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and i’m just so blessed by today because
the word the the lord you know he is the
word so the word has a word for you the
lord has a word for you i’m just so
moved because of how god dealt with me
in this word and how it has impacted my
own very life and i’m gonna share some
of those details but i’m just so excited
for what god is going to do and so i
want us all to pray into this moment
wherever you are just remove yourself
from anything that could be a
distraction you know sometimes when we
are hearing a word from the lord we have
so many things going on instagram is on
all kinds of things are taking place but
even as we’re going to come before the
lord in prayer i want you to just remove
yourself from anything that could be
distracting because i believe with
everything that every time a word of the
lord goes forth every time we preach his
message every time we we build upon the
words that he has taught us the very
things that we read in the bible and the
holy spirit begins to magnify and give
it life that there is a moment for you
you see one of the things that the lord
has been teaching me is that every word
of his is an open door waiting to be
entered we don’t just read to read that
is why we have to read with the lengths
of the spirit when you begin to read
about the promises of god and the ways
of god there is a door open before you
that brings you into a new dimension of
who god is and so i want you to take
this moment seriously for what god is
going to do in your life so let’s pray
together heavenly father we thank you i
thank you for your son and your daughter
who is listening to this right now and i
thank you oh god that you’re gonna have
your way in their life i thank you
heavenly father that that we are not
separated by distance because your
spirit is with us wherever we go and
lord that even in their home in their
car even i see someone even going into
the shower and they have the message
playing oh god i thank you heavenly
father that they would feel your
presence around them they would know
that the lord is in this place that this
is holy ground because i acknowledge the
presence of my savior and lord i thank
you that you’re going to bring about
transformation healing deliverance lord
god you’re going to do only that which
you can do and we are just here to be
vessels and stewards to this moment and
to have your way in jesus name amen
family like i said i’m so excited you
know first of all i just want to give
honor to our pastors pastor to ray
roberts and pastor sarah jakes roberts
we love you and so let’s go right this
is good this is good this is good
you know my message today
deals with names
and to kick off your note-taking i want
you to write this down
the weight of your name
the weight of your name
you know i love names i’m someone i’m
very big on names what i what i call
myself what i call things what i name
things and i see the same thing even in
the word of god we see how god is so
diligent about what he names athene and
how a name reveals purpose and function
and identity and anointing you know it’s
so crazy one of my favorite scriptures i
think it’s favorite because something
that happens is a little petty in there
not that i’m petty no that’s not the
case
but
there’s a story about a man named
zacharias right and there’s a moment
where an angel of the lord an angel
named gabriel
he encounters zacharias and he tells him
he’s like hey zechariah you know um you
you they were past you for having a
child him and his wife and it was
something that the wife had desired and
he desired too and the angel tells
zacharias you know your prayers have
been answered that you will have a son
and then the angel says to him but him
you must call him john
which is so fascinating
that even before his arrival they were
making note to zechariah’s the name of
the boy that you must call him john
you see zechariah as we learn about when
we learn about the story is that the
relatives wanted the child when the
child was born to be named zacharias
right zach jr you know zj or something
but the whole essence that if they
called him zacharias then he will carry
on the way of his father zacharias was a
priest and in their mind they’re like
okay god has given you a son then he
should also fulfill priestly duties you
should raise him to become a priest just
like his dad but the lord said no first
of all i’m gonna let you know his name
before his arrival because his name
reveals that there is a separation with
his calling from his father and him
and even his name tells us a story
because you see the name john actually
means god is gracious
and when we see what we learn about john
is that he played such a pivotal role in
the life of jesus and activating him
towards ministry because he is the one
that we refer to as john the baptist his
identity wasn’t baptizing people
because he baptized our lord jesus which
was the very event that took place
before he was announced by the by our
lord that this is my son in whom i am
well pleased and he goes into the
wilderness and he is activated for
ministry and so we see that even the
name john
and the role that he played in the life
of jesus it actually revealed that oh my
gosh it was not just about god is
gracious but he was so he had such a
pivotal role to play in the very one who
embodied the grace of god
god’s grace to humanity was embodied in
the life of jesus
and so we see this that wow it was not
just this random name john that god was
like no first of all i’m gonna separate
him from my call and my purpose and his
name is gonna reveal that
you see when i even think about my name
i’m so happy my mom gave me this middle
name it’s an evil name from my country
nigeria from the igbo tribe and the name
is in kirika
and in kierka means the future is
greater
and sometimes i find myself when i’m
just like in lowe’s and i’m like god
what is going on where how how are we
gonna break out of this and i’m reminded
by my own very name the future is
greater stephanie there is more no
matter where you are highs or lows there
is more that is connected to your
assignment for the kingdom as long as
there is breath in your body there is
more even my own name would do that to
me sometimes where all i have to do is
just be reminded by the very name that
i’m also called oh wait the future is
great at this moment doesn’t define me
names
we learn about names all throughout the
bible
all throughout the bible we even see it
in creation
right we see god naming things and one
of my favorite moments is even when it
comes to the animals right
because when it came to the animals the
bible tells us that they were already
named but yet god brought the animals to
adam to see what he will call them
now this story is so fascinating because
god is having a moment
and god is like wow he’s made adam he’s
