He has risen! He is risen indeed! Bill Johnson teaches us the power of the resurrection of Christ that now lives in all of us. We are all made to see the impossible bow down to the name of Jesus. His blood is always enough.
thanks
you’re cutting into my message time here
wow happy easter because he has risen
risen indeed amen what a wonderful day
how many of you were at the uh
the good friday service now was that
just wonderful or what
i honestly i i plan my schedule around
that event
every year all right where is it all
right i’m home that week i
i cannot miss that event it’s just so
good i don’t even want to be gone
somewhere until thursday
in case there’s some mess up with the
flights you know i got to make sure i’m
home for that thing because that oh
goodness it blesses me so much
all right i have something very
important to read
i’ve read it before but you’ll
understand why it’s appropriate today
a man and his wife his mother-in-law
went on a vacation to the holy land
while they were there the mother-in-law
passed away the undertaker told them you
can have her shipped home
for five thousand dollars or you can
bury her here in the holy land for 150
man thought about it for a moment said
he’d just soon have her shipped home
the undertaker asked why would you spend
five thousand dollars to ship your
mother-in-law home
when it would be wonderful to have her
buried here and spend only a hundred and
fifty dollars
the man replied a man died here two
thousand years ago
he was buried here three days later he
rose from the dead
i just can’t take that chance
i know it’s pitiful isn’t it
[Applause]
open your bibles if you would the gospel
of john we’ll
start in chapter 19.
i i’ve had a
fun experience a couple times that twice
in my life i had people tell me i ruined
their easter
and that felt so good so so encouraging
it was because i didn’t tell the easter
story i just
presented testimonies of the
resurrection power of jesus
i i thought that would work but
apparently the story is better
so we’re going to tell the story today
and uh give opportunity at the end
once again for the power of jesus to be
displayed
you and i were born for the impossible
and we’re actually uniquely designed
to walk in a relationship with god in
this relational journey
where the impossibilities of life can be
confronted it’s actually in our dna
it’s uh we’re designed to carry that
possibility of potential every day of
our life the death and resurrection of
christ two sides of the same coin
the death and resurrection of christ are
the most is the most
demanding reality in all of life
i remember when i was uh a number of
years ago i met with a bunch of high
school students
and in fact it was at chris’s house in
his living room
and i i just talked with him about this
this claim of the death and resurrection
of christ is so significant that if it’s
not
true i owe humanity the rest of my life
to warn them of this lie and to disprove
this fallacy
on the other hand if it is true i owe
all of humanity the rest of my life
to bring the story and demonstrate the
power of that resurrection
because it is it is the thing
it’s the thing that defines everything
else all of life is defined because of
this one
great reality take all the confusion
that exists in the world all the
craziness
that is going on and all of it could be
settled and fixed with a clear
understanding of the death and
resurrection of christ
every single bit of it because when
jesus died he did not die
missing anything he didn’t forget to
deal with something he didn’t
he didn’t offer himself as an offering
for part of the problem
he actually became the offering to
settle all the issues
um i was trying to remember quote
earlier eric uh sent it to me during the
between here and on my way to the next
service over to twin view
and it’s one of my favorite quotes of
all time it’s a c.s lewis quote
he says i believe in christianity as i
believe in the sun
s-u-n the sun has risen i believe in
christianity
as i believe that the sun has risen
not only because i see it but because i
see everything else
by it because of it i can see everything
else
the resurrection of christ the death and
resurrection of christ redefines
everything about life relationships
giftings purpose dreams visions all the
stuff
takes on a different flavor and
definition because
jesus conquered death in my place and
rose victorious
interestingly his resurrection is
actually
is actually our resurrection
um roman says if you’ve been baptized
with him
you’ve been buried in his death then you
also have been raised up in his
resurrection
that the resurrection of christ is
what’s given to you the moment you’re
born again
it’s what causes us to be born again do
you understand jesus didn’t raise
himself
he didn’t raise himself the spirit of
god came upon him and raised him up
as this testimony of resurrection so
what i want to do today is i want to
just go through the story
we’re going to take some of the the
crucifixion right at the tail end
and uh and then going to go into some of
the resurrection story
and just read to or read a few verses
and i’ll talk and and
until we’re done all right and if you
get through before i do just go home
all right i’ve always wanted to tell you
that all right here we go
john chapter nine open your bibles to
the gospel of john the ninth chapter
19th chapter did i say 19 already once
and then i just said ninth yeah you just
pick and choose
they’re both good
but i’m going to be in chapter 19 if you
want to join me so
i was just at twin view one of our other
campuses
and uh and i just was going to start
reading and i didn’t even tell them what
book i mean what chapter
in john so i accused them of just not
having a strong enough prophetic
anointing on their life
but i repented quickly it’s all right
all right
uh the gospel of john chapter 19
let’s just go right to verse 31.
