Part Fourteen: Unity
Pastor Aaron Batchelor Preached on 8/20/2026
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Summary
Exploring Psalm 133, Pastor Aaron Batchelor teaches that unity is a lifegiving atmosphere that attracts God's commanded blessing and priestly anointing. He challenges the church to move beyond mere proximity to a deep, family-like commitment that refuses to let personal offenses disrupt the flow of the Holy Spirit.
Key points
- •Unity is not an automatic state but a diligent effort; believers must 'endeavor' (be zealous and hardworking) to maintain the bond of peace.
- •Biblical unity is like the anointing oil on Aaron - it flows from the head (Jesus) down to the body. To stay in the anointing, we must stay connected to the Head and aligned with one another.
- •Unity creates a 'dew-like' atmosphere of refreshment and growth; where there is division, there is drought, but where there is unity, God commands a blessing.
- •Maturity in Christ is marked by becoming harder to offend, refusing to gossip, and choosing to believe the best in others (giving the 'benefit of the doubt').
- •Proximity is not unity. Standing in the same building or serving on the same team is insufficient; we must choose to stay together when it becomes difficult.
Scripture
Community
Love
Holy Spirit
Salvation
Repentance
Life application
Identify one person in your life or church whom you have been critical of or distanced from. This week, intentionally choose to give them the benefit of the doubt and offer a word of encouragement or a prayer of blessing for them to restore the 'dew' of unity.
Reflection questions
- When you walk into a room, a meeting, or your home, do you tend to bring the 'dew' (refreshment) or the 'drought' (tension/criticism)?
- Is there a personal offense currently disconnecting you from the corporate anointing of the church?
- What are some practical ways we can 'honor the peacemakers' while choosing to ignore or not empower those who sow discord?
- How does remembering that we have the same Father change the way you view a brother or sister who 'gets on your nerves'?
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Full transcript
0:00Hallelujah.
0:00Hallelujah.
0:01If you ever wonder what God is looking
0:04for from you, Jesus told the woman at
0:07the well and said that the father is
0:09[music] seeking worshippers that'll
0:11worship him in spirit and in truth. If
0:14you don't know anything else what to do
0:15in your life. If you don't know where
0:17else to go, if you don't know the next
0:19step to take, then resolve in your mind,
0:21go ahead and make it up in your spirit
0:23that I will bless the name of the Lord
0:24at all times. His [music] praise is
0:27going to continually be in my mouth and
0:28I'll bow my knee and I'll raise my voice
0:31and I'll yield myself to him. And as
0:33long as you do that, the Bible says that
0:35the steps of a good man are ordered of
0:38the Lord and God will direct your paths.
0:40If you believe it, why don't you clap
0:41your hands to the Lord one more time and
0:43give him praise tonight cuz you know
0:45that he's worthy.
0:48Hallelujah.
0:51Hallelujah.
0:53Hallelujah.
0:56[music]
1:12Praise God. Praise God. If you have your
1:15Bibles, turn to Psalm 133. We're going
1:17to go to the word of the Lord together.
1:19Thank you for being here tonight. Your
1:21worship and praise that's contagious has
1:24changed the atmosphere in this house.
1:26Praise God. Feel faith in this house
1:28that anything is possible.
1:31Praise God. Amen.
1:35Thank you, Lord.
1:36Thank you Lord. Hallelujah.
1:44Hallelujah.
1:51Praise God.
1:54Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
1:57for brethren to dwell together in unity.
2:00It's like the precious ointment upon the
2:02head that ran down upon the beard, even
2:04Aaron's beard that went down to the
2:06skirts of his garments, as the dew of
2:08Hermon, and as the dew that descended
2:10upon the mountains of Zion. For there
2:12the Lord commanded the blessing, even
2:15life forever more. Praise God. I want to
2:18welcome you to the last two part of this
2:2215week series. We've been moving through
2:25the Psalms of Ascent. and these songs of
2:28ascent as pilgrims were making their way
2:30up to the temple up to Jerusalem and
2:32they were singing. We see the journey of
2:34a disciple. And so we're going to take
2:35these last two and I'm glad that you're
2:38together. I'm glad that you're here with
2:39us and see what the Lord will speak and
2:41say to us tonight. Amen. Let's pray one
2:44more time. Ask the spirit of God to
2:46speak tonight that we may receive the
2:48word of God with faith and that we'll be
2:50doers of the word and not just hearers
2:52only. Heavenly Father, thank you for
2:53your presence in this place. Thank you
2:56for your forever settled word that is
2:59established and that is able to save our
3:01souls. I pray that you would speak to us
3:04tonight, Lord, and that you would anoint
3:05these lips of clay to speak this word
3:07into the hearts of hearers that will
3:09also be doers of it. In Jesus name we
3:11pray. And everybody say, "Amen."
3:13>> Praise God. You can be seated in Jesus
3:16name. Somebody say, "Keep climbing."
3:19>> Keep climbing. Praise God.
3:24A man saw a vision of heaven and hell.
3:28And in hell he saw a long table with
3:31delicious food.
3:34The people at that table though were
3:36starving because they had long spoons
3:38and they couldn't feed themselves. The
3:40man saw that same table of food in
3:43heaven and those in heaven also had long
3:45spoons. But everyone was full and
3:48satisfied because they served one
3:51another across the table. The message is
3:54plain that we're most like heaven when
3:56we serve one another. We're most like
3:59hell when we only serve ourselves.
4:02This is the message of Psalm 133. God
4:05blesses unity. And unity thrives when we
4:09serve one another. And no matter where
4:11we came, whatever walk of life, whatever
4:13season that you're in, if you're a part
4:15of the household of faith, if you're a
4:17part of the global united church of
4:19Jesus Christ, then we are to endeavor to
4:22keep the unity of the spirit in the bond
4:25of peace. And that's what we're going to
4:27talk about tonight. Unity as we keep
4:29climbing. Psalm 133. It's one of the
4:31shortest in the Songs of Ascent. Last
4:34week we did 132 and that was one of the
4:37longest ones in the Song of Ascent.
4:39Psalm 133 only has three verses as we've
4:42read a couple of times tonight. But I
4:44want you to remember that these are
4:46pilgrims making their way toward
4:48Jerusalem. They've been climbing toward
4:50the same place. They're worshiping the
4:52same God. They're singing the same
4:54songs, but they come from different
4:55tribes. They're different families,
4:57backgrounds, different personalities,
4:59different stories, but the same
5:01destination. That's why it sounds a lot
5:04like the church to me, cuz we don't all
5:06come from the same place. We don't all
5:09have the same personality. We don't all
5:11prefer the same things. We don't all
5:13have the same story. But we're all
5:16headed to the same place.
5:19And you can climb by yourself if you
5:22want to. But the scripture teaches us
5:24there's some place that God intends for
5:26us to reach together.
5:28>> Somebody say together.
5:30>> We got to keep climbing together.
5:32>> The inscription of this psalm says that
5:34it's a song of a sense of David. And
5:36while scholars believe that Psalm 132
5:38was written by Solomon, this particular
5:41psalm that we're studying tonight was
5:42written by David. David didn't write
5:44about this unity in this psalm in denial
5:47or error. He knew the bad side of
5:50relationships. And that's important
5:52because whenever you walk with the Lord
5:53for any length of time, you're going to
5:55see the good relationships, but you're
5:57also going to see the bad side.
6:00>> May have a Judas at your table every
6:01once in a while, but I can tell you this
6:03is that the good always outweighs the
6:05bad. Can I say that? I said the
6:07blessings all always outweigh the
6:08curses. Come on. Wherever God's grace
6:11is, it always outweighs the sin.
