WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: The Judah Anointing Publishing Date: 2021-09-05T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/the-judah-anointing/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Welcome back to the millions listening online. 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:10.000 All righty. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.000 Who will go for us? 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:40.000 Do do do do 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:50.000 Pardon? Yeah. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:55.000 Thanks. That's good. Yeah. 00:00:55.000 --> 00:01:00.000 I forgot today. Yeah. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:05.000 Okay guys, let's go. 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:10.000 So the title for today's teaching is the Judah anointing. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:15.000 The Judah anointing. That's what it's called. 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:20.000 I'm sure many have spoken about titles like this, but 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:25.000 just felt that that's what we need to call it. 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:30.000 And I'm hoping that every teaching that's brought to you 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:35.000 is what God desires for us that week. 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:40.000 So let's go with that. So the Judah anointing. 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:45.000 An anointing is the power of the spirit or the presence of the life of the spirit 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:50.000 that is given to a person or a group of people at any particular time 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:55.000 to accomplish a certain God purpose. That's what an anointing is. 00:01:55.000 --> 00:02:00.000 An anointing is the presence, power, 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:05.000 life of the Holy Spirit 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:10.000 that is made available 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:15.000 available to 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:20.000 available to a person, 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:25.000 people at 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:30.000 a particular time 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.000 to accomplish a specific 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:40.000 God purpose. 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:50.000 So whenever we then take words like Judah 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:55.000 and put it before anointing, all we mean is this is the kind of 00:02:55.000 --> 00:03:00.000 power, presence, life of the spirit that was upon a certain event 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.000 or a certain person or a certain people group in the Bible. 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:10.000 And so when the Holy Spirit is going to do the same thing with us, this is what's going to happen. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:15.000 That's the sense of it. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:20.000 So that's how one can define an anointing. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:25.000 And so here's the other thing then. I forgot to bring my other gadget 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:30.000 so we'll just have to keep writing like the good old days. 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:35.000 Here's the other thing that if the Holy Spirit wants to do this in our midst, if the Holy Spirit wants 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:40.000 to empower us this way, then an anointing 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.000 falls on a people, an anointing falls on a people 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:50.000 when they are able to hear 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:55.000 and receive, when they are able to hear 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:00.000 and receive, and when they are willing to allow 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.000 the word to shape them. 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:10.000 These are some of the things that we don't necessarily 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:15.000 realize that just because the presence of God is in a place and he has an intent or a purpose 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:20.000 doesn't mean that you act, you just naturally get 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:25.000 encompassed by it. If the presence of God is in a place and there are 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:30.000 words that are being spoken by him to accomplish a purpose, it is required of me to first 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:35.000 hear and receive. After hearing and receiving it, I have to allow the word that 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.000 is being sent to shape me. How do I allow the word that is sent to shape me? 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:45.000 It is by, one, 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:50.000 desire for what is being said, two, 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:55.000 conviction and repentance, and repentance here is not sin, it is changing my mind. 00:04:55.000 --> 00:05:00.000 That's what I mean by repentance. And three, 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:05.000 a hunger, 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:10.000 a hungry response. So these are the things 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:15.000 that allow the word that is being spoken to shape me. So you and I have 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:20.000 had this experience where we are sitting in a place and someone is speaking and the person doesn't need 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:25.000 to have oratorial skills, can be really monotonous speaking and yet 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.000 something begins to trigger inside. Why? Because we are hearing and receiving what 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:35.000 is being spoken and we suddenly recognize it's God. Second, we allow the word to begin to shape us. 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:40.000 And as it begins to shape us, desire gets ignited in our hearts and 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:45.000 conviction takes over as in, I've got a change in this area. I have to change my way of thinking. 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:50.000 And then as that happens, there's a hungry response. Because desire and hungry response are two things. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:55.000 Desire is wanting something, hungry response is responding to what we want now that it's 00:05:55.000 --> 00:06:00.000 being given. So these are the things that are necessary if we are to walk in this 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:05.000 thing called the Judah anointing, which I'm assuming is something that we need to hear today. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:10.000 Any questions? This is how it works with any anointing. 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:15.000 Any questions? 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:20.000 So as I'm speaking, I'm trying to listen so that I also walk in this. 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:25.000 Because if I don't listen to the words that I'm speaking, then again I end up in the same place. 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:30.000 I have to be shaped by it too. 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:35.000 Any questions, friends? 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:40.000 Cool. 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:45.000 In which case, let's now 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:50.000 kind of define what the Judah anointing is. The Judah anointing is a forerunner anointing. 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:55.000 The Judah anointing is a forerunner anointing. 00:06:55.000 --> 00:07:00.000 A forerunner anointing. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:05.000 As in, it's what goes ahead. Another word for it could be 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:10.000 advance guard. 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:15.000 So it's a forerunner anointing or an advance guard. 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:20.000 People that walk under this, it becomes their life work, it becomes their lifestyle. 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:25.000 That's who they become. 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:30.000 If you go to Hebrews 6 20, 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:35.000 you'll see that this was very much a part of who Jesus was. 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:40.000 Hebrews 6 20. 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:45.000 So in Hebrews 6 19 onwards, 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:50.000 one more time. 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:55.000 One more time. 00:07:55.000 --> 00:08:00.000 One more time. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:05.000 So it's a forerunner anointing. 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:10.000 It runs before others. 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:15.000 It is an advance guard. 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:20.000 It is a group that goes in advance of the rest. 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:25.000 That's the sense of it. 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:30.000 One of the first things that was spoken over this church by Eddie, October 5, 2008, 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:35.000 was, guys, this church has a forerunner anointing. 