Bill Johnson teaches from Malachi on God’s desire for your simple and genuine devotion. God is not asking you for great acts of faith, He simply wants your “Yes” to Him. Offerings of your time, resources, or even faith are not pleasing to Him unless they come from your heart. Bill Johnson challenges listeners to return to the simplicity of devotion to Christ, giving all to Him. The blueprint for the transformation of cities and nations is found in the lives of those who have said “yes” and live simply in daily, genuine devotion to Jesus. Subscribe for weekly videos: https://bit.ly/bjmYoutube Connect with Bill Johnson Ministries: Website: http://bjm.org/ Facebook: https://bit.ly/bjmFacebook Instagram: https://bit.ly/bjmInstagram Mailing List: https://bit.ly/bjmMailingList Additional Resources: https://shop.bethel.com/collections/b… Scripture References: Malachi 1-4 Amos 9 1 Peter 4: 17 Revelation 2: 4 Proverbs 18: 9 Hebrews 13: 15-16 Ephesians 6: 12 Luke 10: 19 Originally shared at Bethel Church, Redding California, on January 26, 2020. Bill Johnson is a fifth-generation pastor with a rich heritage in the Holy Spirit. He is senior leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California, and is passionate about seeing Revival and God’s Kingdom established and revealed in the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations. Bill’s teaching on the Kingdom of Heaven, hosting the Presence, and the renewed mind has helped thousands around the world to step into their true identity in Christ, God given purpose, and walk in a supernatural lifestyle displaying both purity and power. #BillJohnson #BethelChurch #Simple #Faith
he’s not always looking for the noble
things he’s looking for the simple
things that illustrate transform life
anybody can psych themselves up to give
a big gift anyone can psych themselves
up to have a conversation with somebody
about Jesus but it’s the ongoing daily
life that leaks Jesus is what moves
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morning um one announcement we forgot to
make is that Randy Clark is with us this
week and it’s always an upgrade for us
in in Revival in the anointing for
healing I just want to encourage you to
prioritize it the conference itself is
sold out but the evenings are open to
the public and uh we’re just encourage
you to come come ready to for a miracle
come ready to uh get a personal upgrade
anybody else ready for just an upgrade
and just how you do life how you do
ministry how you seeing breakthrough
with people man I am I just am so all
right open your Bibles to the Book of
Malachi and we will we’ll try to move on
from where we were a week ago Mal
Malachi now I can’t say it right Malachi
I think it’s probably 30 35 years ago
first heard somebody introduce Malachi
as Malachi the Italian Prophet so I that
gem has stayed with me all these years
so I want to do
uh create somewhat of a
context uh if every one of you were here
last week I would still create this
context just as a reminder so that we
can build on it for today but also
knowing that there are many just so
transitional
that uh some of you were here some were
not the Book of Malachi is a book of
Correction and a a book of
Promise what’s important for us in
studying the Old Testament is we need to
learn prophetic language so to speak we
need to we need to learn uh how
meaningful Old Testament scripture is to
the New Testament Church I remind you
that the early church the Old Testament
is all they had until letters and
Epistles were written to them but what
they had was the Old Testament Romans 15
says that these things referring to the
Old Testament these things were written
for our instruction it’s actually New
Testament material but you have to know
how to translate or interpret what’s
being said because of so much prophetic
language which we’ll we’ll take a stab
at some of it this morning one of the
things that um becomes clear in the Book
of Malachi is he’s he’s addressing
sacrifices now let me let me uh let me
clarify something we have parts of the
Old Testament that ended at the
cross we have some parts of the new of
the Old Testament that made it through
the cross but made it through
changed and then we have parts of the
Old Testament that make it through the
cross completely unchanged and it’s
wisdom to recognize that difference and
I’ll illustrate it what ended at the
cross animal
sacrifices once Jesus came the Lamb of
God once he was sacrificed for our sin
there is no longer any need for
sacrifice so that ended at the cross
what was changed by the cross well one
of the things changed is the Year of
Jubilee in the Old Testament the Year of
Jubilee was every 50 years slaves were
were released people were released from
debt when Jesus came he announced that
this is the favorable year of the Lord
he was announcing that this is the Year
