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God is so good you see today you know

God has been speaking to me about this

day about the message for those that are

coming to the house on this day those

I’ll be watching livestream wherever

this message wherever this message

reaches whoever this message touches and

one thing that he’s been teaching me is

about prophetic response and so I tried

it the message that I’m not trying go

too hard on this I’m just gonna call it

what I heard it and what I’m learning

about this what this means is because

you see we all receive prophetic words

right whether sometimes you could be

reading a scripture and something jumps

at you you could be listening to a

sermon and in one moment it’s almost

like even though the word is coming out

of the the preacher or whoever’s mouth

it touches you as truth like this person

is talking to me God could speak to you

to dreams through messages to so many

kinds of ways we all have prophetic

words and it’s interesting because in

the moment right when God tells you

something about your destiny about your

future about what your legacy is gonna

be everybody is just like thank you

Jesus all right you get excited you get

pumped up you’re dancing you know

enhances a little bit and then

circumstances come obstacles come and we

almost try to psych ourselves out that

did I really hear God say that we start

seeking counsel amongst people that

would validate our fear we’re like you

know what I don’t know if you know I

don’t like you know what girl or sir you

know maybe you know this just doesn’t

seem wise you know I’m not sure God

would tell you that but there was a

moment where everything was peaceful and

you knew that you knew that God was

speaking to you but a little tribulation

and trials

and we lose our ground and so what what

I want to teach today about is that we

have to understand that the prophetic

word is not just a word that God comes

with to inform you because he could just

let it happen how many times have we

just walked into situations that we

never even planned for we never act so

we never saw it just happened

God could just allow the thing to happen

so when he speaks to you he’s in for me

he’s not just informing you his army

knew and there is a response required

from you

you see quick story my mom you know my

mom loves property development and so

her current project she’s working on

this like a commercial property this one

property the moment they started work

God gives her a dream and in the dream

is a prophetic dream he shows her the

building completed to the point where it

even gives her like ideas about things

she wasn’t thinking of before she’s like

oh wow that looks good maybe we should

change this here and change that there

and she calls me she’s like wow God

showed me in my dream this building

completed and he spoke to me that this

building will be completed and we’re

just like amen praise God hallelujah and

so work continues all of a sudden

because she’s in Nigeria the state is

fighting against the progress of this

building and it wasn’t even something

legal it wasn’t even something that the

people that were doing they were trying

to look and I even you know sometimes

Africa we’re still you know on the rise

right but the states of certain people

start threatening her progress they come

to the property they lock it up they’re

like you you need this paper you need

this you need that permit and my mom is

like we have all of that what what else

are you looking for ultimately what they

wanted was money so they locked the

place of what they were asking for was

ridiculous and my mom if you if you know

her my mom is very like she’s hilarious

she’s

goofy but at least because she has a

nickname we call her Iron Lady because

my mom would not just tolerate something

because that’s what you’re telling her

to do if it’s wrong she’s like no we’re

not doing that

so they lock up the building my mom

calls me and she’s and it was crazy

because they locked that building up

somehow they found out where she lived

locked our house up and my mom calls and

at this point she was a bit emotional

she’s like Stephanie look at what’s

going on you know she’s like stuffing

everything you know just pray about this

thing with me and let me understand what

God is saying and all that stuff right

and so I’m like mom I’m gonna take it to

prayer so I’m talking to God about I’m

praying I’m like God this is what’s

going on you know what what kind of

encouragement a word do I need to give

my mother the Lord gives me this vision

in the vision I’m standing and I haven’t

even been to the site I mean this is

this is recent right in the vision I’m

standing in the land that she’s building

and to my right the Lord tells me that

there’s a I see a land to my right and

he says that your mother will buy that

land this will be her next project and

so I’m like God that sounds amazing but

what does that have to do with the

situation now what am I supposed to tell

my mother right and he said I’ve already

told her that this would be finished so

I’m only going to entertain what’s next

so

ittsan it sounds great now but my mom

was like okay right but this is the

beautiful thing so I called my mom I

told my mom I said mom when you stand

I’m trying to explain to her because I

don’t know what it looks like I said

when you stand in this position there’s

a property to your right and that land

is gonna go for sale and you’re gonna

buy it and this is your next project

he’s like yes Stephanie but what is the

Lord saying concerning this issue I said

well mom that’s all I got for you

cuz I’m not gonna speak hear what I

don’t know that same day she goes over

to the site the owner of the land to her

rights she they randomly needs so this

it’s not even publicly known that it’s

for sale

he sees her and they were talking and he

says like oh yeah I’m gonna be selling

my land my mom calls me and she’s like

Stephanie you’re right because the the

lands of the to the right all of a

sudden he’s telling me if I want to buy

it he wouldn’t even take it public and I

say mom I’m so glad that God was fast

and confirming that word because if you

believe that he’s already concerned

about what’s next then you have to

understand that everything about this

situation is taken care of you have to

engage the word that he gave you and I

said to her as a mom decree to the

situation decree to the circumstance

what God has revealed to you and so the

Cree is not just about it’s not a

religious practice of you know you she

goes to the house and says house the

Lord has said right if it’s not just a

religious practice because the scripture

tells us that out of the abundance of

the heart the mouth speaks what that

means is you’re not just speaking empty

words you’re speaking what you believe

and when you believe a thing your

decisions are in alignment with that

