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hey family

i’m pt pastor toray roberts i’m the lead

pastor of the potter’s house at 1la

and denver on behalf of my wife pastor

sarah and myself we want to welcome you

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activate family i am so excited that we

are together

again it’s been a long time since i’ve

had the opportunity to activate with you

and i have to let you know your girl

misses you i love the worship song and

if you guys have been

hearing me speak for any amount of time

you know that i’m always like

man how is the worship going to align

with the word that god has given me and

i just kept hearing those words

over and over again you’re the only one

who can and i feel like this

is so in line with what god has been

just pouring into my spirit to pour into

you

is about coming to this recognition that

there are moments in our life

that require divine authority divine

vision divine power divine creativity

and when we run out of all of our

resources listen we try and get wisdom

and advice from anyone and everyone we

can find we take

all the classes all the courses make all

the phone calls and yet there is still

something

unsettled in our spirit when we come

into the recognition that god you are

the only one who can help me in this

situation

you are the only one who can mentor me

you are the only one who can provide

what it is that i need

there is liberation in that sometimes we

get so frustrated because we’re like man

you’re now i’m down to my only resort

god is down to you

but the truth is that that is when the

limits begin to open

up when you say god you’re the only one

who can do it i feel like god is in

heaven like

birdman rubbing his hands together like

yes now you get it you finally

understand

that i am the only thing that you needed

that i was the only one who could

possibly get you through this

circumstance you’re the only one who can

heal me from this depression

you’re the only one who can help me into

this new role in my life

it’s you and you alone and when we stop

looking around and finally look up

that’s when our spirit says all right

god you’re the only one who can stand in

this moment with me

and it’s not to say that other people

can’t cheer you on and other people

can’t love you through it

but to recognize that the only way that

i can get direction and clarity is if

you show up

it requires such beautiful intimacy from

us

and so that’s my prayer for activate

tonight my prayer

for you is that you would have an

intimate encounter with the only one who

can

you can’t they can’t

they didn’t they couldn’t they

disappointed you

but just for a moment i want to invite

you

to join me in the presence of the only

one who can

if you’re at home if you’re watching at

work if you’ve got the kids do

everything you can to create a secret

space

where you can receive god’s spirit

pouring into you

i believe he’s got a word for you and

for me

we’re going to navigate it together i’ve

been praying and studying

from acts 9 verse 10.

