Participants: Chris Shelton (Host), Kenny Shelton
Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000010
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00:40 Hello friends and welcome to Behold
00:42 the Lamb Present. I am Chris Shelton, 00:44 your host and what a God given privilege 00:47 that we have a meeting and opening the word 00:49 of God together again today. 00:52 Today's topic is the fifth in a five part 00:54 series that we have entitled 'Addressing 00:57 the power of the Holy Spirit.' 01:00 Previously we've covered, does your 01:01 church need more power. You have to want that 01:05 power was the second message. 01:07 Preparation to receive that power was a third. 01:11 How we receive that power, the fourth, and 01:13 finally today's message witnessing 01:16 with power. To begin our program would 01:19 you get your Bibles and let's open our 01:21 Bibles to Mark chapter 13 and verse 11. 01:25 That's the book of Mark chapter 13 and 01:29 verse 11, in chapter 13 verse 11, we read. 01:34 But when they shall lead you and deliver 01:36 you up, take not thought beforehand 01:39 what ye shall speak, neither do ye 01:42 premeditate, but whatsoever shall be 01:45 given you in that hour, that speak ye: 01:49 for it is not ye that speak but the Holy Ghost. 01:52 For today I want us to focus for just a 01:55 moment on the last part of verse 11. 01:58 Look at it again, but whatsoever shall be 02:01 given you in the hour, that speak ye: 02:05 that speak you, for it is not you that 02:09 speaketh but the Holy Ghost. 02:11 This statement in and of itself is powerful, 02:15 but here we must recognize it, we have 02:17 no power of our own. Let me repeat that for 02:20 you, we have no power of our own. 02:24 If we're to witness with power, we must 02:27 be filled with the Holy Ghost, amen. 02:30 Today Pastor Kenny will investigate this 02:32 thought along with many others I'm sure 02:35 on just how we may witness with power. 02:38 But first we are privileged to go to 02:41 3ABN's worship center and be blessed 02:44 with a song sung by Lyndon 02:46 Carriger entitled My Help. 03:06 I will lift up mine eyes to the hills 03:11 From whence cometh my help 03:15 My help cometh from the Lord 03:19 The Lord who made heaven and earth 03:24 He said, He will not suffer thy foot; 03:29 thy foot to be moved The Lord which keepeth thee 03:38 He will not slumber nor sleep 03:42 For the Lord is thy keeper 03:46 The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand 03:55 Upon thy right hand Nor the sun shall not 04:03 smite thee by day Nor the moon by night 04:09 He shall preserve thy soul Even forever more 04:21 My help, My help, My help, All of my help 04:35 Cometh from the Lord 04:53 I will lift up mine eyes to the hills 04:59 From whence cometh my help 05:02 My help cometh from the Lord 05:06 The Lord who made heaven and earth 05:11 He said, He will not suffer thy foot; 05:17 thy foot to be moved The Lord Which keepeth thee 05:25 He will not slumber nor sleep 05:29 For the Lord is thy keeper 05:33 The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand 05:42 Upon thy right hand For the sun shall not 05:50 smite thee by day Nor the moon by night 05:56 He shall preserve thy soul Even forever more 06:07 My help, My help, My help, All of my help 06:20 Cometh from the Lord 06:25 My help, My help, My help, All of my help 06:37 Cometh from the Lord 06:45 My help, My help, My help, All of my help 06:57 Cometh from the Lord, the Lord 07:13 All of my help Cometh from the Lord 07:28 Thank you for joining us today, praise the Lord. 07:30 We have the opportunity to study the word one 07:32 more time together, wherever you may be 07:35 around the world, we ask you to take this 07:37 time, dedicate it to God. Take your Bible, pen 07:40 and pencil and let's jot down some things 07:42 that will encourage us in our walk with Jesus. 07:45 So, happy to have you today and as usual 07:48 before we study the word of God we 07:50 always pray. So if you will, well you can, 07:53 you can kneel with me if you're 07:54 somewhere where you can't still pray along 07:55 with for the power of Holy Spirit. 07:57 Lets pray together shall we. 08:02 Merciful Father in Heaven, we thank you 08:04 for you the privilege to be able to spread 08:06 the good news of salvation, 08:07 we pray for the power of Thy Holy Spirit, 08:10 pray that you all open ears and eyes and 08:12 hearts that we may be drawn closer today. 08:15 May we see Jesus today, may our hearts 08:17 and lives be changed, may decisions be 08:20 made for eternity. Thank you for hearing 08:22 and answering as the power of the spirit 08:24 now is poured out without 08:25 measure in Jesus name, amen. 08:31 I'm gonna be talking about and this is our 08:33 fifth part by the ways as you've already 08:35 heard about witnessing with power. 08:38 What does it really mean to witness with power. 08:40 Day by day our life is a witness, how is it 08:44 that you witness for Jesus. You know you may 08:47 be witnessing out there for the enemy if 08:49 you are not careful but how, what kind of 08:50 a job are you doing, if you're witnessing for 08:52 Jesus, it needs to be with great power of 08:55 the Holy Spirit. That simply means 08:56 the power of God needs to be with you 08:59 and in you as you talk about Jesus. 09:03 And that spirit is there dear friend it will 09:05 compel people to hear and answer the call of Jesus. 09:09 I am going to turn in my Bible and 09:11 I wanted you to do too also in Acts 09:13 chapter 2, Acts chapter 2. What we're gonna do 09:16 this is quickly just run down a few verses 09:19 and this will be the foundation of which 09:21 we're going to be building on. 09:22 Acts chapter 2, gonna read verse 1 and then 09:26 as we go down jot these and you can go 09:28 back and study them a little bit later. 09:30 Notice how and what took place on 09:33 the day of Pentecost? This is talking about 09:36 power for witnessing power for evangelizing. 09:41 Acts chapter 2 verse 1 the Bible says. 09:43 And when the day of Pentecost was fully 09:45 come, they were all with one accord 09:49 and in one place. Notice the foundation 09:51 principles that being here we're reading about. 09:55 They were one accord, they were in 09:57 one place. You see there is power in numbers. 10:00 There's power as we come together and as we pray. 10:03 You know Bible says whether any two or 10:05 three agree or touch upon anything it is so. 10:09 So on the day of Pentecost there were 10:10 in one accord, what would the church do 10:12 today if we were all in unity. What kind of 10:15 power would be present if we were in one accord. 10:20 This is what it takes for the Holy Spirit to 10:22 be able to really be poured out on you 10:24 and on me. So that we can be endowed with 10:27 power from on high, we must be in one accord. 