of Jubilee which means the cross changed
a every 50-year period of time to an
everyday period of time for the New
Testament believer so it was it was
supercharged through the cross what made
it through the cross
unchanged um davidic worship for one the
worship that David experienced I
personally believe the lord gave him a
glimpse into the New Testament
experience and let him model it in an
Old Testament context it was where
people had Direct access the priests had
Direct access to the presence of the
Lord they would Minister to him in song
with Thanksgiving praise they would
offer themselves in
worship Amos chapter 9 prophesied that
that reality Old Testament worship
called The Tabernacle of David would
become a new testament reality
acts 15 quoted that passage saying this
is it so the point I’m trying to make is
that kind of worship the coming before
the presence of the Lord to minister to
him was an Old Testament experience that
is unchanged in the new wisdom is
looking at these Old Testament
scriptures I love the Old Testament I I
whenever I’m reading through the Minor
Prophets and I get to Malachi just to be
honest my heart leaps because it speaks
to me so much I I mentioned to you last
week I like I like like some of the
scriptures that are kind of in-your-face
kind of scriptures you know I I like my
Mexican food extremely hot I wanted to
growl at me when I bring the fork up to
my mouth I like my coffee extremely
strong to where you can walk on it
without faith it’s so strong that’s how
I like it and I like the scripture to
growl at me as I open the book I I want
it to confront stuff in me that needs to
change honestly I don’t shy from those
but to read it in a new testament cont
context when the Lord brings judgment on
the people of God it’s not a judgment of
condemnation if you don’t understand
that you’ll misread the entire Old
Testament the Judgment of God on the
people of God is always
discipline let’s take one concept
here in Peter he says I think it’s Peter
I didn’t look it up he says that the
Judgment of God must begin with the
household of
faith
why because if God’s judgment starts
with the world with the unbeliever it
requires
damnation if it starts with a church it
brings us into Purity where Jesus is
more accurately represented which
becomes the invitation for the Nations
to come to
Christ there’s cause and effect when his
discipline on my life helps me to
represent Jesus more accurately then
there’s a domino effect on the impact of
Nations yes the word of correction that
is brought
to the
malians that was sudden inspiration
wasn’t very good we’ll try again next
service see if we can do
better the the message that came to the
priests and to Israel in uh in the Book
of Malachi was to correct them for their
um correct them for their
complacency in their
offerings they were they let’s say you
have 100 sheep and this is Old Testament
times you have 100 sheep and you’ve got
one that’s hobbled and crippled up blind
in one eye and uh could die any moment
and they would give that as an offering
to the Lord and God says try giving that
to a political leader you’re trying to
impress see what happens and sometimes
what happens in the church is we we give
enough to ease our conscience but not
enough to transform our
life sacrifice is to position us for
personal
transformation and it’s supposed to be
the ongoing standard for How We Do
life so they gave out of complacency
they gave out of routine they had lost
the reason for what they were doing and
they were giving to God substandard
offerings
now this isn’t about I mean money is a
part of it because because we give to
the Lord this is about your life it’s
it’s the entirety of who I am it’s my
time it’s my gifts it’s my callings it’s
my it’s everything I have it’s the money
in my bank it’s it’s anything it’s all
of me is a continuous ongoing offering
that he would be glorified that’s the
whole point and if this were put into a
new testament context there no doubt
would be the ephes or excuse me the the
Revelation 2 passage you’ve left your
first love and the way they got back to
their first love was to repeat the works
they used to do there’s something about
reactivating acts of devotion that
rekindles the fire in the
soul last week I brought up a passage
out of Proverbs
18:9 very sober verse for me it has been
for a number of years in this verse he
says the slothful in his work is brother
to him who destroys the slothful is
related to the destroyer of the work the
slothful in work is related to the one
who destroys the actual
work so let’s create three groups of
people here the passionate faithful
worker the lazy or slothful worker and
the opponent to the work
the two people in of those three the two
groups that are most like each other are
the slothful the complacent and the
opponent let’s translate
it we have the passionate first Lov
