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May 3, 2026 5/4/2026
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Summary
In this sermon, the speaker introduces 'the warrior's hammer' as the forgotten weapon of repetitive spiritual discipline, focusing on how 40 days of consistent prayer and fasting can outlast demonic strongholds and rewire the soul for a permanent move of God.
Key points
- •Transformation is rarely the result of a single '101st blow' but rather the cumulative effect of the 100 strikes that came before. persistent prayer and fasting create the momentum for sustained breakthrough.
- •There is a distinction between 'trauma care' miracles (immediate crisis relief) and 'sustained' breakthroughs that shift the entire dimension and rhythm of a believer's life.
- •The 'Warrior's Hammer' represents repetition in spiritual disciplines. Using neuroplasticity as an example, the speaker argues that consistent spiritual habits for 40 days can rewire the mind and body to desire God more than carnal appetites.
- •Fasting and prayer act as 'deposits' into a spiritual account, ensuring that when faith 'writes a check' for a miracle, there are sufficient spiritual funds to back it up.
- •Righteousness is a gift to be received, not achieved. Seeking Christ’s nature first allows holiness and power to flow as a natural byproduct rather than through legalistic effort.
Scripture
Spiritual Discipline
Fasting and Prayer
Consistency
Transformation
Spiritual Warfare
Life application
Commit to a season of 'everyday' faithfulness by setting a specific daily time for prayer and considering a structured fast (like intermittent fasting) to train your flesh to submit to your spirit. Use this 30-day period of May to build a spiritual 'hedge' through repetition.
Reflection questions
- Are you currently seeking a one-time 'miracle' for a crisis, or are you pursuing a 'flow' that changes your lifestyle?
- What 'flies' (compromises or toxins) have been attracted to areas of decay or lack of prayer in your life?
- In what ways has your 'carnal mind' convinced you that you don't have time for deeper consecration?
- How would your life look different if you realized that God is eager to help you succeed in your fast rather than just watching you struggle?
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Full transcript
0:00your list. And uh so I'm very thrilled
0:00and thankful, honored, and humbled to be
0:00here. Jeremiah 23:29.
0:03See so many familiar faces that I've
0:06known here through the years. and see a
0:09whole lot of new faces. And that's a
0:11wonderful, wonderful thing.
0:15One singular verse of scripture,
0:20Jeremiah 23:29.
0:26Is not my word like as a fire,
0:30sayeth the Lord,
0:33and like a hammer
0:37that breakth the rock in pieces?
0:42For the next few minutes tonight, I
0:43would like to speak to you from the
0:45subject,
0:47the warrior's hammer,
0:51the forgotten weapon
0:54of our warfare.
0:56the warrior's hammer,
1:00a forgotten weapon
1:02of our warfare. I'd like to ask those of
1:05you, especially those that are have a
1:07prayer ministry and you have a depth of
1:09prayer in your life, but everybody,
1:11let's join together. This has the
1:13potential of transforming your life. I'm
1:16preaching for transformation tonight.
1:18Some change in you. Could we pray for
1:20the next few minutes and ask the Lord to
1:22do that? I'm asking you to pray. I've
1:24already prayed. I'm asking you to pray
1:26for yourself.
1:40Thank you, Lord Jesus.
1:47All right, let's make a joyful noise
1:49unto the Lord with a hand clap and a
1:51hallelujah.
1:53Oh, bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all
1:55that is within me. I will bless your
1:57holy name.
2:02You may be seated in the presence of the
2:05Lord.
2:07I read a book a while back. Somebody
2:09gave it to me. They had heard my
2:10preaching, asked me to read it. It's a
2:12difficult read, but I pulled something
2:13good out of it. In the book, he gave the
2:17example of striking a rock. It was
2:19atomic habits was the name of the book.
2:23And he gave the example of striking a
2:25rock 100 times and you don't really see
2:29anything that has occurred. Doesn't look
2:32like it's working. Doesn't look like
2:34anything has changed. Then on that 101st
2:39strike, on number 101, that's a good
2:41one.
2:43101st strike, the rock breaks in
2:46hundreds if not thousands of pieces.
2:50I've been around Pentecost for a while
2:52and I've learned this. We all like
2:55number 101.
2:58Well, maybe you don't.
3:01We like that prayer that gets the
3:04answer. Now,
3:07we like whatever we say or do to produce
3:10instantaneous results.
3:13But the strength of the 101st strike is
3:18the 100 that came before.
3:21As an evangelist, I get the wonderful
3:23honor of traveling around to churches
3:26and we have great revival and see all
3:28kinds of results. And of course, I've
3:30been on both sides of this. I've been on
3:31the pastoral side and the evangelist
3:33side. And I know what it's like. You
3:36have a precious person in the church,
3:37maybe a precious sister got some
3:39struggle in her body. And every week
3:42she's down the aisle up to the front.
3:44We're praying for her, gathering over.
3:45We've emptied a whole bottle of oil on
3:48her.
3:50And then the evangelist comes,
3:52have a little prayer line, and here she
3:54comes again. And for this reason, the
3:57the the prayer comes and she gets her
3:59healing.
4:01I've had pastors come to me and say, "If
4:02you wouldn't mind, could you tell me
4:03what you prayed over her? I've quoted
4:06the whole New Testament, prayed every
4:07prayer I know, nine different dialects
4:10of tongues and a whole bottle of oil.
4:14Not to diminish gifting or unique
4:17anointing that can be on an individual.
4:19The most common pattern is that the
4:23evangelist is there as the reaper.
4:26Not the grim reaper, just the reaper.
4:29comes when it's time for all the plowing
4:32and planning and effort and labor to
4:34start bringing forth the harvest.
4:37Not necessarily that the prayer was more
4:39powerful, more anointed, more skillful.
4:44It was just number 101.
4:47And the thing that made it powerful was
4:49all the ones that came before.
4:51Had it not been for all the faithful
4:54prayers, the staying with it, to keep
4:56seeking after God and just trusting the
4:58Lord, that prayer may not have produced
5:01the result either.
5:04As Pentecostals, we believe strongly in
5:07miracles.
5:09>> Okay? We believe somewhat in miracles
5:11and some people believe in miracles, but
5:13we believe that there are miracles,
5:16>> supernatural, divine interventions.
5:20And we love to come to an altar and get
5:22our deliverance. Now, it's a little
5:23different when I was coming up in
5:24church. All of our altar calls weren't
5:27so much about deliverance. It was about
5:29coming to the altar to get the strength
5:30you need to get through what you were
5:32facing.
5:34But we have moved toward we want
5:36deliverance. We need our miracle. We
5:37need it now. We want to pray the prayer
5:39and get it happening. And we believe in
5:41that.
5:43And I am not discounting that. I call
5:45that trauma care, emergency care.
5:50You need it. You need it desperately and
5:51you need it now. About five, six years
5:54ago now, I um I guess I was maybe having
5:58some type of a mini stroke or something.
5:59My speech got slurred and wasn't acting
6:02right. So, my wife rushed me over to the
6:04urgent care. By the time we got there, I
6:07was feeling a little better. So, I told
6:09the lady that was checking me out and
6:11everything. I said, um I said, you know,
6:13I'm feeling better. I think I'm just
6:14going to go home. She put her finger
6:16nearly on my nose and she said, "You are
6:19going to go home and die tonight." I
6:22said, 'Well, is there another option?
6:26What else you got?
6:30She said, "You're going over to the
6:31hospital. I'm going to call them and
6:32tell them you're on the way. You're
6:33either having a heart attack or a stroke
6:35or something like that. We need to make
6:37sure." When I arrived over there, told
6:39them who I was and having a little bit
6:40of chest pains. For the next six
6:42minutes, it seemed like I was the most
6:43important human being in the hospital.
6:46People were coming out of doors I didn't
6:48even know were there. They were putting
6:50stuff all over me and they were taking
6:51blood pressure and EKGs. I don't know
6:53what all they did. Just all kinds of
6:55stuff happening. Taking my blood,
6:57needles. Once they determined I was not
6:59having a heart attack, I waited six
7:02hours to get in the hospital bed.
7:05See, there's a difference between urgent
7:07care, trauma care, emergency care, and
7:12long-term care.
7:14>> So, understand what I'm preaching about
7:16tonight is not to diminish one while I
7:18make place for the other.
7:21While instantaneous quick miracles are
7:24important and need through, we call them
7:27breakthroughs. There are two kinds of
7:29breakthroughs. There's the breakthrough
7:31you need right now, right here.
7:34Something's got to change. I can't take
7:35it another minute. And they're powerful
7:38and valuable. But I've also noticed they
7:41are for the moment. They don't solve the
7:43whole problem. And they don't always
7:44last a long time.
7:47>> Come get a 30 second miracle. It might
7:49last you for 30 days if you're
7:52fortunate.
7:53There's another kind of breakthrough.
7:56It's the kind of breakthrough that
7:58doesn't just help you through the moment
8:01you're in, but they break you through
8:03into a new flow. You break through into
8:07a new dimension. You go where you
8:09establish new rhythms and your life
8:12changes not just for today, but your
8:15life changes for the next months and
8:17years and possibly the rest of your
8:19life.
8:21These are sustained breakthroughs. They
8:25create a shift. They don't just fix a
8:27crisis moment. They change your very
8:30dimension and flow of life itself.
8:36Sometimes I'm getting the idea that our
8:39faith writes checks. Our consecration
8:42can't cash.
8:47In Mark 9:29, the disciples tried to
8:49cast out a devil.
8:52Couldn't get the devil out. Now
8:54obviously they had faith. They were
8:55trying. They believed it. They were
8:58praying the prayer. And they have to
9:00bring him to Jesus. And Jesus starts
9:02instructing gets the devil cast out. So
9:04the disciples come on the side and say,
9:06"Why couldn't we cast him out?" Of
9:08course, we know if you have faith, the
9:09grain of the mustard seed, you can move
9:11the mountain. But Jesus said, "How be
9:13it?" But also understand that this kind,
9:17this kind of faith, this kind of flow
9:21cometh not but by prayer and fasting.
9:25There is a flow of the spirit that only
9:29comes through the dimension of fasting
9:31and prayer and it will fuel your faith.
9:35>> It will cause your faith to function.
9:39When your faith writes the check,
9:41fasting and prayer says, "We've got the
9:43funds in the account. No insufficient
9:47funds. The deposits have been made. You
9:50can't make withdrawals if you're not
9:53making deposits."
9:55So, there are dimensions we flow in.
