This is “Setting The Stage For Miracles”.
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>> Welcome to
Kingdom Connection.
And I really am praying today
and desiring for God
to use this program
to change your life for good.
To believe again that God
is good, and that He’s able
to do exceedingly, abundantly
above all that you
could ask or think.
Open up your Bible
if you’ve got one.
Wherever you’re watching this,
expect God’s presence to
invade that room
as you hear this word.
Let’s go into the service,
this is a fresh word
from God.
It’s gonna bless you.
Listen good.
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I want you to look with me
in 2 Kings 3
and I’ll being reading
with verse 14: “And Elisha said,
“ As the LORD of hosts lives,
before whom I stand,
surely were it not that I regard
the presence of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah,
I would not look at you,
nor see you.”
And he’s talking to the king
of Israel and then there’s
the king of Judah,
because Israel was split
and there was two kingdoms.
He said, “I wouldn’t even listen
to you and I wouldn’t pay
you any attention
but because the king of Judah,
Jehoshaphat, is in this room
I’ll entertain your request.”
And then he says this
in verse 15,
“’But now bring me a musician.’
Then it happened,
when the musician played,
that the hand of the LORD
came upon him.
And he said,
“Thus says the LORD:
‘Make this valley
full of ditches.’
For thus says the LORD:
‘You shall not see wind,
nor shall you see rain;
yet that valley shall be
filled with water,
so that you, your cattle,
and your animals to drink.’”
I wanna preach today on
the subject of
Setting the stage for
the supernatural.
Setting the stage for miracles.
I feel led to do this because
I do serve a God who still
is in the miracle business.
The prophet Elisha said,
“Call a musician.
Bring me a musician, a psalmist,
a minstrel the Old –
the King James says.
Which is someone who is not
just a good musician,
but they have a heart that knows
how to worship
and connect with God.
“Bring him into this room.”
He didn’t just start saying,
“Thus says the Lord.”
He had to set the stage
for what was about to happen,
he was about to tell the people
– They were in the wilderness,
they were dying,
the army of Israel,
the army of Judah
were in trouble,
Jehoshaphat had made a league
with Jehoram and he was the son
– Jehoram, he was the son
of Jezebel and Ahab.
He was a wicked, wicked man
and Jehoshaphat was a good man,
but he had a weakness,
he got linked up
to the wrong people.
You know, you can be
a good person but if you get
linked up to the wrong people
it’s a matter of time
before their battle
becomes your battle.
And they were out
in the wilderness,
and they were dying and they
said, “Is not there anyone who
has a word from God that
can tell us what to do?”
And they sent for Elisha.
On the way, on the way there,
when he arrived
something happen.
But when he arrived,
he is so disturbed to see
the wicked king of Israel
in league with a mighty man
of God, Jehoshaphat,
he was angry and he says
these words, and you just
read it, “If it were not
for the king of Judah,”
Which means praise.
“If praise was not in this room,
I would not help you,
I would let you call
on your gods of gold and silver
and immorality
and everything else.
But because praise is
in the room, I will receive
a word from the Lord for you.”
And then he did
something strange,
he didn’t just begin to do it,
he called – he said,
“Call me a musician,
call me a singer, a worshiper,”
A harp player would have been
what it was.
“And let him play,” Listen.
“and set the stage
for a miracle.”
Many of you have never
experienced the power of God
like God wants to show you
because you don’t understand
there’s something we must do.
Here’s why it matters.
He said, “I want a harp player.
I want the man to come
in and change the atmosphere.
I want my emotions –
Because music touches
your emotions.
Our emotions affect our faith.
And when you bring in that music
– he said, “I’m setting
the stage for the supernatural.
But I can’t just do it,
the atmosphere –
There’s an atmosphere
for miracles.
There’s an atmosphere
for God to move,
and you have to set the stage.
Music creates a mood
for miracles.
Music has the ability –
In 2 Kings 3 when the musician
came in and started playing
the very next verse said,
“and as he played
and as he was worshipping
suddenly the Spirit of the Lord
comes on the prophet
and he says,
“Thus says the Lord:
‘Dig ditches in the middle
of the desert because what God’s
about to send is bigger
than what you have
to capacity to receive.”
