This is “Formula for a Breakthrough.” If it is big enough to worry about, I assure you, it is big enough to pray about. If you want to see miraculous breakthroughs for you and your family, talk to Him! God longs for us to initiate conversation with Him regarding the things that weigh heavy on us. Matthew 11:28 reminds us we are able to come to Him and He will give us rest and lighten our loads.
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soon don’t worry about anything well
that’s easy to say how did in the world
how is that even possible how do I not
worry about my children how do I not
worry about the bad doctor’s report how
do I not worry this is why fasting is so
powerful it takes your mind off of worry
and it refocuses on God and his promises
our God is a healer of broken dreams
you’re gonna walk through the door
you’ve never been able to walk through
because he’s the god of breakthrough I
want to talk to you today from 2nd
Samuel chapter 5 because God has dealt
with my heart and I believe this message
today is exactly what people under the I
prayed about this and I said god I want
you to put the people whether it’s at
every campus they’re in Buford they’re
in Gwinnett or Orange County or wherever
you’re watching this online or on TV
wherever you’re hearing this message if
you’re listening this and don’t you
change that channel wherever you’re
hearing this I’m about to give you
something that will change everything in
your life if you’ll lean in 2nd Samuel 5
in verse 20 and David came to bellperre
ISM and David defeated them there and he
said listen to these words the Lord has
broken through my enemies before me like
a break through of water therefore he
called the name of that place
Bell Perrins him the word break through
and that’s what he said the Lord has
broken through means to burst asunder a
sudden burst like a breach of water to
burst means to force open when he said
and he called the name of that place
bare Bale perineum it literally means
translated the place a breakthrough or
the place a burst God burst on the same
broke through the resistance the doors
that were shut were
and me a whole new level was entered
into everything changed because the Lord
of verse the Lord of breakthroughs David
said came on to this place where I was
fighting a battle for my life and I had
a breakthrough
and he called the place one translation
says he called the place the Lord
mastered my breakthrough in this place
you see a breakthrough is a sudden
dramatic important advance according to
Webster some of you need a health
breakthrough some of you need a
financial breakthrough relationships are
at an impasse it’s stuck it’s not going
anywhere
God wants to give you a breakthrough
here’s something God really spoke to my
heart
he said if people will seek me if they
need them I’m going to give them
breakthrough ideas you know God can give
you one breakthrough idea and it can
change your whole world and there are
things that don’t happen until we fast
and pray according to mark chapter nine
and one thing God said he was going to
do on this fast this year is he’s going
to give people breakthrough ideas
breakthroughs with their kids
breakthroughs with God now here’s a big
point breakthroughs never happened to
anyone
in the Bible who did not seek them
that’s a big statement
you’ll never find anyone in the Bible
who got a major breakthrough that didn’t
seek it that’s why Psalm 77 and verse 2
says when I was in distress when I was
under source when I was outnumbered I
saw the Lord I stretched out my hands to
the Lord and I had a breakthrough
fasting is a sign to God you’re serious
about not staying in the condition that
you’re in now look at me just a moment
are you really are you really thinking
that something’s going to change if you
just keep going like you’re going I’m
telling you that no one in this book
ever got a breakthrough with a
relationship or in their finances or
the kind of miracle until they started
to seek the Lord and when you start
seeking the Lord you get God’s attention
heaven bends its ear and God tunes in to
your cry it’s a powerful thing there are
two kings particularly that needed a
breakthrough the first one we just read
about David he had just been chosen King
the Philistines came to attack him
that’s how it goes a mountaintop and
then a valley you get a you get a
victory and then a test it’s just like
the enemy comes at you and what do you
do the Bible said that he moved to his
fortified place if you read the story
you need to move into that fortified
place and he said God should I fight
this battle he asked God first
you ought to always ask God on this fast
what battles you need to get it do you I
need to get in that legal battle do I
need to get in that financial battle do
I need to get in that relational battle
do it should I make an issue at work
should I make an issue about this with
that person Lord and should I do it and
when he asks God God said yes yes fight
this battle I’ll go with you I’ll go
before you and the Bible said that God
so defeated his enemy that David when he
sought the Lord saw a breakthrough and
he said I watched the Lord break through
my enemies like a mighty flood the Lord
broke through and that’s what is going
to happen in your life on this 21-day
