Stephanie Ike - Prisoners of Hope

You see today's message so very interesting. That song is very prophetic at this moment. The message is titled Prisoners of Hope. Now how this message came about with this title? Look at this? Look at this, My God, some skills right there. Now you see, there was. A there was a scripture that the lawyer gave me for each and everyone here. It was one verse. So normally, you know, when I'm like, okay, God, so this is the message for the people, and I'm over there trying to you know, how you take one thing, you try to build on it. I'm building buildings, you know, stumbled and fell apart. It's okay, I build something else. Now that fell apart. So I said, Lord, what are we doing? Because I'm getting a little frustrated. And I just understand. I'm like, okay, God, but this is the message, so we're supposed to build on this. But this time around, it was very different. I actually saw myself in the vision. I was typing on my you know computer, like and that I always like, I study a lot, I read a lot, you know, if i'm preparing, I'm preparing, right, So I'm in this vision, I'm typing on the computer and then and then he says to me, you know you're only fooling yourself. I come out of a vision. I said, I rebuke the devil. He said, you can rebuke the devil, but listen to what I'm telling you. And I was like, God, what are we doing? Like, what are we doing today? And he said, the only thing I've given you is this scripture, and when you show up, I'll tell you what to do, and so and so. In the scripture is zach a Ryan nine twelve. And in the scripture talks about prisoners of hops. I was like, you know what, that's going to be the title, but we go into that before I go into that. It's so funny. So on the way here and then you know this passage that I'm thinking about, this passage, and I just that's just how my brain works. You know when you teach, you teach you like you break it down. You know what, Let me find the Hebrew and the Greek. Right, so this passage comes to mind. I pull up the passage. I'm like, you know what, I'm about to text them this passage. We're going to add this passage to this one verse sermon, and says I'm texting the passage. Something else is being written down, like it's not what was in my head. That's being written down. And I was like, okay, this is not what I saw and so and he just kept telling me read what that passage actually is and I want us to read that. And it's Isaiah forty thirteen. Yeah, no, check this out. It says who has directed the spirit of the Lord or as his counselor has taught him. I said, God, you got jokes, because there are moments where you have to know how to trust God even when you don't know. And he said, can you direct me? Or am I directing you? If I have not given you anything? Then I have not given you anything. And you're going to flow how I tell you to flow. I said, okay, we're going to do that. And so there's one thing that keeps that keeps pressing on my spirit. How many people here? Before we go to the passage one verse it gave us how many people here? There's somebody you need this your praying about, your praying for your prayer is connected to someone in a particular role that could help you in that field. Let me let me down if I'm saying this right, your prayer to God. Let's say like, let's say, for example, you know you're a musician, right and you're. Praying that God, I just need to meet a producer. Do you get me? If how many people here? Just raise your hand, Just raise your hand. You're praying to me. There's someone you're asking God, Lord, if I could, just if I could find someone in this field that could help me in this position. Just raise your hand, praise God. You know exactly what that position is? Yes, keep praising your hand. God is so funny. Yeah, I'm about to do something. You see. Now you can put your hand down a lot of times, and I think the person knows who I'm coming to. A lot of times in life we're asking God for something. But when the time comes for that thing, do we know exactly what it is? You see, every prayer you make is connected to someone, whether you know it or not. Every prayer, because what God is going to do in your life is connected to somebody that's gonna do that thing. And there's someone in this house that It's funny how God highlighted me to you because he showed me six six seats on the what is. This my home? My right. Six rows back. She's gonna be sitting right at the end. I said, Okay, you know if somebody's sitting there, sure, why not because normally I don't even I wouldn't I used like the. Wireless mic or you know what they call it. Listen, I'm not a tech person by use the other mic that you don't have to hold. But he showed me. Hey, he showed me that. No, today we're going to use this mic because I need her to speak. And so I don't know what it is that you're asking the Lord for what you're praying for, but if you. Speak it in this moment, it will happen. And it's funny because she didn't even raise her hand. Now everyone who raised her hand trusts me. The Lord is here. He's going to do something amazing that you're alive. Listen, but if you are brave enough to speak it, it will happen. Lord, My heart drops, what Lord? I don't even know what this to do. I stand. I was a kid that hit in the back of the classroom like don't call me, please, don't. My God. I don't even know where to start. It's a it's a feeling. I don't even know if I can put into words exactly what it is that I need. I know it's something, though. Oh my god, my heart is like what I wasn't even gonna come tonight, y'all? About the live stream? What up? Live stream? People? What? Uh? Oh? Lord Jesus, I don't know where to star stuff? No, we don't. We all got to get our cars about ten thirty. Let me let us switch real quick. You see, I'm kind of so good. You're my subject for the day. And it's funny because he's here. But if Jesus right now, because not everyone raised their hand, this is a funny thing. But if he was to appear right now on the stage and he says, what do you want? What are we going to say? Does everyone know how many people want to break through? Hallelujah? She got her hand raised. Ou do we. Say what we are ready for? Are we pray to God about things? We're able to speak? Each and everyone here whenever you need is connected to a person. And if God shows up and says, all right, y'all, I've arrived. Let me know what you need. I got about five minutes. Because this is the power of intention, this is the power of vision that in a second you can say Lord, okay, boom boom boom boom check. You see a lot of times, for example, we pray for you know, God, I need depth cancelation, cancel you know my finance, My depths are just you know, crazy, and God is up there like, okay, I hear you. But how much do you need for depth cancelation? What is the number? Because