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0:00Every praise,
0:02every praise is to [music] our God. Sing
0:05hallelujah.
0:08Sing hallelujah [music] to our God.
0:12Glory hallelujah to our God.
0:16Every praise,
0:18every [music] praise to our God.
0:24[cheering]
0:27Thank God.
0:32Praise God. I want to add my welcome and
0:36to this conference. God bless all of you
0:38that are here and I thank you for your
0:41giving. I think we're going to be in for
0:43a great week. I'm trusting that God is
0:46going to speak to people this week. Turn
0:48in your Bibles if you have them.
0:51First Kings chapter 19 is where we're
0:54going to read in the word of God. In
0:573:10 BC, the Roman
1:01general Agatha of Syracuse, he invaded
1:05North Africa. His goal was to force
1:09Carthage into withdrawing their troops
1:13from Sicily.
1:15And when he landed,
1:17he burned the entire fleet of 60 ships
1:21that they had sailed over on. Why would
1:24you burn your ships? Two reasons. He
1:29wanted there to be no options.
1:32The only way that his men had a hope of
1:35getting back home, you had to win. And
1:38that was going to give motivation for
1:40them to fight. And secondly, by burning
1:43the boats, he didn't have to leave
1:45anyone behind to guard the fleet because
1:49every soldier could go to the battle.
1:52The lesson from that, it was successful.
1:55He did win at at Carthage and Libya.
1:59The lesson is this. Success requires
2:04commitment.
2:06very simple, but that is actually a
2:08Bible principle that we're going to read
2:11in First Kings 19. We're going to see
2:15that a man named Elisha is called by
2:18God. He's a farmer. He's plowing in the
2:22field. And when God calls him, he burns
2:27his plow to demonstrate his total
2:30dedication to God's will. I am trusting
2:34that God is going to speak to people
2:36this week. There are going to be some
2:39plows burnt to enable people to totally
2:43dedicate themselves to the will of God.
2:45I want to preach about burning your
2:47plows. First Kings 19 starting at verse
2:5019. So he departed from there and he
2:52found Elisha the son of Sheaphat who was
2:54plowing with 12 yolk of oxim before him
2:57and he was with the 12. Then Elijah
3:01passed by him and threw his mantle on
3:03him. And he left the oxen and ran after
3:05Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my
3:08father and my mother, and then I will
3:11follow you." And he said to him, "Go
3:13back again, for what have I done to
3:17you?" So Elisha turned back from him,
3:19took a yolk of oxin, slaughtered them,
3:22and boiled their flesh using the oxen's
3:24equipment, gave it to the people, and
3:27they ate. Then he arose and followed
3:30Elijah and he became his servant.
3:34Burning your plows. Let's look at the
3:36first thought. Let's talk about
3:37receiving the mantle. Our text speaks
3:41about a mental. The word means cloak,
3:45outer cloak or robe. And these could be
3:49woven. They could be made of animal
3:51skins or hair, different kinds of
3:53things. He throws this mantle, this
3:57cloak across his shoulders.
4:01This mantle was an identifier. It was an
4:05outward symbol of the function the owner
4:10had for God. It was saying something.
4:14The one who wears this mantle is not the
4:17same as everybody else. It's not talking
4:20about being better than anybody else,
4:23but they are different. They are set
4:26apart for God, owned by God. Romans 1:1,
4:31Paul has this idea. I'm a bondervant of
4:35Jesus Christ. I'm called to be an
4:37apostle, separated
4:40to the gospel of God.
4:43But this mantle had a supernatural
4:46dimension of equipping.
4:50There was something absolutely
4:53supernatural. Supernatural direction was
4:57connected to this mantle. First Kings
4:5919:13. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped
5:02his face in his mantle and went out and
5:05stood at the entrance of the cave.
5:07Suddenly a voice came to him and said,
5:09"What are you doing here, Elijah?" with
5:12his face wrapped in the mantle. He heard
5:16God's voice directing him if in his life
5:20and his ministry. Some of you this week,
5:23what you need desperately is to hear
5:26from God. The mantle is connected to
5:30supernatural direction. But there's
5:33supernatural power for ministry in this
5:36mantle. 2 Kings 2:8. Elijah took his
5:40mantle, rolled it up, struck the water,
5:42and it was divided this way and that so
5:45the two of them could cross over on dry
5:49ground.
