Embracing God's Presence: Surrender, Prayer, and Holiness

In our gathering today, we have come before the Lord with hearts open and hands raised, surrendering to His divine will and purpose for our lives. We have declared our resounding "yes" to God, affirming our commitment to His kingdom and His ways. As we lifted our voices in worship, we recognized the unmatched sovereignty of Jesus, acknowledging that there is nobody like Him. He is faithful to His word, and He is the one who moves mountains and breaks the chains that bind us.

We have been reminded that God's grace knows no bounds, and it is from this place of grace that we are called to be a fountainhead of His love and power. The prophetic words spoken over our church have declared us to be a source of spiritual aquifers, with prayers and intercessions that reach nations and touch lives far beyond our immediate surroundings. We are digging into the old wells of revival, believing that the greatest moves of God are yet to come.

Our homes have been identified as the primary places where the glory of the Lord should dwell. We have been called to dedicate our homes to God, ensuring that they are places of holiness where the Holy Spirit is welcome. As we stand as intercessors and priests of our households, we are guarding against any darkness that seeks to invade our sacred spaces. We are committed to fostering an environment where the presence of God is the centerpiece, believing that when we seek first His kingdom, all other things will be added unto us.

Tonight, we have engaged in fervent prayer, partnering with heaven to see the will of God manifest in our lives and in our city. We have prayed for one another, believing for physical and emotional healings, for miracles, and for the outpouring of God's Spirit. We have declared that our church will be a house of prayer, where the sick are healed, the oppressed are set free, and where the presence of God is tangibly felt.

As we close, we have given thanks to God for His faithfulness and for the work He is doing in our midst. We have prayed for the seed of His word to take root in our hearts and produce abundant fruit. We leave this place with a charge to continue seeking God's presence in our homes and to live out the call to holiness, knowing that God desires to dwell among us.

Key Takeaways:

- God's kingdom is advanced through our surrender and our "yes" to His will. As we lift our hands in worship, we are not only expressing our adoration but also our submission to His divine authority and plan for our lives. This posture of surrender is the starting point for every move of God in our lives and in our church. [07:37]

- Our church is called to be a spiritual aquifer, a source from which the living waters of God's Spirit flow out to touch nations. This vision requires us to be faithful in prayer and intercession, digging into the wells of revival and believing for the unprecedented outpouring of God's Spirit. [52:59]

- The home is where the glory of the Lord should reside, and it is our responsibility to ensure that our homes are sanctuaries of His presence. This requires a commitment to holiness and a dedication to creating an environment where the Holy Spirit is welcome and where spiritual activity is aligned with the kingdom of God. [01:19:51]

- Prayer is the engine of the church, and our gatherings must prioritize communion with God. As we engage in prayer, we align ourselves with God's purposes, and we open the door for Him to move powerfully among us, meeting needs and transforming lives. [14:34]

- Miracles, healings, and the manifestation of God's power are not confined to the four walls of the church but are available to us at any moment. As we exercise faith and pray for one another, we become conduits of God's healing and provision, witnessing His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. [39:22]

### Bible Study Discussion Guide

#### Bible Reading
1. **Matthew 6:33 (ESV)**: "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
2. **Isaiah 56:7 (ESV)**: "These I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples."
3. **John 7:38 (ESV)**: "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’"

#### Observation Questions
1. What does Matthew 6:33 suggest about the priorities we should have in our lives?
2. According to Isaiah 56:7, what is the significance of a house of prayer?
3. In John 7:38, what is promised to those who believe in Jesus?
4. How did the sermon describe the role of our homes in relation to God's presence? [01:14:04]

#### Interpretation Questions
1. How does seeking God's kingdom first, as mentioned in Matthew 6:33, align with the sermon’s call to dedicate our homes to God? [01:25:26]
2. What does it mean for our church to be a "house of prayer" as described in Isaiah 56:7 and emphasized in the sermon? [14:19]
3. How can the concept of "rivers of living water" flowing from believers in John 7:38 be related to the idea of our church being a spiritual aquifer? [52:59]
4. The sermon mentioned that our homes should be sanctuaries of God's presence. What practical steps can we take to ensure our homes are places where the Holy Spirit is welcome? [01:14:04]