if you give me a number, I can send someone. To give you that amount and you will know exactly what it's for. It's interesting, just like when they were singing the song about the victory. Belongs to Jesus. Yes, we say it, but are we intentional about what we're singing? And so again I will ask you take your time, break the bye. Think by five minutes. You know, if God right now showed up and says you raise your hand you want to break through? He said, Oh my gosh, she said, Look look at my daughter. She's right there. She wants to breakthrough. What is it? How do I give it to you? I'll be like, what else? God? That would be my first thing? Host Oh stuff, you are good girl. Won't need to do it, you know what I Recently. My prayer has just been his will not mine because I've been trying to do things my way how I want it, control every situation, and so honestly, I'm like, less of me, more of you. That's just been my conversation with him to fully submit, to get. Out of the world, to like just embrace what. He wants for my life and my purpose and my gifts and talents. I've been feeling a little bit blocked, and I've been still for the past month. I've been in a word, I've been to myself. I just I've just been trying to make sense of it because it's a different feeling. Like I feel God telling me to just be still. But I'm like, nah, but I'm you know, I'm an entertainer. I do stand up, I'm an actress. Like I need to grind, I need to get it. But he's like, nah, I'm gonna need you to chill and focus on me. But I'm like, Bud, I'm in Hollywood. I can't do that. But I've been still, so I just I want what he wants for me. I can't even tell him what I want. I just want what he wants from me. This is gonna go with the message. Hallelujah, Praise God for her, Please give her just. Amen, Amen, look at God, Look at God. You know what I like this this area right here? He said, no, no, no, you know, all jokes aside. That is the most powerful thing anyone can ever say, right, God, more of your will, more of who you are, less of me. You see the powerful statement about that. I loved it. On Sunday, our brother Beniza talked about how you are not your gifts right, and she talks about how you know, she has this gifts and she has this talent, and I just. See her with a mic. It's funny because I see also with a microphone. I don't know what you do is with a microphone. It is all right, right, So she has these gifts, so she has this talent, and just the same way, how do I put this? Lord? You see, the will of God is the will of your spirit. Jesus said. There was a time that they were in get Semny and you know Jesus is you know obviously he's about to and go through the whole cross, you know, process death and the cross, and he's praying and get se many and he tells his disciples, the few disciples he took with him. He tells them, watch and pray while I go. And the scripture tells us that he only went just a little bit, just a little bit, and he comes back and he tells them, could you And first of all, he found all of them asleep, and he tells them, could you not even watch with me for one hour? And he follows it up by saying this, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. And so what that reveals in that moment is that the will of God is always the will of your spirit. And a lot of times in life we have to take a moment of being still because when God says, when we're so caught up with one side of what we believe our talent is, we haven't even yet begun to see the full picture of who we are. And God is saying. That, yes, I know you're a fisherman. I'll use biblical references, but I want to make you fishes of men. That do you know. That, yes, you have the skill to fish, but you also have the ability to draw people to me. And it's funny because when when God highlighted you to me, I didn't. Even though it was you. I just said, okay, six, you know six row last sek. He showed me how you had a microphone. Right, It's like, whatever you do deals with microphones, and what what do you do? Oh? Stand up comedy? Okay personal? You know I'm doing stand up right now? All right. He showed me that whatever you do, it dealt with microphones, and it's and it's funny. You're just you know, hit it right there, because in one area, you're seeing yourself as a comedian, which is you know, that's it right, stand up right, No, look, I'm Nigerian, I'm sorry. In one area you see yourself as a comedian. But God then says, even though you could use the microphone to make people laugh, I could also use the same microphone for you to draw people to me. And so are we willing to be stretched just like this very moment? Are we willing to say, Spirit lead me? Because you see, God is going to open opportunities up for you that would reveal to you the different, the the it's going to reveal to you other things about yourself that you've never met yet. And yes, you I mean, I don't, I don't. He's not gonna take away comedy from you, right because you know, you know let's. Say, if you find you're fine, right Hella. Okay, but he's going to reveal other parts of who you are. You see. It's so amazing. A few few days ago, a couple of nights ago, and I'm laying down in bed, and you know, sometimes when we talk about prayer or prayers, conversation with God. Not this prayer as conversation. There's prayer as petition, right, but there's you know, when you're conversating with God. And the beautiful thing about conversations is that you don't always start the conversation. If I always start the conversation, then you know, maybe you broke up with me. I just didn't know it, right, you know what? They cut that next time. And stopped laying in bed, and all of a sudden, you know, he starts speaking and he's telling me that you know that he's talking about revival, and I was like, Lauren, you know it is I feel like revival is here. Everybody's talking about revival. It sounds exciting. And then he and then he says to me that this there is a sound for revival. And right there I had a vision and the vision an angel was standing on the cloud and what looked like a beehive. It was like a long beehive, but it was a trumpet. And he blows this trumpet. Right, and I was like, oh, that's the sound. I said, listen, that's a fancy equipment for a trumpet. And what the Lord showed me, he. Said that it is a sound that is not heard by the human flesh. It is heard by the spirit, and so all across the world, the spirit of that he needs us. It's so funny, you know what she's talking about. I said, Lord, listen, but he needs us to be in a position of stillness. Because what your spirit wants. To communicate to you is unlike what you've ever seen or done before. You see, Peter said something about revival. He described revival, as you know, as the increase of influence of God in the nations. And what I believe revival to also be is the increase