WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.879 --> 00:00:05.679 Lord, we thank you for today, Holy Spirit. We ask 2 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:07.759 that you come and you root into us what you 3 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:12.439 would have rooted into us. Oh God, Lord, I pray 4 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:16.399 right now that my lips speak your words, nothing more, 5 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:20.800 nothing less. So God Lord, I pray right now that 6 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:25.440 you soften our hearts to hear you, to meditate on you, 7 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:29.640 to know you, to be one with you in unity 8 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:34.920 and grace and holiness. O God, I thank you Lord 9 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:38.759 that you are here with us, Holy Spirit. I pray 10 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:42.880 right now that you open your word to us in 11 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:47.479 a new way. Lord. I pray our eyes be ready 12 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.920 to see you, our ears ready to hear you. Of God, 13 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:56.399 and we give you honor and we give you glory 14 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:06.879 in Jesus's mighty name. Amen. Amen, Amen. My sermon title 15 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:14.239 today is igniting the season you're in. This is a 16 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:20.680 two part I'm gonna speak about the season of the 17 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:24.959 church and then the second part of talk about how 18 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:29.799 you fit into this season and igniting yourself in the season. 19 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:41.599 Ecclesiastes three to one says, to everything there is a season, 20 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:48.400 a time for every purpose under Heaven. I believe that 21 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:55.840 there have been moves of God throughout time that have 22 00:01:56.079 --> 00:02:02.760 changed the way people think about God. We've had movements. 23 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:06.920 He does things for the generation that he comes for. 24 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:12.280 Does that make sense? The way he speaks to us 25 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.800 and in a generation may be different than he speaks 26 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:18.680 to us in the last generation. Does that make sense. 27 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:28.039 That's what I'm saying. When I was when I was younger, 28 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:33.319 I got a call on my life and I loved 29 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:40.199 Benny hen like I loved Benny hen Bro. I would 30 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:43.599 watch him. My aunt would have him on TBN, like 31 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.000 on repeat, I think, and I would just watch him 32 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:50.800 and watch him and watch him. And I was like, 33 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.199 deep inside of me, I thought, that's the call of 34 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:55.719 my life. I'm gonna get up there. I'm gonna lay 35 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:57.479 hands on people and They're gonna fall out under the 36 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:04.800 power of God. That was my vision for my life. 37 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:13.319 I felt it, felt it inside of me. Right. I'm 38 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:21.439 not saying that can't happen, but I'm saying that's not 39 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:26.840 happening right now. But I'm still in the call and 40 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:33.680 the will of God. Amen. I remember when I first 41 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:37.879 became a Christian and my friend Nina, she's known me 42 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:41.000 for twenty years and she can attest to this over 43 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.159 twenty years, and I would get into the presence of 44 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:47.599 the Lord, and gold dust would come over my whole body, 45 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:56.080 oil would come from my head. But that's not happening today. 46 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:02.639 That was for a time and a season that I 47 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:07.199 needed it for. But I'm still walking in the calling 48 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:14.439 of God today. Amen, I want to share what I 49 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:22.160 believe the season of the church Big Sea Churches in 50 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:28.319 twenty nineteen. I had a vision here in January of 51 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:33.680 twenty nineteen. COVID hadn't hit yet. They were just kind 52 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:38.399 of talking about it, right, And I came into the 53 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:41.160 sanctuary and I've seen a hole in the church over 54 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:47.040 there on that side, and I've seen all the Christians 55 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.800 falling into this hole, and I've seen this big tree 56 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.879 and the tree just goes boo down into the middle 57 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:59.759 of it. My first instinct was, well, maybe that wasn't 58 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:07.160 from God. So I recreated that vision. I recreated that 59 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:10.319 vision that the whole was covered up and a big 60 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:16.600 tree came out of it and everybody was flourishing. March 61 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:24.240 that same year COVID hits, and I thought, Wow, the 62 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:26.600 Lord told me this was going to happen, but I 63 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:31.680 didn't want to believe it. Sometimes the Lord gives us 64 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:38.399 things that we don't understand. Until later. I learned in 65 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.839 that moment that I need to be very keen to 66 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:46.160 what he's telling me and what he's saying. So fast 67 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:51.040 forward to twenty twenty. I asked the Lord, what are 68 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:55.120 you doing with the church? God? And all of a sudden, 69 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:58.600 I see this dragon coming out of the