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:40.000 This church has a forerunner anointing. You are like Judah that is on the forefront. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:45.000 That was something that was spoken in 2008. 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:50.000 And so it's very natural for us to behave like this. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:55.000 So all we are doing is revisiting something that was spoken over us 13 years ago. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:09:00.000 Almost to the month. 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:05.000 So what happens with this forerunner anointing 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:10.000 is your entrance, your entrance, opens the way 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:15.000 for others to follow. Your entrance opens the way 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:20.000 for others to follow. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:25.000 Your entrance opens the way for others to follow. 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:30.000 God sends you ahead. And He's done this with so many people. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:35.000 He sends Joseph ahead of the famine so that fledgling Israel, 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:40.000 as in Jacob and his 12 sons, do not die. He sends Joseph ahead. 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:45.000 Jesus is sent ahead so the rest of us can go in. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:50.000 Paul is sent to the Gentiles so the rest of us can follow. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:55.000 This is what an anointing looks like. Your entrance opens the way for others to follow. 00:09:55.000 --> 00:10:00.000 This is why you need an anointing because the anointing is a supernatural ability 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:05.000 that the Holy Spirit gives through His presence, His power and His life 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:10.000 so that a particular purpose that God has in mind can be accomplished on Earth 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:15.000 through an individual, through a group of people, because the Spirit of God empowers you. 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:20.000 Otherwise you can't do this. This is way too tough. Joseph would have never survived. 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:25.000 He gets betrayed by his brothers and his dad and mom 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:30.000 turn their back on him. He gets sold as a slave. He gets falsely accused. 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:35.000 He's thrown into prison. Nobody survives things like this if you do not have the power of God present on you. 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:40.000 You just don't survive. And so this is why it's so important that 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:45.000 if people actually carry the power, the presence and the life of God upon a people 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:50.000 then they are able to do this. Then they laugh and do this. They don't even feel like 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:55.000 oh, suffering for the Lord, no. 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:05.000 Okay, so let's look at what people who carry this anointing behave like. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:10.000 What's their conduct like? So the first one is that 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:15.000 these are people that are anointed this way. They enter behind the curtain. 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:20.000 Hebrews 6.20, we just read it. They enter behind the curtain. 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:25.000 As in they are not people who are 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:30.000 satisfied with a visitation 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:35.000 from God on Sunday. With a visitation from God 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:40.000 on Sunday. They 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:45.000 know what it is to enter behind the curtain. 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:50.000 We are talking about the curtain in the temple which no longer exists but the idea is 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:55.000 you enter behind the curtain and you live in presence. You are beginning to learn how to live 00:11:55.000 --> 00:12:00.000 in his presence and you find that you are more aware of him 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:05.000 than you've ever been and it comes because you've learned how to first 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:10.000 delight and then discipline yourself to 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:15.000 enter and stay. 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:20.000 Joshua 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:25.000 was like this in Exodus 33 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:30.000 verse 14. Moses would go to the tent of meeting and he would meet God there and 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:35.000 Joshua would enter with him but after Moses would leave, Joshua would still 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:40.000 stand just awed at the glory of God 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:45.000 that was present in the tent and he would just stay there. He wouldn't leave. 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:50.000 One of the first things that should happen to people who are walking under this 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:55.000 anointing and I really believe that we are people like that just because God destined us and 00:12:55.000 --> 00:13:00.000 invited us in different churches of different characteristics but anyone who comes into this 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:05.000 place will carry this. One of the things we can do to help God accomplish 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:10.000 what he wants here on earth through us is to learn how not to be satisfied with a visitation 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:15.000 from God on Sunday. Just refuse it. You should 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:20.000 One of the prayers I was praying I think in New York or LA was, Oh God 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:25.000 can you just make me aware when I haven't missed you? 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:30.000 Can you just knock on my door and say you haven't missed me for the last four hours 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:35.000 where he's absent and you don't even know it 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:40.000 because life is just fine without him 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:45.000 and yet people in love, my God, if you can't smell a perfume you panic 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:50.000 and yet we can go 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:55.000 without a whiff of his aroma for hours on end and not even realize that 00:13:55.000 --> 00:14:00.000 he's present and you are missing. So I was telling the Lord, Father, could you just 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:05.000 remind me when I don't even realize you're not around for three, four hours 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:10.000 as in cough or do something. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:15.000 So 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:20.000 I was in South Africa 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:25.000 I was in South Africa, this lady kept saying this and it just bothered me a lot 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:30.000 she said when giraffes cough they go behind a bush 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:35.000 and I'm thinking to myself, really? I'm in this safari in a bush in South Africa 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:40.000 and I'm saying really? And she said yeah, whenever they cough they go behind a bush 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:45.000 and I'm thinking of this giraffe with a long neck going behind a bush, coughing and coming out 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:50.000 and then I realized that she was pronouncing the word C-A-L-F 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:55.000 as cough. Yeah, so 00:14:55.000 --> 00:15:00.000 when giraffes cough they go behind the bush, so that's understandable but somehow 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.000 I mean I don't even cover my mouth sometimes when I cough 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:10.000 till COVID began but giraffes going off into the bush to cough 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:15.000 Yeah, it took a while, I actually went and asked Eddie, Eddie is that true? Giraffes go behind 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:20.000 the bush when they cough and then that's when I realized what was happening. 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:25.000 So you learn to live in its presence 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:30.000 this is a characteristic of a Judah people 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:35.000 of a people who walk in the Judah anointing and the way to live in its 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:40.000 presence is delight and then discipline. The way to live in its presence is first 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:45.000 delight and then discipline. Both are important, those that only 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:50.000 hone in on delight there will be days when they are not very delighted and so there will be no presence 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:55.000 and then there are those that are disciplined and with the discipline thing they stand in 00:15:55.000 --> 00:16:00.000 God's presence but can never engage his heart 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:05.000 It's delight and discipline, that's how you enter and stay 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:10.000 It's a great place to be, this is, I know you 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:15.000 know this but it's a good idea to visit again. The next one 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:20.000 The next one is once with the Judah anointing 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:25.000 carry the arc on their shoulders, they carry 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:30.000 the arc on their shoulders, I'll explain that 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:35.000 If Rosalind was here she would say, could you use another pen please? 