah he's already an old guy he's
only got 50 more years just let him die
so soon as he's dead
he's not gonna have a strong leader
who's gonna come after him and he didn't
he had a very rebellious son so let's
just hang out for 15 years and we've
seen all of the spoil and soon as he's
off the scene hit him and hit him hard
and take everything they've got let's
even take some of his sons and let's
even castrate some of them and make them
eunuchs in our court Oh
Hezekiah what were you doing why didn't
you give the glory to the Lord why
didn't you have the wisdom to guard and
conceal areas of the blessing that they
have no right to look into they can see
from a distance that you're blessed you
don't need to start opening up your you
don't say hey this is Fort Knox come on
in take a look take pictures and hey you
want to just run the numbers and count
the bars that's absolute total
foolishness and as soon as they left
soon as they left here comes the profit
sometimes when a profit shows up it's
time to smile you're gonna get the word
of the Lord it's going to release uh
blessing but if the profit shows up and
he's not smiling you failed the test I
hate to tell that to you no I don't want
to be the guy that takes your paper and
gets out here in America we get out the
red ink the red pen and we write F look
Lord forbid that we actually write the
percentage and we put like yeah you know
twenty eight you failed it so bad you
whoa lord have mercy
hmm well it was it wasn't good the
Prophet said you blew it basically and
see when a prophet is under anointing
like that he can release a blessing that
can lift you into the next level or you
can frustrate God frustrate the
anointing that's on the Prophet thus
frustrate the Prophet and he the word he
gives you as a word that's not good and
it won't lift you it just basically says
well you blew it
I've got I've got it I've got a you know
that's kind of like Chinese food like a
sweet sour pork is sweet and sour at the
same time it's sour
it's sour hey Hezekiah there's major
wrath now hanging over Israel be over
over Jerusalem in Judea because what
you've done it's sweet because it's not
going to happen in your lifetime and
Hezekiah said oh it's a good word it's
not going to happen in my lifetime at
least in my lifetime there's peace
there's piece of safety let's have a
party
this is more than just this this is more
than just like hey let's have some fun
let's have let's get into the glory
let's get into the miracles let's get
into the healing let's get into the deep
walk with God let's get into face and
face encounters with the rezident Resik
resurrected Christ let's get out of the
shallow water let's have some heavy
weight blessing let's do things right
when God pulls us up and God blesses us
let's give him all the glory
let's also walk in wisdom and know that
there's certain things that they don't
need to know one of the great mistakes
Billy Graham said that he made was
inviting all of the journalists to his
house can you believe that Billy Graham
the world's greatest evangelist opened
his house to a bunch of heathen
journalists who mocked God don't know
God don't serve God and don't believe in
God he invites them to his house and
they're all that his house and out of
the kindness of his heart he says ask me
any questions you want I just want to
give you an open door and open my heart
to you and open my house to you and he
answered every question they had and
they all smiled and they all wrote and
they all took pictures and they all
record it and they left and he thought
that was wonderful we had a wonderful
time and now they'll understand that we
really love them and we want to see
their hearts receive Christ and they'll
know that we're just good people that we
love them
a few days later all all the reporters
came out with their articles and they
slandered him they degraded him they
made him look like he's some kind of a
crazy person and it hit hit him hard and
it took him a while behind the scenes to
recover from that and he said it was
through I'm smelling frankincense
there's a real anointing what I'm what
I'm sharing he realized then that there
are some people no matter what you tell
them
how much you love them and how much you
try to get that across they're just not
going to receive it so in light of that
and now him knowing that it doesn't you
you you need to have carefully guarded
sources you need to have sources and you
need to have certain things of your life
of your ministry and your personal life
that are protected and guarded and
doesn't anybody belong in your bedroom
or the camera doesn't any outsider
belong it there's some people don't even
belong in your house it's don't even
open your door for them
praise God must look much less show them
your your bedroom your kitchen door
I mean Hezekiah showed up everything
Hezekiah said what you went straight to
the king what did you show him I showed
him everything there wasn't anything in
my kingdom that I didn't show them hmm
okay you failed the test you failed the
test you you you you're good guy and God
actually loves you but you felt the test
and such blessing could have been
released my friends in this hour in this
time we need to get it right hallelujah
hallelujah its son of the world's
business how much money you make started
there why do they want to know how is
that going to help them if you tell them
hmm praise God thank you Lord Jesus
after all they're certainly not
revealing their secrets to you are they
nope
they hide all kinds of stuff praise God
so like Jesus said a heart that is wise
as a serpent but at the same time you're
you're wise as a serpent but you're
harmless as a dove you really do love
people you're sweet to people and you're
humble and you love people but there's a
lot of stuff that Hezekiah showed them
absolutely he should have never shown
them they're just making an inventory or
future plunder Wow hmm Lord we give you
praise we give you praise today Lord we
give you praise
God wants to make your life a wonder he
wants to do it so that he initiates
curiosity among people who hear about
you and want to know about the quote
secret of your success so envoys show up
hey how's it working what's really going