ground, and 70 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.199 I see all these church people throwing a rug on it, 71 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:06.480 and I hear the Lord say there's coming a time 72 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:14.319 when the church can no longer hide the dragon. So 73 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:19.680 for five years I've been meditating on this word. What 74 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:24.160 does this mean? I asked people. They would try to 75 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:26.879 help me, but it didn't click. You know what I'm 76 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:31.879 saying like your nowhere knows the Holy Spirit will tell you, no, 77 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:38.759 this is it. Fast forward to twenty twenty five. Charlie 78 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:43.439 Kirk gets assassinated. We're in the car and I said 79 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.279 to my husband. I looked at him and I said, 80 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:49.240 I feel like, for some reason that this is the 81 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:52.959 vision that the Lord has been telling me. All of 82 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:59.000 a sudden, I got this click, this is it, this 83 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:08.199 is the dragon. So a couple of weeks later, me 84 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:09.879 and my husband are going to school. I don't know 85 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:14.519 if you guys know, but we attend school and our professor. 86 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:20.560 He's on there and he said, Jonathan Kahn, just release something. 87 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:25.680 And he said, I think this is so interesting what 88 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:30.920 you said, pastor about Charlie Kirk. Just now. He said 89 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:40.680 he was assassinated inn orum. The word orum means dragon. 90 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:02.120 I thought, I have to look this up because this 91 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:05.120 is true. My husband's yelling at me. It's your vision. 92 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.800 It's your vision, Angela, it's your vision. So I go 93 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:13.680 and I'm like any good Christian, I'm not gonna believe 94 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:22.040 nobody for nothing. I suggest you do the same. That's 95 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:26.000 for free. So I go and I look it up 96 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:31.560 in the House of Name city of Orm on the 97 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.679 House of Names dot com. The name is derived from 98 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:40.720 Ormer serpent. So then I look up Google the surname 99 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:45.960 Ormy and its variants. Orm is the most prominent English 100 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:49.559 name believed to come from the Old Norse Ormer, meaning 101 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:55.519 serpent or dragon. The name's journey into English usage can 102 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:58.879 be traced back to the Viking Age and the Dane Law, 103 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:05.039 the area England heavily settled by Norse invaders. The Norse 104 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.519 origin theory a personal name. The name Ormer was used 105 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:13.159 as a personal name in Old Norse. This tradition was 106 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:17.200 common among Vikings, who often took names from powerful animals, 107 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:30.840 like the serpent. Orm Revelations twelve seventeen says, so the 108 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:36.000 dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went off 109 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:39.320 to wage war on the rest of her children. Those 110 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.879 who keep and obey the commandments of God and have 111 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:50.480 the testimony of Jesus? Who are we? Who are we? 112 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:55.399 We are those children? We are those that bear the 113 00:09:55.440 --> 00:10:03.000 testimony of Jesus after us. We're standing in a time 114 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:06.360 where we can no longer cover the dragon. We're standing 115 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:11.360 in a time where the Lord is saying, hey, wake up, church. 116 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:17.639 We're standing in a time where he says, I have 117 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:30.279 something for you. You have not been abandoned. So what 118 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:36.960 is this season? I believe we have allowed the world 119 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.080 to tell us what Christians are supposed to look like. 120 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:49.279 They have told us what meekness looks like. They've told 121 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:53.200 us what humility looks like. Do you know people will 122 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:57.200 call this church, cussing us out if we don't give 123 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:04.840 them money. This isn't what the church has been given 124 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:13.480 the name entitled to entitlement. We are not their entitlement. 125 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:22.279 We are freedom, We are righteousness, We are a holiness 126 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:35.080 We've allowed them to define what love is. We've allowed 127 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:43.000 them to define who God is. Me and my husband. 