9:57God's grace is good. You want to be
9:58saved, no charge. Need a miracle, no
10:01charge. You don't have to qualify for
10:03it. You don't have to earn it. You don't
10:04have to do anything to He already paid
10:06that price. But as you're growing and
10:09being discipled and moving forward,
10:11you've got to hunger and thirst after
10:13righteousness.
10:15A man separateth himself and
10:17intermedaleth with all wisdom. There are
10:19conditions that produce success.
10:23And so as you're flowing into power,
10:24fasting, and prayer, everything begins
10:26to increase in your life. The hammer is
10:30not for display.
10:32It is for impact.
10:35God didn't call you simply to admire the
10:37truth or even simply to love the truth,
10:39but to wield the truth. The sword cuts,
10:42but the hammer crushes.
10:45This is not a delicate warfare. This is
10:48a demolition.
10:49There comes a time when we have to
10:51absolutely through fasting and prayer
10:54just crush and destroy some stumbling
10:56block that is in our life. We got to hit
11:00it and hit it and hit it and hit it and
11:02go after it and go after it and go after
11:04it until it is gone and out of the way
11:06for good.
11:08>> Not to come back anymore.
11:11>> I don't have time to preach it to you
11:13tonight. But everything has been going
11:15on in our lives since the month of
11:18August comes from a very deep revelation
11:20the Lord gave me about his
11:21righteousness.
11:23I was praying early one morning and the
11:24Lord touched me and he said, "Seek my
11:26righteousness." I didn't even know what
11:27he meant. Thought I was doing that.
11:31Bible says, "Seek you first the kingdom
11:33of God and his righteousness, and all
11:35these things shall be added unto you." I
11:38think sometimes we try to seek the
11:39kingdom of God and then go get all the
11:41stuff.
11:42I'm saved now. I want all the blessings.
11:45I'm saved. I want all the results. I'm
11:47saved. I want all the prosperity. But he
11:49said, "Seek first the kingdom and his
11:51righteousness."
11:53Then all these things are added.
11:56You can't skip over. If you're going to
11:57strive for the mastery, you have to
11:59strive lawfully. That means there is a
12:02process that gets you there. There is a
12:05way that works. So, since I was
12:08interested in in a new flow, I started
12:11adding seeking righteousness every day
12:13to my daily prayer. I started asking the
12:17Lord for the gift of righteousness. I I
12:19studied and studied and studied and
12:21found out there is a gift of
12:22righteousness. There is there is this
12:24Christlike nature, this character of
12:26Jesus Christ that he is willing to
12:29impart to you if you desire it, if you
12:31hunger it, if you want it.
12:33So, we're going into fasting and prayer
12:35for a singular reason right now and to
12:38everything. There is a season, but it's
12:40not to be more powerful. It's not to be
12:41more anointed, but it's to be more like
12:43Jesus.
12:46Well, I I'm trying to discern if you
12:48really have the level of hunger that I'm
12:51trying to get us to fasting and prayer
12:54to be more like Jesus.
12:59I have spent my lifetime trying to
13:02overcome my personality.
13:05I was raised rough, raised in the
13:07streets, had different kind of a life.
13:09come in, you come in bold and sometimes
13:11you make a lot of mistakes like a bull
13:12in a china shop and you didn't mean no
13:15harm, but just everywhere you turn, you
13:17were breaking something. And so I was
13:20making a joke over the last few years. I
13:22said, "I'm Klein Dance 2.0.
13:24I'm a kind and gentle man with a tender
13:27heart." Look, he's cracking up over
13:31there, didn't they?
13:33I never get any amens on that.
13:37But then I realized that's not even what
13:39I need to be doing for the Ron.
13:41The world doesn't need a better version
13:43of me. They need me to be more like
13:45Jesus.
13:47>> And if I am more like Jesus, I'll be a
13:49better version of me kind of
13:50automatically. If I get the if I get the
13:52righteousness, all the other good stuff
13:54come.
13:56Righteousness is his character.
13:57Righteousness is his Christlike nature.
14:00It's what would Jesus do? It's being
14:02more like Jesus.
14:05And then the gift of righteousness
14:07reigns in your life. Doesn't just come
14:09and visit sets you free. It sets up a
14:11throne and grace re rules through
14:13righteousness in your life. And it's the
14:15righteousness that you have received.
14:17It's the character of Jesus Christ
14:20because you can't be righteous without
14:22him.
14:23>> It's not possible. Even if you did do
14:26good for a while, it just be
14:27self-righteousness.
14:29It has to be a character of Jesus
14:31Christ. And out of righteousness is born
14:33holiness.
14:34Because holiness is separation from
14:36worldliness. Holiness says I can't go
14:39there. I can't say that. I can't do
14:42that. I can't dress that way. I can't
14:44act that way. Why? Because it's a rule
14:46of my church. No. Because it violates
14:48the Christlike character inside of me.
14:53It grieves the the holy character of the
14:56Holy Spirit that resides inside of me.
15:00So holiness is born out of
15:02righteousness. And if you try to be holy
15:04without the righteousness of Jesus
15:06Christ, you end up in legalism or
15:08phariseism.
15:10But when it is an outgrowth, an
15:12expression of a Christlikkeness, the
15:15humility, the love, the compassion of
15:17Jesus inside of us, and then we say, "I
15:20can't do that. I can't be a part of
15:22that." Because he said, "Be ye holy, for
15:24I am holy."
15:28>> Be ye holy. I am holy. That'd be like
15:31That'd be like you meet one of these
15:33billionaires, Elon Musk or something. He
15:34said, 'Oh, nice to meet you. He said,
15:35'But, uh, you know, be a billionaire.
15:37I'm a billionaire. We'll be able to have
15:38a better relationship. Well, I would
15:41love to be a billionaire, but it's kind
15:43of beyond me. Be holy, I'm holy. How can
15:46I be holy? How can I be a billionaire?
15:49And he says, "Oh, that's no problem. I
15:50got so many billions. I'll give you
15:51some. Then you can be a billionaire and
15:53we can have a better relationship."
15:56That's how the Lord does. Be holy. I'm
15:57holy, but Lord, I'm not holy. He said,
15:59"No problem. I'll give you my Holy
16:01Spirit. I will help you be holy. I will
16:03cause holiness to be born in you. And
16:06then we can fellowship on a better
16:08relationship. Am I helping anybody here
16:10tonight? I hope you're understanding.
16:14Righteousness is received, not achieved.
16:18It's powerful. So, I want to enter into
16:20this flow. This flow, you know, you you
16:22read Ezekiel, it was an ankle deep, then
16:24a knee deep, then a waist deep, and then
16:26finally it was waters to swim in.
16:29I was down in Cayman Islands preaching
16:31some years ago and pastor was so kind.
16:33He put us out in a beautiful hotel by
16:35the water and my wife and I were
16:36together over our anniversary and we got
16:39to noticing from our from our room that
16:42at the evening around dinner time
16:43everybody would leave the beach and
16:44there was an area down toward the end
16:45we'd go get some privacy and and uh so
16:48we got down there to get in the water
16:49and I scuba dive. I'm a snorkeler. I'm
16:51into all that stuff. My wife's scared to
16:53death of water. Can't even put her face
16:55in the water. But you know how us
16:58husbands are.
17:00Come on in. I got you. It's all good.
17:04No, I'm going to go. No. Come on. Come
17:06on. Come on. So, finally, I get her out
17:07there. She's okay when it's ankle deep.
17:10Now, I push her on out there. Get her
17:11out the knee deep. She is protesting the
17:14entire journey. No, you're fine. You're
17:17okay. It's all right. Let's go. We get
17:18out a little deeper. She is protesting.
17:20Protesting. I am just coercing.
17:22Coercing.
17:24And then finally, I keep pulling her out
17:26there a little deeper. And the first
17:29time her toes left the sand, she nearly
17:33drowned us both.
17:35I determined it was time for her to go
17:37back.
17:40Why? Because as long as we're in the
17:42flow, ankle deep, knee deep, waist deep,
17:45we can feel it. We're in it, but we have
17:47still security that we are controlling
17:49the journey.
17:51But the minute them waves came in and
17:53her feet lifted up, she was no longer in
17:55control.
17:57It was carrying her. That may frighten
18:00you in terms of the ocean, but that's
18:02exactly what we're after in the spirit.
18:04I want to get out into the deep waters
18:06that begin to carry me. It's not me
18:09controlling it, but it's God's flow
18:11flowing through me and in me.
18:15There's waters out there that are over
18:17your head. They're waters to swim in.
18:19That means they're they're beyond your
18:20intellect.
18:23>> God help this generation. We are falling
18:25into basically what was the original
18:28sin,
18:29the garden. It was the tree of
18:33knowledge of good and evil. And that old
18:36slide devil said, "If you'll just
18:38partake of this, you will be wise.
18:41You'll be smart. You'll be intelligent.
18:43As a matter of fact, you're going to be
18:44so wise, you're going to be like God.
18:47You're going to be like God yourself. If
18:50we're not careful, we allow our
18:52intelligence and our reasoning and our
18:54thinking. And the Bible says in the last
18:56days, knowledge shall increase. And
18:58we're seeing it like crazy. The phone
19:00that you got in your hand has more
19:02computing power than the computers that
19:04sent the rockets to the moon the first
19:05time. We have more access to knowledge
19:08than we ever have. But if we're not
19:10careful, we let knowledge replace the
19:12presence of the Almighty.
19:15We think if we can just say it right and
19:17have it right and think it right and get
19:19all the knowledge and get everything in
19:20place and get everything just right. Let
19:22me tell you something. There will never
19:24be a replacement or a substitute for the
19:26shakina glory and the presence of the
19:29power of God coming down. And you may
19:31not have words to express it. It's over
19:34your head. It's beyond your intellect. I
19:36think our dear brother Arnold said it's
19:38unexplainable but undeniable.
19:41>> That's what I'm hungering for.
19:44So, we have this hammer and that's how
19:46we're going to get there. It's not just
19:48one time. The hammer is repetition. The
19:50hammer creates flow. Not just an
19:53experience, but flow. Flow is not just a
19:56puddle just sitting there still. Flow is
19:58a moving water that's always going to
20:00the next place, the next place, the next
20:01place. That hammer that is our weapon of
20:04warfare will help us create flow, not
20:07just a momentary experience.
