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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH
WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,
A TEACHING MINISTRY
THAT FOCUSES ON
GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
>> AND GRACE.
> I LOVE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS
AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT…
> THAT HE USES TO TEACH.
> HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE
> FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
> IF IT HADN’T BEEN
FOR THIS MINISTRY,
> I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.
>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.
WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S
BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
TODAY I’M GOING TO BEGIN
A BRAND-NEW SERIES
AND I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT
HOW TO BECOME A WATER WALKER.
I’VE GOT A BOOK ON THIS
IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
I’VE GOT CDs AND DVDs,
AND WE ALSO HAVE A STUDY GUIDE
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED
FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO
STUDY YOURSELF,
BUT YES, TREE…
TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE.
AND I TELL YOU
THIS TEACHING IS REALLY SPECIAL.
I REMEMBER THAT ONE DAY,
THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN,
I’M…I’M JUST GUESSING,
BUT 20 YEARS AGO
I WAS JUST SITTING AT HOME
AND I WAS STUDYING THE WORD,
AND MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14,
WHERE JESUS CAME WALKING
TO THE DISCIPLES ON THE WATER
AND THEN PETER WALKED TO JESUS.
I JUST READ THAT, AND I MEAN,
IT JUST CAME ALIVE TO ME
AND IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING
THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
A MIRACLE FROM GOD
OR TO DO SOMETHING
SUPERNATURAL
BEYOND YOURSELF,
IT’S ALL ENCAPSULATED
RIGHT IN THIS STORY.
AND I GOT SO BLESSED
THAT I SAT DOWN
AND I TAUGHT THIS SERIES ON
HOW TO BECOME A WATER WALKER
I JUST SAT DOWN AT MY HOUSE…
AND THIS IS BACK WHEN WE WERE
USING CASSETTES
AND I MADE THREE-PART SERIES
THAT ONE DAY
AND JUST TAUGHT ON THIS,
AND IT IS REALLY POWERFUL.
I’M ALSO USING THIS BOOK
WHICH IS OUR
LIFE FOR TODAY STUDY BIBLE,
AND THIS IS THE GOSPELS EDITION,
AND THE REASON I’M USING THIS
IS BECAUSE I…IT TOOK ME
PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS
GOING THROUGH
THE NEW TESTAMENT
AND HARMONIZING THE GOSPELS.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT
IS INSTEAD OF STUDYING
THROUGH MATTHEW
AND THEN GOING
BACK THROUGH MARK
AND THEN LUKE AND JOHN,
I TOOK EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED
IN THE FOUR GOSPELS
AND PUT THEM RIGHT HERE
SIDE BY SIDE.
HERE’S MATTHEW, MARK,
LUKE, AND JOHN.
AND THE REASON
THAT THIS IS A BLESSING…
I USE THIS ALL OF THE TIME
BECAUSE MANY OF THE STORIES
IN THE GOSPELS ARE REPEATED
BY A DIFFERENT GOSPEL WRITER
AND THEY NEVER
CONTRADICT EACH OTHER,
BUT THEY COMPLEMENT
EACH OTHER
AND YOU LEARN SOMETHING
BY COMBINING ALL OF THEM
TOGETHER.
I’M GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL
ON THIS, BUT LET ME JUST
REAL QUICKLY SHOW YOU
WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT,
THAT IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14,
IS THE ONLY PLACE
THAT RECORDS PETER
WALKING ON THE WATER TO JESUS.
NOW IN MARK AND LUKE,
IT SHOWS JESUS
WALKING ON THE WATER
TO THE DISCIPLES,
BUT IT DOESN’T SHOW PETER
WALKING ON THE WATER.
SO IF ALL YOU DO
IS READ MARK’S ACCOUNT
OR LUKE’S ACCOUNT OF THIS,
YOU MISS ALL OF THE DETAIL
ABOUT PETER ASKING THE LORD
IF HE COULD COME WALK TO HIM
ON THE WATER.
TO ME, THAT IS
REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
AND I…I MEAN, IT WOULD…
WE WOULD MISS A LOT
IF WE DIDN’T HAVE
MATTHEW’S ACCOUNT OF THIS.
BUT THEN IN MARK’S ACCOUNT,
IT SHOWS SOME
INDIVIDUAL THINGS, TOO,
BECAUSE JESUS WOULD HAVE
PASSED BY THEM.
IT SHOWED THAT HE DIDN’T
JUST COME OUT THERE
TO HELP THEM.
HE WAS JUST LIKE ON A STROLL
OUT ON THE WATER
AND HE WAS GOING TO
WALK PAST THEM
IF THEY HADN’T OF STOPPED HIM.