5:50Some scholars believe that this mantle
5:53would be worn as anointing oil would be
5:57poured over the head. And so that oil,
6:01this symbol of the Holy Spirit would
6:04soak in. And some scholars believe that
6:07this would be passed on. There would be
6:10numbers of prophets, numbers of
6:13anointings that would be there and oil
6:16is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. When the
6:20Holy Spirit is on you, is at work in
6:24your life, there is a supernatural power
6:28that will equip you to do the will of
6:30God. And he picked up that mantle. They
6:34needed to be on the other side, but
6:36something stood in the way. The Jordan
6:39River was blocking, but he took that and
6:43smoked the water. And what stood in the
6:46way
6:48parted. They have the power to change
6:53what is stopping God's will. We send men
6:56out. They're very excited to go to
7:00wherever the holy promised land is. But
7:03it's not uncommon that we get a call
7:05sometime later on and they say it's
7:08really hard here.
7:10And the answer that I always give is
7:14that's right and that's why we sent you.
7:18Change it. You've got a mental.
7:22That is what Elijah did. He changed
7:25that. That is what the mental can do.
7:28But the mental represents the choice of
7:31God.
7:32Elisha didn't seek this mantle. He
7:36didn't seek this calling. God chose him.
7:40First Kings 19:16, "Anoint Elisha to
7:44replace you as my prophet."
7:48God makes choices for our lives.
7:51Colossians 1:1, I Paul, I'm an apostle
7:54of Jesus Christ by the will of God.
7:58There are things that God may choose for
8:01our lives what he wants us to do in a
8:04local church.
8:07God may choose for our lives that he
8:09wants us to preach the gospel. I never
8:14wanted to preach. I was the pastor's
8:16son. I hated it when people asked me,
8:19"Are you going to be a preacher like
8:20your daddy?" We talked to I know I'm not
8:24absolutely not. But it was in a men's
8:27disciplehip class in Perth, West,
8:29Australia. My father was doing a class
8:31on preaching,
8:34studying. That has nothing to do with
8:36me. But God spoke.
8:39There's more than what my dad was
8:40saying. God spoke and said, "That's what
8:42I want you to do." That's what a mantle
8:44is. It's a choice of God. You know,
8:47there are places that God wants us to be
8:50by his choice. where you go to church,
8:54God gets a vote in that
8:58>> to pioneer. God may want you to go
9:00somewhere and pioneer to go overseas.
9:03You might be pastoring, laboring in a
9:06place, but God may speak and say, "I
9:09want you to leave there and go somewhere
9:11else." There are others you cannot wait.
9:14You're hoping God will say, "Leave these
9:17people." And God will say, "Stay."
9:21The mantle is the choice
9:24of God. Which means
9:26we have to have what Elisha had. We have
9:30to hear from God.
9:33Did you come to conference this week to
9:36hear from God? And I'm not just talking
9:39about hearing sermons.
9:41Is God able
9:43to speak to you and direct the choice
9:49that he has for you? This mantle
9:53represented the potential of usefulness.
9:57Elisha was going to impact people's
9:59lives. He would deliver a prophet, a
10:03prophet's widow and her sons from debt
10:06slavery. He would wind up saving armies,
10:10entire armies from death. That's the
10:13digging of the ditches in the valley. He
10:16was going to be able to cause healing
10:18from physical barrenness. There he was
10:22going to raise a child from the dead.
10:26Do you know that if you find what God
10:29wants for you, there can be people alive
10:33because of you. Lives can be changed
10:38>> by your involvement simply releasing the
10:41spirit of God. What job, what award,
10:45what what possession or hobby could ever
10:49equal that?
10:51>> And the mantle represents the
10:53replacement factor. First Kings 19:16,
10:57anoint Elisha to replace you as my
11:00prophet.
11:02Elijah didn't have a lot of time left on
11:05earth.
11:06Scholars say from the point of the
11:09scripture we read, he had 6 to 8 years
11:12left.
11:156 to 8 years is all the amount of time
11:17he had on this earth. That means very
11:20simply he had to be replaced.
11:24If Elijah had a powerful ministry, all
11:28the wonderful things that he did, and
11:30then he died and it all stopped, that's
11:34not success. That would be a failure.
11:38You know, there are pastors, you're
11:39laboring in a city.
11:42Statistically,
11:44most pastors, you're not going to stay
11:47there forever.
11:49So, that means someone's going to have
11:51to replace you. There are pastors here,
11:53you are getting older.
12:00There are pastors here, you're in your
12:0270s, you're in your 80s. I want to
12:04preach till
12:06you're not going to be able to do it
12:07forever.
12:11You better have a replacement.
12:14>> There are pastors, sadly,
12:17some will leave this earth sooner than
12:19we would like. In all those instances,
12:23they have to be replaced in order for
12:26the work of God to carry on.
12:30But if there's going to be a
12:32replacement, what is crucial? Remember,
12:35it was the spirit.
12:38>> There has to be the same spirit. I know
12:40there are young young guys. They cannot
12:44wait to be a replacement because they're
12:46so clever. They know everything that's
12:48wrong with a fellowship. They can't wait
12:50to change it. You will nosedive
12:55rapidly.
