He has risen! He is risen indeed! Bill Johnson teaches us the power of the resurrection of Christ that now lives in all of us. We are all made to see the impossible bow down to the name of Jesus. His blood is always enough.

thanks

you’re cutting into my message time here

wow happy easter because he has risen

risen indeed amen what a wonderful day

how many of you were at the uh

the good friday service now was that

just wonderful or what

i honestly i i plan my schedule around

that event

every year all right where is it all

right i’m home that week i

i cannot miss that event it’s just so

good i don’t even want to be gone

somewhere until thursday

in case there’s some mess up with the

flights you know i got to make sure i’m

home for that thing because that oh

goodness it blesses me so much

all right i have something very

important to read

i’ve read it before but you’ll

understand why it’s appropriate today

a man and his wife his mother-in-law

went on a vacation to the holy land

while they were there the mother-in-law

passed away the undertaker told them you

can have her shipped home

for five thousand dollars or you can

bury her here in the holy land for 150

man thought about it for a moment said

he’d just soon have her shipped home

the undertaker asked why would you spend

five thousand dollars to ship your

mother-in-law home

when it would be wonderful to have her

buried here and spend only a hundred and

fifty dollars

the man replied a man died here two

thousand years ago

he was buried here three days later he

rose from the dead

i just can’t take that chance

i know it’s pitiful isn’t it

[Applause]

open your bibles if you would the gospel

of john we’ll

start in chapter 19.

i i’ve had a

fun experience a couple times that twice

in my life i had people tell me i ruined

their easter

and that felt so good so so encouraging

it was because i didn’t tell the easter

story i just

presented testimonies of the

resurrection power of jesus

i i thought that would work but

apparently the story is better

so we’re going to tell the story today

and uh give opportunity at the end

once again for the power of jesus to be

displayed

you and i were born for the impossible

and we’re actually uniquely designed

to walk in a relationship with god in

this relational journey

where the impossibilities of life can be

confronted it’s actually in our dna

it’s uh we’re designed to carry that

possibility of potential every day of

our life the death and resurrection of

christ two sides of the same coin

the death and resurrection of christ are

the most is the most

demanding reality in all of life

i remember when i was uh a number of

years ago i met with a bunch of high

school students

and in fact it was at chris’s house in

his living room

and i i just talked with him about this

this claim of the death and resurrection

of christ is so significant that if it’s

not

true i owe humanity the rest of my life

to warn them of this lie and to disprove

this fallacy

on the other hand if it is true i owe

all of humanity the rest of my life

to bring the story and demonstrate the

power of that resurrection

because it is it is the thing

it’s the thing that defines everything

else all of life is defined because of

this one

great reality take all the confusion

that exists in the world all the

craziness

that is going on and all of it could be

settled and fixed with a clear

understanding of the death and

resurrection of christ

every single bit of it because when

jesus died he did not die

missing anything he didn’t forget to

deal with something he didn’t

he didn’t offer himself as an offering

for part of the problem

he actually became the offering to

settle all the issues

um i was trying to remember quote

earlier eric uh sent it to me during the

between here and on my way to the next

service over to twin view

and it’s one of my favorite quotes of

all time it’s a c.s lewis quote

he says i believe in christianity as i

believe in the sun

s-u-n the sun has risen i believe in

christianity

as i believe that the sun has risen

not only because i see it but because i

see everything else

by it because of it i can see everything

else

the resurrection of christ the death and

resurrection of christ redefines

everything about life relationships

giftings purpose dreams visions all the

stuff

takes on a different flavor and

definition because

jesus conquered death in my place and

rose victorious

interestingly his resurrection is

actually

is actually our resurrection

um roman says if you’ve been baptized

with him

you’ve been buried in his death then you

also have been raised up in his

resurrection

that the resurrection of christ is

what’s given to you the moment you’re

born again

it’s what causes us to be born again do

you understand jesus didn’t raise

himself

he didn’t raise himself the spirit of

god came upon him and raised him up

as this testimony of resurrection so

what i want to do today is i want to

just go through the story

we’re going to take some of the the

crucifixion right at the tail end

and uh and then going to go into some of

the resurrection story

and just read to or read a few verses

and i’ll talk and and

until we’re done all right and if you

get through before i do just go home

all right i’ve always wanted to tell you

that all right here we go

john chapter nine open your bibles to

the gospel of john the ninth chapter

19th chapter did i say 19 already once

and then i just said ninth yeah you just

pick and choose

they’re both good

but i’m going to be in chapter 19 if you

want to join me so

i was just at twin view one of our other

campuses

and uh and i just was going to start

reading and i didn’t even tell them what

book i mean what chapter

in john so i accused them of just not

having a strong enough prophetic

anointing on their life

but i repented quickly it’s all right

all right

uh the gospel of john chapter 19

let’s just go right to verse 31.