AND THEN MARK IS THE ONLY ONE
THAT SHOWS THAT IT WAS
BECAUSE THEY HAD
A HARDENED HEART
THAT THEY WERE SORE AMAZED
IN THEMSELVES BEYOND MEASURE,
AND WONDERED.
AND ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT TEACHINGS
THAT THE LORD EVER SHOWED ME
ABOUT HAVING A HARDENED HEART
COMES FROM MARK’S ACCOUNT
OF THIS SAME THING.
BUT THEN IF YOU READ
JOHN’S ACCOUNT OF
THE SAME THING,
IN JOHN, HE’S THE ONLY ONE
THAT TELLS YOU
THAT WHEN JESUS AND PETER
WALKED BACK TO THE BOAT
AND ENTERED INTO THE BOAT,
IMMEDIATELY THE BOAT
AND THE DISCIPLES
WERE JUST TRANSLATED
TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.
THAT’S AN AMAZING THING.
AND SO, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
ALL THREE OF THESE
GOSPEL WRITERS.
LUKE DIDN’T RECORD
THIS INSTANCE,
BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
ALL OF THEM.
SO ANYWAY, THE REASON
I SAID THAT IS TO SAY
THAT THERE IS BENEFIT
IN SEEING THE SAME INSTANCE
IN EACH OF THE GOSPELS
AND READING THEM,
AND AS YOU READ
ALL THREE ACCOUNTS,
YOU GET A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT’S HAPPENING.
BUT I’M GOING TO BE FOCUSING
PRIMARILY ON MATTHEW’S ACCOUNT
OF PETER WALKING ON THE WATER.
AND AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING,
THIS JUST REALLY STRUCK ME
THAT NEARLY EVERY SINGLE THING
THAT YOU NEED
IN ORDER TO DO
THE SUPERNATURAL
IN YOUR LIFE, TO RISE ABOVE
JUST YOUR OWN ABILITY,
YOUR OWN POWER,
IT’S ENCAPSULATED IN THIS.
I MEAN, THERE ARE GREAT,
GREAT PRINCIPLES,
AND SO I’M GOING TO SPEND
PROBABLY TWO WEEKS
TEACHING ON THIS.
I ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT
THREE WEEKS’ WORTH OF
TEACHING ON THIS,
THREE DIFFERENT TEACHINGS
IN THIS BOOK,
BUT I’M GOING TO JUST
CONDENSE THEM INTO TWO WEEKS,
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO GET THOSE PRODUCTS.
AND SO, THIS…
TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT,
WHEN THE DISCIPLES
WENT INTO THIS SHIP
AND THEN JESUS CAME WALKING
ON THEM…ON THE WATER TO THEM,
IT WAS RIGHT AFTER
THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000.
AND IF YOU STUDY MARK’S ACCOUNT,
THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL
TO UNDERSTANDING.
ACTUALLY, IT’S CRITICAL
TO UNDERSTANDING
THIS WHOLE THING
BECAUSE LET ME JUST
READ SOME OF THIS.
AND RIGHT AFTER
THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000,
IT SAYS, IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14,
AND VERSE 22, AND STRAIGHTWAY
JESUS CONSTRAINED HIS DISCIPLES
TO GET INTO THE SHIP,
AND TO GO BEFORE HIM
UNTO THE OTHER SIDE,
WHILE HE SENT
THE MULTITUDE AWAY.
NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT
THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HE HAD TO
CONSTRAIN HIS DISCIPLES.
YOU KNOW,
IF YOU LOOK IN THE NIV
I THINK IT SAYS,
HE HAD TO COMPEL.
THIS IMPLIES THAT THERE WAS
SOME RESISTANCE
ON THEIR PART.
NOW THEY WERE HIS DISCIPLES,
THEY WERE SERVING HIM
AND YET WHEN HE TOLD THEM
TO GET INTO THIS SHIP
AND TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE,
HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN THEM,
COMPEL THEM.
THERE WAS SOME OBJECTION
OR SOME RESISTANCE.
NOW TO THEIR CRE…CREDIT,
THEY WENT AHEAD
AND OBEYED JESUS
EVEN OVER THEIR OWN
PERSONAL OBJECTIONS,
AND THE SCRIPTURE HERE
DOESN’T SAY EXACTLY WHY
HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN
OR COMPEL HIS DISCIPLES,
BUT I BELIEVE
IT’S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT,
YOU KNOW, IF…THESE MEN,
A LOT OF THEM WERE FISHERS
ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.
THEY KNEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THEY COULD TELL
THAT A STORM WAS BREWING.
AND IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO
THE SEA OF GALILEE,
THERE’S MOUNTAINS OVER THERE
AND THE WIND WILL
COME OVER THOSE MOUNTAINS
AND THEN SWEEP DOWN
THOSE MOUNTAINS ONTO THIS SEA.