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:40.000 So 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:45.000 So people who carry a Judah anointing carry the arc 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:50.000 of God on their shoulders because in the Old Testament whenever they carried the arc they would 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:55.000 carry it on their shoulders and guys there's something called 00:16:55.000 --> 00:17:00.000 even though God is father and elder brother and friend there is something 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:05.000 called relational protocol as in hey Jacob there's a way 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:10.000 that I expect you to relate and 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:15.000 conduct yourself vertically and horizontally 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:20.000 with people, vertically with me, horizontally with people and if this is 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:25.000 missing in your life you will mess up because there are certain ways I want you to do 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:30.000 things so you cannot for instance, one person cannot carry the arc 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:35.000 one person could not carry the arc, it was at least a minimum of four people 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:40.000 they had to carry it on their shoulders 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:45.000 they had to be in the front of the line 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:50.000 it was the first thing that went ahead of Israel, it was first it had to be carried on the 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:55.000 shoulders, it could not be one person it had to be four, there was this idea 00:17:55.000 --> 00:18:00.000 of vertical and horizontal protocol as in there's a way 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:05.000 you have to behave with me God and there is a way you have to behave with people around you 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:10.000 all to say that once that walk in this Judah anointing 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:15.000 the way you 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:20.000 you have to be God dependent and 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:25.000 body reliant, God dependent and body reliant 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:30.000 you have to be God dependent and body reliant and if this isn't part of 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:35.000 who you are then you never, hey we have friends of yours 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:40.000 here, these were the guys I was telling you about 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:45.000 there's Tony, good to see you 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:50.000 hardly any applause 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:55.000 I hope you feel welcome 00:18:55.000 --> 00:19:00.000 yeah, so you have to be God dependent and body reliant 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:05.000 the point I'm trying to make is this, it is impossible to walk in the Judah anointing as long as I am operating as a maverick 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:10.000 or I'm operating as a leader or I'm operating as a pastor without a dependence on you 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:15.000 I will not have the authority required to do anything here on earth if I walk that way 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:20.000 Judah was not a person, yes there was a person called Judah who was the son of Jacob 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:25.000 this was a tribe and the tribe was anointed 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:30.000 when Moses prophesied on the tribe of Judah he's talking about a people 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:35.000 one of the first things God requires of them is listen you will carry the ark but you will carry the ark on your shoulders 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:40.000 you will not carry it alone, you will carry it with others and if you do I will give you the kind of authority that no other tribe has 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:45.000 it is the kind of authority you see reflected in Revelation 2 verse 26 and 27 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:50.000 listen I'll give you the scepter so that you can wield it with authority over the nations 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:55.000 if you go to Deuteronomy 33 or Genesis 48 what does it say about Judah 00:19:55.000 --> 00:20:00.000 the scepter will never depart from between your feet 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:05.000 and so it is impossible for me, for you, for us to operate in this 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:10.000 unless we decide that we will be God dependent and body reliant 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:15.000 not possible otherwise 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:20.000 I can't tell you how important this principle is 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:25.000 and if we choose not to walk this way then we'll end up doing what David did 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:30.000 we'll end up carrying the ark wrongly either on a cart which brings you into a whole lot of trouble 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:35.000 or you touch it when you shouldn't touch it like Ahayo and Uzza did 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:41.000 any questions? 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:46.000 you know it's so easy guys 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:51.000 for me as a pastor to decide that I can do this on my own 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:56.000 because I'm sufficiently gifted, I say that with absolute modesty 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:01.000 but if I go down that route I'm finished 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:06.000 all that giftedness will not matter 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:11.000 because there's something called relational protocol in the kingdom 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:16.000 which is how do I relate to her and how do I relate to him and how do I relate to him 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:21.000 and if that is out of balance it'll be like 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:26.000 the best way I can describe it is Emily, me, Sue 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:31.000 and James carrying the ark 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:36.000 you can imagine how lopsided that ark will be 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:41.000 I just threw you in Sue 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:46.000 because it's impossible to hold the ark in balance 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:51.000 unless there's a vertical relationship and a horizontal relationship 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:56.000 every time I have anything against you in my heart I know that I better deal with it 00:21:56.000 --> 00:22:01.000 one of my favorite lines now is 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:06.000 if you need my love you should know you already have it 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:11.000 if you need my love you should already know you have it 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:16.000 that should be my attitude towards you 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:21.000 regardless of what you do you should know that you already have my love 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:26.000 because that's how the father is 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:31.000 you already know you have it 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:36.000 then the horizontal relational protocol is taken care of 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:41.000 one of the things I wanted to say during worship 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:46.000 you guys don't have to prove your love to me, I know you love me 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:51.000 you guys don't have to prove your love to me, I know you love me 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:56.000 what a relief to know that someone knows you love them, that you don't have to prove it 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:01.000 that you don't have to show it, that he knows your heart 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:06.000 but that's with God in you, but what if I could establish this horizontal relational protocol 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:11.000 if you need my love you should know that you already have it, what if that was what I carried 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:16.000 through irritation, through annoyance, through you doing me harm 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:21.000 through me doing you harm, if we could have that, oh my God 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:26.000 authority would begin to rest here 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:31.000 there's a direct correlation between authority and intimacy 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:36.000 whoever is closest to the king is the one who 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:41.000 wields the greatest authority, always remember that, intimacy and authority are closely 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:46.000 knit, you cannot wield one without the other 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:51.000 the closer you are to the king the greater is your authority 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:56.000 authority dwells where intimacy is present, intimacy with God and therefore intimacy 00:23:56.000 --> 00:24:01.000 with each other 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:06.000 I labored that point a lot because we don't see any 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:11.000 correlation between us behaving a certain way and the Judah anointing and authority 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:16.000 but can you imagine the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit not being together 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:21.000 how authority would work then? It wouldn't 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:26.000 any questions guys? 