of the influence of God in your life. And so what that looks like is anything the areas of yourself that you're yet to even meet. He's about to start revealing to you. You see, we are spiritual beings, right, and we live you know, obviously we have a flesh body, but when you think of it. For example, you know, God said to Jeremiah, he said, before I formed you in your mother's womb. The womb is a natural organ, right, the womb is connected to our bodies. So in other words, I believe before I began forming the body that would contain you, he tells Jeremiah, I knew you, so before this came to being, I knew you. I knew your spirit. And then he reveals to him the things about his spirit. You see, how many people. Have ever received less a prophetic word that had nothing to do with what you were ever interested in, And all of a sudden you start to desire that thing because what that prophetic word does, or what that opportunity creates, is that it awakens the reality of who you are. And a lot of times we fight with it because we confuse it to mean that you know God's you know, like, okay, God. You know you know your will, your will. But what God is revealing to you is that no, it's also your will. You just don't know it yet. And so we're in a time of revival where God is going to begin reveal. It's a revival reveal. Now look at that I just did that right. God is gonna begin revealing things about who you are. Things areas about yourself that you've never even dabbled into. It doesn't mean you're gonna stop being. Something else, or you're gonna stop, you know, touching this or touching that. But He's gonna start revealing things and it's gonna blow your mind. But we have to know how to be still. Let's go to the passage. This is This is God's word to everyone here today and listening, watching later. There's no time in the spirit. Okay, Let's go to Zachariah nine twelve. Now it says, return to the stronghold, you, prisoners of hope. Even today, I declare that I would restore the to you. You see. The interesting thing about a stronghold, you know, or some in other versions they call it fortress. The interesting thing about that, like I love like all this, like you know, King author movies and all that, like stuff, you know, stuff like that, right, you know, just stuff like that. So I love that kind of movies. So like a fortress is a heavily guarded place. It's almost like you can't penetrate it. And it's interesting that God says return some versions. They will call you know, they'll also call this a safe place, you prisoners of hope. Today, I declare that I will restore double to you. You see, I believe that what the Lord is gonna be talking about today. Is for you to not. Hm hmm, to not lose your hope. You see, he identifies you as who you you know those it's when I spoke about I don't know who is here, when I spoke about manifesting your potential, the Lord identifies you as what people call potential. He knows that there is something within you that just won't let you, can't quit. There's something deep down within you because. The spirit of a man, the scripture says, is a spirit of what power love and a sound mind. Power doesn't give up. But then the Lord says, return to that safe place. So somewhere in this verse, something about life has taken you out of position. Something about life has said, you know what, I'm not really sure what's going on. God. I feel like I'm in a cycle of defeat. I feel like I'm I'm in a cycle. You see. What's so interesting. I was in the shower and he gave me a word, and he said the circumstance was not to was not to betray you. That the circumstance was to break you. And so I rushed out of the shower. I'm writing it down. I'm like, oh, I got to write this down for the people, you. Know, just excited. Right as I'm writing it down, anything, know, my hair is just you know, flawless, right. So the water's just dripping. So the water is dripping on the paper and I was like, God, no, like the water is trying to rearin my writing. And then he tells me look again, and he says, the water represents the tears of my people, but that what tears represent is that tear drops are like leaks, and something can only leak from that which is broken. And so when somebody, some. People will just I'm gonna just give you some time to catch it, okay. And so a lot of you, what he showed me is that a lot of you have been feeling betrayed. You love God, that's that's without a doubt. You can't deny his existence, you can deny his realty, you can deny none of that. And that's what keeps that's what you know. There's a part of you that's like, okay, I just got I have to keep pushing. But a part of you feels like God betrayed you. That's something about your situation is unfair or unjust. And he says, no, no, no, that was me breaking you. Because without you being broken, you will never recognize what is within. If the flesh is not broken, the spirit cannot manifest itself. And so you are. You are in the place of you know some for you know, for you know co host, You're in the place of forced stillness, where God will force you to be still because there are things that He wants to reveal to you. I want us open to Hebrews twelve, please. And I didn't give it to y'all, but you know, work with me. Hebrews twelve will start from Let's start from verse three. I believe if that's the passage. And if it's what if it's what I believe it to be. It talks about how to not lose your do not lose you know, it's almost like for you to not lose your eagerness. Listen, Vala, yes, listen, vill you know zeal it all right, So little skinny, okay, I know I'm gonna read it from here. Now the passage says. The passage says, for consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself less, you become wary and discouraged in your soul. So obviously they're talking about the Lord Jesus. Let's go to the next the next verse, and it says. You're not verse four. Please, like, shout out to the tective. I did not give them this passage. Shout out to the tective. They're doing such an incredible job. So you know, just bear with them. But I you know, when I remember the passage lives, it's coming to Oh look at that. So it says, now it's talking about the Lord Jesus. Right, and it says you have not resisted to bloodshed striving against sin. Wow, that's actually powerful. Let's go back, you know when you catch it. I just caught it. Now it says you have not resisted to bloodshed striving against sin. That is incredible because first of all, they're talking about. Now what I love about this past just because it talks about this Hebrews talk talks about how God, you know, how God as a father disciplines his children. Right, and it says you have not resisted to bloods striving against sin. Now when it's speaking about the Lord Jesus striving against sin, sin is to miss the mark. And you have