God is in the Midst
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 3/23/2020Psalm 46:1-5
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez encourages believers to view global crises not with panic, but as a backdrop for 'uncommon opportunities' where God acts as a constant refuge and strength. Using Psalm 46, he highlights that while earthly foundations may shake, God remains in the midst of His people, providing a spiritual stream of peace and a pathway to supernatural provision.
Key points
- •Psalm 46 teaches that God is both a refuge (a hiding place) and strength (empowerment while we wait) during times of global shifting.
- •Faith is most relevant and thrives best in the midst of chaos; it is the time to prove what believers have confessed during easier times.
- •Uncommon opportunities are often birthed out of crises; believers should look for supernatural shifts and 'wealth transfers' even when systems fail.
- •Taking personal responsibility across four areas-spiritual, mental/emotional, physical, and financial-is essential for navigating seasons of uncertainty.
- •God is 'in the midst' of the chaos, the stock market, and the government; His presence ensures that His people will not be moved even if the earth gives way.
Scripture
Faith
Purpose
Stewardship
Hope
Blessing
Life application
This week, stop looking at the chaos of the news and instead look for the 'uncommon opportunity' in your immediate circle, such as starting a family Bible study or using technology to share a word of hope with a struggling co-worker.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you been relying on your own 'foundations' (career, savings, education) rather than on God as your primary refuge?
- How can you transition from a mindset of panic to a mindset of 'financial responsibility' and kingdom-focused stewardship right now?
- What 'uncommon opportunity' do you sense God is birthing in your life through the current disruptions you are facing?
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Full transcript
0:03Hello everybody. God bless you. Henry
0:05Fernandez here. Well,
0:08want to welcome all of you and
0:09especially our Faith Center Church
0:12family. Thank you so much
0:15for joining with us tonight on our
0:18online worship service. You know, things
0:21are changing, right? Around the world
0:23and this has become the new norm
0:26for a while and I am so glad that you
0:29have joined us on this evening. And if
0:32this is your first time connecting with
0:35us, welcome to church. Welcome to the
0:38Faith Center. We're glad that you're
0:40here and I just believe that God's got
0:42so much in store for you today. I've got
0:46a word from the Lord that's going to
0:48empower you and I pray that you'll open
0:50up your heart, you know, that you would
0:53you know, though we're not here in
0:55person, you know, and and you're not
0:58able to rub shoulders to shoulder with
1:00your brothers and sister and fulfill the
1:02scripture that says iron sharpens iron.
1:06We are together in spirit, you know.
1:09Thank you so much. You're at home and
1:11maybe you're on the job or wherever you
1:14are, I believe that the presence of God
1:18is still among his people. So again, I
1:21appreciate you
1:23joining us, first-time
1:25visitors or connecting with us
1:27electronically for the first time.
1:29Welcome to e-church. You know, this is
1:32our e-church for a while and I'm so
1:34grateful. I want to let you know that
1:36there's a lot of things that are
1:38changing
1:39and I want to keep you informed on these
1:42changes. All of our services are now
1:46online. As you can tell, no one is in
1:49this building except just a few of us to
1:53that are able to make the service
1:55possible.
1:57But we're going to be doing this for a
1:58while. So, we are asking you to stream
2:01from now on. And please, if you will
2:04help us as we get through this crisis,
2:06you know,
2:07the world is now forced, if you will,
2:11and all sectors of life to do business
2:13differently.
2:14I mean, we're forced to do this now.
2:17And we, too, as the body of Christ, must
2:20use every available means
2:24to share the gospel. And that's what
2:26we're doing. Would you help me get the
2:28word out? If you'll do me a favor right
2:30now,
2:31write on your phone if you're streaming
2:34and you're watching us on live on social
2:37media, especially those of you on social
2:39media. If you would right now hit the
2:41share button, that share link, and
2:44notify everybody about the service that
2:47you're watching now. And then, if you
2:50could just turn it into a watch party,
2:52you know, just hit that little bell
2:54there at the bottom of the screen and
2:56and just let everybody be a part of what
2:59I believe God wants me to share with you
3:02on
3:03today. So, I want to encourage you.
3:05Share the information with everyone.
3:08Now, especially our seniors. You know,
3:10our senior population, you got to
3:12remember that they're used to the
3:14conventional way of worshipping God.
3:17They would come to the house of God.