believer maintaining First Love Devotion
to Jesus regardless of
Seasons Seasons don’t determine how my
heart burns for him circumstances do not
have the authority to temper the fire in
my soul for
him in fact I’d probably say more people
have lost the fire for God in blessing
than they ever did in
trial so here we have the passionate
believer first love we have the
complacent believer and we have the
opponent to the
gospel the two that are most alike the
complacent and the
opponent it’s my personal conviction the
complacent believer legitimizes the
opponent to the
gospel the complacent believer
legitimizes can I say
fuels the work of the person who’s
opposed to the
gospel routine is not a negative or a
bad thing disciplines are important in
our life but I don’t like losing the
reason why I do something sometimes my
obedience there’s no emotion to it it’s
literally just raw I offer myself to you
I’m going to do what you said to
do both faith and obedience are measured
by
activity both faith and obedience are
measured
or uh measured by activity by by what we
do
it’s the reason Jesus said to the church
at Ephesus return to your first love do
the works you did at first there’s
something about demonstrations of
obedience but we never have to lose the
reason why we keep in front of us that
the offering is whether it’s a money
gift or it’s you helping uh somebody in
the front of the grocery store that has
no food the point is is that whatever
you’re doing we never lose the reason
why we’re not trying to ease our
conscience we’re positioning oursel in
in a in a place to cause the offering to
release power to transform the
world fire always falls on sacrifice you
can’t give him something that he won’t
bless so here’s what I want you to see
we’re going to do uh we’re skip about
five or six verses we’ll read uh
randomly and I want you just to follow
along in your Bibles how many of you
have your Bibles let me see them say
this with me I love my Bible love oh oh
man I do all right Malachi CH
1 let’s just go right to verse 5 and
what you’re going to do see over these
five or six verses is you’ll see a theme
all right verse five your eyes shall see
and you shall say the Lord is magnified
beyond the border of Israel the Lord is
magnified beyond the border of Israel go
to verse
11 for from the rising of the sun even
to its going down my name shall be great
among the Gentiles that’s unbelievers in
every place incense shall be offered to
my name and to Pure offering for my name
shall be great among the Nations so his
name is great among the unbeliever he’s
great among the Nations go down to verse
14 cursed be the deceiver who has in his
flock a male and takes a vow but sacrifi
sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished
for I am a great king say says the Lord
of hosts and my name is to be feared
among the
Nations if you’re not getting it by
now how we give ourselves to the Lord
with absolute Reckless abandon affects
what nations see of the reality of
Jesus when I when I made a statement
that the complacent legitimize the
opponent that’s it complain any
half-hearted attempt to walk with
Jesus actually does more to undermine
the concept of his nature the revelation
of his nature than supported wow why
because he’s a great king and a great
king like this all good gifts come from
him all of life flows from him he
sustains everything through the word of
his
power he is the source of everything
that is right and good in the
world to walk down a grocery store and
to see vegetables
fruit fill the bins and to not
think of blessing coming from his hand
is an injustice it’s an injustice to get
a promotion at work to be able to
breathe without fighting for air to be
able to walk down a street where it’s
safe all these things are just simple
blessings of the Lord and to live in a
world that is so filled and abundant
with his Blessing and for him to go
unnoticed is a great severe
Injustice
and the offering of lame
offerings is a
confrontation to that that has crept
into the hearts of God’s people that
they could try to just do routine and
not truly put themselves on the altar as
a continuous
offering the outcome of this well let me
just read a couple more verses and then
I’ll give you the outcome all right so
verse 14 it says my name is to be feared
among the Nations go to verse 12 of
chapter 3
verse 12 of chapter 3 says all nations
will call you blessed you will be a
delightful land says the Lord of hosts
so here’s the journey it concludes with
all the nations will call you blessed
what is this a part of the Lord is
describing what it is for us to go
through the discipline of the Lord now
the discipline of the Lord
um it’s his refinement process that goes
on in your life and mine all the time
the word of God do you read your Bibles
it’s a sword it cuts off wrong
things it’s
