This message is part 3 of the Bethel Church’s series, God of Transformation. Bill Johnson teaches about the renewed mind and its role in transformation. A transformed mind transforms a person and a transformed person transforms a city.

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i do have something important to read

yesterday my husband thought he saw a

cockroach in the kitchen

he sprayed everything down cleaned it

thoroughly today i’m putting the

cockroach in the bathroom

[Laughter]

all right yeah for whatever it’s worth

there we are all right

we have this series that we’re doing

the transformation series

if there’s anything that we have taught

or done practiced

pursued through the years that

should cause a real burning conviction

in the heart of this church family

i would think it would be this subject

because

revival when it has its full effect

brings transformation

it was never intended that revival would

be reduced to a week of meetings or a

month of meetings or two years of

meetings

it was always intended that that fire

of the move of god would work its way

the illustration was given to me years

ago was a fire

always starts at at the bottom so

revival always begins with a poor and if

it’s not economically poor it’s at least

always the poor in spirit

and it burns up up that wall if you will

if you can imagine just bricks in a wall

layer after layer of culture in society

until it reaches the upper echelons of

society

and the part that was incomplete in that

illustration is when it touches the

upper parts of society

then it influences the mind molders

those who shape culture

and the move of god is supposed to

work its way all through culture and

society so

thoroughly and so completely with such

great impact that those who establish

culture

create culture are affected by the move

of god

the the bible calls us salt

and light but then it says the kingdom

is leaven

it doesn’t say we’re eleven it says the

kingdom is leaven

we are salt we are light

salt imparts

influence light attracts to safety

it’s a city set on a hill the city set

on a hill that’s all lit up doesn’t do

you any good unless you go to the city

it’s uh the city set on a hill is

actually an invitation

it’s an invitation for safety for refuge

nourishment shelter it’s it’s an

invitation

so when the lord says this defines us in

these terms

he’s actually describing the nature

our nature in christ and how it is to

affect the world around us

whether it’s the word used or not makes

little difference the influence

is under transformation

you can have many people saved and not

transform

a city you can have many people

attend church and not transform a city

the nature of salt is it needs to be

sprinkled evenly over the whole meal

it’s not complicated jesus said you’re

the salt of the earth if the salt has

lost its flavor

it’s good for nothing needs to be thrown

out so salt adds

flavor salt actually enhances the flavor

of a meal

we would never take the salt shaker take

the lid off and pour the entire contents

in the corner of the plate

but that’s what we do it’s called church

we make sure that we huddle together and

stay together

because we don’t trust we don’t trust

the righteousness of christ in us enough

to allow ourselves to be sprinkled

throughout society

now that’s changing so that’s that

statement is not entirely true because

we’ve been

we’ve been working on that but that’s

our history our history has been

we’re afraid of being contaminated and

so here we are in the corner of the

plate

and yet the influence that we’re

supposed to bring the contribution we’re

supposed to make which is fascinating to

me

that the lord actually values secular

culture

i don’t mean he values sin carnality any

of that stuff but he has actually

invested things in that part of the

world just

just the way jesus used language

um the the the way he he called

his 12 apostles as you know because

we’ve been through this for years

but that’s a secular term which tells me

then he had

value for what i believe was a

god-inspired idea

in the roman and greek culture that he

would later use

he wasn’t afraid of it being

contaminated he knew that that part of

the world would actually

steward a concept that he didn’t want

his own people

israel to steward

he he values he values the artistic

expression

i remember so many years ago hearing

somebody ask this question he said how

can an

ungodly immoral antichrist type person

write a beautiful song

not because they’re demonically inspired

i’ve never thought that through before

not because they’re possessed by demons

but because they’re made in the image of