#### Application Questions
1. Reflect on your current priorities. How can you better align them with seeking God's kingdom first in your daily life? [01:25:26]
2. The sermon emphasized the importance of prayer in our church. How can you personally contribute to making our church a true "house of prayer"? [14:19]
3. Think about your home environment. What specific changes can you make to ensure it is a place where God's presence is felt and honored? [01:14:04]
4. The sermon called us to be intercessors and priests of our households. How can you take on this role more effectively in your family or living situation? [01:14:04]
5. The idea of being a spiritual aquifer suggests that our prayers and actions can have far-reaching impacts. Can you identify one area in your life where you can dig deeper in prayer and intercession? [52:59]
6. The sermon mentioned the importance of holiness in our homes. Are there any specific behaviors or influences you need to remove from your home to create a more holy environment? [01:14:04]
7. How can you foster a culture of prayer and worship in your home, ensuring that it becomes a sanctuary for God's presence? [01:14:04]

This guide is designed to help your small group delve deeper into the themes of the sermon, encouraging both reflection and practical application in your daily lives.

Day 1: Surrender: The Gateway to God's Kingdom
Surrender is not a sign of weakness, but a bold declaration of trust in God's sovereignty. When one lifts their hands in worship, it is an act of both adoration and submission to God's divine authority and plan. This posture of surrender is essential, as it is the starting point for God's movement in an individual's life and within the church community. It is a conscious choice to say "yes" to God's will, which allows His kingdom to advance through one's life. By surrendering, believers open themselves up to the possibilities of what God can do through them, trusting that He will guide them according to His purpose and for His glory. [07:37]

"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all." - 1 Chronicles 29:11

Reflection: What is one area of your life where you find yourself holding back from surrendering to Jesus? What would surrendering this area to Him actually look like in terms of daily habits?

Day 2: Becoming a Spiritual Aquifer
Believers are called to be spiritual aquifers, channels through which the living waters of God's Spirit flow out to the world. This vision requires a steadfast commitment to prayer and intercession, tapping into the deep wells of revival with the belief that God's greatest movements are yet to unfold. As spiritual aquifers, the church is to reach beyond its walls, touching nations and impacting lives with the power of prayer. This calling is not for the faint of heart; it demands dedication and faith in the transformative power of God's Spirit. [52:59]

"And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, 'For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.' And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid." - Ezra 3:11

Reflection: How can you actively participate in becoming a spiritual aquifer in your community, and what specific prayer can you commit to this week to impact someone's life beyond your immediate circle?

Day 3: Sanctifying Our Homes for His Glory
The home is designated as the primary dwelling place for the glory of the Lord. It is the responsibility of each believer to ensure that their home is a sanctuary for His presence. This requires a commitment to holiness and the creation of an environment where the Holy Spirit is not only welcome but is the central focus. By dedicating one's home to God and standing as an intercessor for the household, believers guard against darkness and foster a space where spiritual activity aligns with the kingdom of God. This dedication to holiness in the home invites the presence of God into daily life, allowing His peace and righteousness to reign. [01:19:51]

"But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." - Joshua 24:15b

Reflection: In what ways can you dedicate your home to be a place of holiness, and what practical steps can you take this week to make the presence of God the centerpiece of your household?

Day 4: Prayer as the Engine of the Church
Prayer is the engine that drives the church, a vital practice that should be at the heart of every gathering. Through prayer, believers align with God's purposes and invite Him to move powerfully within their midst. It is in these moments of communion with God that needs are met, lives are transformed, and the church becomes a house of prayer. Prioritizing prayer means engaging with God earnestly, seeking His will, and partnering with heaven to see His kingdom manifest on earth. [14:34]

"And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us." - 1 John 5:14

Reflection: What specific time can you set aside each day to engage in fervent prayer for your church, and how can you encourage others to join you in this commitment?

