WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.920 Oh man. Hi whānau. I don't know what's going on with this phone. It says rotate the phone. 2 00:00:10.920 --> 00:00:15.760 I hope I'm coming up the right way. I hope I'm not on my head. This is just. Anyway, 3 00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:23.360 kia ora whānau, MSC whānau. Good to be with you this morning on Saturday and I hope you 4 00:00:23.360 --> 00:00:27.320 enjoyed yesterday. I don't know why my eyes are looking over there. I should be looking 5 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:32.240 straight at the screen. But anyway. Hey MSC whānau. Love you guys. Hope you enjoyed last 6 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:39.840 night's message. That is faith is in action. Faith is in action. So I'll just wait for 7 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:50.040 a few more of you guys to come on. Kia ora Andrea. Kia ora. So today's Saturday. Tomorrow's 8 00:00:50.040 --> 00:00:55.240 Sunday and Monday I fly out to Germany. Just a bit of few notices until we get a few more 9 00:00:55.240 --> 00:01:01.360 people online. So flying out to Germany on Monday and I'm speaking in a place called 10 00:01:01.360 --> 00:01:08.360 Dresden which got flattened by in the Second World War, got bombed and destroyed basically. 11 00:01:08.360 --> 00:01:12.520 And that's also somewhere where Martin Luther, I think where Martin Luther is either from 12 00:01:12.520 --> 00:01:20.240 or whether he nailed his tenants on the church door. So I'm speaking to a Vietnamese congregations, 13 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:26.160 to Vietnamese pastors and leaders who were shipped out there after the war. And now there's 14 00:01:26.160 --> 00:01:32.720 a Vietnamese community there. So I'm speaking there next week. So I fly out to Germany on 15 00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:40.320 Monday, this coming Monday. Anyway whānau, we'll get into this. Just before I start, 16 00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:45.440 this is a school of sonship, but there's coming up after this something called Masterclass 17 00:01:45.440 --> 00:01:53.800 and Benji will speak to you about that. Now, I don't want to just inspire you. My role 18 00:01:53.800 --> 00:01:59.720 as an apostle is not just to inspire. A lot of people get inspired. You need inspiration. 19 00:01:59.720 --> 00:02:03.920 That's good to be inspired. But if you just continue to be inspired, it's not going to 20 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:08.800 be of any benefit to you or the Kingdom of God or to Jesus. So my role is to not just 21 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:15.360 inspire but to equip, to empower and to deploy you. And so Benji will be talking about this 22 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:20.280 about masterclasses and how you can go to a deeper level than just what you're getting 23 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.760 at the moment. You're getting some inspiration and that's wonderful, but we want to equip, 24 00:02:23.760 --> 00:02:29.640 empower and deploy you. Well, today's message is called, if you want to see God, well, it's 25 00:02:29.640 --> 00:02:36.200 the long title, but you can call it, take your faith beyond the Jordan. Take your faith 26 00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:42.080 beyond the Jordan. So here's the saying, it's something I live by. If you want to see God 27 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:47.400 do something you've never seen before in your life, who wants to see God do something in 28 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:52.480 your life that you've never seen before? Something great. Maybe, I don't know what it might be. 29 00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:57.800 Maybe your neighbor comes to Christ or some member of your family's got an incurable disease 30 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:04.120 this year. Do you want to see God do something you've never seen before? In order for you 31 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:08.800 to see God do something that you've never seen before, not to see something through 32 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:13.080 someone else that you've never seen before, but if you want to see God do something through 33 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:18.600 you that you've never seen before, my friend, this is what you got to do. You got to take 34 00:03:18.600 --> 00:03:22.880 your faith where it's never been before. You got to take your love. You got to take your 35 00:03:22.880 --> 00:03:28.080 action somewhere where it's never been before, because if you just use your faith and take 36 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.040 your faith where it's always been before, if you just believe for what you've always 37 00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:36.880 believed before, then God can only honor that faith at the level that you believe for. But 38 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:43.560 if you choose to take your faith and your action beyond where you've ever been before, 39 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:49.400 then you allow God, you position yourself so God can then honor that faith at a level 40 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.320 that you've never been before, and then you'll see God do something through your life that 41 00:03:53.320 --> 00:03:59.920 you've never seen before. Is it scary? Heck yeah, it's scary as. That's why Joshua was 42 00:03:59.920 --> 00:04:06.200 told in Joshua 1.9, have I not commanded you, be strong and full of courage. Discouragement 43 00:04:06.200 --> 00:04:10.480 is the opposite of courage. Be strong and full of courage. Don't be afraid, neither 44 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:15.080 dismayed, for I, the Lord your God, am with you wherever you are. And so I believe God's 45 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:20.200 with me wherever I go. And I believe if he's telling me to do something, that he'll be 46 00:04:20.200 --> 00:04:24.600 with me. But there are some times when I think, God, I want to go beyond. I want to go beyond 47 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:31.120 what I've done before. I want to do something that I've never seen you do before. And in 48 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:34.680 that case, I've had to learn how to take my faith where it's never been before. So I'm 49 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:41.520 going to read to you a scripture, whānau, from Joshua 3, verse 15 and 16. So I'm just 50 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:47.240 going to read it to you now. As those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet 51 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:52.400 of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water. For the Jordan overflows 52 00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:57.240 all its banks during the whole time of harvest, that the waters which came down from upstream 53 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:00.120 stood still and rose in a heap very far away. 54 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.880 at Adam, the city that is besides Aretan. So the waters that went down into the 55 00:05:04.880 --> 00:05:09.720 Sea of Arabia, the Salt Sea, failed and were cut off and the people 56 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:15.560 crossed over opposite Jericho. Wow. And so here, the background of this is that 57 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:20.200 Joshua leads the children of Israel about to cross over the Jordan and 58 00:05:20.200 --> 00:05:25.120 into the into the Promised Land. But there was an obstacle between them 59 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:29.560 and the objective. The objective was to pass over to a new future. The 60 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:34.480 obstacle was the Jordan. The objective was to cross over into a new future. The 61 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:40.360 obstacle was the Jordan. And so you have you have objectives. You have promises. 