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connection through to many Christians I

think visit blessing I don’t want to I

don’t want to just visit blessing

do you know anime just every now and

then I want to know what it is to be

blessed to be standing in blessing

knowing that whether I have money or not

I know what it is to be blessed we have

to understand what it is to to have that

to occupy land God his territory that he

is want you to walk and it’ll set you up

for that double portion God said to

Joshua everywhere that you set your foot

I’m gonna give it to you

for many years now God has put a burden

on our heart for the nation of Haiti we

were there when the earthquake hit we

were there on the ground and built a

hundred homes and of course we built a

food distribution center and over

270,000 meals a month this is ongoing we

didn’t start it because of a hurricane

that named Matthew that recently hit but

we’ve been there on the ground daily and

on a monthly basis for many years over

ten years now

and never has your support to help us

been more vital as a matter of fact

there are people who are devastated by

this hurricane that we are there on the

ground with the resources the beautiful

warehouse that we built the trucks that

we put on the ground the food

distribution center it’s all ready to go

we just need your help in this effort

and I’m asking you today to do something

unusual I’m asking you to do something

today beyond the norm maybe you can give

an extraordinary gift to help us I

promise you we’re gonna reach out and

feed the hungry and help the broken and

the poor there in the nation of Haiti we

were doing it before the hurricane we

will be doing it after the hurricane

it’s our heart and I want you to be a

part I believe God has strategically put

us there so that we can be a blessing in

their time of need and I can tell you

that if you give God will turn around

and bless you he pronounces blessings

upon people who give to the poor help us

give life give life speak life to so

many hurting people in Haiti today thank

you God I pray you bless every person

who’s sow seed and helps us feed the

hungry in Haiti in Jesus name Amen thank

you so much

hello everyone welcome to Jerusalem we

are so glad you’re joining us for very

special telecasts today welcome to

Kingdom connection well as you can see

this is not the normal setting we’ve got

a lot live audiences on a great tour

through the Holy Land I’ve got my

son-in-law pastor Ben Prescott all the

way from Orange County he pastors our

church in Orange County and we want you

to stay tuned because this is a this is

a divine appointment for your life I

believe that God has us where he has us

he has what is about to come into your

life at the right time he’s going to

touch you today so stay tuned Ben it’s

wonderful to have you here and my

daughter charissa pastor our lead

pastors at our church in Orange County

California how have you enjoyed the trip

here in Israel you’ve never been before

so this is your first time yeah it’s

been amazing well yeah it’s just great

putting all of the different stories you

read about it just makes them come so my

life because you’re seeing actual places

you know stories that you read become

alive and so it’s amazing can you

believe that you’re standing in

Jerusalem it’s crazy

and he’s about to preach in Jerusalem

would you give a warm welcome to pastor

Ben Prescott he’s got a word for you

come on can we thank our senior pastor

Pastor Jentezen

god is good isn’t he he’s an awesome I

want to share a story of Elijah and

Elijah today because it was it’s

something that I loved this story it

stirs my heart and for sake of time I’m

gonna sort of just give you a quick

synopsis of the story in that and it’s

it starts I want to start from first

Kings but we visited it was one of the

sites that we visited got me thinking

about it Mount Carmel and and we know

the story of of what happens there if

you’re familiar with it in in in first

Kings where Elijah cools down it calls

down fire from heaven in this showdown

against the prophets of Baal on Mount

Carmel we visited that in some of these

different places but as the story goes

on what happens is Elijah he escapes

from Queen Jezebel and the story says

that Elijah after he she’s got escaped

Queen Jezebel he goes down the road and

and I love what happens in the story

because it says that he goes down the

road and then he sees this guy Elijah

and the Bible says that Elijah is there

and it says that he’s in the field and

and he’s plowing it says he’s on the

plow on it says he has twelve oxen in

front of him and and he’s plowing and if

you know the story Elisha goes up to

Elisha and he says he puts his cloak on

a lie on unlife shut and then the story

says that that he goes off and and

Elisha takes off after him and and

further down if you follow the story it

goes into in the second Kings and in the

second chapter of 2nd Kings we know the

story of where Elijah gets taken up to

heaven you know the story and before

Elijah gets taken up to heaven he talks

to Elijah and he asks Elijah what can I

do for you and Elijah says this amazing

thing Elijah says to him he says I want

a double portion of your anointing and

every time I read that it stirs my heart

I love the boldness of this guy I love

that he just steps up to the plate and

says forget just giving me what you have

I want twice what you have

and and we know that the scripture says

in Joel it talks about in the last days

that I will pour out my spirit and and I

wanted to just share a little bit about

this story and take some things out of

this story and I feel like it’s going to

impact some people here today I love

that this story that Elijah in counts it

has this in County encounters Elijah and

Elijah is not in church when he throws

when Elijah puts his cloak on a lot

Elisha puts his cloak on Elijah Elijah

is not in church he’s not in Bible

College he’s not being trained to be a

pastor or trained to be a prophet of

trained to be a preacher he’s just a

regular dude in the workplace he’s just

