WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.120 Hey guys. How's it going? Hey, um, it is awesome to see you on here. Uh, some of you may jump 2 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:17.000 on live. I haven't really given you the very best notice for this. So, um, most of you 3 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:28.000 I would imagine will probably see this on the replay. Um, so yeah, so sorry. I've been, 4 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:36.360 uh, I have been, um, on a mission over the weekend. It is crazy. Um, I'm here to give 5 00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:42.720 you, um, I promised a teaching on the word of knowledge. Um, to be honest, this is probably 6 00:00:42.720 --> 00:00:47.000 going to be followed up with a little bit more of an in-depth teaching. Um, this is 7 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.320 probably going to be more of an encouragement to experiment with the word of knowledge than 8 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:57.280 a teaching on the word of knowledge. Um, but I think it will be helpful and, um, I pray 9 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:03.840 it will at least be encouraging just to let you know where I'm at. I'm in the middle of 10 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:09.880 school holidays right now. So I'm kind of in between, um, uh, a little bit of a mission 11 00:01:09.880 --> 00:01:15.480 that we had and, um, and I've actually got to race off real soon to go pick up my kids 12 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:21.760 from Tauranga, which is a city in New Zealand, just South of us. And then we're going on 13 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.640 a caravan adventure, which is something I promised my kids. So I really apologize for 14 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:32.800 the, the kind of, um, you might be feeling like, man, you just kind of fitting me in 15 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:37.040 fitting me in between all your, all your stuff. And to be honest, I kind of am doing that 16 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:41.600 just for these next few days. So, um, if you'd give me a bit of grace for that, that would 17 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:54.320 be awesome. But it's stuck in my throat. Uh, so I just, um, I had to do a quick mission 18 00:01:54.320 --> 00:02:00.640 up to Northland and of course in New Zealand, um, where I am, there's, uh, we're in Tairoa 19 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:04.240 then you come out of Tairoa and if you go North, you've got to go through Auckland. 20 00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:09.400 It's the only way North. And the city that I needed to get to is the next city North 21 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:16.120 of Auckland called Whangarei, which is where we used to live. And I needed to pick up some 22 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:22.280 hard drives of, um, basically the last 10 years of Renee's, who is my wife, with her 23 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:28.280 photography, uh, all her photographs. She's a professional photographer and, um, it was 24 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.280 a bit of an essential trip. She needs the, I'm trying to finish her website and she needed 25 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:37.480 these photographs and there was no way of getting them unless one of us went and picked 26 00:02:37.480 --> 00:02:42.920 them up. So, um, at the same time, we bought a new vehicle. We're selling our old vehicle. 27 00:02:42.920 --> 00:02:50.280 Um, uh, something that's a little bit more apt to towing our caravan, um, for our, our 28 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:56.520 adventures. And anyway, long story short, I couldn't get through Auckland. So I, um, 29 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:04.680 I actually charted a plane, um, a private plane through a guy and, uh, and I was up 30 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:09.000 at the airport, just, just up in Whitianga, just about there. And, um, he called me, had 31 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.680 to turn around, got stuck in a cloud and had to turn around. He couldn't pick me up. So 32 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:18.120 I called another private little airline, went all the way down to Tauranga, caught that plane, 33 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:21.560 made it to Whangarei. When I arrived in Whangarei, I went for a quick surf with a good friend 34 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:27.640 and, um, I was a level two at the time, got in from our surf and got the news that, um, 35 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:32.040 Northland was going into level three at midnight that night. I had to go two hours north, 36 00:03:32.600 --> 00:03:38.120 pick up the car, race two hours back. I got stuck in Northland and it all of a sudden 37 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:42.200 had gone to level three, but I made it through the border. They said, the police officer said 38 00:03:42.200 --> 00:03:45.560 I didn't need a COVID test to get through. So praise the Lord, got through without a COVID 39 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:50.760 test. Not that I'm opposed to COVID tests. And, um, and they said, you've