20:10In Matthew chapter 7 verse 7, ask it
20:13shall be given you. And I like the King
20:15James here because I'm going to use it
20:16for something. Ask it shall be given
20:18you. Seek you shall find. Knock it shall
20:20be opened. For everyone that askketh
20:25receiveth,
20:27and everyone that seeketh
20:29findeth,
20:31and to him that knockketh it shall be
20:33opened. The little th on the end is like
20:36we would use ing. It's not just ask,
20:39it's asking.
20:41It's not just seek, it's seeking and
20:44knocking. It's to ask and continue to
20:47ask. Seek and continue to seek. Knock
20:50and continue to knock. You don't just do
20:53it one time and give up. Not if you're
20:55trying to create flow. Not if I'm trying
20:58to get it going. I got to stay with it.
21:00I got to keep just keep pushing forward
21:03until the the the wind gets at my back
21:05and this thing takes on a whole new
21:06flavor.
21:08The good news of that is it's not just
21:11askth. It's also receiveth.
21:15If you'll if you'll ask and keep asking,
21:17you'll receive and keep receiving.
21:20>> If you seek and keep seeking, you'll
21:22find and keep finding. If you knock and
21:24keep knocking, it'll open and keep
21:26opening.
21:27>> It's the definition of flow. It starts
21:30in an altar of consecration. It may be
21:32only ankle deep, but it's going to get
21:33out there into the deep waters of the
21:35spirit.
21:38It's flow. I wanted to get into a new
21:40flow. I wanted a new dimension in my
21:42life. My wife had a burden to do a 40
21:45days of fasting.
21:47And I was like, well, uh, you know, in
21:49the Bible, the only people did 40 days
21:52of fasting was Jesus, Moses, and Elijah.
21:56Don't really feel like I'm at that
21:57level.
22:00Well, what level you at? How's 40
22:03minutes sound?
22:06But I knew she was on to something. So I
22:08said, "There's got to be a way we can do
22:10this." And by the way, of course, Jesus,
22:12you know, he is God in the flesh,
22:13Emmanuel, God with us. And Moses fasts
22:16were supernatural. He went up on the
22:18mountain and he didn't drink or eat. You
22:20can't even do that. He the only way he
22:22was able to fast 40 days food and water
22:24was to stay 24/7 in the presence of God
22:27to sustain him. So that only Elijah,
22:32one person in the Bible. So I said,
22:33"What? How could we do it? And we
22:35stumbled into this, I say stumble,
22:37that's a terrible word. God directed us
22:39into
22:41about intermittent fasting
22:44where you would fast say 16 hours in a
22:46day, absolute fasting, no food at all,
22:51no drink except maybe water, black
22:54coffee, black tea. I mean, nothing.
22:58Woo! It's quiet in the house of God
22:59tonight.
23:01Help me, Lord. One thing I've
23:03discovered, if you're going to preach on
23:05fasting and prayer, you better be
23:07fasting and praying.
23:09Not just so I be a good example, because
23:11you have to have it to have the
23:12fortitude to stand up here and tell you
23:14all this when your flesh is screaming,
23:15"No, no, no. Not, you know, where's the
23:17miracles? It's May of miracles, not Maya
23:20fasting."
23:24There's several examples in the Bible of
23:26the significance of 40 days. 40-day
23:30flood to cleanse the whole earth of its
23:32sin.
23:3440 days the fountains of the deep broke
23:35up, it rained down. 40 days after the
23:38ark rested, before he opened the window,
23:41Moses spent 40 days on Sinai come down.
23:45Then after the golden calf went back up
23:46and spent 40 more days. They sent the
23:49spies into Canaan for 40 days. Goliath
23:52taunted for 40 days before David took
23:54him down. Elijah Elijah's fast was a
23:5840-day journey to Horeb. Ezekiel bore
24:00Judah's iniquity for 40 days. Jonah
24:03spent 40 days, yet 40 days to Nineveh
24:06before judgment. Jesus fasted 40 days.
24:09Jesus spent 40 days with them after the
24:11resurrection opening their
24:13understanding. After the resurrection,
24:15he didn't go right to heaven. He was
24:16with them for 40 days. That's why we are
24:19apostolic because he spent 40 days after
24:21he was resurrected explaining and
24:24opening their understanding of the
24:25apostles which is why we adhere to an
24:27apostles doctrine because we know Jesus
24:31revealed to them exactly what they were
24:33supposed to be doing and how to do it.
24:37So I got this 40 days in my mind. So I
24:39thought, well that's doable. We could do
24:4116 hours. We could pray every morning.
24:43My wife's had a prayer call for the last
24:4510 years.
24:485:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. every morning.
24:52It's up to several hundred people now.
24:54All leadership, all ministry teams
24:56praying in the morning. Sounds like a
24:58cafeteria on our phone every morning.
24:59Doesn't matter if we're on vacation.
25:01Doesn't matter what time zone we're in.
25:03Doesn't matter where we are. We've
25:04prayed in hotels and had people knocking
25:06on the walls. We've prayed in our car
25:08going down the road. We every just Hey,
25:10you make a place for it when you're
25:12hungry for it.
25:17for 10 years. So, we have morning
25:19prayer, we have everyday fasting, and I
25:22wrote a eguide, an ebook, a 40-day
25:26journey that every morning we could have
25:28the word of God and a devotion and and
25:30daily resets and daily prophetic words
25:32and and I'm going to talk to you. I was
25:33for those of you that were here this
25:35morning, I thought I was going to talk
25:36about commanding the morning, but I
25:38think we're going to do that Wednesday
25:39night. So every morning we're
25:41prophesying. We're speaking. We're
25:42declaring.
25:44And so we have word and prayer and
25:46fasting. Every day. Every day. Every
25:48day. Every day. Every day. I might say
25:51it until I get at least one amen. Every
25:53day. Every day. Every day. Every day.
25:57Every day. Why? It's a hammer. I'm
26:00hitting and I'm hitting and I'm hitting
26:03and I'm hitting until it finally breaks.
26:07study I found out that in the history in
26:10the Bible there is there's a demonic
26:12spirit a stronghold we call him blebub
26:16heard of bely bub
26:19originally it's thought that blebubs was
26:22actually named blebull
26:25bezy bull means exalted lord high and
26:27lifted up one a direct reference to
26:30Satan himself but it's believed that the
26:33Hebrew scholars unwilling to refer to
26:37him as Bezy Bull and unwilling to utter
26:40that he was the high and exalted one,
26:42changed the name in a mockery and called
26:45him Belelly Bub instead of Bezy Bull
26:49because Bellsy Bub means Lord of the
26:51Flies.
26:53You're no high and exalted lifted up
26:55one. You're a nuisance. You're an
26:57insect. You're you're something to be
26:59swatted away from my life.
27:04Flies gather where there's corruption.
27:07Flies feed on decay.
27:10Flies feed where there was life, now
27:13there's death. Here comes the flies.
27:17When consecration weakens, the flies
27:19come in. When holiness weakens, the
27:22flies come in. When doctrinal truth is
27:25compromised and minimized, the flies
27:28swarm in. Where sin is tolerated, here
27:31comes the flies. It's worse than that in
27:34our generation. Sin is celebrated.
27:37Here come the flies. When you compromise
27:40your moral integrity, it it creates a
27:43corruption that attracts spiritual
27:45warfare. It attacks demons. It allows
27:48the demonic world to have access.
27:51My wife has often said when we get under
27:53a little warfare, things are happening.
27:54She says there's a door open somewhere.
27:57She means somewhere we are connected to
27:59or a part of or participating. We're
28:01allowing something that's given some
28:03open door to this attack.
28:07You leave the door open, the flies come
28:08in
28:10and they feed on decay and then they
28:13spread it. Why is it you have a big
28:15beautiful wonderful salad and a fly
28:17lands just on one little tomato and
28:19you're dumping the whole plate?
28:22>> Because we don't know where that fly has
28:24been.
28:25>> We don't know what it landed on before
28:27it landed on my tomato.
28:30Because flies land on corruption and
28:32decay and then they come land on
28:35something clean
28:37and corrupt it.
28:40Somebody mentioned I don't know maybe it
28:42wasn't here. I might be getting my
28:44meetings mixed up but somebody somebody
28:46mentioned gossip. I was listening the
28:47other day. I don't like to listen to
28:49people gossiping because I I don't want
28:52that corruption to land on what's clean
28:54in my life. I I I can't be I can't
28:57become part of your sin. I can't become
29:00part of your problem. I can't become
29:02part of your discouragement. Why?
29:04Because flies have a way of coming and
29:07landing on something corrupt. And
29:08they're not content there. Then they're
29:10going to come land on something clean.
29:15When the fourth plague came upon Egypt,
29:17the fourth plague was the plague of the
29:19flies. Wasn't just a fly. One fly is a
29:21nuisance. Two or three flies, you can
29:23just swat them away. But a swarm of
29:25flies is destructive.
29:28And when the swarm of flies came to
29:30Egypt, it was like God was saying, "This
29:33is a sign to you how corrupt you are,
29:35how awful you are. This is a sign of
29:38your corruption and your decay and your
29:41spiritual condition of death and flies
29:43land on everything that is dead and
29:45dying."
29:47But what is unique about that particular
29:49plague? The first three plagues came on
29:53everybody.
29:55But the fourth plague, God said, "I'm
29:57going to make a difference."
29:59They didn't land on those in Goan.
30:02See, the danger is if you allow your
30:04worship to die, it attracts flies.
30:07If you're slow to prayer and your prayer
30:09ministry and your prayer life dies, it
30:11attracts flies. If you allow your
30:13humility to die, it attracts flies. If
30:16you allow your submission to die, it
30:18attracts flies. And if you're not
30:20careful, after a little while, it's
30:21swarming all around you. It's the little
30:23leaven that leavenvens the whole lump.
30:25Flies enter through carelessly left open
30:28doors. Uncleanness starts spreading all
30:31over the place. You leave a door open in
30:33the living room. Next thing you know,
30:35you've got flies in the bedroom and it's
30:38flies everywhere. But the Lord said,
30:40"I'll tell you what. I'm going to show
30:42Egypt that they are nothing but
30:43corruption." But he said on that fourth
30:45plague, the first three plagues affected
30:47Egypt and and Gan the same, Israel the
30:50same. But on the fourth plague, he said,
30:51"I'm going to make a difference between
30:52the clean and the unclean, and I'm going
30:55to let the flies go to Egypt." But they
30:57were not dealing with flies over in Gan.
31:02Corruption is contagious.
31:05Consecration is the cure.
31:08That did a whole lot more for me than it
31:10did for you.