Dig ditches.
Don’t just get canteens
and hope they get filled,
you need ditches for what is
about to come, and I want
you to get ready for it.
But that word didn’t come until
the stage was set
for the miracle through praise,
through worship,
through something that people –
that a man did is why
the miracle happened,
because God inhabits the praise
of His people.
Here’s the real story
behind the story.
In the previous chapter
there’s one of the most amazing
stories in the Bible,
I’ve never preached on it
but I’m going to,
I’ve got a sermon
that I’m gon’ preach on.
And it’s the story of
the prophet Elisha,
he was on his way to the place
where he would call for
the musician but along
the journey there were
some teenagers,
some young people, the youth,
some of the youth.
I know they were teenagers
because – I’m glad that
it wasn’t children.
Now, the King James said,
“Children – Little children.”
And this is a bad story –
the King James says,
“Little children were making fun
of the prophet.”
Saying, “Go up Baldy,
Go up Baldy.”
He was bald headed,
the prophet was bald headed.
And they said – And what they
were saying was,
“Why can’t you do like
Elijah did when he went up
in a fiery chariot if you’re
really a prophet go up.”
They were making fun.
It was not children,
it was teenagers.
I’m convinced of that.
And this is hard to explain,
I mean, I don’t understand
all this stuff but the Bible
said that when those children
and those teenagers
started mocking the prophet
and making fun of him
that it offended God in Heaven
and God sent two she bears,
they were not he bears.
Why she bears?
Because she bears are meaner
than he bears!
That’s why.
And the she bears
ate the children – ate up 42
of the teenagers.
How many would rather the bears
eat teenagers than children?
Amen.
Any day.
How many of you have got a few
teenagers you’d like for some
she bears to at least
chase a little while?
I know the feeling.
But watch this.
So – Now, think about this.
We just read this stuff,
he’s on his way, that happens,
he had nothing to do with it,
but he sees this horrible
slaughter of young people,
bears ripping them to pieces.
The Bible did say,
“Touch not my anointed
and do my prophet no harm.”
So they had broken the law
of God and instant judgement
hit their life.
And he heard the screams,
he’s messed up,
his mood is messed up
and then he walks into the room,
he comes immediately from
that episode and he walks
into the room and he sees
Jehoshaphat, a Godly man
who has made a covenant
with a wicked man.
That his battles would be
their battles and he’s so upset
and that’s why he’s kinda
got an attitude and he says,
“If it weren’t for them
I wouldn’t even mess with you.
You could perish, I don’t
care.”
His mood was messed up.
And then reason he called
for a musician is he knew,
“I’m carrying so much
stuff from what I been
through and where I came
from that if I don’t
change the atmosphere and if
I don’t change the mood –
and the way to do that is
to bring me a musician
and let him worship
and let him change it.
Just clear my mind
and clear my spirit
and set the stage
for the miraculous.
I’m too upset,
my mood is wrong.”
But when they got the atmosphere
and the mood right
– That’s the power of music,
it has – bring me,
not a jam session player.
I’m not interested in his riffs,
I’m not interested in that.
I want somebody who can play
and just with the chord
that they’re hitting
they shift my spirit,
my mood shifts.
And there’s a mood –
There’s an atmosphere
that God looks for,
for miracles.
There’s a wooing
of the Holy Spirit.
At that point suddenly there is
the setting of the stage
for the miracle.
It’s a Bible principle.
If you get in the right mood
your faith goes up.
Your faith is affected
by your mood and when your mood
is shifted and when you get
in a worship atmosphere,
when you being to worship,
not watch people,
not pay people to worship,
not sit out there and say,
“They’re doing good.”
But when you begin to get
into that kind of worship
then suddenly you are setting —
Nobody can do it for you.
You are setting the stage
for God to say,
“Thus sayeth the Lord.
Here’s what I’m going to do.”