62 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.360 God wants you to cross over into something greater than what you've ever 63 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:48.800 known before. John 10 10, the thief comes to rob, steal, and kill. But Jesus said, I 64 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:52.880 came to give you life and life in abundance. God wants you to have a better 65 00:05:52.880 --> 00:05:57.360 quality of life. God wants to upgrade you, so to speak. He's got 66 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:00.760 something better for your life. He's got something better for your health, better 67 00:06:00.760 --> 00:06:05.380 for your marriage. And when Jesus is in the middle, life just changes. And if 68 00:06:05.380 --> 00:06:09.740 you're going through a time of despair and discouragement, a time where 69 00:06:09.740 --> 00:06:13.120 things just aren't going right, it's not God's will. God's will for you is 70 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:19.320 Matthew 6 10. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. The 71 00:06:19.320 --> 00:06:22.640 way that you'd be living in heaven, God wants that. That's his will for you here 72 00:06:22.640 --> 00:06:26.960 on earth, on earth as it is in heaven. So whatever you're going through, whatever 73 00:06:26.960 --> 00:06:30.800 promises you know that God has got for you, you know there's an objective, but 74 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:37.320 there's also obstacles. And when you see obstacles through the 75 00:06:37.320 --> 00:06:41.360 eyes of God, and hopefully this message will help you, after you've 76 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:45.320 heard my call at all, you'll find that the obstacles are actually 77 00:06:45.320 --> 00:06:50.160 opportunities to rise above. That stumbling blocks are actually stepping 78 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:54.200 stones where you use your faith and your action to go beyond where you've ever been 79 00:06:54.200 --> 00:07:00.640 before. So Joshua and the children of Israel and the 80 00:07:00.640 --> 00:07:05.140 priests are at the tip, at the brink of the Jordan. And God tells Joshua, get the 81 00:07:05.140 --> 00:07:09.120 priests to dip their foot in the water, to walk into the Jordan 82 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:13.240 carrying the Ark of the Covenant. And so they had to carry the presence of God 83 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:17.600 that they were to walk into the flooded river. Would you walk into a flooded 84 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:22.120 river? Would you walk into a river that's in flood? Well, you'd be 85 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:27.840 crazy if you did. But if God told you to, then you're not so crazy. And God's 86 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:31.360 telling these priests, carrying the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulder, the 87 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:37.360 presence of God, He's telling them, walk into the Jordan River, walk 88 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:42.040 into the Jordan, walk into your obstacle, because you're carrying me away. 89 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:45.600 Actually, I'm carrying you. The presence of God they were carrying on their 90 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.400 shoulders, they didn't realize it was a presence of God that was going to carry 91 00:07:48.400 --> 00:07:52.920 them through that obstacle. And so they had to take their faith where it had never 92 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:57.480 been before. The priests had never walked into a river in flood, carrying their 93 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:02.320 faith, carrying the presence of God. Never done it before. But as their foot, 94 00:08:02.320 --> 00:08:08.120 it says here, and the feet of the priests who bore the Ark 95 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:12.840 dipped in the edge of the water. The moment their little pinky touched the 96 00:08:12.840 --> 00:08:20.440 water, the water just stopped flowing. Just like that. See, they saw God do a 97 00:08:20.440 --> 00:08:24.320 miracle they'd never seen before. You know why? Because they took their faith 98 00:08:24.320 --> 00:08:28.480 where it'd never been before. They took their faith, they took the presence of 99 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:32.820 God, they took their action where it'd never been before, and they saw God do 100 00:08:32.820 --> 00:08:36.480 something that they'd never seen before. And that's the principle I'm talking 101 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:40.360 about. Take your faith. If you want to see God do something in your life, your 102 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:44.159 ministry, your marriage, your family, your finances, then take your faith where 103 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:47.840 it's never been before, and you'll see God do something you've never seen 104 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:51.800 before. Sorry, take your faith where it's never been before, and you will see God 105 00:08:51.800 --> 00:08:57.720 operate through your faith in a way that you've never seen before. So the Jordan 106 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:03.680 didn't stop Joshua. The obstacle didn't stop Joshua or Israel. And the Jordan is 107 00:09:03.680 --> 00:09:07.760 not put there. Your obstacles are not put there to stop you. They're put there so 108 00:09:07.760 --> 00:09:11.360 that you'll extend your faith to a place that's never been before, so God 109 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.200 can honor your faith and remove your obstacle. We'll get back to that later on, 110 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:21.520 whānau. And so God, so Joshua goes down to the walls of Jericho. Again, we see 111 00:09:21.520 --> 00:09:26.200 the principle. If you want to see God do something you've never seen 112 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:31.200 before, take your faith where it's never been before. So in Joshua chapter 6, verse 113 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:36.000 7, and he said to the people, proceed and march around the city and let him who 114 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:40.800 is armed advance before the ark of the Lord. And we know what happened. As they 115 00:09:40.800 --> 00:09:47.120 went around the city, what happened? The walls of Jericho fell. Okay, so they had 116 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:53.560 never taken their faith around the city. Seven times, seven times, seven. They'd never 117 00:09:53.560 --> 00:09:58.200 done that before. And they took their faith where it had never been before, and they 118 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.840 saw God do something they'd never been, 119 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:01.720 had never seen before. 120 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.640 They took their faith where it had never been before 121 00:10:03.640 --> 00:10:05.280 and they saw God do something 122 00:10:05.280 --> 00:10:06.320 they'd never seen before. 123 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:08.200 The walls came down. 124 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.140 See God waits on the other side of your faith in action. 125 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.520 God waits on the other side of your faith in action. 126 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.900 God waits on the other side of your faith in action. 127 00:10:18.900 --> 00:10:20.340 God was waiting on the other side 128 00:10:20.340 --> 00:10:22.960 of the Jordan for the priests in Israel. 129 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.480 God was waiting on the other side 130 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:26.800 of the Jordan, of Jericho. 131 00:10:26.800 --> 00:10:28.360 He was waiting on the other side 132 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:30.560 of Joshua's faith in action. 133 00:10:30.560 --> 00:10:33.440 He was waiting on the other side of the Jordan, 134 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.840 on the other side of the priest's faith in action. 135 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.600 And God is waiting on the other side of your obstacle. 136 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:42.720 He's waiting on the other side of your faith in action. 137 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:44.680 I've seen this so many times in my life. 138 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:49.040 We can see the principle of David and Goliath. 139 00:10:49.040 --> 00:10:50.760 Had anyone taken out Goliath before? 