Day 5: Manifesting Miracles and God's Power
The power of God is not confined to the church's walls; it is available at all times to those who believe. By exercising faith and praying for one another, believers become conduits for God's healing and provision. This active faith allows them to witness miracles and the manifestation of God's power in their lives and the lives of others. It is a reminder that the kingdom of God is near and that His will can be done on earth as it is in heaven. [39:22]

"And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover." - Mark 16:17-18

Reflection: Can you identify someone in your life who needs healing or a miracle? How can you step out in faith to pray for them this week, trusting in God's power to work through you?

Lord, we invite you to rule and reign among us tonight, Lord.

Lord, we pray that you would establish your throne upon the praises of your people tonight, Lord.

Lord, we submit to your rule and your reign in this place, Jesus. We submit to what you want to say. We submit to who you are and what you want to do in this place, God.

Lord, our answer is yes, Lord. Our answer is yes, Lord. Yes to you, God. Yes to your will and to your way, Jesus.

Lord, we lift our hands in the sanctuary and praise your name, Jesus. We lift our hands to you, God, as a sign of surrender, surrendering to everything that you would like to do, God.

Lord, thine is the kingdom, yours is the power and the glory, God. Lord, we pray that kingdom would come into this room, Jesus.

Lord, we pray that your will would be done in our lives, God. Lord, and as your kingdom comes in us, God, as your kingdom advances in us, Jesus, we pray that you would give us the fullness, God, that you would give us fullness and revelation and love and joy and peace, God, to bring to this world, Lord.

God, I pray that the burden of evangelism would fall upon your sons and your daughters tonight, Jesus. Lord, that we would be burdened with the loss and the hurting in this city, Lord.

God, that our hearts would be turned toward the people, Jesus, that you are calling home, God. Lord, I pray that you would give us your heart tonight, Jesus.

Lord, I pray that the heart of God would flow through this sanctuary, Jesus. Lord, that you would soften the heart and heart plates in our hearts, Jesus. Soften every heart and heart in our hearts, Lord.

Lord, I pray that you would be restored, God, that they would be restored in the name of Jesus.

Come on, let's lift our voice right now across this auditorium. Let's lift our eyes to Jesus right now. Let's put our gaze on Jesus.

Come on, if you would just lift your hand all across this auditorium right now and put your gaze on the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

There's nobody like Jesus. There's nobody like Jesus. There's nobody like Jesus.

He is who He says He is. He can do what He says He can do. It's who He is. It's who He is. It's who He is.

God, we believe You are who You said You are. We believe You are who You say You are. Yes.

Come on, let victory rise in this room. There's a surge in the Spirit. God is going to pour out some things on some of us tonight.

Those that are ready to receive it, those that have ears to hear, God's going to minister to you tonight. God's going to move you from one place to another.

God's going to move a mountain that has been before you. There's somebody in this room tonight. God is going to move a mountain that has been before you.

You have been pressing against it, trying to get it out of the way, but the Spirit of the Lord says, I will move the mountain that is before you. God will do it. God will do it. He's able to do it.

At the beginning of this service tonight, Jesus said my house will be called a house of prayer, and oftentimes our churches become houses of music, and the prayer is the thing we do at the end, maybe just for a little bit, but that's not going to be this house.

So what we're going to do right now is from front to back, if you think that you're a part of the kingdom of God, you're a son and daughter of God, we're going to do what God tells us to do, we're going to pray right now.

We're going to go boldly before the throne of grace and truth. So maybe some of you need to get warmed up, maybe, I don't know, maybe you hadn't prayed in a long time, maybe some of you are right in the flow right now, but what we're going to do is we're just going to pray right now.

Come on, can we just pray together? Come on, let's partner with heaven, let's partner with what God is doing in this room right now, and let me tell you how we do it.

We do it through praying, through praying in the Holy Ghost by declaring not my kingdom, not my will, but your will be done.

Come on, let's pray and partner with God. Who knows what the king will do tonight when there's a group of people that are hungry for him?

Who knows? Maybe you've come looking one place to another, you've gone to all kinds of churches and you sought high and low, and you haven't found what you're looking for, but I'm telling you, you're not going to find it in the music, you're not going to find it in anything else, but the presence of God, so you just go ahead and connect with your father right now, throw your hands up into the air and say, God, whatever it is you want to do in my life, I'm ready to receive it.