10:32 Now also in Acts chapter 2, wanna read 10:34 verse 4, notice what the Bible says this is 10:37 very, very important, keep it in mind. 10:40 It says and they were all filled with the 10:42 Holy Ghost, and began to speak with 10:45 others tongues, notice as the spirit gave 10:49 them utterance. The Bible says they were 10:51 filled with the Holy Ghost. They begin to speak 10:55 with other languages, there was something 10:57 marvelous going on there was miracles 11:00 that were talking place and they were 11:02 filled with the Holy Ghost. Keep this in mind as 11:06 we are filled with the Holy Ghost things 11:09 begin to take place in your life. 11:11 If you're living a dull Christian experience 11:13 right now it may be that the power of the 11:16 Holy Spirit is not working in and 11:17 through you. And if they're not, there is 11:20 a reason for it, one accord one place, 11:23 praying for the evidence of the spirit 11:26 here and the evidence where they begin to 11:27 speak other languages, so that the gospel 11:30 could go into all the world. 11:32 Now we're gonna skip over, you are still in 11:34 Acts chapter 2 with me, and verse 37. 11:36 The Bible says and now when they heard 11:38 this, they were pricked in their hearts, 11:41 talking about what coming to Jesus, 11:43 making decisions for Jesus as they were 11:45 pricked in their hearts and said unto Peter 11:47 and the rest of the apostles, Men and 11:50 brethren, what shall we do? 11:52 How interesting that would be in the 11:54 church as we study the word of God or 11:57 we pray together as a end result there is so 11:59 much conviction that comes into your heart, 12:02 into my heart that we would just look 12:04 around to each other and would say what 12:05 must we do, what's our next step. 12:08 I was talking with an individual today and 12:10 they were in a, a crisis situation. 12:12 They were in a dilemma, and they're, 12:16 what they wanted to council about was 12:18 what do we do next, what must we do? 12:23 It's a legitimate question. 12:25 Sometime we come to these kind of cross 12:26 roads and when a conviction of the 12:28 Holy Spirit is brought upon an individual 12:30 and you may be one of them by the way. 12:33 You may be one of them that the Spirit of 12:34 God is working on right now and you're 12:37 not sure what step to take next, just notice 12:40 scripture, follow along closely today 12:43 and you're gonna find the answers to 12:44 the these questions. What shall we do and 12:46 then verse 38 says, here is what Peter 12:48 said, Peter said to them, first of all is to 12:51 repent, and baptize every one of you in 12:55 the name of Jesus Christ for the 12:57 remission of sin. The first thing the 13:00 Holy Spirit will say to us as the spirit draws 13:02 us into relationship is to we need to repent 13:06 of our sins. Now lets not say, well I don't 13:08 have any sin in my life, you need to wake 13:10 up brother and sister. Bible says we've all 13:13 sinned come short of the glory of God. 13:15 We need that grace of Jesus every day in our life. 13:17 We need the power of the Holy Spirit 13:19 give us victory. We need to say what 13:22 must we do, repent and be baptized 13:24 everyone of you for the remission of sin. 13:28 Here's the key underline this, and ye 13:30 shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 13:33 My Bible tells me the gift then is the Holy 13:36 Spirit is a gift that God wants to give to 13:39 us that we need the power of the spirit. 13:42 Skipping down to verse 41 the Bible says. 13:45 Then they that gladly received his word 13:48 were baptized: Oh I like this, this 13:50 encourages me because as a Christian 13:52 we need to be happy Christians. 13:54 When you have the spirit of God in you, 13:56 you can't be any thing but a happy person. 13:59 It says they gladly received it not oh no 14:02 I'm going to have to do this, oh no, I don't 14:05 want to have, they gladly received it, 14:07 oh give us more. You know preachers some 14:10 time like when they're preaching along and 14:11 someone just encourages maybe by an amen, 14:16 or it's very possible that as someone might 14:19 say well pastor go a little bit longer. 14:21 Well you very seldom maybe ever hear that 14:23 but you know it's good but why because 14:25 there were, not what the preacher was 14:27 saying and doing but they were gladly 14:29 receiving the word of God. 14:31 They loved it, they wanted to hear more 14:33 of it rather then oh my it's time to go home. 14:35 Are you gladly receiving the word of God today? 14:41 Bible says as they gladly receive the 14:43 word of God and they were in a one accord, 14:44 they were praying, they were one in the 14:46 power of the Holy Spirit, it says about 14:48 three thousand souls were added to them. 14:52 You wanted to be a soul winner, 14:53 this is very important. To be a soul winner 14:55 we have to have the power of the Spirit of 14:58 the living God, and then he is going to 14:59 bring in our life is right with him. 15:01 He is going to bring us in connection with 15:03 those who need a soul salvation. 15:07 You know as Christians by the way we still 15:09 need that touch everyday moment by 15:11 moment. But there are those in the world that 15:14 don't understand about a relationship 15:16 with Jesus Christ. Added to the Church 15:20 three thousands souls, how awesome that is. 15:23 Verse 44 Acts chapter 2 it say all that 15:25 believed were together, and had all things common. 15:28 Wouldn't you like to all everybody believe 15:30 the same thing and have every thing in common. 15:31 No one is higher than anybody else and we 15:33 just share every thing that we had, 15:35 everybody was equal. The time is coming 15:39 dear friend we're living in the hour 15:41 where God is calling us, challenging us 15:43 with these issues. Verse 46 says they 15:47 continue daily with one accord in the 15:49 temple, breaking bread from house to 15:51 house and did eat their meat with 15:52 gladness and singleness of heart again. 15:56 Continuing daily in accord in the temple, 16:00 some of us have difficult time just to 16:02 continue have Bibles you know five 16:04 minutes with God everyday in the word. 16:07 Here we find the disciples as the spirit 16:08 of God was poured it out they were 16:10 continually in the temple praising God. 16:13 Verse 47 says praising God, having 16:15 favor with all the people. And the Lord notice 16:18 it, the Lord added to the church daily such 16:23 as should be saved. Very interesting 16:26 thought, some of us think we can be off in 16:28 the North 40 somewhere not 16:30 have any relationship with a group of 16:31 people, we're enough within ourself. 16:35 Bibles says the Holy spirit is poured out 16:37 said he added to the church, his people, 16:40 he added to them daily such as should be saved. 16:44 There is a connection here we need to be 16:45 studying, I know more on this and as 16:48 we study several other chapters 16:49 in the word of God. The miracles that are 16:52 performed in Acts chapter 3, 4 and 5 was 16:55 just amazing. It will set you on fire for Jesus. 