3:19Now, we've got to equip them and educate
3:21them on how to use their phones to
3:24stream, you know, how to get on social
3:27media to keep in touch with the ministry
3:31so that we can, you know, empower them
3:34spiritually. And I just pray that while
3:37you're watching on social media, even
3:39online, make your comments, you know,
3:41say your little amens, you know, you
3:44know, touch the screen, give me a heart,
3:46a thumbs up, whatever. Cuz you're really
3:48doing it unto God. Together, we're going
3:52to get through this. Let's pray. Father,
3:54we thank you
3:56that in spite of everything that's
3:58happening,
3:59my brother, my sister who's watching
4:01right now, your presence is right there
4:04with them.
4:06But Lord God, that you're comforting
4:08them and you made a promise to all of us
4:10that you will never leave us
4:12nor forsake us.
4:14Bless your people now. Touch them, I
4:16pray, and wherever they are around the
4:19world, help them not to panic but trust
4:21in the Lord with all of their hearts and
4:25lean not to their own understanding. In
4:28all of their ways, let them acknowledge
4:30you. Give me the strength this moment,
4:32Lord, to empower them and to equip them
4:35and to somehow say something that will
4:39help them to
4:40fix their eyes on you. In Jesus' name,
4:45amen. Amen. Glory to God. I'm so
4:48excited, man. Let me get in my chair
4:50here and I want to share with you what
4:53God would have me to say unto you on
4:57this evening. Now,
4:59um
5:00I want to come from the book of Psalm
5:0246. Psalm 46, I think it's a very
5:06befitting scripture uh to open up
5:09tonight's teaching. And if you have your
5:11Bible,
5:12uh you're in the comfort of your home,
5:14get the family. Let's turn this into a
5:16family Bible study. Not just the family
5:19of God, but your immediate family.
5:22Uh Psalm 46
5:24uh verse 1
5:26uh
5:26all the way to verse 5. Uh these verses,
5:30I think, will help us as a people to
5:33kind of uh deal with the hour, deal with
5:36the situation, deal with what God is
5:38saying in this hour, and what we should
5:40be doing as a people to keep our faith
5:44strong and to believe that God is still
5:47sitting on his throne and he's still in
5:49charge of everything. So, here is what
5:52the word of the Lord
5:54would say to us. God is our refuge
5:59and strength. God is our refuge and our
6:03strength. And I know in times like
6:05these, it it it kind of
6:07feels impossible, looks impossible. How
6:10could God be our refuge and our strength
6:13when you feel vulnerable to the unknown?
6:16You know, you're saying to yourself,
6:18"Well, I don't know what tomorrow's
6:19going to be. I don't know what it's
6:21going to be like. I don't know what my
6:22future's going to be like." And it seems
6:24as if there's no hope in sight. But the
6:27word of God says, "God is our refuge and
6:31our strength." Now, it's possible that
6:34you can find refuge,
6:36but in your hiding place, wherever you
6:39are finding comfort, the question then
6:42is, can you find strength
6:45while you're hiding out? You know, while
6:48you're camping out, while you're
6:49trusting, while you're believing that
6:51things will change for the better. Well,
6:54this word from the Lord today is saying,
6:57"God is not only your hiding place, your
7:00covering." Have hands-on and everything
7:02and we like everything to all fitly join
7:05together
7:06and for everything to make sense.
7:08Well, the word of the Lord is
7:09encouraging us to say,
7:12"Though the earth
7:14gives way, God is our refuge. Though
7:17though the mountains be moved into the
7:21heart of the sea, though the waters roar
7:24and foam, though the mountains tremble
7:27at its swelling." Look at what verse
7:29four says, "There's a river whose
7:32streams make glad the city of God."
7:36Ah, I don't know, man. You got to find
7:38comfort in this. You got to find comfort
7:41in this. That no matter what's
7:44happening, no matter how things are
7:46shifting in the earth,
7:49obviously they are.
7:51I mean, it's not just one country or few
7:54countries are going through this
7:56situation. Everybody is feeling it. I
8:00mean, the financial industry, the the
8:03business sector,
8:05um families are feeling this.
8:07Even the kingdom of God, the way we do
8:10church everybody
8:12is feeling this.
8:14So then you have to ask yourself the
8:15question, if these things are shifting
8:18and moving and and you can't rely on
8:20them anymore, who you going to turn to?
8:23That's why God is our refuge. He's our
8:26strength. And the word of the Lord says,
8:29"Those the though these things may move,
8:33there is a river." In other words,
8:35there's a stream, there's a flow,
8:38there's a system that God has already
8:40put in place in all of the chaos.