created so many things and he says it is
not good for man to be alone that i
would create a helper who is compatible
to him who is comparable to him rather
and you would think that the next thing
that the lord would do is to create eve
but immediately the next thing the lord
does was to create the animals he formed
the animals and he brings them to adam
to see what adam would name them what
was the lord looking for
you see right after adam names all of
the animals adam now realizes to himself
he has not found someone who is
comparable to him that he has not found
a helper amongst all the people could it
be that even though god had already
planned what was connected to adam he
needed to stare of desire in adam adam
what are you going to name these animals
because i’m not going to create eve and
then you call eve the serpent and the
serpent eve
first of all let me see if you’re going
to name them according to their kind so
i can bring what is connected to you
you see what i’m about to tell you is
not even connected to my message but the
lord is even showing me that you see for
some of you god will not force a
blessing upon you that is just a fact
you know sometimes we say that god is a
gentleman but when your desire your
desire is what brings you into
partnership with what god has already
prepared for you and that is why you
cannot be so quick to call things
you cannot be so quick to call someone a
business partner or call someone a
spouse
you have to know god am i naming them
according to what they are what the
assignment that you have given you’ve
put them in my life for
am i naming this person according to
what you see about them because if
someone else is occupying the space then
god has to withhold what he needs to
send to you so that you would identify
it properly
even our lord jesus i’m reminded by this
right before he chose the apostles you
see jesus had many disciples that
followed him the ones we learn about are
the ones that became the focus of the
story because they were the ones that he
was he chose to become his apostles
apostles speak to the people who are
called by god to begin to lay the
foundation of what the church would be
and to build the church
and before jesus would pick 12 apostles
the bible tells us that he was in prayer
all night
and then the next day in the morning
he was able through the wisdom and the
knowledge and understanding of the
father he was able to recognize who the
apostles are
which funny enough included judas
you know i’m not even going to get into
judas but many times we think about
judas and we think that judas is just
the one who betrayed christ but there
was so much more to his story
because there was a calling that god saw
in him that even though yes you’re you
know your little thievery
and you have a tendency to keep
snatching what doesn’t belong to you but
god saw beyond that and god saw someone
who had the potential and the call to be
an apostle
that is why you have to seek the lord
not just for what you think you can see
or what you think you can naturally
discern you would not naturally discern
judas to be on your team
that would just be like oh oh no oh oh
no you know no satan’s location no right
you will not choose that but god has a
purpose for everything but like i said
that’s not the message i’m talking about
the weight of a name the weight of a
name the weight of your name
and when i think about the weight of a
name a story that comes to mind is a
story of a man named abraham
you see abraham went through a name
change
we first encountered him as abram in the
scriptures
and abram in the scriptures was a man
who when god encountered him god said
leave your home leave everything and go
to a land that i will show you
abram was a man who received a promise
from god that he would have a son you
see if you’re not familiar with his
story abram was at his old age him and
his wife and one thing he desired above
so many other things was that he would
have an heir in his family that with
everything that god has given him the
grace to to to you know to expand and to
be prosperous he said lord who is going
to inherit all of this and god gave him
a promise that no you would have an heir
abram was the one promised by god but
abram was also the one
when his wife sarai told him she’s like
look i know you received a promise from
god
but i don’t know how i’m gonna fulfill
it i don’t know i mean i’m i’m so old my
womb this is not gonna work
she tells her husband and she’s like you
know what you should you should go sleep
with you know my staff
and maybe at least god will give you or
god would give me a child through her it
was something they were doing back in
the days you know read about it then you
know we’re not we don’t uh do that now
all right
but back then that was the thing you
know she had some servants and she was
like hey you could you know sleep with
my servant and i could have a child
through her right
and this happens
and a son named ishmael is born
all of this happens under the identity
of abram
under abram when ishmael is born for 13
years the lord says nothing he is silent
this was someone who abram and the lord
will have communion regular communion
together but for 13 years the lord goes
silent and after 13 years the lord
encounters him and the first thing that
he does is get it it reveals to him an
identity of abraham
and then abraham
gives birth to isaac well he didn’t
carry the child right but abraham was
the one him and his wife sarah conceived
and they had isaac
and to abraham the lord says something
so fascinating that tells us a mystery
here the lord says at some point you
know now isaac is born and he says
abraham
offer your son isaac
your only son
whom you love
as a burnt offering
he gives him instructions but here is
the thing why would god call isaac
abraham’s only son
did god somehow forget about ishmael
was god being petty and he was just like
you know i’m i’m only focusing on the
promise no he there was an emphasis for
god to say he could just say offer the
promised one
isaac
offer the son whom you love isaac offer
the son of your old age isaac but the
lord says
offer to me your only son
isaac
you see abram had ishmael
abraham had isaac
abram received the promise for isaac
abraham delivered the promise
you see when we when we look and
understand even the language of god to
abraham we recognize that the name was
more than a name
that his name carried an identity that
abraham stepped into a name carried an
anointing it carried an assignment it
carried a calling
god was not ignorant of ishmael but in
that moment he was speaking to abraham
the father of many nations he said when
i changed your name i changed your
identity
when i changed your name i’m not looking
at abraham who made some you know wrong
moves i’m looking at abra i’m not
looking at abraham i’m looking at
abraham the father of many nations and