jesus is already crucified says in the
previous verse he gave up his spirit
announced it is finished
verse 31. therefore because it was the
preparation day that the bodies
should not remain on the cross on the
sabbath for that sabbath was a high day
the jews asked pilate that their legs
might be broken
that they might be taken away then the
soldiers came and brought the legs of
the first and of the other
who was crucified with him but when they
came to jesus
and saw that he was already dead they
did not break his legs
a couple things i want to mention here
first of all
it was uh the prophets had declared that
not one of his bones would be broken
so it is essential that his legs were
not broken in the fulfillment of
prophetic word
but what’s interesting to me is that he
was dead before the other two wh
which first of all the guy
the the thief that died with him on the
cross next to him
talked about coming into the kingdom at
the last moment
this guy this guy just make can you
imagine this guy
you’ll see him in heaven and you’ll
recognize him you’ll know who he is
you’ll know his story
and he will be able to brag throughout
all of eternity that he was one of those
guys that came in at the exact last
moment years ago we had some of our
team down in the streets of san
francisco they were sharing the gospel
ministering to people
and uh one of our directors a 14 year
old girl
sat down on us on a curb and there was
an elderly man sitting there
and she shared the gospel with him and
he ended up getting born again
tremendous holy spirit
moment where he just came upon that man
and he was so deeply touched and changed
transformed
she went around ministering to other
people and heard sirens and followed the
sirens and the sirens came back
and this man had passed away since the
time she led him to the lord
and uh so she was there at that moment
my prayer is that it would be impossible
to get to heaven
from reading that there would be people
at the gates
at the hospitals in the convalescent
homes the
the uh ambulance drivers all these
places
that really are the gateways to eternity
would be manned by people
who love jesus and can introduce people
into that
last final moment experience that’s my
that’s my prayer for this
this city but here these two guys are
still alive their legs have to be broken
to uh so that they can no longer
push up and keep themselves being able
to breathe so they suffocate
when they came to jesus he’s already
dead why was he dead ahead of the other
two
personally i think it was because the
weight of sin if you take the billions
of people
the sin you know what it’s like when
you’ve done something wrong that shame
that guilt that heaviness that you feel
for one thing multiply that by billions
of people
then multiply that by a lifetime of sin
and put all of that on
one person in one moment jesus who
proved himself to be holy
demonstrated power in miracles but also
demonstrated power
in holiness as talked about in romans 1.