thing your decisions

the actions that you take you become you

see words God God use words to perform

things to create things but when you

believe what you say you become a

different you and why heaven responds to

that version because for instance right

I have a why I did not I just know

someone named her Seuss right and a

Seuss is like Jesus right no hey Suze

you know you know Spanish people saying

hey Suzanne Jesus right but if I’m

calling hey Suze the the friend demons

are not gonna tremble because in my

heart I’m calling you know hey Suze you

know the friend but if in my heart my

mind is set on Jesus when I speak his

name because of the belief that is

coming from my heart things begin to

happen so why I’m sharing this is

because what makes your words powerful

is the belief behind it and so when God

says you shall decree a thing and it

shall be established to establish that

word talks about it shall be confirmed

it shall it shall come to surface it

shall be you know it’s almost like God

is gonna finalize the thing he’s gonna

confirm it he’s gonna make it manifest

in your life but that begins by a

version of you that would not sabotage

what the Angels want to do on your

behalf and so I said to my mom I said

mom it’s not just about your words

it’s about your belief because if you

believe that God has already gone ahead

of you and God has already taken care of

all of this your actions will change all

of a sudden my mother found a way to

undo what they used to lock the house

and they found a way to fix it back so

workers will go through the house undo

it go inside work fix it by like nothing

happened I said mom it reminded me

there’s a story about a man named

Nehemiah it reminded me about him you

see God has put in his heart to rebuild

the wall

of jerusalem nehemiah goes and starts

rebuilding the walls all of a sudden

there’s a position people are not

excited about him rebuilding these walls

and they’re coming against him they’re

threatening his life they are

threatening the lives of everyone who’s

touching these walls Nehemiah did not

back down instead on one hand the Bible

talks about how with one hand they’re

working with another hand they have a

weapon

you see when circumstances come you have

to learn how to change your rhythm it’s

not about backing down but your weapon

becomes the Word of God that we’re gonna

continue this work because I’m holding

on to something I’m holding on to what

God said to me so my mother wasn’t

afraid anymore she said you know what

whatever happens happens we end this and

so they kept going they just date work

continued

all of a sudden somehow they got wind of

it I don’t know how you know haters out

there somehow they got wind of this they

came they arrested everybody took all

her workers to jail my mom gets the call

she’s like that’s okay we just got to

bail them out right but something had

shifted in her she had a mindset it was

her what she started speaking that God

you have completed this thing it it

manifested in her that she knew that

nothing was gonna stop her from

completing this house and so when she

she goes over to the police station

she’s like yeah I’m here to build my

workers all of a sudden family favor the

same people that were against her

apologized they’re like you know what

we’re gonna support what you’re doing

and all this stuff

and I’m like how but you see when the

Bible talks about angels respond to the

Word of God when you decree in belief of

what God said to you angels move on your

behalf because you’re walking in sync

with them

your belief your belief creates capacity

for God to move but when you don’t

believe what he’s telling you there’s

nothing he can do because you’re gonna

sabotage the very way that he’s gonna

bring to you and so from this message I

understood something he’s seen the Book

of Isaiah I believe is 55 11 it talks

about how the Word of God would not

return to Him void and there’s a

scripture that always loves to quote I’m

like yes Jesus because when you’re in a

situation oh god your word or not return

to me void you know return to you void

and you said it it’s gonna be done and

did that and then I remember how certain

words have been spoken and it was kind

of void you know I said how Jesus I’ve

seen where prophetic words were given

and the people died without ever seen

that word and he showed me something he

says my word said the word would not

return to me void I gave it to you

return it to me you see that tells you

you’re gonna be he gives you this word

about you’re gonna have this you know

company and you’re gonna you know build

schools all around the world and all

this stuff right and you try to start it

and you know opposition comes and you’re

just like oh I don’t know I don’t know I

don’t know but then you want to be like

thank you Jesus thank you Jesus and but

thank you Jesus you’re not really sure

what you’re thinking Jesus for because

your movement is stagnant but then

you’re saying thank you Jesus thank you

Jesus and that’s almost a deception of

the enemy in itself because you’re not

doing anything but you feel comfort and

just saying thank you Jesus and Jesus is

saying I’m waiting for you to walk and

so God is saying that the response you

give to the prophetic word is your own

prophetic action that God gives you a

word and you say okay God you’ve given

me this word when I take a step towards

it God is saying then your return

that were to me and when you do that it

would not be void

it would not be empty that when you

speak to me what I have spoken to you

because it’s not just about speaking

it’s about your your essence speaks to

God

you’re being speaks to God you see Jesus

is called the word but the word is flesh

and so there is that there is there is a

level where when the word of God becomes

you and when when the word of God

becomes your family it is you giving God

back his word and that is when that is

all that is why the Bible says when you

decree it will be established it didn’t

say when when God says it is established

he says when you decree it when you when

your actions speak it to me then heaven

starts to respond to you we think that

because God gave us a word we can sit

and do nothing we think that when trials

come we start questioning ourselves and

it’s like wait what am I supposed to do

but that very word was to arm you God

gave you a word because he’s aware of

the tribulations that will come against

the word there were other projects my

mother did and God never told her

anything about it because it was smooth

sailing he’s like you’re good but the

one he gives her a word about encounters

the most difficulty because the word was

to become her weapon that she’s like no

no no no God told me something about

this and I would keep going because when

I respond to God it would not be void

you see the Apostle Paul said something