8:44Because you have to understand that
8:47faith will only thrive in chaos.
8:52Did you get that? Faith will only thrive
8:56in chaos. Faith is only relevant when
8:59chaos is present.
9:01So in the midst of all of this today,
9:05it's time to put our faith in it. It's
9:07time to prove what we've been confessing
9:10all these years. Now it's our time to
9:14say, "Lord, we trust you." It was not
9:16our bank account, it was not our, you
9:19know, own successes and achievements. We
9:22put our faith in you now, God. We put
9:25our faith in you before we acquired
9:27those things, and we are putting our
9:29faith in you when we're threatened to
9:31lose everything we've worked for for so
9:34many years.
9:35Because you have to convince yourself
9:38that God will not leave you nor will he
9:41forsake you. So, I'm asking for an army
9:45of people right now. An army of people
9:47around the world who are faith believers
9:50who believe in God and especially the
9:52faith center family. You've been coming
9:54to this church for so many years. I'm
9:57calling upon you to put our faith in all
10:00of what's happening. Put your faith in
10:02it. Trust the process and know that God
10:07is a present help in this these troubled
10:10times if you will. And that he's he has
10:13provided a river whose streams make glad
10:18the city of God. Ooh, the city of God,
10:21the kingdom of God. So, for all of us
10:25we ought to rejoice and be glad in
10:28everything.
10:29We ought to give him thanks. And I know
10:31many of you are kind of struggling with
10:33this not cuz you're like, "Okay, I get
10:35this Henry, but but what am I supposed
10:38to be glad about? Do you know, I'm
10:39nervous of of the unknown. I don't know
10:41what to do and so forth." Well, in the
10:43midst of all of this there's a stream,
10:46there's a flow, there there's a there's
10:49a shift. God is doing something and you
10:52have to prepare yourself. You have to
10:54prepare yourself for the uncommon
10:56opportunities that's going to be birth
10:59out of this. These are not normal times.
11:03These times require
11:06supernatural
11:07movements or supernatural miracles or
11:10acts of God. And I'm telling you they're
11:13going to happen if we would just trust
11:16God. And then verse 5 says,
11:19"God is in the midst of her." He's in
11:22the midst of her, in the midst of his
11:24city.
11:25Remember, in the midst of the city of
11:27God there's a stream, there's a flow,
11:30there's an anointing, there's a power,
11:33there's a breakthrough,
11:35there are opportunities in the midst of
11:38it, and God God is in the midst of her.
11:42Listen, faith believers, those of you
11:46who are in the body of Christ, it
11:47doesn't matter what church you're you're
11:49from. If you're watching this program
11:51today, if you're watching this live
11:53service, I'm here today to tell you God
11:56is in the midst of it. God is in the
11:59midst of this I I know we don't see it,
12:01we can't understand it. God is in the
12:04midst of everything that's happening.
12:06Yes, he is. He's in the midst of it. The
12:09stock market doesn't know what to do.
12:11He's in the midst of it. Glory to God.
12:13Governments don't know what to do. He's
12:15in the midst of it. Praise the Lord. God
12:18is in the midst of the chaos, the
12:19uncertainty, the the the increase in
12:22unemployment. God is in the midst of it.
12:25And and listen, those of you who've been
12:27walking by faith, if you've been living
12:29by faith, listen, you need to understand
12:32this that God shall supply all of your
12:35needs. Now, if you were dependent on
12:36your paycheck before, if you were living
12:39your life thinking it's your degree, you
12:41know, I went to college, I got my
12:42education, and I got me this wonderful
12:45job. If you were relying on that, if you
12:47were relying on the things that you've
12:49created, maybe you operate in sales, and
12:51because you know, history shows that you
12:54have done well before, and maybe you've
12:56got some great connections. If if that's
12:59what you were dependent on, well, your
13:01foundation is gone.
13:03You no longer have any foundation.
13:06But if your trust was in God,
13:09if your faith was in God, I'm telling
13:11you, God has bailed us out before, and
13:15if he did it before, he will do it
13:18again. I'm so grateful that my help
13:21comes from the Lord. It doesn't come
13:23from man. Some trust in chariots, some
13:25trust in horses. That's the systems of
13:27the world, but we trust in the name of
13:30our God because the name of our God is a
13:33strong tower, the righteous run into.