12:57>> Elisha said, "I want a double portion of
13:00your
13:02spirit." But this mantle was a
13:04surprising interruption. Verse 19,
13:08Elisha was plowing with 12 yolk of oxin
13:11and he was with the 12. In those days,
13:13if you were plowing and you had 12 oxmen
13:17yolked together,
13:19that that means that was a a a lucrative
13:25business. That meant you had money.
13:29He is in control of his life. Money
13:33brings security. Money brings comfort.
13:36Money
13:37brings recreation.
13:41And so Elisha is like many when God
13:44speaks to them in conference or a men's
13:48disciplehip class. The mantle is thrown
13:52across his shoulders. It's the choice of
13:54God and he wants to negotiate the terms.
13:59Verse 20 left the oxen and ran after
14:01Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my
14:03father, my mother, and then
14:07I will follow you." Oh, great. This is
14:09one such a wonderful pl. Amen, Pastor
14:13Elijah.
14:15But
14:17I want to be able to negotiate how I do
14:21this,
14:23when I do it,
14:26what should come first before I do it.
14:31But what's amazing in our story is that
14:33Elijah didn't stand there demanding. He
14:37didn't st throw the mantle tick- tock.
14:41He's not trying to pressure Elisha.
14:45Verse 19, Elijah went over to him, threw
14:48his cloak across his shoulders, and then
14:50he walked away.
14:54Because he's saying something, you have
14:56to work out your calling.
14:59>> It's not my job to work out your calling
15:01for you, Elisha.
15:03calling comes from God and not man.
15:08I know there are men they want to be
15:09able to say, "My pastor tricked me. He
15:14pressured me. He hyped me up. He psyched
15:17me into this."
15:20But Elisha asks a question. Verse 20, he
15:23says, "What have I done to you?" Right.
15:29>> Elijah, maybe he was holding that oil
15:32soaked
15:34mantle.
15:36And Elijah says, "What have I done? I
15:41didn't do anything. I just obeyed God.
15:44I cast the mantle. But you, it's your
15:47job to receive it." Do you know you are
15:49responsible for your own calling?
15:53>> And you will answer to God, not man.
15:57for the calling that God has put on your
16:01life.
16:03And thank God, we see here after trying
16:05to delay,
16:07Elisha settled his calling
16:11and he got on with it. Verse 21, then he
16:14arose and followed Elijah and became his
16:18servant. this week.
16:21My prayer is for some of you that you
16:25will settle things with God this week
16:27and get on with it.
16:31What God is speaking to you, get on with
16:34it. Quit playing, delaying, dabbling.
16:40Get on with what God has called you to
16:42do. Let's talk secondly about burning
16:44your plows.
16:46There's a battle that usually goes on
16:49when God calls us to anything. And the
16:53battle is usually not an outright no.
16:59Most people when God speaks, they don't
17:03say absolutely not.
17:09I want to be a drugdeing hitman for the
17:11mafia. That's my dream. later. That's
17:14not what happens.
17:17The common tendency is to hold back part
17:20of our obedience.
17:22God speaks and we say, "Okay,
17:26how can I do what God wants and what I
17:31want?
17:33How can I do what God wants and what
17:36other people are expecting me to do
17:40at the same time?
17:43We want to be able to hold on to our
17:45options.
17:49We want the approval of others. Verse
17:5220, first let me go kiss my father and
17:55my mother goodbye and then
17:59I will go with you. This is not simply
18:03I have to let them know.
18:06This is a seeking of approval.
18:10First, let me make sure that it's okay
18:12with them.
18:15That story is echoed in Jesus
18:19in Luke
18:219:59 and 60. He said to another, "Follow
18:24me." But he said, "Lord, first let me go
18:27bury my father." And Jesus said to him,
18:29"Let the dead bury their own dead, but
18:32you go and preach the kingdom of God."
18:34His father wasn't dying. Wasn't in the
18:36hospital about to pass on hospice.
18:40his dad might not die for 30 years.
18:45What he's saying is culturally they
18:47expect me to stay around and take care
18:51of things
18:52at home. And Jesus said absolutely not.
18:59We want to delay. Let me go visit my
19:02family first.
19:05visiting them,
19:08saying goodbye, getting their approval.
19:10That might take time. So Elisha is like
19:13many people.
19:15He's not saying absolutely not. He's
19:18saying I will
19:20later.
19:22I will do God's will. after
19:27Genesis 24:55.
19:29But her brother and her mother said,
19:31"Let the young woman stay with us for
19:33for a few days, at least 10, and after
19:37that she may go." But this was not
19:40acceptable to Elijah
19:42because delay is dangerous.
19:46You know why delay? It's dangerous when
19:48you delay.
19:51It's dangerous
19:54because it makes us feel better even
19:56though we're disobedient.
20:01We would be convicted if we said no.
20:05But it sounds so nice. We say later.