128 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:49.799 Me and my husband, we do marriage counseling. I love it. 129 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.320 I think I brought tissue I did praise the Lord 130 00:11:54.399 --> 00:12:03.200 in my pocket. We love it. I don't know why. 131 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:05.320 I never thought that I would like marriage counseling, you know, 132 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:09.960 especially from what I came from, you know, But I 133 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:13.159 love it. One of the things that me and my 134 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:17.480 husband are very, very very good at, like very I 135 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:21.120 don't I must say, I don't know another couple who 136 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:25.399 can communicate as well as we do. So he was 137 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:27.879 in prison for five years, for those that don't know, 138 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:35.320 and our relationship was not built on physical touch. Our 139 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:40.039 relationship was built on communication. So most people they get 140 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.320 into a relationship, they're hugging and they're kissing, and that's 141 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:47.519 where their relationships built from. My physical touch with my 142 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:51.200 husband was actually him sitting across a table from me, 143 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:54.320 and I got to hold his hand praise the Lord, 144 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:02.399 and that was exciting to us. Even when he got 145 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.639 out of prison, it was weird to hug him because 146 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:09.360 it was not the natural right. So we're really good 147 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:13.559 at communication. So we figured out that We're really good 148 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:20.600 at marriage counseling because we know communication. And one of 149 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.240 the things that we say to all of our married 150 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:26.559 couples is you need to learn how to say what 151 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:34.120 did you mean by that? Because sometimes couples get into 152 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:40.000 a relationship and the husband says she's just rude and 153 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:45.039 she says, no, I'm not. They had two different definitions 154 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:52.919 of rude. He's believing that she's rude because she says this, 155 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:55.480 and she says, well, that's not rude. When I say that, 156 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:04.080 two different definitions of the same word, right, does that 157 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:08.720 make sense? Maybe I should do a little seminar on 158 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:16.639 communication one day. We have to think about the Bible 159 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:25.000 like this. The Bible is one sided. It's not two sided. 160 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:31.840 There's only one side to the Bible, and that's God's side. 161 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:38.639 The only definition to the Bible is God's definition. He 162 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:43.039 allows us to come into to unity with him. But ultimately, 163 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:50.720 what he says is what the definition is. If he 164 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:57.240 says what love is, that's literally the truth about love 165 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:11.440 Ephesians four twenty three through twenty four. And be renewed 166 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:14.120 in the spirit of your mind, and that you put 167 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.639 on the new man, which was created according to God. 168 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:23.879 In true righteousness and holiness. Do not think like yourself. 169 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:30.600 Do not put definitions on things that do not belong 170 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:36.039 to you. Just like those married couples. When he's saying 171 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.720 she's rude and she's saying she's not. She's the one speaking. 172 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:46.639 Her definition of that actually matters. She can change the 173 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:51.320 way she talks, but her definition is what matters. What 174 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:55.320 do you mean by that? Were you trying to be rude? No? 175 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:58.080 I was not trying to be rude. What I meant 176 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:05.039 was x Y right. I believe that we are in 177 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:10.440 a season of reformation. The way the Lord talks to 178 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:13.799 me is that I get a feeling inside of me, 179 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:19.799 and I have to translate it into words. Right, So 180 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.240 I get this feeling and I'm like, I don't I don't. 181 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:24.679 I don't know what this means. Like, okay, I don't 182 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:27.440 know what I don't understand. And we turn on the 183 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.360 on the phone one day, my husband had something on 184 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:35.720 and a guy starts talking and he gives us definition 185 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:39.480 for reformation, and I said, oh my gosh, that's it. 186 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:45.600 This is the season of reformation. It emphasized scripture as 187 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:52.879 primary teaching. Reformation restores God's people back to his original design. 188 00:16:53.200 --> 00:17:02.240 When religion, tradition, or corruption has twisted things. We are 189 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:06.920 in the seasoned Church of Reformation. It's time to get 190 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:14.240 God's definition. Amen. Romans twelve two says, and do not 191 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:18.880 be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the 192 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.519 renewing of your mind, that you may prove that is 193 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:28.400 that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. We've 194 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.119 had many reformers over the years. Our first one is 195 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:37.960 Jesus Christ himself last name is not Christ. He is 196 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:44.279 an ultimate reformer. He confronted religious hypocrisies, tore down men, 197 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:49.119 made traditions, and restored people to the Father's heart. We 198 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:57.319 are watching The Chosen, watching the Chosen, and it's the 199 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:01.200 new season, right, and and I thought it was the 200 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:04.359 coolest thing because I had never thought about this. But 201 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:12.160 they're going to the Temple to they're going to the 202 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:15.200 Temple to sacrifice, and this is when Jesus comes to 203 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:19.039 toss the tables, right, And it was It was weird 204 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:21.480 to me because the disciples are just like, oh, yeah, 205 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:23.039 you can buy this over there, and you can do 206 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:24.920 this and you can do that, like it was normal, 207 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.319 Like this was what they were supposed to be doing. 