Oh man. Hi whānau. I don't know what's going on with this phone. It says rotate the phone.
I hope I'm coming up the right way. I hope I'm not on my head. This is just. Anyway,
kia ora whānau, MSC whānau. Good to be with you this morning on Saturday and I hope you
enjoyed yesterday. I don't know why my eyes are looking over there. I should be looking
straight at the screen. But anyway. Hey MSC whānau. Love you guys. Hope you enjoyed last
night's message. That is faith is in action. Faith is in action. So I'll just wait for
a few more of you guys to come on. Kia ora Andrea. Kia ora. So today's Saturday. Tomorrow's
Sunday and Monday I fly out to Germany. Just a bit of few notices until we get a few more
people online. So flying out to Germany on Monday and I'm speaking in a place called
Dresden which got flattened by in the Second World War, got bombed and destroyed basically.
And that's also somewhere where Martin Luther, I think where Martin Luther is either from
or whether he nailed his tenants on the church door. So I'm speaking to a Vietnamese congregations,
to Vietnamese pastors and leaders who were shipped out there after the war. And now there's
a Vietnamese community there. So I'm speaking there next week. So I fly out to Germany on
Monday, this coming Monday. Anyway whānau, we'll get into this. Just before I start,
this is a school of sonship, but there's coming up after this something called Masterclass
and Benji will speak to you about that. Now, I don't want to just inspire you. My role
as an apostle is not just to inspire. A lot of people get inspired. You need inspiration.
That's good to be inspired. But if you just continue to be inspired, it's not going to
be of any benefit to you or the Kingdom of God or to Jesus. So my role is to not just
inspire but to equip, to empower and to deploy you. And so Benji will be talking about this
about masterclasses and how you can go to a deeper level than just what you're getting
at the moment. You're getting some inspiration and that's wonderful, but we want to equip,
empower and deploy you. Well, today's message is called, if you want to see God, well, it's
the long title, but you can call it, take your faith beyond the Jordan. Take your faith
beyond the Jordan. So here's the saying, it's something I live by. If you want to see God
do something you've never seen before in your life, who wants to see God do something in
your life that you've never seen before? Something great. Maybe, I don't know what it might be.
Maybe your neighbor comes to Christ or some member of your family's got an incurable disease
this year. Do you want to see God do something you've never seen before? In order for you
to see God do something that you've never seen before, not to see something through
someone else that you've never seen before, but if you want to see God do something through
you that you've never seen before, my friend, this is what you got to do. You got to take
your faith where it's never been before. You got to take your love. You got to take your
action somewhere where it's never been before, because if you just use your faith and take
your faith where it's always been before, if you just believe for what you've always
believed before, then God can only honor that faith at the level that you believe for. But
if you choose to take your faith and your action beyond where you've ever been before,
then you allow God, you position yourself so God can then honor that faith at a level
that you've never been before, and then you'll see God do something through your life that
you've never seen before. Is it scary? Heck yeah, it's scary as. That's why Joshua was
told in Joshua 1.9, have I not commanded you, be strong and full of courage. Discouragement
is the opposite of courage. Be strong and full of courage. Don't be afraid, neither
dismayed, for I, the Lord your God, am with you wherever you are. And so I believe God's
with me wherever I go. And I believe if he's telling me to do something, that he'll be
with me. But there are some times when I think, God, I want to go beyond. I want to go beyond
what I've done before. I want to do something that I've never seen you do before. And in
that case, I've had to learn how to take my faith where it's never been before. So I'm
going to read to you a scripture, whānau, from Joshua 3, verse 15 and 16. So I'm just
going to read it to you now. As those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet
of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water. For the Jordan overflows
all its banks during the whole time of harvest, that the waters which came down from upstream
stood still and rose in a heap very far away.
at Adam, the city that is besides Aretan. So the waters that went down into the
Sea of Arabia, the Salt Sea, failed and were cut off and the people
crossed over opposite Jericho. Wow. And so here, the background of this is that
Joshua leads the children of Israel about to cross over the Jordan and
into the into the Promised Land. But there was an obstacle between them
and the objective. The objective was to pass over to a new future. The
obstacle was the Jordan. The objective was to cross over into a new future. The
obstacle was the Jordan. And so you have you have objectives. You have promises.