this one
in that moment was crushed and literally
died
of that broken heart because the weight
of sin
wow jesus became a curse it says he
became a curse
on a tree referring to the cross became
a curse
on the tree so that you wouldn’t have to
bear the curse
he didn’t suffer and die so that
you would have a good example to follow
he did not bear the weight of sin so
that you and i could keep a stiff upper
lip
and deal with our sin
he bore the curse
so that the power of the curse would be
broken
and the completeness wholeness would be
available to every person in every
situation
it says here uh verse 34 says one of the
soldiers pierced his side with his spear
immediately blood and water came out
i love this part of the story in the old
testament i’m going to use several old
testament references
today in the old testament there was
this
uh the tabernacle of moses and it was a
courtyard area outside inside was a
little tinted area building with two
compartments holy place holy boys get to
that later
as people would enter this courtyard
area the first thing they ran into was a
brazen altar
this is where the blood sacrifices were
made
right past that was a labor as a it was
a bowl that was made
out of the mirrors of the women this is
in the wilderness now
out of the mirrors of women and it was
uh it would contain water
so here’s the interesting thing they the
priest
would sacrifice the animal which never
dealt with sin by the way
it only postponed the penalty for one
more year it gave them an
act of obedience to be included in his
redemptive plan but it never dealt with
sin
and so the blood would deal with sin but
in this labor
the priests were still required to wipe
off uncleanness
let me put it this way your people who
live with people
you get dirty you get contaminated just
in relationships just by
i go on social media and you can get
contaminated quickly
it’s a very quick experience it’s it’s
it’s just available to you right it’s
like the kingdom it’s at hand it’s right
within reach
those you can feel uh seriously you can
feel like you did something wrong you
can feel that shame thing or
you don’t know what’s wrong you feel
something’s unsettled but you know you
ask god god what did i do wrong there’s
nothing to confess
because no sin was com committed there’s
just uncleanness
the scripture says we are washed by the
washing of the water with the word of
god
i’ve had times uh countless times
through my life where
i just feel like unsettled something
something’s wrong i don’t know what it
is
and i i pray i think god what did i do
something wrong did i say something
did i think something did i entertain
did i plan something and i go through
and there’s nothing to confess
and i open the word up the word and i
begin to read and i just become
cleansed i become washed in the water of
the word of god
blood and water listen to this passage
out of zechariah 13
in that day a fountain shall be opened
for the house of david
and the inhabitants of jerusalem and we
stop for a minute house of david
inhabitants of jerusalem
that would be old testament terminology
that would equate to
in new testament terms the community of
the redeemed
right so we’re talking about you all
us all all right in that day a fountain
shall be opened for the house of david
for the inhabitants of jerusalem for sin
and uncleanness
a fountain shall be opened
that deals with the power of sin but
also makes it possible
to stay clean just through the
contaminants that happen
in life the cleanness of conscience it
wasn’t something that was done wrong
it’s just we we rub shoulders with
people we are we are
broken people living with broken people
that are all in process
and there’s a contamination that takes
place you can
have the tv on something comes on you
quickly change the channel
it’s too late you saw something there’s
a contamination
these things just happen you’re you’re
in the office and
and uh not here this office but some
other place
and somebody tells a joke and you didn’t
have the chance to get out of the room
in time
because it’s it’s a defiling it’s too
late but it’s not too late for the
washing of the water with the word
just know where to go just know where to
go that
that’s where we just stay in this
throughout the day we stay in that word
because there’s continue continuous
cleansing
and the word of god himself a fountain
was opened up
with a spear that brought out the blood
deals with sin
and the water that deals with
contamination
verse 35 he who has seen has testified
his testimony is true and he knows that
he is telling the truth so that you may
believe
here’s what i did in my bible i circled
the word testimony
and then i underlined that you may
believe and i drew an arrow