to abraham you only have one son because
that was the son that came out right
after you came into a new covenant with
this name
abraham had weight to it
you see you are not just whatever you
whoever you think you are right your
name is more than how your friends
identify you and how what whatever your
spouse will put on your social security
card or whatever you go to the dmv
wherever you are in the world right you
might go to i don’t know where in
nigeria you might not even need to go to
an office to get your passport all right
[Laughter]
but it’s more than how people identify
you
your name has weight
your name reveals an identity it reveals
an assignment it reveals a calling
that is why even with our lord jesus
we learn about our lord jesus there’s a
scripture i want i want to read to you
a scripture i love so much in
philippians 2 9 to 11 it says this
therefore god also has highly exalted
him and given him the name which is
above every name that the name of jesus
every knee should bow of those in heaven
and of those of the earth and of those
under the earth and that every tongue
should confess that jesus is lord to the
glory of the f of god the father
at the name of jesus i’m getting
somewhere just follow me at the name of
jesus you see the root word when it’s
referring to name in this context speaks
to the knowledge of jesus how a name
reveals knowledge at the knowledge of
jesus every knee shall bow and that
makes absolute sense because when you
come into the knowledge of his anointing
when you come into the knowledge of his
identity you would willingly submit
yourself before him anyone who tells you
like no inaudible with jesus or whatever
and they and they speak of him in a way
that seems so casual they haven’t met
him yet
don’t get offended by what people might
say about your faith the reality is that
when they encounter him they would
submit before him
because at the knowledge of jesus every
knee shall bow and every tongue will
confess that he is lord because that is
what happens when you have an encounter
with him
but you see why am i saying this because
we’re learning at the knowledge of jesus
our pastor has had us in a series about
the evidence of god and he’s been
talking to us about how god wants to be
made evident and he wants to be made
evident through you and the lord began
to press this on my heart that stephanie
i want the world to know my names
and he would know it through my people
i want my names to be revealed to
humanity and my names will be revealed
through them
that when you say your name when i say
cj
that i’m thinking about not just cj i’m
thinking about the god of cj
that when i hear her name her name
should have a testimony connected to it
and i said wow there is a god connected
to her
you see that is why sometimes the lord
would even introduce himself when when
there were people that did not know him
and there and moses was like god who
should i say sent me at first he says
tell them i am sent you and moses is
like okay come again now we got to do
that one more time okay second round
play who should i say sent me
and the lord said it’s okay tell them
the god of abraham the god of isaac and
jacob you see what the lord was doing
that if they don’t know me
there are people who they know their
names and their names carry a story and
their names carry a testimony about me
so if they don’t know me let me let me
tell them about someone they know tell
them the god of abraham
the same abraham that we just read about
the lord said now abraham is not just a
name abraham now becomes a point of
encounter with god
and the lord was saying i should tell
you that you are not just who you think
you are your legacy is not just about
the wealth you want to live in the world
your legacy is about your name
that your name dimension of your name
will point people to the god that you
serve
that your name should carry a weight
that is greater than you
but it is the weight of god’s glory
you see in the book of isaiah
there’s a scripture that tells us that
everything created by god we were
created for his glory
everything that is all creation is to
point people to the glory of god
and god wants to use you
to make his names evident
what do i mean by this
you see there are names that we know of
god right for example we know
jehovah
jehovah jireh right jehovah jireh the
lord is my shepherd we say it all you
know maybe many of you might say it all
the time when you’re in the place where
you feel like god i don’t know what’s
going on not the lord is my shepherd the
lord is my provider when you feel like
god i don’t i don’t know if i have what
it takes and then you’re reminded but
you are jehovah jireh you are my
provider but jehovah jireh was a name
that came out of the place of an
encounter
jehovah jireh started with a man named
abraham abraham that we’ve been talking
about
when abraham you see when the lord said
to abraham
bring your only son and sacrifice him as
a burnt offering
when abraham was about to sacrifice his
son isaac all of a sudden the lord
interrupts him and he reveals to abraham
that look there is actually a ram you
don’t have to sacrifice him this was
only a test abraham called that mountain
the lord will provide
and that is where we now get jehovah
jireh
when we think about another one where we
say you know jehovah shalom the the lord
who is my peace that came out of an
encounter with a man named gideon
when an angel of the lord encountered
gideon and he told gideon gideon oh my
gosh you are a mighty man of valor and
gideon is like who are you talking about
it’s not me you know he’s having all the
excuses in the world but gideon had no
clue that he was talking to an angel and
the moment he realized that wait i’m
talking to an angel of the lord gideon
thought he was about to lose his life
and the angel said to him peace
you will not die
he’s like relax gideon and gideon he
names right there he names that place
the lord is my peace
and then from there we get jehovah
shalom what am i saying the names of god
that are revealed to humanity came out
of encounters with god it came out of
people’s testimonies of god when david
will say something like the lord is my
shepherd i shall lack nothing now we
have that same testimony when we’re
going through something we say god you
are my shepherd you would keep me but
that came out of david’s testimony
david used to be a shepherd to his
father’s sheep he understood the
responsibility of a shepherd and he said
god the way i took care of sheep you
have done that for me and more the lord
is indeed my shepherd
these were names revealed to humanity
out of encounters with god
and through those encounters when you
begin to think about the people you
thought about god
when you begin to think about the people
you realize how god has used them why do
we have favored bible characters in the