discipline it may you may have felt
wonderful while it was happening it
doesn’t mean you’re standing in a corner
with your nose you know on the wall or
something it’s not it’s not it’s not a
punishment oriented activity it’s a
refining process which is what we’ve
asked for to represent Jesus well and
the endgame of the Journey of becoming
more and more like Jesus is that
that is the thing that touches Nations
it affects the destiny of Nations so
when he says in
Peter judgment begins with the household
of faith it’s because in that process we
more accurately represent Jesus impurity
in power and in passion it’s by accident
there’s three PS but it works for the
message Purity power and passion so we
more accurately represent who he is what
does that mean his grace is irresistible
to anybody who sees it so we are
actually invited into this journey of
becoming more like Christ that awakens
in the Nations their appetite for God
and they look at you and they say man
you’re blessed of the Lord they
recognize the hand of God the favor of
God the blessing of the Lord on your
life all right let’s go to the end of
chapter 3 and let’s uh study a couple
verses here
together
verse uh 16 of chapter 3 very very
interesting verse says Those Who feared
the Lord spoke to one another and the
Lord listened and heard them so a book
of remembrance was written before him
for those who fear the lord who meditate
on his name look at it again those who
feared the Lord spoke to one another and
the Lord listened and heard so a book of
remembrance was written before him for
those who fear the lord who meditate on
his
name um
again biblical prophetic language the
Lord often speaks in a language that
helps us to connect with a part of his
nature when he talks about a book of
remembrance it does not mean God forgets
stuff it doesn’t mean a book is written
because he’s just just got a bad memory
and he needs help he’s he’s talk he’s
talking to us in a way that we
understand and he says listen what you
are doing matters so much to me that I
have engraved something in the
heavenlies that speaks to me about your
faithfulness and what is it that the
Lord has acknowledged
here it’s interesting because right
previous to this the Lord talks to the
priests and the people he says you come
to me with offerings Tears In Your Eyes
giving these sacrifices to me and yet
you treat your wife badly so your
sacrifice means nothing to
me I can kneel before him bow shout
dance sing cry if I treat my wife
badly none of us means
anything the point is relationships are
the context that make our offerings
significant an offering whether it’s a
financial gift to the rising build or
the guy down at the grocery store that
has no food regardless of what it is the
financial gift becomes supernaturally
empowered when it’s in the context of I
am doing everything I know to do to make
sure my relationships are healthy and
they are right they are the context in
which I give myself to God so here’s
this passage he says a book of of
remembrance is being written about you
you would think he would be writing down
great Noble acts and Moses extended his
Rod Over the Sea and it parted it’s not
that You’ think it would be the Noble
acts of of where Peter says Silver and
Gold Have I None but such as I have I
give to you rise stand up and walk but
it’s none of those the book of
remembrance was written about
conversations
talk
Fellowship member to
member he’s not always looking for the
noble things he’s looking for the simple
things that illustrate transform life
illustrate these are my vows anybody can
psych themselves up to give a big gift
anyone can psych themselves up to have a
conversation with somebody about Jesus
but it’s the ongoing daily life that
leaks Jesus is what moves him it’s the
ongoing daily life that says people who
feared God got together and they spoke
to each other so I wrote a book to
remind me about this it reminds me of
Hebrews 13 in Hebrews 13 there are three
sacrifices mentioned that are new
testament sacrifices we know there’s no
animal sacrifices but in Hebrews 13
there are three sacrifices mentioned
that are in a new testament context the
first one it’s praise it’s the fruit of
the lips that gives praise to his name
the first one the second one is
fellowship and the third one is good
works good works the maybe you have a
neighbor their home burns down and you
gather clothing and maybe kitchen wear
and things of that nature to help them
to rebuild their lives that’s good works
those are valuable applauded by heaven
and they are considered a sacrifice and
we’re to push into those areas of good
works until it costs us something but
the thing that maybe has escaped our
notice the most is the middle one the
second in that list of three and it’s
Fellowship Fellowship is at its purest
when it costs me
something it means not running out when
the meeting is