because testimony is always that you may
believe
it is always to lead to a greater faith
to encounter god for yourself
chapter 20 verse 1 on the first day of
the week mary magdalene
went to the tomb early while it was
still dark and she saw that the stone
had been taken from the tomb
and she ran and came to simon peter to
the other disciple
whom jesus loved and said to them
they’ve taken away the lord out of the
tomb
we do not know where they have laid him
peter therefore went out
and the other disciple and were going to
the tomb
so they both ran together the other
disciple outran peter
and came to the tomb first i i love this
part of the story
let me tell you why john is the one
writing this and in verse 2 he writes
and the other disciple whom jesus loved
john either has some
issues or he lacks
self-awareness or he is facing
the greatest challenge to his humility
not copied since moses was required to
write
moses is the meekest man on earth
either he’s an egotist or he actually
chose
to walk in humility to the point where
he obeyed writing what he was supposed
to write
at the expense of appearing to be
self-serving
simon peter verse 6 are you alive
how alive are you okay
all right all right all right he’s risen
let’s that’s
he’s risen all right all right that
works verse 6
simon peter came following him went into
the tomb and he saw the linen cloth
lying there and the handkerchief that
had been around his head
not lying with a linen cloth but folded
together in a place by itself
this is interesting they come into the
tomb
there’s a place where the body was and
he was wrapped in cloth
but the part that was wrapped around his
head was folded in a place by itself
separate from the other claw there’s a
jew i’m told of this jewish tradition
that if you went to somebody’s home to
eat a meal
and you hated the meal but you didn’t
want to
say anything there was a way you could
fold up the napkin
and put it on your plate and it
basically was telling the host or
hostess
i will never eat this meal again
and the bible says jesus tasted death
once
and for all
the napkin was folded saying this meal
will never be repeated
it’s been defeated once and for all
verse 11. mary stood outside the tomb
weeping
as she wept she stooped down looked into
the tomb she saw two angels in white
sitting one at the head the other at the
feet with the body of jesus head lane
stop right there for a minute
back to the old testament there was the
most sacred
a piece of furniture in jewish history
in their uh routine sounds uh negative
i don’t mean it that way in their
routine of worship was the ark of the
covenant we’ll just say this is the ark
it was a wooden box that was overlaid
with gold
in the four corners are rings so that
they could
put poles in to these corners because
when it was time for the presence of god
to move
it was to rest on the shoulders of
priests david made the mistake of
putting it on an ox cart
and somebody died the pre the presence
of the lord is always designed to rest
on the shoulders of priests those
who walk in that lifestyle of
authentically serving him and people
carry presents and that’s the design but
this golden box
inside the box is our three items there
is the
tablets of stone ten commandments there
is a jar of manna
and there is the almond rod that budded
so these three things they testify
of the law of god the word of god they
testify of god’s absolute
complete total provision in the manna
and then resurrection
power this dead almond branch has
sprouts buds blossoms and ripe almonds
so it’s the testimony of how he marks us
with resurrection life
so these things are these testimonies
are in this box
on this top of this uh box this
center area is called the mercy seat
on both ends of the mercy seat are two
angelic beings
that face each other in the middle that
is the ark of the covenant of the ark of
the testimony
every time you share a testimony you are
ushering
in the mercy seat of god into that
person’s experience where they can taste
for themselves
of god’s mercy because his mercy rests
upon
this ark of testimony these two angelic
beings face each other i’d like to
suggest
that when the disciples looked inside
the tomb and they saw where jesus was
laid
and they saw these angels there on both
ends
that it was the prophetic decree that
the old testament
natural ark of the covenant
has been rep replaced by the true
spiritual one
where the mercy of god is now released
into the earth through the resurrection
power of jesus
because he is alive there is a shift in
season
we see this shift in season even more so
in the rest of this story jump down to
verse
15. and verse 14
she saw it was jesus and didn’t know it
was him verse 15.