13:37So, I want to encourage you today, you
13:39are the righteousness of God. Run into
13:43the hiding place of God. Get your head
13:46and your mind in the word of God and
13:49begin to read it and meditate on it and
13:51get into your heart and put it into
13:53those negative moments and believe that
13:57God will never leave you nor forsake
14:00you.
14:01You know, when we started this year in
14:03this ministry, God gave me a word.
14:06And that word was this is the year of
14:08uncommon opportunities. And I remember
14:11sharing with the people that these
14:15four quarters of this year, we have no
14:17idea what this year will bring.
14:20And I talked about the first quarter of
14:222020
14:24that I had no idea what will happen, but
14:26don't lose focus.
14:28Don't lose focus because what you have
14:32to understand is when God gives you a
14:33word, the word will come to pass.
14:37Not one drop of His word will be
14:40nullified.
14:41God is not a man that He should lie.
14:43Whatever He spoke,
14:45whatever He has declared, it shall come
14:48to pass.
14:50And I told them to hang on in there,
14:51just trust the Lord. Well, we're just at
14:53the end almost at the end of the first
14:56quarter. No one expected this. But I
14:58remember we went through eight days of
15:00fasting and prayer.
15:02And at the uh end of the fast on Victory
15:05Sunday,
15:06the Lord instructed me to give out a
15:09little bottle of oil to everybody in the
15:11church, everybody. Victory Sunday,
15:14I mean, literally hundreds, at least I
15:18would say
15:19almost 4,000 people received uh their
15:21oil.
15:23And I told them, I I said, "I want you
15:25to take that oil. And the first thing I
15:28want you to do, I want you to anoint
15:30your bank account.
15:32I want you to anoint your bills, your
15:34bank account, and throughout the year
15:36anoint anything you feel led to anoint.
15:40Let the oil last you for the entire
15:43year."
15:44And you know, perhaps some would think
15:46that is kind of like nuts. Why am I
15:48going to anoint my bank account? You
15:50know, maybe some people say there's no
15:52money in there or you know, maybe I just
15:54need to work and deposit money in there.
15:56See, God will take the foolish things.
16:00Sometimes he'll ask us to do foolish
16:02things. Like he told Abraham, "Take the
16:04son that you were believing me for."
16:06Remember, Abraham was waiting for this
16:09promised child for so long. He was an
16:11old man when he got this child. And then
16:15God spoke to him and said, "Take the
16:16child and go offer him up as a
16:18sacrifice."
16:19Now, Abraham knew very well what the
16:22sacrifice, you know,
16:24was all about. He had to take a knife,
16:26he had to build an altar, the wood,
16:28light that wood, and and and and offer
16:31up a sacrifice. He had to slaughter his
16:33son. Yet he was willing
16:35to take that, to take what God has given
16:38to him and that was his son, to make
16:40that sacrifice. And sometimes we don't
16:42understand why God would ask us to do
16:44some things that sounds foolish. And I
16:47told them to do that. And I did it
16:48myself. The moment I went home, I prayed
16:51over my accounts and I did what I did,
16:53you know, was told by the Holy Spirit to
16:55do. And here comes the collapse of the
16:59world's economy.
17:00And one would think, "What is God up to?
17:03Why would this happen?" I thought he
17:05told those of us who are connected to
17:08the Faith Center and maybe those of you
17:10around the world, you know, maybe you've
17:12got the same kind of a word, maybe not
17:15exactly that way, but but it's all one
17:17corporate word that God was going to
17:19bless you this year. So, did God lie?
17:24Or did you not hear from God? Or
17:27does is God real?
17:29You know, you have to ask yourself that
17:30question. What's going on? I'm telling
17:33you,
17:34the word of the Lord still stands true
17:36today.
17:37That as I declare, um not too long ago,
17:41couple of weeks ago, I told the church,
17:42"We're doing a 7 weeks leading up to
17:44Passover.
17:46Don't miss a service."
17:48I told them, "Don't miss a service.
17:49Share the gospel with family and
17:51friends." Listen to me carefully.
17:53Don't miss a service. Share the gospel
17:55with family and friends, and make sure
17:58you tithe and give to the house of God
18:00to promote the gospel.
18:02And I'll never forget when all of this
18:04started happening, I had to go to God
18:05myself, just like many of you. You have
18:07a lot of questions now. You're saying,
18:09"God, what are you up to? Are your words
18:12still
18:13remain true?" I went to God and I said,
18:16"God, okay, I know I heard from you.