God wants you to cross over into something greater than what you've ever
known before. John 10 10, the thief comes to rob, steal, and kill. But Jesus said, I
came to give you life and life in abundance. God wants you to have a better
quality of life. God wants to upgrade you, so to speak. He's got
something better for your life. He's got something better for your health, better
for your marriage. And when Jesus is in the middle, life just changes. And if
you're going through a time of despair and discouragement, a time where
things just aren't going right, it's not God's will. God's will for you is
Matthew 6 10. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. The
way that you'd be living in heaven, God wants that. That's his will for you here
on earth, on earth as it is in heaven. So whatever you're going through, whatever
promises you know that God has got for you, you know there's an objective, but
there's also obstacles. And when you see obstacles through the
eyes of God, and hopefully this message will help you, after you've
heard my call at all, you'll find that the obstacles are actually
opportunities to rise above. That stumbling blocks are actually stepping
stones where you use your faith and your action to go beyond where you've ever been
before. So Joshua and the children of Israel and the
priests are at the tip, at the brink of the Jordan. And God tells Joshua, get the
priests to dip their foot in the water, to walk into the Jordan
carrying the Ark of the Covenant. And so they had to carry the presence of God
that they were to walk into the flooded river. Would you walk into a flooded
river? Would you walk into a river that's in flood? Well, you'd be
crazy if you did. But if God told you to, then you're not so crazy. And God's
telling these priests, carrying the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulder, the
presence of God, He's telling them, walk into the Jordan River, walk
into the Jordan, walk into your obstacle, because you're carrying me away.
Actually, I'm carrying you. The presence of God they were carrying on their
shoulders, they didn't realize it was a presence of God that was going to carry
them through that obstacle. And so they had to take their faith where it had never
been before. The priests had never walked into a river in flood, carrying their
faith, carrying the presence of God. Never done it before. But as their foot,
it says here, and the feet of the priests who bore the Ark
dipped in the edge of the water. The moment their little pinky touched the
water, the water just stopped flowing. Just like that. See, they saw God do a
miracle they'd never seen before. You know why? Because they took their faith
where it'd never been before. They took their faith, they took the presence of
God, they took their action where it'd never been before, and they saw God do
something that they'd never seen before. And that's the principle I'm talking
about. Take your faith. If you want to see God do something in your life, your
ministry, your marriage, your family, your finances, then take your faith where
it's never been before, and you'll see God do something you've never seen
before. Sorry, take your faith where it's never been before, and you will see God
operate through your faith in a way that you've never seen before. So the Jordan
didn't stop Joshua. The obstacle didn't stop Joshua or Israel. And the Jordan is
not put there. Your obstacles are not put there to stop you. They're put there so
that you'll extend your faith to a place that's never been before, so God
can honor your faith and remove your obstacle. We'll get back to that later on,
whānau. And so God, so Joshua goes down to the walls of Jericho. Again, we see
the principle. If you want to see God do something you've never seen
before, take your faith where it's never been before. So in Joshua chapter 6, verse
7, and he said to the people, proceed and march around the city and let him who
is armed advance before the ark of the Lord. And we know what happened. As they
went around the city, what happened? The walls of Jericho fell. Okay, so they had
never taken their faith around the city. Seven times, seven times, seven. They'd never
done that before. And they took their faith where it had never been before, and they
saw God do something they'd never been,
had never seen before.
They took their faith where it had never been before
and they saw God do something
they'd never seen before.
The walls came down.
See God waits on the other side of your faith in action.
God waits on the other side of your faith in action.
God was waiting on the other side
of the Jordan for the priests in Israel.
God was waiting on the other side
of the Jordan, of Jericho.
He was waiting on the other side
of Joshua's faith in action.
He was waiting on the other side of the Jordan,
on the other side of the priest's faith in action.
And God is waiting on the other side of your obstacle.
He's waiting on the other side of your faith in action.
I've seen this so many times in my life.
We can see the principle of David and Goliath.
Had anyone taken out Goliath before?
Anyone killed Goliath or fought Goliath,
let alone one, let alone killed Goliath?
No one had done that.
No one had seen that before.
No one had taken their courage,
where it never meant more than maybe they did.
Maybe some people have tried to take out Goliath,
but Goliath wanted to take them out.