bible because we have seen something
about how god revealed himself to them
that we have need of in that moment
that we say god when when i’m going
through something and i need healing i’m
going to look at scriptures that would
remind me that jesus is a healer and
when i think of the person i think of
his healing power
your name is to point people to god’s
glory
you see even abraham
because the lord said something to me
and i’ll go back to why i just brought
abraham the message and the assignment
he sent me here he said i should tell
you to be a good steward over your
encounter
to be a good steward over your testimony
what do i mean by that
because for some of you you’re like yeah
i hear you but you know i’m still i just
need god to show up in this one area i’m
just you know i’m looking for god like
how can i reveal his glory when i feel
like i need his glory when i feel like i
need him to step in and intervene but
the lord is saying be a good steward
over your encounters
because whatever you’re a good steward
over it increases it multiplies
we are always called to be fruitful and
multiply in everything and this is what
i mean by this i’ll take you on a
journey
going back to
abraham
abraham said something that was so
fascinating to me we learned about this
in the book of hebrews in the book of
hebrews when abraham was about to
sacrifice his son
his reasoning behind sacrifice in his
son
was that he believed that even if he had
to kill isaac
that god would resurrect him from the
dead
and why this was so intriguing to me is
because i began to ask the question
how did abraham know
that god could resurrect
from the dead how could resurrect people
from the dead how did abraham know
that god has the power and the ability
to resurrect the dead to life because
nothing like that had ever happened
prior to that moment
what was it in abraham that gave him the
confidence and the faith to know that
the god i serve
can resurrect my son if he died and
bring him back to life
and this is how he knew because abraham
when isaac what one of the things that
was counted to abraham as righteousness
one of the things that god saw faith in
abraham was when the bible tells us in
the book of romans that abraham
considered not the deadness
of sarah’s womb
he considered not the deadness of his
own body because of his old age in order
to bring forth isaac
so abraham already recognized
my wife is not even at the stage where
she should be having children her womb
is dead but god if you are the same god
that could resurrect her womb and give
her the ability and the strength to
conceive a child then that child who
came out from her if he died you can
resurrect him again this was this is
being a good steward over your testimony
that god i’ve already encountered you to
resurrect the dead in this way it looked
different
i can build on it and believe you to do
the same in the next thing
when god was looking for faith in
abraham he was looking for that measure
of faith has it increased
have you what have you encountered about
me for you to know this is what i do
you see some of you you’re like god i
need you to step into this area i’m
confused i’m fearful i’m doubtful i feel
insecure i feel unworthy i don’t know if
i’m the one for the job and god said
haven’t we been here before
haven’t i met you here
some years ago
weren’t you and another dead end needed
me to make a way for you and i opened
the door for you why are we back at
stage one
i’ve already revealed to you that i’m a
waymaker
i’ve already revealed to you that i’m a
healer why you acting like you have not
met this side of me
and this is called being a good steward
over your testimony
that god
i’ve recognized you
to be a healer
the next thing that the enemy throws my
way i’m not gonna act like i don’t know
who you are
i’ve already seen you do it and i’m
gonna build upon it
lord i’ve recognized you to be a
waymaker
when i felt like all hope was lost and i
didn’t know what way i was going to go
you made a way for me and now it looks
like i’m another dead end oh god you are
the same
i’m going to believe you i’m going to
walk in confidence i’m going to put my
faith on this because i’ve already seen
you we’ve met here before
and the lord said to me that when you
begin to be a good steward over your
encounters with god and over your
testimony then your name would be the
result of many having an encounter with
god and many having a testimony that i
have met god because when they hear your
story it will draw them to want to know
who is the god that you serve
who is the god that you talk about who
is the god that you have revealed is the
one who made a way for you who is this
god
and the lord was even showing me that
the sides of him that we have not even
known yet
and there are people that he is saying
look i’ve given you a word
and if you act on this word you’re going
to reveal a new dimension of who i am to
the world
sides of me that the world has not even
come in contact with yet
i want the world to know who i am and
they will know who i am through
you
they will know who i am that when they
hear you they will remember the
testimonies that you shared and god said
i want you to be the channel and the
vessel that i would become expressed
you see in the book of genesis in the
garden of eden
our lord was known as the voice
when you read your bible you will see it
it says the voice was walking through
the cool of the day the voice
they called him the voice because that
was their experience of him
that he is the one who speaks
and so he was known as the voice
but the more we get to encounter god the
more people begin to encounter and
reveal oh wait you are not just a voice
you are my covering you are not just a
voice you are a provider you are not
just a voice you are a counselor you are
not just a voice but all of this was
revealed to humanity through the lives
of people
and i’m here to ask you
what would be revealed to humanity about
god
through your life
because everything that is happening
everything that you might feel is taking
place and and it might look like god i
don’t know how i’m going to survive it
you don’t recognize it’s not about you
is that god wants to put the weight of
his glory on your name
he says i’m bringing you through
something so that you can be a testimony
to show your community
your nation your surrounding your family
you see for some of you you’re the only
believer in your family
and you’re going through the worst
things and you’re wondering god how am i
the one of faith and and these are the
things i’m dealing with and they don’t
have to experience this and god said
because i want to put my glory on your
name
i’m bringing you through something so
that you will have a testimony that it
was only the hand of god that was able
to bring me out of this
you see this reminds me
of the man in the scriptures that was
blind and he was born blind