6:15>> David is writing about this unity. But
6:17he knows about this bad side of human
6:20relationships. He lived through family
6:22discord when his son Abselum murdered
6:24his brother Amnan after Amnan violated
6:27their sister Tamar. He was betrayed by a
6:30close friend when a hyhll, one of his
6:32most trusted counselors, abandoned him
6:34and went after Abselum in his rebellion.
6:36He suffered through political infighting
6:38when leaders and commanders and tribes
6:41fought for power and loyalty throughout
6:43David's reign. He became the lightning
6:45rod of a civil war when his own son
6:47Abselam turned Israel against him and
6:50forced David to flee Jerusalem as
6:52Israelites fought Israelites. This is
6:54that David, the David who fought
6:56Goliath, David who fought the lion and
6:58the bear. David who is king over Israel
7:00who they sing songs about. It's that
7:02David who is singing the song and
7:04writing the song about unity. He saw the
7:08bad side of relationships. He witnessed
7:09religious hypocrisy when Abselum claimed
7:12he was going to Hebron to fulfill a vow
7:15to the Lord while secretly he was using
7:17it to launch this rebellion against his
7:20father. Can I just say it this way?
7:21David didn't allow church hurt to make
7:24him cynical.
7:26It was real. It happened to him. But he
7:30sings of the blessing of unity because
7:33he saw the devastation of his absence.
7:36That sounds like the testimony of a born
7:38again believer to me that can step into
7:40a midweek service, raise their hands,
7:43and start singing about the goodness of
7:45God. Even when bad things have been
7:47going on in their life, even when
7:48trouble seems to be at every hand, they
7:50can still come in and sing, "He's been
7:53faithful to me. He's still good and his
7:56mercy endures forever. David is writing
7:58about the blessing of unity. He says,
8:01"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
8:03for brethren to dwell together in
8:05unity." He's not being naive when he
8:07writes this. He knows how precious unity
8:10is cuz he's lived through the pain of
8:13division. I'll never forget Bishop. I've
8:15told the story more than once whenever
8:17we were in transition from bishop to
8:20pastor and here we are. I was standing
8:22right over in the altar on this side and
8:25we were both worshiping the Lord. I and
8:27my youth was worshiping him with a hanky
8:29in my hand. Him and his older youth was
8:32standing there worshiping the Lord with
8:33a hanky in his hand. But we were using
8:36them differently as he was wiping tears
8:38away from his eyes. I was wiping sweat
8:40from my brow cuz I was ready to face the
8:43world and all of hell with a plastic
8:45fork. [snorts] Anything. I was ready to
8:47go. But this man had been through some
8:50pain. He had been through some things
8:52and yet he still stood there saying the
8:54Lord is good and his mercy endureth
8:56forever. I never forget that bishop. And
8:59now that I've lived just a little while,
9:00maybe have a little while more while to
9:02live. I've been in those places where
9:04it's been hard and difficult and painful
9:06and yet maybe I don't wipe away the
9:08sweat. Maybe there's tears falling from
9:10my eyes, but I can still lift my hands.
9:12And there's nothing more rich and
9:14wonderful and pleasant than whenever we
9:16join together in unity and say, "Though
9:19he slay me, yet will I trust him. And
9:20though all of hell fights against me,
9:22this I know that the weapons of my
9:24warfare are not carnal, but mighty
9:26through God to the pulling down of
9:28strongholds."
9:31>> So, David tells us some things about
9:33unity in this scripture, and I want to
9:35share those with you tonight. He lets us
9:37know that unity is good. It's pleasant,
9:39but it's not automatic.
9:42It's good. It's pleasant. It's not
9:44automatic. David starts out writing and
9:46he says, "Behold." Somebody say,
9:47"Behold."
9:49>> It's emphatic. It's got a sense of
9:51urgency behind it. Behold. In other
9:53words, look at this. Pay attention to
9:55this. Don't take it for granted. I think
9:58David was inspired by the Holy Spirit to
10:01pin this word behold in in his language.
10:05He wrote this that we should look at it
10:07and pay attention because a lot of times
10:10we pay divisive people too much
10:13attention.
10:14>> So he says, I want you to behold how
10:17good and how pleasant it is for brethren
10:19to dwell together in unity. Could I
10:22perhaps counsel you tonight to ignore
10:25the troublemakers, honor the
10:27peacemakers?
10:29[applause]
10:30Ignore the troublemakers. I know there
10:33are certain situations we have to
10:34handle. Leadership has to step in every
10:36once in a while. There are things that
10:37need to be said. But we've got to stop
10:40focusing on all of the divisiveness and
10:42the troublemakers that want to talk and
10:45just capture attention for themselves
10:46cuz they got a little piece of knowledge
10:48that they got to share with you for a
10:49prayer request. Ignore the troublemakers
10:52and let's start honoring the
10:53peacemakers. I think I have some Bible
10:56for it because Proverbs chapter 6 says,
10:58"These six things the Lord does hate.
11:01And yeah, seven are an abomination to
11:03him." And I'll just quickly get to the
11:04seventh thing cuz the seventh thing is
11:07he that sws discord among the brethren.
11:09It's abomination. It's a thing that God
11:12hates. And I would just say if God hates
11:14it, I think you can afford to ignore it.
11:16[cheering]
11:17Let God judge it. Let God deal with it.
11:19Let God handle it.
11:23But Jesus said in his sermon on the
11:25mount, blessed are the peacemakers, for
11:27they shall be called the children of
11:29God. Those are the people we ought to
11:30look for and celebrate and honor. Those
11:33are the people we ought to get close to
11:34as the peacemakers. Cuz unity is good
11:37and pleasant. It's both good and
11:40pleasant. Some things are good, they're
11:42just not pleasant, like medicine. Some
11:44things are pleasant, but they're not
11:45good. Unity is both good and pleasant.
11:48for brethren to dwell together in unity.
11:50I wanted to just make a little note of
11:52this for all the wonderful women of God
11:54in the house, all the ladies that are
11:55present. You see this word brethren in
11:58scripture just so that you know David's
11:59not just talking to the men and saying,
12:01"Hey guys, it's good if we all just get
12:03together and we just get in unity
12:05together." He's talking this language,
12:07we don't really get it sometimes
12:09whenever we just weed the word brethren.
12:10But in Hebrew, that word aim, this word
12:13isn't just about men dwelling in unity.
12:16It's a Hebrew word meaning members of
12:19the same family and community. You'll
12:22find the Greek equivalent in the New
12:24Testament adelfoy which frequently
12:27functions as family language for the
12:29church community. And so whenever you
12:32hear that word brethren like Paul can
12:34address brothers while he is clearly
12:37speaking to communities containing men
12:39and women within the church. I think
12:42it's important that we pause right now
12:44and understand what God is doing through
12:46David as he's pinning the psalm using
12:48the word brethren using this word to
12:51describe the community of men and women
12:54of the household of faith. God did not
12:56call them acquaintances. He called them
12:59brethren
13:01>> because unity is not just getting along
13:04with strangers.
13:06Isn't it interesting that sometimes we
13:08can get along with people outside of the
13:10church better than we can get along with
13:12some people?
13:13>> I mean, not at New Life. We're talking
13:15about other churches. You see, I'm not
13:16talking about here. I'm talking about
13:18other places where it seems like
13:20believers can get along with their
13:22worldly friends better than they can get
13:24along with people inside of the house.
13:26But unity is about remembering that the
13:28person who gets on your nerves still
13:31belongs to the family.