20:08Isn't that nice? Later.
20:11Later is just a nice sounding no
20:16but it makes us feel better. Pray. Amen.
20:21That that's so good, God. And I will
20:25later.
20:27But delay is dangerous because it kills
20:30desire. Do you know when you delay doing
20:33God's will, the desire to do God's will
20:36fades?
20:38I remember what it was like as a young
20:41disciple. I would be in conferences like
20:44this and my heart would begin to pound.
20:47I knew what God wanted. There was a
20:50stirring that's there. Maybe that's
20:53happening right now. God is dealing with
20:56you right now.
20:58But if you delay,
21:01it'll fade.
21:03You won't feel like that
21:07months from now unless you put some
21:11things in action. James 1:23 and 24.
21:15Those who hear God's teaching and do
21:17nothing, they're like people who look at
21:19themselves in a mirror. They see their
21:21faces and then they go away and they
21:23quickly forget
21:26what they look like.
21:29We want to maintain our security.
21:33This calling, the mantle comes. But
21:36maybe he's thinking, "But what if this
21:38profit thing doesn't work out?"
21:42the plow,
21:44the oxen, the yolk.
21:47That would be plan B. I have I can
21:50always go back to farming if the profit
21:53thing doesn't work out. That plow will
21:56still be waiting for me back home.
21:59We want security. We want guarantees.
22:04Where will the call take me?
22:07No idea.
22:09What What will it be like? What what
22:11what will happen? No idea. Can you
22:15guarantee that I will succeed?
22:18Definitely not. You know what's amazing
22:21is that Elijah cast the mantle with zero
22:25information.
22:27He didn't cast the mantle and said, "And
22:30here's a print out of everything that
22:32will happen." He cast the mantle and he
22:36said
22:38nothing.
22:40no details.
22:42But isn't that what God does for us?
22:44Hebrews 11:8. By faith, Abraham obeyed
22:48when he was called to go out to the
22:50place which he would receive as an
22:52inheritance. And he went out not knowing
22:56where he was going.
22:59And so many people here they are trying
23:01to negotiate. They become almost
23:06followers,
23:08almost disciples,
23:11almost missionaries. And the Bible's
23:14filled with almost followers, isn't it?
23:16Lot's wife who looked back and became
23:18hardened. Saul who had partial obedience
23:21and lost the kingdom. The rich young
23:23ruler loved money and lost his destiny.
23:27Deeus, who loved the world and walked
23:29away.
23:30James 1:8 in the Living Bible says,
23:33"Every decision you then make will be
23:36uncertain as you turn first this way and
23:38then that."
23:41But the Bible says that Elisha faced his
23:44calling and he burnt his plow.
23:49Verse 21, he returned to the oxen,
23:51slaughtered them, used the wood from the
23:53plow to build a fire to roast their
23:57flesh. Once the cows are killed,
24:00once the plow was burnt, there was no
24:03going back. They're gone.
24:07And this shows us what is needed to do
24:10the will of God. It is total commitment.
24:14It means you have to tie yourself
24:18to a particular options. You know what?
24:21When you remove your options,
24:24it makes you focus and give maximum
24:30effort. Before I was a pastor, I did a
24:33an apprenticeship
24:36in glazing, working with glass. I'm
24:38actually a glazier by
24:41trade.
24:43The problem was glazing was the second
24:46worst paying trade in all of Australia.
24:49Only hairdressers were paid less than
24:52glaziers. I'm one of the few men I got a
24:56pay raise when I became concert
24:58director.
24:59Like 275 a week.
25:09And then I was sent out on the cutback
25:11system. Every 90 days, my whopping
25:15salary of 275 was cut by 25% every 90
25:19days.
25:23I had no options. Wasn't like I had this
25:26fantastic career. If this pioneering
25:28thing doesn't work out, I'll be back
25:33to glazing.
25:37You know what that did? The clock was
25:40ticking. that that motivated me. You got
25:43to get saved. I got to eat. You need to
25:45listen to me. I got to pray, man. I got
25:48to lay hold of God. This is because I
25:51didn't have options.
25:54And there are disciples here. There are
25:57pastors here. You are so
26:00smart. You are far smarter than I am.
26:03You're so clever.
26:05Some of you, you can make incredible
26:08money.
26:11And I feel sorry for you
26:16because you can be distracted. You can
26:20play at your ministry.
26:23You can dabble
26:25and give a little bit of effort and it
26:29doesn't affect your lifestyle at all.
26:35cuz you've got so many plows.
26:40I want the will of God, but you've got
26:43all these plows.
26:45You've got all these options.
26:48You've got so you got plan B, C, X. You
26:52got a lot.