18:17What's going on? Can Can you just give
18:20me some insight here?" And the Lord, you
18:23know, some people, you know, look to the
18:25Lord to respond to them with some
18:28dramatic sound or voice, you know, like
18:31on the day of Pentecost, you know, the
18:33Holy Spirit came, you know, like a
18:35sound, you know, with a sound, a great
18:38blast, you know. Well, the Lord just
18:40quietly spoke to me. And he said, "Go
18:42back
18:44and look at what I told you." And I
18:46looked and he told me, he said, "Well,
18:49you know, the three things I told you to
18:51declare, you know, church attendance."
18:53And I'm saying, "But But Lord, we can't
18:55attend church now. There's a shutdown."
18:58He said, "Yes, you you you you all can
18:59attend church. Like right now. We're
19:02still in church. We're just not
19:04together. We're still worshiping the
19:06Lord.
19:07Don't miss a broadcast. You know, don't
19:09miss a live service. Don't miss the
19:11online church." And then I said, "Lord,
19:13okay, you said we ought to share the
19:15gospel with family and friends." And
19:17then the light bulb went off.
19:21The light bulb went went off. God then
19:24shared with me,
19:25"I want my gospel to go out." And we get
19:30so busy doing our thing and our job and
19:33so forth. Now we're forced to stay in
19:35and limit our back and forth and so
19:38forth. There are families right now
19:40watching this service. There are people
19:43now in communities are forced to say hi
19:45to each other and and and just bunker
19:48down. You can't do anything. The Lord
19:51said, "This is the opportunity. This is
19:53the uncommon opportunity
19:56to start talking to your unsaved loved
19:58ones. To start talking to your spouse
20:00who's not born again. To start talking
20:03to your children. Open the Bible. Having
20:05family Bible study." You know, now is
20:08the time to talk to co-workers. Now is
20:10the time to use technology to share the
20:13gospel. We can do that. We can do that,
20:16my friends. Of course, giving doesn't
20:18stop us when it comes to
20:21uh the these platforms that we are on.
20:23We can still do that. And then God
20:25started reminding me the seven things he
20:27says I promise I would do in this
20:30season. And this is where I know
20:33somebody like me who's a faith walker.
20:36You know, I believe God. I have crazy
20:38faith. I start thinking, "Now wait a
20:40minute, God. How are these seven things
20:42going to apply in times like these?"
20:46And the Lord had to remind me.
20:49He says, "Has any of his word
20:52Has any of his word
20:54been rendered void?"
20:56And I had to confess to him, "No."
20:59He said, "I promise I've assigned an
21:01angel to you." So, let me talk to those
21:04of you are panicking and thinking, "Oh,
21:06I don't know what's going to happen. I'm
21:07going to die." No. God has assigned an
21:10angel, and if you understand anything
21:12about Passover, the children of Israel
21:15were required to take the blood
21:18and plaster it over their doorpost
21:21because when the death angel will come,
21:24he will pass over them. I'm telling you,
21:26God has assigned an angel to you.
21:29God will be an enemy to your enemies.
21:32God will give you prosperity. And I know
21:36you're like, "What in the world is going
21:38on?
21:39What are you talking about? God will
21:41give me prosperity? Well, the whole
21:43world is collapsing financially." Well,
21:45I'm telling you, listen to the word of
21:46God. Listen to me, man of God and woman
21:49of God. Don't panic because there's a
21:52transfer of wealth.
21:54You know, tonight tonight's topic,
21:56according to my schedule, I had seven
21:59topics that I I've laid out in in what I
22:02want to share with the people um
22:04throughout these weeks, and we've been
22:06talking about
22:08uh several other topics, and I want to
22:10give them to you in just a moment of
22:12what we had shared with the others
22:15um
22:15uh the previous weeks before, and we
22:17talked about the responsibility
22:20um
22:21Let's see here.
22:23Uh spiritual responsibility. We talked
22:25about that. Spiritual responsibility was
22:27the first message, and then mental and
22:30emotional responsibility. We need that
22:32now. We have to take responsibility of
22:35our emotions now and make sure that our
22:38emotions don't control how we think. And
22:42then, uh last week we talked about
22:44physical health, our physical health,
22:47taking responsibility over your health.
22:49Now, today, financial responsibility
22:51because God says he will give us a year
22:55of prosperity.
22:57Listen.
22:59There's a shift.
23:01There is a shift. Don't panic. Isn't it
23:04strange? I don't know what country
23:07you're from,
23:08but in America,
23:09isn't it strange that a few months ago,
23:13our government couldn't find money to
23:15raise the minimum wage?