16:59 I hope you have time, jot that down and 17:01 may be in your morning worship or in 17:03 the evening, you take some time to read 17:04 those chapters. It'll encourage you 17:07 I know as it has me. Now I want that to be 17:10 a foundation that we are working on right now. 17:14 You see God expects that his work would 17:18 be a success, now what does that mean. 17:21 His work will be a success. 17:24 Well how could his work not be a success? 17:27 After all if we're following God and 17:29 following his word, he never fails, 17:32 his work is always a success. 17:34 Not just a success as man sees it but 17:37 as heaven views it. I'm talking about a 17:39 glorious success, a triumphant success, 17:43 a success that man doesn't understand in 17:45 this life when we cooperate with God. 17:48 This is his work, he has equipped us, and 17:50 he's given us this power. Oh, how exciting that is. 17:55 I hope you are excited about this because 17:57 God says I want you to have success, 18:00 I want the church to be successful. 18:02 I want you in your individual 18:03 life to be successful. We are talking about 18:06 a religious experience. We are talking about 18:08 defeating the devil everyday. 18:11 And the opportunities God's going give us 18:14 to be able to finish the work. 18:17 And something else I want you to think 18:18 about with me, success seldom ever 18:21 comes from a person that's just halfhearted. 18:25 Have you ever met someone in the 18:26 church they are halfhearted Christian, 18:28 I'm not trying to be judgmental, 18:30 but they're always too busy to 18:31 do anything for Jesus. They're always going 18:33 here, they're going here, they don't have 18:34 time, they can't study the word, they can't, 18:36 that's a halfhearted Christian. 18:39 They know they should be but they're 18:40 just halfhearted. But success will never 18:42 come to a halfhearted Christian, a loveless 18:46 Christian, a lifeless Christian, had no life 18:50 in them or an occasional Christian. 18:55 Where do you fit? Where do I fit? 18:58 Am I my putting forth an occasional effort? 19:02 Am I putting forth a lifeless effort? 19:07 Jesus said I want you to be the lively stones. 19:09 People say sometimes well, I don't know 19:10 why all the excitements about, well why not in 19:13 the cause of Christ there always should 19:14 be something exciting going on. 19:17 Doesn't mean the devil is not working 19:18 but it simply means that we serve one that 19:20 is greater than the enemy. There should be some 19:22 excitement in your Christian life and if 19:24 there is not it's time to get down on our 19:26 knees and ask God to help us. 19:28 See, we need a united shoulder to shoulder 19:32 effort standing together for the work 19:35 of Christ and when you study Acts 19:36 chapter 2 and we're talking about witnessing 19:38 with power. We're going to find out 19:41 how this power is given to God as men 19:43 and women go out witnessing or 19:45 speaking for Jesus. Men and women, 19:49 children, young people anyone 19:51 that wants to talk for Jesus is needed in his 19:53 cause but God's looking for men and 19:56 women, young people who talk with God. 20:01 We're talking about all during the day. 20:04 He's looking for men and women who walk with God. 20:07 He's looking for men and women who let 20:09 God so live in their life that people see 20:12 Jesus in them. That's what he's looking 20:15 for today, we can be one of those that our 20:19 life so shows that we have been with Jesus. 20:21 Oh! Friend, does your life show that you 20:23 have been with Jesus? Does your life show 20:25 that you've really being converted. 20:27 As you will know unless we're really 20:29 born again or converted will never 20:30 make heaven our home. Oh, how important 20:33 that is, God's calling his people today to 20:37 reach a higher standard. Oh I know the temperature 20:42 of the world today in Christian face is that 20:45 you know we lowered the standards and 20:47 more we lowered the standards, more 20:49 people will come in the door. 20:51 Well I just be really frank and really bold 20:53 with you, so just pull right up close to the 20:55 screen if you want to. Listen, there's too 20:57 many pastors standing in the pulpit today 21:00 dressed like they're going to a picnic 21:01 rather than preaching the word of God and 21:03 representing Jesus Christ. They're standing there 21:05 in their jeans and their shirt gaped all the 21:07 way open or may be sometime in their 21:09 undershirt and they're up there acting like 21:11 you know we're gonna win, we're 21:12 gonna get together. Listen, they, the 21:14 children, the young people, the teenager, 21:16 they need something a higher standard to 21:19 be raised and if the pastor doesn't raise it, 21:21 if the elder doesn't raise it in the church, 21:23 what you expect that congregation to do. 21:26 Whatever standard that the pastor and the 21:28 elders I'm convinced with this set in the 21:30 church that's as high as the people will go 21:33 rather than looking to Jesus. But they will 21:36 never already reach that point, they will 21:38 always be wanting a little bit under that. 21:40 Set a high standard as a Christian, act and 21:42 dress and do, talks about Jesus in your life. 21:46 Did you have a real experience with him? 21:50 And you know how this takes place self 21:52 has to be lost side of. Oh it's very simple 21:57 scripture Galatians 2 chapter 20, 21:59 what does Paul say. He says I live, 22:06 I live yet not I interesting, 22:10 but Christ liveth in me. When it comes to 22:12 the point that you are no longer alive as it 22:16 were but it's Christ in you just like Jesus 22:19 was completely filled with the Father, 22:21 that's how he gained victory. 22:23 We have too much of, we want to serve Jesus. 22:25 We want to serve ourselves. We want to go to church, 22:28 but yet we want to go to other places. 22:30 We want to do kind of the right thing but yet 22:31 there's other things that's enticing us and 22:33 drawing us away. How does heaven view it? 22:36 Where are you spending your time, 22:37 your energy and your money? 22:39 The talents that God has given you, 22:41 he will call one of these days and all the 22:44 good news is this. If you use those gifts 22:47 and talents as he will multiply them. 22:50 Do you want them multiplied, oh I do but 22:52 he says only multiplied as you use those gifts 22:55 not I but Christ the Bible says. 22:59 So may I say nicely wake up church, wake 23:02 up individual Christians today 23:05 before it's ever lasting too late. 23:07 The day is coming, the hour is coming 23:09 when it's gonna be too late no man can work. 23:13 Why? Because we must see that we are 23:14 on the borders of the eternal world. 23:17 We're right in the borders; we're right at 23:19 the finish line, and if you don't sense 23:21 that right now ask God to help you to see it. 23:24 There is an urgency some people say well 23:27 you know Kenny, Pastor Kenny when 23:29 I talk to you there seems to be urgency. 23:30 Yes, there is urgency; every day is one day 23:34 closure to the coming of Jesus. 