140 00:10:50.760 --> 00:10:53.920 Anyone killed Goliath or fought Goliath, 141 00:10:53.920 --> 00:10:56.840 let alone one, let alone killed Goliath? 142 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:57.720 No one had done that. 143 00:10:58.080 --> 00:10:59.360 No one had seen that before. 144 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:00.720 No one had taken their courage, 145 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:02.200 where it never meant more than maybe they did. 146 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:04.440 Maybe some people have tried to take out Goliath, 147 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.000 but Goliath wanted to take them out. 148 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.120 And so David, he decides he's going to take his faith, 149 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:11.280 he's going to take his love, 150 00:11:11.280 --> 00:11:13.920 he's going to take his kaha, his ihi, 151 00:11:13.920 --> 00:11:15.960 or te wairu atapu, he's going to take the strength, 152 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.960 the power, the courage of the Holy Spirit, 153 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:21.760 and he's going to run and he's going to attack this Goliath. 154 00:11:21.760 --> 00:11:23.720 So David takes his faith in this action 155 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.080 where no one's ever taken it before, 156 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:29.600 and he throws the slingshot, 157 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:32.080 hits Goliath right in the forehead, 158 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.720 and Goliath falls down dead. 159 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:38.000 See, David and all of Israel saw God do something 160 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:39.160 they'd never seen before, 161 00:11:39.160 --> 00:11:40.960 because this little boy, this young boy, 162 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:44.280 he took his faith in his action where it'd never been before. 163 00:11:44.280 --> 00:11:46.400 You see, God's waiting on you. 164 00:11:46.400 --> 00:11:47.680 God's waiting on us sometimes. 165 00:11:47.680 --> 00:11:49.120 He's waiting on you to take your faith 166 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:50.880 in action where it's never been before 167 00:11:50.880 --> 00:11:53.520 so he can show you something that you've never seen before, 168 00:11:53.520 --> 00:11:56.280 so that God can do something you've never seen before. 169 00:11:56.280 --> 00:11:59.240 Why would God want to do something you've never seen before? 170 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:02.680 God likes showing off to his kids, you know that? 171 00:12:02.680 --> 00:12:04.280 The eyes of the Lord run to and fro 172 00:12:04.280 --> 00:12:05.600 across the face of the whole earth, 173 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.880 seeking to show himself mighty 174 00:12:07.880 --> 00:12:11.440 on behalf of those whose hearts are turned toward him. 175 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.760 God loves to show himself mighty on behalf of his kids. 176 00:12:14.760 --> 00:12:15.920 He's an amazing father. 177 00:12:16.920 --> 00:12:18.720 So David and Goliath, 178 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.920 David took his faith where it'd never been before, 179 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.880 saw God do something that no one'd ever seen before. 180 00:12:23.880 --> 00:12:26.160 Peter, he gets out of the boat, okay? 181 00:12:26.160 --> 00:12:28.000 Jesus is walking on the water, 182 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.680 and Peter says, Lord, if it's you, tell me to come. 183 00:12:30.680 --> 00:12:32.280 How many disciples are there? 184 00:12:32.280 --> 00:12:33.240 12. 185 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:34.480 How many are in the boat? 186 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.320 12. 187 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.760 How many got out of the boat and walked on the water? 188 00:12:37.760 --> 00:12:39.040 One. 189 00:12:39.040 --> 00:12:41.880 You know, it's usually one in 12, I see, 190 00:12:41.880 --> 00:12:43.760 that will take their faith beyond 191 00:12:43.760 --> 00:12:45.440 where the others will take it. 192 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.000 I believe today I'm prophesying you're one in 12. 193 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:49.560 You're the one in 12. 194 00:12:49.560 --> 00:12:51.200 You're the one that will take your faith 195 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:53.280 where it's never been before, 196 00:12:53.280 --> 00:12:55.200 and you're gonna see God do stuff in your life 197 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:56.560 that you've never seen before, 198 00:12:56.560 --> 00:12:58.760 that others have never experienced before. 199 00:12:58.760 --> 00:13:01.840 Peter, because he took his faith and his action 200 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:04.120 where it had never been before, 201 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:07.240 he got to experience something of God 202 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:10.160 that no human being had ever experienced before, 203 00:13:10.160 --> 00:13:11.400 or probably since. 204 00:13:11.400 --> 00:13:13.800 He walked on the water to Jesus. 205 00:13:13.800 --> 00:13:14.920 It's the principle. 206 00:13:14.920 --> 00:13:18.480 If you wanna see God do something you've never seen before, 207 00:13:18.760 --> 00:13:19.800 or never done before, 208 00:13:19.800 --> 00:13:22.560 take your faith where it's never been before, 209 00:13:22.560 --> 00:13:24.480 and I tell you, he'll hunt you down, 210 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.080 and he will use you and hunt you down. 211 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:27.800 Not in the sense that he's a hunter, 212 00:13:27.800 --> 00:13:29.240 but yeah, he'll pursue you, 213 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.720 because without faith, it's impossible to please God. 214 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:34.080 He loves, it's a pleasing thing to him 215 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.680 when you use your faith. 216 00:13:35.680 --> 00:13:38.720 Okay, now faith comes out of relationship, by the way. 217 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:40.680 I don't just say, don't just be stupid 218 00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:43.240 and just go out and try to walk on the water 219 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:44.080 and end up drowning. 220 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:45.400 I'm not advocating that. 221 00:13:45.400 --> 00:13:47.600 You gotta listen to, see, Peter stepped on the water 222 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:48.640 because Jesus caught him. 223 00:13:48.640 --> 00:13:50.720 He heard, he had a relationship with Jesus, 224 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:52.640 and you gotta have a relationship with God 225 00:13:52.640 --> 00:13:54.800 to be able to do outlandish things. 226 00:13:54.800 --> 00:13:58.960 I mean, people see or hear some of the stuff I do, 227 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:02.040 spitting in people's eyes and God opening their eyes. 228 00:14:02.040 --> 00:14:03.480 I do that because I hear Jesus. 229 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:06.200 I don't just do it because it's something to do. 230 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:08.160 It's not just a hit and miss. 231 00:14:08.160 --> 00:14:10.560 Everything, when we take our faith anywhere, 232 00:14:10.560 --> 00:14:12.640 it's also out of relationship with God, 233 00:14:12.640 --> 00:14:14.840 out of relationship with Jesus. 234 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:18.640 Okay, I remember the first time I went to India 235 00:14:18.640 --> 00:14:23.640 was in 1989, and I was just sitting at a table 236 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.080 talking to some friends, and I heard the voice of God 237 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.000 saying to me, go to India within 12 months. 238 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.560 And as I heard that, I was so strong, 239 00:14:31.560 --> 00:14:34.080 but I don't have any money to go to India, 240 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:35.080 and not in 12 months. 