god

and so the lord actually hides his

graces

in the lives of people that sometimes

are not yet born again

but there’s a grace a touch of god on

their life

it doesn’t mean it qualifies them for

salvation you understand

we’re not talking about that but we’re

talking about the the fact that god

actually

values stuff that we don’t always value

thankfully that’s changing and we’re

learning

we’re learning that he thinks different

than we do

a couple weeks ago i talked to you about

this uh this concept of ecclesia

uh something that the ed zavos and

others have really championed for quite

a while

and i really do believe it’s it’s uh

getting that

down in our our christian culture

has the potential of truly transforming

our nation the united states but the

nations of the world represented here

the ecclesia the concept of two or three

gathered in his name

and that’s where he marks his presence

and what this pandemic has done

is it’s forced us it’s put us into a

position

forced us to learn what the real

strength of the church is

i love the thousands that gather i just

i love it so much and i miss

i miss it really big i love together but

there’s a prophetic

direction set in the corporate gathering

but the strength of the church is the

two or three

the strength of the church is in the two

or three because that’s where he

marks that’s where he begins to mark a

group with presence

now you might say well he’s already in

me the holy spirit is in me my body is

his temple and that’s true

so two or three gathered together what’s

the point he’s already with me by myself

that’s true but every time we gather in

his name now just picture this

i gather with a friend of mine we both

have

purposed to co-labor with the lord to

see his purposes accomplished in the

earth we make that agreement

together he said he had come into the

midst so together

we have this covenant we will live in

and abide in this presence of god and we

will learn to pray from the abiding

presence

to see his purposes accomplished in the

earth we’re not talking about just

a casual gathering recall we’re talking

about

the intentional gathering of people that

say you know what

he said he’d be here so i’m going to

look for him and i’m going to look for

his heart

and i’m going to pray consistent with

his heartbeat

because i want to see his purposes

accomplished in the earth

you were designed to have every prayer

you ever pray answered

but the key to that is that abiding

presence

it’s tapping to that heartbeat of god

it’s having that sense of

oh i can feel the the burden i can feel

the weightiness of the lord on this

subject

i may have 10 things that i want to pray

for that are on my list

but when he says seek first the kingdom

i find out what’s on his list

it doesn’t mean mine don’t matter it’s

just when i prioritize them

i lose them

it’s it’s i got 10 things on my list if

those are the only things i pray about

they are not met with the measure of

presence and power

that they deserve why because i i came

at them incorrectly i i don’t want to

make this a

a bad formula it’s just this is the

bible

it’s actually in the book seek first the

kingdom of god

and his righteousness all these things

will be added to you so when i come to

the lord constantly about my ten things

on my list

and i never looked him for what’s on his

list

then i don’t ever approach my ten things

with his strength

i approach it simply as a servant

begging

the almighty god to invade

there’s a difference between praying as

a servant praying as a son

the abiding presence is that which

i don’t know if i will say qualifies

somehow

it engages me into the heart of god to

pray

his prayer over my situation but i begin

by praying with what’s on his mind

he may bring up something you know of a

friend that is really struggling and i

may

spend 20 minutes praying for that one

friend and ignoring everything that’s on

my list

because i got caught up praying for this

friend what happens

he knows my list he said all these

things

these things are added as we engage with

them all right

that’s too long of an introduction on

that i

i took a detour but you get the point

anyway is that

uh is that we are designed to pray

we are designed for answers to prayer we

are not designed to not get answers for

prayer

it’s the reason that chris gore i think

told us years ago

said jesus never taught us on how to

deal with answers

to unanswered prayers because he never

had any it’s a great point he didn’t

have any

so here we are transformation is a

target so where’s

where we’re going to start is in romans

chapter of 12.