a scene and it's interesting, as we talked about get semony in the beginning, you have a scene when the Lord Jesus is in get semony right, and he's like, Lord, your will you know, if you know, if you can, if you can help a brother out, you know, let me let this not happen, right. But then at the end of the day he says, but your will be done right. And so if that is identified as striving against sin, because if you think about it, what was the option that Jesus was asking for, Because as much as he is Lord, he was also human. So what was it? What was the what was the. You know what if he didn't, you know, follow the cross, what was he actually asking for to stay on the earth, maybe open a church of Jesus Christ and bv One, what exactly was the alternative? And so could it have been. That what he was striving against was the will of his flesh, because you're here. The whole purpose of him coming to the earth was for the sacrifice, salvation that we may be saved all of that, but then he gets on the earth. And in a moment, he's not asking for it anymore. You see, we always have to look at and that is how when we say that we have you know, we have a Lord who understands the things that we go through. We have to understand. Sometimes you have to look at the humanity of Jesus on the earth. He had gone through seasons in his life where people want to make him the king of Israel. If he stayed on the earth, he would have had a fab life, continued healing and listen, but it would have been limited. So striving against sin. A lot of times we hear the word sin and we just our minds jump to fornication or doll trade this that right, but sin because the Bible talks about how the flesh and the spirit are against each other. And so what he's against was the will of his flesh in that moment. And so we're going through this situation, We're going through these hardships, and God is telling us to endure because that thing is to break us. You see, life is very interesting. We're going to continue reading this. Life is very interesting because what makes up how we view things, how we see, things are the experiences that we have, and certain experiences can bring positive results or negative results. No one wakes up in the morning deciding to be fearful. No one wakes up in the morning deciding to be to have anxiety. The times you see some people that are just so confident about life, and you're like, my God, you know, how do I get there? But the experiences of life can put you in certain mindsets because that's how the flesh communicates. The flesh is in touch with what happens in the world. And so you're walking around in fear. You're walking around with anxiety, and God is like, if that part of you does not break, then even when the spirit gives you instructions, you can't even listen. You see, when we talk about we have a spirit of power, you know. So what's amazing about power is that power is itself. A lot of times we look for opportunities in life to give us a. Sense of validation and acceptance, in other words, to add power to us. You feel empowered when someone says great job, you feel empowered by it. No life, when I started, I mean I gave my first ever sermon here last year, right when I started no life. Anytime. You know how this is so funny. You know why people write you on Twitter or you're like, you know, write you on Instagram or something, even if it's a random post, but it's like, girl, you rock. I say, you know, I'm gonna give you a retweet, double tap, all the taps, go it on Facebook, Instagram, all the grams. I'm like, you know I did that. I sure did. But you know what I was looking for, And we have to be honest with ourselves because you're looking for a sense of validation that Okay, I need people to validate that I did a good job. But that's not walking in the sense of power. Because when you do things like that, you wore your gift and you become very you know, it's like I just need to you know, someone says, can you do this? I sure can't. No, you can't, right, or you're not supposed to. But when we do things in the flesh, when when when the circumstances and the things that we've experienced in the flesh govern our mind, we cannot be led by the spirit of God. And so God says, you know what, I'm going to allow certain circumstances to take place in your life for you to come to the place that you know you are power. You know it for yourself where there are things that you're not pursuing anymore because you're like. No, no, no, no, no, I know who I am. You see, the interesting thing about the world of God says that the spirit of God testifies to our spirit that. We are children of God. You will never feel confident as a child of God in the flesh. And that's when you walk around head down, droopy, you know, looking like who shot John right? Because you're still trying to figure out like you know, and you have this like you know, this false humility. I can demonstrate it because I've been there. Because you're looking for things to add to you. You apologize for being yourself. You apologize for being who God called you to be if it would give you some sense of validation that, Okay, if you like me better, if I'm not me, then maybe I should not be me. God cannot anoint that, and so there is a time for stillness. Don't lose your hope in the place of being still, because what God is working in you is bigger than you could ever dream of. But let's continue this passage. So I said, you have not resisted boom than verse five, and you have forgotten the exhortation that speaks to you as sons, my son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, which is also the discipline of God, nor be discouraged when you are rebuiked by him. Let's continue. For whom the. Lord loves, he chastens and scourges every sun who he receives. That's a hard word. Every son whom he receives. They have to go through some kind of trials and tribulation. Let's continue. If you endure it right, the chast nin God deals with you. God deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom the Father does not chasten? What son? Everyone has gone through this. If you look in the scriptures, there's no one that you admired that didn't go through something. There's no one you admire. Abraham had to actually come to the point of sacrificing. You know, he didn't. Now, obviously in the physically he didn't sacrifice his son, but he did. Up here. He says to the passage that recounts that what took place in that you know, in that whole scene, and it says that he believed that Abraham believed that even that even if the son died, that God could resurrect him. But in here, which is what is most important, the intention, though not intention in the sense of, you know, I wish I could do this, but the Lord that had good intentions. No, Abraham was ready to kill Isaac, and. That is why the angel had to