that Timothy and I want us to read that

it’s in first Timothy we’re gonna find

out together you know one hallelujah

eighteen to nineteen see you know what

it’s right there the Apostle Paul says

the Apostle Paul says to Timothy so

Timothy is a spiritual son he says to

him the command i entrust to you Timothy

my son in accordance with the prophecies

previously made concerning you that by

them you fight the good fight family

he says the prophetic words that I have

given you that I have made concerning

you it is that word you use to fight the

good fight

you see I wonder when God has been

teaching me this some for some people in

here God says you’re gonna have a child

you couldn’t have a baby girl gonna have

a baby boy then that child is born

premature and that is a child God spoke

to you about the doctor says this child

may die what do you do God gave you a

word for that very reason have you ever

been in this situation God tells you

you’re gonna come to and lay you’re

gonna do this he tells you what you’re

gonna get this job and this is what your

position will be you’re gonna start this

business and this is what is gonna turn

out – he said this word is for you to

fight the good fight how many times do

you know that if God gives you a word

about a job

and he says in this place you’re gonna

do ABC if somebody fires you from that

job you better go back in X for an

interview that is a posture of belief

some people in here you’ve been fired

from a place that God positioned you and

you just accepted it well maybe God

didn’t talk to me I dare you to go back

and say can I get a job interview again

and watch God work when God sent you

here it’s you you’re just like okay god

you’re gonna send me here and we’re

gonna do this I’m gonna do that stop

questioning him because of your

insecurities because of your doubts yes

indeed if you want to get clarity get

clarity because God is not the author of

confusion but in your search for clarity

don’t have an expectation for him to say

no because that’s what you’re

comfortable with if you’re searching for

clarity keep the options open that

perhaps this is where God actually wants

me despite how hard it is and then the

passage continues and says keeping faith

and good conscience which some have

rejected and suffered shipwreck in

regard to their faith you see when I

hear the word shipwreck and as we talked

about fighting the good fight with the

word I remember some of us know the

story about Jesus where Jesus was with

the disciples in the boat in the sea

right and a storm has hit this is in

mark chapter 4 a storm comes the

disciples begin to panic they’re like

and Jesus first of all is sleeping and

Jesus is like being cradled by the storm

the disciples are drowning by storm and

the cybers are like is it you know Jesus

um we’re perishing over here while

you’re taking naps

you know what having dreams and stuff

and Jesus comes to them and Jesus is

like why he talks about why why they

have little faith he’s like why are you

afraid

o ye of little faith and I’ve found it

interesting like God okay first of all

they are drowning where is the little

faith coming in place here you’ve seen

that passage if you’re taking notes I

really advise you there’s certain things

I would really love for you to read mark

chapter four is one of them in that very

passage prior to them entering the boats

Jesus tells

them let us go to the other side you see

when Jesus speaks the thing he’s not

speaking aimlessly he’s already seen

what has happened so when he tells them

let us go to the other side it’s almost

as though he’s telling them we will get

to the other side and so when the storm

hit the boat it’s like I just told y’all

we are getting to the other side so the

little faith was not something where

it’s like I don’t understand God he

already told them we are getting

somewhere

so this storm cannot stop my word

because I’ve already seen us at the

other side and so it’s so fascinating

because after he tells the storm be

still the mark chapter 5 starts by

saying then they got to the other side

because he had already released a

prophetic word about their destination

and he released the word knowing and I

believe even because of the storm that

was gonna happen

you see when storms happen in your life

jesus said be still but is the storm

shipwreck in your faith are you speaking

to the storm with your life to say no

not today

even if this boat sinks we’re gonna swim

the Lord will empower me I don’t know

how to swim but the Lord he will empower

me to swim I love this passage so much

because you see when the Bible even

talks about keeping faith and a good

conscience conscience is talking about

discernment it’s have a good discernment

the sermons is ultimately about seeing

things as God sees it you call it you

see a storm and you call it your

ize calls it a limitation while God

calls it your servant he says I’ve

allowed the storm in your life to show

you how strong you are to show you that

actually you think you’re beneath the

storm but there is a yoo-hoo the one who

lives in is greater than the storm and

if there are no storms in your life you

will never tap into that person good

discernment family would save your life

because you could be complaining about

the situation while God is trying to

show you how it’s connected to work for

your good you see one thing and you’re

just like oh my god I’m perishing it’s

over and God is like no no no no no if

you see it as I see it if you call it

what I’m calling it you will survive you

see why this word came is because many

of us are identifying things from our

natural eyes and God is saying no

without good discernment your faith will

sink because you will look at the

situation as a defeats moment you would

not see that no God is actually it’s not

just we don’t just recite you know all

things are working for my good God

desires to show you how all things are

actually working for your good but this

comes from the place of God what is this

before I start panicking before I flare

up what is this

you gave me this word but this is

happening what is this circumstance

right here because like Petey talked

about in previous messages and for our

first time against Petey’s you know

however the nickname we call our pastor

Tory Roberts and so yep Petey so Petey

talked about in the message how before

any promise there’s preparation because

you see family God will always there

there are certain words that are

suffering that means they’re certain so

a lot of times and those words are kind

of you but a lot of times words are also

conditional to your actions but there

are certain words concerning your life

that have nothing to do with what you do

today do tomorrow is gonna happen but in

God’s goodness he says I can open the

door for you but how long would you last

there if I open the door for you

is it gonna kill you if I open the door