13:34[cheering]
13:36This is not just about similarity about
13:39that we go to the same church and we
13:41dress the same way and we sing the same
13:43songs. This is about family. We're not
13:45together just because we're all alike.
13:48We're together because we all been born
13:50again of the water and of the spirit and
13:52we've got the same father. [cheering]
13:56These pilgrims are all coming from
13:58different places toward the same
13:59Jerusalem. And Psalm 133 is this
14:02celebration of what happens when
14:04scattered covenant family comes
14:07together, dwells together. For brethren
14:09to dwell together in unity, but it
14:12doesn't say that brethren will
14:14automatically be unified. It takes work.
14:18It takes effort. The Bible tells us in
14:20Ephesians 4:3, endeavoring, everybody
14:23say endeavoring
14:25>> to keep the unity of the spirit in the
14:27bond of peace. that word endeavoring,
14:29diligent. Make every effort. Be zealous.
14:34You know, just as zealous as we are to
14:35worship the Lord, just as zealous as we
14:37are to sing the songs and clap our
14:39hands, just as zealous as we are to do
14:41the things that we enjoy, the Bible says
14:43for the body of Christ, to be zealous to
14:47endeavor to be united in the spirit, in
14:50the bond of peace, that we ought to be
14:52diligent. We ought to work towards it.
14:55So I think we can say tonight proximity
14:57is not unity.
15:00>> You can sit on the same pew, the same
15:03row and not be united.
15:05>> You can serve on the same dream team,
15:06not be united. You can go to the same
15:08college and not be united. You can live
15:10in the same house, not be united. You
15:13can attend the same job, not be united.
15:15You can be together in proximity, but
15:18that doesn't mean that you're in unity.
15:20Unity is not just being together. It is
15:23choosing to stay together when together
15:26gets difficult and you endeavor for it.
15:31Unity, it's not just proven in
15:34agreement. It's proven when we disagree
15:37and we still refuse to divide
15:41>> your unity. My unity will get tested
15:44when I don't get my way and somebody
15:47snatches my seat on a friend's day. I'm
15:49sorry that was too far.
15:53Unity gets tested when somebody
15:56disappoints me. When somebody gets
15:58recognized and I don't. When the
16:00leadership makes a decision that I
16:02wouldn't have made. When somebody
16:03misunderstands me. When somebody's
16:06personality irritates me. That's when
16:09unity gets tested. And that's when you
16:11got to dig deep within yourself and say,
16:13"They're still my brother. They're still
16:15my sister. We have the same father. And
16:17I'm not leaving. I'm not walking away. I
16:20choose to stay.
16:21an endeavor.
16:27>> Oh Lord, help us.
16:29>> Unity, it's good and pleasant. It's not
16:31automatic. 1971, you'll remember the
16:33story TC Williams High School,
16:35Alexandria, Virginia, integrated its
16:38football program, bringing black and
16:40white students together on the same
16:42team. It became the basis for the movie
16:44Remember the Titans. The problem was
16:47they wore the same uniform, but they
16:48weren't a team. They came into training
16:51camp. They were divided by race and
16:53suspicion and anger and years of
16:55prejudice in that community. And coach
16:57Herman Boon understood if they were
17:00going to win, being on that same field
17:02wasn't enough. They had to become one.
17:05So he pushed them beyond simply
17:07tolerating one another. They had to
17:09learn each other's names. They had to
17:11learn each other's stories. They had to
17:13practice together, eat together, room
17:15together, eventually trust together. And
17:18somewhere along the way, something
17:20finally changed. They stopped seeing
17:22black players and white players, and
17:25they started seeing teammates. Were now
17:27a team. This is a picture of what David
17:31is talking about in Psalm 133. Unity
17:35happens whenever we stop allowing what
17:37makes us different to become what
17:40divides us.
17:42I'm going to preach it if you like it or
17:44you don't like it cuz it's Bible.
17:45There's power when different people
17:48become one people. And if St. Louis is
17:51ever going to see the revival that God
17:54has for this city, the church better
17:56awaken in Jesus' name and say, "We
17:59better come together as one." Cuz Jesus
18:01said, "They're going to know you're my
18:03disciples by the love you have for one
18:06another."
18:09>> Hallelujah.
18:11>> Unity means different people becoming
18:14one people. Somebody say one people.
18:16>> Israel made up of different tribes.
18:18Judah wasn't Benjamin. Benjamin wasn't
18:20Levi. Levi wasn't Isachar. They had
18:23different assignments, different
18:24identities, but they belong to one
18:26Israel.
18:27>> But belonging to the church doesn't just
18:31mean we attend the same building.
18:34>> I love that Jesus allows for differences
18:38among his body, among his church. But
18:42there are certain things and we can't
18:44overlook it, forget it or miss it that
18:46Christ calls us to believe, to embrace
18:49and to be united around. And we have got
18:52to fight for it, endeavor for it. We've
18:55got to make sure that we are united
18:57together around some important things
18:59like 1 Corinthians 1:10. Paul says that
19:02you all speak the same thing, that there
19:04be no divisions among you, but that you
19:07perfectly be joined together in the same
19:10mind and the same judgment. People in
19:13the church were saying, "Well, Peter
19:15baptized me. Paul baptized me. Apollos
19:18baptized me." Trying to one up each
19:20other on who their disciple teacher was,
19:23who their pastor was, who their leader
19:26was. And they identified themselves. And
19:28unbeknownst maybe they did know it, but
19:31they were bringing division within the
19:33body of Christ. Sounded good, sounded
19:36real holy, but it was bringing division.
19:38And Paul said, "This is not how the
19:40church is supposed to act. Stop choosing
19:43sides and let Jesus determine how you
19:46think and what you conclude and let him
19:49be your identity."
19:52>> Philippians 2:2, being likeminded,
19:54having the same love, being of one
19:56accord, of one mind. He said, "Let this
19:58mind be in you which was also in Christ
20:00Jesus." Romans 15:6, "That you may be
20:03with one mind, one mouth. Glorify God."
20:08>> Ephesians chapter 4, the unity of the
20:10spirit, one body, one spirit, one hope,
20:14one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one
20:18God and father of all. You know, I had a
20:21terrible thought today, Bishop, is that
20:23I think there's a lot of people that
20:24believe in one God, but I'm not sure
20:25they believe in one body.
20:29Somehow they think we can believe in one
20:31God, but we can be divisive and backbite
20:33and we can build walls and separate and
20:35somehow we're going to make it in the
20:37end. But this is his body. He's still
20:40Lord and head of this church. And he
20:42said there's some things you got to be
20:44united around if you want my blessing,
20:45if you want my favor, if you want my
20:48spirit. Acts 4:32 says the multitude of
20:51them that believe were of one heart and
20:52of one soul. In other words, their unity
20:55became visible in what they believed and
20:58how they lived. One heart, it affected
21:02their doctrine. It affected their
21:03mission. It even affected their money,
21:05their giving. And I know that truth
21:08sometimes requires separation from air,
21:10the word of God. It's a sword. It
21:12divides between the soul and spirit,
21:13joints and mar, discern of the thoughts
21:15and intents of the heart. But whenever
21:17it comes to the unity of the body of
21:18Christ, pride and preference and
21:21personality and jealousy and offense and
21:23ambition ought never be allowed within
21:26the body of Christ to divide people who
21:28are walking together in truth.
21:32>> We are different people becoming one
21:35people.
