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>> Hello, and welcome
to Kingdom Connection.
I’m so excited that
you’re joining us today.
I’m coming to you
from the Holy Land.
I’m in the beautiful nation
of Israel.
As a matter of fact, behind me
is a very famous mountain.
It’s called Mount Gilboa,
and in what I’m going
to share today,
I’m gonna share a revelation
and a secret that
you’ve never heard.
It’s connected to
our fast.
You know, we, as a ministry
and as a church,
every year begin the year
with a 21-day fast.
We seek the Lord
on the Daniel Fast,
and we abstain from meat,
we abstain from bread
and from sweets,
anything with sugar in it,
and we just eat healthy.
It’s vegetarian basically,
vegetables and fruit,
and we seek God’s face
just like Daniel did.
He fasted and prayed,
ate no bread, ate no meat,
ate no sweets, for 21 days,
and in the Scripture,
the Bible said
God sent breakthrough
to his life,
and I believe
He’s gonna send it
to your life,
and I’m so excited
for the thousands
upon thousands of you
who are joining us
on this fast.
Today’s message
is gonna connect
the power of fasting
with humbling yourself.
Fasting is humbling yourself,
and there is a profound
revelation and lesson
that I’m gonna share today
on the telecast
about King Saul
and this very place
where I’m standing
that I don’t think
you’ll ever forget.
So, stay tuned,
and by the way,
if there’s a need
in your life,
there will be a number
on the screen.
We have an army of people —
I’m not exaggerating.
Tens of thousands of people
are fasting and praying,
and we’re in a special season
of fasting and prayer,
so send us your prayer requests.
We would love to pray for you.
Listen, Deuteronomy said that,
“The Lord our God
will bless you
a thousand times more…”
and we just felt to just
decree over our families,
and our lives,
and our calling,
and our purpose,
and our businesses
a thousand times more,
just like Deuteronomy 1
promises.
Wouldn’t you like to have
a thousand times more
of God’s presence,
more of God’s favor,
a thousand times more
in your church
and in your ministry,
reaching souls,
helping people,
lifting lives?
That’s what
I’m believing for,
and I’m believing it
for your life.
You say, “Well,
I don’t know,
that sounds pretty big.”
God is a big God,
and, sometimes,
we have not because
we ask not,
and we’re on this fast
and we’re saying,
“God, give us a thousand times
more of You
than we’ve ever had before.”
I’m not asking
for little things.
I’m not asking for, you know,
just the crumbs under the table.
And that’s why we’re fasting,
and praying, and seeking
God’s face.
So, open up your heart
and let God, now, speak to you,
and if you’re not
fasting with us, jump in
and let’s do this together.
We’ve got unbelievable material
that’ll help you,
and I know that I’m gonna be
your fasting coach,
and as we enter in together —
listen, the Scripture said
when you humble yourself
through fasting and prayer,
and I’m gonna teach that
to you in just a moment.
“When you humble yourself
before the mighty hand of God,
in due season He will…”
He will,
“…exalt you.”
And I believe that
we’re moving in
to a season right now.
This year, I think God’s hand
is coming up under you,
and your life,
and your family,
and your purpose,
and He’s going to exalt.
He’s gonna raise up.
It’s not for your glory.
It’s not for vain glory.
It’s time.
You’ve come to the kingdom
for such a time as this.
Is there not a cause?
It’s time for
a thousand times more
of God’s favor,
of God’s blessing,
of God’s anointing,
of God’s presence
in our life.
In just a moment,
I’m gonna teach you
the connection of
fasting and humbling yourself
before the hand of God,
and it’s a powerful,
powerful lesson.
I’m gonna come
right back here in this spot.
I know this message
is a word in season
for your life.
Before I do that,
I want you to listen
to my announcer.
I’m so excited about
what he’s gonna share.
He’s gonna tell you
about some exciting things
you and I together
are gonna do.
>> 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,
damage homes and businesses,
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 provided 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.
By building a local fire
station and providing
the proper equipment,
we are easing the fear
and threat of the damage
that these fires cause.