241 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:37.760 Might take two years, 18 months to save. 242 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:44.240 But he said 12 months, and so the long story short, 243 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:50.200 it required me to take my faith and my finances, 244 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.120 where I'd never been before. 245 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:55.320 And within 12 months, I was in India. 246 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:58.280 And then when I went to India, it's another story, 247 00:14:58.280 --> 00:15:00.120 but I saw God. 248 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:08.160 to do things I'd never seen before. I saw him open blind eyes through my faith. I saw him open deaf 249 00:15:08.160 --> 00:15:13.840 ears through my faith. I saw him cause cripples to walk that couldn't walk again through my faith. I 250 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:18.960 saw deaf and dumb speaking and hearing through my faith because I took it somewhere I'd never 251 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:24.880 been before. And not just took it to India, but I took it to a level I'd never taken it before. 252 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:31.680 And I even saw the dead brought back to life. That's another story. But the principle is 253 00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:38.560 when God says go, then I did what I had to to get my obstacle out of the way. My obstacle was 254 00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:43.760 finance. That was the thing. Obstacle was finance. I had a contact over in India, so that was no 255 00:15:43.760 --> 00:15:51.360 problem. And so as I worked on getting my obstacle out of the way, began to save my money, pray, 256 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:57.600 seek God, save the money. God released all I needed, and I went into India in 1989. I saw 257 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:01.520 God do things I'd never seen before because I took my faith where I'd never been before. 258 00:16:03.520 --> 00:16:09.120 I remember in one of my meetings there, there was a little girl, six-year-old girl, born deaf and 259 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:16.480 dumb. And as I saw her, the mother kept pointing to her. And so I called, I'd already prayed for a 260 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:21.360 crippled man who was healed before our eyes. He was bent over like this, and as I prayed, 261 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:25.840 he just straightened up. And so everybody's faith level went up, including mine. I mean, 262 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:30.720 I took my faith where I'd never been before. He came up like this. He came up to the front where 263 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:35.440 I was speaking, and he gave me a jar of oil. So I took the oil, and I just felt it anoint him. 264 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:40.320 I poured the whole jar of oil on his head. It went over his head, and he was bent over like this. As 265 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:43.840 I poured the oil on his head, he just began to straighten up like that by the power of God. 266 00:16:44.400 --> 00:16:49.440 And he was just healed. So everybody's going, yeah, crazy. They're just praising God. And so 267 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:54.080 the mother kept pointing to the little girl. And so I told her, bring her up. So she brought the 268 00:16:54.080 --> 00:17:00.800 little girl up, and I prayed for her and rebuked the deaf and dumb spirit. And when I rebuked the 269 00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:04.960 deaf spirit, then I started doing that. And then she started looking around, and she could hear 270 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:09.520 her ears open. So I knew if her ears opened, then she can probably talk. So I was trying to get her 271 00:17:09.520 --> 00:17:15.440 to say ama ama, mummy in Indian, but she didn't get that. I didn't get it. So I took a hand, 272 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:21.119 and I placed it on my throat, and she started going, ah, ah, then it's ama, ama. Then she 273 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:26.800 started shouting, ama, ama, ama, which is mummy, mummy. She was completely healed. This little 274 00:17:26.800 --> 00:17:32.000 girl, born deaf and dumb, just healed just like that. And if I hadn't taken my faith where it'd 275 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:37.120 never been before, then I wouldn't have seen that miracle that I'd never seen God do before. 276 00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:41.040 And it's a principle. If you want to see God do something you've never seen before, take your faith 277 00:17:42.560 --> 00:17:47.760 somewhere where it's never been before. It's the same with love. Take your love. You want to see 278 00:17:47.760 --> 00:17:51.360 God break through in the hearts of people? You want to see him break through in the hearts of 279 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:55.680 your neighbours? Then take your faith. Take your love where it's never been before. Go to your 280 00:17:55.680 --> 00:18:00.960 neighbours. If your neighbours are needing food, take some kai there. Don't go and preach to them. 281 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:06.880 Do something that's going to touch the immediate needs, and take some food to them. 282 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:10.560 If you know you've got neighbours in your neighbourhood who have been laid off work, or 283 00:18:10.560 --> 00:18:15.200 they're just going through hell, then stop praying for them, for goodness sake. I just 284 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:19.120 hate it when I hear Christians praying for their neighbours, and praying that they get some food, 285 00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:24.480 and praying for this and that. The only thing to, hey, go and get your food cupboard. Take some 286 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:28.720 baked beans and some kai, and take it down to them instead of praying about it. Go and do it. 287 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:34.320 Jesus said, I was hungry, and you fed me. I was naked, and you clothed me. It's about doing stuff. 288 00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:39.600 It's about doing, doing, not just hui, hui. And so again, it's the principle. If you want to see 289 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:43.680 God do something you've never seen before, then take your faith, take your love, take your kai, 290 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:49.040 and go somewhere where it's never been before. And we see many, many, many hundreds and hundreds of 291 00:18:49.040 --> 00:18:53.840 houses, households have opened up their doors to us in Tairawhiti, because we take our love, 292 00:18:53.840 --> 00:18:59.440 we take our faith, we take our kai to people that we've never been to before, and our hearts knit 293 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:04.000 together, and they become our people. And they may not be coming to church, they may not be saved 294 00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:09.200 yet, a lot of them, but they're our people. My church is my city. It's not just the four walls 295 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:14.640 on Sunday with our House of Breakthrough whanau, that's our whanau, but our wider church is 296 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:19.200 Tairawhiti, it's the city. Anyway, I'm off the track here, sorry about that guys. 297 00:19:20.800 --> 00:19:27.600 Okay, Hebrews 11 verse 1, you know, that faith is the substance of things hoped for. It's the 298 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:33.920 evidence of what is not seen. It's the evidence of what is not seen. So the Holy Spirit is 299 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:42.160 invisible, but He manifests His evidence through power and authority. So love, it's invisible. 