got two hours to get 40 00:03:50.760 --> 00:03:53.880 from one side of Auckland to the other. We'll ring your head so that the border check on the 41 00:03:53.880 --> 00:03:59.400 other side is going to let you through. Got to the border check on the other side. Um, and 42 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:03.880 the police officer was obviously not having the most amazing day. And, uh, 43 00:04:05.880 --> 00:04:13.160 he, he wasn't buying any of my sense of humor or anything. He was very, um, to say short with me 44 00:04:13.160 --> 00:04:19.640 would be a real understatement. Um, possibly he could have lost his job for, I mean, he was a 45 00:04:19.640 --> 00:04:27.320 little bit rude, but bless him. He, um, he said I needed a negative COVID test, which takes two 46 00:04:27.320 --> 00:04:33.400 days to get those results. And his intention was to send me back to not where I came from, 47 00:04:33.400 --> 00:04:37.880 but to the middle of Auckland, which is the middle of the epicenter, the epicenter of the outbreak 48 00:04:37.880 --> 00:04:42.840 of the Delta variant in New Zealand right now. Um, which of course they're trying to prevent 49 00:04:42.840 --> 00:04:46.840 the spread off. And I said, mate, it's going to be a little bit counterproductive to what 50 00:04:46.840 --> 00:04:55.240 you're trying to do. Sending me into the middle of the epicenter only to, um, achieve me leaving 51 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:59.560 again, two days time when I get a negative test result into a place that has no cases. 52 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.280 You know, it was real mind-boggling to me. 53 00:05:03.280 --> 00:05:05.000 He yelled at me a little bit and then said, 54 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:05.840 I called a superior. 55 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:06.680 The superior officer said, 56 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:08.040 you need to go get a test. 57 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:12.200 So I went all the way back to the middle of Auckland, 58 00:05:12.200 --> 00:05:16.280 got my brain poked with one of those COVID tests. 59 00:05:16.280 --> 00:05:21.280 And by the way, the most incredible team 60 00:05:21.840 --> 00:05:25.320 at the COVID testing station in Manurewa, I think, 61 00:05:25.320 --> 00:05:26.840 it was at the Destiny Church. 62 00:05:26.840 --> 00:05:29.120 Destiny Church, I'm pretty sure it was Destiny Church 63 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:32.880 doing the, manning the COVID testing station 64 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:35.800 at their church premises, I'm pretty sure. 65 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:37.560 Absolutely amazing bunch of people. 66 00:05:39.640 --> 00:05:42.520 And to be honest, kind of the last people 67 00:05:42.520 --> 00:05:44.360 I was expecting to see doing a COVID test, 68 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:48.560 but I was actually really, really impressed 69 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:50.360 with these people and it was almost worth 70 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:54.680 the whole debacle just to meet them. 71 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.760 I'm gonna get to the word of knowledge thing in a second. 72 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:01.680 And went all the way back, they let me through 73 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:03.720 and I let out a massive hallelujah 74 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:08.160 and got back to Tairua and that was yesterday. 75 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:09.680 And then we went on a little mission, 76 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.320 me and Renee, away from the kids for a night 77 00:06:12.320 --> 00:06:13.600 and now we're gonna pick up the kids. 78 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:15.360 So anyway, that's just to let you know 79 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.640 my last few days have been like, 80 00:06:16.640 --> 00:06:19.800 whoa, I've been on the full mission. 81 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:24.800 And yeah, so, and I've gotta head off very soon 82 00:06:25.440 --> 00:06:27.120 and I've gotta head off very soon 83 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.600 to go connect with my little beautiful 84 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:32.960 three little daughters, so that's pretty cool. 85 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:36.560 But I wanted to encourage you about 86 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:38.240 some of the activations I've been putting up. 87 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:42.040 I realize, I wanted to just acknowledge 88 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:44.760 that some of the activations that I'm posting, 89 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:47.800 for some of you are probably just a walk in the park 90 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:50.800 and for others of you, dramatically challenging. 91 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:53.080 In fact, challenging to the point of, 92 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.040 oh my gosh, I don't know if I can really do this. 93 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.160 And I just wanted to acknowledge that 94 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:00.320 and I also wanted to just say 95 00:07:00.320 --> 00:07:03.040 that's kind of part of the plan 96 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:08.040 and I think the disciples of Jesus felt a lot like that 97 00:07:08.200 --> 00:07:10.040 when they were walking with Jesus on earth. 