for you would it consume you how many

times and this is not even like it’s not

it’s not a strange thing we see it we’ve

seen how a person’s version of success

could be the very thing that killed them

because God there’s things concerning

your life that will be he said to

Abraham by this time next year you will

have a son he didn’t say TV they would

tell him like okay Abraham I need you to

have to know your wife and then when you

do I’m gonna cause things to happen he

said look by this time next year you

have a son done there are certain things

concerning your life that will happen

but if we if we can look at the storm

and say God how are you using this to

prepare me how are you using this then

we will stop complaining and start

becoming

you see I want to talk about all of this

is leading I want to talk about a story

of a lady that we may know her name is

Bathsheba and from this story there were

four insights that I received about

prophetic response the story we’re gonna

look into is ultimately about so but

Sheba has a son and I’ll talk about the

backstory in a little bit but but Sheba

has a son named Solomon who God

ultimately chooses to be king when

during the time of David so David is the

King David his reign is coming to an end

because he’s getting really old and he I

mean he was really old and kind of sick

and he wasn’t really as mobile as he

used to be and one of David’s sons

chooses to exalt himself and chooses to

make himself King and but she but it’s

almost as though she gets a wind of

what’s going on but she does nothing

even though she knew that her son was

the one anointed to be king she hears

that someone else it’s trying to occupy

the position that God had given her seed

and she does nothing and I wondered

because this word is going out to speak

to us in in the areas where we are

currently doing nothing and I wondered

and I said Lord why didn’t think why

didn’t she do anything about this and

when I began to study Bathsheba one of

the insights I I understood and that’s

the first thing that I gave them and

it’s that your past does not define your

worth and why I say this is because if

you study the story of David and

Bathsheba

but Sheba was married to a soldier in

David’s army the soldier it was someone

who had integrity so it means that this

must have been someone who was respected

and well-known when David even saw

because David was a

to be at war and he’s outside in his

balcony he sees Bathsheba you know

taking a shower and he didn’t you know

turn away and so in that moment of

Attraction where he’s like I want her

someone else already knew of her he’s

like no isn’t that bad Sheba so I

assumed that Bathsheba was someone who

was well known and David is over here

David takes Bathsheba he sleeps with her

but she baguettes pregnant while she’s

still married

David is like oh my gosh you know we

gotta do something about the situation

and David is like so David is trying to

get his you know but Sheba’s husband to

sleep with her that didn’t work David

ends up killing the man and then but

Sheba becomes David’s wife now when we

read the story it sounds very like a B C

& D right but when you think about it

but Sheba seems to be someone that was

well known she was married she gets

pregnant she has a child the child dies

people must have known about it because

her you know things must have been

changing right and it all can be food

because it’s going in one direction

right so I I wondered the rumors that

must have gone out about Bathsheba did

she even love her husband how long was

she really messing with David Wright

what is really going on but Sheba is

Suliman even David’s son because Solomon

ends up being the second child she has

of him when he married her but when you

think about it as everyday life we but

Sheba you were married to a man of

integrity and you were a little you know

hoeing out there

that is not that is a that is a word I

believe my being the dictionary right it

means when you’re a bit you know out

there with people they shouldn’t be with

okay and and so and so I think about it

right and I’m like wait how did she feel

about her worth based on how people

define her to be there was not even

based on the whole story and I wondered

that when you see being David’s wife was

not really a spotlight because David had

several wives before her I wondered that

in knowing that the child I’m carrying

is gonna be king and so just from being

one of his wives I’m gonna become the

mother of the king I wondered if that

was a spotlight she felt she was

unworthy of because of her past I wonder

if the the memories the the rumors about

her that’s still lingered in the minds

of the people made her feel she’s not

worth being the mother of a king I

wondered if that’s why she kept silence

that in front of her there was a promise

for her son to be king she’s watching

someone else take that position and she

does nothing why didn’t she do anything

so these are just my different theories

right so I wonder if anyone in this

house it’s holding back because they

don’t feel worth it it’s holding back

because of the things they’ve done in

their past the rumors that lingers about

them whether true or false because it

exists in the minds of those around you

there is an unbelief about God can this

truly be me you see Jesus said when they

tried to call Jesus good Jesus said no

one is

good except a father we are looking for

this good person God give it to the good

people and God is like none of y’all

okay it’s important we know that because

your pain your pain is what validates

your purpose you think that you’re

allowing the insecurities about your

past to destroy your now what is it that

you you did or didn’t do whatever

because God is a redeemer God is a God

of grace a God of mercy whatever

mistakes you feel that you have done

that you you think it negated you out of

his promise is a lie

you see family guilt is not of God

guilt guilt keeps you wrapped up in who

you are not awareness is of God God

wants you he desires us to be aware

because what awareness does is that it

shows us who we are who we are not to

release us into who we are awareness

says you know I did some crazy stuff

back in the day but I actually realized

that was not me

I remember my college freshman year it

was like the grace lifted that was just

a little crazy right and then sometimes

I’ll be preaching and I look in the pews

and I see somebody for my college

freshman year I’m like you know what

amen to you you’re gonna receive this

word but what the enemy wants wants from

you is to say oh that’s a reminder you

are not that person no no no oh yes I am

but that allowed me to see you were

never I don’t even know how you used to

do the things you were doing back then

because that is not who you are a lot of

times God will take us through who we

are not

so fully identify with who we truly are