God, whatever it is you're trying to speak to me, I receive it, I pray right now, every religious box and mindset that would try and put God into a box, he will not dwell in a box, he's bigger than that, God is bigger than you think he is, God can do more than you think he can do.

There's more to God than you've ever seen and that you've ever experienced, and tonight is the night that somebody's going to open their eyes and they're going to see him how he really is, they're going to feel him for who he really is.

Come on, let's pray right now, let's press into the presence of the Lord right now, yes, yes, the Holy Ghost is doing something, we don't have to sing for 45 minutes to get there, God is doing it right now!

Hallelujah! The angels of the Lord are moving in this room right now, ministering spirits to the prayers of salvation, that is the sons and daughters of God, that's you.

God's come here tonight to meet you where you are, God's come here tonight to lift the heavy load, he's come here tonight to move the mountain in the view.

If it's appropriate and agreeable with the person beside you, I want you to link up with the person that's next to you right now, we're just going to pray for one another right now, if they're okay with it, come on, let's just begin to pray right now.

We have a collective goal here tonight, that's to see Jesus, we have a collective goal here tonight, that's to encounter Jesus.

Yes, come on, we don't have to wait until we get 45 minutes into service to have a move of God, we're going to have it right now, why? Because God's moving, we're just going to recognize it, God's moving, we're just going to step into it.

Oh yes, oh yes, this is the apostolic church. Yes, yes, come on, let's pray for one another, this is the environment, this is the environment of the heavenlies.

We pause and acknowledge, this is your house, your service, where your people have your way, your agenda is the only agenda that we are interested in, your move is the only move that we're interested in, your voice is the only voice that we are interested in.

Come have your way, Holy Ghost, come have your way, Lord Jesus, come have your way among us.

This is the environment where the sickened body is made well. Yes, yes, come on, let's pray for one another, this is the environment, this is the environment.

Oh, oh, yours is the kingdom, yours is the power, yours is the glory, forever and ever.

There's a flow in the prayer, in the dimension of prayer and the spirit in this room right now, come on, let's just sit in it for a second, let's sit in it for a second, flow in it for a moment.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.

You feel that, that's the prophetic shift in the spirit right there, gifts of the spirit are in operation in this room right now, that's what you just felt, right there.

Nobody. Nobody greater. Nobody greater than you.

The gift of faith is working in this room right now. The gift of faith is working in this room right now.

I feel praise in the environment. Come on, let it come out from you right now with the clapping of your hands and with the lifting of your voice, partnering with heaven.

There's nobody greater than you, Jesus. There's nobody greater than you, Jesus.

There's nobody. Nobody else healed me. Nobody else delivered me. Nobody else set me free. Nobody else picked me up from the pit and put me on the mountaintop.

It was Jesus. It was Jesus. It was Jesus.

The gift of faith has just been in operation. Now the gift of healing is about to work.

The gift of healing is about to work, huh? MJ, where you at? Come here real quick.

I need you.

All right. Here's what we're going to do. If you need a touch from God in your body, it's nothing to be embarrassed of.

If you need God to touch your body, the gift of healing is in the room tonight. Why? Because the healer who brings the gift is in the room tonight.

So if you need a touch from God in your body, we're going to stop right here. And I want to invite you to come down and stand in this front area right here if you need healing in your body.

If you need a healing, if you need a healing, I don't care what it is. I don't care if you've got diabetes, if you've got a small illness right now.

Got two ladies right here. Do you need healing? Come on this way. Is there anybody over here? You need healing in your body.

Okay. Come on, girl. Hallelujah.

Okay. So here's what we're going to do. How many of you in this room believe that God is who he says he is?

I've seen too much to not believe. I've witnessed too many miracles to not believe that God can touch and minister.

Here's what I want. MJ and Edna, but recently both of you have received substantial miracles in your body.

I want you to lay hands on these ladies. I'm going to come alongside with you and I'm going to ask the ladies in the church.

This is a group of ladies right here. I want the ladies in the church to come behind them even from all the way over here.

If you're comfortable doing it and you believe that God can do it, we're going to lay hands on them.

God knows what you have need of. God knows what the need is. Don't nobody else have to know.

