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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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[Applause]
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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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