if you would go there um even though

it’s a passage that many of you could

quote

i want you to see it on your on your in

your bibles

anyway

romans 12 we’ll start with verse one

we’ll read verses 1 and 2. i beseech you

therefore brethren by the mercies of god

that you present your bodies a living

sacrifice wholly acceptable to god

which is your reasonable service in

other words it’s the intellectual thing

to do

verse 2

and do not be conformed to this world

but be transformed

by the renewing of your mind that you

may prove

what is that good and acceptable and

perfect will of god

let’s read verse 2 again do not be

conformed to this world but be

transformed

by the renewing of your mind that you

may

prove what is that good and acceptable

and perfect will of god

if the mind wasn’t important if the mind

wasn’t valuable

it wouldn’t be worth renewing

he focuses his energy

if you will his purposes his workings in

our life

every moment of every day to teach us to

think like he does

when i embrace worry i intentionally war

against the mind of christ

when i entertain thoughts and ideas that

are in conflict with god i’m actually

feeding that which wars against the mind

of christ

the mind of christ is completely

different if i could illustrate

the mind of christ is not just hopeful

facing a problem in other words when

jesus

feeds the multitude with loaves and

fishes a children’s

a child’s lunch it’s not because he can

imagine the possibility of a miracle

it’s because he lives aware of resources

that are greater than the problem that

he’s facing there’s an awareness there’s

a consciousness

there’s a consciousness of living from a

realm of unlimited resource towards a

problem

faith sees faith dwells in a place

where nothing is impossible and for that

to be

the um the shape or the molder of how we

think

is is huge but it begins with our

salvation

it begins with our salvation in this

little word called

repent repent for the kingdom of heaven

is at hand

repent i grew up

in a world where repentance was coming

to an altar

weeping before the lord confessing sin

it’s a

it’s wonderful and i never want to take

away from that because it’s so vital

i began to see in scripture

that the word repent actually means to

change the way you think but here’s the

big mistake

repentance is not an intellectual

exercise

repentance is not an intellectual

exercise it’s not saying i just got to

think different about this problem it’s

not that at all the bible says godly

sorrow produces repentance

godly sorrow is what influences a shift

in perspective

godly sorrow it’s seeing

the the lost condition

that we were in before we met christ and

the fact that he saved us when we could

not save ourselves

when we were dead so how many good

choices can dead people make

you you can’t you can’t find god

being dead he has to find you

and wake you up to the possibility of

salvation so

the weightiness of our salvation so we

see the the absolute lost

condition of humanity we see that he

called us by name something happened in

us and we said yes

seeing that simple thing carried out to

its logical conclusion is

i have a change in my perspective of

reality

i was dead i’m alive i was lost

i’m found

that is the inspiration for the renewed

mind that’s the beginning place that’s

where it starts

don’t be conformed to this world be

transformed

by the renewing of your mind

the renewing of the mind here this

particular word be transformed

is the same basic word that’s used in

the gospels to describe

jesus on the mount of transfiguration

so if you can imagine jesus takes peter

james and john with them they go up on a

mountain

and he stands on this mountain all of a

sudden it says

he becomes other is actually the

language is used he becomes

other he he he suddenly takes on a

different

image and shape if you will he his his

clothing and i think it’s luke’s gospel

his clothing is

lightening flashes it’s not you know

it says the whiter than any launderer

can

make it yeah times a billion

it’s lightning we’re not talking about a

good

washing we’re talking about lightning

lightning

is his clothing and he stands there and

the disciples

were sleeping they’re now completely

awake

as they behold this one and

the voice of the father comes this is my

beloved son hear him

so it’s a divine moment here’s what i

want you to see

in the natural jesus is clothed with

lightning

that is transformation

the renewed mind in the spirit realm

is what that is in the natural realm

the mind of christ

the mind of christ is the beginning of

transformation

the mind of christ is the beginning

place

transformed mind transforms

a person a transformed person

transforms a city i like the strategies

for

serving in politics and business and all

those things

and and the lord is blessing and the

opportunity of churches all over the

country

all over the world that are doing that

serving their communities it’s a

beautiful thing

but apart from the mind of christ

there’s not lasting transformation

because we are actually discipling a

world

on the reality of god who has conquered

every enemy of mankind

discipling a world to think and to draw

from possibilities that they never

thought were even