and the disciples when they saw this man
they asked the lord they said how did
this come to be who sinned him or his
parents
and the lord said nobody sinned
but this is so that it would bring glory
to god
could it be that the very area of your
life that you feel
came about through god what did i do
wrong
god what what did my family do wrong why
am i in this position is this a
generational curse
you see that’s what the disciples looked
at that man and they said
this must be a generational curse
it must be that his parents sent
if he didn’t send somebody sin and the
lord jesus said not everything
appears the way you think
and i’m here to liberate someone right
now because i’m and the lord is putting
this on my heart there are some of you
that are listening to this and you feel
like your life has been plagued and you
have been using that word concerning
your life that god it feels like i’m
cursed it feels like i’m dealing with
generational curses and the lord said
you’re not cursed because the moment you
that you came into the family of god you
you took on another name you took on
another lineage if there is anything
attached to your life it is generational
blessings that is why we say the
blessings of abraham are mine
because now we are connected to a
different family
and i’m here to remind you
and maybe you’re not being reminded
maybe this is the first time you’re
hearing this i’m here to liberate you
you are not being cursed
god wants to put the weight of his glory
on your name that when people would
begin to think of you
that your life will be connected to a
testimony that would be will make known
in the world will make known in your
family that it could only be
the hand of god that did this
and when people are looking and they’re
they’re wondering how can i break out of
this they would know you know what let
me let me call this person let me find
out about the god that they serve
you see there was something similar that
happened
those uh
my sister-in-law
i was trying to code her name but i’m
gonna just say my sister-in-law she’s
such a lover of jesus
but before she became a lover of jesus
[Laughter]
she was in you know other things
[Laughter]
sister-in-law i love you
she was not you know fully on team jesus
at the time
and
there was a moment right and she knew
where i stood it was very interesting
that when her and my brother were dating
and you know they’re the things that she
was in she’ll bring them to me as gifts
and i said i can’t take that i know
i said my life is all jesus all right i
respect you
but i would not participate all right
even if the participation is in jewry i
said no i can’t take that not touching
that
and what happened is that she it was
there was respect but she knew exactly
that everything about me
spoke about who jesus is
when we would talk i was so intrigued i
said let me let me tell me about what
you’re doing and let me tell you about
my god
and i will talk to her about the things
that i have experienced in the lord and
my testimonies with the lord and the
things that he has shown me and the
things that he alone has power over
and we will just talk and we will share
testimonies and some of the things she
told me i said no it looks like you need
to be on team jesus all right and she’s
like no you know talk about her things
i’m like that’s cool
but then one particular day
one of her family members or family
friends
encountered something that was purely
demonic
and not knowing what to do they called
her they’re like hey what do we do
and then she calls me immediately she’s
like hey
this happened and i know you’ve told
i’ve heard you told me stories about how
jesus was the one and i began to speak
to her about the lord and in that moment
the lord started doing something where
right where she was and that was a
moment that propelled her
into coming into giving her life to
jesus and one of the things that moved
me she said you know what
them as much as i was serving all these
other nonsense i am going to use that
same dedication and much more to serve
jesus as lord because she had an
encounter that was inspired and she said
okay i’ve had a conversation my family
member just
saw something demonic and the only thing
that i have heard that has the power to
to to destroy this and has the power
over this is this person named jesus let
me find out about more about him let me
see who who he really is and in the
conversation i didn’t have to do
anything jesus did everything else
and even as we prayed what that family
member experienced left
and so what am i saying to you that your
life
is purposed by god to carry the weight
of his glory that when people think
about you they’re not just thinking
about your name in regards to your
identity they’re thinking about your
name in regards to your identity as a
child of god not just your identity in
the natural
your name should carry something
and i’m so excited because when the
lords began to show me this
he began to deal with me even in my own
life
because there’s a there is an area of
where the lord has called me to do
something in an industry i know nothing
about
and when i almost began to say god i
don’t know anything about this
and then he asked me he said but what
did you know about ministry
[Laughter]
i said you know what you are the same
god
you are the same god i’m gonna continue
to build on my encounters with you i’m
gonna build on my testimony of you that
let my life be the source for many to
have an encounter with you if this is
what you desire in your life i want you
to put in the chat right now i am an
encounter
i am an encounter
you see we don’t want to just be people
that talk about god we want to walk in
places and carry god
that when you get to know me it’s not
just what i say it is the experience and
the testimony of my life
and for some of you maybe you’re going
through the fire right now
you are going through the wilderness
right now because god wants to used you
and bring you out as someone who would
be marked by his testimony that would be
marked by an encounter and that your
life can begin to reveal to your family
and your community that there is a god
and this is what he has done in my life
that they will begin to desire him and
the evidence the knowledge of god will
spread and indeed
every knee shall bow
what is your name
i want you to think about that for a
second
what is your name
who are you
are you just a friend
are you just a father
are you just a daughter
or are you the person
that will carry the weight of god’s
glory into the world
you see one of the things that i’m
learning now in life
i remember there was a time in my life i
used to be so obsessed with purpose
and this is coming this sounds like it’s
going left but it’s going right
i used to be so obsessed with like god
what what have you called me to do what
is it what is my purpose talk to me
about my purpose