31:12So, as I was studying this, I found out
31:15that the lifespan of a fly,
31:18remember old bells bub, the lord of the
31:20flies. Lifespan of a housely is about 15
31:23to 30 days.
31:25The lifespan of a fruit fly about 14 to
31:2840 days. The lifespan of a blowfly about
31:3114 to 28 fa days.
31:34So, I realized something. If I can just
31:37sustain myself for 40 days, I've
31:40outlived them.
31:44>> What if you could just get faithful?
31:46>> What if you could just become an
31:47everyday Christian for 40 days? What if
31:50you could give yourself to 40? You're
31:52going to have 30 of them right here in
31:53May of miracles. What if for 40 days I
31:56was daily prayer? 40 days I was daily
31:58fasting. 40 days I am and and I
32:00understand I am plowing into your flesh.
32:02It's a whole lot easier to preach over
32:04demons than it is over human flesh. Your
32:07carnal mind is screaming. Your emotions
32:09are screaming. Your body's giving you
32:119,000 excuses why none of this will
32:13work.
32:15But I'm a living witness that it does
32:16work. Telling you right now, I've been
32:19doing it. I'm not just preaching to you
32:20about it. We're getting ready to start
32:21our third 40-day journey here on June
32:25the 1st. We're going to go 40 days every
32:28morning prayer, every day fasting, every
32:31day in the word of God. A sustained
32:33spiritual passion will outlast and
32:36outlive. So, it's a 40-day journey. I am
32:39challenging this church tonight as we
32:41lay the foundation for May of Miracles.
32:44And it's not beyond you. All you got to
32:46do is make a decision. All you got to do
32:49is desire it. All you got to do is want
32:51it. The Lord will help you do it.
32:54He'll empower you to do it.
32:56>> He'll strengthen you to do it.
32:58>> 40 days breakthrough, 40 days of asking,
33:0140 days of seeking, 40 days of knocking.
33:04If you can just stay with it, you can
33:05outrun, outlast, outlive everything that
33:09is going on. By the way, the plague in
33:11Egypt didn't stop until Pharaoh humbled
33:14himself and called for Moses and Aaron
33:16and asked them to pray. Get yourself
33:18submitted to spiritual authority in your
33:20life. Uh it'll drive out the flies.
33:27Now, you may think, well, this is just
33:28the next gimmick coming down the road.
33:30It's another preacher with another
33:31unique idea.
33:33It's not a gimmick. It's a biblically
33:36based transformation.
33:39>> So, let me let me help you. You're
33:41struggling already. It's going to get
33:43worse right here.
33:45In science, everything I'm talking about
33:49is called neuroplasticity.
33:52Neuroplasticity is your brain's godgiven
33:57ability
33:59to rewire itself
34:02to accommodate any demonstrated desire
34:06that you have.
34:08My oldest son, Zachary, Dr. Zachary
34:11Kleinst, as of yesterday,
34:14reads about 160, 180 books a year.
34:19My youngest son reads about 140 himself.
34:22I said, 'Son, how do you read all them
34:24books? I write more books than I read
34:27because I can't keep attention long
34:29enough to read, but at least if I'm
34:30writing, I got to stay with it.
34:33He said, "Dad, what you don't
34:34understand," he got his masters in
34:35clinical psychology. He got his
34:37doctorate in um transformational
34:39leadership, but he said, "What what you
34:42don't understand?" And he said, "It may
34:43be hard at first, but if you'll just if
34:45you'll just plow through a couple of
34:47books, just just decide you want to do
34:49it and just do it." He said, "Your brain
34:51will catch on. You are demonstrating a
34:53desire.
34:55And when you start doing it, your brain
34:57will literally start rewiring
34:59neuropathways
35:00that will facilitate your ability to
35:03read. It'll help you read faster. It'll
35:06help you comprehend more." And he said,
35:09"Not only that, Dad." He said what'll
35:11happen is the more you keep reading
35:13what'll happen you it literally creates
35:15a desire inside of you and you will even
35:19want to read more neuroplasticity
35:23through focus and repetition
35:26you tell your brain this is something I
35:29want to do and the brain says all right
35:31I'll help you it's a godgiven physical
35:34reality that if you want it now now
35:37evidently you're not picking up on it so
35:38let me explain it to
35:40That means it makes no difference where
35:42you are right now in life.
35:45>> You can go anywhere from where you sit.
35:48>> You're not stuck. You're not stuck in
35:50your past. You're not stuck in your
35:52habits. You're not stuck in your
35:54addictions. You're not stuck in your
35:56personality. You're not stuck in your
35:59failures. All you have to do is make up
36:02your mind with a desire.
36:05Blessed are they which do hunger after
36:07righteousness. they shall be filled.
36:10That do in there, that's a big word.
36:12Blessed are they which do hunger. Not
36:13everybody does, but blessed are they
36:16which do. Because through desire a man
36:18separates himself and inner meddaleth
36:20with all wisdom.
36:23All you got to do is say, I want
36:24something better than this. I want all
36:27those blessings. I don't want just May
36:29of miracles. I want January, February,
36:31March April May June July August
36:33September. I want the next 10 years, 20
36:35years. I want a new flow. I'm not after
36:38a momentary experience. I'm not here for
36:40the event. I'm in this thing for the
36:42long haul.
36:47The deep is calling under the deep of my
36:49spirit.
36:53>> You're never stuck where you are. We
36:55talk about strongholds. A stronghold is
36:57a house built of thoughts. A stronghold
37:00is a systematic way of thinking. A
37:02stronghold are patterns in your life
37:04that lead you down pathways. One little
37:06thing is said to you and it just
37:07triggers all the same emotions. You go
37:08down the same old rabbit hole you've
37:10been going down time after time after
37:12time after time. We call it a stronghold
37:14because it's a systematic thought
37:16pattern. And a lot of times the
37:17strongholds come from worldly thinking.
37:19You've just you've been leaning toward
37:20the world and listening to the world and
37:23they've been affected by the world. So
37:25now you're doing what they do. It's a
37:27stronghold.
37:28But the same thing happens in the
37:30spiritual realm.
37:33If you can develop some systems and
37:35develop some thought patterns and
37:36develop some areas in your life where
37:39you put some rhythms and habits and
37:41daily repetitions in place, we don't
37:44call them strongholds. We call them a
37:45hedge, a little buffer between me and
37:47the hostility of the world. You build a
37:49hedge with daily repetition. You build a
37:52hedge by developing some habits and
37:54developing some patterns that will
37:56assist you. This morning I talked to you
37:58about the chiropractor. But you know,
38:01uh, this is very this is a very powerful
38:03understanding that when you keep doing
38:06something over and over and over and
38:08over again, you can be transformed.
38:11For those of you that think we went into
38:13science and forgot the Bible, Romans
38:1512:2, be ye transformed
38:18by the renewing of your mind. That word
38:21transformed, the prefix trans is
38:23distance, formed to be shaped. It is
38:25basically to be formed over a distance.
38:30You're not going to get it in 30
38:31seconds, but you could get it in 30 days
38:35if you're willing to stay with it long
38:37enough for it to have an effect on you.
38:40If you can if you can get in there and
38:42say, "I'm going to develop a habit in my
38:44life that will transform me."
38:48That verse basically is the spiritual
38:50expression of the scientific
38:53understanding of neuroplasticity.
38:55It is the renewing of patterns, the
38:58renewing of reactions. It's the
39:00manifestation of his righteousness. It's
39:02Christ in me, the hope of glory.
39:05Daily repetition
39:07strengthens the neurosynapses in your
39:10brain. They call it longterm
39:14potentiation.
39:16Just simplify it and call it potential.
39:19Anything is possible.
39:22>> I can become anything. I can do
39:24anything. I can go anywhere. I can be
39:27changed and transformed. I can start
39:29some new patterns that are going to
39:31create some new. If you sew, you'll
39:32reap. If I just start sewing and sewing
39:34and sewing and sewing, I'm going to
39:36start reaping and reaping and reaping
39:37and reaping.
39:39When you enter into long-term
39:41potentiation, myelin, which is an
39:43insulation around those neuropathways,
39:45begins to build around the active axons
39:47and begins to speed up the transmission.
39:49In other words, making it happen a
39:50little quicker and a little easier.
39:53So, here's where it begins. It begins in
39:56a portion of your brain called the
39:58prefrontal cortex.
40:00And the prefrontal cortex, remember, you
40:02were fearfully and wonderfully made by
40:03God. All this is in you because God put
40:06it in you. All that science does is
40:08observe the God-given attributes I'm
40:11talking about. So, I'm just telling you
40:13what science and medical science has
40:16observed and has learned. When you make
40:19decisions in the area of your brain
40:21called the prefrontal cortex, it's a
40:24decision making based. That's what I'm
40:26dealing with right now. I'm trying to
40:28get you to make a conscious decision.
40:31I'm gonna pray.
40:34>> I'm going to fast.
40:37It's not beyond me.
40:40>> There's a thousand lies from a thousand
40:42demons right now beating drums of
40:45thunder
40:47telling you you can't do it. A thousand
40:51voices from the beds of ease telling you
40:54it's too hard. But out there on the
40:57second mile of faith, there's no traffic
41:00jam out there on the second mile. out
41:03there. Let the devils with their
41:05skeleton arms beat their drums of
41:06thunder all night. I've got my mind made
41:09up. Amen. I'm going to do this. And the
41:13Lord's going to help me.
41:16I'm going to live yet not I. Christ in
41:19me the hope of glory. It's not me doing
41:22it. I'm going to let him do it through
41:23me. Amen. He did it. I can do it. How?
41:26Because he's going to help me do it. The
41:28Lord is my help. Why don't you let him
41:31help you fast?
41:33Why don't you let him help you pray? Why
41:36don't you let him help you get addicted
41:38to the word? Why don't you let him help
41:40you live righteously? Why don't you let
41:42him help you live a holy life?
41:45The Lord is my help. But if you'll make
41:48your decisions enough times in the
41:50prefrontal cortex, it moves into the
41:53area of the brain, the decisionmaking
41:54function moves over to the basil
41:57ganglia, which is where those decisions
41:59that you've demonstrated start becoming
42:01habits and rhythms and routines. In
42:05other words, since you've been doing it,
42:07the brain tells you now you need to do
42:08that today.
42:11Your brain starts helping you and
42:14reminding you until they become
42:16habitual. Finally, it moves into the
42:18area of the cerebellum, which is where
42:21timing and coordination are so
42:23fine-tuned that it becomes instinctive,
42:26automatic. You do it without even almost
42:28having to think about it.