over so I can be the first to get lunch
at the
restaurant it may honestly it may mean
staying after for five minutes just to
connect with a friend have a
conversation it may mean that busiest
day you’ve got and yet somebody’s on
your mind and you just work to make it
work to have lunch with that friend it’s
it’s the point that there’s conversation
doesn’t say what they talked about it
doesn’t describe it as bold uh Noble uh
things accomplished in this conversation
God was moved because he saw Fellowship
that cost people and he wrote about it
in a book you want to move God there are
several things that move him faith move
him Faith moves him bold Faith bold
decrees move God but another thing that
moves him is to Value another person
enough simply to have
conversation Fellowship is at its finest
when it enters the realm of s sacrifice
that means it cost me something and
that’s a Hebrews 13 uh concept that’s
important for us now move on down to
chapter 4 verse
one you guys all
right you guys still all
right I figure if I keep asking there’ll
be more of you responding just to get me
to be
quiet verse one chapter 4 behold the day
is coming burning like an oven all the
proud yet yes those who do wickedly will
be stubble the day which is coming shall
burn them up says the Lord of hosts that
will leave them neither root nor
Branch this is a word of incredible
judgment talking about the day of the
Lord a specific
day uh historians um theologians uh
often refer to this particular day as
the Judgment That Came Upon Israel and
Jerusalem in the year 70 AD whether
that’s true or not I don’t I don’t know
and it even matter to me what I do know
is that the Lord often refers in
scripture to a day approaching that that
terminology a day approaching usually is
a day of great
severity but don’t just see it
negatively severity that brings with it
the greatest opportunities for
breakthrough let me describe it this
way in the intensity of a shift in
Seasons which we are in right now in the
intensity of the shift of seasons the
rewards are
greater and the cost for ignoring are
greater it’s got the best of both
worlds the
reward of being there in that day of
great difficulty standing in
faithfulness and Faith doing what we’re
supposed to do is
actually brings the greatest
reward it reminds me there’s a theme
throughout scripture and this uh it
reappears in Hebrews 10 where he
says don’t neglect the assembling of
yourselves together as is the habit of
some and do so all the more as you see
the day approaching so what’s the point
the day the challenging day the shift in
Seasons the intensity of the hour is
supposed to drive us to community not
supposed to drive us to Independence to
drive us into Fellowship not to drive us
to do our own thing and make sure you
know we we survive it’s the intensity
the intensity of the hour is supposed to
strengthen the resolve of the people of
God being together and honestly
sometimes it’s two or three over coffee
it’s not just corporate Gatherings
although I believe in that so much it’s
not just corporate Gatherings it’s it’s
the fact that we do life together with
people and I prioritize that the more
intense the day seems to be the more I
make sure that that becomes a priority
of my life why there’s safety in numbers
and there’s wisdom in the Council of
many it’s just an environment where
Health remains Health remains simply
because we’re together so here is verse
one is this day of of great dealings of
God verse two but to you who fear my
name the son of righteousness shall
arise with healing in his wings and you
shall go out and grow fat
like stall-fed Calves that should just
don’t ever say that to your spouse by
the way don’t don’t ever say honey you
just stall-fed calf is what comes to
mind don’t don’t do
that yeah just don’t do it trust
me to you who fear my name the son of
righteousness shall arise with healing
in his wings you will go out and grow
fat like stall-fed Calves honestly old
test language what is he talking about
here you will grow fat fat is the sign
of abundance it’s the mark of blessing
so what do we have in verse one we have
a very challenging day great difficulty
what do we have verse two Jesus shows up
with healing in his wings there’s a
Redemptive purpose in the difficult
season and the end result is you grow
fat let me make it more appealing to you
your anointing
increases
the abundance of God the presence the
anointing the wisdom the inside all the
things that we pursue and long for in
our in our walk with Jesus is wrapped up
in that and you will grow fat like stall
fed calves look at the result of being a
fat
calf I know you want to see it it’s
verse three you will trample the wicked
they will be ashes underneath the souls
of your feet on the day that I do this
says the
Lord again Old Testament to New Old
Testament wars were fought against