21:37>> Oh Lord, help us right now. We got
21:39different gifts, but we have the same
21:41spirit, different functions, but the
21:43same Lord. We got different backgrounds
21:46but the same faith. We got different
21:48personalities but the same purpose. We
21:50got many members but we are one body.
21:53Our differences are not supposed to
21:56define us. Jesus is supposed to define
21:59who we are. And together we become more
22:02like him. [cheering and applause]
22:07When we get into that kind of unity,
22:09David starts to describe beautifully. I
22:11got a Haitian tonight. He tells us a few
22:12things about what happens when we get
22:14together in unity. Unity flows down like
22:18the costly anointing oil flowing down
22:21the head and the beard flowing down
22:23Aaron's beard. I got a I got a ways to
22:26get there, but Aaron's beard flowing
22:28down the collar of his priestly robes.
22:31Priestly anointing. Exodus 3 describes
22:34that sacred anointing oil used to
22:35consecrate Aaron the high priest. I want
22:37you to notice the movement of it.
22:39lot. We could talk about this, but I got
22:41to hasten on. Went from his head down to
22:43his beard into his garments. It flows
22:46down. You don't manufacture this. Unity
22:50is not just deciding to be nice to other
22:53people.
22:55>> Biblical unity. Help us, Lord. Unity.
22:58Biblical unity begins with everybody
23:01getting together under the same head.
23:06>> We got to get together under the same
23:07head. Colossians 1:18 says, "And Jesus,
23:10he is the head of the body, the church,
23:12who is the beginning, the firstborn from
23:14the head, that in all things he might
23:17have the preeminence." He, not you, not
23:19me, but he might have the preeminence.
23:22Jesus is the head. And the closer we get
23:25to Jesus, the closer we'll get to one
23:27another. [clears throat] The closer we
23:29get to head, that's where the anointing
23:31flows. The closer we get to him, that's
23:34where the power, that's where the grace,
23:36that's where the blessing flows. When we
23:38get underneath, as the elders used to
23:39say, underneath the spout, where the
23:41glory comes out, that's Jesus. Whenever
23:44we get where Jesus is and get ourselves
23:46into alignment together, that's where
23:49God commands his blessing.
23:53>> Closer we get to Jesus, I want to be
23:54like him as a man. Jesus walked into his
23:58hometown synagogue and read from Isaiah
24:00chapter 60 and said, "The spirit of the
24:02Lord God is upon me because he hath
24:05anointed me." Do you know after that it
24:07was it was right before that rather
24:09right before he read that scripture is
24:11whenever he was on his 40-day fast in
24:13the wilderness and submitting himself to
24:15God. He was resisting the devil as a
24:18man. Jesus, the head of the church, is
24:21anointed because he got himself as a man
24:24in alignment to his heavenly father's
24:26will. He yielded himself and the
24:28anointing flowed through him. And if
24:30he's the head of the church, if we'll
24:32follow his example by humbling oursel.
24:35So, let me say to the church and say,
24:36"Thank you, New Life." For those of you
24:37that are on this 21 day of prayer and
24:39fasting for Friends Day, it's more than
24:41just celebrating and having a good event
24:43and packing this place with people. It's
24:45so that God's anointing will flow
24:47through you. It'll flow through your
24:49family. It'll flow through your home. I
24:50don't know about you, but I want that. I
24:52need that in my house. I know there's a
24:54crazy world out there and darkness
24:55that's coming against me. And I can't
24:57handle it on my own. What I need is a
24:59fresh anointing that'll destroy the
25:00yoke. I need him to fill my life up so
25:03much that darkness can't even find a
25:05spot or a place in my heart, in my home,
25:07in my children. I need an anointing that
25:09will st that will stretch me, that will
25:11grow me, that will give me more capacity
25:14to be like Jesus. I need the anointing.
25:16And when we come together, church,
25:20>> there's an anointing underneath the
25:22head, begins to flow down through the
25:24body. I say this, I don't want to get
25:27disconnected from something that God is
25:30pouring on.
25:33And bitterness that disconnects,
25:36jealousy that disconnects you. Offense
25:39that disconnects us. Pride disconnects.
25:42Lust that disconnects us. Gossip that
25:45disconnects us from the head. Can I just
25:48say, don't let a personal offense
25:50disconnect you from a corporate
25:52anointing.
25:55>> Unity carries an anointing. Oh God, we
25:59cannot lose that. I I'm trying to stay
26:01on my notes because I know that we need
26:02to get somewhere. But can I just say new
26:04life? And I know there's others of you
26:06that are perhaps not here from New Life
26:07and you're gathered here. I'm so glad.
26:09But can I speak to the church just a
26:10little bit? I don't want our church to
26:12ever become just a common normal
26:15run-of-the-mill going through the
26:17liturgy, going through the standard
26:19structure on PCO kind of church service.
26:21I want the anoint. Nothing wrong with
26:23structure. Nothing wrong with going
26:25through in everything in decency and in
26:27order. I love it. Let's get it together.
26:29But he's the head. And if he decides to
26:30move like he did this past Sunday, if he
26:32decides to move in the middle of the
26:34week and he calls us to prayer and
26:35fasting, if he decides to move in, we
26:38just want to be united together so that
26:39we can have the anointing of his spirit,
26:42the empowerment of the Holy Ghost. Is
26:44there anybody here tonight that says, "I
26:45want the anointing on my life. I want
26:47the anointing." [cheering]
26:50And unity carries that anointing. One
26:53person can pray, but there's something
26:55about when a church prays that shakes
26:57earth and heaven. One person can
27:00worship, but there's something about
27:01when the whole church gets together and
27:03whether I like the song or not, I can
27:05get out and worship together with you
27:07because we serve the same God. I may not
27:09know the tune. I may not know the melody
27:11of the hymns of yesterday. I may not
27:13know the contemporary songs the youth
27:15are singing today, but I can worship and
27:17lift my hands to a God who saved me and
27:20redeemed me cuz I want to be in unity
27:22cuz that's where the anointing is at.
27:25[cheering]
27:26And when the day of Pentecost was fully
27:29come, they were all with one accord in
27:32one place and suddenly a sound from
27:35heaven came. Lord, do it again. Do it
27:38again in St. Louis. Do it again at New
27:40Life. Do it again at Earth. Do it again
27:42at the sanctuary. Do it again at the
27:44lighthouse. Help us, God. Bring us
27:46together.
27:51>> [cheering and applause]
27:53>> Some things God pours out when we come
27:56together that we can never experience by
27:58ourselves only when we come together.
28:02Unity.
28:04Unity. David also reminds us it creates
28:06an atmosphere where things grow because
28:09he related it to as the de of Hermon as
28:12the dew that descended upon the
28:13mountains of Zion. Now David's changing
28:16the picture from oil to dew. Mount
28:19Hermon that that highest mountain in
28:21biblical land area. Mount Hermon, the
28:25dew that would rest upon that mountain
28:27known for its abundant moisture. And
28:30King David, he compared God's people
28:33living in unity to that dew of Mount
28:35Hermon that would fall and it rush down
28:38to Mount Zion. It's a fitting
28:40illustration since the slopes of Mount
28:42Herman in the north receive lots of dew
28:44but Mount Zion in the south is much
28:46drier and in that arid climate de meant
28:49refreshment and nourishment and growth.
28:51It meant life.
28:53David is he's uniting unity or he's
28:57relating unity rather to the dew on
28:59Mount Herman. In other words, unity
29:01among God's people is lifegiving.
29:07>> Cuz you and I both know there are some
29:08environments that dry people out.
29:12>> Constant criticism dries people out.