the holy spirit has come the disciples

are dispersed

they’re all throughout the world but

acts 9 is pretty popular for those

of the christian faith because this is

when we see saul

have an encounter on the road to

damascus

for those of you who are unfamiliar with

saul’s story saul was one

who was literally persecuting people who

followed the

way you know back then after jesus had

died and been resurrected they didn’t

call us

christians right they called us

followers of the way

and paul or saul rather he was saul

before he had his encounter and then his

name is changed to paul

saul persecutes those who follow the way

and yet he has an undeniable divine

encounter with jesus on the road to

damascus

and that is when everything changes

he has this encounter and his eyes are

blinded after this encounter he has an

encounter he kneels down he knows that

god is real he knows that jesus is real

resurrected and his eyes are blinded and

he tells him to go into the city and you

will be told what you must do so he’s

blind waiting on his next move that’s

the mighty’s testimony right now

blind waiting on my next move i’ve had a

divine encounter

i know who god is i’ve received a

revelation but i don’t exactly know how

i’m supposed to function now

i don’t exactly know how i’m supposed to

move now

and yet i don’t want to focus on saul

in his encounter with damascus i want to

focus on ananias

in verse 10 we meet ananias a disciple

minding his own holy ghost business

when he also has an encounter

that reveals that he’s going to have to

come out of his comfort zone

to come out of what he has known in

order to step

into a more acute assignment in his

purpose i feel that for somebody oh

some of us are stepping into a more

acute

version of our assignment i am convinced

that walking with god starts off

broad that it starts off big right i

accept you as my

lord and savior jesus christ okay i

believe that i’m filled with the holy

spirit these are all

broad things that we can agree on but

then there is the question what is my

purpose what is my role what is my

responsibility

and there are experiences that narrow it

down

until we have this acute understanding

of our

identity ananias is coming into a moment

where things are narrowing down

oh this is somebody’s word i feel it

already maybe it’s my word i’ma preach

to myself

and you can just witness what god is

saying to me but god is telling me that

me

and maybe someone on the other side of

this camera

is going through this season in which

things are narrowing down and you feel

the restriction and you’re wondering why

do i feel so restricted i don’t feel

like i can move in

and flow in the way that i’m used to

moving and flowing but i don’t know what

to do either

that restriction is god narrowing you

down to the acute identity that

he has for you and in the process of you

being narrowed down

god says i’m going to make you a

sharpshooter i don’t know who you are

but i hear god saying you’re not going

to miss

if you let me narrow you down if i keep

you broad if i keep you free if you

don’t feel the restriction

you’ll shoot aimlessly but if you allow

me to narrow you down you’re going to

shoot with precision

that everything you do is going to

multiply because it’s going to be so

acute

so potent so powerful that it has no

choice but to multiply i’m taking that

word for myself

because i believe that i’m in a season

where i cannot miss

i’m in a season where i don’t have time

to waste i’ve played long enough

i’ve had enough fun i’ve had enough

experiences

now it’s time for me to start building

and i don’t want to just build with sand

i want to build something that cannot be

shaken and in the process of building

with something that cannot be shaken

i gotta build with precision

i’m building with precision god builds

with precision

he’s got this vision oh god i want to

get into my text he’s got this vision

for how the gentiles will be reached in

the world

his vision says i’m going to take

someone who used to persecute the jews

i’m going to allow him to have a divine

encounter on the road to damascus

i’m going to interrupt what he’s doing

and allow him to have a divine encounter

in the process of him having a divine

encounter

i’m also going to position a man named

ananias in this city who will be there

waiting for him

because i’m building with precision and

once they have this collision then i’m

going to release saul into the world

let’s get into my text it’ll all make

sense later

verse 10 says now there was a certain

disciple at damascus named

ananias and to him the lord said in a

vision

ananias and he said here i am lord

so the lord said to him arise and go to

the street called

strait and inquire at the house of judas

for one called saul of tarsus for behold

he

is praying and in a vision he has seen a

man

named ananias coming in and putting his

hand

on him so that he might receive his

sight

then ananias answered lord i have heard

from many about this man how much harm

he has done to your saints in jerusalem

it appears is what ananias is saying

it appears that you’re calling me to

have an encounter with something that

could hurt me

with something that could harm me with

something that will make me

uncomfortable

with something that will require me to

be vulnerable

that will require me to be courageous

and here he has

authority from chief priests to bind all

who call on your name

but the lord said to him go for he is a

chosen vessel of mine

to bear my name before gentiles kings

and the children of israel for i will

show him

how many things he must suffer for my

name’s sake

god it is so clear to me that this word

makes

no sense to me and only to you

and yet i stand here as a vessel saying

use me let it flow

allow me to only do what i see my father

in heaven do i thank you for jesus

because he’s already shown me that this

is possible

and i pray father that i would become a

living embodiment of the word

