WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Freedom Pathways Publishing Date: 2016-04-17T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/freedom-pathways-2/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.240 Isaiah 42 verse 22 it says that that this is the people plundered and looted 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:16.200 they are all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons they've become 00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:25.760 plunder with none to rescue and none to say restore Isaiah 42 22 so basically 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:31.560 God's talking about his own people and he says hey many of you he says to 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:37.640 Israel you're plundered you're being looted you trapped in holes you're 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:42.000 caught up in prisons and you've become plundered there's nobody to rescue you 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:48.600 nobody to say restore and sometimes even though we are Christians we find 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.960 ourselves in holes like that in prison like that in traps like that and just 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:58.240 want to talk about some ways that we can free ourselves without much trouble some 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:02.320 of that doesn't even need praying so what I want to do is first talk about 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:07.760 some of these simple ways that can keep us from harm and then talk about some 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:12.720 of the ways we need to avoid so that we don't step into harm so we'll do both to 00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.880 the extent that time will allow guys some of the things we can easily avoid 00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:23.040 as Christians not through prayer but just through relationships or 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.480 covenant thing and we'll talk about that it's stuff like spiritual famine have 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:32.200 you noticed how some of us as Christians we go through these times of not having 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:38.680 anything spiritual happen in our lives life feels very dry or times when 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:44.480 doesn't matter how well you're doing you feel like you're in the wrong place and 00:01:44.800 --> 00:01:53.240 nothing seems to work out you just don't fit or you're led by people who are lame 00:01:53.240 --> 00:01:59.840 and blind so you hobble along and you walk in the dark or you find that you're 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:05.520 working really hard but you're producing nothing there's a barrenness upon your 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:12.920 life or you find that there's not sufficient protection you pray but you 00:02:12.920 --> 00:02:17.120 don't feel protected things happen where things are stolen from you things 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:22.560 are damaged I'm not just talking about property I'm talking about life and God 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:27.040 says why should my people be looted and plundered why doesn't someone say 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:31.480 restore and these things can be solved not necessarily through prayer there are 00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:39.760 much easier ways and so the first one guys is and I'm going to use this word 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:53.840 covenant and all it means today is entering into genuine relationship 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:59.800 that's what I mean by covenant hey Laurie and not here okay sorry go ahead 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:02.320 Rhonda 00:03:11.160 --> 00:03:16.040 ask Diana she's gonna come up with a heading for you 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:24.640 solutions okay let's go with that how do we undo some of these things that 00:03:24.640 --> 00:03:27.520 happen in our lives which don't need to happen we don't even need to pray about 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:32.640 it there are smarter ways than prayer where these are pathways to freedom as 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:40.680 the title of the page so I think that would be the way to go no I should have 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:48.600 seen that immediately I'm asking Diana to come up in names for it yeah so I'm 00:03:48.600 --> 00:03:52.240 gonna use the word covenant and covenant means entering into genuine relationships 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:58.760 and so the first covenant that really helps guys keep us from some of these 00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:09.600 things I mentioned is the covenant of fathers and sons covenant of fathers and 00:04:09.600 --> 00:04:18.360 sons as in Ryan if he stays in relationship with Marcus has distinct 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:25.760 advantages where he will find protection where he will find provision where he 00:04:25.760 --> 00:04:31.720 will find wisdom in times of trouble where he will find an ability to 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:36.880 produce even when what he is doing is not working where he will find counsel 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:43.800 even though there is a famine of good advice around him Malachi chapter 4 verse 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:48.520 5 and 6 critical verse it's the last verse in the Old Testament Malachi 00:04:48.520 --> 00:04:54.960 chapter 4 verses 5 and 6 and here's what it says it says that behold I will send 00:04:54.960 --> 00:04:57.960 you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the 00:04:57.960 --> 00:05:03.360 Lord and he will turn the hearts of the fathers towards the children and the 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:07.080 hearts of the children towards the fathers that part we get but look at 00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:12.880 what it says next lest I come and strike the earth with a curse what it's trying 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:19.480 to say if you want to rephrase it is hey Ryan as Marcus's heart turns to you and 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:24.760 your heart turns to Marcus know that good things will happen and no curse 00:05:24.760 --> 00:05:30.640 will fall upon you because you have learned now to enter sincerely into a 00:05:30.640 --> 00:05:36.160 relationship with your father if that is what applies to a regular household then 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:42.400 Ephesians 3 says that the church is a household and that when you have a 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:54.560 transgenerational connection then you have a transgenerational protection 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:03.360 when you have transgenerational connection you have transgenerational 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:08.800 protection as in when fathers and sons in the case of Ryan and Marcus in their 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:14.600 home or in a church like this when fathers and sons begin to connect begin 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:22.880 to relate begin to think and work together on truths then know that you 00:06:22.880 --> 00:06:27.720 suddenly come into a place of great protection and provision is the 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:32.080 scripture only meant to apply to the Old Testament nope in Luke chapter 1 verse 00:06:32.080 --> 00:06:38.360 70 the very same scripture is repeated again when Jesus says that the fathers 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:47.640 shall turn towards the sons and the sons towards the fathers guys so how do you 00:06:47.640 --> 00:06:52.360 let me just stop and ask allow you to ask questions before I go on any 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:54.680 questions 00:06:55.200 --> 00:07:03.160 it's hot but somehow pay attention through the heat or else I'll take you 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:10.200 all on a mission trip to India in May oh even we should do that take them to 00:07:10.200 --> 00:07:16.400 Nandigama in May right now it's 45 degrees and sometimes the power goes off 00:07:16.400 --> 00:07:22.320 and you just tell yourself it is hot there is nothing you can do about it you 00:07:22.320 --> 00:07:29.320 have three billion sweat pores on your body let them sweat that's all you do 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:35.880 yeah so getting back to this guys so in this house for instance every house must 00:07:35.880 --> 00:07:41.520 have a father in this house it happens to be me and there will be other fathers 00:07:41.520 --> 00:07:49.600 in the house too where as people are raised up as leaders they behave as 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:54.360 fathers to the others in the house it has nothing to do with eight in fact I 00:07:54.360 --> 00:08:00.800 was at Earl's two nights ago and dawn was on this side and Derek was on this 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:06.720 side and the waitress came and came up to us and Derek said oh yeah we're just 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:10.240 out with a dad it seems and the lady looked at me like yeah you look like 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:18.760 their dad it was highly embarrassing so but but that aside guys in a household 00:08:18.760 --> 00:08:23.920 there are fathers and guys look at this number 30 verse 5 actually says that if 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:29.920 a woman in this case is talking about a daughter if a daughter makes a vow or an 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:35.560 oath or a promise then the father has the right to cancel it otherwise whatever 00:08:35.560 --> 00:08:47.240 the woman said now holds good so