208 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:32.559 It was normal. To them. You guys, it was normal. 209 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.480 We've been acting like this is normal. But Jesus is 210 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:41.240 coming in and tossing temple tables and saying this is 211 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:44.160 not the normal. This is not what we're supposed to 212 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:51.039 be doing. Matthew eleven thirty says, for my yoke is 213 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:57.200 easy and my burden is light. The Pharisees were putting 214 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:01.440 laws on people that were not what God had attended. 215 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:10.599 And the Sadducees they didn't even believe in anything miracle, signs, wonders, resurrection. 216 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:16.160 They did not believe in resurrection. So when Jesus came 217 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:18.640 on the scene, this this verse here, I know we 218 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:21.240 always use that, you know, like, okay, I can carry, 219 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.480 I can carry whatever the Lord's given me. But you 220 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:28.319 know what he's actually doing. He's reforming the church. This 221 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:33.519 is a verse of reformation. This is him saying, what 222 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:36.960 I have for you, my theology, who I am and 223 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:39.799 who the God, who God of Heaven is, is different 224 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:42.359 than the than the things that they've been putting on you. 225 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:50.000 He's our first reformer. Martin Luther. Can I get a 226 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:57.720 picture of Martin Luther? Isn't he handsome? Wow? Maiden? Yes, 227 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:04.640 Frank made in God's image. He sparked the Protestant Reformation 228 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:08.319 by calling out church corruption and teaching that salvationists by 229 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:12.960 faith alone, through grace alone, and Christ alone. The Catholic 230 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:18.319 Church we're selling prayers to people to get their loved 231 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:22.680 ones out of purgatory. And he said, that's not how 232 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:25.759 we get to Christ. This isn't right. Your guys are 233 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:30.039 being corrupt. So he put his ninety five thesis on 234 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:36.039 the door of the church. We still feel that today 235 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:41.240 a reformer. William Seymour, can you put that picture of 236 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:50.960 nineteen hundreds? Can you put up William Seymour? Please? There 237 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:56.200 we go. He's the leader of the Suzu Street Revival 238 00:20:56.279 --> 00:21:00.720 in nineteen oh six, which birth the modern panicle. He 239 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:04.680 restored the baptism of the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Spirit, 240 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:08.599 and racial unity to the church. When it had left 241 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:10.960 the church. He came and he said, ah ah ah, 242 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:13.000 this is what God meant by this, this is what 243 00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:18.480 we need. He sparked global spirit filled revival that still 244 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:21.920 impacts millions today. I'm running out of time, so I'm 245 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:24.680 running fast. There's a lot of stories I'd like to 246 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:26.720 tell you about all these people, but I'm just gonna 247 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:32.920 go okay. Mariah Woodworth's utter. She was known as the 248 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:37.200 Grandmother of Pentecost and my favorite woman of old time. 249 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:42.039 She held powerful healing and evangelistic meetings in the late 250 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:46.160 eighteen hundreds to nineteen hundreds. People often fell under the 251 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:49.839 power of the Holy Spirit. Her focus brought the supernatural 252 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:54.559 power of God into everyday church life, breaking through religious formalities. 253 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:58.759 She paved the way for the pentecost and Charismatic movements. 254 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:04.880 This woman had six children who died, and she still 255 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:08.599 ran hard for the Lord. She still didn't change her mind. 256 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:13.720 She couldn't even read. In her book, it says that 257 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:16.039 she couldn't read, and she told the Lord, I can't 258 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:18.599 do your will because I can't even read. And he 259 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:22.359 put the Bible on the wall for her and she 260 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:29.599 could then read, still running after the Lord. Amy Simple McPherson. 261 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:36.799 She was an evangelist and founder of the Four Square Church. 262 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:41.279 This woman eighteen ninety to nineteen forty four. She also 263 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:48.160 called Mariah Woodworth Utter. Her a spiritual mother. She brought 264 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:56.000 drama into the churches, not bad drama, as my husband said. 265 00:22:58.279 --> 00:23:02.480 She did illustrated sermons. She was one of the first 266 00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:09.839 women to be on radio speaking about Jesus. She had 267 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:16.200 large crusades. She broke barriers for women in ministry, embraced 268 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:21.079 modern tools for evangelism, and preached Jesus as savior, healer, 269 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:32.480 baptizer in the Holy Spirit, and coming King. She was 270 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:36.200 one of the most influential female evangelists of the twentieth century. 