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:31.000 this is about when 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:36.000 the last two weeks you guys would finish, terribly 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:41.000 I'm sorry 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:46.000 I'm sorry 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:51.000 yeah 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:56.000 yeah 00:24:56.000 --> 00:25:01.000 so what I mean by protocol is there are some simple things that come out of 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:06.000 God's idea of love that if a church does not buy into God is not able to do 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:11.000 much so when I say protocol I'm talking about this idea of 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:16.000 because I'm all about love you need to be this way and if you are not 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:21.000 this way then it doesn't matter how much faith you have, how much sacrifice you do 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:26.000 1 Corinthians 13 goes into effect where you're a clanging symbol 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:31.000 a noisy gong so learn how to love me, learn how to like yourself and then learn how to 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:36.000 love each other and if you do this I can be anything I want in your midst and Jacob if you're 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:41.000 not doing this then you as a pastor will screw up the church 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:46.000 yeah 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:51.000 it's not that we can't annoy or irritate each other 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:56.000 you do and I do too 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:01.000 but to be able to then take that annoyance and irritation and disappointment 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:06.000 or whatever you feel and then say but there is a greater quality that 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:11.000 that is so far above it that I will still deal with the annoyance 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:16.000 irritation correction but I will deal with it in a way that is so brilliantly God you think God 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:21.000 isn't annoyed irritated Jesus was you saw it with his disciples quite often 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:26.000 angry sometimes disturbed 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:31.000 sad irritated annoyed particularly with his own 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:36.000 capiche 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:41.000 okay the next one 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:46.000 the Judah anointing allows you to enter into territory that is given to you by God 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:51.000 and route the enemy route the enemy 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:56.000 with stubbornness and 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:01.000 endurance stubbornness and endurance 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:06.000 both stubbornness and endurance 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:11.000 take everything your mother and your teacher and 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:16.000 said about you when it comes to stubbornness and then use it as a 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:21.000 weapon in the kingdom remember those times when your mom said 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:26.000 he was stubborn now take those words and use them well 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:31.000 well 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:36.000 they route the enemy with stubbornness and endurance 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:41.000 guys there's a story of a guy called Eliezer Eliezer was one of 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:46.000 David's mighty three you read about him in second Samuel 23 verse 10 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:51.000 he decides that he's going to fight so he takes a sword and he goes into a field and stands there 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:56.000 and he begins to fight it gets to a point where the sword literally melts 00:27:56.000 --> 00:28:01.000 into his hand but he will not give ground it says some versions say the 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:06.000 sword and the hand became one they had a literary comment take it away 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:11.000 from him because that's how he held it and he would not get weary and here's what 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:16.000 some versions phrase it as God accomplished a great victory through him 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:21.000 it was almost as if in that situation God could have done it himself but God needed him 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:26.000 and he was not spiritually weary there is a way you and I have to choose 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:31.000 to be we have to refuse to be spiritually weary I can 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:36.000 understand physical exhaustion but I do not understand spiritual weariness 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:41.000 if there is spiritual weariness it's usually because we are not walking in rest so learn to 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:46.000 walk in rest but there is a capacity that you have 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:51.000 because of Christ in you that is so huge that we got to not confuse 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:56.000 physical exhaustion and spiritual weariness if you're physically exhausted lean against something 00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:01.000 but do not quit spiritually if you're physically exhausted lie down 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:06.000 and minister I can do that we can go on to line tonight 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:11.000 but refuse to 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:16.000 fall for this thing called spiritual weariness 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:21.000 it's not real it's not real 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:26.000 there's a reservoir of strength 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:31.000 when God calls us to something physical exhaustion yes Jesus went to sleep 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:36.000 in the boat 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:41.000 and his body was literally perfect 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:46.000 so there is something called physical exhaustion 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:51.000 but every time you think you're being spiritually weary know that you are a 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:56.000 Judah anointed people that you need to say there's something wrong in the way I'm doing things 00:29:56.000 --> 00:30:01.000 if I walk in rest I do not get weary Isaiah 40 kicks in 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:06.000 those that wait upon the Lord what is resting but waiting upon every word that proceeds from the mouth of God 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:11.000 please understand that when I 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:16.000 ask some of you leaders or non-leaders to do anything 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:21.000 that seems demanding it is because I know there is a capacity that I have 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:26.000 seen that I can tap on and place a demand on you can 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:31.000 you can come and say I don't have time for it that's understandable but you cannot say I don't have the ability for it 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:36.000 you do and unless the demand is placed on it it doesn't work 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:41.000 questions comments thoughts 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:46.000 slight disagreements 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:51.000 those that overcome spiritual veering as bring God a victory 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:56.000 those that overcome spiritual veering as bring God a victory I love that you bring God a victory 00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:01.000 