even available before the renewed mind

makes hope possible let’s just take a

look at this for just a moment longer i

i know we’ve been over this before but

but i have the mic so

said be transformed by the renewing of

your mind that you may prove

what is that good acceptable and perfect

will of god i’ve heard people say

there’s the good will of god the

acceptable will of god and then there’s

the perfect will of god

that’s stupid that’s just dumb there’s

the will of god

it’s good acceptable and perfect it’s

the will of god is all three things

you don’t get away with while there’s an

acceptable no no no no no

don’t do me stupid don’t don’t try to

make it in by the skin of your teeth

give yourself completely to the good

acceptable perfect will of god

those things flow from the transformed

mind

what is the will of god

the best definition i can find in the

bible

is your will be done on earth

as it is in heaven just think this

through with me

your will be done on earth as it is in

heaven

clearest definition i can find is on

earth

as it is in heaven what is god’s will

for a given situation in your life in

your life

on earth as it is in heaven what ushers

that in

transformed mind

do not be conformed to this world be

transformed

by the renewing of your mind that you

may prove

i believe miracles take place by

anointing miracles take place by great

faith but miracles also take place

through the flow of the renewed mind

ushers in the reality of god’s will on

earth

the renewed mind doesn’t yield to the

opposing

thoughts the opposing uh things the war

that

goes on in the hearts and minds of

people the battleground is the mind

the renewed mind lives from a different

place

and the transformation that we hope to

bring to our cities

has to happen in here first it has

has to happen here jesus in confronting

his disciples on this

this whole issue they were they they

would be involved in a miracle and then

the next day

they would question not the miracle

but the reality of the kingdom they were

supposed to see they they would deny it

jesus talks to them they’re afraid of

not having enough food for lunch

the day after they multiplied food

so he asked them a question why do you

reason

that you have no bread why do you reason

why does your reasoning start with what

you don’t have

why do you start as you find

foundational thought

why do you build upon a foundation

that’s that weak

you have no bread you’ve started with

what you don’t have and you build logic

from that place

it’s an improper foundation and it’ll

have to be removed

anything you build on that the longer

you dwell on what you don’t have the

higher the building you’re going to

build that has to come down

and that’s what repentance does

repentance goes to the very root thought

the very emotional attachment to a way

of thinking the self-talk that is so

destructive jesus wants to go to the

root of that not

in punishment but in deliverance see in

the kingdom of god

freedom is not just from something it’s

unto something

when we are set free and in the natural

you can have a prisoner that’s released

from

prison and yet he’s still homeless and

has no job unemployed

is he free yeah yeah in part but that

wasn’t then

that in the kingdom it’s not like that

it’s freedom from something

unto something and when the lord

sets us free from this from the life of

sin and serving self

to him he actually engages us with this

ability to broker the reality of his

will

in the earth we are by nature

transformational people

and the the tragedy occurs when we have

a greater confidence in the return of

christ than we do the power of the

gospel

the challenge is is around the world

there is great anticipation for the

return of christ is that

wrong absolutely not it’s going to be

more glorious than any of us could ever

imagine but that’s not my assignment

my assignment is to live in and display

the power of the gospel

and if i have more confidence in the

return of christ than i do the power of

the gospel i disqualify myself

as a transformer because the power of

the gospel is for here and now the

return of christ is for the church

the power of the gospel is for the world

we we know that a drug addict can

come forward receive prayer be set free

from

drugs i remember one sunday night right

down here we prayed for about 10 people

that were addicted to drugs and stuff

and two of them which i didn’t know at

the moment two of them were

over 20 years uh addicted to heroin

and we prayed a group prayer we didn’t

pray over them individually a group

prayer

and one of the guys came to me six

months later he said do you remember

when you had us come forward

yeah he said me and my buddy we’ve been

addicted to heroin for over 20 years and

we were set free have not had

desired drugs at all since that moment

so we

know that the lord can do that for an

individual we

have seen where he does that for a

family

that’s supposed to reveal the nature of

god to believe for a city in a nation

that’s what it’s supposed to do

it’s supposed to be that seed god’s

nature doesn’t change when we’re now

talking about a neighborhood

that nature of god to redeem and to

restore doesn’t change when we’re