29:16>> Competition in the body of Christ dries
29:19people out. Gossip, God help us.
29:23>> Tailbearing
29:24dries people out. Suspicion is not a
29:27spiritual gift. drives people out.
29:30Division, it drives people out. But
29:33unity creates an atmosphere where people
29:36can start to breathe again, get healthy
29:39again, find life again. People should be
29:42able to walk into the church and feel
29:44that there's life here, there's love
29:46here, there's hope here, there's room
29:48for me here, and there's light that can
29:51change my life. That happens when unity
29:55is present.
29:58Can we ask ourselves in reality a
30:00question tonight? Can you ask yourself
30:02this question? When you walk into a
30:03room, do you bring the dew or do you
30:07bring the drought?
30:09>> Do you make things healthier? Do you
30:12encourage? Do you strengthen? Do you
30:14bring peace? Or do you make things
30:16heavier?
30:18When you walk into home, when you walk
30:20into the sanctuary, when you walk onto
30:22the job, do you make things heavier or
30:25are you like Jesus to lighten the load?
30:28Jesus said, "Bring the heavy things to
30:30me because I'll give you a yoke that's
30:32easy and a burden that's light. I want
30:33to make it lighter for you, things that
30:35you can carry. I want to give you
30:37everlasting life. I want to give you
30:38peace that surpasses your understanding.
30:40I want to give you joy that'll always
30:41last, that the world didn't give, and
30:43the world can't take it away." And if
30:44we're going to follow after Jesus, we
30:46got to be real with ourselves and say,
30:47when we walk into a room,
30:49>> do I bring the do?
30:53>> Ask somebody.
30:55Might surprise you the answer. Ask
30:57somebody tonight and say, "Do I bring
30:59the dew?
31:03Do I bring the do
31:07or am I just a drought?"
31:11If we're willing to create the unity, if
31:16we're willing to endeavor for it and
31:19stop building walls and say, "Well, it's
31:22just cause they're young people, or it's
31:24just because they're old people, or it's
31:26just because they're black people, or
31:28it's just because they're white people,
31:30or it's just because they're rich
31:31people, or it's just because they're
31:33poor people." But if we were to put
31:35aside that carnal way of thinking and
31:37get the mind of Christ and say, "Lord,
31:39bring us together." Perhaps there could
31:41be greater life that could happen in
31:43people's life and they walk in here.
31:45We've seen it before where burdens fall
31:47to the floor and they seem to be able to
31:50lift their hands and their spirits are
31:52lightened. Why? Because there's unity.
31:54And God says this. He says, "For there
31:58the Lord commanded the blessing."
32:03>> There. Somebody say, "There."
32:05>> There.
32:05>> Where brothers and sisters dwell
32:07together in unity. There. Somebody say
32:09there.
32:10>> There.
32:10>> It's there. Whenever brothers and
32:12sisters endeavor for the unity of the
32:14spirit. Somebody say there.
32:15>> There.
32:16>> God doesn't just appreciate unity. He
32:19commands blessing upon it. Come on.
32:22There's some blessings you can pursue.
32:24Some blessings you can pray for. But
32:26whenever we get in unity, God says, "I'm
32:28going to move everything else aside, and
32:30I'm commanding my blessing upon this
32:34because there's unity. If we create the
32:37unity, God commands the blessing.
32:41Musicians, you can come.
32:44Maturity.
32:45Maturity is not just knowing more about
32:48the Bible. Sometimes maturity looks like
32:51becoming harder to offend. Maturity
32:54isn't just coming to church more often.
32:56Sometimes it's having a conversation
32:58with somebody instead of just talking
33:00about the person. It's forgiving before
33:03they deserve it. It's refusing to repeat
33:05what you've heard. It's celebrating
33:08somebody else's success. It's giving
33:11somebody else the benefit of the doubt.
33:16>> Can I ask a question? This is a little
33:18pastoring. Just tuck your toes up under
33:20your seat if it hurts you a little bit,
33:21but I got to ask a question the Lord has
33:23just kind of prompted in my mind. When
33:25did we stop giving each other the
33:27benefit of the doubt?
33:29>> Love. 1 Corinthians 13 believes all
33:32things. hopes all things. [snorts]
33:35That's the kind of love that never
33:36fails. A love that says, "I choose to
33:39believe the best in my brother, not the
33:40worst. I choose to believe the best in
33:43my sister." Are you crazy? Don't you
33:45know how many times do I have to forgive
33:47them? 70* 7.
33:53>> When did we stop believing in one
33:56another?
33:58>> Because here's what happens if we stop
34:00believing in one another. It's
34:02interesting how this happens. I've seen
34:03it time and time again. And Bishop, you
34:05can correct me. Dad, you can correct me.
34:06You all pastored longer than I have.
34:09But sometimes we stop believing in one
34:11another. Suddenly, our faith in God
34:13begins to get shaken.
34:18Suddenly, we start equating somebody's
34:22life that's not so perfect to God who
34:25hasn't answered my prayer yet.
34:30I've seen it time and time again. and we
34:32stop believing in one another, we stop
34:33contending for the faith and unity and
34:35we stop endeavoring for that that
34:37suddenly our faith in God gets shaken.
34:40But if we can reach across and love one
34:43another and believe in one another
34:48just as Jesus was reaching for you when
34:50he was
34:56what Jesus had to do to reach my soul.
35:02What he had to do to pick me up out of
35:05the hole I dug and got myself into.
35:10And I can't believe in somebody else
35:13that God can do a good work in them.
35:16That there's still better things inside
35:18of them that God wants to do. I know
35:21it's all the disclaimers that are going
35:22through your mind right now because
35:23we've created patterns of thinking
35:25towards people and we built walls to
35:27protect oursel and our reputation and
35:29our feelings and we don't want to get
35:31hurt again. But that's why the Bible
35:32says we got to look unto Jesus,
35:35the author and the finisher of our
35:37faith, so that we don't become weary in
35:39our own minds.
35:42So that we don't become weary whenever
35:44we're trying to walk this life and
35:46people are
35:49people say one thing with their mouth,
35:51but their actions are doing another
35:52thing and they betray us that we don't
35:54give up on people.
35:57Oh, God, help me right now. Come on. I'm
35:59not talking about the loss. I know if I
36:01was preaching about the lost and
36:02backsliders right now, this church would
36:03be ripping and store. We'd be dancing
36:05because we believe in it. We believe God
36:07wants to save them. We believe God wants
36:08to use them. We believe God loves them.
36:12>> I'm talking about right here
36:15>> on your row,
36:17sitting behind you,
36:21four rows in front of you. Do you love
36:24them?
36:25Can you forgive them? Can you work out
36:28things within the church?
36:31Because if we can't work out things in
36:33the church, how are you and I, and I
36:35don't understand the mystery of all of
36:36this, but the Bible says, how are you
36:38and I going to judge angels?