And so David, he decides he's going to take his faith,
he's going to take his love,
he's going to take his kaha, his ihi,
or te wairu atapu, he's going to take the strength,
the power, the courage of the Holy Spirit,
and he's going to run and he's going to attack this Goliath.
So David takes his faith in this action
where no one's ever taken it before,
and he throws the slingshot,
hits Goliath right in the forehead,
and Goliath falls down dead.
See, David and all of Israel saw God do something
they'd never seen before,
because this little boy, this young boy,
he took his faith in his action where it'd never been before.
You see, God's waiting on you.
God's waiting on us sometimes.
He's waiting on you to take your faith
in action where it's never been before
so he can show you something that you've never seen before,
so that God can do something you've never seen before.
Why would God want to do something you've never seen before?
God likes showing off to his kids, you know that?
The eyes of the Lord run to and fro
across the face of the whole earth,
seeking to show himself mighty
on behalf of those whose hearts are turned toward him.
God loves to show himself mighty on behalf of his kids.
He's an amazing father.
So David and Goliath,
David took his faith where it'd never been before,
saw God do something that no one'd ever seen before.
Peter, he gets out of the boat, okay?
Jesus is walking on the water,
and Peter says, Lord, if it's you, tell me to come.
How many disciples are there?
12.
How many are in the boat?
12.
How many got out of the boat and walked on the water?
One.
You know, it's usually one in 12, I see,
that will take their faith beyond
where the others will take it.
I believe today I'm prophesying you're one in 12.
You're the one in 12.
You're the one that will take your faith
where it's never been before,
and you're gonna see God do stuff in your life
that you've never seen before,
that others have never experienced before.
Peter, because he took his faith and his action
where it had never been before,
he got to experience something of God
that no human being had ever experienced before,
or probably since.
He walked on the water to Jesus.
It's the principle.
If you wanna see God do something you've never seen before,
or never done before,
take your faith where it's never been before,
and I tell you, he'll hunt you down,
and he will use you and hunt you down.
Not in the sense that he's a hunter,
but yeah, he'll pursue you,
because without faith, it's impossible to please God.
He loves, it's a pleasing thing to him
when you use your faith.
Okay, now faith comes out of relationship, by the way.
I don't just say, don't just be stupid
and just go out and try to walk on the water
and end up drowning.
I'm not advocating that.
You gotta listen to, see, Peter stepped on the water
because Jesus caught him.
He heard, he had a relationship with Jesus,
and you gotta have a relationship with God
to be able to do outlandish things.
I mean, people see or hear some of the stuff I do,
spitting in people's eyes and God opening their eyes.
I do that because I hear Jesus.
I don't just do it because it's something to do.
It's not just a hit and miss.
Everything, when we take our faith anywhere,
it's also out of relationship with God,
out of relationship with Jesus.
Okay, I remember the first time I went to India
was in 1989, and I was just sitting at a table
talking to some friends, and I heard the voice of God
saying to me, go to India within 12 months.
And as I heard that, I was so strong,
but I don't have any money to go to India,
and not in 12 months.
Might take two years, 18 months to save.
But he said 12 months, and so the long story short,
it required me to take my faith and my finances,
where I'd never been before.
And within 12 months, I was in India.
And then when I went to India, it's another story,
but I saw God.
to do things I'd never seen before. I saw him open blind eyes through my faith. I saw him open deaf
ears through my faith. I saw him cause cripples to walk that couldn't walk again through my faith. I
saw deaf and dumb speaking and hearing through my faith because I took it somewhere I'd never
been before. And not just took it to India, but I took it to a level I'd never taken it before.
And I even saw the dead brought back to life. That's another story. But the principle is
when God says go, then I did what I had to to get my obstacle out of the way. My obstacle was
finance. That was the thing. Obstacle was finance. I had a contact over in India, so that was no
problem. And so as I worked on getting my obstacle out of the way, began to save my money, pray,
seek God, save the money. God released all I needed, and I went into India in 1989. I saw
God do things I'd never seen before because I took my faith where I'd never been before.