42:30>> Yes.
42:31>> This is what athletes do. Basketball
42:34player stands on a foul line, no lights
42:37on, no people in the stands. 10,000 foul
42:40shots, not even going on the scoreboard.
42:43Why keep sinking them if they're not if
42:45there's no score? If there's nothing's
42:46happening because I'm trying to create a
42:49habitual understanding. Remember that
42:51muscle memory? I'm creating muscle
42:53memory. I'm chaining. There are
42:55neuropathways that are being created.
42:57I'm going to keep sinking these shots
42:58one right after another. One right
43:00after. Why? So when the lights are on
43:03and the crowd is there and the game's on
43:04the line and I've got to make this shot,
43:07let's go.
43:10Because that's not the first time.
43:13>> It's become a flow. The baseball player,
43:16the golfer, they'll stay in the range
43:18and they'll do it over and over and over
43:20and over until it becomes intuitive and
43:23automatic. Those magnificent plays you
43:26see in the sports world, they're they
43:28they didn't just happen by accident.
43:30They've been doing that stuff so much
43:31that suddenly they're beyond themselves.
43:34They pull off some heroic moment. But
43:36that heroic moment was the result of
43:3910,000 unseen moments behind the scenes
43:42where every movement became so
43:44instinctive that they did that heroic
43:46moment without even thinking about it.
43:48It was just who they are.
43:52>> You don't want to wait to learn to pray
43:54until you are at the hospital with
43:56someone you love so deeply. And you got
43:59to go down to that little corridors of
44:01doubt in the hospital down to that
44:03little chapel and it's deathly quiet and
44:05all you hear is the beeping sounds and
44:07now you're trying to learn to pray
44:11after that little deal with the doctor
44:13and I survived it. You know, he gave me
44:15a long talking to about some changes I
44:16need to make in my lifestyle.
44:19So I decided to get a bike,
44:22do some bike riding.
44:25I lived up in Ocala, Florida when I was
44:27doing this. First bike ride I went on, I
44:30nearly about had a heart attack. It was
44:33hot. I was out of shape. I got up to the
44:36second stop sign and about passed out.
44:40So, I decided I needed a little help.
44:43So, I got me an electric bike.
44:47Laugh all you want to. I'm going to ride
44:50that bike, but I'm going to need help
44:51doing it.
44:53You you you just got to get this. I need
44:55you to make a decision, but I'm trying
44:57to tell you he'll help you.
45:00>> So So when I was pedaling, I got a
45:02little tired. All I had to do is give it
45:03a little juice. Pretty soon the pedaling
45:06s almost pedal by itself. Was just
45:08carrying my feet forward. Hey, at least
45:10I'm out there moving. Motion is lotion.
45:12Amen. I'm going just keep I'm not doing
45:14all the work here, but I'm getting
45:16around the block. Hallelujah. I'm going
45:18to make it around. Well, I got to doing
45:20that. and you know, got a little
45:23careless one day. I was out riding the
45:25deal around the neighborhood and I got
45:27that thing up to about 20 miles an hour
45:28and I hit some uh concrete that was all
45:31broken up and the thing went sideways.
45:33The steering wheel went sideways and
45:34threw me over the front and fortunately
45:37I hit the grass because I tore myself up
45:38bad. My face was all bloody and my hands
45:41and everything. My I knocked the wind
45:43out of me. I was laying there couldn't
45:45hardly breathe.
45:47These two young men across the street
45:49saw the whole accident. They come
45:51running over. They flipped. They I was
45:53on my face. I couldn't move. They rolled
45:55me over. And I'm laying there going
45:58trying to get my breath. I couldn't
46:00breathe. And the old boy, he was trying.
46:02He said, "We got you, man. We got you.
46:04You're all right, man. I got you, man. I
46:05got you, bro. You're okay, bro. I got
46:06you." And he's patting me on the chest.
46:08I don't know if he's trying to help me
46:09breathe or what he was doing.
46:12And I'm laying there. I can't breathe.
46:13I'm trying to catch my I'm getting a
46:15little breath here and there. And then
46:17he tries to pray. God bless him. He's
46:20doing everything. He's trying to pray.
46:22And and so so he he's he's patting me on
46:24the chest. We got you, man. We got you,
46:26man. Okay, now. Okay, now Lord Jesus.
46:28Jesus. Okay, now heavenly father. Now,
46:31Lord, okay, Jesus. Okay, we got you,
46:33man. It's going to be okay. We got you
46:35now, Jesus. Now, Lord, um we Okay, now.
46:37And I'm in there barely breathing, and
46:40I'm realizing the fella is trying to
46:41pray for me, but he don't know how to
46:43pray. He don't even know what he's
46:45supposed to be saying. You don't even
46:46know who he's supposed to be talking to.
46:47His heart was in the right place, but he
46:49obviously has not done this before.
46:52You don't want to wait till you're in a
46:53crisis to be okay now. Uh, Lord Jesus,
46:55Jehovah, Gyra, God up there or what you
46:58want to Lord Jesus.
47:02Oh, I know that voice. Heaven steps
47:05back. Angels are released. We know that
47:07voice.
47:08That's a voice known in heaven.
47:14You make a decision. and you keep making
47:15it. You keep trying. You keep doing it.
47:17It's like the whole world will align to
47:20help you. It'll be the wind at your
47:22back. Your prayers will get easier. The
47:24more you pray, the more you want to
47:26pray.
47:27>> The more you fast, the more you want to
47:29fast. The easier it gets to fast. I'm
47:33fasting more now by accident than I was
47:35doing 10 years ago on purpose.
47:40My wife went on the first 40 days. My
47:42wife and I, we didn't stop. We went well
47:44over 100 days of 16 hours a day
47:46intermittent fasting. It's sustainable.
47:48It's doable. You get into a rhythm. You
47:51get into a flow. The more you worship,
47:54the more you want to worship. The more
47:56you give, the more you want to give. The
47:58more you come to church, the more you
47:59want to come to church. Why? God is
48:02helping you. Your body, your physical
48:04body is coming into alignment with the
48:06very desires of God. Everything starts
48:08working and conspiring to help you.
48:12One morning during our 40 days, I was up
48:15a little early. So, I went out to the
48:17living room and our prayer didn't start
48:20till 5:00 am. But about 4:30, I fell
48:23asleep.
48:24Cold sleep on the sofa, out, gone.
48:29I woke up in a panic. The prayer call.
48:32The prayer call. I forgot the prayer
48:33call. I reached to get my phone and I
48:36turned it over and it was 459.
48:41Y'all believe what you want to believe.
48:42I I'm up here on my own here tonight.
48:44So, I'll just tell you.
48:46I believe I don't think it's no accident
48:49that I woke up one minute before the
48:50prayer call started because I had been
48:53getting up every morning and
48:54demonstrating a desire. And I feel like
48:57the Lord said, "I see you trying.
48:59I know you had a weak moment. I know you
49:01would have fell asleep, but I feel like
49:03the Lord woke me up said, "I know this
49:05is what you want to do, so I'm going to
49:07help you do it.
49:11The Lord will help you. He'll be your
49:14strength. This is the rest we're in. The
49:16weary find rest.
49:18>> This is the renewing. Oh, by the way,
49:22just as much as the brain will begin to
49:25help you through the synapsis and
49:28rewiring itself and the neuropathways
49:30for the demonstrated desires.
49:33When you demonstrate you don't have a
49:35desire,
49:37>> the actions you don't do, your brain
49:41picks up on that, too.
49:43>> And so it begins to just close off the
49:45neuropathways that facilitate unused
49:48connections gradually weaken and
49:50gradually fade.
49:53>> The less you pray, the less you want to
49:55pray.
49:56>> The less you worship, the less you want
49:58to worship.
49:59>> The less you give, the less you want to
50:01give. And it just gets harder and harder
50:05and harder. And pretty soon just going
50:07to church feels like the most weirdome
50:09thing you ever thought of. Pretty soon
50:11just kind of go to the altar and pray.
50:13Oh, it's just I just don't have the
50:14strength. I just don't have the energy.
50:16I just can't do it. That is so far
50:18outside of biblical understanding. Uh
50:20the worship uh the joy of the Lord is
50:23your strength. Uh this is where we soak
50:25in. Uh this is where we receive. This is
50:28where what's happening is all the things
50:31are fading. You're letting it fade. It's
50:33going away. There's no desire there.
50:36There's no want to there. The brain
50:38says, "You don't want to do that. I'm
50:39not going to give energy to it."
50:43So, here's the basics. And I'll stop
50:45tormenting you tonight.
50:48My wife and I now, we started our first
50:50one August the 1. So, I don't know where
50:53we are, but we've got well over 200 days
50:55in fact. I've lost 37 pounds. Anybody,
50:58some of you old-timers, I've been around
51:00here not that you notice. I didn't even
51:02set out to lose weight. That wasn't my
51:04goal. I just wanted to get in line with
51:06the Lord. I was starting to have a
51:07spiritual breakthrough. I was I was
51:10struggling. I was frustrated. I said, I
51:12got to do something. So, I just set into
51:14it. Next thing I know, I'm losing
51:15weight. I'm feeling better. When you get
51:19into fasting, the 16 hours of fasting,
51:21let me give you the understanding behind
51:22that. Now, let me help you understand
51:25this. got to be absolute fasting.
51:28I know we make a lot of provisions for
51:30the flesh.
51:32Um I got about 11 days in one night one
51:34time and it was late at night and I was
51:36getting hungry. So I went on chat, you
51:38know, I told chat, you know, I was on an
51:39intermittent fast and all this stuff and
51:41gave me all kinds of information. And uh
51:43so I I told her I said, "I am really
51:45hungry. I'm struggling tonight. What if
51:47I what if I uh ate some crackers? You
51:49will break your fast.
51:51What if I just got me like a protein
51:53drink or something? You have broken your
51:55fast. How about if I eat a couple of
51:57grapes? You have broken your fast. Well,
52:00now I'm getting sarcastic cuz this
52:01chat's driving me crazy. Hardest pastor
52:04I ever had in my life. I mean, a good
52:06pastor give you a little bit. Well, the
52:08Lord understands. He'll help you. Don't
52:09worry about it. But see, Chad's going by
52:11all these medical benefits here. And so,
52:14uh, I got a little sarcastic. I'm
52:16saying, "What if I ate one4th of a
52:19grape? You have broken your fast. What
52:22if I had three granules of sugar? Yeah.