let's assume that let's pick on let's pick on 00:08:47.400 --> 00:08:52.360 everybody here is old most of the young ones are on the other side I'm talking 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:57.640 about the kids so let's pick on airy so let's assume airy makes takes an oath or 00:08:57.640 --> 00:09:04.760 a promise and says that if I win my BMX bike race I'm going to walk across the 00:09:04.760 --> 00:09:11.640 road with my eyes shut that's a terrible promise to make and so now in the Old 00:09:11.640 --> 00:09:15.640 Testament situation once someone made a promise like that the person would have 00:09:15.640 --> 00:09:21.960 to walk in that promise the only one who had a right to break it was the father 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:26.920 so what's the point the point is guys when you have this connection you will 00:09:26.920 --> 00:09:31.160 find that many things in your life automatically break because the 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:35.920 intervention of a father really helps you spiritually you might think isn't 00:09:35.920 --> 00:09:44.600 this kind of making you Jacob a little higher than all of us not at all Ryan 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:48.560 doesn't think of market as higher than him Ryan just looks at him as a dad who 00:09:48.560 --> 00:09:56.200 was placed on earth to help him grow by the same token a father's blessing is 00:09:56.200 --> 00:10:04.280 huge a and so our spiritual father's blessings when Joseph brought his son's 00:10:04.280 --> 00:10:08.320 iframe and menace to Jacob to bless Jacob does this he doesn't bless him like 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:13.720 this he reverses his hand and he makes iframe greater than menace the point 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:19.000 being that a father's blessing can completely in a day change your destiny 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:26.240 and have you had a completely different direction this is really helpful in 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:30.800 terms of protection provision the breaking of bondages in your life any 00:10:30.800 --> 00:10:33.320 questions 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:45.400 any disagreements any challenges 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:58.920 is it hot oh finally got a response any questions guys okay 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:11.920 no the point of the example is to say that it is very easy for one who is the 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:17.440 father of a house to break what one may have committed oneself to regardless of 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:20.520 what it is it doesn't have to be an old it doesn't have to be a promise it can 00:11:20.520 --> 00:11:24.880 be just any state of being where you have committed yourself to something 00:11:24.880 --> 00:11:29.000 that has now become a trap or a bondage that is easily broken up spiritually 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:34.040 because you have been connected to a father 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:43.560 not it has to come to relationship to connection through thinking and working 00:11:43.560 --> 00:11:49.360 alike this is not something where it's a magic key it is through relationship it 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:53.840 is through relationship so I can't go to Marcus and ask him for the same thing 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:59.080 that Ryan asks because Ryan has a relationship with Marcus that is built 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:04.320 over a period of time Marcus can help me but the relationship that Ryan has 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:08.880 with Marcus is completely different because this bit is very important 00:12:08.880 --> 00:12:17.200 entering into genuine relationships go ahead without the relationship it 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.840 actually says that when father's hearts don't toward turn towards the children 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.800 and children don't towards the turn towards the fathers then the land is 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:30.080 struck with a curse it actually says that we don't realize this guy's meeting 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:34.360 its old testament our problem with this whole thing of covenant in with sent 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:40.020 ones or with fathers or with the body is we are a fiercely independent people who 00:12:40.020 --> 00:12:46.080 find it very hard to choose to submit and to we play the market because 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:51.320 tomorrow there might be someone better coming along so why not go with them how 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:57.640 do I know this because I did exactly the same so that's one way any other 00:12:57.640 --> 00:13:09.000 questions before we move on okay the next one is covenant thing with ones 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.600 that are sent into your life covenant thing with ones that are sent into your 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:25.120 life covenant thing with ones that are sent into your life covenant thing with 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.280 ones that are sent into your life what do you mean by sent into your life where 00:13:28.280 --> 00:13:32.640 God sends someone you're not part of a group you're not part of a particular 00:13:32.640 --> 00:13:37.180 church you're not part of a particular denomination and yet God in his mercy 00:13:37.180 --> 00:13:41.160 decides hey I want to completely change your life so I'm gonna send someone into 00:13:41.160 --> 00:13:47.480 your life so let's take Anson as an example since he's here and since he's 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.600 sitting in the second row third row anything beyond the third row I never 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.800 pick on but if you're in the third row I pick on you so it happens to be a lucky 00:13:53.800 --> 00:14:00.240 day Anson so so let's assume Anson's come in here and let's assume that today 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:04.120 before we came in here I had this sense that Anson would come all this is just 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:09.480 an example I didn't have any such sense and so he comes in here and God says 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.720 there'll be this guy called Anson that comes in when he sits there you've never 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:17.000 met him before but I'm sending you to him and I want you to begin to say this 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:22.120 this or this or do this this and this and it'll change his life and so I go 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:26.040 and do that and Anson now has a choice he can either grab it and run with it or 00:14:26.040 --> 00:14:30.320 he can say that is a bad experience why did he pick on me I should sit in the 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:35.600 fourth row from now on and that's the end of it the point being guys covenant 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:39.440 with sent once and it'll change your life we want examples Elijah with a 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:44.400 woman in Zarephath so Elijah was at the brook called Cherith it dried up and God 00:14:44.400 --> 00:14:51.460 says I am sending you to a widow who is in a place called Zarephath go to her so 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:55.400 what did we do he goes to her what happens to her in the time of famine 00:14:55.400 --> 00:15:03.240 that woman has no lack because she never runs out of flour and oil to make 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:06.960 whatever she wants the rest of the land is starving but this woman's happy 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:14.280 another example Elisha Elisha goes to a woman in Shunem and so God specifically 00:15:14.280 --> 00:15:18.840 sends him to the woman in Shunem and she brings him home and Elisha saying to 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.760 Gehazi is servant listen we got to do something for this woman and so he asked 00:15:22.760 --> 00:15:25.960 the woman okay what can I do for you and she says I got everything I'm fine he 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:30.160 doesn't do it Gehazi there must be something and Gehazi says oh she 00:15:30.160 --> 00:15:34.840 doesn't have a son so he says call her and he prays for her and she now has a 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:40.700 son and it changes the life another woman who had her husband had died and 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:46.000 left her a huge debt and God sends Elijah to her we don't know where she is 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:49.280 she's just another woman and she's got two sons who are being taken away as 00:15:49.280 --> 00:15:55.000 slaves and she cries out to Elijah Elijah is sent to her what does he do the oil 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.560 starts multiplying till the vessels run out and he says go pay your debts get 00:15:59.560 --> 00:16:03.040 your sons back and live on this for the rest of your life want to hear another 00:16:03.040 --> 00:16:13.920 one Joseph very clearly in Genesis 48 I frightened you I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm 00:16:13.920 --> 00:16:17.520 really sorry I won't do that when you come back 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:31.400 sorry she really got frightened man yeah pardon I was a Joseph yeah Genesis 00:16:31.400 --> 00:16:42.480 thank God for that hey Genesis 48 yeah that's not how you build relationships 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:48.840 just do exactly opposite of what I did yeah Genesis 48 very clearly in verse 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:55.160 20 something it says Joseph is saying to his brothers I was sent here by God 00:16:55.160 --> 00:17:02.560 ahead