But many believers,
they’re born again,
they love God but they think
that praise is not for them,
it’s unimportant, it’s okay,
it’s entertainment.
No, it’s not!
It’s sets the stage
for the supernatural.
And for you to not do it means
somebody may get something
behind you and around you
that you don’t ever receive.
It’s a Bible principle.
>> ANNOUNCER: Fires caused
by rockets
and incendiary balloons
from the Hamas terrorist
group are a constant threat
to the nation of Israel.
In 2021 alone,
over 4,425 rockets have
been fired into Israel.
When these attacks are launched,
they cause massive fires
that threaten lives,
and also burn through large
areas of crops and farmland.
Remote places, like Eshkol,
the region in Israel closest
to the Gaza Strip,
are often left fighting
these fires on their own.
That is why Jentezen Franklin
Media Ministries has remained
committed to providing comfort
with grace to these
Jewish people in need.
Our latest initiative
is to provide fire stations,
fire trucks, and equipment
for the volunteer fire fighters
to protect their towns
and families.
>> The region of Eshkol
desperately needs additional
fire stations and equipment.
And because of our generous
partners just like you,
we hope to provide comfort with
grace to the people of Israel.
When you give
to a project like this,
God said in Genesis 12:3,
“I will bless those
that bless you, Israel,
and I will curse those
that curse you.”
Made that promise to Abraham
and you can be a part
of that blessing today.
Get in on it.
>> Israel is under constant
attack and your support today
matters more than ever.
These desperate Jewish families
urgently need your help.
Call now or go online today.
In 1 Samuel 16 the Bible said
that evil Spirits
would torment King Saul.
He was so tormented
with evil spirits,
distressing spirits
tormented him,
demon spirits of fear
and depression caused his
moods to swing.
And one moment he was loving
and the next moment he was
throwing spears
and violent and angry,
demon powers had complete
control of his moods
and his emotions.
And one of the servants said,
“Listen, why don’t we send —
in verse 16.
He said, “Why don’t we send —
there’s a young kid out
on the mountain tops,
his name is David and he watches
his father’s sheep.”
But listen to the wording,
“Seek out a man who is
a skillful player on the harp.
And it shall be that when
he plays with his hand
the distressing spirits that
are upon him will be well
and he will be refreshed.”
The King James says,
“The demons will depart
and he will be refreshed.”
He said, “I’ve seen a man
skillful in playing.
He’s skillful, he’s a cunning
player of the harp.”
And when David came
into the palace, when the evil
spirits were tormenting Saul
and he would be sitting
on the throne and everybody
knew the atmosphere
was one of tense
and he’s in one of those moods,
he’s in one of tho —
the demons are taking over,
the fear, the depression,
he’s hitting a low
like you wouldn’t believe.
And in would come
the worshipper, David,
and when he would play it would
break the spell of demonic
powers and they would have
to leave in the presence
of anointed worship.
It’s really something.
It’s really powerful.
When I was in college,
I got ahold of that verse,
it’s very special to me,
and I was majoring in music
on the saxophone and at
that time I had not
felt that call to preach,
although it did mess with
me I had not accepted the
call the preach and I thought
my life would go in
the direction of music.
And wanted to be a performer
and I wanted to play the horn,
professionally.
And I read that scripture
one day with a skillful,
skillful – we’re gonna
find Jesse the son of –
“Jesse’s son, David and
he plays skillfully,
a mighty of man of valor,
a man of ore, prudent
in speech,” Especially this
part, “A handsome person.”
C’mon, call the things that
are not as though they were.
“A handsome person.”
I wonder why God put
that in there.
“And the Lord is with Him.”
That was the description
of David.
That’s why it’s so powerful
when someone anointed
begins to worship skillfully.
And when the Lord is with them –
Listen, it has the power
to shift the mood,
from doubt and unbelief
and fear and worry
and depression and grief
and sorrow.
Suddenly the mood shifts
and the King of kings
is in the room and your hands
go up and tears are flowing
down your face because
you realize He’s King,
there’s nothing greater
than Him, there’s nothing
troubling me that He
can’t fix and He can’t
deal with.