fast you’re gonna point that and say
that was the 21 days I didn’t even know
it maybe you won’t experience it during
the 21 days rarely does the miracle come
during the fast usually it’ll hit you on
down the road but sometimes you get it
on the first day but the Bible said that
he said I’m naming this place the place
of break through the valley of trouble
became the valley a blessing because he
sought the Lord in fasting and prayer
and that’s what’s gonna happen to you
you’re gonna look back in 21 days
you gonna say that was the place a
breakthrough in my life I’m naming it
bill Paris ‘i’m the god of burst
he’s burst open the resistance and the
doors that were closed the other guy who
got a breakthrough miracle king was
named Jehoshaphat notice the part last
part of his name fact I probably think
they probably called him fatty for short
he had three enemies the Moabites the
amorite sand and i can’t remember the
other one the termites that’s what i’m
going to call him but they were they
were attacking his life and the Bible
said in second chronicles 20 and verse 3
and after these enemies attacked him he
feared greatly and King Jehoshaphat sent
himself to seek the Lord and proclaim a
fast throughout all Judah that’s exactly
what we’re doing we’re setting ourselves
to seek the Lord
we need breakthroughs in our family
breakthroughs in our homes breakthroughs
in our careers breakthrough ideas
breakthrough creativity breakthrough in
ways and things and moments of clarity
that God gives us total and complete
direction and peace about what his will
is for our life and what happened
Jehoshaphat the Bible said had the Lord
come through a prophet and he said
because you fasted and you prayed God’s
going to give you a breakthrough if you
read that chapter and the Prophet said
you will not need to fight in this
battle the Lord’s gonna fight your vital
beast eale and put the Prazeres out
praise is going to come alive during
this fast in your life praise and
worship
I have not you know the early church
Ravenhill Leonard Ravenhill said that
the that the early church had an upper
room with fire but the modern church has
a supper room with smoke and I’m here
today to declare that we’re tired of
suffer
rooms with smoke this thing was born in
the fire of the Holy Spirit and we need
fire today come on somebody I’m not
gonna live off the off the supper-room
of smoke I want the Upper Room of Holy
Spirit fire it’s time to drop the h-bomb
on our enemies the Holy Spirit drop him
into that situation and he’ll fight the
battle for you and you’ll get a
breakthrough take a praise break and
clap your hands and give God a great
praise if you’re believing for a mighty
year a breakthrough whoo Anna lujah
notice Philippians chapter 4 tells us
exactly what those people did and Paul
comes along and emphasizes it in in
chapter 4 he says these words he says
don’t be anxious for anything the word
anxious means worry some translations
say don’t worry about anything don’t
worry about anything don’t worry about
anything well that’s easy to say how did
in the world how is that even possible
how do I not worry about my children how
do I not worry about the bad doctors
before how do I not worry listen to this
this is why fasting is so powerful folks
because what fasting does is it takes
your mind off of worry and it refocuses
on God and his promises that’s how you
don’t worry you refocus on God and
there’s nothing like fasting that will
cause your faith to refocus and and
fervency back in your prayer life worry
is worthless
worry is stewing without doing all
you’re doing is sitting worrying stewing
students still running your blood
pressure all the way over there in the
red the the meters all the way up
worrying and it’s totally worthless
that’s why Jesus in the fasting chapter
where he taught how to fast in Matthew
chapter 6 in verse 6 he said don’t
right in the middle of it dropped this
bomb don’t worry about tomorrow don’t
worry about the future don’t worry about
the rest of 2017 I am your provider I am
your God
and if you’ll refocus on me you’ll
remember I’ve given you everything
you’ve ever had and see the enemy wants
you to the enemy wants you to die on
three crosses and here’s how that goes
he wants you to have a cross from the
past that of things you can’t change the
past is over you might have messed up
but you can’t change it so live in that
if you can’t get you to live him on that
cross he’ll say then then worry about
the future worry about what might happen
what could happen and you’ll die on that
cross but what happens is when you get
when you get given all your day about
what I should have done could have done
the past and what’s gonna happen what’s
gonna happen the future
guess what happens then he puts a third
cross in you kill today worry is
worthless don’t worry about anything but
in everything here’s how you do it pray
and notice what he said he said I don’t
want you to worry about anything I want
you to pray about everything so if you
take a notes write this down don’t worry
about anything well how do I do that I
refocus on God’s Word when worry starts
attacking me I’d go back to God I
worship Him I fast and I pray and
suddenly my focus has changed don’t
worry about anything there secondly pray
about everything well