of time so that when the famine comes you guys will not die but Israel 00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:07.800 will leave a posterity on earth very clearly it says I was one that was sent 00:17:07.800 --> 00:17:11.840 and he says only two years of the famine have passed there are five more years of 00:17:11.840 --> 00:17:17.480 famine the moment you connect with someone who is sent into your life and 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:22.320 you always know guys you always know when someone is sent into your life you 00:17:22.320 --> 00:17:26.040 recognize it you don't recognize it with your eyes but something inside you 00:17:26.040 --> 00:17:35.760 recognizes it and at that time make sure that you open your life to God because 00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:40.400 God is sending that person into your life to change things and if it requires 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:44.880 that you relocate yourself so that you stay connected to God through that 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:50.280 person so be it relocate yourself because these are moments in time that 00:17:50.280 --> 00:17:58.120 can change the very trajectory of your life some take long some take less time 00:17:58.120 --> 00:18:01.120 some come to their senses 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:11.800 sometimes guys these ones that are sent into your life they they become to you 00:18:11.800 --> 00:18:18.880 protection and they become to the enemy the chariots of Israel it there's a 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:24.200 beautiful story in second chapter second King six where Elisha is with a servant 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:29.440 and the Syrian army has come Aramaean army has completely surrounded them and 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:34.360 servant is like shaking in his boots I think it was sandals not boot shaking in 00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:39.680 his sandals and he's saying master master look at all the soldiers that are 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:45.440 around us and Elisha says to him let me ask God to open your eyes his eyes open 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:49.880 and he says look at those that are around us and so Elisha becomes to the 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:56.080 servant protection and it becomes to the enemy army the chariots of Israel sent 00:18:56.080 --> 00:19:01.400 once become to you protection and become to the enemy the chariots and the 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:09.840 horsemen of Israel it's a brilliant role to play man any questions 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:18.640 hey if these phrases like sent ones fathers and sons are not understandable 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:23.080 then ask because we did this ages ago but if you don't understand it ask and 00:19:23.080 --> 00:19:27.760 we can explain it sent ones are anyone who is sent by God into your life to 00:19:27.760 --> 00:19:31.680 represent him or to fulfill in your life something that God wants to do 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:36.120 fathers are ones that God raises in a church who are not pastors or prophets 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:39.600 or priests or anything they have a heart of a father towards you and their only 00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:44.480 interest is can I help dawn become all that God wants him to become I will do 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:49.680 anything in my life and pour out my life into him to make him become like that 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:52.720 that's what fathers do then it doesn't matter whether you're a woman or a man 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:57.720 if that is your heart then you become like a father and that's what the 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:01.680 church needs the child church doesn't need more pastor the church needs one 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:06.680 who are interested in Anson and will say listen I know what God's shown me about 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:11.000 you and I will do everything in my power to bring you up to there I don't want 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:15.800 you to take my sermons I'll pour out my life into you so that you become the man 00:20:15.800 --> 00:20:21.640 that God wants you to become so that's what a father looks like and those 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:30.400 relationships guys can change your life any questions 00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:41.800 okay the next one covenant with a people of God covenant with a people of God as 00:20:42.280 --> 00:20:51.840 an enter into genuine relationships with a people of God most of us in in the 00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:56.300 churches we probably have been in the past have had relationships that were 00:20:56.300 --> 00:21:02.260 not necessarily intense they were friendly you kind of knew most people's 00:21:02.260 --> 00:21:06.960 first names and then forgot it every once every three weeks but we're talking 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:10.960 about covenant thing as an entering into a genuine relationship with a people of 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:16.760 God guys remember this lady called Ruth in the Bible she's not here today she 00:21:16.760 --> 00:21:23.360 oh she's moving today Ruth in the Bible she was a more bite as in she wasn't 00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:32.080 even an Israelite she did not know God she was in Moab territory her husband 00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:37.720 had died she's stricken now with poverty and the condition of a widow and then 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:42.760 you read Ruth one versus two to four and you'll see her saying this her first 00:21:42.760 --> 00:21:49.400 statement is I will not leave you I will go where you will go Roxanne you can come 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:52.120 I won't do nothing 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:07.240 it's all good 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:14.200 we just made up yeah guys Ruth's adversity in the Bible was not dismantled 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:20.440 by prayer Ruth's adversity in the Bible was dismantled through covenant thing 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:25.600 with another woman who was from the tribe of Israel when you covenant with 00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:32.640 the people of God you'll be surprised at how many things change for you when you 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:36.960 covenant with a people of God when you decide that I am going to be someone who 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:42.200 will follow who will connect with this particular group of people doesn't 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:45.040 matter which group of people if it's acts when he ran so be if it's somewhere 00:22:45.040 --> 00:22:51.560 else but genuine covenant thing with the people will keep you safe we can't be 00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:58.080 prosthetic limbs which when you go home you pull out and put on the side can't 00:22:58.080 --> 00:23:01.640 do that can't be a wig 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:06.240 this isn't a wig 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:12.160 but you can't be that look at what Ruth says let me just read it out to you I 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:15.520 mean this is from a woman who didn't know anything about Israeli she says in 00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:21.040 Ruth 1 verses 16 and 17 and treat me not to leave you or turn back from following 00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:26.560 after you wherever you go I will go then she goes on to say hey that aside 00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:31.200 wherever you lodge I will lodge so are you guys moving from Main Street to 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:38.720 some vague Street in downtown Vancouver wherever you lodge I will lodge even 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:46.160 though I'm scared to drive there or then she goes on to say your people will be 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:52.080 my people your God will be my God that's what I mean by covenant relationship 00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:57.080 guys once that happens you'll be surprised at how much protection you have 00:23:57.080 --> 00:24:01.480 some of you have come up a prayer and you've heard me pray this I say father I 00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:07.920 unfurl the banner that you have over this house over this particular person 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:15.920 and I particularly pray that when sometimes the people that you expect 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:20.080 protection from are not protecting you or doing you harm or not behaving 00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:24.400 properly then I often pray that prayer that father this person is a part of 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:29.920 this house I unfurl the banner that is on this house over this person so that 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:34.320 your protection will be upon this person it's almost like a place of refuge that 00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:40.040 you run to in the Old Testament they used to have these things called cities 00:24:40.040 --> 00:24:45.160 of refuge where if you did wrong you could run there they used to have 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:49.720 altars where you could go grab the horns of the altar and no one could touch you 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:55.880 there Jesus then calls himself I'm your