300 00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:50.880 It's invisible. But how do you know love is there? Though it's invisible, can you see love? 301 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:59.840 You can't see it, but you feel it, right? So the evidence of what you cannot see can be felt. 302 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:08.800 Joy. Joy. The joy of the Lord. It's invisible. Can you see it? No, but you can 303 00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:16.080 feel it. It's like peace. Peace. It's invisible. Can you see peace? You can see 304 00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:21.400 the effects of it, but you can't see peace. It's something you feel. And so 305 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:27.760 heat. Can you see heat? Can't see heat, but it's something you feel. Fragrance. Can you 306 00:20:27.760 --> 00:20:34.000 see a fragrance? No, but it's something you smell. And so faith turns the 307 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:39.160 invisible into the visible. Faith turns the invisible into visible. Can 308 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:42.720 you see healings? You can't see them. Can you see faith? You can't see it, but 309 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:49.560 it's something you feel. So last night I spoke on faith is an action. And I got, 310 00:20:49.560 --> 00:20:53.200 and the Spirit of God came on my knee and he said there's people watching and 311 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:56.800 they've got eye problems and I want to heal them right now and they need to do 312 00:20:56.800 --> 00:21:00.160 a faith action. And that faith action was simply to put their hands on the ice and 313 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:04.960 I prayed and released the power of God. And one of our sisters messaged back and 314 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:08.800 said the moment she did that she had a blurry eye and when she put her hand on 315 00:21:08.800 --> 00:21:13.680 her eyes and took it away, her blurry eye was clear just like that. So that's faith 316 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:17.560 is an action. And then she went and prayed for her mum who had a sore throat 317 00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:22.240 and she was coughing and when she prayed for her mum, suddenly her throat, she 318 00:21:22.800 --> 00:21:28.480 said her throat was cleared up. Faith is an action. And because faith is an 319 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:33.160 action, it turns the invisible into the visible. The omnipresence of God 320 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:37.040 is everywhere. The omnipresence of God means, omnipresence means 321 00:21:37.040 --> 00:21:41.280 everywhere. His presence is everywhere. God's presence is on Mount Cook. God's 322 00:21:41.280 --> 00:21:48.360 presence is on Mount Egmont. But it's not doing anything. God's presence is 323 00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:52.240 brooding over sick people. But it's not doing anything. God's presence was 324 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:57.440 brooding over that sister last night. But it wasn't doing anything until I 325 00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:02.360 used faith and action, faith and action to cause the omnipresence to become 326 00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:07.040 manifest the presence, manifest presence. So taking a faith where it's never been 327 00:22:07.040 --> 00:22:11.080 before turns the invisible into the visible. The invisible healing presence 328 00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:15.480 of God became, as it were, visible. The omnipresence of God became manifest 329 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:20.360 presence when it touched her eyes and she could see clearer. You see, this is 330 00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:25.200 moving in the ways of the Spirit. I'm trying to demystify a lot of stuff 331 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:30.800 because so many Christians think it's so mystical and super spiritual that you 332 00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:34.960 have to be on another level. You have to be floating through mid-air. 333 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:40.600 You don't. It's very, very practical. God is so easy to understand. You know 334 00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:46.640 he really is. John G. Lake. I'd encourage you to read John G. Lake. One of my 335 00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:54.760 favorite books. John G. Lake. What's it called? His life, his sermons, his boldness 336 00:22:54.760 --> 00:23:00.000 of faith. John G. Lake, man, he's the man. He's shown me how to move in the 337 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:04.720 Spirit. You know, just reading his stuff, he's shown me so much. But faith is in 338 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:10.080 action. Okay, where are we going? Is this okay? I hope you're enjoying this. Faith 339 00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:14.440 requires action. I want to go back to Peter. He's the only one that got out of 340 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:18.960 the boat. The one in twelve. The one in twelve. The one in twelve. And you know, 341 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:22.720 God is looking for that one in twelve. He loves all the disciples. He loves all 342 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:26.640 his people. He loves all the believers. But you know, he can't do, there's some 343 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:31.760 things he just can't do through them all. He couldn't move. He couldn't move 344 00:23:31.760 --> 00:23:38.780 through Thomas or John or James. He couldn't move his power through them to 345 00:23:38.780 --> 00:23:42.900 walk on the water. He could only use Peter. Why? Because Peter's the only one 346 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:46.660 that took his faith where others had never taken it before. He was the one in 347 00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:50.260 twelve that would get out of a boat, get out of his comfort zone, and get out of 348 00:23:50.260 --> 00:23:54.340 what his other brothers was thinking about. And he began to do what had never 349 00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:57.380 been done before. He took his faith where it'd never been before. And God was able to 350 00:23:57.380 --> 00:24:01.300 move through Peter in a way that he wasn't able to move through the eleven 351 00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:05.260 other disciples sitting in the comfort zone, sitting in the boat. Where are you 352 00:24:05.260 --> 00:24:11.900 sitting? You know, it comes a time when you pray and you seek God to do great 353 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:15.300 things for him. But then, look, there's a time you've got to get out of your boat. 354 00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:20.580 You've got to get out of your boat. And yes, it's scary. Don't expect to have all 355 00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:25.020 the I's dotted and the T's crossed when, you know, God wants you to step out. 356 00:24:25.020 --> 00:24:30.220 Don't expect that. I always have a sense of apprehension. I am never 357 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:36.700 99%, 100% sure it's going to be a winner. You know, that's faith. 358 00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:40.340 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of what is not seen. 359 00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:45.820 And so faith is, okay, God, if you don't move, I'm stuffed. I'm going to sink. 360 00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:51.380 That's faith. Faith is awesome. But it's a confidence in God that you're with me. 361 00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:55.020 And Lord, I'm just doing, I'm going to step out, do what you told me to do. 362 00:24:55.020 --> 00:24:59.220 And as you step out, God begins to do the things you've never seen before. 363 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:05.200 Can you imagine those priests, as they say, there's a raging floodwaters in the Jordan 364 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:10.800 just flowing down, just, I'm just thinking, man, what we're gonna, we're gone, I'm carrying 365 00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:15.520 the Ark of the Covenant, the presence of God, I mean, there's all these priests, what are 366 00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:16.520 we going to do? 367 00:25:16.520 --> 00:25:21.720 And they, the moment their foot touched the water, suddenly the water stopped. 