26:57He burned his plow. Burning your plow
26:59will cost you a team of oxen. the yoke
27:02that costs money. Burning your plow,
27:05yes, it might cost you financially. It
27:08might cost you security. It might cost
27:10you your plans and your your dreams.
27:14Let me caution every pastor here. You
27:17want to make disciples,
27:19you make a mistake when you try to make
27:22it easy on disciples
27:25and lower the cost. Instead of offering
27:28the pearl of great price, you're
27:31offering discount pearls, the pearl of
27:34convenience, the pearl of minimal cost.
27:39But that isn't what produces
27:43the life of God. 1 Chronicles 21:24,
27:47the New Century Version. But David
27:49answered Aruna, "No, I will pay full
27:52price for the land. I won't offer a
27:56burnt offering that costs me nothing.
28:00One man said almost followers keep their
28:03plows.
28:05True followers burn them.
28:09So the question is why was Elisha's
28:12calling so expensive?
28:15Why burn your pl
28:18because great callings require great
28:21commitment and great sacrifices.
28:24Elisha was going to impact an entire
28:27nation. In fact, he was going to impact
28:28several nations.
28:33Why is calling so expensive? Because
28:36we're going to win the world for Jesus.
28:39>> There there are people they they go
28:41online, you know, there are other
28:42churches, there are other fellowships,
28:44they don't require so they don't they
28:47don't have prayer and outreach and
28:49standards. It's not so ex It's easier.
28:53That's fine. I have no argument with
28:55that. But they're not winning the world.
28:59>> Listen, our goal in life is not to win
29:01the church softball league.
29:06Our call is to win the world for Jesus
29:08Christ.
29:10[applause]
29:12Amen.
29:14And we can only win the world for Jesus
29:18by burning our plows.
29:22And Elisha does it. And he
29:25se he's not mourning. He doesn't mope.
29:30He makes it a party.
29:33He celebrates his surrender. Verse 21,
29:36he returned to his oxen, slaughtered
29:38them, used the wood from the plow to
29:39build a fire to roast the flesh. And he
29:42passed around the meat to the town's
29:45people and they ate. Everybody felt the
29:49impact of his surrender
29:52when he burnt his plow. I got a photo
29:55here.
29:56In 1848,
29:59John and Charlotte Getty went to the New
30:01Hedes Islands. Modern days that's
30:03Vanoatu.
30:06The New Hees, the people
30:09of the islands, they were cannibals.
30:12This is incredibly risky to go there.
30:16But when he died, a plaque was placed in
30:19their memory. And it said when he landed
30:22in 1848, there were no Christians here.
30:26And when he left in 1872, there were no
30:29heathen.
30:31Total commitment
30:34is what brings the favor of God. Let's
30:37talk finally about life from burnt
30:38plows.
30:41Destiny and success
30:43flows out of commitment. You can never
30:47enter into God's will without
30:48commitment. Matthew 22:14, "For many are
30:51called, but few are chosen.
30:55Few are willing to burn their plows.
30:59Few are willing to take
31:02actual steps to enter into their
31:05calling."
31:07And let me caution you. If you decide
31:10this week to burn your plow, please note
31:13there often is a time frame between the
31:15burning of the plow and the entering in
31:18to your full destiny. First Kings 19:21,
31:21he arose and followed Elijah and became
31:24his servant. He didn't immediately start
31:27healing people, prophesying, raising the
31:30dead.
31:32You burn your plow and you find a place
31:35of service.
31:37You help in the local church. You help
31:40your pastor help other people enter
31:43their destiny.
31:46But burning his plow paid off because
31:49Elisha entered into a supernatural
31:52dimension.
31:54He took up the mantle of his pastor and
31:57was able to see a supernatural dimension
32:00at work through his life. 2 Kings 2:14,
32:03he took the mantle of Elijah that had
32:06fallen from him, struck the water, and
32:07said, "Where is the Lord God of Elijah?"
32:11And when he also had struck the water,
32:13it divided this way and that. And Elisha
32:17crossed over. Listen, when you burn your
32:20plow, you make room for God in your
32:24life. And now faithful service has added
32:27a supernatural dimension. This is the
32:30mark of Elisha's ministry is a
32:34supernatural dimension. He healed the
32:36water in the town which released
32:38fruitfulness. He brought supernatural
32:41direction
32:43that delivered the kings and their
32:45armies. He was able to bring
32:47supernatural financial provision to the
32:50widow through the oil. Debt was paid
32:53off. He's able to bring supernatural
32:55healing to non and his leprosy was
32:59cured. Able to bring life and
33:02fruitfulness to a barren woman. She has
33:05a son. Was able to raise a dead boy to
33:08life.
33:11Supernatural
33:13a supernatural dimension follows
33:17commitment.
33:19There may be disciples. There may be
33:21pastors here that the supernatural
33:24dimension is missing in your life. You
33:26say, "I don't have that. It's not
33:28working." Like you're describing. Is it
33:31possible?