refuge and fortress I'm the cleft in the 00:24:55.880 --> 00:25:02.440 rock that you can hide in when you begin to connect sincerely with the body guys 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:07.240 just imagine this just think of this for a moment I mean this should just clarify 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:12.680 this point so amazingly guys when you got a Canadian passport did it change 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:18.100 the way you travel you didn't need visas anymore except to go to India and a few 00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:22.780 other places but most other places you didn't need visas the Canadian passport 00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:27.860 suddenly gave you rights of citizenship it changed the way you live if a country 00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:34.020 can give you a 24 page document that can affect your life what can a household 00:25:34.020 --> 00:25:37.900 where Jesus Christ the son of the living God dwell do you can can you imagine 00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:44.540 what that can do to you in a city there are many churches guys choose any good 00:25:44.540 --> 00:25:48.860 church but connect yourself that way and you will find that all the good things 00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:53.900 in that church will be yours they will percolate to you because if the coffee 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:58.380 bean is good the coffee that comes out of the percolator is good check the 00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:02.420 substance and the kind of beans you have and you'll get everything in it 00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:08.340 everything if this is a house that believes in healing this place will 00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:13.100 always be a place where people get healed if this is a house that believes 00:26:13.300 --> 00:26:18.820 in the prophetic it is impossible for you to come into acts 29 and not be told 00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:24.140 what God's will for you is if this house believes in strong teaching you can be 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:29.020 assured that doctrines here will have a certain sharpness to them if this house 00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:33.660 has a casual attitude you will find that you will also begin to develop a casual 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:38.540 attitude if your school affected the way you behave today if the country you were 00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:42.860 born in affect the way you were today if your family has affected the way you 00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:47.380 are today you think that the house that God bills that you're a part of will not 00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:51.380 affect you of course it'll affect you you will get all the benefits of that 00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:58.320 house it'll protect you it becomes a canopy over you refuse to stay on the 00:26:58.320 --> 00:27:07.700 fringes man dive into it I benefit from this house man everything that this 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:12.780 house is I benefit from this house is not afraid of money I'm not afraid of 00:27:12.780 --> 00:27:18.340 money this house of healing in it I've never had to go to a doctor this house 00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:22.820 has the prophetic in it I receive words from God that direct my path this house 00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:27.260 operates by hearing I've learned to operate by hearing this house has an 00:27:27.260 --> 00:27:32.940 easy ability to relate to each other I do too this house takes ridiculous risk I 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:38.500 take ridiculous risk this house of certain ways of functioning I function 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:42.780 like that I have benefited from the traits of this house it's in the DNA of 00:27:42.780 --> 00:27:47.340 the house how will you not benefit begin to check what is that's 29 about and if 00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:51.900 this is what acts 29 is about then I want all of it and if it is not for you 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:58.060 then stay on the fringes I would go so far as to say once you find out 00:27:58.060 --> 00:28:01.980 something decide whether you want to be located in it and jump in with both your 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:05.860 feet because you won't drown I promise you that someone here will come and save 00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:10.980 you because in houses like this and in any church that is built like this and 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:14.100 is connected to God I'll tell you I'm talking about any church I'm not saying 00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:18.420 actually that is special we have certain specialities other churches have other 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:23.140 specialities there are some churches in Vancouver that serve the poor like we 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:27.860 can never they are specialists at that and they are really needed in the city 00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:34.580 we are just one room in the palace that God is building in Vancouver it's like 00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:39.020 the King's Palace it has many chambers and rooms but you better make sure that 00:28:39.020 --> 00:28:43.420 the room that you're given to build is built well and whatever is provided 00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:52.060 there better be free for everybody there are other rooms too and God blessed it 00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:58.420 you connect like this and you will find that your life begins to benefit in 00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:03.060 terms of everything good and you're protected from that which is evil you 00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:08.580 are protected from that which is evil any questions 00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:27.900 you know in Psalm 48 it says that we are the city of Zion Psalm 48 verse 2 it 00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:38.020 says Zion is a place what's that song wonderful beautiful for situation joy of 00:29:38.020 --> 00:29:41.980 the whole earth is Mount Zion on the side of the north the city of the great 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:47.500 King here's the intent God is saying hey guys you are Zion and Zion is basically 00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:54.420 a city where God rests and what it's not Jerusalem it's not Rome it's nothing 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:59.580 like that it is wherever God's people honor him there he rests and it says 00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:07.860 it's beautiful in elevation as in Zion is elevated above once you become part of 00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:13.100 a body that is connected to God you will find that regardless of what's happening 00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:17.620 around you in the world it does not affect you does not affect you a 00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:22.060 thousand may fall at your left hand ten thousand at your right but it will not 00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:29.540 touch you economies will go up and down but our economies are not controlled hey 00:30:29.540 --> 00:30:32.900 guys do you know when we moved in here do you know the rent we used to pay at 00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:39.300 the other place we used to play $1,800 you know for how much space 3600 square 00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:45.460 feet $1,800 and then you know what happened God said come here and you know 00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:49.620 how much space we have here 1400 square feet you know how much we are paying 00:30:49.620 --> 00:31:00.900 4000 bucks any pastor in his right mind would have said let's not do this 00:31:02.260 --> 00:31:06.180 leaders who would have been in the right man would have said let's not do this 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:11.660 but God said so and it didn't matter that we didn't have the finances if God 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:16.380 said do it we would do it and we are coming to the last month of a three 00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:24.180 year stint here and I want to say that God is faithful that not only did we go 00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:31.780 from 4,000 we went to 5,000 and God was faithful and you were generous our 00:31:31.780 --> 00:31:37.180 economy in this church is not controlled by how things work outside we have 00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:44.340 retirees here we have widows here the only rich person in this church is 00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:46.860 Derek 00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:59.420 and yet yeah don't you didn't know that hey sorry man Derek I didn't mean to 00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:06.860 betray your trust yeah he's I'll tell you more about it later the point being 00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:14.140 guys this is not a rich church but God is rich and God has the ability to help 00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:21.180 us to be generous you know I was struggling with this whole London thing 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:27.500 a cuz I'm traveling in May anyway something to myself why not go in May 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:32.260 stop by London for two days because for ten days now God's been saying I need 00:32:32.260 --> 00:32:35.380 you to go to London I need you to go to London I saw it in a dream I