98 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.440 They often felt like, far out, 99 00:07:12.440 --> 00:07:14.160 we're kind of a little bit in over our heads. 100 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:15.640 Man, I don't know what, I mean, 101 00:07:15.640 --> 00:07:17.600 you've kind of put us between a rock and a hard place. 102 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.640 Like, you're asking us to do something we can't do. 103 00:07:20.640 --> 00:07:22.960 And that kind of is the whole point. 104 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.280 Our walk with Jesus is a constant ask 105 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:28.480 for us to do what we can't do 106 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:30.240 so that we are pushed into a position 107 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:34.480 where we are forced to rely on the one who is with us, 108 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:39.440 who is God, to do what only he can do through us. 109 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:41.880 And that's kind of the point of these challenges. 110 00:07:41.880 --> 00:07:46.880 I do realize that it, again, that it is challenging, 111 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.520 a little bit scary, a little bit daunting, 112 00:07:49.520 --> 00:07:52.560 and a stretch for some people. 113 00:07:53.280 --> 00:07:55.120 Maybe for many of you, maybe for most of you, 114 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:56.960 could be for all of you. 115 00:07:56.960 --> 00:07:59.400 So I first of all want to acknowledge that 116 00:07:59.400 --> 00:08:02.160 and I want to point your attention back 117 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:05.840 to the session I did on redefining success. 118 00:08:05.840 --> 00:08:10.840 And maybe it would help to listen to that session again 119 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:13.480 on the Raising Royalty site, 120 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:17.160 the one I did in the Three Day School of Sonship series. 121 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:19.000 It's all around redefining success. 122 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:21.160 I talked about the scenario 123 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:23.720 and I used the illustration of my daughter, Sienna. 124 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:25.160 I asked her to go get some tomato sauce 125 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:27.840 and she came back with a diaper or a nappy. 126 00:08:27.840 --> 00:08:32.840 And I think in this process of, you know, 127 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:36.240 me saying, hey, have a word of knowledge for someone, 128 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:37.840 or hey, go and pray for a sick person, 129 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.640 or do this and do that. 130 00:08:39.640 --> 00:08:42.000 I've asked people to go heal a sick person before, 131 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:43.640 which is not unbiblical. 132 00:08:43.640 --> 00:08:46.480 It's actually the same thing as Jesus asked 133 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:49.000 his disciples to do, heal the sick. 134 00:08:49.040 --> 00:08:51.040 Actually he didn't ask, it was a command. 135 00:08:53.800 --> 00:08:55.480 Yeah, that's right, Rosie, amen. 136 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:00.560 And so, where was I at? 137 00:09:01.920 --> 00:09:03.600 Thought process, come back to me. 138 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:09.000 Yeah, I used the illustration of Sienna. 139 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.280 And I think in this whole activation, 140 00:09:11.280 --> 00:09:12.760 this 21 day activation, 141 00:09:12.760 --> 00:09:16.960 there is a massively key meditation, 142 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.560 meditate on, thought to think on, 143 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:22.320 cogitation to cogitate on. 144 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:26.840 It is worthy of a second watch, a second listen. 145 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:30.400 I think it's something that you really need to embrace 146 00:09:30.400 --> 00:09:33.520 to really be able to embrace this challenge, 147 00:09:33.520 --> 00:09:35.880 this 21 day challenge that I'm putting to you. 148 00:09:38.520 --> 00:09:43.520 And really the reason for that is this. 149 00:09:43.520 --> 00:09:45.560 I'll explain it in a second. 150 00:09:45.680 --> 00:09:48.120 The kingdom of God is less a tightrope 151 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:50.080 and more a playground. 