woman why are you weeping who are you
seeking
she’s supposing him to be the gardener
said to him sir if you have carried him
away
tell me where you’ve laid him and i will
take him away jesus said to her mary
she turned and said to him ravonite
which is to say teacher
i don’t know i just like the verse i
just like the fact she has dialogue with
him doesn’t know who he is but when he
mentions her name
all of a sudden everything gets put in
place
one of the things i pray for people
often
i pray for my grandkids i pray for my
kids that there would be that hearing of
the voice of god there’s something about
god
calling your name there’s something
about god
speaking to you where everything takes
on definition
because of that one thing and in this
moment she realizes who it is
he says mary in verse 16. she turned and
said rabbani which is to say teacher
then jesus said to her do not cling to
me for i have not yet ascended to my
father
stop right there do not cling to me
another translation says stop clinging
to me
i’ve not yet ascended to my father think
through this with me for a moment
jesus he raised from the dead
ascended to the right hand of the father
and was glorified
at this moment he has not yet ascended
all right so it’s three days after his
death
he says to her stop clinging to me okay
compare this
with his first birth his first birth was
a virgin birth
through mary the mother of jesus
the first person to touch him was the
virgin the first person to touch him
in his second birth if we can call it
that because the bible does say he’s the
firstborn from the dead
first person to touch him was mary
magdalene out of whom
seven demons had been cast out
it’s a shift in seasons he’s making this
announcement
old testament you touch the leper you’re
unclean new testament
jesus touches the leper the leper
becomes clean
old testament the severity of sin was
the focus it had to be
it had to set the context in which
people would realize the need of a
savior
there is no solution for sin you can’t
fix yourself
there’s no self-help help program that
will deal with the nature of sin and the
root of sin
inside a person there’s only one
possible answer people said there’s many
ways to god
if there are many ways to god then god
is cruel to require jesus to go through
what he went through
he went through what he went through
because it was the only possible
solution
that you and i everyone within the sound
of my voice would know what it is to be
born again and have eternal life because
of christ
so here is this here is this virgin mary
his first birth when he was born of the
dead
firstborn of the dead the first to touch
him
is the one who illustrated grace because
it’s a new season
new season
do not cling to me for i have not yet
ascended to my father
go to my brethren and say to them i am
ascending to my father your father
my god your god
when jesus died i’ve heard some people
say
before he went remembers three days
later he ascends to the father so
when he died some people i heard them
say jesus went into
hell and suffered in hell on our behalf
no no
if he did then the blood wasn’t enough
it’s about the blood so what happened
luke 16 gives us the best description
of this reality this place called shield
there’s two compartments there’s a place
of torment
great chasm between that and the next
compartment it’s called abraham’s bosom
abraham is called the father of faith
the righteous who died before the death
of christ
went into this place a paradise if you
will
a place of peace a place of comfort
those who didn’t
went into the place of torment read luke
16 end of 16
sobering sobering chapter
when jesus it says jesus when he
ascended before he
ascended he descended into the lower
parts of the earth listen to the phrase
to lead captive a host of captives
you want to be captive by jesus because
being captive by him is the most freedom
you’ll ever experience
it’s it’s this weird kingdom you rise by
going low
you’re received by giving you know it’s
that that whole thing you live by dying
it’s
it’s this confusing journey of just
saying yes to jesus every day
so here jesus it says he descended first
into the lower parts of the earth what
did he do
he went to the place where the
people who had died in faith
remember it’s a level playing field old
and new testament
the thing that you born again in the new
was the thing that got you preserved in
the old
that’s why it’s called abraham’s bosom
jesus goes in and he makes proclamation
the payment has been made because no one
could go to heaven
until jesus died because there was no
payment for sin
so god allowed to be a place of peace
until the death of christ came
so jesus having made the payment grabbed
the keys
of authority that man had given over to
the serpent
comes into the room makes the
announcement you know i want the
videotape on this one
makes the announcement the price has
been paid come on
and they all begin to ascend and jesus
glances over and sees mary magdalene
weeping at the tomb
don’t know how this went down this is my
imagination
he turns to the crowd he says i’ll be
right back
and then he goes over to mary magdalene
well
matthew 27 says and the graves
of the righteous opened and they were