saw it in a 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:41.300 vision someone else send me a word that this person lives in another country 00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:45.220 I'm saying to the Lord sure I'll go when I go in May I'll stop there for two 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:49.380 days but I knew I had to go this coming week and I'm thinking to myself man 00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:56.060 that'll be like a pretty large extra expense and so why not couple it and I 00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:59.740 knew I had to go next week I'm delaying it I didn't tell anybody I vaguely 00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:04.340 mentioned to Heidi that I might perhaps be awake because I wanted to give myself 00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:13.700 the option of not going but I knew I had to go and so three years ago I've 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:17.460 gone to meet some people and after meeting with them they said so what do 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:22.220 you plan in the coming weeks are you traveling anywhere so I said I'm surely 00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:29.060 I'm I know I'm going in May for sure but I might be going to London next week I 00:33:29.060 --> 00:33:36.860 still kept saying might and then driving away I said father if you want me to go 00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:43.220 you got to give me some kind of really green light saying go and so little 00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:49.960 about two hours later I receive a text and someone sends me a text saying we 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:57.660 heard that you were thinking of going to London and we just feel like we want to 00:33:57.660 --> 00:34:03.220 pay for the tickets I'm thinking to myself boy do you need a green light or 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:10.860 what how green is that I'm thinking of the father I'm so sorry I've been 00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:17.540 delaying and he whoring about it and so what's gonna happen there I have no idea 00:34:17.540 --> 00:34:24.500 but at least I know that he's behind it so just go our economies are not 00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:28.880 controlled by our bank accounts or the condition of the world outside God takes 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:36.860 care my mom's thinking why can't you go when I go and I'm saying but I gotta go 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:43.400 this week I why are you going I'm not sure why so weird way to live man but 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:47.380 this is what happens when you come into the body that lives that way let's go 00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:53.580 touch another one covenant with the prophetic covenant with the prophetic 00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:57.340 covenant with the prophetic 00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:09.140 covenant with the prophetic as in guys the prophetic that has been spoken over 00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:15.260 your lives can alter your life alter your future decrees that God has made 00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:24.140 over your life through people can alter your future but to be but but before you 00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:30.060 before you can function in the words you have received learn to dress right as 00:35:30.060 --> 00:35:34.820 in get your lives in order sometimes people think that just because you've 00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:38.840 received a prophetic word it's gonna happen God says sure I want to make it 00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:43.660 happen but make sure you're ready make sure you're ready there's a parable in 00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:49.620 Matthew 22 where Jesus says a man went and invited guests to a wedding and a 00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:53.620 lot of guests came there but there was one man who wasn't dressed for the 00:35:53.620 --> 00:35:59.620 wedding and the guy who invited the guy for the wedding said how come you're not 00:35:59.620 --> 00:36:06.300 dressed for the wedding and the next line says the man was speechless for the 00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:11.500 prophetic to work in your life make sure that you're dressed right as in get 00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:15.980 things right with God you can have all the prophetic words said over you I can 00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:19.940 have tremendous prophets come and say amazing things over me but if I don't 00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:25.240 dress right as in I don't begin to live a certain way all those words are wasted 00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:31.420 because they don't sit well on me when Esther had to enter the presence of the 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:36.660 king here's what she does chapter 5 verse 1 to 4 Esther dressed up she wore 00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:42.820 regal queenly stuff and she waited there at the courts of the king outside 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:47.540 knowing that the king would come and along comes the king and he looks at 00:36:47.540 --> 00:36:52.700 her and he says Esther and he reaches out his scepter towards her and he says 00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:59.180 what do you want you can have anything up to half the kingdom dress right and 00:36:59.180 --> 00:37:05.020 you will find that the words spoken over you will begin to come to pass do not 00:37:05.020 --> 00:37:10.300 dress right and the words are still on you but they won't come to pass dress 00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:12.620 right 00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:24.780 covenant with the prophetic as in guys break the silence before you break a 00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:30.800 curse break the silence before you break the curse break the silence before you 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:34.540 break the curse as in if you have received a prophetic word and your 00:37:34.540 --> 00:37:38.980 condition is bad begin to break the silence by speaking the very words God 00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:43.860 has spoken over you what are examples in the Bible Elijah Elijah at Jericho 00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:47.780 people come to him shortly after Elijah's been taken away and they say hey 00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:52.740 Elijah just want you to know that the water in Jericho is really bad it causes 00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:57.060 death and barrenness and what does Elijah do he takes a bowl takes some 00:37:57.060 --> 00:38:01.780 salt in it but look at what he does 400 years of a curse that came with Joshua 00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:07.020 is still prevalent in Jericho and here's what Elijah does he breaks the silence 00:38:07.020 --> 00:38:11.780 first before he breaks the curse and as he sprinkles the salt he speaks and he 00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:17.900 says this water shall never produce death or barrenness again and it shall 00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:24.660 be healthy break the silence before you break the curse but for some strange 00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:29.060 reason we don't want to who wants to talk God has said it we will just wait 00:38:29.060 --> 00:38:33.860 upon the Lord but he's already said it break the silence before you break the 00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:36.060 curse 00:38:40.540 --> 00:38:48.660 it could be in which case yeah in which case go back and find it out like if I 00:38:48.660 --> 00:38:53.940 I mean I've had to call people who said words over me that I knew were of God 00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:59.380 but I didn't understand it and I'll call and I'll ask I've got people in this 00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:02.460 church who have had words for the church and I don't understand and when I'll 00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:07.780 ask them what did you see what did you feel I want to understand it ignorance 00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:19.100 is not bliss ignorance is ignorance I know that wasn't very profound but here's 00:39:19.100 --> 00:39:23.780 what Mordecai says to Esther in Esther chapter 4 verse 14 he says to her if 00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:28.460 you remain completely silent at this time relief and deliverance will arise 00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:32.300 for the Jews from another place but you and your father's house will perish 00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:37.500 that's the cost of being silent Mordecai says to Esther if you remain silent at 00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:43.220 this time Esther 4 verse 14 if you remain silent at this time know that 00:39:43.220 --> 00:39:46.660 deliverance will arise from somebody else but you and your father's house 00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:52.500 will perish and so Esther decides boy I gotta speak 00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:08.220 I put it down in my own words God's intent and I begin to say them I begin 00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:15.340 to I begin to speak them out so for instance when we moved into this church 00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:18.780 and we had this thing called the state of the Union one month into moving into 00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:24.220 this not church into this premise I remember putting up verses on the thing 00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:30.420 