AND THEY COULD
RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS.
AND ACCORDING TO
THEIR KNOWLEDGE,
THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD
BEEN TAUGHT,
THEY KNEW THAT IT WASN’T GOOD
TO BE GETTING OUT INTO A BOAT
AND HEADING OUT
ON THE SEA OF GALILEE
IN THESE SITUATIONS.
AND YET, BECAUSE THE LORD
CONSTRAINED THEM,
COMPELLED THEM TO DO IT,
THEY WENT AHEAD AND OBEYED HIM.
SO WE’RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT PETER
WALKING ON THE WATER
AND THIS GREAT MIRACLE
AND THE THING THAT HAPPENED,
BUT YOU KNOW,
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THAT YOU CAN SEE
IN THIS FIRST VERSE IS
THAT YOU NEED TO OBEY GOD
AND FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIONS
AND NOT LEAN UNTO
YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
PROVERBS, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 5,
IS A CLASSIC VERSE ON THIS.
IT SAYS, TRUST IN THE LORD
WITH ALL THINE HEART;
AND LEAN NOT UNTO
YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
IN OTHER WORDS,
IF YOU WANT TO BE
A WATER WALKER,
IF YOU WANT TO SEE A MIRACLE,
IF YOU WANT TO DO THINGS
THAT ARE BEYOND
YOUR OWN ABILITY,
YOU’VE GOT TO FOLLOW GOD
AND NOT FOLLOW
JUST YOUR OWN REASON.
THERE ARE PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
THAT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,
YOU WANT GOD TO
COME THROUGH FOR YOU,
BUT ARE YOU DOING THINGS
YOUR WAY OR ARE YOU
FOLLOWING GOD’S LEADING?
IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU HAVE TO POSITION YOURSELF
FOR A MIRACLE.
YOU CAN BE OUT OF POSITION.
YOU KNOW, IF THESE DISCIPLES
HAD JUST SAID,
LOOK, I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAY,
I CAN TELL
THAT THERE’S A STORM BREWING,
THAT THIS COULD BE
A POTENTIAL PROBLEM.
WE AREN’T GOING TO
FOLLOW YOUR LEADING.
WE ARE GOING TO LEAN UNTO
OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING
AND WE ARE STAYING HERE
ON THIS SHORE.
YOU WOULDN’T HAVE HAD
THIS STORY.
YET…THEY WOULDN’T HAVE SEEN
JESUS COME WALKING ON
THE WATER.
PETER WOULDN’T HAVE
GOTTEN OUT OF THE BOAT
AND WALKED ON THE WATER
TO GO TO JESUS.
SO ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS
IS IF YOU WANT TO SEE
THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF GOD
IN YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO
START FOLLOWING
WHAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO.
AND YOU KNOW, I TRAVEL
AND MINISTER AND I…
I’VE TALKED TO THOUSANDS,
PROBABLY TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE,
AND THEY COME UP
AND TELL ME THEIR PROBLEMS
AND ASK ME TO PRAY.
AND GOD LOVES THEM,
AND GOD WILL HELP US
EVEN WHEN OUR PROBLEMS ARE…
ARE OF ON…OUR OWN MAKING.
BUT I TELL YOU,
MOST OF THE PEOPLE
THAT I TALK TO,
THE REASON THEY’VE
GOT PROBLEMS
IS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T BEEN
SEEKING THE LORD.
PEOPLE COME TO ME
WITH MARRIAGE PROBLEMS
AND THEY ARE…
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS.
AND AS YOU BEGIN TO DIG
AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS,
THEY DIDN’T FOLLOW ANY OF
THE LEADING OF GOD
ON HOW TO SELECT THEIR MATE.
THEY AREN’T
SUBMITTING THEMSELVES
AND LOVING THEIR MATE
MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEMSELF.
HUSBANDS AREN’T LOVING
THEIR WIVES AS CHRIST
LOVED THE CHURCH.
WOMEN AREN’T REVERENCING
AND SUBMITTING TO THEIR HUSBAND
THE WAY THE CHURCH
IS SUPPOSED TO REVERENCE
AND SUBMIT TO CHRIST.
ALL OF THESE THINGS
ARE SAID IN
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 5.
AND SO, BECAUSE THEY’RE
DOING IT THEIR OWN WAY,
THEY’RE FOLLOWING THE TEMPLATE
THAT THE WORLD HAS PUT DOWN,
THEY’VE GOT ALL OF
THESE PROBLEMS
AND THEN THEY
COME AND WANT GOD
TO JUST PERFORM A MIRACLE.