152 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.200 Many people approach the kingdom of God 153 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:53.960 and the gifts of the Holy Spirit 154 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.120 as if it were a tightrope, as if like, 155 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.400 far out, I've got to get this right, 156 00:09:58.400 --> 00:10:00.440 because if I get it wrong, man, I'll fall. 157 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:04.500 I'll hurt myself. I'm afraid of getting it wrong. I'm afraid of if I take one 158 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:10.620 step out of line, man, it's over for me. Or I'll be shamed by this person, or I'll 159 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:16.740 be...you fill in the blank, whatever the fear is. And I think one of the things 160 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:22.420 that God is really wanting people to get and understand is that, hey, like just 161 00:10:22.420 --> 00:10:26.660 approach the kingdom of God not as if it was a tightrope, but as if it was a 162 00:10:26.660 --> 00:10:34.160 playground. You have freedom to explore God, explore the gifts of the Spirit. You 163 00:10:34.160 --> 00:10:37.580 can pick up that guitar and you don't need to know how to play it straight 164 00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:41.420 away. Just start strumming chords. Just start having a go and it will eventually 165 00:10:41.420 --> 00:10:45.260 come. But it won't come if you don't practice. It won't come if you don't pick 166 00:10:45.260 --> 00:10:48.620 it up. And it won't it won't come if you don't start trying to try and strum 167 00:10:48.620 --> 00:10:52.340 some chords. Some of you'll pick those chords up faster than others. Some of 168 00:10:52.340 --> 00:10:56.340 you'll pick them up slower than others. It's not about that. It's about you 169 00:10:56.340 --> 00:11:00.060 having a go with what God has given you and what God has made available to you. 170 00:11:00.060 --> 00:11:06.620 So when it comes to the Word of Knowledge, I'd encourage you to just do 171 00:11:06.620 --> 00:11:12.020 your own...I will do a little bit more of a proper in-depth study on it in the 172 00:11:12.020 --> 00:11:16.580 days to come. And I apologize it's not going to be today. I'm just trying to 173 00:11:16.580 --> 00:11:23.100 work around the, you know, all the school holiday goodness and all that stuff. All 174 00:11:23.140 --> 00:11:28.660 the family stuff. But I would encourage you just to maybe do some of your own 175 00:11:28.660 --> 00:11:32.940 study on the Word of Knowledge in the Bible. Have a look for examples of 176 00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:37.700 where the disciples were and where Jesus was operating the Word of Knowledge. 177 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:43.700 Just to inspire you and to give you some insight into the gift of the Word of 178 00:11:43.700 --> 00:11:51.020 Knowledge. The Word of Knowledge is really a tool. It's a gift of revelation 179 00:11:51.060 --> 00:11:54.580 from the Holy Spirit for you to know something about a person or about a 180 00:11:54.580 --> 00:12:01.940 situation that you couldn't know without God sharing it with you. And here's just... 181 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:05.620 and I will go into some more depth on my journey in the Word of Knowledge 182 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:12.140 including a dream that I had where two significant prophets, internationally 183 00:12:12.140 --> 00:12:16.660 recognized prophets, laid hands on me in a dream. I woke up in the morning and I 184 00:12:16.660 --> 00:12:22.180 had a gift of...the gift of the Word of Knowledge had been turned on to a 185 00:12:22.180 --> 00:12:25.300 greater degree in my life. And that's all the only way I can explain it. But I will 186 00:12:25.300 --> 00:12:30.300 I will go into more depth on that in the session to come. But one of the things 187 00:12:30.300 --> 00:12:35.180 that I found myself doing after that is I found myself, and you could probably do 188 00:12:35.180 --> 00:12:41.060 this, I actually got a little notebook to do this. And I thought, well, what a joy 189 00:12:41.060 --> 00:12:47.300 it is to be able to ask God questions and know that He's wanting to answer my 190 00:12:47.300 --> 00:12:51.940 questions. And so I realized I didn't need to wait for a real scary 191 00:12:51.940 --> 00:12:54.820 moment to practice the Word of Knowledge. I could practice the Word of Knowledge 192 00:12:54.820 --> 00:13:00.840 doing absolutely anything at all where I was in a situation where I didn't know 193 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:07.740 what was coming. For example, I would ask God questions like, I'm 194 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:15.380 about to go into a shop. Could you tell me some stuff about the person 195 00:13:15.380 --> 00:13:17.580 that's going to be in the cashier? What kind of clothes are they going to be 196 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:20.220 wearing? What kind of top are they going to be wearing? What kind of pants are they wearing? And I'd 197 00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:24.660 write it down in a notebook. And I wouldn't even necessarily need to ask 198 00:13:24.660 --> 00:13:29.320 that person or administer the Word of Knowledge to that person. It's about me 199 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:33.860 learning at the stage. But I could assess like, oh wow, I actually heard 200 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:38.460 your voice. Oh, I didn't really hear your voice. I mean, sorry, you do hear his voice. 