When you give your
best gift today,
there is a blessing
waiting on you found
in Genesis 12:3,
“I will bless those
who bless you,
and I will curse him
who curses you.”
You can be a part
of the blessing today.
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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>> Well, welcome to another day
of fasting and prayer.
I just agree with you today
for God to do something
mighty in your life.
You know, when you’re talking
about fasting,
fasting is a way
of humbling yourself.
The Scripture said,
“Humble yourself…”
in the Book of James.
“Humble yourself
before the mighty hand of God,
and in due season,
He will exalt you.”
If you humble yourself,
God will exalt you,
the hand of God
will exalt you.
One of the greatest stories
in the Bible happened here.
One of the greatest lessons
that I think on pride
happened here.
The Scripture talks about,
in Proverbs, that
“Pride goes before a fall.”
Let me tell you the story
of a man that ended
right behind me
on the mountain that
you can see behind me.
That’s Mount Gilboa.
His name was Saul.
He was the first king of Israel.
The Bible said, “…he stood
a head and shoulders above…
all of the other men in Israel.
And, when he began,
he was extremely humble.
The reason I know he was humble
was when the Bible said that
they called for him
to be anointed
the king of Israel,
he was hiding
among the stuff.
He was so humble
and so feeling
as though he was unworthy
of that high, lofty position
that he was hiding,
feeling his own insecurity,
feeling his own insufficiency.
And the prophet poured oil
on King Saul,
and the Bible said,
“And he was turned
into another man.”
I love that about Saul.
It’s a powerful verse.
When the anointing
of the Holy Spirit
comes on you,
He can turn
your weakness
into strength,
He can turn your defeat
into victory,
and listen to this.
The Bible said that
Saul was born on Mount Mizpah.
Mizpah, in Hebrew,
means to be bent low.
He started out in humility.
He started out low.
He started out humble.
He started out meek,
hiding among the stuff.
That’s the kind of leader
God can use.
But, he died on Mount Gilboa,
and the word “gilboa” means
to be exalted —
to be exalted.
Now, you think about that.
A man started on Mount Mizpah
being bent low,
totally depending on God,
totally humble, hiding,
feeling like if
God doesn’t help me,
I can’t do this.
But the more that
God raised him,
and the more that
God blessed him,
and actually,
one of the most
powerful verses in the Bible,
the Old Testament is
God, before He removed
Saul from office
and replaced him with David,
said these words over Saul:
“When you were little
in your own eyes,
you were of great value to Me.”
What a lesson,
that when you become big
in your own eyes,
God says pride
is something that will
cause your downfall.
“Pride goes before a fall.”
“When you were little
in your own eyes…”
— there’s nothing wrong
with good self-esteem
and believing in yourself,
but don’t ever get
to the place that
you feel like you can do it,
your talent is enough,
your education,
your gifting.
You need the anointing.
You need God’s presence.
The more He raises you,
the more you need to seek Him.
One time the Lord spoke to me
about our ministry,
and He said it’s dangerous.
We were really growin’,
and I was gettin’ so busy
I didn’t have time
to pray and read
the Bible like I needed to.
And the Lord said to me,
“It’s dangerous to have
a growing ministry
and a shrinking passion for Me.”
Some of you have
growing businesses,
growing families,
growing careers.
Don’t let your passion shrink,
because he ended up
on Mount Gilboa,
the mountain of pride,
the mountain of being exalted,
and they hung him
and his sons
on that mountain.
The whole story of
a man’s life can be told
by the two mountains —
the one he was born
on in humility
and the one he died on
in pride.
It cost him everything.
It cost him his family,
it cost him his children,
and it cost him the Kingdom.
So, what’s powerful
about fasting
is that as you fast,
you’re humbling yourself.
You’re humbling yourself
before God,
and you’re saying,
“God, use me, again.
God, fill me, again.
God, bless me, again.
God, I’ve grown.
I’ve come a mighty long way.
I started out with
little to nothing,
and Your presence,
and Your power,
and Your favor
has raised me,
but I need You more now,
than I did then.”
— That’s the right spirit.
“I’m more desperate
for You now, than I was then.