and one of the verses was from Isaiah 2 4 or 4 2 4 4 or 2 4 and it said I will 00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:34.940 create a canopy over this place and it will be shade from the Sun and 00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:41.140 protection from the storm and rain and all this all these years I've many times 00:40:41.140 --> 00:40:45.140 during a month I will say father I thank you for your protection over this 00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:52.460 premise for you have put a canopy over this place I begin to pray what God has 00:40:52.460 --> 00:41:02.500 said begin to pray what God has said so then no harm come 00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:11.060 yeah it's agreement with him can two walk together except they be agreed you 00:41:11.060 --> 00:41:15.220 begin to pray what God has said that's the only real there's nothing prayer 00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:21.020 is nothing else but agreeing with what God has said anything else is requests 00:41:21.020 --> 00:41:29.740 desires appeals but real prayer is agreeing with what God has said and you 00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:36.660 either agree how do we agree here on earth grunts nods words 00:41:37.660 --> 00:41:41.940 so choose one 00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:54.500 oh no don't worry about it grunt as in not as in this way words as in yes yeah 00:41:54.500 --> 00:42:02.860 so that was not important guys the prophetic will wake up people it will 00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:08.020 the prophetic wakes up people on your behalf it removes wickedness it revokes 00:42:08.020 --> 00:42:13.620 evil decree it obtains a good report it transforms lives it turns morning into 00:42:13.620 --> 00:42:18.900 dancing imagine what happens with Esther same thing happens the king wakes up in 00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:22.580 the middle of the night to go to the library and finds out that Mordecai has 00:42:22.580 --> 00:42:27.700 is a nice guy you should read it says a fun story it's the only book in which 00:42:27.700 --> 00:42:37.100 God has never mentioned and yet it is a completely God's story crazy the 00:42:37.100 --> 00:42:41.980 prophetic once you begin to agree with and pray you will find that gosh God's 00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:45.860 moving on my behalf waking up people 00:42:47.540 --> 00:42:51.500 I would say there's almost there are very few sitting here right now who 00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:58.340 haven't received a word from God in this church very few start there we always 00:42:58.340 --> 00:43:03.100 want to know more about the future when we haven't dealt with what we already 00:43:03.100 --> 00:43:06.100 have 00:43:08.140 --> 00:43:21.420 last one covenant with sacrifice and seed covenant with sacrifice and seed 00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:25.980 covenant with sacrifice and seed 00:43:32.180 --> 00:43:41.980 guys Satan knows the power of sacrifice Satan knows the power of sacrifice first 00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:50.340 Kings 18 verse 26 or 27 Elijah is on Mount Carmel he's got 450 prophets of 00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:54.980 Baal as in priests of this pagan God Baal what do you think they're doing 00:43:54.980 --> 00:44:04.380 cutting themselves running around the altar sure Elijah had said let's see if 00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:07.780 the sacrifice was but they wouldn't do it if they didn't know that it actually 00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:14.740 happens it's common in other religion I've been to places in Shillong for 00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:22.660 instance where it's still offer animal sacrifices blood rituals are common we 00:44:22.660 --> 00:44:26.380 don't know we can't do it here because city hall will have problems with all 00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:29.740 kinds of contamination laws but in a country where they don't have that blood 00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:35.340 sacrifices still happen and so they're cutting themselves why because they knew 00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:43.820 the power of sacrifice second Kings 327 Israel has chased a king of Moab I think 00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:50.060 and he's now in his last defensive posture you know what he does he takes 00:44:50.060 --> 00:44:56.140 his son second Kings 327 he takes his son who is supposed to be the next king 00:44:56.140 --> 00:45:00.940 on the throne and he brings his son on the wall and all of Israel is before him 00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:04.340 they've set up a siege bound they're going to take down this enemy he brings 00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:11.740 his son on the wall and he slaughters him in front of Israel as a sacrifice and 00:45:12.220 --> 00:45:17.420 Israel retreats because it says that the indignation of the people was upon 00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:24.260 Israel why was that done because on one hand they used to believe in this God 00:45:24.260 --> 00:45:27.860 called Kimosh which was a fish God called the subdue or the destroyer and 00:45:27.860 --> 00:45:34.180 so they sacrifice their son to their God on the other hand Israel felt disgusted 00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:38.740 that one would take their own son and sacrifice his son who was supposed to be 00:45:38.740 --> 00:45:45.700 the next king on the wall to escape being caught and so they retreated 00:45:45.700 --> 00:45:53.620 sacrifices have great power Satan knows it surprisingly we sometimes don't how 00:45:53.620 --> 00:45:58.940 do you think you got saved for one sacrifice once and for all so how do we 00:45:58.940 --> 00:46:04.420 covenant with sacrifice and seed guys there is power and sacrifice and seed to 00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:08.860 break bondages neither should be demanded but both should be given neither 00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:15.820 should be demanded but both should be given example first Samuel 25 David is 00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:23.420 really angry with this guy called Nehbal Nehbal means foolish one he's really 00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:30.140 angry with Nehbal and so what does Abigail Nehbal's wife do she packs 00:46:30.140 --> 00:46:37.820 donkeys full of food and drink and bread and fruit and she chases those 00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:43.220 donkeys to David why because she wants to offer that as a reconciliatory 00:46:43.220 --> 00:46:48.500 sacrifice to David and you know what that sacrifice does it spares every male 00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:54.060 in Nehbal's household David was heading to Nehbal's household to slaughter every 00:46:54.820 --> 00:47:01.820 The death sentence on every male is revoked because of her sacrifice Mary 00:47:01.820 --> 00:47:08.540 John 12 3 comes and brings a sacrifice what is that sacrifice really expensive 00:47:08.540 --> 00:47:17.780 perfume a woman of ill repute brings a sacrifice shows love and honor as she 00:47:17.780 --> 00:47:22.180 bows before Jesus pours the perfume on him and then begins to wipe his feet 00:47:22.180 --> 00:47:30.460 with her hair a sacrifice or seed should not be seen as money guys it's the 00:47:30.460 --> 00:47:35.180 intent behind when we only think in terms of money we've been carnal but when 00:47:35.180 --> 00:47:39.180 we see the motive behind it you'll be surprised that I'll sacrifice and seed 00:47:39.180 --> 00:47:47.580 break bondages and curses you know the first thing I did when I received this 00:47:47.580 --> 00:47:52.020 when these people call up and said hey we want to pay for your entire ticket I 00:47:52.020 --> 00:47:59.340 went and took a portion of money I went and gave it to somebody else saying I 00:47:59.340 --> 00:48:05.260 have received and I'm not gonna keep it all to myself I'm gonna take of this I 00:48:05.260 --> 00:48:11.980 put it in someone else's need first thing I did why because these principles 00:48:11.980 --> 00:48:17.580 are brilliant they shed any attachment to things here on the world and they 00:48:17.580 --> 00:48:27.060 help you connect with God at a completely different level any questions 00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:36.500 any questions not only did Abigail revoke the death sentence or the males 00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:41.300 in her house she actually ended up becoming David's wife but as a double 00:48:41.300 --> 00:48:50.100 whammy any questions guys Barnabas Barnabas used to be called Joseph from 00:48:50.100 --> 00:48:54.680 Joseph the Levite from Cyprus that was his real name so what did we do he 00:48:54.680 --> 00:48:58.660 sells his property and brings the money and lays it at the feet of the Apostles 00:48:58.660 --> 00:49:04.100 what happens after that he progresses from Joseph the Levite from Cyprus to 00:49:04.100 --> 00:49:09.980 one of the teachers and prophets at Antioch to the guy who went and got salt 00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:15.260 from Tarsus to the guy who the Holy Spirit said set aside for me Saul and 00:49:15.260 --> 00:49:20.100 Barnabas to an Apostle who walked with Paul and they were known as Apostles 00:49:20.100 --> 00:49:27.780 Paul and Barnabas and Paul to he covered half the world with Paul it all 00:49:27.780 --> 00:49:37.540 started with the sacrifice of a seed it is never demanded but is given freely 00:49:38.540 --> 00:49:45.740 these are simple easy amazing ways to walk in such ridiculous freedom and 00:49:45.740 --> 00:49:50.100 they are all ours for the taking we don't even have to do anything about 00:49:50.100 --> 00:49:56.100 this go ahead Diana hey Dawn can I grab some water 00:49:56.100 --> 00:49:59.260 sorry 00:49:59.300 --> 00:50:04.300 he bought some property so I he got his property sold it brought it later to the 00:50:04.300 --> 00:50:10.460 Apostles feet the very thing that he did ended up being his biggest blessing he 00:50:10.460 --> 00:50:14.300 came laid it at