he doesn't have to go looking for candidate number 21 since the last 20 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:06.000 he doesn't have to go looking for candidate number 21 since the last 20 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:11.000 he just gets his first choice right 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:16.000 burnout 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:21.000 burnout 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:26.000 Diana has asked a question 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:31.000 the question goes like this Jacob what does spiritual veering 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:36.000 look like now let me answer it 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:41.000 sometimes looks like just 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:46.000 burnout as in you do not have the ability to function anymore spiritually 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:51.000 because you have burnt yourself out 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:56.000 two emotional 00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:01.000 inability to now do anything spiritually because your emotions and your spiritual 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:06.000 condition are no longer in sync 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:11.000 three the inability to forgive, release, forget and move on 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:16.000 four equating physical exhaustion with spiritual veering 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:21.000 five choosing not to inconvenience yourself 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:26.000 because I need my time 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:31.000 there's nothing wrong with my time guys 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:36.000 it's good to have my time but not if it's just a matter of inconvenience 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:41.000 not if it's just a matter of inconvenience 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:46.000 please don't think of time and physical exhaustion 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:51.000 as spiritual veering as two separate things 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:56.000 and one of the best ways to handle this is father I will rest and work 00:32:56.000 --> 00:33:01.000 I will rest and work all spiritual work will be done from a place of rest 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:06.000 I refuse to do it any other way so that what comes out of me is what is already in me 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:11.000 I don't even know what is in me because it's far greater than what I have actually experimented with 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:16.000 that's how this works 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:21.000 and I will try and make my emotions and my spiritual condition match up 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:26.000 one of the easiest ways to do that I'm not talking about situations where 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:31.000 you're going through a period when things are depressive I'm not talking about that because some conditions 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:36.000 are chemical, clinical and spiritual I'm talking about under normal circumstances 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:41.000 where you are in a place where you have found how to get to a place of joy in about 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:46.000 20 hours and 2 minutes 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:51.000 where some of us it will take 20 hours to get to a place of ha ha ha 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:56.000 for others it will take 2 minutes but once you begin to get to this 00:33:56.000 --> 00:34:01.000 place of joy you will find that joy is almost at the 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:06.000 pinnacle of all emotions you get there and all the other emotions settle 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:11.000 why? because it is the 00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:16.000 thing that gives us greatest strength the joy of the Lord is my strength 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:21.000 everything else begins to align and so the faster you get to a place 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:26.000 of joy from really sad, despondent, desperate, fearful places 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:31.000 the quicker you will find that your spiritual condition operates really well 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:36.000 when joy is around and it's again a matter of delight and discipline 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:41.000 never a matter of just discipline 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:46.000 yeah 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:51.000 yeah and the more you are at rest 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:56.000 and the more the spirit of God has played the greater your physical strength is 00:34:56.000 --> 00:35:01.000 how does a man, an ordinary man fast for 40 days? 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:06.000 there must be something that he had going with God both he and Moses and others 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:11.000 Elijah 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:16.000 have you been watching that Jesus thingy right? what's it called? 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:21.000 the chosen what does it feel like to start your day in the morning and go 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:26.000 healing hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds casting out demons 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:31.000 what does it feel like for a man from Nazareth? 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:36.000 then how does he get up in the morning and then go again and spend some more time with his father 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:41.000 and come back and then he's got to deal with John and James' mother 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:46.000 because she's out to crown them king 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:51.000 always remember guys what are we trying to do? 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:56.000 we're trying to show the world that there is a way to do things more excellently so that there's a model to follow 00:35:56.000 --> 00:36:01.000 never back off from that 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:06.000 die trying that 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:11.000 and die trying that and die quietly don't write songs 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:16.000 next one 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:21.000 you like Judah have the ability to throw the enemy into disarray with your praise 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:26.000 you like Judah have the ability to throw the enemy into disarray with your praise 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:31.000 your praise is a two-edged sword 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:36.000 Judah was always sent out in the front 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:41.000 Jehoshaphat also when he sent his people out Judah was at the forefront 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:46.000 God told Judah to lead Judah means praise 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:51.000 your praise becomes a two-edged sword 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:56.000 what does praise that becomes a two-edged sword sound like? 00:36:56.000 --> 00:37:01.000 it has the sound of the king in your midst 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:06.000 it has the sound of justice 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:11.000 it has the sound of vengeance 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:16.000 it has the sound of judgment 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:21.000 what does it look like 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:26.000 when you are in a prison cell shackled 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:31.000 with eight gods outside and there is a friend called Silas 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:36.000 and you have the ability to now 00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:41.000 begin to take up praise that is like a two-edged sword 00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:46.000 it has in it the shout of a king 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:51.000 the shout of a king is not the shout of Jesus 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:56.000 the shout of a king is the shout of a people who recognize Jesus in their midst 00:37:56.000 --> 00:38:01.000 so the sound of the king in your midst 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:06.000 it carries in it justice there is something about making things right 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:11.000 in your praise 00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:16.000 God this is what is happening this is how everything is working out but you make things right 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:21.000 and my praise shall reflect that it carries in it vengeance 00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:26.000 man praise carries vengeance always remember the favor of God comes after the vengeance of God 00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:31.000 in the Old Testament his vengeance would go out and then his favor would come in 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:36.000 Isaiah 61 the year of Jubilee was a year when there would be favor 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:41.000 but there was also vengeance 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:46.000 Psalm 149 verses 6 to 9 with your high praises which is like a two-edged