a regular guy just doing a regular thing

but then the obvious opportunity for a

greater anointing comes upon him and I

believe that what God wants to do in

these last days when we talk about him

pouring out his spirit I believe he

wants to pour out his spirit as he says

on all flesh that it wouldn’t be that

the work that I believe God wants to do

he’s not going to do it just through the

preachers and just through the pastors

but just he’s gonna do it actually

through regular people that make a

decision to say you know what I want a

touch of God for my life is great for

the past that I haven’t and it’s great

for the preacher to have it but I’m bold

enough to step up and say you know what

I want a double portion for me for my

life and and grab a hold of it and what

I love about Elijah because understand

that in this moment he hadn’t received

the double portion yet it was just an

opportunity Elijah comes and I lied to

puts his cloak upon Elijah as if to say

this this is an opportunity for more if

you’ll come with me and look at Elijah’s

response it says in the story that

Elijah it says that he ran down he ran

after Elijah and that’s stirred my heart

and I thought how many of us how often

do we find ourself running down the

things of God chasing down for more of

God not saying God you know would you

just come and just meet me where

but I’m gonna run you down I want to

chase down the presence of God I want to

I want to drop what I’m doing and I want

to chase after the things of God he

recognized that there was an opportunity

he got a touch through the quote being

put on em but he recognized this is a

touch I don’t just want to touch I want

to go to the source and I want more than

just what I experience and so they go

and I’m sort of setting it up for it for

you a little bit because I actually want

to give you three things if you look in

the Bible and one of the reasons I

wanted to talk about these stories is

because we got to visit some of these

places and as I was saying earlier it

became a life to me the Bible says that

Elijah and Elijah further on it in 2nd

Kings they they go on this journey and

and it’s actually funny to read because

throughout the journey Elijah is is sort

of staying with Elijah and it’s almost

like Elijah starts getting a bit

bothered by him if you read the story

Elijah is likely he’s almost like Elijah

Elijah’s like that little brother or

sister you can’t get rid of you know

that your mom says you have to take with

you and you’re like listen I don’t want

to it’s almost like that and Elijah says

to Elijah listen listen bro stay here so

good appreciate you cool thanks for your

help but I’m good I’m good stay stay

here and he goes any of you and if you

read the story and you go and look at it

he actually says it to him three times

he says I’m good appreciate you they

throw your help it’s been good hang in

but but you stay here I’m gonna go and

every single time he says this to him

Elijah says no no no I’m not staying

here I want more and what I want to do

is I want to go through real real

quickly I want to go through three

things that you have to go to go through

before you can reach that double portia

before you receive that double portion

in the first place that they went

through geographically that’s the place

called Gilgal and in in in Gilgal is

actually the place in Joshua 5 where

you’ll know it was the circumcision well

it was it was the cutting away of the

old in order to set yourself up for a

double portion there has to be first a

separation

I’ve encountered different people in

church that when you preach on a double

portion people say I want that I want

more of God but I don’t want to let go

of my old life I don’t want to go

through a breaking away I still want

yeah I don’t want I want the next thing

God has for me but I don’t want to let

go of what I have now do you know what

I’m talking about it’s it’s getting to

that place of of separating where the

Bible says that we have to flee 2nd

Timothy it says that we have to flee

from what’s evil and cling to what is

good and one of the reasons I think

people soften miss out on on that double

portion that God has for his we’re

trying to hang on to all the different

things that we want to take with us we

want to live this way but we want to

walk in this power we still want to act

like this and talk like this and hang

out with these people but what we sort

of want some of this and and some of

that and we sort of it’s it’s it’s

called double mindedness the Bible talks

in revelation about being hot or cold

you know that you know the verses says

be the heart or cold if you’re lukewarm

if you’re caught in the middle

got this old spits you out of my mouth

if you want to get out gets itchy if you

want to set yourself up for that double

portion you’ve got to go through that

place of separation and the second place

that that it says that he comes to is

the place of befell we know the place of

Beth Ellen and the word beth-el actually

means the house of God in Genesis 22

8:28 it’s a place of beth-el it’s it’s

the house of God where Jacob has that

encounter with God after he’s after he’s

run from his brother Esau he has that

encounter with God where he sees that

vision you know there that the staircase

going up to heaven and all of that stuff

and what this talks about is to me in

this word beth-el house of God this

speaks to me I as a place of a place of

transformation if you will allow God to

come in and and transform you in and get

inside and deal with the junk and and

deal with the mark I think so often we

miss out on walking in the fullness of

what God has for us

because we’re so busy trying to come to

him with everything right

and in order you know we’re trying to

present this this pretty picture God God

loves dealing with our muck and dealing

with our junk and just getting in the

transforming us but he can only work

with the things that we give him and I

feel tit to say that and encourage

someone if you’re watching and then if

you’re watching that the program don’t