201 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:44.780 I didn't understand your voice. Oh, I did understand your voice. I would be 202 00:13:44.780 --> 00:13:49.420 driving down the road and I would be like, okay, the fifth car from now, the 203 00:13:49.420 --> 00:13:54.980 fifth vehicle from now coming the other way, God, what color will it be? And I 204 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:59.300 would hear like, oh, it'll be a truck. So when you're driving, you don't write 205 00:13:59.300 --> 00:14:02.540 it down. But I'd take a note. It's a truck. And I'd say, what color is it? 206 00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:06.660 Well, it's two colors. Well, what are the two colors? Silver on the top. So I just, 207 00:14:06.660 --> 00:14:11.140 and I'll just go, now, God speaks so naturally to you. It often feels like 208 00:14:11.140 --> 00:14:14.660 your own thoughts. That's how supernatural God is. 209 00:14:14.660 --> 00:14:20.460 And don't try and over-complicate it. Don't try and over-reason it. And again, 210 00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:26.180 don't tightrope it. You're on a playground. Explore it. Enjoy it. And I 211 00:14:26.180 --> 00:14:31.020 started to realize that God answers me way quicker than what I anticipated. In 212 00:14:31.060 --> 00:14:34.580 fact, most of the time, if I ask God a question, and the same will be true of 213 00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:39.740 you, God will answer me in the first few seconds. And it will just come, boom, boom. 214 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:47.300 God is eager to speak to you. And so just roll, just roll with what you initially 215 00:14:47.300 --> 00:14:53.300 get. And if you get it wrong, you've still got your A-plus on the report card. It's 216 00:14:53.300 --> 00:14:57.180 about you picking up the guitar and strumming the chord and having to go. 217 00:14:57.180 --> 00:15:01.660 It's not about you getting it right. 218 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:06.000 Especially initially. 219 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:09.480 And I would, like if I was going to a new hotel that I haven't been to before or a new 220 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:12.480 building that I haven't been to before, I'd just ask God as many questions as I could 221 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.560 think of, pop questions like, what color is the door? 222 00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:16.560 Boom! 223 00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:17.560 Write the answer down. 224 00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:18.560 What color is the carpet? 225 00:15:18.560 --> 00:15:19.560 Boom! 226 00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:20.560 Write the answer down. 227 00:15:20.560 --> 00:15:25.880 And I would just ask God as many questions as I could and I would share some of my journey 228 00:15:25.880 --> 00:15:30.040 in the next session on the Word of Knowledge. 229 00:15:30.040 --> 00:15:42.280 But I would take as many opportunities as I possibly could to flex the muscle of the 230 00:15:42.280 --> 00:15:46.600 Word of Knowledge, to push weights using that gift. 231 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.240 And they didn't need to be in vulnerable, scary moments. 232 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:54.320 Sometimes I would have, I would, in fact we did this with friends. 233 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.760 This is beyond the notebook idea. 234 00:15:56.760 --> 00:16:00.520 We, a couple of my friends were really hungry for the Word of Knowledge too. 235 00:16:00.520 --> 00:16:06.360 And so we would often text one another and I would ask the Lord like, okay where is so 236 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.360 and so right now? 237 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.040 Here, like maybe the warehouse. 238 00:16:10.040 --> 00:16:12.340 What color t-shirt are they wearing? 239 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:15.600 And I would imagine them in a t-shirt and I'd write that down. 240 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:18.840 And then I'd text them, hey are you in the warehouse right now wearing a blue t-shirt 241 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:22.880 and are you shopping for tie downs for your car? 242 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:27.160 And they'd be like, oh classic, I'm in the warehouse but I'm wearing my red t-shirt and 243 00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:29.160 I'm shopping for chocolate. 244 00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:33.120 And I'd be like, whoa, praise the Lord, I got one third of it right and two thirds of 245 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:34.120 it wrong. 246 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:35.120 Sometimes I got the whole thing completely wrong. 247 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:37.200 Sometimes I got the whole thing completely right. 248 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.440 But it's not about getting it right or wrong. 249 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:40.900 It's about you strumming the guitar. 250 00:16:40.900 --> 00:16:42.840 It's about you strumming the gift. 251 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:48.200 It's about you making a noise with the Word of Knowledge and using the gift of God, reaching 252 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:51.360 out to access the gift that God has given you to access. 