sword 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:51.000 you will begin to execute vengeance and judge nobles kings 00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:56.000 hey good to see you man we will see you next time 00:38:56.000 --> 00:39:01.000 if you have any problem with James just let us know 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:06.000 try and help him with soccer he is not very good 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:11.000 later Gaita 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:16.000 vengeance in it 00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:21.000 Psalm 149 verses 6 to 9 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:26.000 any questions 00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:31.000 sometimes you should shut your doors or go out on your balcony and engage in some songs like this when things are not going well 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:36.000 shut your door 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:41.000 roll up your windows in your car and begin to shout 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:46.000 pardon 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:51.000 yeah so 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:56.000 when I'm in fear because it's something that I am not in control of 00:39:56.000 --> 00:40:01.000 things are not going well I'm scared that I'll not end up in a good place 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:06.000 I'll begin to take promises from God that he's given me for the situation 00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:11.000 scripture verses I'll put it in a song or if I can't sing 00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:16.000 I'll begin to speak it out loud saying this is what is happening but 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:21.000 this is who you are oh God this is what you promised I'll take those promises I'll look at my phone I'll start singing it out 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:26.000 because it should become a two-edged sword in my hand 00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:31.000 what is a two-edged sword the two-edged sword is the word of God you have to take the word of God 00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:36.000 sometimes Rehma sometimes Logos and you begin to wield it 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:41.000 it brings great joy it brings great 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:46.000 release 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:51.000 there are times when you don't have to sing a single 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:56.000 word like Marcus is saying 00:40:56.000 --> 00:41:01.000 where you can absolutely be confident 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:06.000 resting in the word that word will go to work and there are other times where I have to take the sword and fight 00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:11.000 let the Holy Spirit lead you because at the end of the day who is the author of the word 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:16.000 and who is the ultimate swordsman the spirit of God 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:21.000 sometimes not a word you are so confident that like 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:26.000 the guys did around Jericho you don't say a word and you go around the city 00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:31.000 knowing that the city will fall 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:36.000 the next one is you are sent with 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:41.000 authority to, Judah is always sent with authority to prepare the way 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:46.000 and be a voice Judah is always sent with authority to prepare the way 00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:51.000 and be a voice to prepare the way it was said of John the Baptist in Mark 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:56.000 chapter 1 verse 6 and 7 that here is a voice crying out in the wilderness prepare the way 00:41:56.000 --> 00:42:01.000 so there are times when the voice needs to go out 00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:06.000 remember guys you are a spirit word being you are a spirit you are a spirit 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:11.000 word being therefore take give voice 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:16.000 to the words of the spirit 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:21.000 in you 00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:26.000 you are a spirit word being 00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:31.000 put voice to the words of the spirit in you use it as a sling use it as a sling 00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:36.000 use it as a sling 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:41.000 because your voice is a forerunner that goes ahead of you 00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:46.000 this is a strange thing about God and scripture proves it Amos talks about it 00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:51.000 I will always speak before I do I will let you know before I do 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:56.000 creation how did creation happen he spoke 00:42:56.000 --> 00:43:01.000 words are forerunners for God and it should become forerunners for the people of God 00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:11.000 you know the story about Eddie's son Paul right 00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:16.000 Eddie's son 00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:21.000 was Paul something O'Neill 00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:26.000 they gave him a middle name I don't remember it but they used to call him by the middle name 00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:31.000 and God had specifically told them to call him Paul and 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:36.000 Paul didn't speak for the first three years of his life or something and then his 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:41.000 elder brother Edward one day when they were talking and 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:46.000 Paul was not speaking Edward goes up to him and he's only older by two years from then he goes up to him 00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:51.000 and says what's wrong with you don't you know your name is Paul the moment he says that Paul 00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:56.000 starts talking and Eddie then went and literally 00:43:56.000 --> 00:44:01.000 repented before God for using a name for the child that was 00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:06.000 their middle they gave him a middle name but God had told them to call him 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:11.000 Paul and Paul said now you can't keep Paul quiet 00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:16.000 our words are forerunners 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:21.000 God uses words as a forerunner your voice is a 00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:26.000 forerunner that goes ahead of you opening the way for God to move 00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:31.000 preparing what must be established the thing is guys deep calls to deep and my 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:36.000 silence will smother what the deep is saying to deep as in the Spirit of 00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:41.000 God says something write it down speak it it's a God pattern 00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:46.000 Judah does this 00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:51.000 I will stop in 14 minutes 00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:56.000 yeah 00:44:56.000 --> 00:45:01.000 and if I don't then you get 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:06.000 James's sweater hoodie 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:11.000 guys Judah has a remnant 00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:16.000 mentality Judah has a remnant mentality Judah oh my Lord thank God 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:21.000 can you put the clock back on so I okay 1247 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:26.000 Judah has a remnant mentality 00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:31.000 a remnant mentality is basically it functions 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:36.000 as a seed it functions as a seed 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:41.000 a remnant is 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:46.000 a subset of a 00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:51.000 larger aggregate 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:56.000 a remnant is a subset of a larger aggregate that is 00:45:56.000 --> 00:46:01.000 anticipated in the future and the Judah has a remnant mentality it doesn't matter that nobody is going with you 00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:06.000 it doesn't matter that you don't have what it takes that people are saying really you think you can do something what 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:11.000 good comes out of Nazareth it doesn't matter 00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:16.000 the attitude of that of a remnant that we are seed we function as seed 00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:21.000 if we fall into the ground something will happen in the future a remnant is a subset 00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:26.000 of an aggregate that awaits that is much larger and that is anticipated in the future 00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:31.000 and this mentality is important it's not a survivor mentality it is not 00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:36.000 I'm a survivor that old Destiny child song no this is something very different it's this 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:41.000 