368 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:25.760 See there'd be a degree of apprehension in the priests, there'd be a degree of apprehension 369 00:25:25.760 --> 00:25:30.320 in David, oh, I hope this dude goes down like the lion and the bear, Lord, you better take 370 00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:34.560 him out, or I'm history, I'm toast, but I've got five more stones. 371 00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:39.840 Like Peter, oh, I hope this, I hope this works, Lord, I hope, I hope I can walk on the water 372 00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:44.840 like you, and he did, for a while, and then what happened? 373 00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:48.520 He looked at the waves, and he looked at the wind, and the moment he took his eyes off 374 00:25:48.520 --> 00:25:53.320 Jesus, the power of God lifted off him and he began to sink. 375 00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:57.200 And a lot of people say, yeah, but Peter sunk in the end, but they don't read the rest 376 00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.200 of the story. 377 00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:03.000 He might have sunk, but he reached out his hand, he looked back at Jesus, and he rose 378 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:08.520 up on the water again, and Jesus didn't carry Peter back to the boat like a little baby 379 00:26:08.520 --> 00:26:12.560 in his arms, Peter walked back to the boat with Jesus. 380 00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:17.000 Don't forget, he started off well, he sunk, but he rose again, and he walked back with 381 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.000 Jesus. 382 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:22.040 See, the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and though we fall at times, we 383 00:26:22.040 --> 00:26:27.360 will not be cast down, because God will uphold us with his hand, and we keep following Jesus 384 00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:30.960 so we can continue to walk on the water, on the impossibilities of life. 385 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:35.880 You see, it's not us that hold us up, it's now unto him who is able to hold you and keep 386 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:39.920 you from falling, and present you faultless before the presence of his glory. 387 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:43.040 So there comes a time when you've got to get out of your boat, there comes a time when 388 00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:46.160 you've got to get out of the opinions of others, there comes a time when you've got to stop 389 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:49.760 listening to negative brothers and sisters saying, that can't be done, no one's ever 390 00:26:49.760 --> 00:26:53.680 done that before, no one's ever been there before, and God's never done that before, 391 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:58.320 and sometimes it takes a 1 in 12 to say, well, Lord, if you've told me to come, I'm coming, 392 00:26:58.320 --> 00:27:02.200 stuff it, I'm out of here, later guys, and Peter gets out and he takes his faith where 393 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:06.800 it's never been before, and God does something that all of humanity has never seen before, 394 00:27:06.800 --> 00:27:11.160 another human being walking on the water, to Jesus, hallelujah. 395 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:17.320 So God bless you, as you learn that faith is an action, as you learn that when you take 396 00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:22.640 your faith, and your love, and your action where it's never been before, you allow God, 397 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:27.360 you position yourself to allow God to move through you in a way you've never experienced, 398 00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:31.040 never felt, or never seen before, God bless you as you do that. 399 00:27:31.040 --> 00:27:42.200 Now, we're just coming to a close, you remember I said at the beginning, the Jordan River 400 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:50.080 was the obstacle to Joshua and the people of Israel, the objective was to cross over 401 00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:56.560 into a new land, a new place of freedom, a new future, the obstacle was the Jordan River, 402 00:27:56.560 --> 00:28:03.000 there's always obstacles before your objectives, there's always obstacles before your objectives, 403 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.160 okay, so what's your objective? 404 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:11.880 Maybe just read some out, maybe you want to develop your ministry, ministry development, 405 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:17.360 maybe you want to reach more souls, lost souls, maybe you want a new job, a new career, 406 00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:20.520 maybe you want to establish or extend your career, maybe you want a better marriage, 407 00:28:20.520 --> 00:28:25.960 better family, better parenting, maybe you want a better relational, you want to be a 408 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:33.080 healing to bring kōtahitanga, bring unity amongst others, maybe you want a better health, 409 00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:40.840 better finances, a better house, a better car, better clothes, maybe some of those are 410 00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:43.040 your objectives right now. 411 00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:44.480 So what's your obstacle? 412 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:47.680 What's stopping you from achieving those things? 413 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:51.640 You know, we quote 1 John 4, for greater is he within me than he that's in this world, 414 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:57.880 in Philippians 4.13, I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me, I can, not 415 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:02.240 I can't, I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me, and we can quote 416 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:06.200 that stuff, it's one thing to quote it, it's one thing to have in your heart or in your 417 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:14.720 mouth as a waha, but it takes faith to turn it from waha to kaha, to strength, from omnipresence 418 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.720 to manifest presence. 419 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:17.160 So what's your obstacle? 420 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:19.560 What's stopping you from achieving your objective? 421 00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:23.960 What's stopping you from receiving the promises that God's given to you? 422 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:29.960 Here's some things, unbelief, fear, that can stop you. 423 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:33.920 I'm going to put up on Embassy warrior prayer. 424 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:38.680 It's a whole bunch of scriptures I've put together that I've hidden in my heart, and 425 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:42.560 I get people, you just, how do you get rid of fear? 426 00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:46.160 Faith is the opposite of fear, you know, well love, perfect love casts out all fear, but 427 00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.840 faith as well. 428 00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:49.640 And how does faith come? 429 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:53.800 Faith comes by hearing, hearing the Word of God, okay? 430 00:29:53.800 --> 00:29:57.600 So I've got a warrior's prayer, and as you speak out the Word of God, as you declare 431 00:29:57.600 --> 00:30:00.000 the Word of God over your life, do it three times a day. 432 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.320 for seven days and see what happens to you. 433 00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:04.480 That faith cometh by hearing the word of God. 434 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.840 And so I speak out the word of God. 435 00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:07.280 Often I declare it over myself, 436 00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:09.760 that I'm blessed in my going out and my coming in. 437 00:30:09.760 --> 00:30:11.120 I'm the head and not the tail. 438 00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:12.400 I'm above and not beneath. 