253 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:54.000 You can access it without knowing how to play it. 254 00:16:54.000 --> 00:17:01.920 But the more you access it, the more you'll realize you'll be learning how to play it. 255 00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:09.839 And so, yeah, so here's some other resources that I'd recommend to you to have a look into. 256 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:11.240 I'm not going to post the links for these. 257 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:20.240 You can do your own research but one guy that is really, has been really inspirational to 258 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:23.720 me with the gift of the Word of Knowledge is Sean Bowles. 259 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:30.160 I would recommend looking up Sean Bowles ministry on YouTube and just get inspired for the Word 260 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:31.160 of Knowledge in that way. 261 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.920 It'll probably make you think like, oh my gosh, I'm never going to be able to operate 262 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.160 like that. 263 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:36.160 And maybe you won't. 264 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:37.160 But it's not about that. 265 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:39.240 It's not a competition. 266 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:45.200 It's awesome to just be able to be inspired by other people and to realize you're not 267 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.700 on their race, you're on your race. 268 00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:53.220 And so don't compare yourself to him, but be inspired by him. 269 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:58.420 And another person, another ministry that has inspired me, and this might be slightly 270 00:17:58.420 --> 00:18:05.500 controversial, not to most of you, but maybe to some, is William Branham. 271 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:10.420 William Branham started his race really, really amazingly, really well. 272 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:15.580 And in the latter years, just before he died, it kind of went a little bit cultish. 273 00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:20.300 There's a little bit of a cult called the Branhamites. 274 00:18:20.300 --> 00:18:26.980 We love all Branhamites, but there was a little bit of heretical teaching and some interesting 275 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:29.240 theology and stuff that came through there. 276 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:31.700 I can't remember the certain year. 277 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:36.940 There's a certain year you kind of probably, it's not the most amazing idea to listen to 278 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:42.940 William Branham after that year, in my opinion. 279 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:47.820 But freedom, you can do whatever you like, but that would be what I would say. 280 00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:56.260 But if you look up on Google or any search engine really, William Branham recordings 281 00:18:56.260 --> 00:19:00.020 of his meetings, one of the things I used to do, William Branham had the most amazing 282 00:19:00.020 --> 00:19:01.480 gift of the word of knowledge. 283 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:09.100 And he actually describes using his, how it was for him to use the word of knowledge. 284 00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:10.100 Really inspirational. 285 00:19:10.100 --> 00:19:15.300 I used to listen to his live meetings that they recorded some of his live meetings. 286 00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:20.020 And I think it was the ones, the early fifties, the late fifties where it got a bit off, but 287 00:19:20.020 --> 00:19:25.060 the early fifties and he would do lots of teaching. 288 00:19:25.060 --> 00:19:27.980 But then at the end of his meeting, sometimes for the whole meeting, he would just be giving 289 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:31.660 words of knowledge and he'd be describing how he was getting the words of knowledge. 290 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:35.900 In my secret place, I'd often, when I was really hungry for the word of knowledge, I'd 291 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:41.220 listen to William Branham meetings and just get inspired by the spirit. 292 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:45.500 And I feel like I actually received impartation through those, through listening to those. 293 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:48.100 It was actually really, really incredible. 294 00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:54.780 If you want the word of knowledge, surround yourself with resources and with people who 295 00:19:54.780 --> 00:19:55.900 are operating the word of knowledge. 296 00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:57.340 And it's a really powerful gift. 297 00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:59.900 Of course, it's one of nine gifts. 298 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:08.120 It is a really cool gift, it's a really helpful gift, and it blesses a lot of people. 