thing where you know that you have in you the potency to create 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:46.000 something that in the future will become huge 00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:51.000 yeah it will become huge it will multiply 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:56.000 multiply 00:46:56.000 --> 00:47:01.000 and you pay the cost for others you pay the cost for others 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:06.000 Isaiah 53 verse 10 it is said of Jesus that Jesus went ahead of us that he paid a price 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:11.000 but this he knew that the will of the father will prosper in his hands and that he will see hundreds and hundreds and hundreds 00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:16.000 who will come after him into the kingdom because of what he did I live near 00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:21.000 the river the Fraser River every day you will see this 00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:26.000 little tugboats smaller than about the same size as this pew 00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:31.000 hauling in something as big as this church 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:36.000 and they'll turn and they'll somehow pull this 00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:41.000 in houses that I've seen floating down that river pulled by a little tugboat 00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:46.000 because that tugboat has the engine that is required to bring the rest in 00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:51.000 that is what this mentality is be encouraged church that God has 00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:56.000 asked you to be part of this be encouraged that right in our foundations we were told that we had 00:47:56.000 --> 00:48:01.000 the anointing that was upon Judah that this was a church that would stand at the forefront pay the cost man it's 00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:06.000 worth paying the cost 00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:16.000 yeah 00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:21.000 yeah 00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:26.000 yeah yeah one of the ways I would define remnant for the sake of the 00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:31.000 kingdom is very this way a remnant is a seed with the potency to develop a 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:36.000 forest and God at the end of the day distills everything down to a remnant he always starts with a remnant 00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:41.000 always comes down to one man Abraham one man Jacob the other one 00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:46.000 the one man Jesus the one man Paul everything 00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:51.000 starts from that tiny little remnant but in that remnant you have everything that is 00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:56.000 required for an entire body to come across it's the same thing with the fetus right it starts from one cell 00:48:56.000 --> 00:49:01.000 and then grows into something that is the potency of what 00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:06.000 God does say mustard seed it's brilliant 00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:11.000 this is who you are guys and you pay a cost when you pay a cost 00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:16.000 other Timothes and Titus emerge next point God resources the 00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:21.000 Judah people he resources them he resources them he resources 00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:26.000 them he doesn't send you out without resourcing you the 00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:31.000 only problem is you only see your provision as you walk towards it 00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:36.000 that is just God's 00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:41.000 just a predictable not good habit where 00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:46.000 you only see your provision as you walk towards it but he always 00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:51.000 resources you you do not see it till you start walking towards it but as you 00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:56.000 walk towards it it appears and he always resources I mean 00:49:56.000 --> 00:50:01.000 don't know what to do in New York it doesn't matter walk towards it don't know how 00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:06.000 to fund New York doesn't matter walk towards it as you 00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:11.000 walk towards it it comes therefore this church has never had a budget 00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:16.000 this church cannot have a budget you cannot have a 00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:21.000 budget if you're a Judah anointing church 00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:26.000 because there are no limits 00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:31.000 yeah 00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:36.000 people who 00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:41.000 walk under the Judah anointing have a different spirit they have a different 00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:46.000 spirit anyone can have this guys but 00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:51.000 if this is the table you're eating from you don't even have to go looking for this table because 00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:56.000 it's there in front of you it's not some special thing that God is 00:50:56.000 --> 00:51:01.000 giving us it is just that this is something God gave us and we are just making sure that we 00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:06.000 don't walk away from this table and instead sit at it a different spirit is 00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:11.000 one that follows fully these are some things that a different spirit does 00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:16.000 one that follows fully as in there's no half measures here one that waits for God 00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:21.000 one that waits for God won't go rushing into things because they know 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:26.000 that walking in rest is the easiest way to accomplish a lot without doing much 00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:31.000 walking in rest is the easiest way to accomplish a lot without doing much 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:36.000 why would you want to do it any other way 00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:41.000 third they don't 00:51:41.000 --> 00:51:46.000 amend what they're given they don't amend what they're given 00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:51.000 whatever God tells them to do there's no amendment this is it do it this way can't amend it 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:56.000 can't change it neither circumstances nor culture allow you they don't 00:51:56.000 --> 00:52:01.000 because the road is long 00:52:01.000 --> 00:52:06.000 because the road is long they don't faint these are some of the things of people that have 00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:11.000 most excellent spirit they run and they're not weary because of these things 00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:16.000 that they walk in but in the process they are last 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:21.000 in the eyes of people who think they are very foolish 00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:26.000 but they are first in line 00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:31.000 with God and they are despised 00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:36.000 by Saul's daughter 00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:41.000 I was going to say they are despised by Michael but then we might come to wrong 00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:46.000 conclusions so I'll call him 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:51.000 David was like this last in the line his dad didn't even 00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:56.000 call him up man for the parade how do you not call all your sons up 00:52:56.000 --> 00:53:01.000 doesn't even call him up last in the line first with God 00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:06.000 despised by Saul's daughter so 00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:11.000 who talks about Michael nobody 00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:16.000 nobody 00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:21.000 last two points 00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:26.000 no Michael's better Michael's better 00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:31.000 in Hebrew it's pronounced Michael 00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:36.000 next one 00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:41.000 next one 00:53:41.000 --> 00:53:46.000 I love this about us as a people as you as a people they lap up water like 00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:51.000 dogs they lap up water like dogs 00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:56.000 it's one place where being called a dog is a good thing they lap up water like 00:53:56.000 --> 00:54:01.000 dogs they're like Gideon's 300 you lap up water like dogs 00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:06.000 chapter 7 verse 5 and what is lapping up water like dogs mean 00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:11.000 it's eager alertness 00:54:11.000 --> 00:54:16.000 obedience without understanding 00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:21.000 willingness 00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:26.000 to be 00:54:26.000 --> 00:54:31.000 stretched that's what it looks like 