talking about an entire city

it’s the exact same gospel if you will

it’s the cloud the size of a man’s hand

if we anticipate what is possible

because what we’ve seen him do with that

one individual or that one household

then the renewed mind says we need to

run for cover because it’s about to rain

and are you getting the analogy there

it’s elijah sees this cloud the size of

a man’s hand he’s been praying for rain

and as soon as he sees the cloud the

size of a man’s hand he runs and he says

it’s about to

is this about about to be a downpour

the way we treat our small moments

is what qualifies to be entrusted with

big moments

we pray for massive downpour

you know outpouring of the spirit

what did you do during the song when

there was that special

wave of presence that went through the

room it’s those little moments the tiny

moments

are what god gives us to see to measure

us for what we can carry

i can respond to the power of god

touching me and making me you know

incapacitated for three hours

it’s not hard to respond to that

but that moment of inspiration when i

don’t have my bible

open i’m actually driving home and

there’s that moment where he touches my

heart regarding something what do i do

with those moments

see we are we have been we have been

bought with a price with a purpose a

purpose in mind

and it is the transformation of a life a

family a

a a legacy our household

and cities and nations it’s the intent

of the lord

you know we we read in scripture about

the evils of wealth and all this stuff

do you know it also says that there’s a

day coming when the wealth

all the wealthy of the earth will bow

before him in worship

it’s in the book it’s in psalms

it’s on the left page up towards the top

it’s in the 20s

so here the scripture says we are salt

and we are

light and then it says the kingdom is

leaven now

let’s let’s take a look at just this

thought for a moment it says the kingdom

of heaven is

like leaven it doesn’t say i’m leaven

it says i’m salt and light the kingdom

of heaven is like

leaven in the measure

i seek first the reality of his dominion

for my city in that measure the kingdom

becomes leaven

in my city

in the measure i make the reality of

god’s lordship

and dominion his sovereignty in the

measure i pursue that

in the practical application of where it

fits

into my city through my place of

influence in the measure that i

seek first the kingdom of god the

dominion of god

being released into my city and the

measure i pursue that as top priority is

the measure in which leaven actually is

worked into the kingdom

and has its effect think about this once

you’ve put leaven in the dough you can’t

pull it out

you can look at it and say well it’s not

working it will

it will there’s heat coming

fire activates whatever leaven is in the

dough

fire activates it you find out you find

out what you’ve been

sowing into your own self-talk when a

problem comes

what leaven has been planted in the

dough of my heart it comes to the

surface when a difficulty comes

is there hope is there anticipation of

great faith is there a sense of

breakthrough that this is all in the

sovereign plan of god to bring us into

increase in breakthrough or

has the self-talk flooded my soul to

where a problem causes

the leven of unbelief to rise to the

surface

you get the point i’m trying to make

the seed of transformation for all

society is already in the heart

and mind of every born-again believer

it’s already there

jesus turns to his disciples

and one of my favorite stories fact i

just i just caught uh

um a verse when i was opening my bible

this morning

where the disciples are looking at a

multitude to feed and

jesus says you feed them

you feed them

and you know the story they get the

loves fishes there’s the multiplication

of food

when they didn’t know what to do he

didn’t withdraw the command

when they didn’t know how to do it he

didn’t withdraw the command

everything all of his interaction with

his disciples

after the initial commission you feed

them everything he said after that point

was to equip them to do what they

couldn’t do

he said what do you have so we just have

a boy’s lunch all right step one

put them in groups of fifty and a

hundred step two

let’s divide this up into twelve baskets

so each have one step three

go hand it out step four what

he did was he he gave them baby steps to

complete an

impossible assignment but the miracle

came

from them

he didn’t take the loaves and fish his

throat and year ago shall sam create a

big pile of food

would have been a disaster with a hungry

crowd

instead it multiplied as it was handed

out

the point is you already have the seed

of the the kingdom display the miracle

is already in you because it was

commanded you it was commanded to me

it was in the command

go into all the world preach the gospel

disciple nations i remember talking to a

greek

scholar guy a bunch of years ago and he

said the

the action verb in that verse is

actually not go

it’s disciple it’s basically as you’re

going

life’s going to take you all over the

place so as you go do this

you have the seed within you to bring

transformation to an individual life a

family line

to an entire city keep that in mind you