36:41How are we going to rule and reign with
36:42Christ to be able to rule as he does and
36:45that humility and that love and with
36:48that kind of judgment if we're not even
36:49able in the body of Christ? I know it
36:52comes across heavy. I know. I know it
36:54comes across heavy tonight, but it's
36:56only because I know that you and I
36:57desire the anointing. And if we want the
36:59anointing, we've been walking now. We've
37:01been walking quite a while for 13
37:03lessons and 13 chapters. And we've been
37:06taking steps on our way to heaven, on
37:09our way to getting to be more like
37:11Jesus. We've been taking step after
37:13step. And what I know about this journey
37:14is sometimes after a little while, you
37:17can lose your joy. You can lose your
37:19faith if you don't tend it. If you don't
37:21endeavor for the unity, sometimes you
37:24can get worn out and become weary. Which
37:26is why Paul had to say, "Be not weary
37:28and welloing. For in due season, you're
37:30going to reap if you faint not." I've
37:31just come to be a herald. I've just come
37:33to to be like a a watchman on the wall
37:35tonight for the church to say, "Keep on
37:37endeavoring for the unity of the spirit
37:40in the bond of peace." You got to keep
37:41on believing in one another and
37:43forgiving one another and loving one
37:45another and encouraging one another and
37:47getting together all the more as you see
37:50the day approaching. I know you love the
37:51people on the outside. We're going to
37:53invite them to Friends Day. We're going
37:54to see God do an amazing work in their
37:56life. People going to be filled with the
37:57Holy Ghost. People are going to be
37:58baptized in Jesus' name. It happens
38:00every week here at New Life St. Louis.
38:02But what I don't want us to lose is the
38:04unity in the body of Christ cuz we got
38:06to have the anointing. We can't go
38:08through the motions and just rely on our
38:10knowledge of what we know about the
38:11Pentecostal faith and the Bible
38:13scriptures that we memorized. We've got
38:15to endeavor to keep the unity of the
38:18spirit. That's what this psalm is about.
38:20And when you're getting closer to the
38:21end of the journey, I think even more
38:23you got to command your thoughts and
38:25yourself and get yourself together and
38:27say, "I'm going to keep unity in the
38:29body of Christ cuz I need the anointing.
38:38>> I know. I know. You got to Oh, God help
38:42me right now. You got to lay aside the
38:46weight.
38:48You got to lay aside the weights and the
38:51sins that does so easily beset you. It
38:55gets you off course. It disturbs your
38:57peace in your sleep. That's why you got
38:59to have counseling and you got to have
39:01therapists and you got to have all of
39:02these things to try to prop you up
39:04because you can't even make it through
39:05another day. And he provided the answer
39:08for us. And the fact that he, the Bible
39:10says, he sets the solitary in families.
39:12In other words, you don't have to do
39:13this alone or by yourself. This is why
39:15he brought the body of Christ together.
39:18and unity. Now, I know some of you are
39:19sitting there going, "But pastor, we got
39:20this. We're Yeah, we're with you, but
39:22I'm reaching for you and I'm reaching
39:24for those beside you because we're not
39:26doing this on our own." You may be good.
39:28You may be strong. You may be walking by
39:30faith and not by sight and everything's
39:32bright and it's good in your life. And
39:33you've been through some struggles, but
39:35you can still raise your hands like
39:36Bishop. You can lift up your voice and
39:38still thank God. But there may be
39:39somebody hurting next to you. There may
39:42be somebody that's got heaviness next to
39:43you. And the spirit of God wants to work
39:46through you to encourage and to lift
39:48them up and to build them up. Somebody's
39:52tired.
39:53>> Somebody's carrying a child. Somebody's
39:55older.
39:58Somebody
39:59Somebody's a little weak. Somebody's
40:02stumbling.
40:03Behold,
40:05how good,
40:08how pleasant it is
40:11for brethren to dwell together
40:13in unity.
40:16Our altar call tonight's going to be a
40:17little different than we've done on a
40:18Wednesday night, and we're going to
40:19partake of communion. We usually do this
40:21on a Sunday, but I felt in the Holy
40:23Ghost to do it tonight. Our ushers are
40:26going to come through right now,
40:27brethren. Thank you so much for quickly
40:28handing that out, but we're going to
40:30partake of communion together because
40:33that's what communion is about.
40:37Communion is about us not serving
40:39ourselves, but serving one another and
40:42remembering we all need the blood of
40:43Jesus.
40:45Remembering that it was his death that
40:48gave us the freedom and the ability to
40:50be a part of his body.
40:53We've got to examine ourselves tonight.
40:57I mean, there's Jesus sitting at the
40:59table.
41:01He's sitting there knowing all things as
41:04God. He knows all things. He can read
41:06hearts.
41:10He's sitting there. He knows Judas is
41:13about to betray him. 30 pieces
41:17of silver.
41:20He knows Peter.
41:24Peter's going to deny him.
41:26three times.
41:29He knows that everybody at that table is
41:32going to run away from him
41:36at his most difficult moment in the
41:37garden of Gethsemane. [music]
41:42my Lord and Savior decides in that
41:45moment
41:47on the night in which he was betrayed
41:49says
41:51that's the night he says hey
41:55let's take communion
42:00you know why do we take communion like
42:03like after the the feeding of the 5000
42:09why don't we take that was a beautiful
42:10moment wasn't it why don't we take
42:11communion when everybody was like at a a
42:14real happy occasion like like why don't
42:16we take communion at another point when
42:18Jesus knows all of these things. Yes,
42:19it's Passover and all of that associated
42:22with it, but surely he could have found
42:23another Passover.
42:25But it was on the night that he was
42:26betrayed.
42:29Unity is tested for the body of Christ.
42:32Not when everything's right. Not when
42:34everybody is doing well and we've got no
42:36walls and no divisions and no problems
42:38and no offenses. know it's on the night
42:41like a Wednesday night when you're tired
42:44and you're hurt. You're tempted to live
42:46with that offense.
42:50It's on that night
42:53that Christ is calling us.
42:57Let's take communion.
43:00Let's forgive.
43:02Let's lay aside what we want
43:06and let's pursue what Jesus wants
43:10because it's there, Vippen.
43:15It's there he commands the blessing.
43:20It's there that the anointing comes
43:25and the time when you got to grit your
43:27teeth
43:31and you'd rather give in, you'd rather
43:33give up. You'd rather walk away, but you
43:36choose to stay
43:38endeavoring for the unity
43:41of the spirit. That's when he commands
43:44his blessing.
43:46>> Don't forget it. I want us to take a
43:48moment right now and I want us to
43:50examine oursel. I I can't do this for
43:53you. You can't do this for me.
43:57But let the spirit be the candle.
43:59Let him go through your heart and your
44:01mind tonight. And I want us to examine
44:04oursel right where you're seated and
44:06just ask the Lord to check us. Check our
44:08motives. Check our heart. Check our mind
44:10before we take this communion. If
44:12there's offenses, if there are things
44:13you need to work out, let go. If there's
44:16things you need to forgive, would you
44:18remember what Jesus
44:22Would you remember what he did for you?
44:23That's all I'm asking. Would you
44:26remember the price that he paid,
44:29Jesus?
44:32We're your church.
44:34We're your people.
44:36We're the sheep of your pasture.
44:39We don't always get it right. We get it
44:42wrong a lot of times. But your grace has
44:45always filled in the gaps for us. And we
44:48want to say thank you.
44:50Want to say thank you for covering us,
44:52Lord, in our moments of weakness and our
44:56moments of disobedience.
44:58We're asking, Lord, that you would
45:00forgive us tonight.
45:02Forgive us of our attitudes.
45:04Forgive us of our sharp words that we've
45:06spoken. We're on a journey. We're going
45:10together.
45:12Forgive us, oh Lord, if we have hurt one
45:14another. Forgive us, oh God, if
45:16unintentionally perhaps we created walls
45:20where there should have been bridges.
45:21Forgive us. [snorts] Forgive us, oh God.
45:25And I'm asking tonight that you would
45:27help me to forgive. There's anybody in
45:30my life, Lord, that's offended me and
45:31hurt me. there's anybody in this church,
45:35Lord, if there's anybody across the way
45:37at a sister church or if there's anyone
45:39in my home that's hurt me, Lord, give me
45:43the ability, give me the strength to
45:45forgive them the way that you have
45:47forgiven me.