I remember in one of my meetings there, there was a little girl, six-year-old girl, born deaf and
dumb. And as I saw her, the mother kept pointing to her. And so I called, I'd already prayed for a
crippled man who was healed before our eyes. He was bent over like this, and as I prayed,
he just straightened up. And so everybody's faith level went up, including mine. I mean,
I took my faith where I'd never been before. He came up like this. He came up to the front where
I was speaking, and he gave me a jar of oil. So I took the oil, and I just felt it anoint him.
I poured the whole jar of oil on his head. It went over his head, and he was bent over like this. As
I poured the oil on his head, he just began to straighten up like that by the power of God.
And he was just healed. So everybody's going, yeah, crazy. They're just praising God. And so
the mother kept pointing to the little girl. And so I told her, bring her up. So she brought the
little girl up, and I prayed for her and rebuked the deaf and dumb spirit. And when I rebuked the
deaf spirit, then I started doing that. And then she started looking around, and she could hear
her ears open. So I knew if her ears opened, then she can probably talk. So I was trying to get her
to say ama ama, mummy in Indian, but she didn't get that. I didn't get it. So I took a hand,
and I placed it on my throat, and she started going, ah, ah, then it's ama, ama. Then she
started shouting, ama, ama, ama, which is mummy, mummy. She was completely healed. This little
girl, born deaf and dumb, just healed just like that. And if I hadn't taken my faith where it'd
never been before, then I wouldn't have seen that miracle that I'd never seen God do before.
And it's a principle. If you want to see God do something you've never seen before, take your faith
somewhere where it's never been before. It's the same with love. Take your love. You want to see
God break through in the hearts of people? You want to see him break through in the hearts of
your neighbours? Then take your faith. Take your love where it's never been before. Go to your
neighbours. If your neighbours are needing food, take some kai there. Don't go and preach to them.
Do something that's going to touch the immediate needs, and take some food to them.
If you know you've got neighbours in your neighbourhood who have been laid off work, or
they're just going through hell, then stop praying for them, for goodness sake. I just
hate it when I hear Christians praying for their neighbours, and praying that they get some food,
and praying for this and that. The only thing to, hey, go and get your food cupboard. Take some
baked beans and some kai, and take it down to them instead of praying about it. Go and do it.
Jesus said, I was hungry, and you fed me. I was naked, and you clothed me. It's about doing stuff.
It's about doing, doing, not just hui, hui. And so again, it's the principle. If you want to see
God do something you've never seen before, then take your faith, take your love, take your kai,
and go somewhere where it's never been before. And we see many, many, many hundreds and hundreds of
houses, households have opened up their doors to us in Tairawhiti, because we take our love,
we take our faith, we take our kai to people that we've never been to before, and our hearts knit
together, and they become our people. And they may not be coming to church, they may not be saved
yet, a lot of them, but they're our people. My church is my city. It's not just the four walls
on Sunday with our House of Breakthrough whanau, that's our whanau, but our wider church is
Tairawhiti, it's the city. Anyway, I'm off the track here, sorry about that guys.
Okay, Hebrews 11 verse 1, you know, that faith is the substance of things hoped for. It's the
evidence of what is not seen. It's the evidence of what is not seen. So the Holy Spirit is
invisible, but He manifests His evidence through power and authority. So love, it's invisible.
It's invisible. But how do you know love is there? Though it's invisible, can you see love?
You can't see it, but you feel it, right? So the evidence of what you cannot see can be felt.
Joy. Joy. The joy of the Lord. It's invisible. Can you see it? No, but you can
feel it. It's like peace. Peace. It's invisible. Can you see peace? You can see
the effects of it, but you can't see peace. It's something you feel. And so
heat. Can you see heat? Can't see heat, but it's something you feel. Fragrance. Can you
see a fragrance? No, but it's something you smell. And so faith turns the
invisible into the visible. Faith turns the invisible into visible. Can
you see healings? You can't see them. Can you see faith? You can't see it, but
it's something you feel. So last night I spoke on faith is an action. And I got,
and the Spirit of God came on my knee and he said there's people watching and
they've got eye problems and I want to heal them right now and they need to do
a faith action. And that faith action was simply to put their hands on the ice and
I prayed and released the power of God. And one of our sisters messaged back and
said the moment she did that she had a blurry eye and when she put her hand on
her eyes and took it away, her blurry eye was clear just like that. So that's faith
is an action. And then she went and prayed for her mum who had a sore throat
and she was coughing and when she prayed for her mum, suddenly her throat, she
said her throat was cleared up. Faith is an action. And because faith is an
action, it turns the invisible into the visible. The omnipresence of God
is everywhere. The omnipresence of God means, omnipresence means
everywhere. His presence is everywhere. God's presence is on Mount Cook. God's
presence is on Mount Egmont. But it's not doing anything. God's presence is
brooding over sick people. But it's not doing anything. God's presence was
brooding over that sister last night. But it wasn't doing anything until I
used faith and action, faith and action to cause the omnipresence to become
manifest the presence, manifest presence. So taking a faith where it's never been
before turns the invisible into the visible. The invisible healing presence
of God became, as it were, visible. The omnipresence of God became manifest
presence when it touched her eyes and she could see clearer. You see, this is
moving in the ways of the Spirit. I'm trying to demystify a lot of stuff
because so many Christians think it's so mystical and super spiritual that you
have to be on another level. You have to be floating through mid-air.