don’t get caught in the routine of just

just going day to day just reading the

scripture just day to day to tick a box

and just saying a prayer to just tick a

box and so I’ve done my quiet time take

moment take a moment and say Holy Spirit

would you come and would you begin to

transform me would you get into my heart

and invade my spirit and invade might

start to shape me start to rattle the

cage start to mold me start to prepare

me for the great things that I know that

you have for me because if you will

allow him to transform you you position

yourself to be set up for a double

portion of his anointing he won’t and

trust you with a double portion until he

knows that you’re in that place we said

God mold me God shaped me God

transformed me it’s a it’s a powerful

thing when we say God would you come in

would you transform me would you would

you get in my life would you do a work

in me that that molds me and shapes me I

want to walk away different I love the

story in acts it’s in acts acts 8 I

think it is where it’s the story of

Peter and John and the Bible says that

the Peter and John after the outpouring

of the Holy Spirit which happened it’s

not far from where we are right here in

in the upper room and after the

outpouring of the Holy Spirit the Holy

Spirit came and they encountered him and

these guys just went to the City Square

is’s and they started to preach they

didn’t wait for a pulpit or or a stage

or church service these dudes just were

so full of something that they just went

out and started to just Sharon and the

Bible says that that the rulers didn’t

like it and and so they gather then they

put them in prison and they put them

before the court and and in accident he

talks about that they’re charged before

the court and the court begins to

question them

and ask them questions and they stand up

and the Bible says that they talked with

such authority and it says that these

men these rulers and the court looked at

these men and the wording in taxes that

looked at them and it said they

recognized them as having been with

Jesus and that chat that stirs my heart

because I want to I want to ask you this

question when you finished when you’ve

left church and you go back to work do

people know where you’ve been when you

when is all finished and when it’s all

done and and when it’s all over and you

go to work places there being such a

transformation that’s taking place so

people can look at you and say I don’t

know where you’ve been I don’t know

what’s been going on but there’s

something different about you you’re not

the same person that you were when I saw

you before that’s what the Holy Spirit

will do if we get to that place where we

say God would you transform me would you

mold me would you shape me and the last

place as I begin to close that he had to

go through remember as I said each time

he went through there and Elijah said to

all I should stay here and by wife she

kept going through he kept and he comes

to that last place which this where this

happened this was in actually in Jericho

which again is somewhere that that we

visited on this trip Jericho was the

first battle that they went through in

order to occupy and take that promised

land and once we go through that that

place of separation then we go through

that place of transformation I believe

and the way I sort of word it is these

we’re going to get to a place of

occupation where we know what it is to

actually occupy things that God has

called us to walk in I think we have too

many Christians that know what it is to

visit the things of God but don’t know

what it is to occupy the things of God

see that’s what separated the spies and

that’s what separated that the spies

that went out there were spies that were

sending to the land remember and they

came back with grapes and they came back

and but they didn’t all go in and occupy

it they all got a chance to visit it too

many Chris

have visited breakthrough but that I

live in breakthrough too many Christians

I think visit blessing I don’t want to I

don’t want to just visit blessing do you

know no me just every now and then I

want to know what it is to be blessed to

be standing in blessing knowing that

whether I have money or not I know what

it is to be blessed we have to

understand what it is to to have that to

occupy land God his territory that he

has called you to walk in and it’ll set

you up for that double portion God said

to Joshua everywhere that you set your

foot I’m gonna give it to you and I

believe God’s speaking to some people I

believe God’s speaking to some mums and

dads that are watching here today and

what you you’re praying for your family

and and I dare you to start to pray some

bold prayers over your family and to get

up and and I’ve done this before I

remember doing outreaches into schools

and and I remember we started going into

high schools and started praying for

opportunities to to share things of God

and and schools were closed they

wouldn’t let us come in they wouldn’t

let us pray they wouldn’t let us hang

out with kids there was no opportunities

and I remember I would go to these

schools at nighttime

don’t tell anyone because I’m pretty

sure it’s illegal I would go there at at

nighttime and it would be clocked up it

would be like midnight and I’d climb the

fence at the school and I’d get on to

the football ground of the school where

the sight and then around that around

whether that play equipment was

somewhere the kids would hang out and I

would have worship in my headphones and

I remember I would walk around the

school because I remember reading where

God said to Joshua everywhere you set

your foot

I’ll give it to you and I was dumb and

crazy enough to take it literally I said

you know what if God’s called me to take

it then I’m gonna put my foot literally

on it and I’m gonna start walking and

then little bit by little bit the more I

did it the more God opened up doors into

schools and and I say that to you

because I feel like God’s speaking to

some parents and you’re claiming you you

want to claim victory over your family I