even scream it's. Look, man gets that right, because he was going to do it. But do you understand what a man goes through on the journey, not only think about how it affected their relationship, Like, Dad, you just try to kill me. I don't know how I feel about that. But he you see, even though even though obviously Abraham, but you have to really think about this. Even though obviously Abraham didn't, you know, kill his son, there was something in their relationship that was a little that was left broken. The son was of the age to ask his father, Dad, I don't see the lamb read the story. He says, what are we going to use for the sacrifice? Abraham is like, nah, it's called the Lord will provide. I'm sure the son also heard when the angel said, don't kill yourself. They said, what you were trying to kill me? These were real life stories that happened. But Abraham ultimately sacrificed a relationship with his son to have a relationship with the world that are called children of God. You see, everyone who comes to the kingdom is known as an as a child of Abraham, everyone because of the confident that God made with Abraham. And so even though he still had the son, their relationship, something. Went wrong there. You don't even see that much in the scriptures about you know, Isaac and Abraham's relationship. Think about your father trying to kill you right there. There are things that God would have us say. You know what, can you sacrifice this for the bigger picture? Are you willing to say, I'm gonna drop my fishing boat emmonets to find to make disciples of our nations. It's not that those things. Obviously, he still had his son, he still had all that in his life, but there was a bigger picture at large. Let's continue, and it. Says, but if you are without chasting, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate. And not sons. You see, the scripture says the sons of God are those that are then led by the spirit of God. And then in this passage it tells us if you are without discipline, you are not a son. So the discipline of God is what brings us to the place. Of knowing how to be led. By the spirit of God, because you know, I will, I sure will. Someone said, I want my time for anybody taking notes because some people might not have caught it. You know, we have to be very you know, open for each and everyone. Right, So the scripture says, the sons of God are those no. Pay attention to. This is right, and you're going to catch a new revelation with it. That the sons of God are those led by the spirit of God. That's what it says. And right here we are told that without discipline you are illegitimate. God is not naive to the circumstances of our lives. He is aware that He's aware of how things entered and how they could be broken. For some of you, their experiences you've had that brought on fear, brought on all kinds of things, and the same way their experiences that you might be in right now, that is breaking that very thing off. For some of you, those moments of what those experiences opened up to might have been spiritual oppression, something that now became a stronghold in a spiritual sense. And God is going to break all of that tonight, you see, because a lot of times there are things that we you know, I love I love water, right, I love water so much, but I'm terrified of swimming. I would get in the water as long as it's you know, I'm taller than the in the pool. And even then there's a certain way I like to go about things. If you try to teach me how to swim, I start panicking, even though I could just stand up. Right, I'm like, I'm about to drown. No, it's five feet. And so I took someone and I was like when there was a point where God was highlighting different things to me about how things come in and how things go out, And right there, I was like, why am I even afraid of the water. I love the water so much. But I had a moment where as a child and I was thrown into the water. It was supposed to be funny. It wasn't funny. You know, I almost drowned. But what happened in that moment was that there was a spirit of fear that latched on and how that manifested itself can be in so many different ways. It could also manifest itself with anxiety, manifest itself with so many things in our lives. That's some things you're trying to shake off, and it's like, why can't I shake this thing off? And in that moment, I said, Lord, I've recognized this, and I said, spirit of fear, you have no place here, You have no place here. And in that moment, in that moment, it was just interesting. I felt lighter. I was like, listen, I don't walk around when I don't do this, but I can, I can go, I can touch his hat because I'm not afraid of it. Right, something literally broke off me. And it's not something to be afraid of. It's not we are not supposed to be you know, because like I'm a believer, how can I have like a spirit of fear? You know, there are some things that you know, there are situations and circumstances that can happen in your life that can make room for things that are not supposed to be there. You are afraid you had a car accident all of a sudden, you have this fear of death, but in the spirit that could be a spirit of death that's just trying to oppress your life. And so there are two things that I see and it's on one end there are many of you that are going through circumstances to break things off of you. And another end, what led you here today is because God will break the things that have been attached to you in the spirit will be broken off by the power of God. Let's continue the passage, and it says, furthermore we have him furthermore wraps sound like a talar parent. But we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we pay them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection? Oh, I love this to the Father of spirits and live the Father of spirits. What is the role of a father to cultivate an environment for their children to thrive? If, for example, if your body is your environment, his role is to make sure that the spirit can thrive. And so whatever is in the way has to break. Whatever is in the way of that, it has to be broken. You see a lot of times, you know, the sweetest of people. Can be very manipulative. Not because you want to nobody ever wants to nobody ever wants to be prideful, nobody ever wants to be controlling. And it's almost like a conflict within yourself where your natural instinct is to manipulate situations. Your natural instinct is how does this benefit me? But yet you love God, you're a believer, all that good stuff. But then something comes your way and your instinct is, okay, if it doesn't benefit me, I'm not doing it. Then you have to catch yourself or your instinct is okay, how. Do I you know? Maybe not, maybe not. That's never the spirit of God. And in this season of revival, in this season where