271 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:43.839 I remember Catherine Cooman saying, she said, the only reason 272 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:47.400 why the Lord sent me was because a man wouldn't 273 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:57.359 do it. Are you ready, Church? It's time for reformation. 274 00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:02.240 There's a revival coming, believe, and the revival is the 275 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:06.279 Communion revival. What does that mean to me? What do 276 00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:08.480 I think the Lord is saying in that? He's saying 277 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:11.480 that there's a unity coming to the Church like never 278 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:15.839 seen before, where we will walk beside Him and in 279 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:23.599 him and through him, we will have a mind of Christ. 280 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:28.200 The Lord wants us more closer to him than anything 281 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:31.279 in the whole world. That's why he died on the cross. 282 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:34.519 He gave us that blood so his bride could be 283 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:38.799 with him. And the craziest thing is he wants to 284 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:43.119 partner with us. There's nothing he will do on earth 285 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:48.640 without the partnership of his bride. He loves us that much. 286 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:54.559 It's unbelievable to me. The King of Kings and the 287 00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:57.799 Lord of Lords wants to be so close to me 288 00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:01.000 that he wants to be in me through around me. 289 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:07.200 It's time to listen to him. It's time to listen 290 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:13.519 to his definition, his definitions of what the Word is saying. 291 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:20.599 If this is the season God has called his church too, 292 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:25.799 then the next question is how do you personally step 293 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:29.759 into it? Because New Horizon Church cannot walk in the 294 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:35.559 season if the people aren't ignited to carry it. We 295 00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:39.359 are just one church of many of the big sea. 296 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:42.799 He has called you for this reason and this purpose today. 297 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:45.160 And I know it's a cliche or we've turned it 298 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:47.799 into a cliche, but it's not really, because it's still 299 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:50.319 the word of God. But you were born for such 300 00:25:50.359 --> 00:26:02.039 a time as this verb sixteen nine says. A man's 301 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:07.400 heart plans his ways, but the Lord directs his steps. 302 00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:14.079 I want to run through a quick story, real quick. 303 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:18.640 Don't even put the verses up. But there's Obadiah. Elijah 304 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:21.920 goes to Obadiah and Ahab's the worst king in the 305 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:25.039 whole world. It says in the Bible he was the 306 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:31.359 worst king ever. So Elijah goes to Obadiah, and Obadiah says, 307 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:34.839 it's okay, Elijah. I hid all the prophets in a cave, 308 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:44.200 so Elijah has to defeat Jezebel an Ahab on his own. 309 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:53.440 The prophets were hidden out in a cave. How much 310 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:57.119 faster would Jezebel and a have been overturned if those 311 00:26:57.200 --> 00:27:00.160 prophets were doing what they were called to do in 312 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:03.519 that hour? Yes, they were still called prophets, but they 313 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:14.119 were not moving Intoday. It's your turn. You're up to bat. 314 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:23.680 I know everybody's calling is different. I had a ministry 315 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:26.279 meeting with a couple and they said, do you even 316 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:30.279 want this ministry? And part of New Horizon our mission 317 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:35.920 is glorifying God and restoring people. I said, does this 318 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:42.079 ministry fit under glorifying God and restoring people? That person 319 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:48.200 said yes. I said, then we want it. Are you 320 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:53.279 walking under the mission of the Lord today? Then we 321 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:59.880 want it. He wants your yes today, not from the few, 322 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:04.359 not from the past, but today. What is your call today? 323 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:07.559 How are you walking today? What are you doing today? 324 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:10.640 What is it that He wants from you today? Because 325 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:14.680 you were born for such a time as this. Stop 326 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:19.440 looking at your future calling, Stop looking at your past calling, 327 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:22.880 and start walking today, because this is where he wants you. 328 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.519 This is where he's guiding you, this is where he's 329 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:28.319 keeping you. This is where he's going to flourish you 330 00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:40.240 and Jesus this mighty name. Amen, hallelujah Matthew sixteen two 331 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:46.839 through three. He answered and said to them, when it 332 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:51.279 is evening, you say it will be fair weather, for 333 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:58.599 the sky is red, keep going, and in the morning 334 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:02.160 it will be foul weather today, for the sky is 335 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:06.559 red and threatening. Hypocrites. You know how to discern the 336 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:10.240 face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs 337 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:16.880 of the times, the signs of today. Stop looking this 338 00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:20.279 way and stop looking that way. Let's start looking at 339 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:24.119 what he's got us doing today. What is this? The 340 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:30.119 season of reformation, the season of communion, revival, the season 341 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:33.519 that the dragon will now no longer be covered up, 342 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:36.599 The season where we will discern what the Lord is saying. 