You don't. It's very, very practical. God is so easy to understand. You know
he really is. John G. Lake. I'd encourage you to read John G. Lake. One of my
favorite books. John G. Lake. What's it called? His life, his sermons, his boldness
of faith. John G. Lake, man, he's the man. He's shown me how to move in the
Spirit. You know, just reading his stuff, he's shown me so much. But faith is in
action. Okay, where are we going? Is this okay? I hope you're enjoying this. Faith
requires action. I want to go back to Peter. He's the only one that got out of
the boat. The one in twelve. The one in twelve. The one in twelve. And you know,
God is looking for that one in twelve. He loves all the disciples. He loves all
his people. He loves all the believers. But you know, he can't do, there's some
things he just can't do through them all. He couldn't move. He couldn't move
through Thomas or John or James. He couldn't move his power through them to
walk on the water. He could only use Peter. Why? Because Peter's the only one
that took his faith where others had never taken it before. He was the one in
twelve that would get out of a boat, get out of his comfort zone, and get out of
what his other brothers was thinking about. And he began to do what had never
been done before. He took his faith where it'd never been before. And God was able to
move through Peter in a way that he wasn't able to move through the eleven
other disciples sitting in the comfort zone, sitting in the boat. Where are you
sitting? You know, it comes a time when you pray and you seek God to do great
things for him. But then, look, there's a time you've got to get out of your boat.
You've got to get out of your boat. And yes, it's scary. Don't expect to have all
the I's dotted and the T's crossed when, you know, God wants you to step out.
Don't expect that. I always have a sense of apprehension. I am never
99%, 100% sure it's going to be a winner. You know, that's faith.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of what is not seen.
And so faith is, okay, God, if you don't move, I'm stuffed. I'm going to sink.
That's faith. Faith is awesome. But it's a confidence in God that you're with me.
And Lord, I'm just doing, I'm going to step out, do what you told me to do.
And as you step out, God begins to do the things you've never seen before.
Can you imagine those priests, as they say, there's a raging floodwaters in the Jordan
just flowing down, just, I'm just thinking, man, what we're gonna, we're gone, I'm carrying
the Ark of the Covenant, the presence of God, I mean, there's all these priests, what are
we going to do?
And they, the moment their foot touched the water, suddenly the water stopped.
See there'd be a degree of apprehension in the priests, there'd be a degree of apprehension
in David, oh, I hope this dude goes down like the lion and the bear, Lord, you better take
him out, or I'm history, I'm toast, but I've got five more stones.
Like Peter, oh, I hope this, I hope this works, Lord, I hope, I hope I can walk on the water
like you, and he did, for a while, and then what happened?
He looked at the waves, and he looked at the wind, and the moment he took his eyes off
Jesus, the power of God lifted off him and he began to sink.
And a lot of people say, yeah, but Peter sunk in the end, but they don't read the rest
of the story.
He might have sunk, but he reached out his hand, he looked back at Jesus, and he rose
up on the water again, and Jesus didn't carry Peter back to the boat like a little baby
in his arms, Peter walked back to the boat with Jesus.
Don't forget, he started off well, he sunk, but he rose again, and he walked back with
Jesus.
See, the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and though we fall at times, we
will not be cast down, because God will uphold us with his hand, and we keep following Jesus
so we can continue to walk on the water, on the impossibilities of life.