33:33It's because you haven't burnt your
33:34plows yet.
33:38You You want God to bless, but you want
33:40to keep the plow.
33:44The final chapter of Elisha's ministry
33:47happened
33:48after he was dead. 2 Kings 13:21,
33:52the New Century Version.
33:55Once as some Israelites were burying a
33:57man, they suddenly saw a group of
33:59Moabites coming. The Israelites threw
34:01the dead man into Elisha's grave. And
34:04when the man touched Elisha's bones, the
34:07man came back to life and stood on his
34:10feet.
34:12Do you understand? Elisha was so full of
34:16the life and the power of God. His
34:21bones, he had to be dead a long time.
34:25His bones still had supernatural power.
34:28They go, "Oh, they got a dead guy." They
34:30throw him in there and the next minute
34:31they look back, he's still, "Hey guys,
34:33what's going on?" [laughter]
34:36filled with the life of God. This is
34:40actually something we all need to aim
34:42for in our life and ministry. Let there
34:45be something powerful
34:48in our lives that will outlive us. Let
34:52our children, let our converts, let our
34:54disciples still be feeling the life
34:59that was released when we burnt our
35:04plows.
35:06my disciplehip. Perth, West, Australia,
35:09became concert director.
35:12Was only a concert director for five
35:14months. We're about to be sent out. I'm
35:18Lisa and I are having dinner at my
35:20parents house and suddenly dad got a
35:22call from a frantic
35:25husband, a man in the church.
35:27His wife was just under six months
35:30pregnant.
35:32And this man is nearly hysterical. He
35:35said, "Doctors say they cannot detect a
35:39heartbeat. They have told us the baby is
35:42dead
35:44and tomorrow morning they are going to
35:46remove what they say is a dead baby."
35:50We immediately left dinner,
35:53rushed to the hospital, and listen, this
35:56was my dad. I was there. I can't say
35:59that I contributed much. This, and you
36:02got to catch this. This was before we
36:04even prayed for the sick. But I will
36:07never forget my dad walked into the room
36:10of that brokenhearted
36:14woman, that brokenhearted couple, and he
36:17prayed and I heard him say, "I command
36:20life to come into that baby."
36:24And that is exactly what happened. That
36:27baby came back to life. I want to show
36:29you a picture here. This was taken two
36:33Sundays ago. Thank God. [applause]
36:42On the left, that is the mother that my
36:45father commanded life to come into her
36:49body. And on the right, that is Misha. I
36:53know her as Misha Brune. She is now 40
36:56years old. because my father had burnt
37:00his plows. He had life in him. And when
37:05he prayed, life came into her.
37:08Thank God. [applause]
37:13I wonder how many miracles are going to
37:17be birthed
37:19by people in this conference or who are
37:22watching online who decide to burn their
37:25plows. I wonder how many testimonies in
37:29the years to come
37:31will be released because people once
37:34they burnt their plows, this
37:36supernatural life of God is at work in
37:39them. And you can take that life
37:43anywhere in the world and God will go to
37:46work. Let's bow our heads, close our
37:49eyes all across this place.
37:54Thank God.
37:59With our heads bowed, there are people
38:01that are here. I want to give you a
38:03challenge and that's I spoke about
38:05surrender and I was using it of course
38:08in the sense of surrendering to God's
38:11plans and will for your life. But there
38:13are people here you have never made the
38:16first step of surrender. It's called
38:19salvation. Being a Christian is not,
38:22"Yeah, I guess I can come to church
38:23every once in a while."
38:26Being a Christian is nothing less than
38:28when you surrender your life to God and
38:32you say, "God, I am willing to do your
38:36will." Sin is rebellion against God's
38:39will. Doesn't matter what flavor or type
38:42of sin.
38:44All sin is rebellion.
38:47To be born again is when you pray and
38:50say, "God, I want to live for you. I
38:52know the way I'm living is wrong, but I
38:54believe that Jesus died on the cross and
38:57shed his blood." If you are here tonight
39:00and you're not right with God and you
39:02want to pray and surrender to Jesus
39:06Christ, I want you to do one thing.
39:09Everyone else has their head bowed. Lift
39:11your hand up high so I can see. It's a
39:13big building. I want to see your hand.
39:15Thank you. I see that hand. Thank you at
39:17the back. God bless you. Thank you.
39:19People are lifting their hands. How many
39:21others raise your hand so I can see it.
39:23Hold it up high. I want to pray. I want
39:26to turn from my sin. I want to
39:28surrender. Thank God. I see hands that
39:30are going back up back there. God bless
39:32you. Thank you. Others you want to
39:35surrender. Thank God for you. Some of
39:37you are backsliding. This is what
39:38happened. At some point, you wanted to
39:42keep options open and you it took you
39:44away from God. Even though you were
39:46saved, how many backsliders, you say, "I
39:49want to get right with God. I want to
39:50come back home." Lift your hand right
39:51now. Hold it up. Put it right back down.