So powerful is this
kind of worship.
The power of setting a mood
for miracles is so powerful
that in Psalms 33 it says,
“Praise the Lord with the harp,
praise Him with the instrument
of ten strings.”
There is no ten
stringed instrument.
In music history
I couldn’t find a
ten stringed instrument.
The ten strings I believe
are your ten fingers.
“Clap your hands.”
Psalms 47 said.
And create a setting
for the miraculous.
You create – You set the stage
for the miraculous.
You know, even the Devil
knows that the spirit
world is activated
through music.
I’ll give you Bible proof
of that.
Daniel chapter three.
Nebuchadnezzar used music
to set the stage
for the demonic.
The Bible said that he
said that, “It shall be that
when you hear the sound
of the horn, flute, harp,
lyre, and psaltery,
the symphony with all kinds
of music,”
See, the Devil’s got his music,
he was the anointed cherub.
A Cherub is a singing,
ministering angel.
He was Heaven’s worship leader.
And that’s why the music
of the world is so powerful,
that’s why the music
of the world has such a draw
and not all of it is demonic,
not all of it is wrong
by no means,
but much of it is.
When it’s full of pornography,
profanity, filth and lust
and immorality it is not
feeding your spirit
and it’s hard to pull up
in the parking lot after
you’ve listened to that.
Your ears are not supposed
to be trash cans.
It’s hard, when you walk
in here you still got the mood
of the world all over you.
You been listening to filth,
you been listening
to uncleanness, you been
listening – You have not set
the stage for the miraculous!
And it takes moments like this
when a preacher gets up
and he’s under the anointing,
and you can fight me
all you wanna fight me
but I paid a price for this
anointing and the Devil
can’t have you but so long!
God is going to visit
our families!
God is going to save
our children and our
children’s children!
And if they won’t set the stage
for it we can do it!
I can do it!
You can do it, grandaddy!
You can do it, mom!
You can do it!
Everybody praise the Lord!
C’mon!
I want 500 of you to get up
on your feet and shout
for a minute!
[Shouting]
Oh, we bless you Lord!
You feel that?
You feel the mood change,
you feel the atmosphere
of faith come!
You can’t make this up,
you can’t program this,
this is the anointing
and He breaks every yoke!
Whew!
I feel angels up here.
I feel like God could
do anything.
I don’t know who’s watching me
but you need to hear,
cancer doesn’t have
the last word, Jesus said,
“I am the death and I am life
and I am the resurrection.
I’ve conquered it.
I’ve conquered it.”
Now sit down, let me finish.
Even the world —
Music is a part
of almost everything.
They know it sets a mood.
You get on an elevator…
[Imitating Elevator Music]
Calms you down.
You sit in
the dentist office…
[Imitating Office Music]
They want you to just calm down.
The sports world today –
You’re not gonna go to a sports
event and not find music.
They even hired DJs,
basically, that when they’re
in a time out or the basketball
team is over the
side you start hearing…
[Imitating Music]
What are they doing?
They’re shifting the mood,
they’re getting the people
into it, because they know
if they can get the people
into it, to cheering,
that it would be an advantage
to their team because
their team
is fighting resistance.
But the people in the stands
can become part of the battle
on the field when they
begin to pray –
Oh, you don’t hear me.
Too many of you been sitting
in the bleachers —
No offense, but you been
sitting you there watching
when God says, “I want you
to set the stage for miracles
in my house with your
own personal praise.”
Music sets a mood.
So, what I’m saying to you is,
this stuff matters.
I can’t let me emotions rule.
Bring me a musician.
All over this room,
you have a choice now,
you can set the stage
for miracles in your life
and in your home or you can just
keep doing what you been doing.
This is gonna be
a powerful year.
We got one more year.
The Lord said,
“Give me one year.”
And one of those things includes
praise and worship.
I want you to stand up
on your feet.
And I don’t care if your
Baptist, Methodist, one God,
two God, three god,
glory to God.
I don’t care what you are.