WELL AGAIN, GOD LOVES US
AND PRAISE GOD,
HE WILL PULL US OUT OF
THE MESSES THAT WE MAKE,
BUT I’M TELLING YOU,
YOU COULD AVOID
A LOT OF PROBLEMS IF YOU WOULD
JUST DO THINGS GOD’S WAY.
YOU KNOW, I PRAISE GOD
THAT JAIME AND I,
WE BOTH GOT BORN AGAIN
WHEN WE WERE 8 YEARS OLD.
WE WERE BOTH SPIRIT-FILLED.
WE WERE SEEKING GOD
WITH ALL OF OUR HEART.
BOTH OF US HAD MADE A DECISION
THAT IF GOD WANTED US TO
BE SINGLE THE REST OF OUR LIFE,
WE WOULD BE.
THAT WE WEREN’T GOING TO GO OUT
AND JUST SHOP
AND LOOK FOR A PERSON.
WE WERE LOOKING TO GOD.
AND GOD BROUGHT EVE TO ADAM
AND RUTH TO BOAZ
AND REBEKAH TO ISAAC.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL
PUT PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND SO JAMIE AND I HAD BOTH
JUST BEEN SEEKING GOD
AND BECAUSE OF IT,
IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW,
I’VE USED THIS EXAMPLE BEFORE
THAT IF YOU COULD IMAGINE
AN ISOSCELES TRIANGLE
WHERE GOD IS UP HERE
AT THE TOP AND THE MAN
AND THE WOMAN
ARE AT THE BOTTOM,
MOST PEOPLE SEEK EACH OTHER
LIKE THIS, AND THEN AFTER
THEY CONNECT,
IF THEY’RE CHRISTIANS,
THEY START TRYING TO SEEK GOD.
BUT YOU KNOW,
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TRIANGLE,
AND HERE’S THE MAN DOWN HERE
AND THE WOMAN HERE,
AND IF YOU SEEK GOD,
AS YOU SEEK GOD,
YOU WILL JUST RUN INTO
YOUR PERFECT MATE.
GOD WILL PUT YOU TOGETHER
AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED
TO JAMIE AND ME.
WE WERE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED
BEFORE WE EVER HELD HANDS.
GOD PUT US TOGETHER
SUPERNATURALLY.
AND YOU KNOW,
WE’VE BEEN MARRIED NOW
FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.
IT’LL BE 50 YEARS NEXT YEAR,
AND MAN, WE’VE HAD
AN AWESOME RELATIONSHIP,
AND YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT PERFECT.
ANYTIME YOU PUT
TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER
THERE’S AN ADJUSTMENT,
BUT WE KNOW THAT GOD
PUT US TOGETHER
AND BECAUSE OF IT,
WE ARE IN A POSITION TO SEE GOD
COME THROUGH AND DO THINGS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DO THINGS
THEIR OWN WAY,
MAKE A TOTAL MESS OF THEIR LIFE,
OF THEIR FINANCES,
OF THEIR HEALTH,
AND THEN AFTER THEY’VE
BLOWN ALL OF THESE THINGS,
THEY JUST WANT GOD
TO COME THROUGH WITH A MIRACLE.
THESE DISCIPLES
WOULD NEVER HAVE
EXPERIENCED THIS MIRACLE OF
JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER
TO THEM AND THEN PETER
WALKING ON THE WATER TO JESUS
IF THEY HAD JUST LEANED UNTO
THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
AGAINST THEIR OWN WISDOM,
THEY ALLOWED JESUS
TO COMPEL THEM,
TO CONSTRAIN THEM
TO GET INTO THE SHIP
AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD
SOME OBJECTIONS,
SOME RESISTANCE
TO IT.
I’M TELLING YOU,
THE WAY TO FOLLOW GOD,
THE WAY TO SEE GOD’S MIRACLES
IN YOUR LIFE IS TO FOLLOW GOD,
AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT
THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ARE,
WHEN YOU ARE FOLLOWING GOD
YOU ARE IN…YOU ARE
A PRIME CANDIDATE
FOR A MIRACLE FROM GOD.
SO BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT
ANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS
THAT THE LORD HAS SHOWN ME
OUT OF THIS PASSAGE, I JUST
WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY
THAT YOU NEED TO
DO AN INVENTORY.
YOU KNOW,
IN PROVERBS, CHAPTER 4,
THERE IT SAYS, PONDER THE PATH
OF YOUR FEET,
AND LET ALL OF YOUR WAYS
BE ESTABLISHED.
AND I WAS JUST
MEDITATING ON THAT
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
AND THAT MEANS
THAT YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
JUST DO AN INVENTORY.
GOD, AM I WHERE YOU
WANT ME TO BE?