you see when you think about song who

became Paul God could have encountered

him early on it was it was an encounter

right Jesus you know BAM shows up he

could have done that way before Paul was

doing a lot of nonsense he could have

done that the moment you know Paul or

when he was saw the moment he had a

thought that what he was doing was right

Jesus could have encountered him back

then Jesus is not limited by time so why

wait for Saul you know who became Paul

why wait for him to super mature in

ignorance before he encounters him you

see a lot of times when you’re if you if

the beginning of your life is like boom

oh my god Jesus yes words the people

you’re called to first of all they may

not fully relate you know but apart from

that you might find yourself desiring

things like I wonder if I should try

this I wonder if that is bad I wonder

you know you might find yourself tempted

by things that could actually destroy

you then you might find yourself in the

place where you start questioning have

you ever met someone who you know has

been a Christian all their lives and

they start questioning is God really

real like you know I mean I grew up in

church but is he like real or is this

like a universe stain or is it like you

know are we all just like you know in

this energy field you know but they grew

up like in the in the front row and then

all of a sudden they’re like I don’t

know I think I think I’m an atheist I’ve

seen I’ve seen that I’ve seen people

that grew up in the church and then it’s

just like you

Tata your them but you see sometimes and

sometimes there’s a grace for that that

you could just shoot up in something I

encounter God at a very early age and

that’s why I believe in my freshman year

in college he literally lifted off a

grace

he’s like Stephanie I need you to

experience some things have my scene

unlike me but you need to recognize who

you are not so you never think or

entertain that person and sometimes

sometimes we go through things my family

you are worth it if God would would come

in form of man to kill himself to give

his life for you that should determine

your value that should tell you who you

are to him that’s why whatever you did

in your past that should tell you this

is who I see you as that I can give my

life for you value is determined by

price and he paid a price with his life

I wondered if Bathsheba felt like she

was unworthy for that kind of spotlight

with what lingered in her history the

second thing that came to me before this

is that oftentimes we are so focused on

who is against us that we don’t see who

is with us you see Bathsheba the son who

tried to raise himself up as king his

name was a deneva

and a deneva he and I would encourage

you to read this this is in first Kings

chapter 1 a Tunisia he had all his

brothers he gathered all his brothers so

first of all he has the support of all

his brothers he had the support of the

the commander of David’s army and if you

have the support of the commander of the

army I mean he could just give a word so

his soldiers and say well kill them all

Bathsheba it seems to be that she was

aware

all these things and could it have been

that she was so focused on who was

against her that she did not recognize

that there were still people with her

and that ultimately God was on her side

do we lose sight of that when we’re

complaining about God and bout Sue you

know and these are not things that

anybody wishes on anybody but sometimes

we’re complaining about God I’m about to

lose my place and I might be evicted and

you lose sight of the person who is

saying come and stay with me and so you

bury yourself in complaining that god I

might not afford this place come next

month and someone in your circle is

saying if you don’t have a place to go

you can stay with me we find ourselves

complaining about things that God has

put someone in your circle to be an

answer but the problem is that your

comfort has become your enemy because

there is a way that you want a thing to

be not realizing that provision is

provision right whether it comes from

our Peter or Paul or myself in his

provision it may not come the way you

desire it and the way you desire a thing

is ultimately what is most comfortable

for you but God says look you may not

have this but there are people have

assigned to give you the same thing in a

different package Bathsheba did not have

the support of certain crucial people on

her side but she did have the support of

people that could also shake things up I

want to see one read the passage

actually let’s go to first Kings we’re

about to find out

chapter one believe is verse 11 and so

at this point nathan is a prophet and

nathan is a prophet that has been that

had a lot of you know just investment in

there

lives you know God used them a lot to

speak to David about even about Solomon

and so Nathan has caught wind of what’s

happening and he comes to Bathsheba and

he says

so Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother

of Solomon saying have you not heard

that Adam neva the son of hagath has

become king and David our Lord does not

know it you see at the very least I

would have thought that she would have

at least spoken to David and say hey

King you know what God has spoken about

Solomon I’m one of your son’s who’s

trying to do something else you see when

I saw that what spoke to me about this

is that a lot of times we are silent

because of our fears and it’s it’s and

these fears are very specific sometimes

there is a fear of being betrayed there

is a fear I wonder if if Bathsheba

thought that if I tell you know first of

all the David just tell me about Solomon

because of what happened to our first

child that perhaps because he felt that

you know he had a part to play in the in

the death of my child did he lie to me

he just gave me a word to encourage me

that hey you know I know we lost the

first one but the second one is gonna be

really great to make you forget what

happened to the first one

I wonder if sometimes we are silent

about things because we fear

vulnerability because we don’t know what

people would do with it we don’t know if

if the person I opened up to is lying to

me is gonna betray me doesn’t really

care about me it’s talking behind my

back it’s not a real person they’re not

sincere because when God gives you a

word the word is always connected to

people there’s always going to be people

that God will place in your life and

says talk to this person tell this

person this he literally showed me that

some of you have have emails that

still in your draft because you’re so

afraid to send it you don’t know oh my

gosh don’t know what you’re gonna think

about me when they read this there are

people that God has told you speak to

this person tell this person this and

you see them and you’re just like this

is the person right here and let’s say

this the person is some mister Fiji and