39:54You say, "Pastor Greg, I need Jesus. I
39:56want to come back home." Thank God. Now,
39:58I want every one of you. Thank God. I
40:00see that hand. Every one of you that
40:02raised your hand, stand up to your feet
40:04so I can see you. We're going to pray
40:05for you. Thank God. Thank God people are
40:07standing. Thank you. Come here. Come
40:09here. Get out of your seat right now.
40:11Don't wait. Come right now. I'm going to
40:13have someone pray with you. They're
40:15going to meet you here at the front.
40:17They're going to ask God
40:19to save you. God bless you. Just kneel
40:21down. Thank you, ma'am. God bless you.
40:23Just kneel right there. There you go.
40:26Thank God. Thank God for these people
40:28being honest. Kneel down. God bless you.
40:32God bless you, man. Thank you. Thank
40:34God. Thank God. Sam's going to pray for
40:36you. God bless you. Amen. Others are
40:39coming. I want to give you time before
40:41we do anything else. You want to get
40:42right with God is the most important
40:44thing we're going to do tonight. I want
40:46somebody to pray with that young man
40:48there quickly. Doesn't matter if you
40:49know him or not. Thank you. God bless
40:52you. These ladies, thank you every one
40:54of you. Kneel down. I want men to pray
40:57with him. These men, God bless you.
41:01Make sure a lady's praying with every
41:03lady. God bless every one of these.
41:05Making decisions. I need some men over
41:07here to pray with them. Lead them in a
41:09sinner's prayer. Thank God. Help them.
41:12Another one. One more. There you go.
41:16Let's all stand up to our feet. I gave
41:18you a challenge about burning plows. Let
41:21this be a night of surrender and let God
41:25help you. The altars are open. You come.
41:27You talk to God. Do business with God.
41:29Tell him what you're willing to do.
41:32Thank God.
41:34[music]
41:40I [singing and music]
41:42surrender
41:44all
41:48to thee. My blessed
41:52Savior
41:54I [music]
41:55surrender.
41:57>> Hallelujah. Lord God,
42:03Lord.
42:06I [singing and music]
42:07surrender
42:09all.
42:10>> Hallelujah. Lord God
42:13to thee my [music]
42:17savior.
42:19I surrender all. Oh God I surrender all.
42:24Lord God help us. Help us.
42:27>> Surrender [music]
42:28all.
42:33I surrender
42:35all
42:39to thee my
42:42>> blessed savior
42:45I surrender. [music]
42:47>> Oh God thank you for these people Lord
42:51God help them.
42:54>> Help them Lord God speak to them.
42:59Let issues be decided Lord Godless.
43:04[music]
43:07[singing]
43:15>> Oh God we thank you. I'm asking you Lord
43:19God accept
43:22[music]
43:23God accept our lives as a living
43:26sacrifice.
43:28[music]
43:38>> [music]
43:38>> Surrender
43:40all.
43:41>> Sing it again. I surrender all.
43:44>> I surrender
43:47all.
43:49[music]
43:50I [singing]
43:51surrender
43:53all.
43:55[music]
43:57All to thee my bless.
44:01>> Blessed Savior I surrender
44:06all. Now let's praise the Lord together
44:09right now. Thank you Jesus.
44:13Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah Lord God.
44:21[applause]
44:23Worthy is the lamb of God. Hallelujah.
44:31[applause]
44:37>> [applause]
44:42>> Oh,
44:44thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus.
44:47[applause] Thank you Jesus.
44:53Hallelujah [applause] Lord God.
44:54Hallelujah.
45:12Lord, my hand is not
45:17in behind the things that you are
45:20holding on to. Leave behind the things
45:23that are hindering you. My hand is not
45:26shortened for you. I will do great
45:28things in you. I will surrender the
45:31nations unto you. For I hold the power
45:35in the palm of my hand. I will bring
45:38revival and breakthrough. I will pour
45:41out and I will intercede for you. You
45:44will see things that I have never done
45:46before. And you will see things that you
45:49would never imagine.
45:53Hallelujah.
45:54[applause]
45:56Hallelujah.
46:01[applause]
46:05Hallelujah.
46:09Thank God. I I ended the the sermon. I
46:13showed you the photo
46:17and I told you how my father he he said,
46:19"I command life to come." He prayed
46:24over Pam Brun. I command life to come
46:27into her body. I command life to come
46:30into that baby. Misha, a miracle. God
46:35did a miracle and raised her up.