00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:36.000 and the 00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:41.000 last one disengaged from other distractions disengaged 00:54:41.000 --> 00:54:46.000 from civilian distractions to use Paul's words from Timothy 00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:51.000 that's what it looks like to be to 00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:56.000 lap up water like dogs and I see this so about you I mean can you imagine 00:54:56.000 --> 00:55:01.000 what would have happened if this was not who you were but this is how 00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:06.000 you are and you've been like this for 16 years now 00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:11.000 let's embrace this anointing because greater things await us 00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:16.000 eager alertness 00:55:16.000 --> 00:55:21.000 obedience without understanding nobody here wants to 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:26.000 know why how when where I mean we jump 00:55:26.000 --> 00:55:31.000 into things foolishly and even those connected with us now do 00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:36.000 that people move from Houston to New York New York to LA who does that who 00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:41.000 leaves Vernon and comes to Vancouver four of them 00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:46.000 disengaged from civilian distractions 00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:51.000 the last point yes the last point is 00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:56.000 they come against the empty traditions of men and the empty superstitions of the 00:55:56.000 --> 00:56:01.000 spirit world they come against the empty traditions of men and the empty 00:56:01.000 --> 00:56:06.000 superstitions of the spirit world they come against the empty traditions of men as in there's no 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:09.120 traditions or cultural hangups. 00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:11.920 Two or three times in New York and LA 00:56:11.920 --> 00:56:13.280 I was asked the question, 00:56:13.280 --> 00:56:16.440 hey, so is your church Indian? 00:56:16.440 --> 00:56:18.920 Because like attracts like, 00:56:18.920 --> 00:56:23.320 so everybody expected that the church I raised 00:56:23.320 --> 00:56:24.280 must be Indian. 00:56:25.240 --> 00:56:28.000 And I said no, and then I told them a little secret 00:56:28.000 --> 00:56:29.480 that in the beginning when we started, 00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:32.280 I made sure that no Indian knew I was starting a church. 00:56:33.120 --> 00:56:37.640 So because you could be anything else, 00:56:37.640 --> 00:56:41.680 but because sometimes it can get very clannish 00:56:41.680 --> 00:56:44.160 where if you start with an Indian core, 00:56:44.160 --> 00:56:46.200 then Indian culture will take over. 00:56:46.200 --> 00:56:49.480 And thank God we started with a non-Indian core. 00:56:50.840 --> 00:56:52.820 And now it's not Indian. 00:56:54.560 --> 00:56:56.140 The only Indian here is Evan. 00:56:56.340 --> 00:56:57.180 Oh. 00:57:04.100 --> 00:57:05.860 Anything to burn you. 00:57:09.060 --> 00:57:10.340 Yeah. 00:57:10.340 --> 00:57:11.540 Hey, this time is not my name. 00:57:11.540 --> 00:57:12.900 This time is Karen and Diana's. 00:57:12.900 --> 00:57:14.180 Go ahead, Karen. 00:57:14.180 --> 00:57:16.660 The empty traditions of men and the empty traditions of men. 00:57:16.660 --> 00:57:18.520 The empty traditions of the spirit world. 00:57:18.520 --> 00:57:21.420 The empty traditions of men 00:57:21.420 --> 00:57:23.980 and the empty superstitions of the spirit world, 00:57:23.980 --> 00:57:25.200 they come against both. 00:57:25.200 --> 00:57:32.200 They come against both. Do not tolerate the traditions of men or the cultural hangups. 00:57:32.200 --> 00:57:38.200 Because these are the things that usually are behind every ideology and system. 00:57:38.200 --> 00:57:47.200 Either the empty superstitions of the spirit world or the empty traditions of men are always behind the ideologies and the systems of the world. 00:57:47.200 --> 00:57:54.200 Paul talks about it. Elemental spirits of the world. Stoic here. 00:57:54.200 --> 00:58:05.200 And because they don't do this, they have the ability now to go up and repossess nations, repossess places that are desolate one life at a time. 00:58:05.200 --> 00:58:12.200 That is how Judah works. 00:58:12.200 --> 00:58:21.200 I know you know the story, but in 2 Kings 17, 26-28, 2 Kings 17, 26-28, a king captures Israel. 00:58:21.200 --> 00:58:26.200 He's got a problem though. Lions are ravaging the land. 00:58:26.200 --> 00:58:33.200 So he takes Israel and then he brings his people and settles them in Israelite land. 00:58:33.200 --> 00:58:49.200 But there are lions ravaging the land. And so he says, the only way to get rid of these lions is to find some priests from Israel and send them to the land so that they can teach the people who now live in the land the law of their God. 00:58:49.200 --> 00:58:52.200 This is how you resettle things. 00:58:52.200 --> 00:59:00.200 When you send the people of God into places one life at a time to resettle so that the lions no longer devour. 00:59:00.200 --> 00:59:08.200 2 Kings 17, 26-28. Fascinating story. 00:59:08.200 --> 00:59:17.200 Yeah, I'm done. Made it. I can take the jacket back. 00:59:17.200 --> 00:59:20.200 Hey, this is a good church. 00:59:20.200 --> 00:59:26.200 I'm saying it after not being here for two weeks, returning here is really good. 00:59:26.200 --> 00:59:31.200 A church is made up of its people. It's a good place to return to. 00:59:31.200 --> 00:59:36.200 I find it very refreshing coming here. 00:59:36.200 --> 00:59:41.200 It's a good church. Let's just pray that God will now anoint us with... 00:59:41.200 --> 00:59:51.200 God will refresh us in the Judah anointing right now. Let's just pray that. 00:59:51.200 --> 00:59:55.200 Can two or three people just pray into that and I'll conclude. 00:59:55.200 --> 01:00:13.200 Pray loudly. 01:00:13.200 --> 01:00:22.200 Go for it guys. You let your voice be a forerunner. 01:00:22.200 --> 01:00:25.200 Father, I'm reminded of the verse that says, 01:00:25.200 --> 01:00:28.200 I am more control of the chief of your house. 01:00:28.200 --> 01:00:32.200 Now I feel like Father, you let us into this house. 01:00:32.200 --> 01:00:36.200 Maybe we can enjoy it a little bit. 01:00:36.200 --> 01:00:45.200 May your presence not only go before it, but also be a part of each house that will be a piece of that. 01:00:45.200 --> 01:00:52.200 Father, may we also do what we need to do in order to walk in this place that lives well in the land that we brought it to. 01:00:52.200 --> 01:00:58.200 To be able to be a Judah people. To be able to walk in that anointing. 01:00:58.200 --> 01:01:02.200 Father, we know that you've made the way. So now we want to step into it. 01:01:02.200 --> 01:01:08.200 Step in and hear and obey. To delight ourselves in your word. 01:01:08.200 --> 01:01:13.200 To delight ourselves in this place and the pasture that you've brought us. 01:01:13.200 --> 01:01:16.200 Father, we know it will benefit us and it will benefit others. 01:01:16.200 --> 01:01:22.200 Father, thank you that you have done what you said you would do. 01:01:22.200 --> 01:01:27.200 And may we do what we need to do to live fully in this place. 01:01:27.200 --> 01:01:34.200 Father, thank you for this amazing opportunity to listen to you. 01:01:34.200 --> 01:01:42.200 And you are sending us today to walk in your ways with delight and discipline. 01:01:42.200 --> 01:01:44.200 Thank you. 01:01:44.200 --> 01:01:51.200 May you understand each point and may it not be that difficult to walk in it, Father. 01:01:51.200 --> 01:01:58.200 That we would go forth knowing that you have a purpose in hearing this word today. 01:01:58.200 --> 01:02:08.200 So help us to be, help us to listen with faith and follow your instructions. 01:02:08.200 --> 01:02:10.200 Amen. 01:02:10.200 --> 01:02:14.200 Father, let us walk forward foolishly into what you're calling us to. 01:02:14.200 --> 01:02:17.200 Remembering that you own the cattle on the Thousand Hills. 01:02:17.200 --> 01:02:20.200 That you own everything. That you made everything and you own everything. 01:02:20.200 --> 01:02:28.200 And that should give us no cause for apprehension or worry to just walk forward foolishly into what you called us to do. 01:02:28.200 --> 01:02:32.200 Thank you. Anyone else? 01:02:32.200 --> 01:02:36.200 Father, I just rise on behalf of the symbol. Thank you Father. 01:02:36.200 --> 01:02:40.200 And especially say thank you for the ones who have run for us. 01:02:40.200 --> 01:02:44.200 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hallelujah. 01:02:44.200 --> 01:02:49.200 And we just say we carry that church and we want to run for it. 01:02:49.200 --> 01:02:54.200 Father, I pray that you would send your Spirit and that we would leave with a fresh heart. 01:02:54.200 --> 01:02:57.200 And that you would have spoken with us. 01:02:57.200 --> 01:02:59.200 And that we would have spoken with you today. 01:02:59.200 --> 01:03:01.200 And that we would have spoken with you today. 01:03:01.200 --> 01:03:04.200 And that we would have spoken with you today. 01:03:04.200 --> 01:03:07.200 Hallelujah. 01:03:07.200 --> 01:03:10.200 Yeah, yeah. 01:03:10.200 --> 01:03:16.200 Hallelujah. Amen. 01:03:16.200 --> 01:03:21.200 Let me read from Genesis and then then. 01:03:21.200 --> 01:03:24.200 Genesis chapter 49. 01:03:24.200 --> 01:03:27.200 Reading from the message. 01:03:27.200 --> 01:03:33.200 Father, we just receive these words now from Genesis 49, 8 to 10. 01:03:33.200 --> 01:03:35.200 And we receive it just as a gift from you. 01:03:35.200 --> 01:03:40.200 And we pray like others have prayed that we be responsible before you and walk well before you. 01:03:40.200 --> 01:03:44.200 And like Jane was praying. 01:03:44.200 --> 01:03:50.200 Leave with a fresh understanding of this anointing that you put into this church long ago. 01:03:50.200 --> 01:03:53.200 Genesis 49, verse 8 to 10 from the message. 01:03:53.200 --> 01:03:56.200 Genesis 49, verse 8 to 10 from the message. 01:04:20.200 --> 01:04:22.200 Amen. 01:04:22.200 --> 01:04:24.200 Bless you guys as you go.