23:36 Probation is going to close, where are you 23:37 gonna spend eternity. We owe, you owe 23:42 yourself, to ask yourself that question, 23:44 are you really in tune with Heaven, are you 23:46 in tune with God, or are you in tune with 23:48 the world. Most people are so in tune 23:50 with the world that they can't stand five 23:52 minutes away from the world. 23:55 We need to get that quiet time along 23:57 between us and God that we may hear 23:58 that sweet voice speak to us. 24:02 In Second Peter 3 chapter verse 12 says, 24:06 look for and hasting unto the coming of the Lord. 24:11 I like that word hasting, that means, 24:14 it's kind of a hurry up to speed on the 24:17 the coming of Jesus, can speed it on by 24:21 beholding him, by drawing close to Jesus Christ. 24:24 I want him to come how about you? 24:27 Haven't you had enough of this world 24:28 the sorrow, the heartache, the 24:30 disappointment, the death, everything 24:32 that's going on and things that soon to 24:34 take the world by overwhelming 24:35 surprise because we're not following. 24:37 Yes, you're gonna be caught off guard. 24:40 And there is no need, no warning is here for us. 24:44 We need to now like never before witness 24:46 with power because the time is going to 24:50 come when it's going be very difficult to 24:52 witness for Jesus. You will wish that 24:56 you had witnessed. I heard people say 24:58 oh I can't witness. Now look, let's get off 25:02 of that. I don't mind to be honest and frank 25:04 with you, lets get off out of that. 25:06 If the spirit of living God is inside you, 25:08 you never say I can't, why? 25:11 Because the Bible says all things are 25:13 possible through Jesus Christ. 25:15 I hope that woke some of you who are 25:16 half way sleeping right now. 25:18 All things are possible, you can 25:21 witness for Jesus, you may not do it like 25:23 someone else is doing it but if he's real in 25:25 your life you will not be able to keep quiet. 25:28 If he's real in your life you are gonna be 25:29 talking to him. If he's real in your life 25:32 you're gonna be out witnessing for him. 25:35 Power of the spirit that God wants us to 25:37 have in our life, so that me may lead and 25:40 guide us in to all truth and help the world to see. 25:45 Don't you see that the world, all you had to 25:47 do just go out and just get on the street, 25:50 get on the main street. Oh yeah, go to Wal-Mart, 25:54 go to any of the stores, look around 25:56 the majority of the people do not know Jesus. 26:00 They're not representing him, 26:01 their talk is not about Jesus, its about what 26:03 they have, what they want to get, what they 26:04 want to do in their life. It has nothing to 26:06 do with Jesus. It's like we're not preparing 26:10 for anything and God says my people is 26:12 going to be given a warning message to 26:14 prepare for his soon coming. 26:16 Is there urgency, better believe there is 26:18 an urgency. In Acts chapter 1 I'm gonna 26:22 turn back Acts chapter 1, 26:23 you do the same, please do the same 26:24 with me. There are some powerful 26:26 verses in here I want to notice, in fact it's 26:29 just verses 4, 5 and 8. Acts chapter 1 verses 26:33 4, 5 and 8. Notice the power here in the 26:37 word of God. Bible says and being 26:40 assembled together with them, commanded 26:42 them that they should not depart from 26:45 Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father. 26:48 Here we go, we're starting to setup, 26:49 I want to witness with power; I want the 26:51 Holy Spirit to accompany me when 26:52 I talk about Jesus. Jesus told the 26:55 disciples this. Now this is the last 26:58 words that Jesus spoke to the disciples. 27:02 They would be important would they not? 27:07 We're talking about the last words and 27:12 they would be very, very important. 27:13 Jesus said, I want you to wait where; 27:16 I want you to wait into Jerusalem. 27:20 You see how obedience begins to 27:21 play a part, Jesus was getting ready to go 27:23 back to heaven. He was going to give 27:25 them the greatest gift that could be ever be given. 27:28 But he said to them, you're gonna have to 27:29 wait in Jerusalem, don't depart, wait for 27:33 the promise of the Father, what was the 27:35 promise of the Holy Spirit. And he says for you 27:38 have heard it from me. Verse 5, for John 27:41 truly baptized with water; but ye shall be 27:44 baptized with the Holy Ghost not many 27:46 days hence. What a blessing, a promise of 27:51 the outpouring of the spirit, Jesus said but 27:54 you have to wait here and wait for the promise. 27:58 So there is has to do with some obedience 28:00 here, if we're going to be baptized 28:02 with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit by the 28:04 way is given to those who in Acts what 5, 28:07 that obey him. So obedience plays 28:10 a part here. Verse 8, oh I like verse 8. 28:13 Verse 8 says but ye shall receive power, 28:15 after the Holy Ghost is come upon you. 28:19 When will you receive that power? 28:22 It's after what, ye shall receive power 28:24 after the Holy Ghost has come upon ye and 28:27 ye shall be my witnesses. We are witnessing 28:32 with what? With power but as you 28:36 accept Jesus Christ you're gonna receive 28:38 it after the Holy Spirit comes inside of you 28:41 then there is gonna be a power outside 28:43 coming in to help you to be the witness and 28:45 he says here not just witnesses, witness 28:48 around the neighborhood which is good, but 28:49 you're gonna be my witnesses around the world. 28:53 A worldwide message Judea and Samaria, 28:57 the Bible says and all around. 29:00 Disciples were anxious to know a lot 29:02 of things that were going on. 29:03 It's very interesting that Jesus simply says 29:05 to them look hey here's what I want 29:09 you to know, I want you know that the 29:10 spirit is coming. You have to be praying 29:13 for, you have to be waiting for, you have 29:14 to be ready in order to receive that. 29:18 See the book of Acts tells at least to me 29:20 quite an experience here, experience 29:22 I want you to be well aware of. 29:25 How to evangelize, every Christian ought 29:29 to be saying I want to know how to 29:31 evangelize for Jesus. I wanna do evangelism 29:34 for Jesus. I wanna tell the world about Jesus. 29:37 If you read the book of Acts oh its just so 29:40 clear how Jesus will give us that power to 29:42 evangelize for him. Information hear in 29:46 Acts chapter is for us today this is our work, 29:51 this is for us, we have to be engaged in this work. 29:56 Now I might challenge you to say 29:57 are you engaged in this work. 30:00 You say well I'm not really sure what it 30:01 means to be to engaged. When you're engaged 30:05 in the work of Christ that means you have 30:07 pledged yourself. That means you 30:10 would be troth yourself. As in marriage as you 30:13 troth yourself to another individual, 30:16 you engaged in, they're going to in a 30:18 ceremony. You've given yourself to. 30:21 We're engaged in the call, that means we're, 30:24 we're attached to God. We're attached to the 30:27 moving of the spirit. We're meshed 30:30 together. We are interlocked together. 