You see, it's not us that hold us up, it's now unto him who is able to hold you and keep
you from falling, and present you faultless before the presence of his glory.
So there comes a time when you've got to get out of your boat, there comes a time when
you've got to get out of the opinions of others, there comes a time when you've got to stop
listening to negative brothers and sisters saying, that can't be done, no one's ever
done that before, no one's ever been there before, and God's never done that before,
and sometimes it takes a 1 in 12 to say, well, Lord, if you've told me to come, I'm coming,
stuff it, I'm out of here, later guys, and Peter gets out and he takes his faith where
it's never been before, and God does something that all of humanity has never seen before,
another human being walking on the water, to Jesus, hallelujah.
So God bless you, as you learn that faith is an action, as you learn that when you take
your faith, and your love, and your action where it's never been before, you allow God,
you position yourself to allow God to move through you in a way you've never experienced,
never felt, or never seen before, God bless you as you do that.
Now, we're just coming to a close, you remember I said at the beginning, the Jordan River
was the obstacle to Joshua and the people of Israel, the objective was to cross over
into a new land, a new place of freedom, a new future, the obstacle was the Jordan River,
there's always obstacles before your objectives, there's always obstacles before your objectives,
okay, so what's your objective?
Maybe just read some out, maybe you want to develop your ministry, ministry development,
maybe you want to reach more souls, lost souls, maybe you want a new job, a new career,
maybe you want to establish or extend your career, maybe you want a better marriage,
better family, better parenting, maybe you want a better relational, you want to be a
healing to bring kōtahitanga, bring unity amongst others, maybe you want a better health,
better finances, a better house, a better car, better clothes, maybe some of those are
your objectives right now.
So what's your obstacle?
What's stopping you from achieving those things?
You know, we quote 1 John 4, for greater is he within me than he that's in this world,
in Philippians 4.13, I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me, I can, not
I can't, I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me, and we can quote
that stuff, it's one thing to quote it, it's one thing to have in your heart or in your
mouth as a waha, but it takes faith to turn it from waha to kaha, to strength, from omnipresence
to manifest presence.
So what's your obstacle?
What's stopping you from achieving your objective?
What's stopping you from receiving the promises that God's given to you?
Here's some things, unbelief, fear, that can stop you.
I'm going to put up on Embassy warrior prayer.
It's a whole bunch of scriptures I've put together that I've hidden in my heart, and
I get people, you just, how do you get rid of fear?
Faith is the opposite of fear, you know, well love, perfect love casts out all fear, but
faith as well.
And how does faith come?
Faith comes by hearing, hearing the Word of God, okay?
So I've got a warrior's prayer, and as you speak out the Word of God, as you declare
the Word of God over your life, do it three times a day.
for seven days and see what happens to you.
That faith cometh by hearing the word of God.
And so I speak out the word of God.
Often I declare it over myself,
that I'm blessed in my going out and my coming in.
I'm the head and not the tail.
I'm above and not beneath.
I'm a lender, not a borrower.
And though the enemy comes against me one way,
that Lord will rise up before me
and scatter him before my face
in seven different directions.
And no weapon formed against me can prosper.
And every tongue raised up in judgment against me,
I cast down.
For this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
and how righteous this is of him.
For he who knew no sin became sin for me,
that I might become the righteousness of God
in Christ Jesus.
And because I'm righteous in Christ Jesus,
it's not by my might,
it's not by my power,
it is by his spirit.
Not by any works of righteousness,
which I have done,
but according to his mercy,
you have saved me
through the washing of regeneration
and the renewing of the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, Lord Jesus, I thank you.
You have given me a power
to trample upon serpents and scorpions
and all the power of the enemy
and nothing by any means shall harm me.
And I'm strong and I'm full of courage.
I'm not afraid, nor am I dismayed.
For Lord, you're with me wherever I go.
And I overcome Satan by the blood of the lamb
and the word of my testimony.
I love not my life unto the death,
but I've chosen to follow you, Jesus.
And you said,
if you want to come after me, follow me,
then take up your cross and deny yourself every day.
And that the life that you live in this world,
as you lose that,
you're going to find the life I created you for.
I thank you, Jesus.
So I'm just quoting scripture that's in my heart.
That's my sword.
That's what I bring out
whenever there's demonic attacks and so forth.