so that those watching can step into the

living embodiment of the word that hangs

over their head

because we are not here by coincidence

nor are we random but we are the

embodiment of a word that was spoken

from heaven

and all we want to do is step into it

and make you proud in the process thank

you for this chance thank you for this

opportunity to receive and become

we receive it bless this word

in jesus name amen

as i was studying for this text i was

thinking about how

when i was growing up i had these

moments when i was going from classroom

to classroom from grade to grade where i

would think to myself when i grow up

i want to get somewhere where i can move

and all i want to do is be able

to send my kids to the same school from

k through 12th grade

with the same set of friends this is

such a childlike dream but there was

something about always being the new kid

and watching the dynamics and

relationships and friendships from

people who were like we went to

kindergarten together

that made me feel like this is the way

things should be

you should always know even when you are

a student that you are in a

comfortable environment it is this

illusion

that has challenged me in adulthood

you see my problem wasn’t that i was a

student i don’t mind

being a student and challenge within

reason

but there’s something about being an

uncomfortable student

you know what i’m saying an

uncomfortable student like

i don’t mind learning but i don’t want

to have to learn

everything all at the same time you know

what it’s like when you’re that new

student you don’t know where the

cafeteria is

you don’t know the politics of the

school you don’t know which teachers are

good which teachers you mean

let alone the material and curriculum

that you’re supposed to be learning from

day to day

now let’s take that out of a school

environment and let’s move it into

adulthood

in which many of us are confronted with

the reality of being an

uncomfortable student every single day

how do i become this husband how do i

become

this parent how do i step into this job

how do i step into this role

you see the problem with our culture and

the problem with the world that we live

in

is that we have fed into this belief

that when we start something new that we

must be a master

and a beginner at the same time and

that’s why so many of us don’t step into

new things because we feel like if i

cannot master it then i won’t do it at

all

but god is looking for someone who

doesn’t mind being a student

i’m not always going to get it right as

a matter of fact i have no background

i have no idea how to do it at all but

i’m willing to step into it because i

don’t mind being a disciple

can we talk about being a disciple

because when we think about discipleship

if you’re like me and i’ve grown up in

church

when i hear the word discipleship i

think about just someone who follows

jesus

but the word disciple quite literally

means student

a pupil someone who has signed up

for the identity of one who will

constantly be learning

i’m going to constantly learn

i’m never going to be a master i’m

always going to be a student

that already don’t sound sexy to me what

always a student i want to graduate

i want to move to the next level and not

just be a student again when i graduated

high school i was so glad because i

could choose

whether or not i would ever attend

school again

and the reality is that as long as we

live with this idea that i get to choose

whether or not i will be a student again

then we miss out on the opportunity to

learn and grow

because the posture of growth requires

that we stay within the identity of

being a student

that’s why i love pt’s message on sunday

the war of identity because it

challenged us to recognize that our

identity is always at war if you haven’t

heard the message

i highly suggest you check it out

an uncomfortable student

where i realized that i’m supposed to be

learning something right now

but i’m not exactly sure what it is i

should be learning

can we talk about it for a minute

because there are moments when we’re

walking with god

and we get to be those comfortable

students

who are challenged within reason i know

where everything

is i know who all the team players are i

know what my career path

is i know everything within reason and

i’m only

challenged to the extent in which i

understand and yet the catalyst for

change moments where there’s going to be

catalysts for radical change in our life

i’m talking about stepping into

something you’ve never seen before

i’m talking about starting a business

i’m talking about becoming a spouse i’m

talking about

becoming a parent i’m talking about

starting something from the ground up

requires this uncomfortable student

identity

and that is the catalyst for change i

don’t know who you are

but i feel like you need to know that

you have to be willing to be

uncomfortable we hear it all of the time

we know this to be true but sometimes

you need to hear it in the moment of

your transformation i don’t know who you

are

but i feel like god is telling me to let

you know that you

are ready to step into a catalyst this

is a catalyst moment in your life

this is not just any ordinary situation

this is not just any ordinary

circumstance this is a catalyst

you want to talk about being a

generational curse breaker

there are some moments that are the

catalyst for the curse to be broken

this is a moment in the text when the

catalyst is going to be broken

and the gentiles are going to have

access to the messiah

that was just relegated to the jews at

this moment but this is a catalyst

moment i wish i could say it the way

that i feel it

but i need someone to understand that

this is going to be a defining moment

in your life who you become in this

moment how you

study in this moment how you choose to

take the posture of a student in this

moment

is going to be what makes you a catalyst

i want to speak to the part of you