on here well how is all of this stuff
working so beautiful in your life Oh
faster Steven they're not gonna
understand them and they're not gonna
understand if I tell them God did it who
cares they understand it tell him anyhow
maybe one day it'll sink in if they hear
it enough but one thing's for sure you
better not touch one bit of the credit
for it you really need to give all the
glory to God for it because it's all
flowing from him it's originating from
him he is the source of the blessing yes
he works through people but it's God
it's God giving you favor in the eyes of
those people that is causing that flow
he is the source of the stream or the
river of blessing don't reveal there's
some of your blessings you're not
supposed to reveal why it's not going to
spire those on the outside it's only
gonna make them jealous sonken inspired
them it's going to irritate them
actually with jealousy so while there is
an element there it's a balance of the
Holy Spirit there is a place where yes
the Lord can show you off and don't ever
apologize for God's blessing in your
life but I think the balance is is that
you have to be humble
don't ever be arrogant because now
you're in trouble and if you're arrogant
the devil can hit you you can get in
there because there's an open door so
you're not going to apologize for God's
blessings but just stay humble something
very interesting also if you're humble I
really believe this that if you're
humble there's certain types of
persecution you can actually avoid why
you just fly it you fly beneath it it's
like a stealth it's like a stealth
fighter plane they can certain types of
radar cannot pick it up it bounces off
of the stealth plane because of the
angles of it and because of the type of
material that that plane is coated with
and so the enemy can't even really pick
you up and doesn't mean you can fully
escape
maybe persecution or you know criticism
but I think there are certain types of
persecution that we can avoid if we just
stay humble because they can't even see
us glory to God they come they show up
to persecute you but you're so humble
you've already left praise God
hallelujah that's something that the
Holy Spirit helps us with praise the
Lord Lord we give you glory and honor
today we give you praise I want to pray
for you because God wants to make your
life a wonder that you are lit up with
such brilliance of God that others know
it and they see it and that's what that
word wonder really means they came to
see the wonder that was done in the land
again the word wonder the Hebrew word
mow path and it means miracles and
wonders of beauty and splendor now I see
God doing miracles and wonders of beauty
and splendor in your life whoo get ready
get ready it's got a draw it's gonna
draw attention but just give the Lord
the glory give the Lord glory add a
person one time asked me about my
vehicle I had a view a vehicle I'm in a
different vehicle now but I had a
vehicle that was so unique it was the
only one within my zip code it was the
only one within my County I think there
were maybe only like two in the whole
state then I was the first one to get
one and because I got it so early and it
was so there was it was a limited
edition it took I don't know I didn't I
didn't see another one for maybe six or
eight months maybe even a year before
another one began to show up and it
anywhere I drove it it was just it was a
conversation starter and one one time I
went to go fill it up with gas any time
I would fill it up for gas almost it was
like guys particularly which would come
and talk
and asked me what you know what model
was was it did I modify it or did it
come stock like that because it was a
hot vehicle and this one man said wow
that was he said that's an incredible
incredible vehicle you've got he said
did you do those modifications or did it
did it come from the factory like that I
said this one actually came from the
factory with all of these upgrades which
is why it's tied in so well they they
they harmonize didn't synced it just
right you know you can add aftermarket
stuff then it looks cheesy or stupid but
because it was done by the by the
factory I mean it was everything was
dialed in he said it's a beautiful
vehicle I said I said thank you I said
the Lord Jesus blessed me with this
vehicle he said I don't want to hear
that and he turned around and walked
away but but see here's the thing he at
least heard it and that's why I'm
driving something like that why I'll
tell people about it
hallelujah hallelujah well pastor
Stephen III I don't want I don't want to
ever have anybody say anything bad
against me hmm kind of let you in a
little secret some of them are already
talking about you you just don't know it
you just don't know it did you so so you
might as well go ahead and live for the
Lord because there are already people
talking about you anyhow because you're
never ever going to be able to please
everybody nobody can't nobody on the
face of the earth can please everybody
so you might as well just go ahead and
live for the Lord make up your mind be
resolute don't be wishy-washy like King
Hezekiah a great guy but he did not ever
get to the top of the apex of where God
wanted him to get to great potential but
he didn't make it was he a good king yes
did he see some great miracles yes
but he could you could have seen a lot
more so I'm just prophesying over you
you're gonna pass the test
you're gonna give God the glory for
right where you're at right now and
you're gonna go higher and when you get
higher don't think oh that's it now I've
reached it I would probably suggest
there's still major levels that God
would want to get you into so just keep
climbing with the Lord give him all the
glory
and passed that test I need to let you
know I need to
I feel like I feel like a school
supervisor I need to let you know
there's a test coming up please be aware
spiritually of it and when the envoys
show up start inquiring please make sure
you know what to do give them all the
glory
excuse me give God all the glory also at
the same time don't over tell don't some
things about your life are supposed to
be hidden they don't need to know that
they don't need that they're not worthy