So here's what we're going to do. We're just going to lift your hand and you just tell God, this is what I need, Lord Jesus.

This is what I need you to do in my physical body right now. You can feel it. You can feel it right now.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

All right. Now lay hands and pray the prayer of faith. Pray the prayer of faith. Pray the prayer of faith.

Yes. Yes, wherever you are in this auditorium these people are getting a touch from the Lord.

Why don't you just receive one for yourself right now? Whatever it is you came in here needing tonight, God's capable to meet your need as well.

Whether it's a financial need, whether it's an emotional healing that you need, it might not just be physical, but you might need an emotional healing tonight.

God is able to provide that for you right now. If you need a word from God, God is able to speak through the noise.

He's able to speak through the noise of your world and the disruption that's going on around you and speak a sure word from the throne of heavenlies.

He's able to speak a sure word to you, a sure word to you, an unmovable word to you.

For his word is ever settled in heaven. It's forever settled in heaven.

Is there anybody in the room, y'all keep praying if you need to keep praying, don't stop for me.

Is there anybody in the room tonight that you might not have a physical need in your body, but you need a miracle from God?

If you need a miracle from God, I want you to come and stand right here. Maybe it's financial, I don't know what it is.

There's no need to be prideful when God is pouring out gifts. We're sons and daughters here to receive from him.

You need a miracle, I want you to come stand right here. Yes, you need a miracle from God.

Gentlemen in the church, if you come stand behind these men, ladies come on gather behind these ladies right here.

Y'all can, y'all can pray together, y'all pray together. Just lift your hands and tell the Lord what it is that you need right now.

Come on, just tell him what you need, whatever it is that you're seeking from the Lord. Whatever you need.

Yes, yeah.

Now ladies, can you begin to lay hands upon them and pray the prayer of faith. Gentlemen, men, can you lay hands on these men and pray the prayer of faith right now.

Come on, pray the prayer of faith right now. Pray the prayer of faith right now. Pray the prayer of faith right now.

Faith is working in this room tonight.

Thank you, Jesus.

Can we just lift our hands and just thank the Lord right now.

We really mean it when we say, you know, agenda, but here's agenda.

And right now we're seeking what the Lord wants to do next in this service.

So I don't know whether you walk around and pray. We're just going to pray for a moment as we seek the direction of what God wants to do for the rest of our time tonight.

You just pray with me. Come on, let's pray. Let's just pray. Just you and God here.

Yes, we're just going to have a prayer meeting for a moment. Yes, you can minister to one another right now if God gives you a word for somebody.

Go give it to him. God leaves you to pray for somebody. Go pray for him right now.

Come on, let's just minister to one another and seek the will of God right now. Let's just seek the face of God right now.

Yes, yes, yes.

Shana is being...

Now you don't have to go back to your seats, but we're going to go back into worship here for a little bit.

You can, I'll be honest, I'll just say it right now. It don't matter if we start service, it is one like this or not like this.

You can walk around, do whatever you want to do. Run around, swing from the ceiling if you'd like.

I want to share something with you. I don't have to leave the altar, but if you want to, you can.

I was, some of you have heard me share this story. We had yet to start the church here in Dallas, and I was in Austin, Texas with my wife sitting at Zilker Park, which is a great place to go into Austin to hang out.

The weather was great. I was praying, and I had a burden of prayer upon me, and I got a phone call from a phone number that I did not have saved in my phone.

And it was from a man who I honestly, I might have spoken to him a few times in passing, but never had a conversation with him, much less a relationship.

And he called me, and he said, is this Justin Michael? And I said, it is. He told me who he was. I knew who he was.

He said, God kept me up through the night. Now, mind you, all night I was up. My wife was asleep, but I couldn't sleep.

I was up walking the streets of downtown Austin praying because I had a burden on me. And sometimes that happens.

She wakes up, don't even know I've been out praying, you know. And he called me, he said, God showed me a vision of you early in the morning.

And you and your wife, you were at an old well, and you were digging out old vines and weeds and dirt out of this well.

And the more you dug, the more that water began to flow, began to pulse out. And eventually it got to the point where water was spewing out in all directions.

And he said, the Lord tells me to tell you, your church is digging an old well in the city of Dallas.