i dare call it pride i dare call it ego

that makes you believe that if i do this

i have to be a beast when i do it no if

you’re going to do this you’re going to

need to be a student when you do it

you’re going to need to take all of the

notes that you can you’re going to need

to have

humility when you do it you can’t step

into this and go beast mode

you can’t step into this and be a master

and a student at the same time

and if you’re willing to be a student i

hear god saying i’ll be your teacher

that i’ll send the holy spirit to teach

you that i’ll send the holy spirit to

guide you as long as you’ve got it

you’ve got it

but when you become a student you say

hey i need help i don’t understand what

just happened

hey i need help i’m failing this test

over here because i have assumed the

posture of a student

i don’t mind asking the right questions

i don’t mind praying the right prayers

because i recognize there is no pressure

for me to be a master

i can be a student we spend so long

making god the principle that if you

don’t do it well god’s going to be bad

and if you don’t do it well i’m going to

send you to god’s office and you’re

going to be in trouble

and we don’t spend enough time focusing

on god as the teacher

over and over again we hear the

disciples saying rabble nigh that is to

say he is my teacher

did you know that you don’t have to do

this by yourself

did you know that you’re putting so much

pressure on you to figure out how to

step into your moment

for you to figure out your identity for

you to figure out how to heal your own

heart

for you to figure out what to do with

your finances for you to figure out what

to do with your mind

not recognizing that god says if you

would just be a student you would know

what to pray

you would stop praying that god would

make you

and instead you would say god teach me

teach me how to do this when is the last

time your prayer said

teach me teach me how to step into this

moment with grace and humility

teach me how to assume this position how

to

assume this authority and this power

without hurting people in the process

teach me i’m just a student

if you mastered already at your age

then you’re going to be bored because

those of us who recognize that the only

way that i get to

graduate and accelerate as if i am a

student

are going to be praying to teach me

prayers if you’re watching i want you to

just type it in the comments teach me

teach me

teach me teach me teach me you don’t

even have to fill in the blank

if you know what you need to be taught

fill in the blank but there is something

about just saying

teach me teach me teach me how to walk

with you teach me how to be your

mouthpiece teach me how to start this

ministry

teach me how to move on from this greece

teach me teach me teach me teach me

we want this instant thing where god

heals me and it’s a miracle we want this

instant reaction where god just shows up

and he makes me confident and he makes

me whole

but sometimes what we need to pray

instead is god teach me how to live by

myself

god teach me how to love myself god

teach me how to see myself the way that

you see me

god teach me how to walk in authority

god teach me how to walk in the spirit

god

teach me teach me teach me i don’t mind

being a disciple if i’m going to be

discipled by you and i dare let you know

that if you have not chosen who your

teacher is then you have a default

teacher

and i want to talk about the default

teachers that assume positions because

we don’t recognize

that the ultimate teacher is god our

father

the ultimate teacher is the holy spirit

fear has been teaching you too long i’m

ready for you to flunk the class baby

your anxiety has been teaching you for

too long teaching you what you can’t do

teaching you what you should say and i

hear god saying as long as that’s your

teacher there is no room for this new

curriculum

but i’ve got something that i want to

teach you about what i know about you

but you’re going to have to unenroll

from those classes

your low self-esteem has had you in the

wrong classes in the wrong relationships

and the wrong friendships for too long

but i hear god saying that there is a

new principle in town

there is a new teacher in class there is

a new classroom waiting for you

and this classroom has everything that

you need and i’ve taken into account

where you’re weak

and i’ve taken into account where you’re

strong and i’ve got the perfect

curriculum for you

and i’m going to show you that i can

teach you and teach her at the same time

that i can teach him and teach you at

the same time because where we get upset

is we see god accelerating and promoting

someone else

and we think that his grace is just

limited to what’s happening in someone

else’s life

but i hear god saying that i i know how

to have a multi-age classroom

i know how to have a multi-age classroom

everybody’s hearing this message but

everyone is hearing something different

because i know how to teach multiple

ages i know how to teach

multiple stages i’ve got grace for

everybody in the room

i’ve got anointing for everyone in the

room so when we’re saying god teach me i

want you to be bold enough to say teach

them to to start praying that god would

teach those around you how to step into

their moment

that god would teach those around you

how to become more sensitive

that god would teach those around you

how to walk into the power and authority

too

because it’s not enough if i’m the only

one who wins it’s not enough if i’m the

only one who graduates

i want everyone with me walking in the

spirit i want everyone with me moving

with purpose and moving with power

and so god i don’t want you to just

bless me i want you to bless everything

connected to me

may we all become students may we all

become tutors to one another

may we all come up to a place where we

recognize that if you win

then i win and the generational curse

isn’t just broken it is destroyed