the Apostles feet why because how lovely are they on the how 00:50:14.300 --> 00:50:18.620 lovely on the mountains other feet of them that bring good news so he goes and 00:50:18.620 --> 00:50:22.660 places it at the Apostles feet what does he end up doing how lovely are the feet 00:50:22.660 --> 00:50:30.260 of Barnabas upon the mountains for he brought the good news many others 00:50:35.300 --> 00:50:46.820 what is the difference between sacrifice and seed they're very similar they're 00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:58.380 very similar yeah we need both a seed is something I saw because I can so see 00:50:58.380 --> 00:51:04.260 because I have them in my hand I can sacrifice by taking seed that will cause 00:51:04.260 --> 00:51:09.660 me to starve tomorrow but I would rather sacrifice it then hold it back that's a 00:51:09.660 --> 00:51:17.040 different so let's assume I've got let's assume I got ten bucks for the next two 00:51:17.040 --> 00:51:22.180 days and so I can take two bucks out of that and give it a jillion and that 00:51:22.180 --> 00:51:26.620 would be seed that I saw in our life but sacrifices if I take the ten and give it 00:51:26.620 --> 00:51:30.940 a jillion knowing that tomorrow and day after I may have nothing but now I'm 00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:36.300 holding nothing back that is the power of sacrifice 00:51:36.300 --> 00:51:42.540 pardon like the widow who took her two mights and that's all she had but she 00:51:42.540 --> 00:51:50.020 gave it away and so both work both are similar but both work engage in it guys 00:51:50.020 --> 00:51:54.820 it always works always works 00:51:56.940 --> 00:52:01.900 it always produces a harvest 00:52:03.140 --> 00:52:07.140 always produces a harvest 00:52:09.580 --> 00:52:12.580 any questions 00:52:13.340 --> 00:52:20.100 okay so here are some things that you can stay away from I'll give this list to 00:52:20.140 --> 00:52:26.540 Chris if you need it you can take it from her things that we as a church 00:52:26.540 --> 00:52:33.140 should avoid and keep ourselves free from unnecessary bondage one stay away 00:52:33.140 --> 00:52:41.980 from satanic practices submission to rituals Eastern exercises and therapies 00:52:41.980 --> 00:52:49.140 stay away from satanic practices as in any practice from other religions that 00:52:49.140 --> 00:52:56.540 do not have a biblical basis submission to rituals even when you go for a 00:52:56.540 --> 00:53:02.460 marriage or a ceremony in someone else's house or someone else's place of 00:53:02.460 --> 00:53:09.060 worship Eastern exercises not all of them are kosher if you want more info on 00:53:09.060 --> 00:53:15.740 that ask specifically and we can give it to you be it acupuncture or yoga 00:53:15.740 --> 00:53:23.300 doesn't matter and therapies that's one two do not step into territory that is 00:53:23.300 --> 00:53:28.220 dedicated to other gods unless you specifically hear Jesus Christ saying I 00:53:28.220 --> 00:53:32.660 want you to go do not step into territory that is dedicated to other 00:53:32.660 --> 00:53:39.460 gods because I guarantee you every religious place you go to will require of 00:53:39.460 --> 00:53:45.300 you some sign of deference either it'll be remove your shoes as a sign of 00:53:45.860 --> 00:53:50.660 respect or it'll be cover your head as a sign of respect but there will be 00:53:50.660 --> 00:53:56.340 something in every religious place that you go to that will require you to show 00:53:56.340 --> 00:54:06.660 some outward symbol of respect and that is how you honor another deity or there 00:54:06.740 --> 00:54:15.540 be something involved third avoid items war items that are given to you to be 00:54:15.540 --> 00:54:21.220 worn food that is given to you to be eaten costume stuff that is given to you 00:54:21.220 --> 00:54:30.060 to be adorned in that you know comes from belief system that is contrary to 00:54:30.060 --> 00:54:36.660 Christ avoided someone was asking me recently what about button blanket 00:54:36.660 --> 00:54:42.900 button blankets are blankets that are often used in First Nations ceremonies 00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:52.780 and they are supposed to give the wearer the identity and the power of the spirit 00:54:52.780 --> 00:54:58.500 symbol that is depicted on the blanket that's the whole intent this is giving a 00:54:58.540 --> 00:55:05.420 different example next one occurs items occurs items of masks idols artifacts 00:55:05.420 --> 00:55:12.140 objects that come from places that you know you shouldn't be taking next one 00:55:12.140 --> 00:55:15.980 I'm sorry I'm going through this pass because it's 540 already normally we 00:55:15.980 --> 00:55:25.020 finish Reni's mom we normally finish at 520 but today unfortunately we are going 00:55:25.020 --> 00:55:34.140 to be long mind blanking techniques mind blanking techniques or altered states 00:55:34.140 --> 00:55:38.900 of consciousness mind blanking techniques include hypnosis include 00:55:38.900 --> 00:55:44.220 hypnosis where you're supposed to stare at something till your mind is blank or 00:55:44.220 --> 00:55:49.580 you're supposed to chant some kind of a word over and over again till you kind 00:55:49.580 --> 00:55:54.980 of go blank or till you enter another state of consciousness avoid not avoid 00:55:54.980 --> 00:56:00.380 like hate with passion next opening your mind or your soul through meditation 00:56:00.380 --> 00:56:04.940 through mantras through channeling through astrology through palmistry and 00:56:04.940 --> 00:56:12.820 through games and through games many games today video games both at the kids 00:56:12.820 --> 00:56:17.540 level and the grown-ups level allows you to take on roles that open your mind and 00:56:17.580 --> 00:56:25.580 your body and your soul to being invaded by ungodly things next one other body 00:56:25.580 --> 00:56:32.100 experiences through meditation or drugs or sometimes dreams if if any of this is 00:56:32.100 --> 00:56:37.980 happening you should come and we can easily ask God to set us free opening of 00:56:37.980 --> 00:56:42.940 the mind or soul through sorry outer body experiences through medicated 00:56:42.940 --> 00:56:50.860 meditation drugs dreams that sometimes are demonic next one oaths pacts curses 00:56:50.860 --> 00:56:57.660 promises entered by you or on your behalf by somebody else many times our 00:56:57.660 --> 00:57:03.980 parents sometimes dedicated us to deities or swore on our behalf things 00:57:03.980 --> 00:57:07.660 that should not have been sworn and parents have a right to bless and 00:57:07.660 --> 00:57:15.740 curse and unfortunately that sometimes happens next false spirits of divination 00:57:15.740 --> 00:57:19.940 in the church false spirits of divination in the church some churches 00:57:19.940 --> 00:57:25.980 you go to guys strange weird things will happen they're not biblical run run 00:57:29.980 --> 00:57:37.020 next engaging the demonic using weegee boards water witching and stuff like 00:57:37.380 --> 00:57:40.980 that any if you've taken part in it that's another thing that can be easily 00:57:40.980 --> 00:57:46.780 broken the great thing is we are experts at getting into trouble God is an expert 00:57:46.780 --> 00:57:52.340 at setting us free and we take longer to get into trouble and God is very fast at 00:57:52.340 --> 00:58:04.060 setting us free he can do it very fast next role-playing costumes that you 00:58:04.100 --> 00:58:13.460 wear I mean Anna and Elmer once had a situation where a lady was the lady used 00:58:13.460 --> 00:58:17.980 to dress up as a witch and that was one of her favorite costumes and she's 00:58:17.980 --> 00:58:22.540 sitting with Anna and Elmer and they're praying for her and one moment and 00:58:22.540 --> 00:58:27.620 before Anna and Elmer said we literally declare that you cannot cross over or do 00:58:27.620 --> 00:58:32.900 any harm because we have the blood that Jesus Christ shed as our protection at 00:58:32.940 --> 00:58:37.380 some point this woman just screams and goes at them but she can't cross this 00:58:37.380 --> 00:58:44.180 invisible barrier one of the things she used to regularly engage in is costumes 00:58:44.180 --> 00:58:50.140 that she used to love wearing or witches guys we don't have time otherwise there 00:58:50.140 --> 00:58:52.740 are hundreds and hundreds of stories like this but I'm just giving you this 00:58:52.740 --> 00:58:56.780 list and you can get it off Chris later just so you know that there are freedom 00:58:56.780 --> 00:59:02.180 pathways one of the best ways to stay free is to not get into bondage 00:59:03.380 --> 00:59:08.740 next one conversation with demons all with spirits of ones who have died 00:59:08.740 --> 00:59:12.820 because there are no spirits of ones who have died that are coming back there are 00:59:12.820 --> 00:59:20.020 no ancestral spirits they are demons there are no ancestral spirits my dad 00:59:20.020 --> 00:59:26.780 ain't coming back he's dead he died as a Christian he's in heaven God isn't 00:59:26.780 --> 00:59:30.060 sending him to give me any messages 00:59:32.940 --> 00:59:37.900 yeah there are spirits that look familiar that look familiar so 00:59:37.900 --> 00:59:43.700 conversations with demons sometimes will take on the forms of loved ones who have 00:59:43.700 --> 00:59:51.260 died next one surprisingly this might be controversial but so what eating blood 00:59:51.260 --> 01:00:00.420 eating blood the Bible prohibits us from eating blood so just be mindful of that 01:00:00.420 --> 01:00:07.860 next thing entering into secret paths or societies entering into secret paths or 01:00:07.860 --> 01:00:14.380 societies I remember going to Seattle one with another pastor a group of 01:00:14.380 --> 01:00:19.820 Christians so Don and even the brother pack that you have we'll talk about it 01:00:19.820 --> 01:00:24.180 later I know I saw you turning to each other I once went to a meeting in 01:00:24.180 --> 01:00:29.420 Seattle all Christians and we were there and the guy had this great invention 01:00:29.420 --> 01:00:34.220 that he wanted to show us but before he shows us the invention he wants us to 01:00:34.220 --> 01:00:41.260 sign this secrecy pact that we won't talk about it so I understand 01:00:41.260 --> 01:00:45.100 confidentiality agreements but if it's not a business deal I don't even want to 01:00:45.100 --> 01:00:49.340 go into a secret pact with anybody if you can't tell me without trusting me 01:00:49.340 --> 01:00:51.860 don't