23:18Isn't it strange
23:19that
23:20people were saying, well, there's, you
23:22know, of course the economy was doing
23:24well and all this kind of a stuff. All
23:26of a sudden, we have a trillion dollars
23:30to pump in the economy cuz somebody lied
23:33to us
23:34and told us that the trillion dollars
23:37and all the money in the world is only
23:40laid up for the wicked. It's only laid
23:43up for people who care nothing about
23:45God. Listen, God has a way of shaking
23:49the world to let them know that
23:52everything in the world belongs to me.
23:57So, position yourself, my friends.
23:59Position your friend yourself for a year
24:03of prosperity because I believe what God
24:05is doing right now, everything he's
24:08shaking so that those of you
24:11who were really struggling to make ends
24:13meet, who were struggling,
24:15um
24:15you just couldn't what you were doing
24:18could not bail you out.
24:21It is an uncommon opportunity
24:24for God to set you up. But, here's the
24:26question. Will you take responsibility?
24:29Will you take responsibility
24:31that the decisions that you've made in
24:33the past, the things that you've done in
24:35the past, that you're going to do things
24:37differently now? That you're not going
24:39to allow the enemy to cause you to lose
24:43on what God has given you. The scripture
24:45teaches us, a master, it's like the
24:47kingdom. It was a kingdom principle
24:48concept.
24:50The word of God says Jesus spoke these
24:52words, a master gave talents out to
24:54three individuals.
24:56And one of them
24:57wasted their talent.
24:59They wasted their talent. This person
25:02did not invest. Now, God's going to
25:04transfer some stuff into your hands.
25:07I prophesy that to you. You're going to
25:10get a wealth transfer.
25:13But first of all, it must be focused on
25:15the kingdom. Are you willing to share
25:18what God has given you to get the gospel
25:21out? Are you willing to make sure that
25:24God is first? That you will look to the
25:26hills from whence cometh your help?
25:28Because I'm telling you, God has a way.
25:30I'm telling you, if we don't put him
25:32first, if we don't make him a priority
25:35God has a way of shifting the rug from
25:37under our feet to let us know who's in
25:39charge. You now have an opportunity to
25:42have a year of prosperity. And then the
25:44word of the Lord came to us, God will
25:46take sickness away from us. So, believe
25:48that you're not going to get sick and
25:50that you're going to be well and that
25:52God will give us long life, long life.
25:55That's what I hold on to. That God will
25:57cause increase and inheritance and that
25:59God will give us a special year of
26:00blessing. I know it looks bad now, but
26:03God will give us a special year of
26:05blessing. So, my friends
26:08I want to encourage you
26:10according to Proverbs 13:22,
26:13a good person leaves an inheritance for
26:15their children's children. Oh, we going
26:17to be here for a while.
26:19Okay, I whenever God's ready for the
26:21rapture, he he he he will do it. I don't
26:24I'm not going to prophesy the time, but
26:27one thing I will tell you, this gospel
26:29must be preached. Faith must be
26:31demonstrated around the world. We've got
26:33to get this message out. So, I'm asking
26:36you, my friends reposition yourself.
26:38Take responsibility
26:40over what God has entrusted you with.
26:44This is your moment. This is our moment
26:47not to panic. This is our moment to
26:49believe and trust in the Lord. And then
26:52I want to read um
26:541 Corinthians 4:2. Now, it is required
26:58that those who have been given a trust
27:01must prove faithful. Now, when God gives
27:05you something,
27:06you must be proven faithful. So, the
27:09question then is, will you take
27:11responsibility of the shift that has
27:13taken place? Would you take
27:15responsibility
27:16of the open door, the opportunities
27:20that God is giving you in this season? I
27:22want to challenge you to do a couple of
27:24things here. I want to challenge you
27:28to be open to the spirit of God right
27:30now. Say, "Lord,
27:32what are you up to? I'm I'm I'm hearing
27:34a sound.
27:36I'm hearing a sound, God.
27:39I'm hearing not my flesh
27:42cuz flesh and blood cannot reveal
27:45what God is about to do.
27:47Get in the spirit zone.
27:50What are you saying, God?
27:52And open your spiritual eyes.
27:55And instead of seeing emptiness,
27:58glory to God, instead of seeing
28:01failure,
28:03instead of seeing fear,
28:06see the salvation of your God.
28:09And watch what God
28:11will do in your life.