you’re just like oh yeah hey dear

whatever that is and you just walk past

mr. Fiji right here so many times God is

telling you hey this person is connected

to your destiny but your fear of being

vulnerable is keeping you stagnant

why wouldn’t Bathsheba for the very

least tell David the perfect nation is

like are you kidding me how can David

not know about this who has God told you

to call to send a text message to to

send an email to what is it on your

heart that you’ve been waiting to tell a

certain person but your fear of being

rejected your fear of being betrayed

being lied to is killing your tomorrow

you see family when God tells you gives

you a word you have to understand that

he’s already gone ahead of you there was

a prophet named Elijah through him God

you know God spoke about a famine that

will come to the land and if there’s a

famine in the land at some point it

would affect him and so he had no

provisions either and God says to him I

have commanded a widow to feed you when

you read the story the widow it didn’t

seem like she got a word from God

because she seemed pretty surprised to

him by Elijah’s request but I wonder if

it was that God had touched the widow’s

hearts that if Elijah would believe that

God did send me to you that her

obedience would favor

and ultimately when you read the story

it favors her God has gone ahead of you

you’re so worried but how is this gonna

sound what is this gonna look like are

they gonna look at me as foolish your

assumptions is killing you you sit down

and you’re assuming too many things at

the same time and then you do nothing

and the truth is sometimes people will

betray you but I want you to understand

that their betrayal is a betrayal to

your emotions not your destiny because

because in God’s wisdom when he puts a

person in your life when he put Judas in

the life of Jesus Judas never betrayed

Jesus’s destiny actually his betrayal

pushed Jesus into his destiny so you’re

so concerned about people hurting you

but the only thing a person is gonna

betray is your emotions

because you had an expectation with your

feelings you know I just I just felt

that you are gonna be in my life you

know for so long I just felt like we’re

gonna be friends I just felt like you

would not be the kind of person to do

this to me but in God’s wisdom we forget

that we’re dealing with a God that that

works on the beginning from the end so

the very betrayal betrayal you’re scared

of is never gonna be a betrayal to your

destiny to your legacy

the only thing family being affected is

your feelings and that’s why we are not

led sometimes by emotions I’m here to

tell you family you have to let go of

all this because fear is a burden and it

would keep you stagnant fear would not

allow you to move because you’re you’re

like oh my gosh I’m assuming oh this

person might

this person might do that the the

constant replay of lies you’re telling

yourself it’s keeping you right here

because you just okay but if they don’t

do this and then you try something and

you’re really questioning their motive

learn to trust people because what

you’re what you’re doing is that it’s

not them you’re trusting you’re trusting

God who put you in their life or who put

them in your life

and so you’re trusting you’re trusting

that everything you’re not you the the

thoughts and the lies that we carry

about people if Jesus said I am the

truth not the Assumption so when you

find yourself

assuming well I think you know this is

why he did this stop it because Jesus is

never in the thinking if you don’t know

you don’t know that’s just what it is if

you do not know what a person is

thinking if you don’t know why they

didn’t say hi back maybe they didn’t

hear you you know maybe they were busy

and then you go about like you know I

just think that you know you know after

that day I notice a change you know

in her did God tell you that family your

vulnerability would increase your

capacity

it increases how God can can move and

shift things in your life and that’s the

third thing from the four things fear

something about fear it’s gonna come up

amen

yeah fear is a burden that hinders your

ability to move forward now let’s

continue reading the passage and so it

says so prophet Nathan tells Bathsheba

and he says come please let me give you

advice

who is your counsel you see prophet

Nathan represented the voice of God

family you need people in your circle

that speak to God before they speak to

you

he says come please let me give you

advice that you may save your own life

and the life of your son Solomon

Bathsheba

if Bathsheba allowed a Denisha to be

king he most likely have killed Solomon

and herself you see by deneva

when he was you know making his plans to

run to be king as I said he invited all

his brothers except Solomon and a de

Nieva

actually knew when you read first Kings

I believe is in chapter 2 chapter 3 he

knew that God had chosen Solomon but he

felt entitled because he was looking at

how it is done in the natural and Anisha

was the fourth son of King David and the

first three sons had died the first son

you know all kinds of crazy things but

he was the the the eldest living son of

King David so according to the natural

ways of how other kingdoms pick their

you know who’s gonna reign next that’s

how a Denisha was like he felt entitled

that this should be mine even though God

has chosen Solomon so Solomon would have

been a threat to him and he would have

killed Solomon and Bathsheba how many

people here we’re gonna pray into this

but and I know and I don’t want you to

feel ashamed or anything like that

because I know what God showed me there

are some people that literally are

embracing societal thoughts that she by

this point was willing to just end and

just okay they kill me they kill me they

kill my see to some people the actions

that you’re taking is killing the very

vision that God has given you the

Prophet Nathan says come let me give you

advice and he said to her go immediately

to King David and say to him did you not

my lord o king swear to your maidservant

saying

assuredly your son Solomon shall reign

after me and he shall sit on my throne

why then has a de Nieva become king what

is interesting about this is Nathan is a

prophet God could have given Nathan a

word to go directly to David and say

David you know a de Nieva

it’s trying to be king and Solomon is

the one who I’ve called why did he go

through Bathsheba first you see in the

natural but Sheba carried a son

according to heaven she was birthing a

king she had already done the job of

birthing her son but there was a

responsibility for her to birth the king

you see family in the natural you filed

the paperwork for this company in the

natural there are certain things you’ve

done that okay it sets things in motion

but are your actions towards what God

has given you is it reflecting what