it just would go so fast right
and i’m coming into a place in life that
i’m realizing
my purpose
is two things
to be a disciple of christ
and to make disciples of christ
everything else is a vehicle
everything else is is an assignment for
the time everything else is how god has
chosen for me to go about it but you see
when it comes down to the two things
that jesus said we call it the great
commission
and he says go into all the world and
make disciples
because to make a disciple you must be a
disciple
and you can make and making a disciple
begins with the authenticity of your
life
that people want to know your jesus
because of you
that you can say look i’ve encountered
him it’s not just a person i preach i
have encountered him this is who jesus
is to me i call him savior i call him
friend i call him lover of my soul i
call him my waymaker that when someone
is in need of a savior they can think
about this jesus because they’ve
encountered you
and they’ve encountered your story
god wants to put the weight of his glory
on your identity
on your person on your name
this is how we become the light of the
world
this is how we are light sent in
darkness
because we are not just going we are
going in the awareness that i’m bringing
the glory of god
that i’m bringing the presence of god
that my words are not just words that is
why for some of you you’ve experienced
this all you’re doing is sharing your
testimony with someone but all of a
sudden they are having an experience of
themselves and it begins to cause them
to cry in their hearts their hearts
become soft and their hearts are moved
by your words because they recognize
these are not just words these this is a
source of encounter
i’m so grateful for what god is going to
do through each and every one of our
lives
and i’m grateful for everything that god
is going to bring us through you see the
bible says something it said in all
things give thanks it doesn’t say for
all things right because some things
you’re like okay what is happening but
in all things give thanks because it is
it is for the glory of god it has a work
god is saying that even through that
thing that was supposed to destroy you
even through that thing that was
supposed to scar you even through that
very thing that you thought would take
you out you’re gonna reveal it’s gonna
reveal to you a side of me
and when you experience and i have an
encounter with the god that will step
into the fire with you
when you experience that god i thought i
was in a fire by myself and he said no
i’m right here with you it will not
consume you
we read about the story of these hebrew
boys shadrach meshach and abe you know
i’m not gonna do it i bet right
i’m just gonna say his name like he’s
saying
and when they threw them into the fire
they thought that was it and jesus said
oh no there was a fourth man in the fire
and it was our lord jesus saying no
you’re in it i mean with you
and it will not consume you it would
consume with the people that plotted it
against you but it will not consume you
some of you might feel like you’re in
the fire right now and you’re going to
experience the god who walks with you
even in the fire
that you will have a testimony that yes
even when things are low jesus is with
me
that he is with me through it all david
said that yet i walk through the valley
of the the valley of the shadow of death
i shall fear no evil because you are
with me
you would have a testimony of the god
that you serve
and it will change the lives around you
you see your encounters with god
and your testimony of god
is purposed for the lives that you are
purposed to encounter
and so be patient with god
let patience perfect his work in you
every time you’re going through
something i want you to change the
narrative
rather than thinking god am i being
cursed
is this going to be my life because this
is what it has looked like for
generations i want you to start putting
your life in the responsibility of our
lord jesus and you say god here i am
i don’t know how i’m going to get out of
this but i know this my life will bring
glory to your name
when you make your life about the
kingdom you will see the kingdom move
through your life
but if you’re making it about you and
and what you how you want to compare
yourself to the people around you and
you feel like god but you know this
person and you and the jealousy is what
is inspiring you and envy then it
doesn’t work that way
but when you say god
you might i’m even god has shown me
someone who is dealing with barrenness
and you’re thinking this is the end and
you’re and you’re making it a pity party
and god said no give me your barrenness
make it about me and say lord reveal
yourself through my life as the one who
opens the womb
you you need to start changing the
narrative and say god if you have caused
me to experience barrenness then that
means there is a testimony for people
around me to know that you are the god
that opens even that which the doctor
said is closed
that even though the doctor said there
is someone i’m seeing you right now you
don’t even have a womb but the lord is
going to do a reconstructive miracle in
your body and you should start believing
god let it be that when people would
remember me they would know the lord who
knows how to do creative miracles
that even what was not in my body you
put it there
you desire a child the lord is showing
me you you desire a child to the point
that you have been crying and begging
and asking the lord then lord remove
this desire from me because clearly i
don’t have the ability to do this and
you’ve experienced a lot of even as you
are looking to try to get surrogates
nothing has worked out and you’re
wondering god why are you punishing me
and the lord they say no you don’t get
it you don’t get it my glory wants to
partner with you it’s not a punishment i
want to put the weight of my glory on
your name
that when people would remember you they
would say no there is a god who deals in
creative miracles
put your problems
on his glory
say god my life is to glorify you
there is no way that i will serve as
your child make me an example that would
reveal an essence a nature of who you
are
that is why your faith can never stay in
the same level the bible says that we
have been given a measure a measure
means it’s supposed to grow and
everything about god like i said earlier
is about being fruitful and multiplied
it’s about multiplication put your put
your faith on something heavy
and say god
i want to make known who you are
i want to be the evidence of who you are
i want to reveal your name to my
community i want to reveal your name to
those around me what i’m going through
it’s not the end it will end in glory
what i’m dealing with will remind people
that no there is a god who knows how to
bring you out of it
and if that is you just put here i am
you’ve been crying out to god wondering