52:25Broken. And I kept asking questions
52:27until finally, I think chat got
52:28frustrated with me. It didn't answer my
52:30question. It said fasting is all or
52:32nothing. You're either fasting or you're
52:33not.
52:36Good night, chat.
52:43Now, let let me help you rightly divide
52:45here. chat was answering me on the basis
52:48of medical realities, not spiritual
52:51understanding. I believe if you fasted
52:54lifesavers and it was something that was
52:56really a sacrifice, God would honor you.
53:00>> I believe God will honor you. However
53:01you do it, if you went two hours or four
53:03hours or 30 minutes or if you skipped
53:05one meal with God, any sacrifice you
53:08make, if you make it sincerely to the
53:10Lord, he will receive it.
53:12>> Okay?
53:14But I was after not only spiritual
53:16progress, I wanted physical progress. I
53:19wanted emotional progress. I wanted
53:22mental progress. I wanted the whole
53:24enchilada.
53:26So what I learned is somewhere around 12
53:28hours, you have moved into what's called
53:30ketosis. Ketosis is when your body
53:33starts burning fat for fuel instead of
53:36carbs sugars calories starches and
53:38that business. Now, I'm no doctor,
53:40scientist. I just know how to read.
53:43So that's where all this coming from.
53:45And so um when your body starts burning
53:49fat instead of starches, your brain
53:51wakes up because fat fuel is what's good
53:54for your brain. Cured me of COVID fog,
53:58which I had very severely. I left my
54:00truck running in the driveway one day
54:02for about six hours. This is about two
54:03years after CO, which I had very, very
54:06bad. And I I was kept leaving water
54:09running. I go to the bathroom, leave the
54:10water running in the sink, went and made
54:12myself some soup one night, my wife got
54:14up the next morning and the stove was
54:15still burning.
54:18Covid fog
54:20fasting. I've been telling people for
54:21years, if you're in a fog fast, you'll
54:24wake up. I didn't understand the medical
54:26reality of that, how true it was,
54:28because your body switches over to
54:30burning fat and it's a good fuel for
54:31your brain. Somewhere between 12 and 16
54:34hours, you move beyond ketosis into
54:36what's called autophagy. Autophecy is a
54:39Greek word that means self-eing. It
54:41means self consuming and self-repair.
54:44Your body literally starts eating
54:45itself. But because you are so fearfully
54:47and wonderfully made, it eats itself or
54:50consumes itself so efficiently that it
54:52goes after rogue cells like rogue
54:54precancer cells and things like that and
54:56it either consumes them for energy or if
54:59they're not producing energy, it expels
55:01them and your body literally begins to
55:03heal itself.
55:07I love y'all, but I've said all this. I
55:09may as well say the rest of it. We're
55:11eating way too much.
55:13Our bodies were not designed to consume
55:16the volumes of food that we are stuffing
55:19in it. It's making you not just
55:21physically unwell. It is affecting you
55:24emotionally. It is affecting you
55:26physically. It is affecting you
55:27mentally. It is putting you in a slow
55:30fog. And once you start consuming on the
55:33desires of your flesh, it bleeds over
55:35into every other area of your life. If
55:39you can't tell yourself no over an ice
55:41cream sandwich, you may not tell
55:43yourself no over a more meaningful sin.
55:46>> All fasting is is just spiritual
55:48practice. It's standing at the foul
55:51line, sinking shots. Because right now,
55:53I'm just fasting, but I'm going to be in
55:55a battle down here somewhere. I' have to
55:57make a tough choice. But because I've
55:59been in training,
56:02I've done told this flesh, "You're not
56:04going to rule my life. The word of God's
56:06going to rule my life." And I've been in
56:09so much training that if you can just
56:12get some discipline with your food,
56:14it'll bleed over into your finance.
56:17It'll bleed over into your marriage.
56:19It'll bleed over into every area of
56:21discipline in your life. It'll start
56:23getting easier.
56:26I told you this morning, it's not hard
56:27to live for God when you live for God
56:30hard.
56:31>> And I might just tell you that the
56:33answer for the church right now is
56:35fasting and prayer. Every day praying.
56:38My wife, my wife and I. So, by the way,
56:41if you get to 16 hours of fasting,
56:42you've reached peak autophagy. Even
56:45doctors will tell you that a three-day
56:47fast is very healthy for you. It's a
56:50deep cleansing. You're in autophagy for
56:52three full days. Now, you got to be
56:54careful because even though you can eat
56:55eight hours and you're fasting 16 hours,
56:59I was about couple of weeks into the
57:01first fast. I was in a sky club and I
57:03had me a glass of orange juice. Nearly
57:04went in a coma. I didn't realize how
57:07much sugar was in orange juice. And I
57:09had been drinking and eating all that
57:11stuff. I drank that sugar. I went,
57:12"Whoa."
57:14And about 10 minutes later, I went
57:17I got on the plane, they were still
57:19boarding and I was drooling on myself
57:22because all it is is a vicious cycle.
57:24You get a sugar rush and a little spike
57:26of energy and then an adrenaline release
57:28and then that starts shutting you down
57:29and then you get hungry again and then
57:31you get more sugar than you go down and
57:33you just keep cycling and cycling. It's
57:34why you're hungry all the time. Your
57:37bodies weren't designed for this level
57:38of consumption. I know it's not popular,
57:42but uh the American culture is a very
57:44gluttonous culture. We eat for comfort.
57:46We eat for substitute. We have spiritual
57:48desire. We're unsatisfied. We're
57:50unhappy. And we think I was on a Delta
57:52flight. And because I fly so much, they
57:54upgraded me to that big Delta 1 suite.
57:56You're in a little box. I was going
57:57overseas. I was on the fast. I didn't
58:00know how to keep the fast because the
58:01hours were changing. And I said, "Okay,
58:02I'll eat the meal and nothing in
58:04between." that what I forgot was when
58:07you're in Delta 1 after the meal, they
58:10bring an ice cream cart down the aisle.
58:14That's a big deal for me. Love ice
58:17cream. They come down, they'll scoop it
58:19out. What would you like on it? Would
58:20you like some nuts? Would you like some
58:22strawberries, pineapples, caramel syrup,
58:24chocolate syrup? All the syrups.
58:28I saw that ice cream cart come down the
58:30Oh no.
58:33Every fiber in my body was wanting that
58:37ice cream. I could almost taste it and
58:39they wasn't even there yet. I wanted it.
58:43Trust me, I wanted it. But I'm seeing
58:47that ice cream cart come down the aisle
58:49and I looked up and I said, "I want that
58:52ice cream." But God, I've got a desire
58:55that is greater than that. There's a
58:58hunger inside of me for something that
58:59ice cream will never satisfy.
59:02I don't care how big the big gulp is,
59:04it'll never satisfy. They don't make a
59:06steak good enough. They don't make
59:08lobster tails juicy enough. They don't
59:11make Mexican food or Italian food good
59:14enough to satisfy the desire that is in
59:17my soul. Blessed are they which do
59:20hunger. And so I pulled my door clos. I
59:23laid back. I pulled the cover over my
59:25head and I just laid there hungry. And I
59:28said, "This is my hunger for God. This
59:30is my desire for something more.
59:34Let our especially our organ player, but
59:36let our musicians come.
59:41And all I can tell you is that where I
59:43was August 1st, 2025, and where I am
59:47today, I feel like I've just now
59:49discovered what it really means to live
59:50for God.
59:53Folks, God is calling you to fasting and
59:54prayer. You may do it, you may not. It's
59:57just up to you. The gospel only works on
60:00the hungry. It I realize that I am just
60:03plowing right into your flesh. Do you
60:05know the Bible says the carnal mind is
60:08enmity against God? It is not subject to
60:11the laws of God. Here's the scary part.
60:14Neither indeed can be.
60:18Your brain, your your carnal mind, not
60:20your brain, your carnal mind, your
60:22that's your thinking, that's your
60:23consciousness.
60:25Your carnal mindset will always be
60:29enmity against God. That word means
60:32hostility.
60:34Not passive resistance.
60:36All out resistance.
60:39An alcoholic will always offer to cut
60:41back. Just never quit.
60:45Because the carnal mind makes provision
60:47for the flesh. The carnal mind will try
60:49to give you an easier way. Tell you
60:52there's another way. There is a way that
60:54seemth right in the eyes of man, but the
60:56end thereof are the ways of death.
60:58Somewhere we've got to understand that
61:00there is a dimension of faith that
61:02cometh by fasting and prayer. And I
61:04don't know about you, but I'm going to
61:05have it. I'm going to find out what's
61:07there. If nobody goes with me, I'm going
61:09we're starting on June the 1st, our
61:11third 40 days fast. Oh, let me tell you
61:13this. On our second one, we put a little
61:15Facebook page out. I thought there may
61:17be some people want to join us. I
61:19realize fasting and prayer is not the
61:20most popular message in the church
61:22world.
61:23I thought there might be some people
61:24would join us. I was shocked when over a
61:26thousand people joined the Facebook
61:27page. I was shocked even more when we
61:30started opening up my morning's prayer,
61:32our morning prayer call. And on the
61:34second one through, first one through,
61:36we had about 300 that would come on
61:37every morning. It was about a 100 people
61:39jump from my our regular prayer call. On
61:42the second 40 days, we were averaging
61:44over 600. Got to understand this is 500
61:47a.m. in the morning. Well, 6:00 a.m.
61:48your time. Say, why so early? Because
61:50it's the only time we can find people
61:52who weren't already doing something
61:53else.
61:54Because we call prayer anytime, well, I
61:56got this to do, I got that to do. Your
61:58life has already been scheduled by your
61:59carnal mind.
62:01>> Don't have time for it. Can't do it.
62:02Can't squeeze it in. Love to help you
62:04out. It's not for me. It's for you. I'm
62:06already doing it.
62:08You got to decide for you. Over 600
62:12people every morning for 40 days. We got
62:15to the 40th day and we got so many texts
62:18and emails, people didn't want to quit.
62:19We've did a 10-day extension. Can you
62:22imagine people volunteering to fast and
62:25pray?
62:31>> For those of you that came expecting a
62:32sermon, I realize you're very
62:34discouraged.
62:35This is not a sermon to what I'm trying
62:38to do tonight is an impartation.
62:41I am trying to release to you such as I
62:43have. I'm trying to release what we've
62:45been doing. It has revolutionized our
62:47life. My wife and I about three years
62:49ago, four years ago, we our landlord was
62:52trying to sell the house, put it on the
62:53market. We'd panic, put our stuff in
62:55storage. Then for six months, nobody
62:57even walked through it. Nobody bought
62:58it. So then she took it off the market
62:59and then she put it back on the market.