God is going to start revealing so many things, you see, one thing he spoke to me about the season of revival and how it plays with revelation is because the sound of revival, what the sound does, It downloads revelation into your spirit about how you can manifest the next thing God wants you to do. You see in Ecclesiasts three to one, it says that for everything, everything under the heaven, everything there is a time and a season. How we walk in the fullness of our purpose is our ability to discern when to transition from what season to the next. And so when. God is in the sea and revealing things that you have not even encountered in yourself, in order for you to receive that information, your flesh has to be broken. Even when Jesus said the way we do communion, what did he say, somebody? What did he say? Come on, No, I know what he said. I just want you to say what he said? I can't remember. Oh, oh Lord, he said, this is my body, which I have broken for you. Somebody, No, that was the cue, right, he missed the cue. But that's what he does. That was his word, right, which I broke my body. When when we eat the bread, we break the bread. We do this and remembrance of him. And the bread represents his body, the wine represents his blood. So if our father, if his body had to be broken, who are we? You see, a lot of times, what we what we identify to be painful, what we identify as suffering, is a matter of perspective. You see, we are so conditioned to a man made structure about life that we don't step back to look. At what are we crying about? Have you ever who has ever had a moment they are crying? And then. You're like, wait, hold up, why am I crying? It's real the struggle listen. So think about it, right, You have real emotions, real tears, and sometimes. Do you even start praying and then you catch yourself. Or your phone rings some hagar like wait, what was I even doing? And this is how we are in life. What we identify to be painful might not even be pain because God, God is not in a torturing business. You know, he's not liking to saw one, two, three four? Whoever saw those movies? Okay, he's not into that. But we also have to have a change of perspective about what we identify as pain and suffering. How is it that someone could be. Sleeping on the couch and it feels like that is suffering. Then someone is sleeping under a bridge and you see them sweeping it up, cleaning it excited? Something is so? Could it be a matter of perspective and not reality? The father of spirits, his role in your life is to see your spirit thrive. It's not for you to live in a bubble. No no, no, no no. God wants to see you thrive. He wants to see you be all that you can be. And so even no matter how uncomfortable within my scene. You see, what is beautiful I love about God is that his peace surpasses all understanding. What I love about that word is the understanding He cannot surpass himself. Right, So the understanding is about human understanding. And so if we tap into that word, his peace, Oh God, I love you his peace. There is peace in every situation. But what are we where is our mind focused on? If his peace surpasses you See a lot of times I used to pray that prayer, like God, just you know, give me your peace. Let this surpass you know, this situation. You know, sometimes I'm like he's over there, just like, oh gosh, this child just needs to you know, wake up, right, I'll be praying the prayer. But what I'm starting to understand is the sense of peace we feel is not just like a whoosh, like you know, like you just got dipped in peace. You know, it's a revelation that rolls up in you to say that it's not actually that bad. It's I can actually get through the situation. The truth about you rises. So although you're verbally saying give me peace, and we think that piece is just like you know, you're just like, oh God, I feel I feel it, you know, I just feel peace. What is happening in the spirit is that, you know, something within us rolls up and it's that it's not that bad, and all of a sudden we are learning where we're like, okay, okay, I get this, I get that. You see when we talk about breakthrough, you know I need a breakthrough. You know I breakthrough. But what if the breakthrough is not about you know, the obstacle itself, but you breaking through. You that your spirit can break through the limitations that your flesh has put on it, and you can walk in any room, you can do whatever you want to do. And you're like, you're standing tall because you're like, I know whose I am. Let's go to the next passage, and it says for day, indeed for a few days chastiness. You know, Nery's talking about your our earthly parents right as seemed best to them. But he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness, partakers. Of his holiness, of His wholeness. It's all about it's for your it's for our good. Right. So let's go to the next one. Now, no chests seems to be joyful for the present, but painful. I remember this is written by a man, right, so the pain is not really you know, come on, somebody, it's not it's not it's not pain. Okay, it's not. All right, that's a whisperer, listen, but no chance. It seems to be painful for the present, but painful nevertheless. And the pain is because you're your flesh, you know, you know, we have we have like addictive you know, problems or like you whatever, you a sugar whatever or something else. You know. The the release. When we're disconnecting from something, it seems painful, right, So it's not like pain pain right, So for the present, but painful nevertheless. Afterward it yields, oh, the peaceable. Look at that. Piece of right fruit of righteousness to do those who have been trained by it have been trained by their circumstance. There are things that God, that I would have never learned except through a circumstance. When we look at other areas in our lives and we think that way, I caught that by a circumstance. My mother, you know, I'm so excited she's coming soon. But my mother, my mother is literally a woman that it almost seems like she has no fear, but she had tapped into a place. Of power from a young age. When she lost her husband. That circumstance woke something up in her that she walks around like I mean, if I tell you some stories, it's unbelievable, like literally no fear. But there was something that birthed that out of her. You see, it's interesting. And you know, we're having more babies and more children in the church. It's so exciting, Baby Timothy, you know so many things, not allies. That's so exciting. But what's what's amazing about that is that you know, a woman carries a child in. Her womb, right, and it's so and then. You know the child, you know obviously all the other things that happen, and the child comes out and it's v wohil they're they're awakened to life. But what if life in itself is a