28:13I want to pray for those of you
28:15who perhaps right now
28:17you need a
28:19a faith infusion. You just need faith,
28:21man and
28:23you just you just don't know what to do.
28:25Can I pray with you? And for those of
28:27you, your faith is strong,
28:30don't be proudful about it.
28:33Pray with me right now cuz we too will
28:35have our day
28:36when we get weak and we need the prayers
28:39of the saints to pray us through.
28:40Father,
28:42in the mighty name of Jesus,
28:45there are people are watching all over
28:46the world.
28:48And there are people from this ministry
28:50that you have entrusted me with.
28:53Our Faith Center family church.
28:56They're watching.
28:58Holy Spirit,
29:00wherever they are,
29:03give them a sense of confidence
29:06that he who has begun a good work in
29:09them is able
29:12to complete it. You're going to finish
29:14the work in them.
29:15The word that you have spoken over their
29:17lives will come to pass. You will
29:21fulfill your word
29:23in the mighty
29:25and precious name of Jesus. Bless them
29:27now, I pray.
29:29Give them the strength. Bless that
29:30single mother,
29:32that father who's raising his children
29:34by himself.
29:36Bless that couple who are business
29:38owners
29:39and have nowhere to turn to.
29:42I pray that you would touch them. Bless
29:44that senior who is worried.
29:46Bless those first responders and health
29:50care providers and those nurses and
29:53caregivers of our seniors.
29:56Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus, I
29:58pray now
29:59that you would touch them.
30:01I pray the teachers, the professors of
30:04the university students.
30:06Lord, I ask you, would you bless them
30:08and help them to understand that Lord,
30:12Romans 8:28 declares, "We know that all
30:15things are working together
30:18for our good." Let them sense that
30:20there's good coming out of this.
30:22And Father, help them to understand that
30:24sometimes before we get to the palace,
30:26we've got to get to the pit.
30:28And sometimes, Lord, before we get to
30:30the promised land,
30:32we have to
30:33get across the Red Sea.
30:36We have to trust you.
30:38We have to trust you in times like
30:40these.
30:41Bless them now, I pray.
30:43Thank you, Lord God, for those who are
30:45worried about being unemployed. I pray
30:48in the mighty name of Jesus
30:50that they will understand that you shall
30:52supply
30:53their every need. Bless our church
30:55family.
30:57Bless all of what we're doing. And
30:59Father, for those that you have
31:01empowered to give,
31:03that they will use the electronic giving
31:06to give and to support what we're doing
31:08here to keep us to keep our voice
31:11relevant in the darkness.
31:14To make sure that we have a voice in all
31:17of this chaos,
31:19and the voice is an echo of the gospel.
31:23Thank you for their support. Thank you
31:24that you are providing so that they can
31:27support. May you continue to bless them.
31:30And for those of us who are givers,
31:32you have guaranteed
31:34that when we give, it shall be given
31:36back to us
31:38in good measure.
31:39Pressed down, shaken together,
31:42and running over in Jesus' mighty name.
31:46Amen.
31:47Now, quickly, before I even ask for the
31:49giving,
31:51if you're watching and you don't know
31:52the Lord as your personal savior,
31:55and somehow something I've said tonight
31:57that
31:58perhaps have brought you back to a God
32:00consciousness, that God is real, and
32:03in times like these, you need to turn
32:05your life over to him. And if you're
32:06ready to do so, would you just repeat
32:08the sinner's prayer after me? Say, "Lord
32:10Jesus,
32:11I'm a sinner,
32:13and I repent of my sins.
32:16And I ask Jesus to be Lord over my life.
32:19I don't know what to do.
32:21I don't know who to turn to,
32:23but I will look to the hills
32:26from whence cometh my help. I declare
32:28that I'm forgiven,
32:30and I'm born again
32:32in Jesus' name.
32:34Amen.
32:36Woo! Welcome to the family of God, man.
32:38I pray you'll continue to watch our live
32:40broadcast every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
32:44And then every Sunday, this Sunday, we
32:47will be right here right here at 10:00
32:49a.m. Now, quickly, I want you to support
32:53this ministry. There are several ways
32:55you can give uh to this ministry. For
32:57those of you
32:59who gave the conventional way, if you
33:01were in the auditorium, I would have
33:03said to you, you know, you can use this
33:05um
33:06um offered an envelope and and fill it
33:08out. Well, you can't do it anymore. So,
33:10what I'm going to ask you to do is to
33:13take Please do me a favor. I want you to
33:15take your phone, and I want you to now
33:18set up your phone with the text to give
33:20option. If you were to text to TFC
33:24TFC give, no space, just TFC give to the
33:29number 73
33:31256.