IS MY LIFE GOING THE DIRECTION
THAT YOU WANT IT TO GO?
AND YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN
AND FACE THIS.
MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE
ON A TREADMILL AND THEY JUST,
YOU KNOW, LIFE KIND OF
POINTS THEM IN A DIRECTION
AND THEY JUST…THEY’RE…
THEY’RE LIKE A PINBALL
THAT THEY’RE JUST
BOUNCING OFF THINGS
AND WHATEVER IS THE PATH
OF LEAST RESISTANCE,
THAT’S THE DIRECTION
THAT THEY GO.
AND THEY WIND UP LIVING A LIFE
THAT THEY DON’T KNOW FOR SURE
THAT THIS IS WHAT
GOD HAS PLANNED FOR THEM.
IT’S JUST LIKE,
IT’S JUST CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT’S JUST THINGS
THAT COMPEL THEM
THIS DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, MY LIFE
WAS GOING THAT WAY.
WHEN I FIRST GOT
REALLY TURNED ON TO THE LORD,
I WAS IN MY FIRST YEAR OF
COLLEGE AND I HAD
GONE THROUGH,
YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THE GRADE SCHOOL,
THE HIGH SCHOOL,
AND THEN I WAS IN COLLEGE JUST
TAKING THE NECESSARY COURSES
TO GET SOME BASIC THINGS
OUT OF THE WAY.
I DIDN’T KNOW
WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.
AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN MY FAMILY
WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER
AND SO I JUST ASSUMED THAT
THAT’S KIND OF WHAT I WAS
GOING TO DO.
AND I WAS JUST LETTING,
YOU KNOW, THE CIRCUMSTANCES
PUSH ME ALONG
IN THIS DIRECTION.
BUT PRAISE GOD
THAT GOD INTERVENED.
GOD SHOWED ME A PURPOSE
FOR MY LIFE, AND I MEAN,
I MADE 180-DEGREE TURN.
AND WHEN I DID, I MEAN,
THERE…IT LOOKED LIKE
POTENTIAL DAMAGE
BECAUSE THE FIRST THING
GOD TOLD ME TO DO
WAS TO QUIT SCHOOL,
THAT I WASN’T GOING TO BE
A SCHOOLTEACHER.
I DIDN’T NEED TO PUT THE TIME
IN TO THAT DEGREE.
AND WHEN I QUIT SCHOOL,
I IMMEDIATELY LOST
MY STUDENT DEFERMENT.
I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE DRAFTED
AND SENT TO VIETNAM.
I COULD BE KILLED.
I MEAN, THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF
POTENTIAL DAMAGING THINGS
THAT COULD COME FROM
THAT DECISION,
AND YET I KNEW
THAT’S WHAT GOD TOLD ME TO DO.
AND IN THE NATURAL,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE WAS RESISTANCE.
I WAS LOSING MONEY
FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
I WAS BEING PAID AS LONG AS
I STAYED IN SCHOOL.
I HAD A DEFERMENT
FROM THE DRAFT,
PLUS I WAS ACCEPTED
BY EVERYBODY.
WHEN I MADE THIS DECISION
AND STARTED FOLLOWING GOD,
MAN, I GOT CRITICISM LIKE I HAD
NEVER HAD IN MY LIFE.
I EVEN HAD ONE OF THE LEADERS
OF MY CHURCH TELL ME
THAT I COULDN’T BE A CHRISTIAN
AND SAY THAT GOD WAS LEADING ME
TO DO THIS.
AND I MEAN, I HAD
A LOT OF THINGS COME AGAINST ME.
BUT SEE, EVEN THOUGH
THERE WERE OBJECTIONS…
AND IN THE NATURAL,
IF YOU JUST FOLLOWED
NATURAL REASONING,
THERE WERE REASONS NOT TO DO
WHAT I WAS DOING,
I KNEW IT WAS GOD.
AND SO IN A SENSE,
IT’S JUST LIKE THIS VERSE
RIGHT HERE, THAT JESUS
CONSTRAINED HIS DISCIPLES.
JESUS CONSTRAINED ME
OVER MY NATURAL REASONING,
OVER THE COUNSEL
THAT OTHER PEOPLE
WERE GIVING ME.
HE CONSTRAINED ME TO BEGIN TO
START FOLLOWING HIM.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, MAN,
MY LIFE HAS JUST BEEN
FULL OF MIRACLES.
I’VE SEEN GOD DO GREAT THINGS,
BUT I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT IF I HAD JUST KEPT,
YOU KNOW, LETTING THE…
THE NATURAL FLOW OF THINGS
PUSH ME ALONG AND HAVE DONE
WHAT WAS CONVENIENT
AND NOT HAVE BEEN SEEKING GOD,
I WOULDN’T HAVE SEEN ANY OF
THE MIRACLES THAT WE’VE SEEN.