are here for a reason for a purpose

in chapter 15 of romans

there’s another passage i’d like for you

to look at and then

i want to try to bring some sort of a

conclusion to this

this message chapter 15 verse 13 says

now may the god of hope

fill you with all joy and peace in

believing

that you may abound in hope by the power

of the holy spirit

now i i love this verse and i i’ll be

honest with you

it it’s not one that has made a lot of

sense to me although i believe it

because it’s in the word it’s true

but what has stood out to me says may

the god of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing

that you may abound in hope how

by the power of god

failing to interact with power is

failing to live in the fullness of hope

there is a connection between the life

of power

and supernatural hope now there are

people who have hope

it’s just the power of positive thinking

they just believe things will turn out

for the good i get that

i’m not talking about that kind of hope

i’m talking about the kind of hope

that is anchored in the nature of god

and the commission of man

it’s a hope that says i am here for

divine purpose

and because of that i must display

the confrontation of the impossible

when jesus says you feed them he

once again is famous for commanding us

to do stuff that’s impossible

it’s no different than when he said heal

the sick or raise the dead it’s the same

thing

as he brings us the command the

commission i’m

i’m i’m introducing you

to what you can’t do now do it

somehow in the surrender to the

impossible command

is the capacity to do what he said we

can’t what we can’t

naturally do he says you feed them

and in this verse we have this beautiful

description

that we would abound in hope it’s not

just a hope of positive thinking

it’s a hope that sees the beginning from

the end

living with the realization there is not

a problem on the planet that he doesn’t

have an

answer for and while i may not have it

in mind i do have it in my relationship

i may not know what it’s supposed to

look like

but i have inherited the mind of christ

and i will pursue the specifics of that

of that insight of that application so

this is what he says

that you may abound and hope by the

power of god jump down to verse 18

for i will not dare speak of those

things which christ has not accomplished

through me in word indeed

to make the gentiles obedient in mighty

signs and wonders

by the power of the spirit of god so

that from jerusalem

roundabout to illyrium i have fully

preached the gospel of christ

let’s condense verse 19 in mighty signs

and wonders

by the power of the spirit of god i have

fully preached the gospel

i owe it to my own soul to be exposed to

miracles

because my soul is not healthy apart

from the regular

exposure to that which i cannot control

that which i cannot explain

that which did not originate with me

if there is anything that

that is prevalent outside

of a fiery move of god

it’s the it’s the absence of awe

it’s the absence of all

there’s something about a people that

don’t know what’s happening but know

it’s good

there’s something about people don’t

know where we’re going but i’m following

the cloud i i’ll never forget

uh teaching that jack hafer did and and

his church

uh in van nuys california church on the

way is one of my

most favorite places i’ve ever been to

and i love him so much and

that ministry but i remember he he he

was teaching once and he said you know

people ask

he they went from you know 14 people i

think on their first service all up to i

don’t know 14 000 or something crazy and

seven services a day it was it was just

nuts

and so people would ask him how did you

get from there to here he says

if i tell you it will look like we knew

what we were doing

because it’s it’s so strategic

if i tell you i’ll give you the

impression we actually knew what we were

doing

we didn’t we just followed the cloud

and now looking back i can give the

outline of what we did

that looks like we had great wisdom and

insight

does that make sense that’s where we are

the life of power is

that i don’t know what to do next but i

am so

filled with all i’ll follow a cloud i’ll

follow the cloud

i have such hope why because i’ve seen

god work in me

and through me i know this cloud is

worth following i’m going to pursue this

one why

because i have an assignment i don’t

know how it’s going to work but i know

the impact of my life

as salt and light and every

demonstration of the presence and power

of god reveals the kingdom

god you are working the kingdom as

leaven into the culture of this city

of this of this life it’s my yes that is

a part

of the influence of kingdom in a city

it’s my yes

to live on the edge where miracles

become

normal fully preach the gospel how

it’s in miracles signs and wonders it’s

in the power of the holy spirit

that’s old material

for you and for me but i

i’ll be really honest with you i need

and want a fresh baptism

in this that i have said yes to a

hundred times a thousand times

a fresh baptism because i feel like in

this

strange season that we call

to you know time flies except when

you’re in a pandemic

[Laughter]

the longest 20 years of my life has been

2020.