30:33 We are committed together for the 30:36 working of evangelizing for souls and by what 30:39 we have to? We have to improve every 30:44 opportunity that God gives us. 30:48 Have you been improving the 30:49 opportunities that you have that lies close to 30:53 your back door. I heard people say 30:55 a lot oh I like to do missionary work, 30:57 I want to go here, I want to go there. 30:59 You begin your work what lies closest to your door. 31:05 Well, you say well I have a burden to do more. 31:10 Very interesting Jesus says if you are faithful 31:13 in the least, I will make you faithful in much. 31:15 If this is your desire you want to evangelize, 31:17 God's gonna open the door for you. 31:19 You need not worry about that. 31:21 But those opportunities that he gives you, 31:23 he holds you accountable for those. 31:26 Do present duty. Its right there, 31:30 it's right in your hometown, its right 31:31 there. Give them the bread of life. 31:34 Give them the unadulterated 31:36 bread of life. That means you're not 31:39 watering it down, you're not just saying 31:41 sweet smooth things to them. 31:42 You're not giving them human opinions oh 31:45 we hear that a lot. Oh I know what the word 31:48 of God says but no human opinions here. 31:52 Why? Because souls are perishing for a 31:55 lack of the truth. Many pastors won't 31:59 give the truth. They're afraid that they are 32:00 gonna offend someone. Listen friends, 32:02 I rather offend a man than I had offend 32:03 God how about you? Decision is yours. 32:06 We need to warn the world. 32:08 We must keep this in mind as we witness 32:11 with power. Zechariah 4:6, 32:14 Bible is very clear and it says, "Not by might, 32:16 nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord." 32:21 Not by might that means not by force. 32:24 Not by something of man, not even by the force 32:30 of armies. But nor by power, that means 32:36 nor by capacity. A lot of people say well 32:38 I can do this, because we got the power 32:40 to do this and we have the means to do this. 32:42 Bible says not by might nor by power, 32:45 not by the substance, not by the wealth, 32:48 not by the ability. Some people say we have 32:50 the ability we're going to, it's not the way 32:53 the souls are going to be won. 32:54 You don't have that ability. You might think 32:56 you have the ability, you do not have. 32:58 I do not have that ability, but through 33:00 Jesus Christ yes. Through the power of the 33:03 Holy Spirit we'll work that miracle, 33:07 but it's by the power of the spirit. 33:10 This must be kept in mind constantly 33:13 as we're working for Jesus and not get the 33:15 big head. I see a lot of spiritual big headed 33:18 people. They think they're doing 33:21 something and they're not helped very much by 33:23 those around that's always telling them how 33:26 good that they are. There is none good 33:28 the Bible says no not one. There is not one 33:31 individual that I know that I can name 33:32 that's won one soul by themselves for Jesus. 33:36 The Holy Spirit has done that, through them 33:38 as they make themselves available. 33:40 That's the good news, give credit, 33:43 where credit's due instead of power of God. 33:45 Here's a question, have you lost maybe 33:49 that power. Some of you don't know what 33:51 power I'm talking about. Maybe you 33:53 once had some power as you gave your life 33:56 to Jesus Christ, but you don't know 33:58 what happened to it, but you would like it 34:00 back. You want to be able when you witness 34:04 and talk about the Jesus that people are just 34:06 captivated. That they're just like, 34:09 they are compelled to listen and even though 34:13 you're making a mess of what you're saying, 34:14 the Spirit of God is taking that and they're 34:16 hearing exactly what they need to hear. 34:19 That's what the Spirit of God would do 34:21 when you're totally committed to the Spirit. 34:25 And if you want that power back 34:26 here is the answer. Beautiful book, 34:29 life of Christ Desire of Ages page 827. 34:32 Oh just let me read that to you and just see 34:34 what it does in your life as it did 34:36 something for me. It says, 34:39 all who consecrate the soul, the body 34:43 and the spirit to God will be constantly 34:46 receiving a new endowment of physical 34:49 and mental power. We're talking about mental, 34:52 physical, spiritual power it's coming 34:54 as we do what? As we dedicate our whole 34:57 being. See some people who just wanted 35:00 to dedicate a part of it, that's impossible. 35:03 You might think that you can do a part 35:05 and it's gonna be acceptable, its not. 35:06 It has to be the whole total person, mind, 35:09 soul and body is what God is saying to us. 35:13 If you want that power and need that power 35:15 to what witness and evangelize for him. 35:18 What a difference it would make when you hold 35:20 a series of meetings. There be miracles to 35:24 talk about. Life must be changed, people will be 35:27 coming forward with tears and saying 35:29 I want a new life, if we lift Jesus up. 35:34 Why because Desire of Ages said 35:36 all of heaven is at their command. 35:39 Why is that we're so weak and we're so 35:42 vacillating, we wonder should we hold meetings. 35:44 should we do this, should we do that 35:45 when all of heaven is at our command. 35:48 All of heaven wants to work with us. 35:50 All the power of heaven is on our 35:52 side. There is nothing to fear, move forward 35:57 in the name of Jesus. Every perfect divine 36:01 nature will come to our assistance in the 36:05 work of saving souls. Here is where it all 36:07 boils down to. We're talking about 36:09 witnessing with power. It's talking 36:11 about simply saving souls, getting our life 36:14 right with God where the Spirit of God can 36:17 work through us to bring conviction on 36:19 the soul and watch those people turn 36:21 from death to life. That's the most 36:24 exciting thing in the world is to, is like 36:26 God using you to win a soul and if you ever 36:29 get that taste, did you get that taste 36:32 of winning souls. You will never get over it, 36:36 praise God. You never get over it, 36:38 you just simply want more. You want to be 36:41 involved more. You want God to use you 36:43 in a greater way. Jesus made the 36:45 promise in Mark chapter 16 verse 20. 36:49 He said, and the Lord worked with them 36:51 talking about the disciples on Pentecost, 36:53 he worked with them, he confirmed the word 36:56 he said with signs following. If Jesus did 37:00 it before, he will do it again. He is doing it 37:02 again. We've seen it, we've experienced it, 37:05 we've been involved with it, over and over 37:07 and over and shame on us sometimes 37:09 when we just don't have the faith to step 37:11 out and do something for Jesus. 