439 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.600 I'm a lender, not a borrower. 440 00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:15.440 And though the enemy comes against me one way, 441 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:17.440 that Lord will rise up before me 442 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.720 and scatter him before my face 443 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.240 in seven different directions. 444 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:22.080 And no weapon formed against me can prosper. 445 00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:24.160 And every tongue raised up in judgment against me, 446 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.960 I cast down. 447 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:27.200 For this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord 448 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.720 and how righteous this is of him. 449 00:30:28.800 --> 00:30:31.040 For he who knew no sin became sin for me, 450 00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:33.040 that I might become the righteousness of God 451 00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:34.160 in Christ Jesus. 452 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:36.000 And because I'm righteous in Christ Jesus, 453 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.120 it's not by my might, 454 00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:38.400 it's not by my power, 455 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.600 it is by his spirit. 456 00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:41.120 Not by any works of righteousness, 457 00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:42.000 which I have done, 458 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.280 but according to his mercy, 459 00:30:43.280 --> 00:30:44.160 you have saved me 460 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.680 through the washing of regeneration 461 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.360 and the renewing of the Holy Spirit. 462 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:49.120 Therefore, Lord Jesus, I thank you. 463 00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:50.400 You have given me a power 464 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:52.240 to trample upon serpents and scorpions 465 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.440 and all the power of the enemy 466 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:55.280 and nothing by any means shall harm me. 467 00:30:55.280 --> 00:30:57.200 And I'm strong and I'm full of courage. 468 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.960 I'm not afraid, nor am I dismayed. 469 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:01.600 For Lord, you're with me wherever I go. 470 00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:03.680 And I overcome Satan by the blood of the lamb 471 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.960 and the word of my testimony. 472 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.960 I love not my life unto the death, 473 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:08.640 but I've chosen to follow you, Jesus. 474 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.360 And you said, 475 00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:11.200 if you want to come after me, follow me, 476 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:13.920 then take up your cross and deny yourself every day. 477 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:15.920 And that the life that you live in this world, 478 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.560 as you lose that, 479 00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:18.720 you're going to find the life I created you for. 480 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.080 I thank you, Jesus. 481 00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:22.720 So I'm just quoting scripture that's in my heart. 482 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.840 That's my sword. 483 00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.960 That's what I bring out 484 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:27.440 whenever there's demonic attacks and so forth. 485 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:30.160 You can't have a baseball bat or a shotgun or a fist. 486 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:32.000 You got to use a spiritual weapon, 487 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.600 which is the sword of the spirit. 488 00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:36.960 Whenever the devil came to attempt or attack Jesus, 489 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:38.640 what was the weapon Jesus used? 490 00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:40.000 He said, it is written. 491 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.880 It is written. 492 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.600 It is written. 493 00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:43.200 He quoted the word of God. 494 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:46.960 And so I'm going to put that warrior prayer online after this. 495 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:49.040 And if fear is your obstacle, 496 00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:50.160 then you need to get rid of fear. 497 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.360 You need to get your faith active. 498 00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:53.120 You need to get that warrior spirit stirred up. 499 00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:54.560 You need to be kia kaha. 500 00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:56.480 You need to be the warrior God called you to be. 501 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:58.080 And you unlock that warrior spirit, 502 00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:59.680 unlock that greatness within you, 503 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.400 and begin to declare who God says you are. 504 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:04.480 And as you hear the word of God, 505 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.600 of who God says you are, 506 00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:07.120 faith cometh by hearing, 507 00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:08.960 then that mighty warrior that you are 508 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:11.360 begins to rise up in the wairua, in your spirit. 509 00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:13.680 Not your mind, not your soul, but in your spirit. 510 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:16.320 I'm going to put that on after I finish this korero. 511 00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:17.120 But coming to a close. 512 00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:19.200 So what's your objective? 513 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.640 And what's your obstacle? 514 00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:22.880 If fear and unbelief is your obstacle, 515 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:25.120 get the warrior prayer and speak it out over your life. 516 00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:29.600 If you want to have a healed relationship, 517 00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:32.480 marriage, or relationship with somebody or people, 518 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.840 then maybe it's forgiveness. 519 00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:36.160 Maybe the obstacle's bitterness or resentment. 520 00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.200 You've got to forgive. 521 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.560 You've got to learn how to forgive. 522 00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.600 You've got to have humility. 523 00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:41.680 Maybe you need to go and apologize to somebody 524 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:43.920 if you want to restore broken relationships. 525 00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:45.360 Maybe you want better health. 