Now, that You’ve given me much,
then much is required of me,
and I need You like
I’ve never needed You before.”
And there’s nothing
that says that more to God.
People don’t understand
why we do this every year.
People don’t understand.
Those of you who are watching
this right now, you know,
I’m sure people have said,
“You’re crazy;
why are you doing that?”
But it’s our way of sayin’ —
one of the big themes
of fasting —
it’s so consistent
throughout the Scripture —
is it’s a way of
humbling yourself.
It’s a way of sayin’
I don’t want pride
to get a death grip
on me and my life.
And you don’t know,
pride is insidious.
Pride is there and you
don’t know it’s there.
Do you know that
the first sin in the Bible
was pride?
The first sin in creation
was pride.
Pride turned an angel
into a devil,
because Lucifer was,
according to the Scripture,
an archangel that was
in an exalted, high place.
He said, “I will ascend
above the throne.
I will be like the Most High.”
I — it’s all about me,
it’s all about me.
That’s pride.
And he was cast out of heaven.
Think about it.
Pride can turn an angel
into a devil.
And I don’t want pride
to get ahold of me,
I don’t want it to get
ahold of you,
and it certainly has.
I mean, if we’d be honest,
we’d all have to say
there are times where
we begin to become
self-sufficient more than God
— you know, desperate.
And that’s why fasting
is so, so, so powerful.
It’s us coming again
at the beginning
of a new year
and saying, Holy Spirit,
I need You.
Holy Spirit,
fill me again,
and I humble myself.
There’s only two ways
of being — you know,
you got a choice.
He said, “Humble yourself before
the mighty hand of God…”
and that’s what
you’re doing in fasting.
Or, God’ll humble you.
So, you can humble yourself
or God’s gonna humble you.
And that’s why,
when I fast and when I pray,
and thousands
and thousands
and thousands of people
are doin’ it,
as we’re on this fast,
one of the greatest things
God will do is humble you.
You’ll see it.
You’ll think,
I can’t believe
I was thinking that way.
I can’t believe
I was acting that way.
I can’t believe
I talked to that person
that way.
Because, pride can blind you,
but when you fast,
God will show you
those areas of your life
that pride is creeping in,
and you know,
just humble yourself.
Let’s be people
who give God the glory.
Nothing wrong with succeeding,
nothing wrong with being
super-successful,
but give God the glory.
That’s humility.
Humility is not
putting yourself down,
humility is lifting Jesus up.
Now, I just said somethin’
right there.
A lot of people think
that humility is just, you know,
putting yourself down
all the time.
That’s not humility.
Humility is lifting Jesus up,
not putting you down.
And so, God,
I give You the glory.
God, You deserve the honor,
You deserve the praise.
Every achievement,
every success in my life,
to God be the glory
for the things He has done.
As we continue
on our teaching today,
I just believe that
what God is doing
on this fast
for many of you,
and I really wanna
encourage you.
If you have not
decided to fast,
I have had so many reports,
everywhere I go
all over the world,
of people who said,
“I watched you
on television,
you challenged me
to fast.
I’d never fasted before.
I did the 21-day
Daniel Fast with you,
and I’m telling you,
my life was forever changed.”
There’s a reason
why God has blessed us
to share this message
with you today.
I’ve written books on fasting,
and there’s a reason why,
is because it is
a principle in God’s word.
Jesus fasted.
Elijah fasted.
Moses fasted.
On and on and on,
and it’s a form
of humbling yourself.
As you’ve heard me teach today
and as you continue
to hear me teach,
I believe that
the Lord calls us at times
in our life to say,
come back to Me.
Come back in humility.
Come back in dependency.
Come back in hunger
and thirst for Me.
Come back and seek Me.
You’re so busy.
You’re so busy.
Do you really wanna have
just another year
of activity and busyness?
This is a brand new year.
It’s the best time
of the year to say,
God, I want more of You.
I don’t wanna have
a growing business
and a shrinking passion
for You.
I don’t wanna have
a growing family
with more stuff
and less of You.
I need You like
I’ve never needed
You before.
You’ve got children
that need to experience
the power of God.