343 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:40.119 The season when we will get into him and we 344 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:51.079 will walk out our callings. Amen, don't define your calling 345 00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:57.079 by your preferences. Your calling is not about what you 346 00:29:57.119 --> 00:30:00.519 think it should look like. It's about what it looks 347 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:04.559 like to the Lord, let his vision lead, not your 348 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:09.799 assumptions or expectations. My assumption would be that I was 349 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:11.599 up here like Benny Hen and you all be going 350 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:26.039 boo woo. That's my assumption, that's my determination, that's my idea. Instead, 351 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:29.920 the Lord has me up here yelling at you, not 352 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:34.440 really this teasing. I love you all very much. You're 353 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:41.000 my favorite. Does what I'm doing right now fit the 354 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:46.519 season God has placed the church in. If the answer 355 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:51.119 is no, you're not walking and you're calling. If the 356 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:55.880 answer is yes, and then stop looking backwards, stop looking ahead, 357 00:30:56.640 --> 00:31:01.720 and keep walking. Fulness today is how you reach where 358 00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:13.279 God is taking you tomorrow. Ask the Lord his real thoughts, 359 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:19.920 his definition of your calling. Ask him, am I actually 360 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:23.519 walking and doing what you asked me to do. We 361 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:28.000 had a prophetic word over us, and I think I've 362 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:31.400 said this before, but if you've heard this before, I'm sorry, 363 00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:35.319 but it's a great analogy. We had a me and 364 00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:40.119 my husband had a prophetic word over us that we 365 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:46.880 would be leaders of leaders. In my imagination, I thought 366 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.720 I would be standing on a stage and there'd be 367 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:51.960 all these leaders in front of us, and we would 368 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:57.200 be leading the charge. It didn't look anything like it 369 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:01.599 does today, and I am so blessed that it doesn't, 370 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:06.240 because the Lord knew exactly where I was supposed to be, 371 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:10.440 when I was supposed to be here. He made me 372 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:16.200 for such a time as this. No matter you're calling. 373 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:19.920 If you are born in the time, in this time, 374 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:23.200 you were called to be a reformer, it may look 375 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:26.480 different for all of us, just like it looked different 376 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:30.559 for each reformer I mentioned. But you are called. The 377 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:34.680 Lord knit you the color of skin, even the color 378 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:38.759 of skin you are. I am white, blonde, blue eyed 379 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:46.039 for a reason. The way you dress, the way you talk, 380 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:52.839 so you can reach those that I can't reach. We 381 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:57.119 are reaching people that nobody else can can reach in 382 00:32:57.240 --> 00:33:06.200 this hour, in this minute. Amen. Martin Luther was a 383 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:12.200 reformer for his time. William Seymour was a reformer for 384 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:18.440 his time. Amy Simple McPherson was a reformer for her time. 385 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:25.960 Mariah Woodworth utter reformer for her time, Kenneth Santiago reformer 386 00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:32.839 for his time, Karen Connolly reformer for her time, Amaya 387 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:39.720 Cook reformer for her time, Tony Batress reformer for his time, 388 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:47.160 Morgan Dupey reformer for her time, Terry Wright reformer for 389 00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:53.960 his time, Chelsea Weflin reformer for her time. Michael Davis 390 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:58.920 is a reformer for his time, and you are a 391 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:03.920 reformer for your time. It's time to mobilize church, get 392 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:06.519 up and start moving. It's time to get out of 393 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:09.559 the caves. It's time to get to work. Stop looking 394 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:12.079 behind and stop looking to the future. It's time to 395 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:16.119 see the perspective of the Lord. Know the season you're in, 396 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:22.320 and define it as the Lord defines it. Amen, Lord, 397 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:24.920 we thank you for today. We thank you that you 398 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:27.800 have called us. We thank you, Oh God, Holy Spirit. 399 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:30.719 We pray that you lead and you guide us every day. 400 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:37.079 Make our hearts soft to you, give us strength and understanding. 401 00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:44.079