dare you to walk into your kids bedrooms

and say God give me this ground I did a

walk into your living

they say God give me this ground God

give me this territory god I’m knocking

on your door Saint give me this

territory I know what it is to be a

backslidden kid to come home at 7:00

a.m. 8:00 a.m. after being out all night

and I would walk into my bedroom and I

would see a little reflection of a

little dot on my door and I would go to

my bed and I would see this little

little it would look like it was wet it

looked like this little wet spot on my

door and then there was a little wet

spot on my bed and I’m like what and

then I suddenly clicked and I marched

into my mum’s room I said stop putting

oil on my door and stop putting it on my

bed and it used to frustrate me then but

now I look back and I see I had set me

up for a double portion of God’s

anointing and I want to tell you if you

want to walk in what God has for you

don’t be afraid to take ground and to

take territory in order to take it

understand it was that fight it was a

fight why are you going through a battle

right now because you’re fighting for

territory because I understand what my

parents fought for because because

Elisha was willing to say you know what

I’m going through I’m gonna go through

this place of separation now I’m gonna

go through this place of Revelation of

transformation and now I’m going through

this place of occupation I know what it

needs to take around then he was set up

where he needed to be in the place where

if he hadn’t stopped at one of those

Elisha would have got to where he was

about to get taken to heaven attend and

he’s not there but because he went

through that he was right where he

needed to be and all he needed to do

when Elisha looked at him and said what

do you want

this dude was bold enough to say you

know what I don’t want just what you’ve

got give me double give me boy give me

that one once you have and I believe God

is staring people and

to people what you’re going through

you’re just going through cuz God is

setting you up because he’s got a place

for his position for you to be at the

right time as part of his purpose and

part of his plan for your life so that

you can walk in a double portion of

God’s anointing greater than he could

possibly ask or imagine and I believe

that for your life and and I want to

pray real quickly and I and I want to

encourage people and and and and what I

just feel God stirring on my heart ease

these people that you feel like you’re

going through it and you feel like it’s

a battle and you feel like it’s a fight

you’ve got to understand that God’s

doing a work in the middle of the battle

as James tells us that we’re to consider

it pure joy when we face trials and

struggles of many times God’s setting

you up and I want to pray for some

people and and and and pray for some

people that perhaps are here right now

in this studio as we’re doing this but

also those people that are watching

you’re in your living room and you’re

going through some things and you’re

going through some challenge God’s

setting you up for a double portion and

I feel it because as I’m talking about I

feel that I feel an excitement I feel

stirred in my heart I get excited

because I know the great things that he

has for you and I want to pray right now

look god we lift up every person look

like that feels like they’re going

through some challenges feels like

they’re facing some battles feels like

there’s a bit of a fight that they’re

walking through at the moment a week I

pray covering over them now with the

blood of Jesus look god I declare the

great things that you have in store for

them god I thank you that you’re molding

them and that you’re shaping and God I

pray for this battle that they’re going

through Lord I ask that you would give

them peace look god I pray I thank you

for the peace that surpasses all of our

understanding God I thank you Father God

for peace in the middle of the fire

peace in the middle of the battle and

god I pray that their faith would be

stirred in knowing that you got great

things for them that you they’re just

going through it cuz you’re stirring it

up in them and expectation

and a faith at the amazing things that

you have for them and the double portion

anointing that you’re going to pour out

them and we declare it right now in

Jesus Christ’s name Amen come on if you

believe that believe every person

watching this program you know Jesus

said occupy until I come and there is a

there is a spirit of victory I believe

that it’s coming from Jerusalem to your

life what a powerful message we receive

it how many of you receive it I know you

do at home in closing we want to

encourage you right where you are if you

don’t know Jesus Christ as your Savior

just invite him in just pray that prayer

say Jesus I receive you as my savior I

give you my life and just like he

transformed been transformed me

transformed all these people he’s going

to do it for you just just say that just

say Jesus I receive you as my savior

wash my sins in your blood I believe in

you in Jesus name

I am safe now thank him for that and

praise him for that and tell somebody

the matter of fact we’d love to hear

from you in conclusion I want to

encourage you to join us on this three

day fast for America we’re fasting and

praying and voting and we’re calling the

church to action we cannot be silent in

such a critical time and we’re praying

for Jerusalem praying for the Peace of

Jerusalem praying for this nation and

praying for America and that fast will

be no weapon November the 6th the 7th

and the 8th and so go online and say yes

we’re gonna fast and pray with you and I

believe that when we pray we fast and

then we speak up we vote we vote we can

see that occupation that occupation of

our land I want America to be blessed

for my children and my children’s

children

in Jesus name god bless you all the way

from Jerusalem

we wish you soul may the Lord bless and

keep you god bless you everybody let’s

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