seen walking around jerusalem
when did that happen i’d like to suggest
it’s right now
jesus says i’ll be right back he goes up
to mary
david looks at moses and said he’s going
to be a while
we might as well catch a few sights
and when he’s through
back on the bus
and he brings the prize of his suffering
before the father
the moravians have this great statement
said to win for the lamb the reward of
his suffering
and this that jesus suffered and died
was to purchase
people you me
this host that he led captive and he
presented the prize before the father
verse 19 we’ve got just a couple more
then we’ll wrap it up
it says then the same day and evening
being the first day of the week
when the doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled for fear of the
jews
jesus came and stood in the midst and
said to them peace
be with you when he said this he showed
them his hands and his side
then the disciples were glad when they
saw the lord
jesus said to them again peace to you as
the father sent me i send you
jesus walks into a room where
everybody’s there scared they’re next
they’re afraid they’re going to die
they saw the angry crowds they know that
they have been recognized peter
was picked out you know standing by fire
by a servant girl
so they’ve got this fear thing all over
them that they’re going to be crucified
next
and so they’re hiding and then jesus
walks through the wall which doesn’t
help
with the fear issues and somebody and
they don’t know who it is which makes
things worse he didn’t
you know he didn’t come appearing as he
did before because he likes to appear to
us
differently than the last time so that
we learn to recognize him by voice and
presence
and not by our formulas that we have
created
he’ll break out any box you create so
here he he
walks into the room and he says peace to
you
it’s like noah when he released the dove
out of the ark
and the dove flew around could find no
place to land flew back to the earth
jesus releases the presence of god over
this group of people
and there’s no one there receiving peace
because they are locked into fear
you say well i thought that peace would
be given to those who are fearful
you can’t have them both you have to let
go of one to embrace the other
there has to be a there’s a co i’m
telling you there’s a conscious decision
i’ve been living by fear i renounce
fear
you can’t hold it both you can’t hold on
both hoping one
beats the other you’ll let go of
something to embrace another
jesus says he showed him his hands his
side
and it says then they were glad when
they saw the lord
which tells me they weren’t happy the
first time that’s because they didn’t
know who it was
i’ve seen a lot of people that weren’t
happy with what god was doing
because they didn’t know it was him
jesus releases the presence of god again
this time they were glad when they saw
the lord and jesus concludes this
with this statement says he breathed on
them and he said receive the holy spirit
here’s the deal the resurrection power
of jesus
lives in you and he wants out
i personally think all of heaven
is looking to see what impossibility we
will conquer
in his name what will we do with what
we’ve been given
it’s a it’s a strange example but jesus
came to a fig tree
it’s it’s one of the funnier stories in
the bible
it came to a fig tree out of season for
it to bear fruit
and he came to it to get fruit and there
wasn’t any fruit because it wasn’t the
right season
and it says he cursed it and i’ve heard
great teachings on
the freak tree representing israel and
his name whatever
i don’t know what it means except jesus
is the only one who has the right to
expect fruit of the impossible from us
and we did he didn’t find any he had he
had to bring that confrontation
into a reality and you and i have been
given the spirit of the resurrected
christ it’s not a condemning word it’s
an invitation
it’s a word that says let him be who he
is
in his resurrection power flowing in and
through our lives
confronting those things that have been
deemed to be impossible
that’s what you were born for it’s what
i was born for
in our conversion is the dna of christ
it wasn’t earned it was given as a gift
his actual dna where he gravitated
towards
the funeral towards the hungry crowd
towards the leper that needed help the
blind who
wanted someone to guide them all these
situations he gravitated forward
towards them because he carried this
absolute solution to every broken
situation
and my prayer for you for me is that in
this next season
we would become even more convinced of
how
ready the resurrection power of jesus is
available in word in touch
and in action word the right thing needs
to be said
don’t don’t think a casual
statement accomplishes much it’s the
decree of god
say what he’s saying
say what he’s saying
cancer be gone say what he’s saying
don’t do this god if it’s your will show
mercy kindness
look don’t don’t be stupid confront the
thing
don’t ever don’t show any respect to a
problem
do not show respect kindness and respect
towards people love affectionately serve
people
but no respect for a problem don’t use
the word cancer
with reverence it deserves no reference
it’s a devil