people against Nations Paul switched the
focus in Ephesians 6 when he said we
don’t fight against flesh and blood our
fight is not against people so every war
analogy of the Old Testament is now
transferred into a new testament concept
context that our fight is not against
people it’s not the boss that treated
you wrong it’s not the neighbor that has
a barking dog it’s it’s the reality of
of the Demonic realm that has sought to
kill steal and destroy in our lives and
our life gets together we come into a
place of safety we then have the
responsibility to extend the boundaries
of our own life of safety to Encompass
the life of another person and another
and another where people begin to live
under that blessing in the favor of God
it comes out of verse two that says the
son of righteousness Rises with healing
in his
wings I don’t know if you know this but
when it says the son of righteousness
will arise with healing in his wings
wings can actually be translated Hem of
a garment
wow and Jesus came son son of
righteousness introduced himself as the
light of the world remember this is
figurative light language and so as the
same way that the sun rises and casts
its healing Rays all over the planet in
the same way the people of God would
rise in this hour because of what Christ
has done to represent him well there’s
actually we on on his behalf if you will
trample on Powers of Darkness this
passage here in uh in Malachi 3:3
trampling the wicked is uh one is spoken
of by Jesus in different language
in Luke 10: 19 he says I give you the
authority to trample on serpents
scorpions over all the power of the
enemy and nothing will by any means hurt
you that is the New Testament
translation of what was stated in
Malachi chapter 4 here’s the deal all
the dealings of God in our life they all
are unto something they’re always with
purpose make me more like Jesus why
because there’s Nations that waiting to
be brought into the kingdom it’s about
the Nations it’s about the Nations he
works on me to see what measure of
blessing I can survive under without it
fracturing or or uh uh ruining my my own
walk with the Lord some people can’t
handle L you know it’s I’ve I’ve asked
you the question before how much money
is too much money for a person and it’s
there’s not an amount because it’s
whatever amount replaces trust that’s
that’s how much is too much for one
person they don’t they no long they no
longer pray if they have $1,000 in the
bank their prayer life ended because
they don’t they’re not in crisis anymore
for another person may be100 million the
point is it’s not an amount the issue is
always the heart and it’s always an
issue of trust and abandonment to the
lordship of Jesus that’s the focus of
this entire Journey the end result is
Nations being brought into the
kingdom the last verse we’ll
read is verse five and six behold I will
send you Elijah the prophet before the
coming of the great and Dreadful day of
the Lord and He will turn the hearts of
fathers to the children the hearts of
children to their fathers lest I come
and strike the Earth with a
curse I will send you Elijah the
prophet Jesus pointed to John the
Baptist and said he is the Elijah to
come these things that are described
have happened the son of righteousness
came the Elijah to come has
come but the impact of their coming has
not been fully realized
yet number one grow fat like stall fed
calves trampling powers of Darkness the
momentum of that word word continues to
this day this other part is the
prophetic with John the
Baptist the end result of the prophetic
Ministry of verse five is the Turning of
the hearts of parents to their children
in the hearts of children to their
parents what’s the point true New
Testament prophetic Ministry is about
reconciliation of relationships and a
restoration of families everybody in
this room whether you realize it or not
carries a
blueprint that will impact a
city the blueprint for a transformed
city is in a healthy
family all the stuff that could be
listed as world changing moments in this
book were pushed aside to talk about a
husband and the way he deals with his
wife the believer who has conversation
with another believer the parents who
turn their hearts to children and the
children to their parents it’s all a
relational context that says here we are
burning ones and we have determined to
do life together and we have determined
that we’re going to continue to press in
to the healthiest relationships we know
how to have because that will be the
context in which Jesus the king of glory
shows up and summons the Nations to
their Destiny to their purpose the
blueprint for a transformed city is in a
healthy household it’s in a healthy
family
[Applause]
so Malachi did US
good why don’t you stand we’re going to
pray
do delayed
answers to
prayer gain
interest but they also ensure that we