that’s what happens when we say i’m

going to be a disciple

and ananias is a disciple

and god has given him this new vision

this more acute vision

for who he is and the role he is to play

and what god is doing in the earth

because at the end of the day

discipleship is not about what god wants

to do for you

it’s about how i can serve what god is

doing in the earth

it is my pleasure it is my honor it is

my

purpose to serve what god is doing in

the earth

whether i’m doing it at home where no

one can see

or doing it on a platform where everyone

can see

my purpose doesn’t change my purpose is

always how can i

serve what you’re doing in the earth

and ananias is stepping into this moment

where his identity his purpose

his destiny is becoming more acute

i want to talk for just a moment

about the vulnerability that comes with

transformation

the vulnerability that comes with

stepping into a vision

god gives him a vision

but that vision is clear but he doesn’t

know

how to step into it and i want to look

at god’s response when he says

i don’t know how to step into it let’s

break it down

when jesus first

comes to ananias in a vision

he says to him arise and go

i love this because he’s a disciple

already but now he’s getting

particulars about his assignment oh

that’s my prayer for you

i’ma put a pen in that and come back my

prayer for you

is that god would begin to give you

particulars for your assignment

you’re in the right neighborhood you’re

in the right environment

but i am praying that god would give you

particulars

about your assignment i’m not just

in this relationship i’m not just in

this ministry i’m not just

in this moment in my life for myself

god give me particulars for who i am to

be in this moment

and the lord begins whispering to him in

a vision

oh let’s talk about vision for a minute

i told you i’m working this message out

when we think about god speaking to us a

lot of times we want to hear this

booming voice come over like a pa

system and yet what i have found in this

text is that when god speaks he gives

ananias

a vision you will know that the vision

comes from god

when it requires you to be vulnerable

uncomfortable

and reliant upon god in order to make it

happen

any other vision that makes you feel

like you got it is from you

and good luck with that but the vision

that comes from god

requires you to come into this place of

i don’t know if i can do it i am afraid

the only way i can do it is if you are a

part of it

you are the only one who can allow

me to step into this a vision

a vision god’s been giving somebody

vision god’s been giving somebody vision

on who they could become

god’s been giving somebody vision on how

they could function on how they could

heal

on how they could communicate i want you

to understand that that vision that

requires you to separate yourself from

who you have always been

and step into a version of you that

feels uncomfortable and not bold enough

and requires you to pray before you open

your mouth

that is the vision that came from god

and that is the vision that makes heaven

happy because now it’s not about you

it’s about you being connected with

heaven in order to make it happen and

that is the kind of partnership

that allows vision to become

manifestation and ananias just received

a vision from god

and you’ve got a vision from god i don’t

care if you’ve seen it or not

you are not just here because you want

to live out your vision you are here

because god had a vision before i formed

you in your mother’s womb i knew you

before i formed you in your mother’s

womb i had a vision of who you were

i had a vision of you standing in this

exact moment

god had a vision of you standing in this

exact moment you did not take god by

surprise

when i was 13 years old and pregnant god

had a vision that i would be standing

not just in that moment but standing in

this moment too

because god’s vision is not limited to

your present circumstance

god’s vision spans the entirety of your

lifehood

and he recognizes that there are some

things that will take you by surprise

but nothing will take him by surprise

so when god gives you a vision you got

to communicate with god because he

understands how this vision is connected

to that vision is connected to that

vision is connected to the generational

vision

the kingdom vision that he has on the

earth

so he’s given this vision to ananias

and ananias says that he’s afraid

before he says that though he says here

i am lord

it’s what happened in verse 11 that

stood out in my mind

in verse 11 god says once he is

established that he is in communication

with ananias he says his name

ananias responds and then he says arise

and go he

has come to ananias in a vision and

before

he tells him fully what he’s going to do

he says arise

and go i don’t know what it was but

there was something about that arise

that stood out to me god didn’t just say

go

he didn’t just say do he says arise that

word arise in the greek means to

stand up you are going to have to

stand up in order to fulfill this vision

i’m a mother and when my children are

watching television and i need them to

go upstairs there are some times where i

say go upstairs and get this

but then there are other moments when i

am so serious that i say get off of the

couch and go upstairs

i recognize in order for them to go

upstairs they are going to have to get

up but there is something about me

explicitly saying

you need to get up and go that lets them

know i am

serious about what’s happening in this

moment when god says this when jesus

speaks this to ananias he says arise

and go i got a vision that’s going to

require you to stand up

i have a vision that’s going to require

you to come out of where you’ve been

i’ve got a vision that’s going to

require you to stop sitting down when

you should be standing

up i’m going to need you to arise i’m

going to need you to get

puffed up with my spirit i’m going to