37:13 Oh he has just been so good, 37:16 constantly meeting all of our needs. Here is a 37:21 key I don't want you to miss, a key to 37:23 witnessing with power. The Bible says 37:27 the disciples as the Holy Spirit was 37:29 poured out and the first thing they did, 37:31 they went forth preaching the word 37:35 with power. Well they preached the word 37:38 before, but a lot of times they were found 37:40 doubting and faithless, but as the 37:43 spirit really got inside of them, begin to 37:45 re-work their mind and their thinking. 37:47 All of a sudden when they begin to preach 37:49 the Lord, they began to preach with power. 37:52 So we see as the Spirit of God gets inside of 37:55 us that we are compelled into what? 37:57 Into action. We begin to get off the couch. 38:00 We begin to do something for Jesus. 38:02 We are men and women of action. 38:04 Heaven is full of action, Jesus while he was 38:07 here full of action. And he commands us 38:10 brothers and sisters. Our commission in order to 38:13 fulfill the plan he has for us will be 38:17 one of activity. All the churches are 38:21 lazing around. Bless your hearts, 38:25 there is no time to lay around, 38:27 there is no time for your little board 38:29 meetings and say oh well I don't know we 38:31 have the funds to do evangelism or not. 38:33 I don't know, I tell you there is nobody here 38:35 to do it, say God we want to do 38:37 evangelism, if there is a one person in 38:40 church, if there is two people there, if there's 38:41 three people there. You say yeah, but I'm 38:43 70-years-old, I'm 80-year-old don't care 38:45 if you're a 100 year old. God can work 38:48 through you if you are willing. Don't, don't, 38:52 don't say well God can't do, because God can. 38:55 The Bible say, if there first be what, 38:56 a willing mind. Do you have a willing mind 39:00 for Evangelism? Do you have a willing 39:02 mind that you want more, more power in 39:04 your life? See this power in your life 39:05 helps you to gain victory. When temptation 39:07 comes somebody calls you on the phone and a 39:10 little temptation comes your way. 39:12 The power of the Holy Spirit inside gives you 39:14 power enough to say no I would rather not go, 39:16 no I won't go there, this is what we need. 39:20 We need discernment, how the enemy 39:22 is coming against the people in the last day. 39:25 When there is power, there is action, 39:27 it inspires other people. When somebody 39:30 active in the church, if you ever seen it, 39:32 somebody is active in the church, it just, 39:34 it just rubs off. When they're moving out 39:37 and they wanna do something just like oh, 39:38 somebody say well we want to go 39:40 get some books out and before you know 39:42 you raise your hands and say yeah 39:43 I will go too. Oh what happened here? 39:46 They are inspired by just saying we wanna go, 39:48 we wanna do something for Jesus. 39:53 We need to be active, so the first thing 39:55 disciples want oh they weren't preaching the 39:57 world with power. They got busy, they got 39:59 active. Number two, they revealed 40:02 Christ in their lives. If you wanna be able to 40:06 witness for Jesus you must have him inside, 40:09 inside your heart, inside your mind. 40:11 They are no longer your words but the 40:12 words of Jesus Christ, because the gospel 40:16 is the power of God and to salvation. 40:20 So they revealed Jesus Christ. 40:21 It was no longer they talked to people to say 40:24 what Peter is talking here, John is talking 40:25 here, but it was the words of Jesus Christ 40:29 and the people heard them and they were 40:31 convicted of the truth. Here we find 40:34 Holy Spirit power is given and please take 40:38 notice of this. You say boy, I really want 40:41 a double dose of the Holy Spirit. 40:46 The Holy Spirit is given in proportion to our 40:50 faith and our love that we bring into our work. 40:58 I need to repeat that you didn't get it. 41:01 If you want this power, Holy Spirit power 41:04 is going to be given in proportion, as our 41:09 love and our faith is brought into the work. 41:12 And so if you don't have love one for 41:14 another and love for God there is not gonna 41:15 be any Holy Spirit that's gonna accompany you. 41:19 It's given proportionate, how about your faith, 41:22 if there is no faith in your ministry. 41:25 If faith is not being exercised in your daily 41:27 life and your daily walk. You're not gonna 41:30 be receiving that power, because its how it is 41:34 exercised in your walk as we work day 41:39 by day and so if we're working in love and 41:41 we're working in faith oh the spirit of God 41:43 will continue to work. John 15:27 says, 41:46 Ye also are to bear witness. You are to bear 41:52 witness for Jesus Christ. I'm to bear witness 41:54 for Jesus Christ. Let me just say this, 41:57 you're gonna either bear witness for 41:59 Jesus or you're gonna bear witness for 42:01 the devil. Let's get down to it shall we, 42:04 it's one or the other. There is no such thing 42:06 as saying, well it's not well, I'm not really 42:08 working for, you're working for one 42:09 of the other. Jesus said in Matthew 42:12 you remember he said, he was not with me, 42:15 is against me. Proverbs 14:25, says 42:18 a true witness delivereth souls. 42:21 A true witness does what? A true witness 42:25 delivereth souls. If you are a true witness 42:28 of Jesus Christ you will by the grace of God 42:31 be delivering souls out of the hands of the devil. 42:35 That's a, that's good news. 42:38 Hebrews 12:1 says, we are compassed 42:41 about with such a great cloud of witness, 42:44 but let us lay aside. Some of you are just 42:47 weighted down, some of you are just struggling. 42:51 There is some weights the Bible says it talks 42:53 about lay aside every weight and sin which so 42:56 that easily beset us. So it doesn't take 42:58 sometime very much for us to just get off 43:01 track. We think we're on track and we're 43:03 just, we're marching on design. We're just 43:05 really excited about marching on design 43:06 and the slightest little thing happens and all 43:09 of a sudden we're off track. We had not all 43:10 gone off track, but we have crashed. 43:12 We have crashed our life. We have crashed 43:14 the lives of others. There is nothing left 43:16 inside of it, we have just made a mess of 43:18 our life. Why because sometimes sin so 43:21 easily besets us. You have the power of the 43:25 Holy Spirit to bear witness for Jesus Christ. 43:28 You're gonna have the power to say 43:29 no to the tempter. You're gonna have 43:31 power to gain the victory over the 43:33 tempter just like Jesus did. We need the way 43:38 lay aside these weights, these witnesses were 43:42 compassed about what, by witnesses. 43:44 Two classes brought up in this passage. 43:48 One class who has gained the victory 43:50 by the grace of God. Have you gained the 43:53 victory? It's referring to Hebrews chapter 11, 43:56 those who had gained that victory, 43:58 they got a hold of hand of Jesus and they 44:00 have kept the hold of the hand by faith 44:02 and they gained that victory. The Lord helped 44:06 them with his power and of course the second 44:08 class that the Bible is referring to here. 44:10 They are all around us today, cloud of witness, 44:15 they are watching you. You say you're a 44:18 follower of Jesus Christ, they're watching you. 44:20 You say you're a Christian, they're 44:22 watching you. They're gonna see that 44:24 if your life, see doesn't correspond with 44:28 what you are saying. What a horrible 44:31 witness many of us have been, God forgive us. 44:35 We say one thing and we do another. 