heaven defines it to be in the natural

you’re having meetings in the natural

you’re you’re doing certain things and

the natural she had given birth to a

healthy child where you are with your

vision could look healthy things could

be functioning you got your paperwork

you got the LLC everything looks ok I’m

pretty I’m set but are your actions what

you’re investing in that thing is it

according to what God called it to be

how much of yourself are you investing

in it what are you putting into it

are you aligning it are you are you just

birth in a project or your birthing

something that would change the world

are you satisfied because you have done

your due diligence or are you willing to

take things a step further

so not just birth the son but to give

birth to the king Bathsheba had to take

there was a response that she had to

make he could have bypassed her easily

but she was involved for a reason family

I want us to take inventory of the

things that we don’t feel comfortable

right with right now is it according to

heavens

standard always according to the you

know social media oh I just we just got

this going on a man yes recently I

worked on a short film and these are

moving pretty cool right in the natural

we did a great job

listen but what God has shown me about

the project it’s gonna require a whole

lot more I cannot be comfortable to say

what we’ve done this and you know we we

were able to do that but God is saying

no no no inside of that there’s so much

more that would require more from you I

didn’t call this to end on a short film

I didn’t call this to end right here I

didn’t call it to end with that I could

pat myself on the back and say look you

know what team we did a great job but it

is not what heaven called it to be what

is it that you’re slacking in because in

the natural it looks okay but Sheba had

a role to play in birthing the king and

so do we and so he tells her go and sell

him all this stuff and the next verse

says then while you are still talking

there with the king I also

coming after you and confirm your words

I found it interesting because he calls

it her words but he gave her the word

and then he says I will confirm your

work but I gave it to you

you see family it all comes back to this

place of becoming the word God gave you

a word he wants you to take ownership of

it it’s not just about God well this is

what you said you were going to do no no

no no I’m gonna become what you said I’m

gonna take ownership of this and

whatever you own you have a

responsibility for if you own a car if

the car is in your name it’s not gonna

be the responsibility of someone else to

take it for an oil change it’s gonna be

your responsibility and so God is saying

take ownership take ownership and I will

begin to confirm things in your life

I’ll begin to confirm who you are begin

to confirm when you take ownership and

you step forward I would confirm that I

led you to take that step and family

that is when manifestation begins to

happen when you take ownership of the

word that it doesn’t matter what storm

comes my way I’m gonna own who God says

I am I’m gonna own who I he said I

should accomplish on this earth I’m not

gonna just be settled in a place of

mediocrity I’m not just gonna be so easy

to cast things away and say well God

might this might not be working out no

I’m not gonna embrace societal thoughts

because I think that this is my end I

think that I’m perishing because of this

storm I’m gonna take ownership of it see

the fourth thing says that your faith

would lead you to sight sights can never

inspire faith but faith will lead you to

see what God spoke to her

David the same King David that we’re

also talking about he said in the Book

of Psalms he said I would have fainted

if I did not believe mm-hmm so check

this out he says I would have lost

energy I wouldn’t have had any strength

if I did not believe that I would see

the goodness of the Lord

in the earth in this time his faith

strengthened him because he knew that if

I believe what God is telling me I would

eventually see it if I take ownership of

this word that should be my source of

strength because I know that I will say

this again I’m not starting anything I’m

being led to the finish line when you

think you’re starting something then

there is a weight on you it’s like well

you know what I’m tired you know but

when God has said this is who you are

it’s finished in him the only thing that

is happening is that you’re being led to

the finish line

family rise with me

as we pray the first set of people I

want to call down and this is very

critical for many of you this is a

actually it’s a matter of life or death

some have began embracing societal

thoughts even the fact of for others the

very fact that you’re willing to

sabotage your destiny is death to

someone else because who we are is

connected to people if they don’t hear

our voice that could also be life or

death for someone else family letting go

of any fear this is the house of the

Lord this is not a place of being judged

this is not a place of I don’t want them

to know what dragged you to this house

is because your spirit is calling you

out it’s calling the real version of you

that I want you to awaken to who you

truly are anyone in this house that is

having embracing suicidal thoughts I

want you to come down to this altar

this is not a time to panic about who is

seen me you came to this house to be set

free thank you Jesus thank you Jesus

thank you Jesus thank you Jesus come on

down

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come on down come on down Holy Spirit

touch the hearts of your people this is

not the time to worry about who’s

looking at you you came to this house

for freedom the devil will not have your

mind

he will not thank you Jesus

I would I know when to stop keep coming

thank you Jesus

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someone is battling in their in their

mind even right now you can’t here to be

set free but you’re still struggling

within yourself Healing is gonna take

place today deliverance is gonna take

place today you’re not

you’re not gonna walk out of here with

the same things thank you Jesus thank

you Jesus

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thank you Jesus

you see family one thing I’ve learnt

about depression we call it so many

things but ultimately depression is an

identity battle the enemy is fighting to

define you as something that you are not

and when you’re not certain of who you

are it’s a battle where if you’re not

certain then you submit so what he is

calling you as but there’s something in

you that doesn’t resonate with that and

so this struggle at some point needs to

a place where you’re like let me just

end my life suicidal thoughts come down

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thank you Jesus Holy Spirit touch touch