33:33Once again, TFC give
33:37to the number 73
33:40256.
33:42I believe you have it on the lower third
33:44right there. Just follow that. And then
33:47the Cash App, you can download the Cash
33:50App and um you can find us at the uh
33:54dollar sign
33:56TFC give, no space. Please do that right
34:00now. The information is right there on
34:02your screen.
34:03And we want you to give or you can log
34:06on to our website, that's the
34:08faithcenterint.org.
34:11the faithcenterint.org
34:13or henryfernandez.org.
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34:18and just click on the give link and you
34:21can support us, and we thank you so much
34:23for doing so. I'm going to give you a
34:25chance to do that. While you're doing
34:27that, let me just again encourage you.
34:30This is our only way of communicating
34:33with you and having services
34:36our services I should say. So please
34:38make sure every Wednesday 7:30 every
34:40Sunday 10:00 a.m. We encourage you to do
34:44so. Please get the word out especially
34:46those of you who are members of our
34:48church or you are partner with us. Get
34:50the word out encourage everybody to come
34:53here
34:54excuse me to come to this platform
34:56whether it's social media or online. If
34:59you're on social media remember please
35:02every Monday every Friday I send out a
35:05prayer I send out a devotion. I'm going
35:08live more often now and then every time
35:11I do that and you're watching these
35:13services click on the share link or the
35:17the watch party link and make sure we
35:20get as many people to watch our services
35:23and I certainly appreciate that. For
35:26those of you are members of the church
35:28if you call the church number just go on
35:31the website you'll find how you can can
35:33contact us. We'll definitely follow up
35:36with you. There's an extension where you
35:39can
35:40get direct in contact with one of our
35:43staff members and we'll follow up with
35:46you. So go ahead right now would you
35:48give why we just worship the Lord just
35:51go ahead and give right now and I
35:53appreciate that. Remember through your
35:55cash app and your text to give or online
35:58giving and then I pray a blessing over
36:01your life.
36:03Man, I'm so excited about what God is
36:05doing and I thank you so much. Thank
36:07you. Share your testimony while you know
36:09we're live just post something on social
36:13media or online while you're streaming
36:15just make your comments and tell us you
36:18know if you're in agreement with what's
36:19happening and maybe you know the Lord
36:22would speak to you as I'm speaking just
36:25say amen whatever it is, and empower
36:28people. That's it. Only people with
36:30positive comments we're going to allow
36:33here. Why? Because we're a positive
36:35group of people. So, the Lord bless you.
36:37Thank you so much for your giving. I'm
36:39about to pray for you, and then we're
36:42going to sign off. There'll be a
36:43rebroadcast of this. So, please get the
36:46word out. Thank you so much for watching
36:48our online worship services, and the
36:52Lord bless you. Father, we thank you
36:53once again
36:54for your people. Thank you for this
36:56tremendous time that we have had
36:58together in worship. That we're able to
37:01share with people and to let them know
37:04that Father, as we progress onto
37:06Passover, that Lord, we recognize what
37:09Jesus did for all of us. That we are
37:12we're forgiven. And if we embrace your
37:15forgiveness,
37:16we have a place in the kingdom of God.
37:20Thank you for those who just surrendered
37:21their lives to you. Thank you for the
37:23hundreds of people who are watching
37:25around the world. May you bless them,
37:27empower them. May they take this message
37:30of hope
37:31to their communities. Lord, I pray that
37:34we will truly, truly, truly bond
37:36together through social media, and even
37:40through these electronic devices. That
37:42we'll use them wisely, Lord, not in a
37:45negative way. Then Lord, I pray that we
37:48will use this as an opportunity to share
37:51our faith.
37:52People are saying all kinds of negative
37:54things. Now, we can interject the word
37:57of God. And Father, help us to trust you
37:59when it comes to our finances. And Lord,
38:02I pray that we'll have a peaceful night,
38:05a peaceful week because you are in
38:08charge. In Jesus' mighty name we pray.
38:13Amen. Thanks again for watching. I love
38:16you, and I know you love me, too. Love
38:19your family. Love your friends. Love
38:22everybody. Stay positive. And remember,
38:25keep on supporting us financially. Faith
38:29in your God
38:30will always move mountains
38:34out of your life.
38:35Good night. Good day. God bless you.