YOU KNOW, I’M…
I’M TALKING ABOUT MIRACLES
IN THE MINISTRY.
GOD HAS PROVIDED
SUPERNATURALLY
FOR US.
MIRACLES IN OUR
PHYSICAL BODIES.
MIRACLES OF SEEING
OTHER PEOPLE HEALED,
PEOPLE BORN AGAIN, DELIVERED,
AND ON AND ON;
ALL OF THESE THINGS
CAME AS A RESULT OF
JUST OBEYING GOD
AND HEADING HIS DIRECTION.
AND SO I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT I’M SPEAKING TO SOME PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WANT
THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD
IN YOUR LIFE.
I’VE OFTEN TOLD PEOPLE
IF YOUR LIFE ISN’T SUPERNATURAL,
IT’S SUPERFICIAL.
IF YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR LIFE
AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING AWAY
AS I DID THIS,
THIS IS MY ABILITY,
IF YOU CAN POINT TO
ALL OF YOUR ASSETS
AND ALL OF YOUR AWARDS
AND EVERYTHING
AND SAY THAT I DID THIS,
THEN I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,
YOU HAVE MISSED THE WILL OF GOD.
GOD WANTS US TO LIVE IN
A SUPERNATURAL REALM.
HE WILL CALL YOU
TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS
BEYOND YOUR ABILITY.
AND IF EVERYTHING
THAT YOU’VE ACCOMPLISHED
IN YOUR LIFE IS…
CAN BE CREDITED TO JUST
YOUR OWN EFFORT,
THEN I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,
YOU’VE MISSED
GOD’S PERFECT WILL
FOR YOUR LIFE.
GOD IS GOING TO CALL YOU
TO DO SOMETHING
THAT’S BEYOND YOURSELF.
AND SO, IF YOU’RE WATCHING THIS
TODAY AND YOU FEEL LIKE
GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU
THROUGH ME AND YOU REALIZE
THAT MAN, THERE’S THINGS
THAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO
THAT YOU…YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT
BECAUSE IT DOESN’T
APPEAR WISDOM…IT’S…IT’S NOT
WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTED,
THERE WILL BE CRITICISM,
THERE MIGHT BE HARDSHIP,
BUT IN YOUR HEART,
YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE
GOD HAS SOMETHING MORE
FOR YOU, I’M TELLING YOU,
BEFORE YOU START SEEING JESUS
WALK TO YOU ON THE WATER
AND BEFORE YOU CAN
BECOME A WATER WALKER,
YOU GOT TO START OBEYING GOD
AND HEAD IN THE DIRECTION
THAT GOD IS WANTING YOUR LIFE
TO GO.
THAT’S A MAJOR, MAJOR STATEMENT
RIGHT THERE, AND I KNOW
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
THAT YOU CAN’T, WITH CONFIDENCE,
SAY THAT YOU ARE IN THE PLACE
THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.
SOME OF YOU GET UP
ON MONDAY MORNINGS
AND YOU DREAD GOING TO WORK.
YOU HATE YOUR JOB.
YOU HATE WHAT YOU’RE DOING.
I’M TELLING YOU,
THAT IS NOT GOD.
EITHER YOUR ATTITUDE
IS TOTALLY WRONG
AND YOU NEED TO CHANGE IT,
OR IN MANY CASES
IT’S THE FACT THAT YOU ARE
IN THE WRONG PLACE
AND THERE IS
A HOLY DISSATISFACTION IN YOU
AND THAT’S THE REASON
THAT THINGS AREN’T WORKING OUT.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT.
THIS ISN’T A DRESS REHEARSAL.
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL
AND EVERY DAY
THAT YOU SPEND DOING THINGS
THAT AREN’T SATISFYING YOU
AND AREN’T BLESSING YOU
AND YOU…YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE
IT’S WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU,
IT’S A WASTED DAY.
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU WATCHING
RIGHT NOW THAT YOU NEED TO
MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN
AND PONDER THE PATH
OF YOUR FEET AND THINK ABOUT IT
AND MAKE SURE
THAT YOU’RE HEADING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE
THE SUPERNATURAL
POWER OF GOD,
MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE ON
THE PATH THAT GOD WANTS YOU
TO BE ON.
YOU KNOW, I OFTEN MINISTER
ON A SUBJECT THAT I’VE ENTITLED,
HOW TO FIND, FOLLOW,
AND FULFILL GOD’S WILL,
AND I PUT ALL OF THESE TEACHINGS
INTO A BOOK.