when is this going to change the enemy
wants you to be a victim because a
victim does not have faith
the enemy wants to keep you in a victim
mentality because a victim cannot see
the way forward a victim just
they it’s not even about consoling
themselves they just they they continue
to speak negativity into the situation
and they’re just looking and at the end
of the day they don’t realize it is not
your emotions it is not the flimsiness
of your emotions it is not the
inconsistency of your emotions that move
heaven it is your faith
that moves heaven
but the enemy wants to keep you as a
victim but the lord says no you know how
you become an overcomer when you realize
that this is about glory
when you realize
you didn’t sin
it wasn’t your mother it wasn’t your
father it’s not a curse you don’t have
to know anybody you don’t have to have
the finances you don’t have to have any
of that the reason we have miracles is
because we first have problems
the reason we can say god you’re a
miracle worker is because we reach the
end of ourselves
the reason we see jesus walking on water
there was no boat for him to go on
and he made a way for himself
the reason we hear about the stories of
the red sea being parted was because the
only way that they could get from point
a to point b meant that the warden
needed to open or they were just gonna
you know do some running mans on it
right
but we read about these stories
the reason water had to come out of a
rock for moses
that was there wasn’t there was no water
it had to come up from somewhere
there was nothing and god said no i’m a
provider i will take care of you even if
the rock has to bring forth water
something is going to happen
jesus needed to pay his taxes jesus is
like you know i’ve been doing the lord’s
work and
it doesn’t pay on the earth like he pays
in heaven right so he said okay fish
give me some money and let me pay my
taxes
[Laughter]
the fish opened up his mouth and they
got the funds where they needed to pay
taxes there is always a way
when the people were hungry five over
five thousand people were hungry and
jesus said okay we there’s nothing here
all right there’s a lunch all right they
use a small boy’s lunch to feed 5 000
people why because it was to reveal that
the lord does not deal with many and he
doesn’t need a lot to do a lot that god
you can get whatever you have and you
put it in god’s hands he can multiply it
and do exactly what it needs to do and
have overflow
all of this brings us into an encounter
and a dimension of who god is
and that’s what he’s doing with your
life it feels like man it’s over someone
you’re watching this and and you’re and
you’ve been battling like god should i
just end it and you’re you feel highly
suicidal
and you’re saying jesus i love you but
it’s too much
the weight of this is too much
whenever you feel like the weight of
life is too much i want you to
understand that you’re interpreting the
situation wrong
because the weight that you feel
is the weight of what god wants to do
through your life
and not what you feel is taking you out
god wants to use you to reveal his glory
and all i’m asking you to do in this
moment
is surrender
surrender your story surrender your
problems surrender your anxiety
surrender everything that you have felt
like is a question surrender your doubt
surrender your fear surrender your
insecurity surrender the very thing that
makes you feel like you’re unworthy
surrender the very thing that makes you
feel like the dreams that god is
speaking to you at night that you are
not the one to execute it surrender that
to him and begin to put it on god
say lord
let me be the evidence
that’s just like our pastor has been
saying that will make you evident in the
world
that with you
all things are possible
let it not just be something i read but
let it be the story of my life
so in this moment if you’re saying god i
surrender
if you’re watching this put it in the
chat
if you’re listening to this just lift up
your hands wherever you are for everyone
just lift up your hands in this moment
and say god i surrender
god use me
the bible tells us that the eyes of the
lord it searches
it searches the whole earth going just
through and fro looking for who he can
make himself known through
god is looking for you
but he’s looking
for the person who says
god i surrender
less you have
the more inadequate you feel
the more qualified you are for glory
the more you feel like god it can’t be
me
that makes it exactly who you need to be
that is why when we read the scriptures
all we see is god using imperfect people
people that had no business doing what
they were doing
but god said it’s not about them
it’s to reveal who i am through them
and so i just want you to just keep your
hands before the lord and we’re gonna
pray
heavenly father we thank you
lord in this moment i asked that you
would
activate dreams
and activate their imagination
and activate some of you there are
things that the lord showed you that you
would create even as a child
to activate oh god that childlike wonder
to activate oh god for them to know that
there is more
to activate oh god the empire to
activate oh god your word says ask of me
the nations lord you are telling your
children right now i need you to have i
need you to ask bigger i need you to
think bigger i need you to go beyond
where you are i need your mind to take
you there i need you to put your life on
the glory of god i need you to start
looking at what you think is a problem
as a candidate for god’s glory i need
you to recognize that who you are has
always been and will always be purposed
to glorify his name
and so lord i pray that as they
surrender to you in this moment
they say god i’m coming into partnership
with you
i’m experiencing what i’m experiencing
but it’s not about me it’s about you
want to put your weight on me
you want to put the weight of your glory
on my life i think the burden is the
weight but you said that we should cast
our cares before you for you care for us
lord that is not the way that i’m
feeling it is what will be known as your
glory god
help me to endure the time
and the season
help me to call the season according to
its name
that this is a time of pruning
this is a time that patience is doing
this perfect work in me this is a time
lord god that you are perfecting what
you started
you are perfecting me as your vessel you
are perfecting what you started lord i
rebuke everything
that has stolen from them the very words
and callings that you have placed upon
them
could it be lord you’re just showing me
this
we talk about judas as the one who
betrayed you
but could it be that judas could not see
beyond where he was
to recognize that even in his worst
state
that he could still be used to glorify
your name
lord i thank you for every son and
daughter of yours watching
i thank you lord that it doesn’t matter