We're digging an old well in the city of Dallas. Now, I've done enough study to know that God has been doing some things in Dallas for a long time.

But this city has been barren. It has been dry because there's been an old well that's been stopped up.

But what God has called us to do, and we're all doing it together, by the way, is to dig out from an old well and to let the waters begin to flow in this city.

We had a man of God here the other day, he was preaching for us, Darren Sargent. He saw a vision. He saw a river without banks.

It was just water just flowing in all directions. Let me tell you what that sounds like to me. That sounds like a well that got uncapped, that's been plugged up for a real long time.

And some of you don't know the significance of him saying that vision to us, because the first song we ever sang at our first ever city night was a song we wrote based off a word God gave us in a prayer meeting, and it's called rivers.

And it says this, Lord, your river overflows every bank because there are no boundaries that can contain your grace.

It flows forever and ever. Then we had a prophet come through here named Bobby Wade. And somewhere in the middle of his ministry, he began to say, this church is a fountainhead.

There will be things that spring up from this church and go out in all directions. You understand the themes and the language, right, that God has been speaking over this church.

As I was standing here asking God, what is it that you want to say right now? What do you want to do right now?

I got a text from an intercessor. He said, I was in prayer for your church just now, and I heard the Lord say aquifers, spiritual aquifers, giant streams of underground rivers that touch nations are coming from this church.

Forgotten prayers, old wells, forgotten prayers stemming forth out of your church, touching the surrounding nations throughout the world.

I want you to know that God is doing something here that is bigger than what you and I can see right now.

He's doing something bigger than what you and I can see right now. And if you want to know what you're doing when you're faithful coming to the house of God, you're just digging an old well together with us.

And we've got more than just two hands on it now. We've got a lot of hands on this right now.

And we're digging water out of an old well. And I'm telling you that what God is going to do in this city, eye has not seen, ear has not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man what the Lord has prepared for those that love him.

I believe that we have yet to see the greatest moves of God. We've yet to see the greatest and most miracles we're going to see.

And why? Because there's a group of people in Dallas, Texas who are faithfully digging an old well.

Come on, throw your hands up into heaven right now and say, God, I want to dig it with them. I want to dig it, God.

I want to dig that old well. Let, come on, begin to release things in the spirit.

God wants you to release something in the Holy Ghost right now. You don't need a microphone to prophesy.

Speak to the atmosphere. Come on, speak to the things that are not as though they are.

Begin to open your mouth and testify of the things that you believe that God is going to do in the next three months, six months, twelve months, both in the unseen supernatural dimension and the known seen dimension.

Come on, declare it right now. Whatever it is that God is speaking into your heart over this city, whatever you believe God's going to do, begin to declare it with your lips right now.

Come on, we're just going to spend a minute receiving the Word of the Lord and declaring some things.

We're going to declare some things. We praise Him.

Now, all across this house, why don't we get to praise the Lord?

Lord, we praise You, Jesus, for what You're doing. We praise You for Your name.

Come on, the Bible says, oh, clap your hands, all ye people, and shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Lord, we lift up Your name in this place, God. We enter into a posture of thanksgiving, Lord.

We praise You, Lord, for who You are, God. We praise You for Your name, Jesus.

We praise You for Your name, Satan, God. I lift You up, Jesus. You deserve all the honor, Jesus.

That's a word from the Lord. There are two things that are required for a house to be a house that is a dwelling place of the glory of the Lord.

The first one is hunger and the next is holiness. Hunger drives you to prayer and fellowship with God.

And that prayer and fellowship with God opens up a door in the spirit where heavenly activity can take place in your home.

We talk about your place should be a place of peace. It should be a place of peace because when you walk into your home there are angels in your home.

It shouldn't be uncommon for you to walk through a certain area in your house and feel an unusual presence.

And sit as an angel that is in your home. It shouldn't be uncommon for you to be cooking dinner and feel the presence of God sweep by you like a gentle cool breeze.

Our home should be a place where there is a constant flow of heavenly traffic.

But let me tell you what will stop that is if you have a hunger for God but you don't have a call to holiness in your home.