You’ve got grandchildren
that were not raised
in situations like you were,
where you were taken to church
all your life
and experienced
the power of God
and the gospel.
And I tell you,
we need to get a burning
for the next generation
and the generation after that,
and what you’re doing
when you fast and pray
for 21 days and you say,
God, bless my family,
I’m humbling myself.
All God needs is one.
Listen to this.
The Scripture said
in Psalms that,
“He sets the solitary
in families.”
Solitary means one.
It says, “He sets one
in families to bring out
those who are held in chains.”
When God can find one
in a family who will say,
Lord, I want you to bless me
and I want you to bless
my family with Your presence,
with Your deliverance,
with Your supernatural
anointing.
God said, “I set solitary
one, in a family
to bring out all
who are bound with chains.”
All God needs is one
in your family.
Why don’t you fast
for your family?
Why don’t you humble yourself
in fasting and say,
God, I want You to break
every addiction
off every one of
my family members,
my loved ones.
I want You to save them.
I wanna see You move
in my family
like never before.
And when you begin
to humble yourself
in fasting,
when you begin
to humble yourself
in prayer,
when you begin to say
to the God
Who’s blessed you,
I need You more
than I’ve ever needed
You before,
I’m telling you,
I believe a thousand times more
favor’s gonna come on your life,
a thousand times more
of God’s wisdom
and God’s anointing
is gonna come on your life.
I don’t want my life
and my ministry to die
on Mount Gilboa.
That mountain behind me
is where King Saul died,
and it means to be exalted.
He started out humble,
as I’ve taught you.
He started out
hiding among the stuff
when he started.
He was born out Mount Mizpah,
which means to be brought low.
Isn’t that amazing?
Started out low,
but God said to him,
“When you were little
in your own eyes,
you were of great value.”
It’s possible for God
to take people
and raise them up
and bless them,
and they get big
in their own eyes.
They get prideful,
they get arrogant.
They treat people
wrong and ugly.
I tell you what’ll break
that off of you.
When you fast,
there’s a brokenness
that comes.
When you fast,
there is a returning
back to the fact
that God gets the glory
in my life,
God gets the praise
for every achievement,
for every success.
That’s what happens.
There’s a sweet
presence of God
that’ll come.
I’m just telling you,
we just felt like
to decree that as you
fast and as you pray,
Deuteronomy 1,
“A thousand times more.”
A thousand times more
of God’s presence,
of God’s joy,
of God’s freedom,
of God’s grace on your life,
on your family,
on your business,
on your career —
a thousand times more
of His presence in your life.
Why don’t we ask God
for big things?
I think God’s saying,
you ask Me for little things,
but I wanna do
a thousand times more
with your children.
I wanna do a thousand times more
with your marriage.
I wanna do a thousand times more
with your ministry
or your business,
which is your ministry.
And I’m setting myself
in agreement
with everybody who’s
watching this program
it’s the year of
a thousand times more.
Hallelujah!
Praise God!
I think we’re about
to see increase,
and I’m praying it over America.
I’m praying it over our nation.
I’m praying for God
to do something in America
and in the world
that brings us together,
that causes us
to humble ourselves again
before the mighty hand of God,
so that He can raise,
so that He can exalt,
so that He can restore
lives and families
and God’s plan
and purpose in our life.
And I wanna encourage you.
You say, well,
I just don’t know how to fast.
Well, you just start.
You just start.
I’ve done these 21-day
Daniel Fasts
for so many years.
I’ve done the other
full fasts many times,
and I’m telling you,
it’s just a discipline.
It’s just a discipline,
and it’s just having
a made up mind,
and making a vow to God
and saying, well, here I go,
I’m gonna do this
for the next 21 days,
and you will be amazed
at how close you draw to God.
I’ve never gone on a fast
that I didn’t get
closer to Jesus.
Aren’t you tired
of ankle deep religion?
You know, there was a river
in the Book of Ezekiel,
and Ezekiel got out there
and said —
he got up to his ankles
and he kept going deeper,
and he got to his knees
and he kept goin’ deeper,
and he got to his waist,
went out a thousand cubits.