44:38 There are witnesses around, they may not say 44:41 anything to you, you may not even know 44:42 they've been around, but they are taking 44:44 witness of you, and you know what you 44:46 maybe the only Jesus people will see. 44:49 People may not be in heaven, because of 44:51 your witness or my witness, oh Lord help us. 44:56 We're surrounded the Bible says by 44:57 clouds of witnesses. I say if you really 45:01 believe the truth and that message that you 45:03 are giving to prepare the people that's so 45:05 important in your life why aren't you living it. 45:07 Why are you doing the things that the world 45:09 is doing. It must not be important, 45:12 because what's important to you, you will keep it 45:15 won't you, if it's important you do it. 45:17 It's not important you won't do it. 45:21 May God help us today to see the importance? 45:23 Micah chapter 6 verse 11 the Bible says, 45:26 Shall I count them pure with the wicked 45:29 balance and with the bag of deceitful weights? 45:35 The weights that the enemy is throwing at you 45:36 they are deceitful. He is promising you 45:39 the world, he is gonna give you nothing. 45:41 He is promising you everything, 45:43 he give you nothing. He says I will do this 45:46 and this and this for you, don't worry about it. 45:48 I'm gonna 'cause you to make a good in this 45:50 life all difference. He might cause things to 45:53 maybe get your copy lifted up, just high 45:55 enough and when he pulls the rope you gonna 45:57 mess your whole life up. Don't let him do that. 46:01 Stay close to Jesus. Third, what were the 46:04 disciples doing. Disciples prepared 46:07 themselves for the work, so as they were 46:09 receiving this power they were daily, 46:11 the day before the Pentecost, the day 46:13 before the out pouring, they were meeting 46:15 together, well they were praying. 46:16 They were in the upper room for ten days, 46:18 where they not, and they were praying 46:19 for the out pouring, they wanted that power. 46:21 They were staying where Jesus said to stay 46:24 and they were praying for that power. 46:27 They put away all difference and they were 46:30 in one accord. They believed what Christ said. 46:34 Do you believe what Christ said, do you 46:36 believe when Christ says I have power 46:37 for you. I'm going to give you the spirit. 46:40 I'm gonna make you more than a conqueror. 46:41 Do you believe that word? Do you believe in a day 46:44 when he says I will supply all your needs? 46:46 Do you believe it? Disciples believe 46:47 exactly what Jesus had promised. 46:49 He had promised the spirit and they began to 46:51 prayed in faith. As they prayed in faith 46:54 there wasn't just for themselves, but they 46:56 were both, they begin to really pray they were 46:58 burden for souls. Oh friend you have a burden 47:01 for souls today. They are all around you. 47:05 Every time you look around, there's people 47:07 there and each one of them are going to heaven 47:09 or to hell. Can you have an influence on them? 47:13 Yes, it maybe a hand shake, it maybe a pad 47:17 on the back whatever it might be, it maybe 47:18 a smile, but it can be an influence. You gonna 47:21 bear an influence one way or the other. 47:23 Bible says when they proclaim the promises 47:26 of the Savior, thousands were converted 47:29 in a day. I wanna see that take place. 47:32 I wanna be involved in the movement of God's 47:36 last day church. All of us are witnesses either 47:40 for or against Christ. Do I need to say that 47:45 again? All of us are witnesses for or against 47:50 Christ. No middle ground and the gospel invitation 47:55 is to be carried to the world by his witnesses. 47:59 The most important work given to mankind 48:04 is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ 48:07 and he's given that work to us. And worthy as 48:09 we are, he has given that to us. He's gonna let 48:12 us represent him to the world how 48:14 trustworthy he is and how we are not, 48:16 Lord help us. We need to pray that we can be 48:19 trust worthy. I wanna be a witness for Jesus 48:22 don't you, to witness to him to the world 48:24 and talk about his goodness in his mercy 48:26 and how he forgive sins in regards of your 48:29 life wherever you have been and whatever 48:30 you have been doing, how many times 48:32 you have done it, it doesn't matter if you 48:33 come to him and ask for forgiveness. 48:36 He'll create a new you, those old things 48:39 would be passed away, everything will become 48:40 new. The things you used to love, you're gonna, 48:42 you're gonna hate. That's called born 48:45 again experience. And God's witnesses 48:49 they're gonna be fruit if you claim to be 48:52 witnessing for God. You are going to live 48:56 and act in his place. If you're his what? 49:00 If you are his witnessing and witnessing with 49:02 power, you are going to act and live in his 49:05 place. You gonna represent Jesus 49:08 to the world. God's witnesses will reveal 49:13 themselves in the working of divine power. 49:17 The work that they do, people will be 49:19 able to see that is a miracle, that it's 49:21 divinity that's working through these 49:23 human instruments, because they're his 49:26 witnesses. God's witnesses will confess 49:31 Jesus Christ wherever they're at, not just at 49:34 church service, but in the workplace, 49:37 at school wherever they maybe. They're 49:40 going to be witnesses for Jesus Christ. 49:44 God's witnesses are going to bear a strong 49:47 witness for the power of the Holy Spirit 49:50 and what the spirit can do inside you, 49:51 and give you the victory that you need today. 49:56 God's witnesses dear friends, here in these 49:58 last days. The spirit that was poured out at 50:01 Pentecost is just a little, may not say 50:03 just a sample of what God's gonna be pouring 50:05 in out in the rane, and I want to be a 50:09 part of that. I wanna being involved in that. 50:11 I believe we're seeing sprinkles of the 50:14 spirit of God as he is working miracles 50:16 and he's just tearing down the strong holds 50:18 of the old enemy. He is coming against and 50:21 he is standing for and he is taking the reigns 50:23 in his own hands. Now I'm thankful for that I 50:26 praise God that he's doing it and I wanna 50:29 be faithful. Now how can that spirit be poured 50:33 out on us even maybe more so than the 50:38 Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. 50:41 If we pray for it and seek it as earnestly as 50:44 the disciples did you will receive it. 50:48 Are you willing to put yourself in that 50:49 position? I pray that you are. 50:52 The day of Pentecost is an awesome thing to 50:55 read about. It just set you on fire and makes 50:57 you want to evangelize for Jesus, 51:00 but just quickly before we close today 51:02 I wanna talk about a little bit about that 51:04 power that God said he is going to do. 51:06 Revelation chapter 18. 