45:50I release it to you right now.
45:53I choose to stay.
45:56I choose to be committed to you and I
45:58choose to be committed to your family.
46:02Help me to see them the way that you see
46:05them as your children.
46:09Help me to see them as my brother, as my
46:12sister, part of the same family.
46:18[laughter]
46:20Oh, there's a grace that's in this house
46:21right now. And God is bringing a healing
46:23to somebody tonight. And by virtue of
46:26that, God is about to release an
46:27anointing upon the body of Christ. I
46:29feel it in this house. It's in this
46:31atmosphere that somebody right now is
46:33reconnecting with Jesus. You're getting
46:36yourself underneath the head right now
46:38before we take communion. Come on.
46:40That's it. I love you, Jesus. I thank
46:42you, Lord, for what you're doing right
46:43now. Your grace is sufficient for me.
46:46Thank you, Lord.
46:54Come on. That's it. Let it out. Let it
46:56out. Let it out. Let it out. Come on.
46:59All the bitterness and jealousy and envy
47:01and unforgiveness.
47:03Lord, I don't know how I'm going to make
47:04it through this without you. So, I need
47:06you right now. I need your grace. I need
47:08your spirit. I need your mind. I need
47:10your thoughts in me. I need you to
47:12remind me of your word. Bring it back to
47:14my remembrance, Lord. I need your grace
47:17to help me get through this right now.
47:19Cuz I want to be united. And I've got to
47:21have your anointing. I've got to have
47:22your blessing.
47:24We want it and desire it right now,
47:26Lord. [snorts]
47:29Oh, I feel the master's hand in here
47:31right now.
47:37Jesus took of the bread. Would you take
47:38the little wafer out right now?
47:46We're going to partake of this communion
47:48together. And then I want you to get
47:49ready cuz we're going to stand. We're
47:51going to find somebody. We're going to
47:52pray for one another tonight. And
47:54there's going to be a healing released
47:55in this house. There's going to be an
47:57anointing. There's going to be a
47:58blessing. And I'll prophesy to you
48:00tonight that there are some prayers that
48:01have yet to be answered that you've been
48:03praying and asking [music] God for and
48:05you're not even asking for it tonight.
48:06But because of your spirit and mindset
48:09to say, I'm going to be united in the
48:10body of Christ because his blood
48:13purchased my salvation and because of
48:14what he did for me, [music] that God is
48:16going to bring the answer for it. I'm
48:18just I'm here to tell you right now that
48:19there's going to come some answers to
48:21prayers you've been praying for that
48:23tonight you didn't even come expecting
48:24to ask. But because you're aligning
48:27underneath the headship of the Lord
48:28Jesus Christ, something's about to
48:30happen for you tonight. But he took the
48:32bread. He said, "This is my body which
48:35was broken
48:36for you, Lord." I want to thank you for
48:38your body. I want to thank you for your
48:40humility. I want to thank you, oh Lord,
48:42that you took the humiliation and the
48:44shame for the joy that was set before
48:46you. Every stripe, every wound that you
48:48took, oh Lord, on your back, on your
48:50side, on your head, in your hands, and
48:52in your feet, you did it for me. You did
48:54it so that we could come together and be
48:56one body. I want to say thank you. We
48:59remember your death. We remember your
49:02suffering, Lord. We remember your agony
49:04and the pain that you went through,
49:06Lord. Remember the punishment that you
49:08took for our behalf, for our sins. And
49:11we say thank you tonight. And we do
49:13this, Lord. We do this tonight in
49:17remembrance of you. [snorts] Let's
49:19partake of the bread together.
49:28>> [snorts]
49:33>> Now, if you get that juice ready right
49:34there, he took the cup.
49:38He said, "This cup, it's the new
49:39covenant. It's the new testament
49:42is found in [music] my blood." I'm so
49:44thankful for the new covenant that it
49:46was one lamb, one sacrifice meant for
49:49all of us. I'm so thankful you didn't
49:51have to bring the lambs. You didn't have
49:52to bring the doves. You didn't have to
49:53bring all of those things to this altar
49:55tonight. Jesus Christ became the perfect
49:57lamb of God, slain from the foundation
49:59of the world. And it's his precious
50:01blood that covers every one of my sins,
50:03makes my record clean. It's his precious
50:05blood that clears my conscience, that
50:08gives me power, makes me free, breaks
50:09the chains. It's his precious blood that
50:13does it. And it gives me life. For the
50:15Bible says the life is in the blood. And
50:18I'm thankful that he gives me life
50:20because he shed his blood. It's in the
50:22body tonight. Hallelujah. Come on. Can
50:24we thank him for it? Thank you for the
50:25life. Thank you for your blood that was
50:27spilled. Thank you that you gave every
50:29drop. You didn't hold anything back. And
50:31I want to say thank you, Lord. You paid
50:33a price that was so great. Lord, I want
50:36to thank you that you've blotted out my
50:38transgressions, all of my iniquities and
50:40sins. I want to thank you. It's your
50:42blood that brings us together, that
50:44makes us white as snow. I want to thank
50:46you tonight for your death. I thank you,
50:48oh Lord, for your sacrifice.
50:51We do this tonight, Lord, in remembrance
50:53of you. Would you partake
50:56of the cup together right now?
51:02Hallelujah.
51:04[snorts] Before we pray for one another,
51:06would you lift your hands and your voice
51:08wherever you're at? Would you thank him
51:10together? Come on, church. Would you
51:12love him together right now?
51:21Yes God.
51:32Thank you, Lord. Thank you that you
51:35brought us together. Thank you that
51:38you've made us one. Thank you that we're
51:40your people. Thank you, Lord, that we're
51:42your church.
51:44[snorts]
51:46Chhataya. Come on, that's it. Just a
51:48little bit longer. Give him thanks right
51:50now and worship him. Would you express
51:52your gratitude, your love, your
51:54adoration to him? Come on. From the
51:56depths of your soul, let him rise up
51:58right now. And with your voice, give him
52:00praise. Come on. With your voice,
52:02worship him. Lord, we love you. We thank
52:05you. We lift up with one mouth and we
52:08worship and glorify the God of heaven.
52:10We lift up our praise to you cuz there's
52:13nobody like you who redeemed us, who
52:15saves us from destruction, who's a
52:17refuge and a shelter and the alpha and
52:19the omega. We give you praise tonight,
52:22Lord Jesus. We honor you, King of Kings
52:25and Lord of Lords. We honor you, Lord
52:28Jesus.
52:31Come on. His glory is here. His presence
52:34is here. His anointing is here. His
52:37blessing is here tonight.
52:41Come on. Right now, I want you to find
52:43one or two people. I want you to lay a
52:44hand on them. If you got to walk across
52:45the aisle, I want you to find somebody.
52:48Come on. His presence is here. You may
52:49not know what valley of the shadow of
52:51death they've been going through, but
52:53tonight, God is going to unite his body
52:55together. There's going to come a
52:57strength. There's going to come [music]
52:58a blessing. There's going to come an
53:00anointing. Come on, find somebody. Find
53:03somebody that's not in your generation.
53:05Find somebody that's not your color.
53:07Find somebody that's not your ethnicity.
53:10Find somebody else in the body of Christ
53:12and say, "We're united. We're one. We're
53:15one people. We're one body. We're bought
53:18by the blood of Jesus. And I speak life.