womb? What if that life is both the womb and the delivery room? But tweet that hurts somebody, now, I K Stephanie Hella, Okay, I'm. Sorry, I'm a joker. But what if, right, what if this whole process, you see, nothing is new under the sun. What if this after we come out of this womb, we are entering another one. And the delivery of that is when the scripture talks about how all creation is eagerly look at that. Look, oh my god, what is that passage? Who's a Bible scholar here? What's that verse? Come on, somebody roma say nineteen, let's put it up there. Who you see? That passage is so powerful because it says all creation is eagerly awaiting the revealing of the sons. Of God. What happens in the delivery room, The whole family is eagerly awaiting. They're like, oh my gosh, I can't wait for to see the baby. That's the whole waiting room process. Everyone is waiting to see the baby. There's an eagerness, there's joy. And then in. The passager God tells us, in the same way we have an audience at natural birth, there is an audience all around. Us for the spiritual birth and so family with our one verse today, I thank God. I thank God for each and every one of you here, and I pray this encourages you. To be still. I pray it encourages you to not lose your hope to know that God is not The circumstance is not betraying me. It's breaking me to birth me. What's powerful. What's powerful is that before even the you know, a woman gives birth, the water breaks. There's always a breaking involved in birthing, and even with your spirit, there's a breaking of the flesh involved. And so it might not things might not look like how you want it to be. You might not feel prepared for what God. See. God, everything about God is so intentional. I didn't come here, you know, with a plan. But guess what, this is my life. There are things that I didn't even know that you've studied. Though you remember that God says, okay, you this here and use this here. There are things about you that God is. Going to say. You might not be ready for this, but I got you. And so when new situations start coming your way, don't feel like don't feel inferior to it, because something in you is already you know, what do they call these things? It's like a down payment for that situation. Something in you has already secured its investment. And so no matter what it is, family, the victory belongs to Jesus. It is never as difficult as it looks like change perspective. God ordained the whole message. He knew who would be sitting on the sixth throw, he knew the words that she would speak. That God, your will, not my will. That's what the whole message is on. But his will also recognizing is our will at the same time. But we're yet to understand it. God has already ordained the steps you're gonna take. He has already planned it. You just have to step into it with faith. You have to step into it with courage. Rise with me. You see when I'm when I talked about that, for some of you you've been feeling and for some of you can identify, you know exactly what I'm talking about. There's almost like a sense of spiritual oppression on your life. Sometimes you go to bed, you even hear noises or you hear some strange things. It's not news to you. You can even when identify it. If that is you come down, Praise God, Praise God, Praise God. God is touching his people tonight. God is touching his people tonight. Just haven't be don't feel whatever you want to do, screenshot you know, just something you know, let us be at the same tone, right okay, but you know exactly what I'm talking about. There are still some of you you. Don't be you see you you only you accept what you tolerate. Don't tolerate the enemy. No, no, no, no, no, you don't want that. When we talked about even with anxiety, you know, your anxiety level is a you know, the peak, you know, and a lot of times it's crazy because a lot of these things can be connected to openings that happen even as children. The sense of rejection, all these things, and they become a stronghold as a spirit. And so if you felt, you know, even someone the sense of rejection that you just feel that even before you even make room to be accepted, you already start finding things that no, no, no, they don't like me, they don't do this. If that's you, come down, Come on down. God is gonna break that off. Amen, Amen, come on down, no fear here. Listen. Thank you Jesus, Thank you, Jesus, Thank you Jesus. We're not making any room for the enemy in our lives. We're not making any. Room for him. You see the beautiful thing you know in the scriptures, and that's why there's a time where Jesus talks about you know, what happens when a man is delivered right, and he says, how, you know, the spirit leaves the man. But then the spirit comes back and then he finds out, you know, he sees that the house has been you know, the house. Is clean and order. But there was a problem in that scripture because it also said that the house was empty. And then he says, and so because it is empty, He's like, you know what, we're just going to gather some other people and come back and occupy this domain. And so what I want each and everyone here to n thiserand is that everything that we are your you're that brought you to this altar. Tonight after this, they meditate on scriptures. Concerning these areas of your life. If it's anxiety, meditate until it becomes real to you. God, you have given me a spirit of power. Let there be scriptures in your that you you hold onto. You don't want your house to be empty. You see, when when I understood that, Lord, I'm you know, there's no spirit of fear. Guess what you take action? What I don't want to do, I do it. I'm gonna walk around, I'm gonna break dance if I want to, because because I don't have a spirit of fear, there's no room for you to attach anything to me. And so whatever it is that you believe that God, this thing is breaking off, moving it because everything in life is by faith. Everything in life is by faith. If not, you're gonna find yourself in a cycle of needing. God just delivered this off me. It becomes a cycle. No no, no, Lord, you have done this. I believe it, and I'm gonna walk it out. That's it, And that's who we are as people. That's who we truly are. We are who God says we are. We are not anything else. Thank you Jesus. If you're hearing, you know, your prayer is that God your will be done. And if you're honest with yourself, you're you're like kind of shaky about it. You're like, I know said that, but you. Know, hahah, Like the circumstance in my life is just a little shaky right where if you're here and you're just like God, you know it's hardened and you've been fighting yourself, but there's a there's a there's a piece you feel, and that piece is because God is revealing that. No, this is also what you need. If that is you come down, We're gonna seal