Because just like my hunger calls me to prayer and prayer calls me to open a door to the spirit realm in the heavenly places.

If I lack holiness and I partake in sinful activity in my home and I don't guard my home, I'm opening a door to a different kind of spiritual activity in my house.

And I'm telling you what won't fellowship together is light and darkness. They can't dwell together.

And so just as much as we need to call for the presence of God in our home there is a call to holiness in our home.

You can't rebuke devils you play with. You can't all of a sudden be overcome by a spirit of lust and try and rebuke it.

But you entertain it on the television. You can't do that. We don't have authority over things that we mess with.

And this is why you can call for holiness. And a lot of times people will shrink back from that.

But let me tell you the people who shrink back from the call to holiness are the people who do not hunger.

Because if you want God in your home you will protect that place.

I woke up in the middle of the night and I went around and I got the bottle and my wife said.

She woke up this morning and she said were you praying last night. Because she saw the bottle of oil out on the counter.

I woke up around 1:30 in the morning or so and I started anointing my house in the middle of the night.

Praying that God would cover this place and that this would be a place. That this would be a place where his angels would be and where his presence would be.

And that peace would be about my home and I anointed the place where me and my wife sleep.

She's asleep. My daughter's asleep. But I'm protecting that place. Because it matters.

Not to just be hungry for God. But God is not going to dwell someplace that hasn't been protected in his holiness.

And I believe that God wants to dwell in your home. But if God is going to dwell in your home you got to make a commitment.

That's not coming in here. That is not. If this is God's place and this is where the ark is.

Let me tell you what's not welcome where the ark is. Proversion is not welcome where the ark is.

Let me tell you what you wouldn't find. Is somebody. The children of Israel were involved in all kinds of things.

But let me tell you what they weren't going to go do. They weren't going to go commit all acts of lasciviousness behind the veil.

They weren't going to do that. Because they had to respect enough to know that the presence of God was holy.

And you couldn't bring something unholy into the holy place of God.

But let me tell you Jesus tore that veil. He opened it and he gave you access to have the ark in your home.

And if you're going to have the ark in your home your home has to be the holy of holies.

It can't be a place where we fellowship light and darkness. Where we partake in sin but also prayer.

It's got to be a place where he alone is welcome. And we protect it from other stuff.

So here's the last thing we're going to do today. We're going to dedicate our homes.

We're going to dedicate our homes. What do you mean we're not at home? But you're here.

And it's only your home because you're there. Because if you move out of that place it just becomes somebody else's.

So here's what I want to do. Husbands and wives I want you together right now.

Husbands and wives I want you together right now. Roommates I want you together right now.

Now to the rest because we have a lot of singles in this church. Singles I want you to cluster up.

Maybe you live close to somebody. You've got some friends that you're close to. I want you to cluster up right now.

Come on everybody find each other. Roommates find each other. Single people find each other.

Yeah let's get up and move around. Children find your parents.

My wife said can I stand with you? Oh she said do I stand with you? Yes.

Okay we got it.

All right here's what we're doing. We are banding together and saying not only is the ark welcome.

But I am answering the call to holiness in my home. Not only am I saying God I'm hungry for your presence in my home.

But I am also saying consequently God I am hungry for holiness in my home.

And the people you're praying with right now they're going to do it with you. We're going to be accountable together.

And we are going to see the glory of the Lord fill our home.

Early in one of the first three or four services in this church I saw a vision of houses on fire.

And it wasn't alarmed it wasn't a bad thing. What I was seeing was homes where the glory of the Lord was dwelling.

And yeah we've got five neighborhoods right now but we ought to have 50.

Okay. Because what God is going to do it's going to require us to have a lot of homes on fire for God.

That can facilitate the harvest that God is going to bring in.

And so we're going to dedicate our houses to God right now.

Let's begin to pray right now. However it is you need to pray.

You and your spouse, you and your roommate, maybe a single to another single.

Come on let's dedicate our homes. Let's dedicate our homes to the Lord right now.

God your glory is welcome in my home. This is a place I treat my home like the Holy of Holies God.

And it can't be the Holy of Holies if it's not guarded with holiness.

It can't be the Holy of Holies if it's not guarded with holiness.