526 00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:47.280 Well, maybe you need to start exercising, 527 00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:48.080 go to the gym, 528 00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:50.480 and maybe you need to stop eating the bad stuff, eh? 529 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:52.400 I mean, some stuff's just practical. 530 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.280 What's your obstacle? 531 00:32:53.280 --> 00:32:56.320 I want to help remove something before your objective today. 532 00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:59.360 Maybe you want a new job, a new career. 533 00:32:59.360 --> 00:33:02.160 Well, go and upskill, okay? 534 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.120 There's something you can do. 535 00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:04.960 Ask God, show me what's my obstacle 536 00:33:05.760 --> 00:33:08.000 and your grace to remove it. 537 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.840 Maybe you need a new house, a new car. 538 00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:12.560 Well, Jess and, you know, 539 00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:16.240 we wanted to buy a studio for Jess, 540 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:18.640 which is, she's an artist, she likes to paint. 541 00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.840 But we've got no room in the house, 542 00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:21.600 so we want to buy a studio. 543 00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:23.200 It took years to save, 544 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:25.200 years to invest money to get it. 545 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:27.200 But the obstacle's gone, 546 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:29.280 and Jess has got a new studio out in the back. 547 00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:31.120 At the moment, I need a new vehicle. 548 00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:32.320 My one's Pakaru. 549 00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:33.360 I've had it for 13 years. 550 00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.280 It's amazing it still goes. 551 00:33:35.280 --> 00:33:36.400 It's my faith. 552 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.840 I'm on a new vehicle. 553 00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:38.800 What am I doing? 554 00:33:38.800 --> 00:33:40.320 I'm doing more than praying about it. 555 00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:42.960 I'm saving my butt off, okay? 556 00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.840 I'm looking to save. 557 00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:45.040 I'm working for it. 558 00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:47.280 And that obstacle will be removed. 559 00:33:47.280 --> 00:33:49.120 I've taken my faith where it's never been before. 560 00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:50.160 I'm believing for God. 561 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:52.640 So what is your obstacle, 562 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:54.240 and what is your objective? 563 00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.440 Keep your eye on the objective, 564 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.760 and take your faith where it's never been before. 565 00:33:57.760 --> 00:33:59.600 Take your action where it's never been before, 566 00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:01.440 and you position yourself to allow God 567 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.720 do something through you 568 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:04.560 that you have never seen before. 569 00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:07.920 Well, whanau, it's a bit of a fruit salad message there. 570 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:09.600 I'm all over the place there, 571 00:34:09.600 --> 00:34:12.719 but I just feel the presence of God upon me. 572 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:14.560 I feel His presence right next to me. 573 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:18.400 Right there, I can see His glory right there. 574 00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:20.800 And I just want to now just release the glory of God 575 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:22.960 come upon you, your household. 576 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.880 I bless your whanau. 577 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:26.239 I bless your whare. 578 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:27.600 I bless your whenua. 579 00:34:27.600 --> 00:34:29.040 I bless your family. 580 00:34:29.040 --> 00:34:30.320 I bless your house. 581 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:32.480 I bless the very land that you stand on, 582 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:34.239 and the very land that you walk on. 583 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.760 That you are blessed when you go out, 584 00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:37.120 and you are blessed when you come in. 585 00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:38.480 You are blessed in the city, 586 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:40.239 and you are blessed in the field. 587 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:42.400 May you be blessed in all you put your hand to. 588 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:44.639 May God cause your vats to overflow, 589 00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.400 and your storehouse to be full. 590 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:48.159 May He give angels charge over you. 591 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.360 And all that you do. 592 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.719 And you're going out, and you're coming, 593 00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:52.159 and in the city, and the field. 594 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:54.639 May you know what it is to be the head and not the tail. 595 00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:57.280 May you know what it is to be above and not beneath. 596 00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:59.840 May you know what it is to know that. 597 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:05.000 My plans for you are for good, not for evil, to give you a hope, to give you a future. 598 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:08.000 God bless you my whānau, in the precious name of Jesus. 599 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:16.000 Keep an eye on this page and Benji will get back to you soon about a masterclass 600 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:20.000 about how we're taking things to another level for those who want to be not just inspired, 601 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:23.000 but empowered, equipped and deployed. 602 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:27.000 And I'm going to put the warrior prayer on after this. 603 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:32.000 And I hope that this video comes out the right way. 604 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:36.000 I just don't know why it's being sideways. 605 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.000 Yesterday was sideways. 606 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:42.000 So if you're a teko and you know why when I'm recording it's coming out sideways, 607 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:44.000 let me know. 608 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:46.000 Because I'm doing everything I normally do. 609 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:49.000 The camera's in the same place, the same vicinity and everything's there. 610 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:51.000 Anyway, kakete anō whānau! 611 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:53.000 Bless you in Jesus' name. 612 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:56.000 This is the day the Lord has made and we've got to rejoice in it. 613 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.000 We've got to rejoice in Him. 614 00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.000 God bless you, whānau. 615 00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:59.000 Love you all.