where they have been what they have done
but as they surrender to say god i want
to partner with you god rewrite my story
god rewrite my story give me a name a
new name
it doesn’t mean that my name has to
change in the natural but it would mean
that what people would know me for would
begin to change my identity would be
known as that which points people to
jesus my life and my story would point
people to know that there is a god
[Music]
and they will be drawn to you because of
it
heavenly fathers your children are open
arms
revive their passion
the very things they felt like it could
never be me
let this be a moment that they recognize
that you are the candidate for the job
you are the right one
there’s no 90 days
to
check you out no you are the right one
for the job we’re we don’t need to go
through a whole you know
period i can’t remember the word but
it’s coming to me maybe you thought
about it so that’s cool
but god says you’re it you are it
so father we thank you
we bless your name o god
and we thank you heavenly father for
miracles that will take place
in and through their lives
and their their lives will become the
seed of encounters that many people will
have to know who you are and the
expression of your essence the
expression of your identity the
expression of your nature to all
humanity we love you jesus have your way
in jesus mighty name and lord i pray for
those right now who are saying yes to
you for the very first time
they somehow stumbled on this word
but some you but you are touching them
in a way that they cannot even explain
they don’t even understand
and heavenly father i thank you for the
work that you’re doing right now and as
they say yes to you lord god we thank
you that you will be a covering you
would guide them i thank you lord god
that they will know you in spirit and in
truth that they would know you lord god
they will have encounters with you to
know that indeed lord jesus you are the
one that died on the cross for their
sins and when you were raised up with
all power in your hands that they were
raised up to that they don’t have to die
in shame and guilt for what their old
life may look like because your word
says to us that even as we come even in
the point of salvation that the old
things have passed away and all things
have become new lord god i thank you for
them continue to have your way in jesus
name and if you have said yes to jesus
today you’re going to see a salvation qr
code on the screen i want you to fill
that out so we can get in touch with you
and get you connected and so family i
love you i thank god for what he’s doing
with your life know that you are not
alone and know that god is with you and
what we were created for is why all of
this has taken place we were created to
glorify him and that is what your life
will be marked by and that is what your
name will be known for one who points
people one who is an encounter one who
is the seed of an encounter for many
people to know jesus family in this
moment we’re going to give
and i want to remind you about the
blessing and the beauty of giving you
see every time we give first of all it
communicates that lord
i trust you
and that i recognize that you are the
source of everything that i have
right i talked about the lord my
provider
that i am not my own provider but the
lord is my provider
and so i’m going to honor you with my
tithe i’m going to honor you with 10 of
my income and i’m going to sow that into
the institution that advances your
kingdom i’m going to sow that in the
church i’m going to sow that in the
house of the lord and so that everything
that we’re doing it continues and that
we’ve continued to go into all the earth
and it’s beautiful and i just want to
even say thank you for your partnership
with us because your giving is what
makes all of this possible
and so let’s give our tithes let’s give
it with gladness with joy and let’s give
the offering you know for me the
offering is such an overflow and the
offering not just an overflow of my
gratitude to god but the offering is
also how i mark the spot if you know
that this word really spoke something
into your life then you want to mark the
spot you know i talked about abraham
abraham was a man who was known for
building altars where he encountered god
that when he would encounter a side of
god he would memorialize that moment and
he would build an altar that’s another
message but basically he he wanted to
take a moment of sacrifice and say god
i’m not just going to act like i didn’t
meet you here i’m going to mark the spot
and you can use your offering to mark
the spot i want you to be intentional i
even want to challenge you to have a
book a given book where you begin to
write the things that you encountered
and you learned about god and how you
mark the spot and even attach it to
attach it to a question attach it to a
desire attach it to something where
you’re like god reveal to me this reveal
to me that connect your seed have
intentionality because one thing i know
about god he’s not random everything he
does he does it with a purpose and so
even in this moment you’re like this
word really revealed something to me
this word liberated me this word set me
free this word activated me
god i want to mark the spot and i’m
going to mark it and connect it to a
desire i’m going to connect it to this
moment that god i’m all in god i
surrender i want to mark the spot i want
you to do that right now you’re going to
see the given instructions on the screen
and as you give it is the lord that sees
your heart it is the lord that sees your
gladness it is the lord that sees your
sacrifice and is the lord that knows how
to repay you and but one of the things i
want you to also be excited about is
knowing that you are partnered with the
kingdom your part your kingdom partner
when it comes to building his kingdom
and so just put in the chat i’m a
kingdom builder it’s one of my favorite
things to say to myself when i’m giving
if you know me you know this to be true
but i’m giving i’m like a little kid i’m
like oh i’m look at me kingdom building
right here right even though i’m talking
to myself or maybe someone is in the
room but it’s exciting right because i’m
like god i get to build your kingdom and
so let’s do that right now and as we
give i’m just going to pray into the
offering
heavenly father we thank you we love you
we thank you for everything that we get
to do in your name we thank you lord god
for being our provider we thank you lord
god that you are the source of
everything that we have and so lord god
in this moment that we are able to just
express our gratitude and in our
consistency and faithfulness to
acknowledge your consistency and
faithfulness in our lives lord god
receive these sides and offerings and
lord god do with it what only you can
multiply its impact oh god in jesus
mighty name amen