tell me 01:00:51.860 --> 01:00:59.660 so entering into secret paths or societies if you have gone to school and 01:00:59.660 --> 01:01:05.180 entered into Phi Beta Gamma Kappa Lappa then just deal with that that's the 01:01:05.180 --> 01:01:10.380 highest order that you can be at the UBC I'm just kidding I don't know what it is 01:01:10.380 --> 01:01:16.700 next one sensitivity to the spirit realm to the point where you begin to pick up 01:01:16.700 --> 01:01:21.540 stuff like oh someone's gonna have an accident or someone's gonna die or 01:01:21.580 --> 01:01:27.500 some earthquake is gonna happen if all you hear from God is bad news then your 01:01:27.500 --> 01:01:33.420 God may not be the good news God that we believe in because if all you can think 01:01:33.420 --> 01:01:37.100 of is someone's gonna die someone's gonna have an earthquake and someone's 01:01:37.100 --> 01:01:41.540 gonna have an accident something is seriously wrong the Bible is a Bible of 01:01:41.540 --> 01:01:47.620 good news I bring you glad tidings of great sadness no I bring you glad 01:01:47.620 --> 01:01:52.940 tidings of great joy God is a God of good news so sometimes people who've had 01:01:52.940 --> 01:01:57.740 mums or dads or grandmums or grand dads who've indulged in witchery and stuff 01:01:57.740 --> 01:02:02.540 like that are highly sensitive and they keep picking up stuff that is not from 01:02:02.540 --> 01:02:06.940 God but it's from another realm God deals with that very easily he just 01:02:06.940 --> 01:02:14.580 breaks your antenna off and you stop hearing three more and we're done 01:02:14.620 --> 01:02:21.700 sinful parental traits sinful parental traits so for example sometimes we may 01:02:21.700 --> 01:02:27.300 have had a dad or a mom who was super angry and you find yourself being super 01:02:27.300 --> 01:02:33.780 angry it's a trait that you've picked up from your parents or super sad or super 01:02:33.780 --> 01:02:37.560 this or super that you now begin to cultivate the same trait all that has 01:02:37.560 --> 01:02:41.420 to happen is one person has to rise up and say I'm not gonna be like this and 01:02:41.900 --> 01:02:47.180 your children will never have that problem again otherwise you find 01:02:47.180 --> 01:02:53.460 generations of alcoholics generations of angry dads generation of adulterous 01:02:53.460 --> 01:02:59.220 parents why because nobody in any generation stood up and said this ends 01:02:59.220 --> 01:03:05.180 with me yeah a one-person start can start a new cycle just like someone else 01:03:05.180 --> 01:03:09.860 if you've started a vicious cycle you can start a virtuous cycle one person 01:03:17.860 --> 01:03:23.940 last one consequences are becoming one flesh with somebody consequences are 01:03:23.940 --> 01:03:29.420 becoming one flesh with somebody if you engage in sex with someone other than 01:03:29.420 --> 01:03:33.460 the one you're married to what often happens is two pieces of paper stuck 01:03:33.540 --> 01:03:38.980 with glue super glue when you part them they never part clean this person leaves 01:03:38.980 --> 01:03:44.300 his imprint on her this person leaves her imprint on him when they go home and 01:03:44.300 --> 01:03:50.420 to their marriages they take into their marriages things from the past all of 01:03:50.420 --> 01:03:54.460 which are negative every negative trait that you could leave with you now leave 01:03:54.460 --> 01:04:00.740 it because the Bible says when two have sex they become one the two become one 01:04:01.220 --> 01:04:06.220 unfortunately then instead of just taking that into just being one with your 01:04:06.220 --> 01:04:11.860 spouse you now take into your marriages things from the past all of this can be 01:04:11.860 --> 01:04:19.220 broken all of this can be broken sorry I kept you long but maybe I'll make up 01:04:19.220 --> 01:04:25.020 next Sunday by being shorter but being shorter I can't go any shorter than 01:04:25.020 --> 01:04:33.020 this guys when you get it from Chris it also tells you the ways to undo all this 01:04:33.020 --> 01:04:38.580 which perhaps we'll talk about next week and the first place you start undoing 01:04:38.580 --> 01:04:46.300 it's James 4 7 James 4 7 very simple Jacob want to undo something submit to 01:04:46.300 --> 01:04:57.420 God resist the devil and he will flee from you guaranteed that's where you 01:04:57.420 --> 01:05:02.820 start any questions 01:05:07.940 --> 01:05:13.860 okay what if a person who engages in all this and now knows all this does not 01:05:13.860 --> 01:05:20.460 want to be free then don't waste your time trying to set the person free 01:05:20.460 --> 01:05:26.380 don't waste your time because it's just going to be such a colossal waste of 01:05:26.380 --> 01:05:35.900 time yeah don't do that and then there are some who want to be free without 01:05:35.900 --> 01:05:39.980 receiving the freedom giver 01:05:40.980 --> 01:05:47.660 I'm at a truck driver what would happen to him is when he's driving this force 01:05:47.660 --> 01:05:54.060 would make him turn his truck off the road and sometimes the steering wheel 01:05:54.060 --> 01:06:01.540 would lock and he would go off the road he was from another faith and so he 01:06:01.540 --> 01:06:09.540 would go to different churches seeking help or different people but his priest 01:06:09.540 --> 01:06:18.300 in a temple in India would know every time he went seeking help and the 01:06:18.300 --> 01:06:23.020 priest would call up his family and say your son or your husband is going 01:06:23.020 --> 01:06:28.180 seeking help from churches and other places finally one day he met a pastor 01:06:28.180 --> 01:06:34.620 who asked if I could come and pray with him so we went and we told him that as 01:06:34.940 --> 01:06:41.580 we pray in the name of Jesus Christ you will surely be set free and he said sure 01:06:41.580 --> 01:06:47.180 I want this and then I said to him after you're set free you can stay free for a 01:06:47.180 --> 01:06:51.100 little while and the same things that left you will come back because you got 01:06:51.100 --> 01:06:57.660 no protection so the guy said well I want protection so I said all you have 01:06:57.660 --> 01:07:03.460 to do is receive Christ so I said well I want Christ then and so he received 01:07:03.460 --> 01:07:09.740 Christ after receiving Christ we prayed for him and the spirit that was in him 01:07:09.740 --> 01:07:13.740 left immediately and as it left his hair which was combed this side moved this 01:07:13.740 --> 01:07:23.140 way I'm not kidding you but it left left him for good and the guy was so smart he 01:07:23.140 --> 01:07:29.820 said Jacob now here's what I want to do hi see how nice that can be so this is what 01:07:29.820 --> 01:07:34.540 he said this is what I want to do and he had a ring that the priest in the 01:07:34.540 --> 01:07:37.260 temple had given him he took off the ring and said can you get rid of this 01:07:37.260 --> 01:07:42.180 and then he took off took out all his old clothes from his cupboard that was 01:07:42.180 --> 01:07:45.660 given to him by this priest I don't know how this priest used to know stuff and 01:07:45.660 --> 01:07:50.460 so he took all the stuff gave it to us we threw it we burnt it and the guy 01:07:50.460 --> 01:07:56.540 walked free some need some only want temporary relief so they'll come to you 01:07:56.540 --> 01:08:02.300 well and an Elmer and I went to someone's house where this guy's mum died 01:08:02.300 --> 01:08:07.340 and every so often when he's driving on the road his mum would appear in the 01:08:07.340 --> 01:08:11.220 middle and he would drive through her it would freak him out in the middle of the 01:08:11.220 --> 01:08:16.380 night she would turn up it was not his mum it was a demon and so he asked for 01:08:16.380 --> 01:08:21.460 prayer so Anna and Elmer and I went there we prayed and guess what those 01:08:21.460 --> 01:08:26.940 occurrences stopped but when we asked them if they wanted Jesus Christ they 01:08:26.940 --> 01:08:35.340 said no so it stopped for a while sometimes what people do is okay I don't 01:08:35.340 --> 01:08:41.980 want Jesus Christ but I'll wear a cross or I'll wear some kind of protection 01:08:41.980 --> 01:08:47.740 that's like saying I don't want Arnold Schwarzenegger to guard my house I just 01:08:47.740 --> 01:08:50.540 want his shirt and his pant and I'll hang it on my door and that should keep 01:08:50.540 --> 01:08:56.500 everybody away doesn't do anything man putting Arnold Schwarzenegger's shirt 01:08:56.500 --> 01:09:05.580 and pant or Superman's cape on your door don't help at all Superman has to be in 01:09:05.580 --> 01:09:14.820 it so cross does not help at all I remember one man he was being he was 01:09:14.900 --> 01:09:21.980 being demons are being cut out of him so one of the pastors took the Bible and 01:09:21.980 --> 01:09:29.460 put it on his head thinking that this book would probably help and a man took 01:09:29.460 --> 01:09:36.740 the book and flung it man because this book is not what has power it's not the 01:09:36.740 --> 01:09:42.100 cross that has power it is the one who authored this book and the one who hung 01:09:42.100 --> 01:09:49.740 on that cross which is now empty that has power so father we thank you that we 01:09:49.740 --> 01:09:56.980 serve a really really powerful God in fact you are the only one who has power 01:09:56.980 --> 01:10:03.420 power started with you ends with you anything else that has power has it 01:10:03.420 --> 01:10:10.900 because you allow it anybody who has breath on earth has it because you allow 01:10:10.900 --> 01:10:21.420 it you allow it you are so powerful there is no comparison so father I just 01:10:21.420 --> 01:10:25.940 bring all that we've talked about today I pray that we be free and that we go 01:10:25.940 --> 01:10:32.860 and set people free this church has been given a mandate to open prison doors and 01:10:32.860 --> 01:10:39.860 is set captives free and to that end father teacher equip us help us to dress 01:10:39.940 --> 01:10:48.260 right before we speak help us to dress right before we set people free a father 01:10:48.260 --> 01:10:53.340 should we have these bondages in our life I asked father that even over the 01:10:53.340 --> 01:10:58.860 next one week we'll decide that we want to shed these things and walk into what 01:10:58.860 --> 01:11:05.660 we have so we thank you for these freedom pathways in Jesus name man guys 01:11:05.660 --> 01:11:08.380 if anyone has any need for prayer there'll be people here to pray