this here right here. Amen. Amen. Now there are two areas of things that the Lord showed me, and it's and it deals with and in the House of God. He said what the scripture says. Now, I'm not gonna do any pop quiz no more right, because that it goes about the last time. But the scripture says that where the spirit of the Lord is there is maybe somebody got it. Hey, come on, y'all have getting ready for a Bible study deeper. Hello, okay, Well, the spirit of the Lord there is liberty. There's no need to be there's no need to feel shame, there's no need to feel all of that because we're saying. God, I need to be free of this. He has the victory. I mean, why should I be built? But we have to identify the areas that we need freedom. And so, if you're here and you know that. Control and manipulation is something in your nature, it is your natural instinct, do you have to fight it off yourself? Calm down, because you see the thing with that, the thing with that is that. Those are the two Those are the two greatest. Enemies to power, because how can how can God put you in authority if you're going to abuse it. And so even though it's like no, no, no, no no. If it is your natural instinct, that is a it's not it's not you. You see something that I always tell even you know, I tell my friends when I see a human being acting crazy, you know, acting even when I'm alfunction, when when anyone does things that are just you know, someone curses you out, you know you want to get angry. No, that is not even who they are. Who wants to be someone that just curses people out? That is not who you truly are. And so you you might have not encountered yourself yet and I'm not gonna I'm not gonna hold it against you because you're just like a facade right now. And so when we say certain things God is, God is in the business. There's gonna be so many things you're gonna walk out if you're feeling lighter, feeling different, But use that and meditate on those and the word of. God concerning this areas. God has positions of authority that he wants to release on his children, but he cannot do that if you're gonna manipulate the situation. It will not last. He cannot do that. If you're gonna try to find a way to influence your you know, your control, your your whole hand in that you've seen in the Book of Revelations, and we're gonna pray after this. In the Book of Revelations, it talks about how that the one who has the key of David. Would unlock a door that no one can shut. But then you have another scripture that talks about how God himself is saying that I would unlock a door that no one can shut. But then outside of him, He's given us a hint and it says, the one who has the key of David, So check this, God can. Unlock a door for you. No one is gonna shut it, but there is a you that must be able to stay in that room. The key of David. David is a man know to be not to have a heart after God's own heart. David was not the perfect man. David. You know, David has some you know, some story, all. Right, but none of that took away his position because David had a heart for God. And so. Two scriptures. One scripture shows us that no. God opened the door. Nobody can shut it, But can you lasted it? Who must you be? To last? Led by the spirit of God, your natural instinct becomes the things of God. Amen. I see you come down. Amen, and I don't know, praise God. Just come on down, Come on, no shame here. I'll make it easy and cover it up and saying if you love gummy beer's come down. But you know why you're coming down. Come on, I love gummy. Beer, so you know right now. I don't know if this person is hereat watching by live stream, but there was someone that the. Lord showed me. It's a it's a a lady and your your child needs a heart transplant. I don't know if you're here or you might be watching this by live stream, but God, it's God is going to. Touch that heart. God is going to touch that heart. Thank you, Jesus, Thank you, Jesus. Let us pray, HM. You know while we pray, can someone sings softly? Victory belongs to Jesus. Anyone, Thank you, Thank you Jesus. Everyone, just worship God and just open your hearts to him right now, just very soft, move on your people. Father, touch each and every one of them. Move you know, Lord, victory, yes God, jes Go victory, Yes God, Mo. Yes, good victory. Julie Chesus, thank you, Jesus, Victory, Thank you, Jesus, j you, Thank you, Jesus. Victory, Victim, Jeer, thank you, Jesus, Victory, thank you, Juli. Thank you Lord, Thank you Father God. We declare it is done. We declare it is done. Lord. I thank you for the oil even dripping from them. I thank you for the anointing breaks the yoke and every yoke and. Burden in their lives. That it is being broken right now in the name of Jesus. Lord. I thank you for those even watching. I thank you Lord, because there is no distance in the spirit. I thank you, Lord God, that every yoke and every burden on your children. Is being broken in the name of Jesus. I thank you Lord for new eyes, new eyes, Lord, that they will begin to see as you see. I thank you Lord, that we will tap into your peace in every situation, that we would know, Lord God, we would know Lord God without a doubt, for the God, that this is for our good. In the name of Jesus, that we will identify ourselves as children of the Most High as children of the King Father God, that we would know that we walk as royalty in the name of Jesus, Lord God, we will no longer, for the God tolerate anything of the enemy, any stronghold on the lives of your children. I declare and decree it to be broken right now in the name of Jesus. I thank you, Lord, that whenever things have been hidden in the name of Jesus, wherever any spirit has been hide in itself, Lord God, that you are releasing your children from it in the name of Jesus. I thank you, my Lord, my God, for you are here, fa the God. You are here, Lord God, and you would confirm in their lives right now, in their lives, right now, they. Would be at peace. They would be at. Peace, Lord, stillness, in the name of Jesus. I hear the Lord say that he's releasing a fresh zeal upon you. That you're gonna have it. You're going to be energized for what is to come. I thank you, Lord for what you are doing in their lives. Lord God, they will not be wary, but they would be strong. For those who wait on You shall be renewed in the name of Jesus. They shall run and not be wary. Thank you, Lord God, Thank you Lord God for the healing taking place in this house, for the healing taking place in each and every individual. In the name of Jesus, Thank you, my Lord, My God. Have your way, God, have your way. Have your way, Father God. Can we all just have a moment of just stillness, Everyone just still. Praise God. It's funny because in the moment of stillness, the sound of an alarm goes off. God is releasing you family. It's your time, eh.