299 00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:13.260 One cool place in the Bible that you can dwell on for a little bit is the story of the woman 300 00:20:13.260 --> 00:20:14.760 at the well. 301 00:20:14.760 --> 00:20:18.840 That's an amazing example of the gift of the Word of Knowledge, and I'd encourage you to 302 00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:20.920 watch that in the Chosen series. 303 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:28.200 That's also a really great depiction of Jesus. 304 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:32.240 Who knows if that's actually how it was, I suspect it probably was something really similar 305 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.240 to that. 306 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:41.560 But that was really inspiring for me too, that re-sparked a real drive for the Word 307 00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.560 of Knowledge. 308 00:20:42.560 --> 00:20:47.540 So just surround yourself with that stuff, and you'll find that it won't only make you 309 00:20:47.540 --> 00:20:57.880 hungry for it, it won't only just inspire you towards it, but you'll find that sometimes 310 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:02.080 stuff is caught more than taught, and you'll find that as you do that, you'll actually 311 00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:06.600 be receiving impartation in the process of doing that. 312 00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:12.480 So that's just some little practical tips if you're feeling a little bit stuck, if you're 313 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:17.520 feeling a little bit like, how do I do this? 314 00:21:17.520 --> 00:21:22.400 That's something you can do with praying for the sick. 315 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:26.380 We'll talk about all that stuff, but hey, one thing I do want to say is if you have 316 00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:29.740 any questions that you're like, man I feel stuck, if you could answer this question for 317 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:34.020 me, or if you could speak to this for me, it would be so helpful. 318 00:21:34.020 --> 00:21:36.740 Please drop them in the comments, I'll be reading the comments. 319 00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:42.980 I'll try and reply to some of them, but I'll definitely read all of them, and it's good 320 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:45.980 for me to know what would be really helpful for you. 321 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:50.300 So please do that, and even tag me in the comment if it's something you specifically 322 00:21:50.300 --> 00:21:55.300 want me to address in one of these lives, that'd be real cool. 323 00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:59.420 There's not going to be a slide today with an activation, you can have a day off today, 324 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:06.140 but my activation for you, or my challenge for you today, is to do one of those things 325 00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:08.100 that I mentioned for the Word of Knowledge. 326 00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:13.820 Look up a William Branham, look up Sean Bowles, read the Woman at the Well story, strum that 327 00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:18.820 guitar, strum that gif, do something with the Word of Knowledge today, and drop a comment 328 00:22:18.820 --> 00:22:24.180 on the comments for this live, let us all know how that goes for you. 329 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:30.500 Awesome guys, well I'm going to head off, I'm going to go pick up my kids now, apologize 330 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:35.380 if that felt a little bit like squeezing between a bunch of things, it kind of was squeezing 331 00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:41.540 between a bunch of things, and I know you've all been asking me, could you please give 332 00:22:41.540 --> 00:22:45.380 us some heads up for these lives, and I really apologize I didn't give you a heads up for 333 00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:51.780 this live, other than it's sometime today. 334 00:22:51.780 --> 00:22:59.620 I know, I know, I know there's room for me to grow in the gift of scheduling and time 335 00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:04.260 management, and including other people in my time management. 336 00:23:04.260 --> 00:23:12.260 So I acknowledge that, I will do, really try to give you some more heads up in this next 337 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:15.300 Word of Knowledge session and everything else that's to come. 338 00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:20.260 I will promise you this, after this week, it's not going to be school holidays anymore, 339 00:23:20.260 --> 00:23:25.700 and it will be a lot easier for me to give you much more notice, and more scheduling, 340 00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.700 etc. etc. 341 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:33.380 Okay, well hey, God bless you guys, remember to drop the comments, the questions, the requests 342 00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:40.820 for hey could you speak to this or that, and also comment on how it is for you as you engage 343 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:44.340 in the Word of Knowledge in one way or another today. 344 00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:46.660 Also, bless you guys, big love.