need you to stand up with power and

authority

you’re going to have to get up for this

you’re not going to be able to just sit

down and watch everyone else play this

game you’re not going to be able to sit

back and watch someone else do this work

you are going to have to arise and go

stop waiting for someone else to do it

stop waiting for someone else to give

you permission to get up

and understand that god is saying you’re

going to have to stand up

you’re going to have to use your words

you’re going to have to implement this

vision

there is no donor coming there is no

miracle beyond the miracle of the two

legs that god has given you to stand up

and make this thing happen you got it in

your own mind you got it in your own

spirit

you’ve got it in your own creativity god

is not asking you to do something that

you don’t have the ability to do

god is saying arise stand up to it

become someone you’ve never been before

stand up and take control of this

situation and stop allowing this

situation to take control of you

you’ve got a mouth you’ve got a vision

you’ve got a word

you’ve got power you’ve got authority

you can do this

but you cannot do it sitting down you’re

going to have to stand up and build this

family

you’re going to have to stand up and

build this marriage you’re going to have

to stand up and build this ministry

you are going to have to arise before

you go stop waiting to go before you

stand up

you’re gonna have to stand up and say

i’m ready for this thing you’re gonna

have to stand up and say god whenever

you tell me to move

i’m gonna already be on my feet ready to

go and that is the posture

of a student who knows how to move when

god says move

i’m getting up i’m getting up

i’m getting up i don’t know where i’m

headed but i’m getting up

i’m getting up i’m not just going to sit

back and take it anymore

i’m getting on up yes i’m calling a

therapist why are you calling the

therapist because it’s time for me to

rise

i’m going to have to quit the job why am

i quitting the job because it’s time for

me to arise

i’m going to start putting pen to paper

because it’s time for me to arise

i’m going to have to stand up

and go

why does the lord put

as a part of the instructions arise and

go

because if god doesn’t let him know

that you’re going to have to stand up to

do it

he’ll be beating himself up

for not being able to go

when he didn’t realize the first thing

you’re going to have to do is stand

up

some of us can’t hit go on our life

but we don’t recognize that there’s a

part of me

that is seated

in the seat of

defeat

of depression that i have

acquiesced to this

despondent version of who i am

friend i came to wake you up friend i

came to stand you

up friend i came to let you know that

the only way this good’s done is if you

become

uncomfortable that you’re going to have

to be willing to stand up before you go

not stand up when you find out where

you’re going

we’re going to have to stand up to this

thing

but we don’t have to do it alone because

this text

proves to me that god doesn’t just say

arise

and go but i’m going to give you a

play-by-play

instruction of what to do when you stand

up

arise and go to the place

i’m going to tell you exactly how to do

it

i’m going to tell you exactly how to

function

i’m not you’re not going to have to

wonder is this my lane is that my lane

is this the place i’m supposed to land

god says i’m going to give you

specificity

oh god i don’t know who this is for it’s

for me i’m blessing myself

god is going to give us specificity

i’m going to be specific with you

no more just being a disciple

as god is getting specific with us

and when we receive that specificity

it empowers us to admit our fears

now god that you’re getting specific

with me

now god that you’re telling me exactly

what i’m going to have to do in this

season

what we see ananias do next is admit his

fears

because he says you’re asking me to go

up against someone who is known

for killing jews who’s known for killing

excuse me for killing followers of the

way

because there’s something about

specifics when god speaks in specifics

that allows us to be specific about what

we’re afraid of

this is an intimate conversation

between a student and a teacher

about who we’re going to have to become

in order to step into a vision

and i want you to know that

even when god says arise and go

that it’s okay for you to say i’m afraid

that if i

fail i can’t come back from this again

i’m afraid that if i don’t do this right

that i’m going to break this child in

the same way i was broken

i’m afraid that i’m going to lose my

marriage i’m afraid that it’s too much

damage i’m afraid that i won’t do this

well

i’m going to get specific with god

because god got specific with me

and when ananias gets specific with god

god gives him a why

you got to read the whole text and i

know i’m kind of

all over the place trying to put it

together

but this sequence as the lord comes to

ananias and says

i have something for you to do ananias

says here i am

he gives him what it is that he has for

him to do

he then says i’m afraid but then he says

this is why you have to do it

you want your why your why is in the

sequence of you being

real real about how you feel

real about what you’re afraid of in the

presence of god

some of you have been real with other

people

you’ve been real on the socials you’ve

been real maybe even with your therapist

and all of that is beautiful but the why

that will make you actually arise and go

is when you’re real in the presence of

god

and god says to him in verse 15

go this time he doesn’t say arise and go

because i can tell by how real you’re

being with me that you’re willing to

stand up

to it so i don’t have to tell you to

arise anymore someone’s already standing

but you’re afraid

and i hear god saying thank you for

finally admitting that you’re standing

up but you haven’t gone yet

every no one else can tell because