53:21I speak grace. I speak mercy into you
53:24right now. Come on, find somebody right
53:26now. There's a healing. There's an
53:28anointing that's going to destroy yolks
53:30in the name of Jesus. God, I bless your
53:33name right now.
53:35Come on. God can heal a marriage
53:37tonight. Come on. God can save a soul
53:40tonight. God can heal your body tonight.
53:43He
53:46[music]
53:51there. He commanded the blessing right
53:53here, right now. We're your people, Lord
53:56Jesus. Huh? Let the anointing flow from
53:59the head down into the body. Let the
54:01anointing flow, Lord, through every man,
54:04woman, and child of God. Let the
54:06anointing flow, I pray, into our homes
54:08and community. Let the anointing flow
54:11through your body.
54:15Come on. If you need to find somebody
54:16else and lay your hand on them, find
54:18somebody else. Go ahead and make
54:20movement right now. Make movement right
54:22now in the body of Christ. I'm
54:24endeavoring. I'm going to endeavor. I'm
54:26going to work it out. I'm going to be
54:28diligent. I'm going to find somebody.
54:30We're united together in Jesus name.
54:36God, help us to see each other the way
54:38that you [music] see us. Help us to love
54:40people the way that you've loved us.
54:42Help us, oh God, I pray, uh, [music] to
54:44forgive. Help us, oh Lord, to endeavor
54:47for peace. Help us to endeavor, God, for
54:49unity. Help us to endeavor for it in the
54:52name of Jesus. Come [music] on. I feel a
54:55grace and anointing in this house right
54:56now.
55:03Come on. That's it. You got the Holy
55:05Ghost. Spring up a well within my soul.
55:08Let the refreshing come. Let the
55:10renewing come. Let the fresh oil fall on
55:13us tonight in the name of Jesus.
55:22Yes.
55:32>> [music]
55:48[music]
55:54>> Hey, come on. That's it. Whatever you
55:55bind on earth is bound in heaven.
55:58Whatever you loose on earth is loosed in
56:00heaven. Come on, let it be done. Thy
56:02will be done. Thy kingdom come.
56:05In the name of Jesus, we're united
56:08together.
56:14Yes God.
56:22Heat.
56:33[music]
56:35Heat.
56:40[music]
57:12Come Come on. That's [music] it. That's
57:14it. Find somebody else if you feel led
57:16right now. We weep with those that weep.
57:18We rejoice with those that rejoice.
57:20Suffer with them that suffer. We're in
57:22it together. I said we're in it
57:23together. We're not alone. We're not by
57:25ourselves. We stand shoulder together
57:29in Jesus name.
57:33In Jesus name.
57:36Hey.
57:39Oh yes God. Thy will be done, Lord.
57:44Thy will be done.
57:51[music]
58:04[music]
58:06[applause]
58:31>> [music]
58:36>> Come on. Let it be poured out right now.
58:37Yes Lord.
58:40Upon our children and our grandchildren,
58:42Lord, upon every teenager in the name of
58:44Jesus, every college student, Lord, upon
58:47every elder of God, every single adult,
58:49every married couple in the name of
58:51Jesus,
58:53let your anointing fall fresh, Lord. Let
58:56your anointing fall [music] fresh in
58:57Jesus name.
58:59Hey yes God.
59:02Thy will be done.
59:25Make us
59:30make us
59:31make us God.
59:43Hallelujah. Come on. You're not alone in
59:46this. The devil is a liar. Come on.
59:48You're not alone in this fight. [music]
59:50You're not alone in this struggle. Come
59:52on. You're not alone in this world. God
59:54took the solitary and placed them in a
59:56family. You got brothers and sisters.
59:58You got spiritual mothers and fathers in
60:01the name of Jesus. You're in this
60:03together.
60:07Whoa. Yes, God.
60:33He cut the robo shut.
60:47Hallelujah.
60:50Come on. If you're praying, keep on
60:51praying. But is there anybody here
60:52tonight that needs a physical healing in
60:54your body? Is there anybody here
60:56tonight, you got a doctor's report or
60:57you got a pain, you got a lump, [music]
60:59you got something you need the Lord to
61:00heal? Would you just raise your hand if
61:02you can just lift your hand? I see a
61:04hand back here. I see a hand right here.
61:07You need a healing in your body, raise
61:09your hand. If I got I got see it over
61:11here in the name of Jesus. Come on. If
61:13you're around somebody with an uplifted
61:15hand, would you keep your hand lifted up
61:16so we can identify you and you want some
61:18prayer tonight? We're going to agree
61:19together. Believers, would you just find
61:21them right now just by faith in the name
61:24of Jesus? Would you gently lay a hand on
61:27them by faith? And would you begin to
61:28pray together? And you need this our
61:30last prayer, but if you got a sickness
61:32in your body, I believe that Jesus is
61:33here to heal. Come on. He's here to heal
61:39in the name of Jesus. [music] Lord,
61:41every physical malady, every spiritual
61:43disease, every sickness of the soul, I
61:45plead the blood of Jesus upon the body
61:47of Christ tonight, right now.
61:51We command tumors to disappear, cancer
61:53to be gone, for eyes to be healed,
61:56cataracts to be gone in [music] Jesus
61:57name.
62:01Yes, Lord. So be it unto [music] them
62:03according to their faith. So be it unto
62:05them according to their faith.
62:13Oh
62:16[music]
63:12>> [music]
63:12>> God. Praise God. Could we just thank the
63:14Lord together? Come on. By faith. Thank
63:16God for his grace. Thank God for his
63:18healing touch tonight. Come on. Let's
63:20praise him together right now as one
63:22mouth glorifying God. One crescendo of
63:25praise tonight before we're dismissed.
63:27Let's give glory to the God of heaven
63:28tonight. Thank you, Jesus. [music]
63:37Thank you.
63:41[applause]
63:42[music]
63:51Hallelujah.
63:55Hallelujah.
63:59>> Somebody say, "Keep climbing."
64:02>> Come on, touch somebody. Just tell them,
64:03"Keep climbing. Keep climbing.
64:06Don't stop now. Don't stop now."
64:10Praise God. Oh, I feel a spirit of faith
64:13and rejuvenation and refreshing in here.
64:16I don't know. I just I'm foolish enough
64:18to believe that the word of God still
64:20works and that there's a blessing here.
64:22That there's an anointing that's here.
64:24That God has commanded his blessing upon
64:26his [music] church. The favor of God is
64:28on your life. I wish somebody would
64:30believe that tonight. You're walking out
64:32of here in favor. You're walking out of
64:33here in blessing because you're
64:35endeavoring to keep the unity of the
64:38spirit
64:40in the bond of peace.
64:43Amen.
64:45I know we've done a lot of it already
64:46tonight, praying for one another,
64:48hugging one another, but just as another
64:50sign that we're endeavoring to keep it
64:51before you leave this place, hug
64:53somebody's neck, shake somebody's hand,
64:55high five somebody, perhaps somebody you
64:57don't even know, but you'd like to
64:58introduce yourself to them, but let them
65:00know that God is for them and not
65:01against them and that you're going to
65:03keep climbing with them in Jesus' name.
65:05If you're a leader here tonight, thank
65:07you so much for coming back to our Next
65:09Steps room, Dream Team Administrators
65:12Life Ministry. God bless you. Invite
65:15somebody to friends day. You're
65:17dismissed in the wonderful name of
65:19Jesus.
65:23>> Amen. If you need some food supplies,
65:25we've got to go and grab table right
65:27here in the back of this forer. So, if
65:29you need some food supplies, come right
65:31through the double doors.
66:11What are you?