the hearts

this is not a place this is not where

you’re gonna be judged I promise you God

has purpose to set you free

contemplating and for someone you even

have dreams of seeing yourself it’s

almost like you you have dreams of a

coffin there’s a dream you’re having

where you almost see it is whether you

see yourself in the coffin or you keep

seeing this thing with like a coffin and

it’s like a funeral and you’re having

these dreams right it’s like you’re

seeing yourself dying

Who am I talking to thank you Jesus

thank you Jesus it’s not gonna happen

Oh No thank you Jesus thank you Jesus

thank you Jesus

the next set of people I want to call

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it’s been so easy for you to just feel

like you want to sabotage your own

destiny the circumstances in your life

it’s making you feel as though things

are never gonna work out but I’m here to

tell you that’s a lie because of the

circumstances God gave you a word that

you would war and fight the good fight

through that word if you’re here and

you’ve been feeling like giving up your

voice you see the enemy is not just

attacking the word God gave you he’s

attacking those connected to the word

God gave you

if you are here and you know that you

are on the brink of you know what I

don’t know if I can do this anymore I

want you to come down here thank you

Jesus

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the third set of people and everything

I’m calling is literally based on even

what the Lord showed me about this house

the third set of people when I talked

about fear and and the burdens where

where there’s a fear of being vulnerable

there’s a fear of God I don’t know if

you know if I do this and you you’re

someone who assumes a lot and it’s

keeping you stagnant when I talked about

you have emails that you haven’t sent

out is literally just in your in your

draft there are people you want to call

you literally pick up the phone you go

to your number and then you do something

else I want you to calm down we’re not

gonna sabotage our destinies anymore

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thank you Jesus

and finally when we talk about council

even when joking about growing up in the

church and feeling as though I don’t

know if this is for me some people hear

you you desire a true relationship with

God you grew up in what seemed to be

religion but Christianity’s of our

relationship that God will talk to you

God will counsel you if you are in this

house and your desire is to have a

communicative relationship with God that

you can speak and he will speak back he

can start the conversation and you would

respond to see him as father to see him

as friend to see him as king if that is

you and you desire an authentic

relationship with God I want you to come

down

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thank you lord thank you lord in a

moment we’re gonna pray but I want us to

open the passage it’s Psalms 118 I

believe everyone who is coming up I want

everyone who the first set of people

when we talked about suicide and we’re

all gonna say this together but I want

us to all speak this passage of our

lives all of us together so let’s go I

shall not die but live and declare the

works of the Lord

family God desires to show you things

and no nothing I don’t care what it is

it’s not gonna cut your life short

there’s a song I want us to sing and I

want to pray for some of you I’m gonna

call Dana and that’s and as she sings

this words pay attention to the lyrics

and just give me a moment

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sweet join me

this ain’t your where there is a steel

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my sphere so cold

the

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morons

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I’m going

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so please lay down

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you

this ain’t you

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to destroy

to me

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the burns you have carry more in the

same shoe

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oh come lay down burnt you have carry

for in the same

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and he

to destroy

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you have Carrie Lauren mistake

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sweet anointing man the same joy there

is a steel

oh come lay down the burdens you have

carry Jesus your healing is here your

pregnancy

your life is here everything you need is

you lay your burden down receive your

healing

for innocent you will call me down the

birds you have carried for in the same

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thank you Lord see what I love about

that that song I haven’t even heard that

song in the longest time but as I was

praying about the service

I could hear where this this sound was

being sounded and what what is so

beautiful about the lyrics is a reminder

that God is here God is here and when it

says lay down the burdens that you carry

trust God with the things that worry you

trust God that God if you be lord over

my life I have nothing to fear because

even what even what seems to be against

me is for me it is for me a lot of times

the things that trouble us the most is

not because it’s how we feel about

things but I declare that we are going

into a realm that we know what things

are we know what God has put in front of

us and why that we would be patient in

the season knowing that God if you don’t

prepare me then the blessing could kill

me

family it’s it’s it’s bigger than you

when we understand that what we are what

we are what we are reaching for is

bigger than us then it’s almost like

that in itself is a grace to wait it’s

not just about me getting this or

getting that you see so many times we’re

so consumed with the external sources of

housing or feeding but we have a body

that is rent free a body that God has

called to carry a destiny that would

such nations let’s be patient with what

God wants to do through us thank you

Jesus for your children thank you Jesus

for this night I thank you Lord that

your children walk in here battling

thoughts but you said in your house they

will be set free I thank you Lord that

as they have come forth every burden is

being laid before you

I speak Lord God even to those that I

have been dreams where they see

themselves dying I rebuke premature

death in this house in the name of Jesus

Lorelai thank you I thank you for the

dreams and the destinies and and though

and the legacies on the lives of these

your children I thank you Lord God that

we would not sabotage the help that we

are calling for but that we would become

we would become we would become your

world we will become Lord God I thank

you Lord there is a sweet anointing in

this house there is a sweet and knowing

sins archive and anointing that heals

the anointing breaks the yoke I think

you Lord God that yokes have been broken

off your children every yoke every chain

through the renewal of their mind it is

no more I thank you Lord that we would

know that even the mountain that we face

there is a word for it thank you Jesus

thank you Jesus thank you Jesus your

children would arise and shine

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they would arise and shine no more will

they would they walk around feeling as

though the weight of the world is on

their shoulders but as they give it to

you Lord God they are free to rise up

and shine because your glory has risen

upon them

may the Lord God bless and keep you may

he cause his face to shine upon you may

he be gracious towards you and grant you

shallow shell that is perfect peace

family

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