are in a moment of refinement and Purity
so that the blessing doesn’t injure us
and instead establishes
us I believe this to be year of unusual
and I do mean unusual
breakthrough is not going to come always
as we think some of it will surprise us
completely we’ll pray for this and he’ll
answer it this
way but I do believe with all of my
heart that we are in one of those uh
first service Chris uh talked about in
prayer time as uh the difference spe
Kronos and chyros chyros moment a
divinely orchestrated moment in which
everything
changes and I can I can feel in the air
I can feel that what’s happening in the
church in recent weeks is is really
quite quite extraordinary I had kind of
a challenging time in first service
today just to find my bearings because
there was such presence and power
functioning in the
room you know when you let’s just say
the power of God knocks me under the
ground and I’m trembling under his power
for two hours that’s awesome but the
goal isn’t to get that to happen in
Starbucks or
Costco the goal is to learn how to
translate what happened in that Divine
moment so that I I become the courageous
person in a public moment that can serve
well communicate well unhindered by the
opinions and pressures of people it’s
unto something and the inability to
translate Revival has caused revivals to
end in the house instead of to transform
the city it was born in
W I just pray for that I pray for that
wisdom of God you know we we share this
life together as burning ones and I am
moved constantly by your sacrifice your
affection your love for God your love
for people I’m moved continuously by
that
example but I feel like there’s a
reminder right in front of my face today
for me and I’ve been waiting through
this in the last several weeks and I can
feel I can feel to be honest with you
there are several things I thought in
just my personal life I thought would
happen by now they have not and in the
last week or so I’ve been giving thanks
that they haven’t because I can tell
he’s refining the heart if he would have
released that to me earlier it might
have caused a greater
fracture I don’t know if that makes
sense to anybody it makes sense to me
and I’m actually I’m actually doing what
he said to do to give thanks in all
things but it’s sincerely thank you God
that you did not answer that the day I
asked because I I didn’t have the
refined Focus that I have in this
moment this is the moment we’re in we
were born for such a time as this and
God’s created a momentum of faith in
this house blueprints it’s the first
time I’ve ever said it but I I became
convinced this morning that God has put
the blueprint for a transformation of a
city in the heart of every believer but
it’s boils down to healthy relationships
value for people so father we pray these
things over this house right now we pray
this over everybody in this room all of
our friends that watch on bethl TV we
pray that there would be such an
anointing for break breakthrough that we
would understand how to prioritize life
that we would truly value the person The
Stranger we truly value the member of
our own household that just needs extra
attention that we truly would give you
occasion to write a book of remembrance
about us a book of remembrance based
upon the fact that we’ve actually chosen
to sacrificially do life together I pray
for this in The Wonderful Name of
Jesus before we leave there’s always
a chance every time there’s this many
people in the room there’s a chance that
there could be people here someone here
that does not have a personal
relationship with Jesus you don’t know
what it is to be born again to be
forgiven of sin and to become a follower
of the Lord Jesus Christ and if there’s
anyone here that would just say Bill I
don’t want to leave until I know him at
peace with God till I know what it is to
have God as my father Jesus the one that
I follow explicitly if that’s you I want
you just to acknowledge with an upraised
hand just saying bill that’s me I don’t
want to leave until I know what it is to
be forgiven of God way over here yeah
wonderful wonderful over here anybody
else put your hand up
high there’s another one back over here
wonderful
wonderful W wave it at me if I don’t see
you wave it at me if I don’t see you
that’s wonderful we’ve got at least two
people that responded and Jesus is about
to raise up some World Changers in this
in this place and I I just pray for the
two of you I’m going to ask this I want
to ask Ministry team come quickly to the
front all of you please hold your places
except for Ministry team and the two
people that raised your hands please
come over here to my left we have some
friends over here that I want to talk
with you and to pray for you just come
on down over here to my left people that
we know and trust that will talk with
you Church bless them as they come bless
you