You can't have a baseball bat or a shotgun or a fist.
You got to use a spiritual weapon,
which is the sword of the spirit.
Whenever the devil came to attempt or attack Jesus,
what was the weapon Jesus used?
He said, it is written.
It is written.
He quoted the word of God.
And so I'm going to put that warrior prayer online after this.
And if fear is your obstacle,
then you need to get rid of fear.
You need to get your faith active.
You need to get that warrior spirit stirred up.
You need to be kia kaha.
You need to be the warrior God called you to be.
And you unlock that warrior spirit,
unlock that greatness within you,
and begin to declare who God says you are.
And as you hear the word of God,
of who God says you are,
faith cometh by hearing,
then that mighty warrior that you are
begins to rise up in the wairua, in your spirit.
Not your mind, not your soul, but in your spirit.
I'm going to put that on after I finish this korero.
But coming to a close.
So what's your objective?
And what's your obstacle?
If fear and unbelief is your obstacle,
get the warrior prayer and speak it out over your life.
If you want to have a healed relationship,
marriage, or relationship with somebody or people,
then maybe it's forgiveness.
Maybe the obstacle's bitterness or resentment.
You've got to forgive.
You've got to learn how to forgive.
You've got to have humility.
Maybe you need to go and apologize to somebody
if you want to restore broken relationships.
Maybe you want better health.
Well, maybe you need to start exercising,
go to the gym,
and maybe you need to stop eating the bad stuff, eh?
I mean, some stuff's just practical.
What's your obstacle?
I want to help remove something before your objective today.
Maybe you want a new job, a new career.
Well, go and upskill, okay?
There's something you can do.
Ask God, show me what's my obstacle
and your grace to remove it.
Maybe you need a new house, a new car.
Well, Jess and, you know,
we wanted to buy a studio for Jess,
which is, she's an artist, she likes to paint.
But we've got no room in the house,
so we want to buy a studio.
It took years to save,
years to invest money to get it.
But the obstacle's gone,
and Jess has got a new studio out in the back.
At the moment, I need a new vehicle.
My one's Pakaru.
I've had it for 13 years.
It's amazing it still goes.
It's my faith.
I'm on a new vehicle.
What am I doing?
I'm doing more than praying about it.
I'm saving my butt off, okay?
I'm looking to save.
I'm working for it.
And that obstacle will be removed.
I've taken my faith where it's never been before.
I'm believing for God.
So what is your obstacle,
and what is your objective?
Keep your eye on the objective,
and take your faith where it's never been before.
Take your action where it's never been before,
and you position yourself to allow God
do something through you
that you have never seen before.
Well, whanau, it's a bit of a fruit salad message there.
I'm all over the place there,
but I just feel the presence of God upon me.
I feel His presence right next to me.
Right there, I can see His glory right there.
And I just want to now just release the glory of God
come upon you, your household.
I bless your whanau.
I bless your whare.
I bless your whenua.
I bless your family.
I bless your house.
I bless the very land that you stand on,
and the very land that you walk on.
That you are blessed when you go out,
and you are blessed when you come in.
You are blessed in the city,
and you are blessed in the field.
May you be blessed in all you put your hand to.
May God cause your vats to overflow,
and your storehouse to be full.
May He give angels charge over you.
And all that you do.
And you're going out, and you're coming,
and in the city, and the field.
May you know what it is to be the head and not the tail.
May you know what it is to be above and not beneath.
May you know what it is to know that.
My plans for you are for good, not for evil, to give you a hope, to give you a future.
God bless you my whānau, in the precious name of Jesus.
Keep an eye on this page and Benji will get back to you soon about a masterclass
about how we're taking things to another level for those who want to be not just inspired,
but empowered, equipped and deployed.
And I'm going to put the warrior prayer on after this.
And I hope that this video comes out the right way.
I just don't know why it's being sideways.
Yesterday was sideways.
So if you're a teko and you know why when I'm recording it's coming out sideways,
let me know.
Because I'm doing everything I normally do.
The camera's in the same place, the same vicinity and everything's there.
Anyway, kakete anō whānau!
Bless you in Jesus' name.
This is the day the Lord has made and we've got to rejoice in it.
We've got to rejoice in Him.
God bless you, whānau.
Love you all.