it’s kind of silly to probably to pray
about what I’m thinking about I prayed
about my face breaking out I would put
it this way if it’s big enough to worry
about it’s big enough to pray about
well well pastor you don’t understand I
mean it’s not a huge thing but but my
kid needs braces and I just don’t know
where I’m gonna get the money from if
it’s big enough to worry about it’s big
enough to pray about I need a house I
need if it’s big enough to worry about
it’s big enough to pray about children
this going on one of my kids this one
there and you sit around don’t worry
about anything pray about everything
pray about it pray about it pray about
it now I want to show you something
everybody take your hands and this isn’t
this isn’t something I came up with if
you google the praying hands you’ll pick
up a lot of these points off of many
many many much material on I didn’t know
the history of the praying hands you’ve
seen it in pictures just take your hands
all of you and put you put your praying
hands up notice that when you do that
the thumb is clothed the thumbs or
closest to your heart right and they’re
pointing back at at you all right so I
want to give you a quick prayer outline
to pray during this fast they listen to
me so this this hand the left hand tells
me who to pray for notice this thumb
pointing back is closest to my heart so
here’s what I’m gonna pray for in five
minutes a day three times a day those
closest to my heart who’s that my family
and my friends so everybody say friends
and family best that represents the
phone so let that remind you closest to
your heart friends and family all I’m a
pray friends in the morning when I get
that first thing I want to get out
friends and family then this is the
index finger and it points the way and
my mom when I was little she used to do
this sometimes no no no no no so it
rebukes me it corrects me so you ought
to pray for those who lead you and who
pastor you that they would have courage
to not only point you to the good things
but correct you and preach sermons that
convict you and keep you in love with
Jesus Christ come on pray and then
notice the middle finger are the tallest
finger and they don’t make me hold it up
by itself
but notice that it stands out is the
tallest finger it’s the one that stands
out what does that represent influencers
who are the influencers in our cut and
our culture musicians rock stars rappers
the president the politicians the movie
stars what whether we like it or not the
truth is that many of these people Bill
Gates people like that
they have massive influence we need to
quit talking down to all these people
and pray for the Kardashians and pray
and fast for come on pray and fast for
Kanye and praying fast don’t just wear
his tennis shoes pray for it this is the
ring finger what does it represent it
represents our marriages our
relationships but it also is the weakest
finger it represents weakness it
represents the poor pray for the poor it
represents the sick pray for those who
have cancer or going through chemo pray
for people that you know that are infirm
the shut-ins that those in the rest
homes pray for the little children pray
for the poor pray pray for the disabled
pray for the handicapped pray for the
sick and the weak we don’t do that and
if it’s all about us isn’t it but these
are things we should pray for while we
fast and then the last one is be yeah
God loves me and cares about me but the
focus the last thing and the smallest
thing is me because if I seek first and
do all of these things and put others
ahead of me guess what God’s gonna take
care of me now watch this let me show
something real quick now this hand let
it remind you of this that that this
represents what I’m praying for so if
the thumb is coming back at me I’m
praying for a clean heart for me and my
family and friends a clean heart he said
in Jeremiah that if you search for me
and seek from me you’ll find me when you
search for me with all of your heart
half-hearted religion is an abomination
to God pray for your own heart to be
clean guard your heart with all
diligence for out of it flows all the
issues of life you’ll make
easy decisions you’ll get in terrible
relationships guard my heart God guard
my heart my heart be clean give me a
clean heart and a right spirit David
said pray for a pure heart then pray
that God will lead you and God will
rebuke you that God will open doors that
way and he will shut doors no no no
that’s not my will for your life pray
for greater influence again the tallest
finger that you personally will have
growing influence in a new year that God
will take you higher that you will stand
out and your influence will grow on your
job your influence will grow with people
your influence will grow in the field
that God has planted you in the city and
the place where God’s called you young
people start praying give me greater
influence I never dreamed I’d know the
President of the United States but I
know this one and I’m praying for him
and that’s not a political nothing it’s
just my god can we not pray for those
who are in influence I did for every
other president I’m gonna pray for this
one too God knows he needs it all of us
needed pray if you’ll pray for influence
you’ll be astounded where God will take
you pray for your own weaknesses and