or deserving of knowing that and if you
do reveal that you could you could get
slimed
don't don't don't let certain people
into your house who are going to mock
the nice paintings you have on the wall
just because there are oral painting and
they don't have one and they thank all
food yeah who do you think you are with
oil paintings
well if that's what attitude you have
you can't come into my house praise the
Lord because I have nice oil paintings
some of them have been prophetically
given to me some of them have been
bought and they were well worth the
price hallelujah they're all paintings
by the way that glorified the Lord
praise God but you you want to be very
careful who you give close intimate
access to don't let the wrong people in
there don't let Babylon into your heart
mmm you're just not gonna find you're
not gonna find good symbolism their
imagery with anything associated with
Babylon don't let it into the close
areas of your heart or your house or
your life your ministry or your church
or your family mmm God we give you
praise O God we give you plate praise
please lift your hands Heavenly Father I
speak blessing supernatural protection
over your people there's a time to be
quiet may they know that there's a time
to talk but also not to talk too much
may they know that as if an angel were
putting his finger over their lips with
the International symbol of be silent
don't don't talk too much
thank you Father when the Babylonian
envoys show up made that wisdom of the
just be given to your people not to talk
too much to give you praise to give you
to say look what the Lord has done but
but not too maybe reveal some things
that are guarded sources that God wants
father that you want guarded father now
release release that wisdom and strength
that even the Apostle Paul asked his
partners pray that I would have boldness
something something that can we could be
so cowardly
oh god if you don't strengthen us so
father let us be strong strengthen your
people with boldness in the name of
Jesus
in the name of Jesus that person asking
you that question about your blessing
maybe they're not asking to grill you
maybe they're maybe they're not asking
to - maybe try to set you up to try to
like put you down maybe they're asking
because they're a fellow Christian and
they want to hear testimony and the last
thing that they want to hear you is you
apologizing for it
hallelujah be ready to give a defense
for the for your faith in the gospel and
for the goodness of God in your life
glory to God now father we seal this
prayer protection thank you we thank you
thank you test preparation test
preparation you're almost ready for your
test and that's when you put away your
notes and that's when God withdraws his
presence and you operate on principle be
strong because you got to get promoted
to a new level in the name of Jesus amen
we must take communion together it's
very important please grab some
unleavened bread and some grape juice
let us take communion together if you're
a believer in Christ please I want to
invite you to celebrate communion with
me today as we proclaim the Lord's death
until he comes as we proclaim the power
of the Cross and the identity of who we
are in Christ through the crucified Life
losing our lives that we may find it we
celebrate the Lord Jesus our resurrected
Savior father we bless the bread and the
juice we consecrate it and sanctify it
through this prayer faith this is now
the body of Jesus and the sacred blood
of Jesus Father we thank you for his
body we thank you for his promises that
all of his promises are yes and amen
father let us be ready that a study
studies study to show ourselves approved
to a workman that does not need to be
ashamed rightly dividing the word of
truth and father God let us pass every
test it may come our way we thank you
for grace we ask you for strength in the
name of Jesus amen and amen let's
receive
pray you Scott pray used to Lord you'll
know what to do the Holy Spirit will
help you you'll know what to do you're
going to know what to do you're going to
pass the test
father we thank you for the blood of
Jesus we thank you for forgiveness of
all sins if there's particularly father
god to any pride or arrogance that would
need to be addressed today and in the
lives of those that would be watching
let there just be repentance right now
and father let the blood flow
cleansing washing but some of you God's
had a lot of mercy and he's actually
spared you from certain things hitting
you because you love him and he's been
very merciful to you but you need to
walk in humility you need to walk in
humility because if you're persistent
and pride the enemy it's gonna get a
shot through at you he's gonna get a
fiery arrow through eventually so walk
in great humility and enjoy the great
blessings of God so father we thank you
that your mercies are new every morning
we receive forgiveness of sins we
receive cleansing from all
unrighteousness and we give you praise
Father for the holy blood of Jesus we
receive it now in his glorious beautiful
name amen let us drink together
praise the Lord blessed be the name of
the Lord before we conclude today's
message let me remind you some good news
our pure gold television program which
so many of you sowed into is now airing
it's on the is in the it's supernatural
network the is n of course is run under
the the wonderful ministry of my dear
friend Sid Roth you can watch it on
youtube or you could watch it there at
it's supernatural because it's live it's
24 hours a day the network is and my
program airs on Thursday every Thursday
in airs at 4:30 in the morning it airs
at 12:30 lunchtime and it airs at 8:30
in the evening those are all Eastern
times again 4:30 Eastern Time in the
morning 12:30 p.m. noontime Eastern and
8:30 at night Eastern Time all on
Thursday three times on Thursday you can
go and watch the programs you can be
blessed you can be built up and so we
thank God that the pure gold program is
moving forward and expanding and the
gospel is being preached thank you for
being a part of that I hope you enjoy
the show
and my friends be blessed today you're
going to pass the test you are going to
the next level praise God