63:01Long story short, we had boxes packed
63:03and furniture wrapped for three to four
63:05years trying to find the will of God.
63:08Where do you want us to go? What do you
63:09want us to do? We went on this fasting
63:12and prayer in August.
63:15By November, we were kicked out.
63:19We I went to Fiji. My wife went to um
63:22Scotland. She put the house on the
63:24market. One person walked through, put a
63:26contract. We got a text said, "30 days,
63:30please. We'd like for you to move out."
63:32We sold the house. We came back where we
63:35were waiting three and a half, four
63:37years. We had to move so fast. I had to
63:40get people to come help me. brother and
63:41sister Dagan came up and brought their
63:43boys and we were throwing boxes in the
63:45truck trying to get out of there by the
63:46deadline.
63:48Ended up over in Lake Charles, went to
63:51Lake Charles. Now we're ended up in
63:53we're leasing the house that we're
63:54trying to buy. And at the end of this
63:56month, we may be able to buy a house
63:57that we've been trying to do for years.
64:00Wait, what I'm trying to tell you is
64:01things that feel locked up, they come
64:03unlocked.
64:05We're trying to find the will of God for
64:06three years. We got into fasting and
64:08prayer. The will of God captured us,
64:09picked us up, and threw us out.
64:13Things you think won't break or break so
64:14fast it'll blow your mind.
64:20>> Impartation
64:22is when you hear the timeless truths of
64:25the word of God through the personal
64:28experience of the person relaying those
64:30truths. That's what I'm doing tonight.
64:33This is my story. You don't have to do
64:36everything the way I've said it tonight.
64:37It's not a requirement. I can't use the
64:40Bible and tell you you have to fast 16
64:42hours a day or you have to go 40 days or
64:44I've given you a lot of principles that
64:46lend toward it or lean that way. If you
64:50want to lean in, I'm giving you a lot of
64:51reasons to lean and how to lean. This is
64:54how you lean.
64:56All I'm telling you, if you're really
64:58hungry, if if you really want to get
65:00authentic, you know, we're living in a
65:02strange day. America is waking up. I
65:07hope that it fulfills to a real genuine
65:10authenticity and it's not just a
65:12cultural fad. We don't know yet. It is
65:16no small thing. I don't care what your I
65:19don't want to word it that way. It
65:21doesn't matter what your political
65:23ideology is. Set that aside for a
65:27moment. For the president of the United
65:29States to say, "We are going to
65:32rededicate our nation to one nation
65:35under God." That's a good thing.
65:39You can hate him all you want. That
65:41right there is at least good.
65:45I'm glad we're going to do that. I
65:47intend to participate in that. I like
65:50the idea that as a it's it's simply a
65:54political expression
65:56of a religious faith. It's not what we
65:59do. It's not a pastoral guidance. It's
66:02not It's simply a political expression,
66:05but I like that political expression
66:08that is expressing a faith in God and a
66:11dependence on God. And it's going to
66:14have an impact to the level that
66:16politics can't impact. And trust me,
66:19they do. Because I've been all over the
66:21world and you go to nations where
66:23Christianity is not the predominant
66:25religion.
66:28Most of the time their electricity don't
66:30work, their roads are terrible, the
66:31water's not pure. You've done it. I'm
66:34not telling you that Christianity makes
66:36better roads or better water.
66:38Christianity makes better people
66:41>> and better moral people,
66:44steward resources properly.
66:49Our nation is waking up to some level. I
66:52hope the I hope it becomes more than a
66:54c. People are getting baptized by tens
66:55of thousands.
66:57I've told our people, hey, if they're
66:58going to get baptized, let's get our
66:59nets out and baptize them in Jesus name.
67:02The nation is waking up. I pray that it
67:05becomes a real genuine opportunity for
67:07revival. But you know where we're
67:10struggling?
67:12There is a generation of lost worldly
67:14people out there that are getting hungry
67:16for God and we're struggling to move the
67:19saints.
67:20It's a strange day when sinners are
67:24complimenting and saints are criticizing
67:27the very same service.
67:31They want it. Tell it to me straight
67:34preacher. What do I need to do? They
67:36don't want us to be mean. But there's a
67:38difference between mean preaching and
67:39strong preaching. They want the strong
67:42word. Why? We want what the Bible
67:44promises. We want what's available to
67:46us. They've seen the plastic. They've
67:48seen the fake. They've seen it all on
67:50television. They want to know what'll
67:51really get me there. How can I really
67:53have a real genuine daily relationship
67:55with God? And I'm telling you, if you'll
67:57have a daily walk with God, uh every
68:00day, daily bread, daily bread, daily
68:02bread, daily prayer, daily fasting,
68:04daily word, and the fasting, it can just
68:06be for a season. I am technically
68:08tonight not on the fast. I've been off
68:10of it for about two weeks. But even not
68:13on the fast, I am still measured and
68:16restrainful in my consumption. Why? It's
68:19become a lifestyle now.
68:22It's become not just what I do, but who
68:24I am. And when we're on the fast, the
68:27reason I'm so strict with it, and the
68:29reason it's been so powerful is because
68:31I feel so good that I don't want to mess
68:33it up.
68:37Stand with me everywhere. I think you've
68:38had all you can take. It's not all I can
68:41give, but it's all you can take.
68:44Jesus said, "I have meat to eat you know
68:47not of." Paul said, "I got meat, but I
68:49better give you some milk cuz I don't
68:50want to choke you to death."
68:53Let me leave you one final verse, and I
68:55think this would be a great verse to
68:56bring us to the altar.
68:58By the way, on my website,
69:01I have several 40-day journeys. There's
69:04a 40 days to a breakthrough. That's the
69:06first one I wrote that led us on the
69:07first 40 days. Daily resets daily guide.
69:13I rewrote it. I think now it's called
69:14the Warriors Guide. That was the second
69:17edition. That's the one on there now.
69:18The Warriors Guide. I just wrote a new
69:20one for what we're starting June 1st.
69:22Commanding the morning, 40 days of
69:24prayer, 40 days of fasting. If you can't
69:27afford it, I'll give it to you. But it
69:29is on the website for $40. I used the
69:32money to pay for my mission trips. I got
69:34seven. and I need a bunch of money. So,
69:36if you can afford it, please buy it. If
69:38you can't afford it, just send me a
69:39little email through Facebook or
69:40something. I'll send it to you. No
69:42questions asked. I've sent hundreds of
69:43them and I've sold thousands of them.
69:46God's financing missions and being a
69:48blessing. He gave me God to give you
69:49ideas never even cross your mind. God
69:52will put things in your spirit that
69:54aren't even there right yet, but you get
69:55into fasting and prayer, and you get
69:57into spending time. I I remember I I got
69:59to tell you this real quick. I I I
70:00remember in the middle of that prayer
70:02before we ever started our 40 days and
70:04all that, my wife, daily prayer, daily
70:06prayer, daily prayer. I got up one
70:07morning and I was going to make my way
70:09from the bedroom to the kitchen and get
70:10me a cup of coffee. She was already on
70:12the call. I could already hear the
70:14hundreds of voices cafeteria style
70:15praying. And I I went into to get me
70:18some coffee, but I could I didn't even
70:20make it through the living room. I got
70:22halfway through the living room and the
70:23power of God was so strong in our house,
70:26>> I had to stop in the living room and
70:28begin to worship God. I was going to get
70:30some coffee and get my easy chair, but I
70:31didn't make it to the coffee machine
70:33because the power of God. That didn't
70:34happen the first week. That didn't
70:36happen the second week. I don't know how
70:37far into the prayer call she was. It'd
70:39been many months, maybe even years. All
70:40I know is there's such a flow in our
70:42home now. It has become a common thing
70:44for us. Somebody comes to our house for
70:46the very first time. I we've documented
70:48it hundreds of times. Everybody always
70:50comments, "There is a peace of God here.
70:52This is I feel such a peace here."
70:54That's because we pray here. That's
70:56because the predominant force of our
70:58home is prayer.
71:03And I'll bring up maybe an old taboo,
71:05but we have never in all of our years of
71:07life, we have never had a television in
71:08our living room because we have never
71:10wanted the continual influence of
71:12worldliness to just be spewed into our
71:14home every day, day after day after.
71:16Why? Repetition, repetition, repetition.
71:17Training your brain. You think like you
71:19think because of what you've been
71:20exposed to.
71:22>> And so, we've just kept that off to the
71:24side. I'm not telling you you're going
71:25to hell if you watch TV. I'm just
71:27telling you that you got to decide what
71:29you want to influence you.
71:32>> You decide for you. I'm deciding for me.
71:34This is where I'm at. And so, we've
71:36never wanted that. You walk into our
71:37home, there's a piece of God. I believe
71:39angels are in our house all the time. I
71:42feel that when I get home, I walk
71:43through the door and I feel like I am
71:45behind a hedge. It's a hedge that's been
71:47created now by 10 years of fasting and
71:49prayer and and faithful dedication to
71:51the Lord. And if you leave a door open,
71:53flies are going to be swarming
71:55everywhere. Here's the verse that take
71:57us to the altar.
72:01Galatians 5:16.
72:04Maybe if you can put it on the script on
72:06the screen. This I say then, walk in the
72:13spirit
72:14and you shall not fulfill the lust of
72:16the flesh.
72:18That's not a command. That's a promise.
72:22If you'll do this, this is what will
72:25happen. If you will walk in the spirit,
72:28you will overcome by the power of the
72:31spirit the lust of the flesh.
72:34All you need is more Jesus.
72:37All you need is more power of the Holy
72:38Ghost. You need to worship more
72:40passionately, pray more fervently, be in
72:43love with God more, get more exposure to
72:45the word and the kingdom of God. And if
72:47you get more Jesus uh and you have more
72:49of the power of God, if you walk in the
72:51spirit, I was raised in the city. The
72:52fire department would come out. They
72:54would take off the fire hydrant and they
72:56would cleanse out the lines and it would
72:58spew out into the street about 6 8 10
73:00feet sometimes about 10 inches of water.
73:02Just try to go pour some water in that.
73:05You can't pour water in there. Why?
73:06There's so much coming out you can't get
73:08nothing in.