lastly pray it’s the little one for
material blessings because if I seek
first the kingdom of God all of these
things but it’s totally in order to ask
God for material blessings but my God
shall supply all your needs according to
his riches and glory through Christ
Jesus and the Lord told me to tell you
in joy chapter 2 in closing this is what
it says it says if you’ll return to me
and fasting and in prayer listen to this
I will restore the years the enemy has
stolen our God is the healer of broken
dreams and he is a restorer
of stolen years and this is the year
when God is gonna breakthrough in your
life and everything in your life is
going to change I really do believe when
I’m preaching you’re gonna get a
breakthrough and and instead of being a
prisoner of an appetite for for because
you’re an alcoholic or a drug addict and
that’s keeping you in a inner inner in a
place that you can’t get out of and so
much God has for you
you’re gonna walk through the door
you’ve never been able to walk through
because he’s the god of births he’s the
god of breakthrough I feel the Lord lift
your hands up and shout break through
three times
come on get it big in your mouth and say
breakthrough feel it church somebody’s
gonna get a breakthrough in your health
then you’re gonna get you your health
back this year help is on the way I’m so
thankful today that you joined us and
that you’ve heard this message I think
if you hear the heart of what I’m
preaching today that it is the heart of
God to send breakthrough to your life
and I know personally there’s nothing
that has brought breakthrough quicker in
my own life than when I get serious with
God when I start seeking Him and even
when I begin to fast and pray with a
tremendous focus saying Lord I’m coming
after you these days I need a
breakthrough I sense many of you are in
that place in your life we’re about to
go into a new year and you need
breakthroughs in your family maybe with
an addiction maybe in some area of your
life you feel like that there’s a
ceiling and you can’t seem to get where
you’re trying to go there are things
that happen when people fast and pray
but most of all Jesus is our
breakthrough you don’t have to do
anything except receive him and really
the fasting and the prayer is not to
move God he’s already for you the
fasting and the praying is to position
you to get in alignment for all that God
wants to lead and guide you to and break
you through and so I’m believing with
you that this season as we prepare to go
into this fast and it’s coming in 2018
and I want you to join us we will teach
you how to do the Daniel fast we will
teach you how for 21 days to seek God in
in in the word and in fasting and in
prayer and there’s gonna be pop-up
prayer meetings I guess you could call
I’m gonna be facebooking live a lot and
and leading in prayers and in prayer
meetings with people who are all over
the world who are fasting with us it’s
one thing when you fast but when you
join corporately with many other people
in
Wow that’s when the breakthroughs begin
to happen for you and for your family
your church your nation and we’re
believing God for that kind of revival
really to hit this world we need it
don’t we so I want to pray for you maybe
you’ve watched this program and use
something in you yearns for freedom and
forgiveness that comes through Jesus so
pray this prayer say these words Lord
Jesus I ask you now to forgive me to
cleanse me to help me to empower me with
your Holy Spirit I want to be filled
with the Holy Spirit today I want to
walk in freedom today I want to know who
you are
so Jesus I give you my life I surrender
save me cleanse me forgive me in jesus
name amen and amen listen we would love
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we’re serious about God we’re serious
about seeking God that’s why we fast and
pray every year and I’m telling you we
hear the reports all year I heard them
today as a matter of fact I heard some
reports of the fast last year it’s
remarkable what God does and listen I’ve
got a brand-new brand-new book that I’m
making available this has never been
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can imagine about fasting that people
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sure and go on
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together how moved I am how appreciative
I am at the body of Christ that is
responding to our Holocaust survivors
residence center that we are now
renovating in the beautiful city of
Jerusalem we’re joining with Friends of
Zion my friend dr. Mike Evans and we are
coming together as the body of Christ
and because of you we’ve been writing
the checks every month is paying for the
renovation it’s happening and I’m
telling you you are responding my
announcer is going to tell you how you
can be involved remember this when you
sow into the nation of Israel and the
people of Israel Jesus said it’s just
like your giving to me as you have done
it unto these the least of my brothers
you’ve done it unto me check this out
and do your very best at the end of the
year as a way of saying thank you Lord
for giving me a great year and I’m
believing you for many great things next
year and I’m sowing seed into good
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