I want you to lift up your hands
all over this room,
you’ve done it at every other
event that you been to
when they ask you to,
let a preacher lead you into
the presence of God.
Open your mouth and begin
to close your eyes and speak
praise to your Savior.
Set the stage
for the miraculous.
Set the stage for His presence.
Set the stage with your own
individual praise.
If you’re not saved,
if you know you’re lost just
keep your hands up and just say,
“Lord, wash me in the blood.
Apply the blood to my sins
and wash me and make me
a worshipper.
Today wash me and I’ll worship,
wash me and I’ll worship.
Oh God, cleanse me,
get all the stuff,
the bear attacks,
get it all outta my mind.
Things that have
distracted me this week.
I need your presence.
It’s been so long,
I long for your presence.
Oh God, I’d rather be
a door keeper in the house
of the Lord than live
in the palace with the wicked.
I’m coming after you
today, Lord.”
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>> I believe today that God
is ready to touch you
and your family
and your situations.
And I know that
He’s speaking to you.
I know that you are
watching this program
and you’re leaning in
because you heard something.
There was a voice
inside of my voice
and it wasn’t the voice of man,
but there —
God can use people
through which He can speak
His word and His will
to your life.
He loves you.
There’s nothing you’ve done
He can’t forgive.
There’s no mess in your life
that He can’t take
and put the broken pieces back.
You say, “No, it’s too bad.”
Then He makes all things new.
Maybe you don’t want
the same marriage,
but God can make
the same marriage new.
He can make things new.
He can make all things new.
You say, “Well, I —
my life is so messed up.
There’s no way I can
turn it around.”
No, you can’t.
But when Jesus comes,
the power of the enemy
is broken.
The power of shame,
the power of hurt,
the power of unforgiveness
and offense,
the power of Satan
and demonic power,
it’s broken when Jesus comes.
It’s time for a new you.
And God can give you
the power to change
and to be what
He called you to be.
Praise God!
I sense this happening.
Now, you prayed that prayer.
Say, “Jesus, save me.
Jesus, cleanse me in Your blood.
Jesus, heal me.
Jesus, deliver me.
Jesus, help me.
Give me some new friends.
Give me some people
that will help me.”
And He’s heard your cry
and it is now —
Grace is now extended
toward you and your house.
In Jesus’ mighty name.
I would love to hear from you.
Please, please reach out to us.
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Do it today.
In our closing moments,
I want to say thank you
to all of you who make
moments like this kind
of ministry happen.
Because of you,
we’re able to make
a difference
all over the world,
especially in the nation
of Israel.
And here’s my announcer
to tell you what you can do
to bless the nation of Israel.
Remember that if you want God’s
great blessings on your life,
He said there’s a guarantee
that when you bless Israel,
I’ll bless you and your seed,
your family.
Listen to this
and I believe God’ll
speak to you.
>> ANNOUNCER: Fires caused
by rockets
and incendiary balloons
from the Hamas terrorist
group are a constant threat
to the nation of Israel.
In 2021 alone,
over 4,425 rockets have
been fired into Israel.
When these attacks are launched,
they cause massive fires
that threaten lives,
and also burn through large
areas of crops and farmland.
Remote places, like Eshkol,
the region in Israel closest
to the Gaza Strip,
are often left fighting
these fires on their own.
That is why Jentezen Franklin
Media Ministries has remained
committed to providing comfort
with grace to these
Jewish people in need.
Our latest initiative
is to provide fire stations,
fire trucks, and equipment
for the volunteer fire fighters
to protect their towns
and families.
>> The region of Eshkol
desperately needs additional
fire stations and equipment.
And because of our generous
partners just like you,
we hope to provide comfort with
grace to the people of Israel.
When you give
to a project like this,
God said in Genesis 12:3,
“I will bless those
that bless you, Israel,
and I will curse those
that curse you.”
Made that promise to Abraham
and you can be a part
of that blessing today.
Get in on it.
>> Israel is under constant
attack and your support today
matters more than ever.
These desperate Jewish families
urgently need your help.
Call now or go online today.
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