AND I WILL TEACH ON THAT
IN A SERVICE AND I…
IT’S NOT UNUSUAL
WHEN I GIVE AN INVITATION
TO HAVE 80% OF CHURCH MEMBERS,
SPIRIT-FILLED,
TONGUE-TALKING
CHURCH MEMBERS,
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, 80% OF THEM
WILL TYPICALLY STAND
TO SAY THAT THEY DON’T KNOW
WHAT GOD’S WILL
FOR THEIR LIFE IS.
THEY’RE JUST
GOING WITH THE FLOW.
THEY’RE LETTING CIRCUMSTANCES
DIRECT THEIR LIFE,
BUT THEY DON’T HAVE
ANY ASSURANCE
THAT THEY ARE IN THE CENTER
OF GOD’S WILL.
I TELL YOU, THAT’S TRAGIC.
AND I’M JUST SAYING
THAT EVERYTHING
THAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
ON HOW TO BE A WATER WALKER,
HOW TO DO THE MIRACULOUS
IS DEPENDENT UPON YOU
GETTING IN THE BOAT
AND HEADING IN THE DIRECTION
THAT GOD TOLD YOU TO GO.
AND IF YOU DON’T COMPLY
WITH THAT AND IF YOU JUST
ARE STAYING ON THE SHORE,
YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO BE
A WATER WALKER.
YOU GOT TO, FIRST OF ALL…
HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN
HIS DISCIPLES TO GET INTO
THE SHIP AND HEAD TOWARDS
THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO REALLY
SEE THE MIRACULOUS
POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE,
YOU NEED TO START
COOPERATING WITH GOD
AND FOLLOWING HIS LEADING.
I KNOW THAT
THAT’S REALLY SIMPLE,
BUT I…I WOULD IMAGINE
THAT PROBABLY OUT OF
THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM RIGHT NOW,
THERE CERTAINLY COULD BE
A MILLION PEOPLE, PROBABLY
MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,
THAT IF YOU HAVE LISTENED
AND IF YOU WOULD BE HONEST,
YOU WOULD SAY, I DON’T KNOW
FOR SURE THAT MY LIFE
IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION
THAT GOD WANTS IT TO.
THERE ARE SOME OF YOU
THAT YOU KNOW FOR SURE
THAT IT’S NOT GOING
IN THE DIRECTION,
AND YET YOU’RE AFRAID
TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
YOU’RE AFRAID TO TAKE ANY RISK.
YOU’RE JUST TAKING
THE EASIEST WAY OUT.
IF YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR YOU,
SOMETHING MORE FOR YOU
AND YOU AREN’T DOING IT,
YOU NEED TO
MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TODAY
IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROGRAM
RIGHT NOW.
I BELIEVE GOD IS SPEAKING
TO YOU.
IF YOU AREN’T SURE,
MAYBE YOUR LIFE IS GOING
RELATIVELY GOOD
AND THE FINANCES ARE THERE
AND THINGS ARE WORKING,
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE
ANY CONFIDENCE
THAT YOU HAVE REALLY FOUND
GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE.
WELL THEN, YOU NEED TO
MAKE A DECISION TODAY
AND YOU NEED TO DETERMINE THAT,
LIKE IT SAYS IN
EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 5,
DON’T BE IGNORANT
BUT UNDERSTANDING
WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS.
THAT’S A COMMAND.
IT’S A COMMAND NOT TO
BE IGNORANT.
GOD WANTS TO
REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU
AND HIS WILL TO YOU
MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW IT.
I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT,
AND WE ARE GIVEN A COMMAND.
IT IS NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND
GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE.
I’VE GOT AN ENTIRE SERIES
ON THIS, AS I SAID, ENTITLED:
HOW TO FIND, FOLLOW,
AND FULFILL GOD’S WILL.
YOU CAN CALL IN
TO OUR PHONE CENTER
AND THEY WILL POINT YOU TOWARDS
THAT TEACHING.
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE
AND IT’S ON THERE.
YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT
ABSOLUTELY FREE.
BUT IT’S NOT HARD TO FIND
GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE.
HE WANTS TO REVEAL IT TO YOU
MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW IT,
BUT YOU HAVE TO SEEK.
IF YOU SEEK, YOU FIND.
AND IN JEREMIAH,
CHAPTER 29, VERSE 11,
A VERSE THAT’S REAL POPULAR,
IT SAYS, I KNOW THE THOUGHTS
THAT I THINK TOWARDS YOU,
SAYS THE LORD,
THOUGHTS OF PEACE,
AND NOT OF EVIL,
TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END.
MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT,
JEREMIAH 29:11,
BUT IF YOU GO INTO
VERSES 13, IT SAYS,
THEN YOU SHALL SEEK ME,
AND YOU SHALL FIND ME,
WHEN YOU SHALL SEARCH FOR ME
WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART.
THIS CAN’T JUST BE
A APPENDAGE ONTO YOUR LIFE.
IT HAS TO BE A FOCUS
OF YOUR LIFE.
IF YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING
GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE,
THEN YOU WILL.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO A PLACE
WHERE YOU SAY, GOD,
I KNOW YOU HAVE A PURPOSE
FOR MY LIFE.
I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO
MAKE MY LIFE SUPERNATURAL
INSTEAD OF SUPERFICIAL.
AND WHEN YOU GO TO SEEKING
WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART,
THAT’S WHEN YOU’LL FIND.
SO THE VERY FIRST POINT
I’M MAKING IS IF YOU WANT TO
BE A WATER WALKER,
IF YOU WANT TO DO
THE MIRACULOUS,
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO GOD
AND HEED HIS INSTRUCTIONS
AND FOLLOW HIS GUIDANCE,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
IT MAKES SENSE,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
IT’S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
ARE COUNSELING YOU TO DO.
YOU NEED TO FOLLOW GOD
AND PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION
TO RECEIVE A MIRACLE.
SO I’M OUT OF TIME TODAY,
BUT TOMORROW WE’RE GOING TO
GET FURTHER INTO THIS
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU
THAT I’VE GOT THIS BOOK
ENTITLED: HOW TO BECOME
A WATER WALKER,
AND I HAVE IT IN ENGLISH
AND IN SPANISH.
WE HAVE CDs, DVDs.
WE HAVE A STUDY GUIDE.
OUR ANNOUNCER WILL GIVE YOU
INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS
LIFE FOR TODAY GOSPELS EDITION
AVAILABLE TO YOU.
THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE.
I USE IT A LOT.
SO LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCER
AS HE GIVES YOU THIS INFORMATION
AND PLEASE CALL OR WRITE TODAY.
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YOU CAN GET THIS TEACHING.
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AND COMMENTARY
COMPARING EACH OF THE GOSPELS
IN THE BIBLE.
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BECAUSE THERE IS A BLESSING
IN GIVING.
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UNABLE TO AFFORD IT,
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GOD HAS PROVIDED HEALING
IN HIS ATTONEMENT
JUST AS MUCH AS HE PROVIDED
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
>> THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT
PRESSING AGAINST SOMETHING
AND BELIEVING THAT IT’S POSSIBLE
BEFORE WE SEE IT
>> IN THE NATURAL.
>> GRACE ENABLES US
TO DO WHAT ONLY JESUS CAN DO.
IT’S THE ENABLING PRESENCE,
>> THE ENABLING POWER OF GOD.
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YOU KNOW,
THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME
A HUGE VISION
AND WE’VE BEEN BLESSED UP
TO THIS POINT,
BUT I’VE STILL GOT SO MUCH
THAT GOD’S LEADING ME TO DO.
I’M BELIEVING GOD
FOR 10,000 NEW PARTNERS.
WE’VE ALREADY GOT OVER
$120 MILLION WORTH OF BUILDINGS
IN JUST THE LAST NINE YEARS,
BUT I’VE GOT AT LEAST
A HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS’ WORTH,
MAYBE 200 MILLION
DOLLARS’ WORTH OF BUILDINGS
STILL IN MY HEART
FOR OUR STUDENTS,
FOR AN ACTIVITY CENTER,
WE’VE GOT A NEW
STUDENT HOUSING
THAT WE’VE GOT
A PRELIMINARY DRAWING OF
THAT IS SHOWING YOU A LITTLE
IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THIS ONE WOULD HOUSE ABOUT
120 PEOPLE.
OUR OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE
SMALLER WITH MAYBE
SOMEWHERE AROUND
40 PEOPLE PER DORM,
BUT WE NEED THIS
STUDENT HOUSING,
AND WE NEED PEOPLE
TO BECOME PARTNERS.
I’M BELIEVING FOR
10,000 NEW PARTNERS.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO PRAY ABOUT IT
AND IF THE LORD SAYS SO,
JOIN WITH US AND HELP US
CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES
THROUGH CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE.
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YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA
HAS BECOME A BIG THING
IN MOST PEOPLE’S LIVES,
BUT SAD TO SAY,
A LOT OF IT IS REALLY NEGATIVE.
WELL, WE’VE GOT SOME
POSITIVE SOCIAL MEDIA.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA,
ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT PLATFORMS.
WE’VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD NEWS
TO SHARE, SO CHECK IT OUT,
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
FOR ANDREW
WOMMACK MINISTRIES.
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