Have you ever found yourself asking God, "What if I can't…?" That's exactly what Abraham's servant asked when he was sent to find a wife for Isaac. Abraham on the other hand was a man with steadfast faith because he lived in the presence of God. He knew God would move. There is clarity, direction and revelation when we dedicate our time to being in God's presence. Not only will your faith increase, but your faith will be contagious to others.
Pastor Gary Wilkerson spontaneously shares some recent thoughts from his devotional life. He encourages the church to let down their nets into deeper waters—deeper prayer, faith and revelation. He challenges us, like Jesus has challenged Him, to believe for healing just as much as we believe for salvation. We conclude the service by taking God at His word and praying for physical and emotional healing.
Pastor Gary Wilkerson continues our sermon series from the Gospel of John, looking at three vignettes in the life of Jesus. In each we see critical situations desperately needing a move of God. "The Sower" shows us that we reap and receive that for which we did not labor. "The Son" demonstrates that Jesus does not require conditions or coordination. And in "The Sick Man" we see that hope lost over time can be restored in a moment.
Even Jesus, as man, needed to be filled with the Holy Spirit. You might expect to see miracles right away, but instead Jesus was led into the wilderness and tempted by Satan. After that He preached but was despised by the people. One might start to think that the Spirit wasn't with Him, but there is a necessary step of faith required before the power of the Holy Spirit can be released. Finally we see miracles being performed—the sick healed and demons cast out. The power that Jesus had, He gave to His disciples and He gives it to us today. Receive it and step out in faith.
Pastor Gary Wilkerson shares a short evangelistic message about Paul's conversion, followed by a demonstration of the Holy Spirit's power through water baptism, prayer for salvation, prayer for healing, and baptism in the Holy Spirit.
The promises of God must supersede what we see with our natural eyes. We must not abandon faith for human reasoning and carnal strategies. We are to move forward in faith and believe God’s promises are backed up with God’s power so we can lead another generation into the supernatural.
David was a man after God's heart who was living in a dark and difficult time. Our generation is also one that is growing darker, and God is raising up a people of extraordinary faith. God wants to feed His church with bread from heaven, cleanse our hearts, and equip us for spiritual warfare with the sword of His Spirit.
The Church of Jesus Christ is called to make a difference in our society. In days like this when there seems to be such little hope that righteousness will prevail, God will always have a remnant to raise up a testimony to bring glory to His Name. God will use the weakest of us to show His supernatural power. Our prayer must be God shake us, fill us and give us boldness to speak to those who don’t know you.
Satan has an aggressive agenda against the body of Christ and the family. Many are depressed, our kids are suicidal and cutting themselves, substance abuse is commonplace, etc. It is time that we as Christians, like Jesus, take a stand and declare, "Not in my house!"