Your Holy Spirit is welcome so therefore God I walk in holiness.

I'm protecting my home God. I'm protecting it God.

I'm standing at the door. I'm guarding what comes in and out of this place.

I'm facilitating God. Heavenly activity here.

I'm welcoming you here and nothing else Jesus.

Jesus.

Oh yes come on let it be a seriousness come about you right now.

Let there be a holy seal on your home.

Plead the blood of Jesus Christ over where you sleep, over where you dwell, over where you live.

I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over it right now.

I plead the blood over every home represented in this church, every family represented in this church, every household.

I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over your home, over your marriage, over your friendship, over your dwelling place in the name of the Lord.

Anything that is trying to disturb the peace of your home, I rebuke it in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Satan, the blood is against you. This is a house where the children of God abide.

This is the place of the dwelling of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I speak that you will get good sleep and good rest.

I speak that you will encounter the peace of God.

I speak that God will visit you in dreams and visions.

I speak that God will visit you in supernatural encounters, that the angels of the Lord will come in to visit you in the name of Jesus Christ.

Why? Because you're saying this is your house, Lord.

This is the place where the Ark abides.

This is the place where the glory dwells.

This is the place where you alone are welcome to abide.

Only you are welcome here, Jesus.

Yeah, that's good.

Andalabakas, andalabaha.

Place angels around our homes to guard and to encamp around us, to protect us, to keep us, to shelter us in the name of Jesus.

In the name of Jesus.

In the name of Jesus.

Every wife stepping forward as an intercessor.

Every husband stepping forward as the priest of the home.

The guarder of the home.

In the name of the Lord Jesus.

Wives, pray strength into your husbands.

Husbands, accept the responsibility and the call to be the priest of your home.

Oh, thank you, Jesus.

There are not enough buildings to hold the harvest that God is going to send to the church.

But there are enough homes, there are not enough stadiums in the world to house the revival that God is sending to this world, but there are enough homes.

And I am telling you in the spirit and I feel it and it's been prophesied by others that the end time harvest is going to be facilitated in ways in a room like this, but let me tell you where the bulk of it is going to happen, in homes, in homes.

And so here's the call tonight.

Number one, if you're not a part of a neighborhood, get there.

Number two, if you have a house and you're willing to start a neighborhood, come talk to me.

Number three, wherever you live, neighborhood or no neighborhood, make it the dwelling place of God.

And let me tell you, if you put the presence of God as the centerpiece of your home, God is going to multiply your generations.

God finds a way to take care of those who are putting him first.

It's almost like Jesus said one time, you got all these needs, hey, but before you get there, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all of these things are going to be added to you.

I'm telling you, I'm not preaching prosperity to you, but if you need financial help, you go ahead and see what happens when you put the presence in the middle of your house.

You go ahead and let the glory of the Lord fill your house and you start bringing people into it and you see if God don't make sure your mortgage is paid so his ministry can take place.

So we're going to do one more thing.

We're just going to pray and thank God together and then we're going to go and let the glory of the Lord fill our homes, okay?

Thank you for coming.

There's apparently some kind of sporting event that's taking place tonight. I'm not sure what it is.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for your faithfulness to God.

Let's pray.

Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you for...

I pray a special blessing on those that have come tonight, Lord, and I pray that your presence would seal this night, that you would deposit something into our hearts that cannot be plucked up, that cannot be choked out by the thorns, cannot be plucked up by the ravens.

I pray that the soil of our heart, God, is not so rocky and shallow that you can't grow something deep in us.

I pray tonight that the seed of the word that goes forth tonight, that's gone forth tonight, would bring forth great fruit.

Let it bring forth great fruit in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

In Jesus' name, come on, clap your hands unto the Lord right now.

With the hand clap, would you just lift your voice and lift a shout of praise unto God.

Come on, lift a shout of praise unto him.

La poto yalla maha, kata yalla maha.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

All right, God bless you. Have a great week.

We are going to be having neighborhoods this week as normal.

If you're not in a neighborhood, you want to get involved, anything like that, welcome to Apostolic Text High to the number that's going to be on the screen here in a moment.

You can get registered just like that.

God bless you.

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