A thousand cubits —
that’s what it says,
“a thousand cubits”.
He kept saying,
“I want a thousand times more.
I want a thousand times more.”
And it went from his ankles
to his knees.
Don’t you want
the river of life,
the river of the Holy Spirit
getting deeper in your house,
getting deeper in your ministry?
He said, I’m not satisfied
with ankle deep,
I’m not satisfied
with knee deep.
He kept saying,
“I want a thousand times more.
I want a thousand times more.”
Until the fourth time,
the Bible said,
he went out another
thousand cubits
into that river
and there was water
to swim in,
and the Scripture said
he lost control
and the river took him.
I believe that it’s time
for the Holy Spirit
flood to hit your life,
and things that you
haven’t been able to do,
the Holy Spirit can
just get you in
His current.
Somebody’s moving
from ankle deep blessing
to knee deep,
to waist deep,
to it’s over your head.
It’s over your head.
You’re just overwhelmed.
You’re being overwhelmed.
That’s what He said
would happen in
the Book of Deuteronomy.
He said, “All of these blessings
will overtake you…”
Hallelujah,
“…like a tidal wave.”
You ever stood out
in the ocean
and not been payin’ attention,
and turned your back
on the ocean, and suddenly,
a big old wave hits you
and it just overtakes you?
There is a wave
of God’s blessing
that is coming,
a thousand times more
than we’ve ever seen,
and it’s gonna
overtake our churches,
and our lives,
and our families.
A thousand times more,
in Jesus’ name.
What a powerful verse
and what a powerful,
powerful prophecy
over your life today
I’m speaking.
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Today, if you’re searching,
if you in a brand new year
are ready for change
and ready to surrender,
and ready for the Lordship
of Jesus in your life
it’s the greatest decision
you can ever make.
The best life you’ll ever live
is living for Jesus Christ.
And today I want to encourage
you as you’re
listening to me right now,
just to open your heart.
If you feel that tug
and you need to
get right with God
say, “Jesus, save me,
cleanse me, forgive me.
I receive it
in your name, Lord.
I know you’re the forgiver,
the cleanser,
the One who heals broken lives
and I call on you, Jesus.”
Say those words,
“I call on you, Jesus.”
We believe that when you
turn to Jesus,
He pronounces healing
physically, spiritually,
emotionally, mentally,
relationally, in your life.
But you have to pursue Him
and the wisdom of God’s word.
That’s why we’ve prepared
this special website
that is free of charge
that you can go on and start
and 21-day journey
to a change in your life
that you never dreamed
could happen.
This will help you in
your new walk with the Lord.
Our ministry just started
our annual 21-day fast
and I know that sounds heavy
if you’ve never been around
church or any of that,
but I promise you,
it’s a partial fast.
We explain it all,
and it’s one of the most
encouraging, joyful times
as we seek the Lord together
in prayer and fasting
and calling on God
and giving Him the New Year.
And so today, as thousands
of people around the globe
are joining us to seek God
on this fast
at the beginning of a new year
momentum is building.
And if you haven’t joined us
it’s not too late.
Just go online and say
“I’m with you.
I’m gonna join and jump in.”
And we’ll teach you how to do it
I’ll be your fasting coach.
We have so many resources
available on our website,
so check it out today.
But just know that when you
send your best gifts,
especially at the beginning
of a brand new year,
I believe that God
will bless you
in remarkable things.
We’ve got some encouraging
resources to help you build
your faith in a brand new year.
Here’s my announcer
to tell you more.
>> 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,
damage homes and businesses,
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 provided 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.
By building a local fire
station and providing
the proper equipment,
we are easing the fear
and threat of the damage
that these fires cause.
When you give your
best gift today,
there is a blessing
waiting on you found
in Genesis 12:3,
“I will bless those
who bless you,
and I will curse him
who curses you.”
You can be a part
of the blessing today.
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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>> We hope you’ve enjoyed
this teaching by
Jentezen Franklin,
and thank you for
your continued support
of this ministry.
Your prayers
and financial support
make these programs possible.
For more information
about this message
and other ministry resources,
visit us online
at JentezenFranklin.tv.
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