73:10>> Jesus said, "The thief cometh, but he
73:11has nothing in me." Yeah,
73:13>> I want such a flow to come out of my
73:15life. And even when he comes, he can't
73:17get it in. Why? Because I've been
73:19flowing. I've been praying. I've been
73:20speaking. I've been submitting. I'm
73:21practicing my humility. I'm getting more
73:23of the power in the presence of God. God
73:26is my help. The Lord is my strength. Uh
73:28he's lifting me up. He's carrying me
73:30through.
73:34I don't know if I've changed your mind
73:36in any way, but I prayed the Lord would
73:37help me.
73:40I usually don't tell something like
73:42this, but maybe it'll help somebody
73:43tonight.
73:45I'm not feeling well tonight at all.
73:48All this travel and the allergies got
73:50messed up and I'm extremely exhausted
73:52and very fatigued in my body. And uh I
73:56really was sitting over there praying,
73:57Lord, you're going to have to help me.
73:59And uh but the Lord has enabled me
74:01tonight. Maybe not in a wonderful way,
74:05but the Lord has enabled me. I don't
74:07think without the help of God I would
74:08have had the physical ability to stand
74:10in this pulpit tonight. Now I've been
74:11fasting and praying since August and
74:13this is the first time I've had this
74:15kind of an experience. And tonight I was
74:18very very very concerned about my
74:20ability to even preach. But the Lord has
74:23been my strength. And all I'm telling
74:26you is if you'll just try,
74:30he'll help you. I'm not trying to put
74:33the bar so high you can't do it. I'm not
74:35trying to tell you you have to do that.
74:37I'm trying to tell you this is what's
74:38out there if you want it. So out of the
74:41humility of my heart, I ask you if
74:42you're hungry. I'm not going to ask you
74:44to commit to any number of hours. I'm
74:45not going to ask pastor can do that you
74:47got a fasting and prayer plan. I'm not
74:49going to ask you to sign on those lines.
74:50All I'm asking you is if you're hungry,
74:52if it's in your heart to say, Lord, if
74:54you'll help me, I will. I'll try. If you
74:57get up three mornings and then you sleep
74:59in one, just try again on the fourth
75:01day. Don't condemn yourself. You know
75:03what's happened to me is I've stopped
75:04condemning myself. There's no
75:05condemnation them that are in Christ
75:07Jesus. I just say, "Lord, I need a
75:09little more help. I need a little more
75:10strength. I wonder if you'd come and
75:11pray." I guess the musicians are working
75:13on getting a song, getting things
75:15together back here that'll help us.
75:16Amen. And I I just feel like if you
75:19would reach your heart and humble your
75:20heart before the Lord. We used to have
75:22in the old church consecration services.
75:26We'd come lay something of our lives
75:28down. The Bible said every weight and
75:30sin. Get beyond all the sins and just
75:32say, "What's weighing you down?" Do you
75:34have an attitude? Do you have an
75:35ideology? Do you have some habits? Do
75:38you have some rhythms in your life that
75:39are waiting you down and and distracting
75:42and restricting your walk with God?
75:45What have you laid something on this
75:46altar tonight and said, "Lord, I'm going
75:49to humble myself before the throne of
75:50God. I'm going to humble myself before
75:53the throne of God.
75:58I can't pray the prayer for you. You're
76:00going to have to pray it. If you don't,
76:01that's up to you. But
76:05>> all is lost.
76:07>> If I help one person,
76:10>> shake yourself out of the fo.
76:18I'm coming back to your presence.
76:22>> Lord, take this little bread and
76:24multiply it, I pray.
76:27And the thirst
76:30I am desperate.
76:34Imb.
76:38>> All I'm asking you to do right now is
76:40seek the Lord's righteousness.
76:45>> All I'm asking you to do is seek his
76:47help.
76:47>> I need you, Lord. There's a hunger
76:53and a thirst.
76:57I am desperate.
76:59>> The Lord will resist the proud.
77:03>> But he gives more grace to the humble.
77:07>> Not anymore.
77:10>> He'll humble yourself. He'll give you
77:11grace.
77:13>> He'll strengthen you. He'll help you.
77:31I feel that burning light.
77:34>> Can you make a conscious decision
77:37before? You are the one that I need. And
77:41then through day of miracles, keep
77:43making it
77:44>> and keep making it coming back.
77:47>> And keep making it
77:50>> until things start coming into
77:51alignment.
77:52>> Back to your presence.
77:56>> Let the weak say I am strong.
78:02>> Let the poor say I am rich. Pray,
78:08>> Lord. I receive your righteousness.
78:10>> I'm not worthy.
78:12>> Lord, I receive your holiness.
78:17I need you, Lord.
78:21>> Lord, I receive your Holy Spirit.
78:26>> Fill me, Lord, with your Holy Spirit.
78:30I am desperate.
78:33Give us
78:36>> I receive your holiness.
78:40Not anymore.
78:41>> I receive your righteousness.
78:44>> I need you, Lord.
78:47>> I'm willing to participate.
78:51>> Sweep me away.
78:53>> It's not your strength. It's his
78:55strength.
78:57Sweep me away.
79:00with you.
79:01>> My help cometh from the Lord.
79:04>> Sweep me away.
79:07>> Your help comes from the Lord.
79:11Sweep me away
79:13with you. I pray for your people that
79:16you would help them tonight.
79:18>> Sweep me away.
79:21>> Go ahead, brother. I receive my healing.
79:24I receive a healing touch. I receive a
79:26healing strength
79:28>> that is so
79:31>> on the foundation of fasting and prayer.
79:33I release healing
79:35on Jesus.
79:36>> Let the Lord heal your body. Let the
79:38Lord heal your spirit with you.
79:41>> Let the Lord heal your wounded places.
79:46>> Ministering angels are here. I draw
79:49close to you. Sweep me away
79:53with you.
79:58>> Don't let a thousand voices from the
80:00bends of ease and compl.
80:17I am dest.
80:26>> Hello.
80:30I need you.
80:32>> Praise the Lord. I need you.
80:37I need you.
80:38>> While you're praying, I need
80:41>> There are neuropathways being created in
80:44your mind.
80:47I need
80:48>> while you're making decisions,
80:53I need
80:54>> electrical impulses are firing
80:57>> under the direction of the Holy Spirit
80:59of God.
81:02Lord, I need you.
81:05>> The Lord is becoming your health.
81:07>> I need you, Lord.
81:11>> Even bringing your physical body
81:15>> into alignment with your spiritual
81:17desire,
81:19Lord. I need you, Lord. I need you,
81:25Lord. I need you, Lord.
81:31Oh,
81:39I really need Jesus
81:44just to be closer to your side.
81:50I need you.
81:55Say, I need you. I need you, Lord. I
82:01need you, Lord. I need you, Lord.
82:07I need you, Lord. I need you, Lord. I
82:14need you, Lord. I need you, Lord. I need
82:21you Lord.
82:24the home
82:27and
82:30I am deser mercy
82:37on the way.
82:43I need you, Lord. I need you, Lord.
82:53and
82:57I am just
83:00in my
83:04way.
83:07Not anymore.
83:10I need you, Lord. I need you, Lord.
83:35Heat. Heat.
83:42Heat.
83:54Heat.
84:10If it's not pleasing to you,
84:13take it out of me.
84:17If it's not pleasing to you,
84:20take it out of me.
84:23If it's not pleasing to you,
84:27take it out of me.
84:29Have your way.
84:37If it's not pleasing to you,
84:40take it out of me.
84:43If it's not pleasing to you,
84:47take it out of me, oh Lord. If it's not
84:51pleasing to you,
84:53take it out of me.
84:56Have your way.
85:02If it's not If it's not pleasing to you,
85:07take it out of me.
85:10If it's not pleasing to you, Lord, take
85:14it out of me.
85:17If it's not pleasing to you,
85:20take it out of me, Lord. Have your way.
85:28If it's not pleasing,
85:33take it out of me.
85:37If it's not pleasing to you,
85:40take it out of me.
85:43If it's not pleasing to you,
85:47take it out of me.
85:49Have your way.
85:54If it's not pleasing,
85:57If it's not pleasing to you,
86:00take it out of me, Lord.
86:03If it's not pleasing to you,
86:07take it out of me.
86:10If it's not pleasing to you,
86:13take it out.
86:16Have your way,
86:20oh Lord.
86:23If it's not pleasing to you,
86:27take it out of me.
86:30If it's not pleasing to you,
86:33take it out.
86:37If it's not pleasing to you,
86:40take it out.
86:48Oh,
86:50if it's not pleasing to you,
86:53take it out
86:58of your way, Jesus.
87:02I surrender.
87:07Take it out
87:09of your way.
87:18We want you
87:23more and more. We want you
87:29more and more. We want you.
87:36More and more,
87:39more and more.
87:44We want you
87:48more and more.
87:52We want you
87:56more and more. We want you
88:03more and more and more.
88:10We want you to
88:18just
88:23more and more
88:30and more
88:33and Oh,
88:37Jesus
88:48to your presence.
89:03We are you. We want you.
89:07Just you Jesus.
89:11We want you.
89:16More and more. We want you.
89:23More and more.
89:26Oh,
89:36we just want you Jesus.
89:41More of your presence,
89:44more of your glory.
89:57Your presence
90:01is heaven
90:04to me.
90:10Lord, your presence
90:14is heaven
90:17to me.
90:24Your presence
90:27is heaven
90:30to me.
90:37Your presence
90:40is heaven
90:44to me.
90:47Your presence,
90:50your presence
90:53is
90:57to me.
91:00There's nothing like your presence.
91:03Lord, your presence
91:07is
91:10to me.
91:15Oh,
91:17your presence
91:21is heaven
91:24to me.
91:27Nothing like your presence.
91:30Lord, your presence
91:34is heaven
91:37to me.
91:42Lord, your presence, your presence
91:47is heaven
91:50to me.
91:57Lord, your presence
92:01is
92:04to me.
92:09So, we're singing. Oh
92:13Jesus.
92:14Oh
92:16Jesus.
92:20Your presence is heaven to me. Oh
92:26Jesus.
92:28Oh
92:29Jesus.
92:34Your presence
92:37Jesus. Oh Jesus.
92:41Oh
92:43Jesus.
92:47Your presence is heaven to me. Oh
92:53Jesus.
92:54Oh
92:56Jesus.
93:00Your presence is heaven to me.
93:05Heat.
93:21Heat.
93:28Cuz
93:46all I want
93:51is for
93:53for you to be love.
93:57for you to be lifted
94:00high. All I want
94:06is for you, for you to be loved,
94:12for you to believe.