it’s a devil don’t speak to it kindly
don’t speak in hush terms did you hear
but so and so got back from the doctor
no harsh terms we must stop being
impressed with the size of our problem
it’s my personal conviction that most of
us our breakthrough would begin the day
we stop being impressed with the size of
our problem
i’m not trying to create a more magic
formula i’m just saying listen to what
he’s saying
declare it find someone to touch to love
to lay hands on
prophetically serve do acts of service
kindness for people
the spirit of god is released through
those means
over and over and over again and i just
believe that jesus wants to demonstrate
who he is
to our wonderful city in this easter
season and beyond
so here’s what i want to do i’m going to
pray over all of you
all y’all in a minute but i want it
first to give opportunity
for people who don’t know the lord to
come come to christ
so i’m going to ask bethel family hold
your places
lunch will wait
the most important thing that could
happen this morning
in spite of all the wonderful things
we’ve done together the worship and the
communion all those things
the most amazing thing that could happen
would be for
just one person even to say
i i want to surrender my life to jesus
i want to become born again i want to
find peace with god i want to be a
disciple
of this jesus he is alive
he’s prepared to lead every person in
this room into a place of triumph and
victory
so this is what i would do i just say if
if you would
uh in your heart of hearts would say
bill i don’t want to leave this place
until i know that i have peace with god
until i know what it is to be forgiven
brought into his family if that’s you
then i want you right where you are with
every head raised every eye open
i want you just simply to put a hand up
and by doing that you’re just
acknowledging that me
that’s me i want to get right with god
today i want to know what it is to have
peace with god
do that real quickly i’m just going to
wait a few seconds real quick
if there’s anybody in the room put your
hand up so i can see you
is it is there a hand over here i can’t
see or right there yes wonderful
wonderful beautiful yeah amen
anybody else wave it at me there’s
another one right over here wonderful
welcome welcome bless the lord
there’s one there’s one more and i’m i’m
certain there’s one more
i i want to i want to encourage you make
that bold step
jesus confesses us before the world
in his death and resurrection he looks
for us to make a very simple
confession of our faith in him so i’m
going to give just
just five more seconds if there’s anyone
else just quickly
right over here that’s you
all right here’s what i want
i’m going to ask everyone to stand stand
if you would
and hold your places please for a moment
i want to ask i saw
three if there’s more than that please
join us
but i would like to have the three
people if you’re here with friends i
would encourage your friends to walk
with you
up to the front right up here we have
people that we know and trust
it’s not about bethel it’s not about
church membership it’s about a
relationship with jesus
i want you to know what you just said
yes to
so i’m going to ask you to leave your
seat and to come right over here to my
left where this banner is
and these folks will come they will talk
with you they will pray with you
and again if you brought one of these
folks offer to walk with them down here
because i want them to uh to have a
wonderful wonderful encounter down here
why don’t you bless some church as they
come just come on down
wonderful bless you
right over here wonderful
wonderful wonderful god
yep that’s it right there
thank you jesus here i want to pray over
you because
i i feel like some of you are about to
be surprised
by opportunities that are in front of
you
the cool thing about a miracle
is that he does all the work
you and i are the ups driver that pulls
up to the house and delivers a package
that somebody else sent
that’s what we do we’ll lay our hands
under the shoulder we pray very simple
prayer
but jesus is the one who heals and
delivers put your hands in front of you
i just want to pray
that there would be such a great release
of anointing over everybody in this room
and that over the next seven days
specifically
there will be opportunities that are new
and fresh
to demonstrate the resurrection power of
jesus father you’ve heard our cry
that’s what i asked for demonstrate your
love and your power
now in and through this wonderful family
of believers
that there be an increased appetite
increased appetite in every person to
display your resurrection
through purity and power i ask all of
this for the honor of the name jesus
everybody said amen amen amen good hold
your places
ministry team if you could come on up
chris tell us what to do
oh that’s that’s good right there huh
that’ll do all right well bless you
happy easter if you continue
if sorry if you can need ministry
further our team is here to pray for you
other than that
have a blessed sunday enjoy that
incredible weather enjoy one another
happy easter but our team is going to be
up here to pray for you if you still
need prayer you didn’t get
any prayer durian
you