you’re standing up but god knows you

haven’t gone you’re still

showing up you’re still acting like

you’re moving but you’re not really

moving

and god says i want you to be real with

me and now that you’ve been real with me

i can give you a why at first he says

just

arise and go and lay hands on him right

in verse 15 he says go for he

is a chosen vessel of mine to bear my

name before gentiles kings and the

children of israel

for i will show him how many things he

must suffer for my name’s sake

the lord tells him this is why you have

to go

some of you are going to have a divine

encounter with your wife

i really feel like my job when i speak

is not to bring you to a conclusion

but to lay you at the feet of jesus

to give you something to take into your

own personal relationship with god

if i do this thing right this message

is the beginning not the end

it is the beginning of you saying now

that that is over god this is something

that stood out in my spirit

teach me what to do with what i just

experienced

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teach me how to navigate these fears

teach me how to stand up

this is what i hoped to do in this time

together for activate

i realized i didn’t even give you a

title we’ll call it

activating vision because

that’s what happens in this text

as ananias wants to understand how am i

supposed to activate this vision you’ve

given me

this vision for a family this vision for

a business this vision for my wholeness

this vision

for my health how do i activate this

vision

and what we find in this text is that

the activation

first comes in partnership with god

i want to pray for you

but i’m hoping that it is just the

beginning of your prayer with god

my hope is that this is the beginning of

a conversation

that at some point throughout this

message that i introduced you to a

version of god that you

forgot about or never knew about

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god who will teach you god who wants you

to be a

disciple because you assume the posture

of a student

not so that you can be this super

religious person who does everything the

right way

a disciple is someone who recognizes

that i’m a student

and i’m on a journey just like you’re on

a journey

but we have this reflection

shining from heaven that is meant to

teach us

if you don’t know jesus

he is the ultimate student

he never failed a test he got hard

he sweated through some tests he cringed

through some tests

but he found a way to pass each and

every last one of them that’s why we

love

jesus because jesus embodied what it

means to do this thing

well and to be resurrected and to defeat

anything quite literally even death

and so when we look at the life of jesus

what we’re studying what we are

following what we are disciples of

is how i’m supposed to navigate my

humanity and my divinity

and there are so many different layers

of humanity and divinity that we must

navigate

and all of them require that we stand up

to them

if you don’t know jesus i dare you

to just become a student i’m not

asking you to become a christian i’m not

asking you to become a religious

bible thumper i want you to be a

disciple

a student of jesus and his ways and how

the power of god was able to flow

through him and how he defeated sin

through his life to just study the life

of jesus

what kind of jesus would say turn the

other cheek when someone

violates you not that’s my jesus but i

need you to teach me how to do that

because that’s not how i’m

built okay that’s what we learn when

we’re in relationship with him

and when we say i want you to be my

teacher

so as i’m praying if you feel that call

or that urge we’ve got instructions on

the screen

for you to learn how do i how can i be

taught by jesus how do i receive

the spirit of god so that it shows up in

my life

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god this is your word these are your

people

and this is the life that you’ve called

us to live

sometimes it feels scary sometimes it

feels uncertain

but each and every time god we know that

you will never leave us nor forsake us

father it is my prayer that this message

in some way

activated a hunger

for your presence a hunger for your

identity a hunger

for us to be in relationship with you

god i pray that you would pour out

vision

and as you pour out vision for those who

are under the sound of my voice

that it would become increasingly clear

god

that you have specifics about who they

are

that they are not just random that they

are not just

dispensable but you called them

into this family into this region into

this community this ministry this city

with specificity god we ask

that you would make us students that we

may learn the lesson that is available

to us

in this moment god i thank you that

you’re going to seal this word

with your holy spirit and that even with

this word being sealed that there’s

going to still be an

outpouring and we will call that

overflow we receive that overflow

we repent father and we exit you would

help us to change our mind about our

circumstance and our situation and our

potential forgive us of our sins

we receive you jesus as our savior

save you from sin savior from failure

savior from

low self-esteem save you from from

insecurity

and we thank you rabble and i that you

are our teacher

lead us and guide us as only you can in

jesus name i pray

amen and amen again family

will you type amen in the comments for

me that’s we’ll steal the word together

just type in man

i hope this message blessed you it

blessed me i think i’m going to go back

and listen to it

and receive it over and over again and i

pray you’ll do the same stay plugged in

god is really speaking through this

house about who we’re supposed to be in

this season of transition

and i don’t want to i don’t want you to

miss a word

about you god is speaking god is moving

and you will not be left behind we’ll

see you on sunday