46:39There are people here. I'm going to
46:41pray. I I'll pray for everyone, but
46:45I want to pray for uh several things
46:47here that are connected to this. There
46:49are people that first of all, you are
46:54barren physically. You're not able to
46:57have children uh and husband and wife,
47:00you're not able to have children. God is
47:03able to bring life into barren bodies.
47:07Then I want to pray and this is of
47:09course some of these may be watching
47:12online. There are uh women that right
47:15now you are having complications in your
47:18pregnancy and there there is great fear
47:21always when there's a a problem in
47:24pregnancy. God can bring life and
47:27reverse that. Then I'm going to [music]
47:30pray for anyone that you have a terminal
47:33illness, cancer or any uh illness that
47:37the doctors told you that this can't be
47:39cured, that this will take your life.
47:42God is the God of resurrection. He is in
47:46charge and he gets the final vote in
47:49life. Then I want to pray. There are
47:52people here, you need healing, but
47:57you could say a part of your body is not
48:00working. It's dead. That might be you
48:02have a deaf ear, a blind eye. It might
48:04be your thyroid is not producing. A
48:07kidney, uh liver, it might be part of
48:09your heart they've told you has died.
48:13It's not pumping properly. Part of your
48:16lung is uh is dead. you're not able to
48:20receive full oxygen or maybe you've had
48:22a stroke and there's a it is though your
48:25nerves and motor control is dead. I want
48:29to know how many people first of all in
48:30the building here if that applies one of
48:32those apply to you. Lift up your hands.
48:35Baroness, pregnancy complications,
48:38terminal illness, some part of your
48:40body. Lift up your hand. We're going to
48:41pray. I want you to put your hand on
48:44your body. Let's pray for these people.
48:46Anyone online, you put your hand on your
48:49body right now. I speak life
48:54into these bodies right now.
48:57I command there to be life into barren
49:00wombs.
49:03There will be normal conception.
49:07Right now, I speak to any pregnant woman
49:12having problems. I speak life into their
49:15body.
49:17I speak life into that baby right now.
49:21God, I need you to bring life into deaf
49:24ears and blind eyes,
49:28dead hearts,
49:30thyroids,
49:32liver, kidney,
49:35lungs.
49:37God, I command every stroke victim, life
49:41will come right now in that body.
49:44resurrection life is going to flow in
49:47their bodies in Jesus' name. Amen. Let's
49:51praise the Lord together right now.
49:53Thank God.
49:55Thank you Jesus. [applause]
49:58Oh God. Hallelujah. Lord Jesus
50:03[applause]
50:07God, you are
50:09a healer. Thank God. Then you're going
50:11to check yourself. I want you to check
50:14how many of you didn't have one of those
50:15things that I named, but you need
50:17healing in your body. Lift up your hand.
50:19Something else that I didn't name many,
50:20many hands. Put your hand on your body
50:23where the problem is. You got more than
50:25one problem, put it on your head and God
50:27will know where the power needs to go. I
50:30want you to say this out loud. Say, in
50:32the name of Jesus,
50:33>> I take dominion
50:35>> and I cast out death.
50:37>> I cast out
50:38>> and infirmity
50:40>> and injury.
50:42Leave my body.
50:44>> I speak life.
50:46>> I speak life
50:47>> into my body.
50:49>> Resurrection life.
50:51>> I will be made whole.
50:54>> My body
50:56>> will function normally in the name of
51:00Jesus Christ. Now let's praise the Lord
51:02together. God, thank you. [applause]
51:06Thank you Jesus.
51:14Hallelujah Lord God.
51:22Oh God, thank you. Thank you. Thank you
51:25Jesus. Thank you Jesus. [applause]
51:31Praise God. I want you to check your
51:32body right now. We prayed before or the
51:35prayer right now where there was pain
51:38push. If you had trouble breathing, take
51:40a big breath. Look out of that eye you
51:42couldn't see or listen out of that ear,
51:45whatever it's if it's bending or moving
51:48some action. I want to know right now
51:50there are people here God has already
51:52touched you right now. I want to know
51:54it. How many of you already you know
51:56that God healed you? Lift up your hand.
51:58Thank God. Thank God. Thank God. Praise
52:01God. Thank you, Jesus.
52:06Praise God for his goodness.
52:09Thank God. Thank God. And I encourage
52:12you, pray for people. That is a marking
52:16point. I'm more than 40 years have gone
52:20by. And the miracle of what God did in
52:23Pam and Misha Brun is still with me to
52:26this day. God wants to use you to help
52:29people, bring life into other people.
52:31Thank God. We're going to be dismissed.
52:33We begin tomorrow morning our morning
52:35seminars. Got a great lineup. Please, I
52:38need you to help us to pray. 8:00, 9:00,
52:42our seminars will start. Pastor Scott
52:44Lamb is going to start us off in the
52:45morning. God bless you. You can be
52:47dismissed.
52:48[applause]

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