[Laughter]

the lord has so positioned us

in in spite of the season

the way it looks on the outside for many

power says

this is the time to abound in hope

because god is known for addressing

impossible situations and he saves the

day when people run out of solutions

when there’s no more answers

i want you to stand we’re going to pray

and those of you that are at home if

you’re in the car don’t stand

unless you pull over some i want us to

i want us to pray together and

i i guess what i what i want to i

probably could have shared

what i shared today in five minutes

because all i really have to say is

hope comes from power and power keeps us

in awe

and it’s that approach to the renewed

mind

that enables us to be transformational

there’s something about wisdom there’s

something about power

there’s something about hope all these

things

are what release kingdom into culture

and that’s what transforms

but it’s got to start with me it’s going

to start with me i can’t

i can’t give away what i don’t have

chris mentioned it earlier the whole

thing jesus sleeping in a storm

you know you can’t impart a piece

that doesn’t enable you to rest in the

middle of a storm

you know we have authority over any

storm we can sleep in the whole concept

is

that place of personal peace qualifies

me

to exercise authority over chaos

peace is actually the antithesis

of chaos it’s not just discomfort it’s

not just worry and fear

it is actually the absolute opposite

of chaos in disorder

peace is that which orders my heart a

right

and it’s uh

you know you you see

you see people in you know gurus and

people and cults and stuff they

illustrate a life of peace but they

only have peace in a world they control

they don’t have peace when they’re in

the middle of chaos

they only have peace in the atmosphere

where they control

are their constituents then they can

model peace

but they do not have the peace in the

middle of a storm

because that’s a person that’s a person

and the lord has put us in the middle of

craziness for a whole bunch of reasons

but one is for us to discover for

ourself what it looks like to live in

peace

and i you know what i’m praying for us

for me for

all of us is i i want i want

the dimension of awe

i i it sounds almost like a correction

and i don’t feel that because i feel

like

we live with the sense of all but i feel

like the lord’s about to upgrade the awe

can i say shock and awe shock and awe

he’s about to upgrade he’s about to

upgrade the awe

because the all is what produces

the purest oil from our life is that

place of

awe so father

we say yes and amen to the assignment

for transformation

we do we just say yes we say amen

amen restore in every one of us

all the viewers restore the all of god

in a way that we’ve never known before

a whole new level introduce us give us

an

increased appetite for the impossible we

hear you

saying to us you feed them you feed them

you feed them

lord i pray for that to echo through our

hearts

until we rise to that place of

incredible hope according to power

that you would flow in us and through us

in a way that changes the world around

us i pray this in jesus name

i also know that there are people

watching i i when others speak i

i’ll get on youtube and and or bethel tv

and watch the comments there’s so many

people that watch these

services these gatherings that aren’t

born again they don’t know what it is to

have a personal relationship with jesus

oh my goodness i i would just say

surrender surrender jesus is the only

one

qualified to run our life and that he

invites us

to come into our relationship with him

to be forgiven of sin and he actually

gives us a new nature

so i’m going to exhort and encourage you

right online with the people you’re with

just

tell whoever in the chat room on bethel

tv or

youtube just just tell them i want to

know jesus

i want to surrender my life to jesus and

do that right now

amen let me close with this comment

this is my third and final conclusion

fear always attracts the information

needed

to legitimize its existence

fear always attracts the information

needed to legitimize its existence

and we say no we will not be governed by

fear

we will demonstrate the king and his

kingdom in jesus name amen all right

blessings bless you guys