51:08 Revelation chapter 18 verse 1. 51:10 Talking about that spirit that's going to 51:12 come down on this earth. The Bible says 51:15 in this Revelation 18, And after these things 51:17 I saw another angel come down from 51:19 heaven having great power, and the earth 51:22 was lightened with his glory. There is something 51:26 about this message of the glory, 51:29 something about the image of Jesus. 51:31 Perfection of character that we need to be 51:34 studying here in these last days. 51:36 God said I'm going to send another angel, 51:39 there gonna be more power. Friends don't be 51:42 left out. Whatever you do don't be left out 51:44 today you can have that power. You need to be 51:48 praying for it. You need to seeking for it. 51:51 We need to be working together where God 51:53 would have us so that we can receive that 51:55 power of that latter rain. Let me just say this 51:59 before we close that those who receive that 52:01 latter rain and you have to have it, so you can 52:03 go through the time of trouble, you're not 52:04 gonna make it. The souls temple must be 52:08 cleansed of every defilement, of every what? 52:12 Defilement of every sin. The Holy Spirit 52:15 that latter reign that equips us to be able to 52:18 endure until Jesus comes will not be poured on 52:21 those who have unconfessed sin 52:23 in their life. Now it's the time in the hour of 52:25 God's judgment that we need to be confessing 52:27 our sins sending them before hand 52:29 in the judgment. I believe that they work, 52:33 miraculous power of Pentecost was simply this. 52:38 It was a result of exercising simple faith. 52:44 You can have it, we can have it exercising simple 52:48 faith. And those who believe and those who 52:52 acted upon this were sealed by God. 52:56 As God sealed his people man, they begin to 52:59 witness with real power. They spoke with power, 53:02 their life was powerful, where they went there 53:04 was powerful manifestations. 53:07 We can have that today. Filled with the 53:10 Holy Spirit of God. Filled with the spirit of God 53:14 to win souls is our goal. What was that, 53:17 to win souls is our goal. Here at Behold the Lamb, 53:22 3ABN, other ministries around the world. 53:24 It has to do with winning souls for Jesus. 53:27 And let me just remind you one sin persistently 53:32 cherished, eventually will neutralize all the 53:37 power of the gospel, or do I need to repeat that 53:42 all one sin persistently cherished, eventually 53:48 will neutralize all the power of the gospel, 53:54 if we are willfully committing known sin. 53:59 It's going to silence the witness of the voice 54:02 of the spirit and it's gonna separate 54:04 the soul from God. Friends, you don't 54:07 want that. One cherished sin, 54:11 one unconfessed sin separates us from God. 54:14 May the spirit of the living God right now 54:17 for those of you who are reaching out 54:18 wherever you maybe. You're saying I wanna 54:21 a new life in Jesus. I wanna start all over 54:24 again. My life has been a wreck, oh how 54:26 I need a change, I want Jesus to come in 54:29 and I want to be a powerful witness 54:31 for him and I wanna confess my sins. 54:34 I wanna repent and I wanna be born again 54:36 and I wanna work for Jesus. You can do that 54:39 right now. Why don't you kneel with me as 54:41 we begin to close with prayer. And you pray 54:44 along with me, that sinner's prayer and you 54:45 watch what God does in your life. 54:47 He is gonna enable you to work the works of Jesus. 54:52 I want that in my life and I know you do to. 54:54 Let's pray about it, shall we right now as we go 54:56 to him and pray, I'm gonna kneel here. 54:59 Merciful Father in heaven, we thank you 55:00 for your word. Thank you for the power of 55:02 the spirit that's promised to us. 55:04 As we open our hearts and our lives to thee 55:06 and ask for the forgiveness of sin. 55:09 We repent and we turn to Jesus, 55:10 filled with the Holy Ghost power that we may 55:13 witness for you in Jesus name, amen. 55:16 May God bless you until next time, 55:19 we'll see you then. 55:22 Welcome back our prayer is that you are 55:25 dear friend and listener will have received a 55:28 renewed gumption, a renewed initiative and 55:32 aggressiveness to dig much deeper in the 55:35 God's word, inviting the Holy Spirits and 55:38 dwelling at every step. In fact we must make it 55:42 a necessary habit to pray for the spirit's guidance, 55:45 an interpretation of the word before we ever 55:48 even open our Bibles. It's up to us to put the 55:51 time into study pray and dedicate our lives 55:56 to serving God. Once this is done from a 55:59 sincere and a contrite heart look out. 56:02 I know you'll be blessed as you begin 56:04 to witness for God. The Holy Spirit will 56:07 begin to bring to my scriptures and events 56:09 that you could not recall on your own. 56:12 And when it is in God's best interests miracles 56:15 will occur. Let me tell you just one short 56:18 story of a miracle that occurred in 2009, 56:21 while my husband and I were evangelizing 56:24 for the Lord in Ghana, Africa. 56:26 We were there during the dry season and we were 56:29 assured by those locally that we would have no 56:32 problem with rain. However we began to experience 56:36 short burst of rain during the day. But since our 56:38 meetings were held at night in the open area, 56:41 that wasn't such a big problem or a big concern. 56:44 However one night a large thunder storm 56:48 began to surround us as I believe it was the 56:51 Sabbath truth that was being presented, 56:54 so thick were the clouds, no stars could be 56:57 seen only burst of the lighting and crashes of 57:01 thunder and wind were seen heard and felt. 57:04 People began to get up and leave as quickly 57:07 as they could. While a small group of us, 57:10 we hurdled together and we get gathered 57:12 in a circle and we began to pray. 57:14 And I kid you not dear friends just as soon as 57:19 the prayer was completed, we opened our 57:21 eyes and the wind had stopped, the lightening 57:25 has ceased and all those dark ominous clouds 57:28 that were just so present the moment 57:30 before had totally disappeared 57:33 and all the 300 men and women and 300 children 57:38 they began to return to their seats. 57:41 What a mighty example of witnessing with 57:44 power and closing as always we here 57:48 Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:50 we would like to hear from you. 57:52 We wanna hear from you, we so appreciate 57:54 your prayers and your financial support. 57:57 Without that these programs would not 58:00 be possible. I want you to contact us today 58:03 and while you're at it, order your very own 58:06 five part series entitled addressing the power 58:09 of the Holy Spirit. 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