jesus is already crucified says in the

previous verse he gave up his spirit

announced it is finished

verse 31. therefore because it was the

preparation day that the bodies

should not remain on the cross on the

sabbath for that sabbath was a high day

the jews asked pilate that their legs

might be broken

that they might be taken away then the

soldiers came and brought the legs of

the first and of the other

who was crucified with him but when they

came to jesus

and saw that he was already dead they

did not break his legs

a couple things i want to mention here

first of all

it was uh the prophets had declared that

not one of his bones would be broken

so it is essential that his legs were

not broken in the fulfillment of

prophetic word

but what’s interesting to me is that he

was dead before the other two wh

which first of all the guy

the the thief that died with him on the

cross next to him

talked about coming into the kingdom at

the last moment

this guy this guy just make can you

imagine this guy

you’ll see him in heaven and you’ll

recognize him you’ll know who he is

you’ll know his story

and he will be able to brag throughout

all of eternity that he was one of those

guys that came in at the exact last

moment years ago we had some of our

team down in the streets of san

francisco they were sharing the gospel

ministering to people

and uh one of our directors a 14 year

old girl

sat down on us on a curb and there was

an elderly man sitting there

and she shared the gospel with him and

he ended up getting born again

tremendous holy spirit

moment where he just came upon that man

and he was so deeply touched and changed

transformed

she went around ministering to other

people and heard sirens and followed the

sirens and the sirens came back

and this man had passed away since the

time she led him to the lord

and uh so she was there at that moment

my prayer is that it would be impossible

to get to heaven

from reading that there would be people

at the gates

at the hospitals in the convalescent

homes the

the uh ambulance drivers all these

places

that really are the gateways to eternity

would be manned by people

who love jesus and can introduce people

into that

last final moment experience that’s my

that’s my prayer for this

this city but here these two guys are

still alive their legs have to be broken

to uh so that they can no longer

push up and keep themselves being able

to breathe so they suffocate

when they came to jesus he’s already

dead why was he dead ahead of the other

two

personally i think it was because the

weight of sin if you take the billions

of people

the sin you know what it’s like when

you’ve done something wrong that shame

that guilt that heaviness that you feel

for one thing multiply that by billions

of people

then multiply that by a lifetime of sin

and put all of that on

one person in one moment jesus who

proved himself to be holy

demonstrated power in miracles but also

demonstrated power

in holiness as talked about in romans 1.

this one

in that moment was crushed and literally

died

of that broken heart because the weight

of sin

wow jesus became a curse it says he

became a curse

on a tree referring to the cross became

a curse

on the tree so that you wouldn’t have to

bear the curse

he didn’t suffer and die so that

you would have a good example to follow

he did not bear the weight of sin so

that you and i could keep a stiff upper

lip

and deal with our sin

he bore the curse

so that the power of the curse would be

broken

and the completeness wholeness would be

available to every person in every

situation

it says here uh verse 34 says one of the

soldiers pierced his side with his spear

immediately blood and water came out

i love this part of the story in the old

testament i’m going to use several old

testament references

today in the old testament there was

this

uh the tabernacle of moses and it was a

courtyard area outside inside was a

little tinted area building with two

compartments holy place holy boys get to

that later

as people would enter this courtyard

area the first thing they ran into was a

brazen altar

this is where the blood sacrifices were

made

right past that was a labor as a it was

a bowl that was made

out of the mirrors of the women this is

in the wilderness now

out of the mirrors of women and it was

uh it would contain water

so here’s the interesting thing they the

priest

would sacrifice the animal which never

dealt with sin by the way

it only postponed the penalty for one

more year it gave them an

act of obedience to be included in his

redemptive plan but it never dealt with

sin

and so the blood would deal with sin but

in this labor

the priests were still required to wipe

off uncleanness

let me put it this way your people who

live with people

you get dirty you get contaminated just

in relationships just by

i go on social media and you can get

contaminated quickly

it’s a very quick experience it’s it’s

it’s just available to you right it’s

like the kingdom it’s at hand it’s right

within reach

those you can feel uh seriously you can

feel like you did something wrong you

can feel that shame thing or

you don’t know what’s wrong you feel

something’s unsettled but you know you

ask god god what did i do wrong there’s

nothing to confess

because no sin was com committed there’s

just uncleanness

the scripture says we are washed by the

washing of the water with the word of

god

i’ve had times uh countless times

through my life where

i just feel like unsettled something

something’s wrong i don’t know what it

is

and i i pray i think god what did i do

something wrong did i say something

did i think something did i entertain

did i plan something and i go through

and there’s nothing to confess

and i open the word up the word and i

begin to read and i just become

cleansed i become washed in the water of

the word of god

blood and water listen to this passage

out of zechariah 13

in that day a fountain shall be opened

for the house of david

and the inhabitants of jerusalem and we

stop for a minute house of david

inhabitants of jerusalem

that would be old testament terminology

that would equate to

in new testament terms the community of

the redeemed

right so we’re talking about you all

us all all right in that day a fountain

shall be opened for the house of david

for the inhabitants of jerusalem for sin

and uncleanness

a fountain shall be opened

that deals with the power of sin but

also makes it possible

to stay clean just through the

contaminants that happen

in life the cleanness of conscience it

wasn’t something that was done wrong

it’s just we we rub shoulders with

people we are we are

broken people living with broken people

that are all in process

and there’s a contamination that takes

place you can

have the tv on something comes on you

quickly change the channel

it’s too late you saw something there’s

a contamination

these things just happen you’re you’re

in the office and

and uh not here this office but some

other place

and somebody tells a joke and you didn’t

have the chance to get out of the room

in time

because it’s it’s a defiling it’s too

late but it’s not too late for the

washing of the water with the word

just know where to go just know where to

go that

that’s where we just stay in this

throughout the day we stay in that word

because there’s continue continuous

cleansing

and the word of god himself a fountain

was opened up

with a spear that brought out the blood

deals with sin

and the water that deals with

contamination

verse 35 he who has seen has testified

his testimony is true and he knows that

he is telling the truth so that you may

believe

here’s what i did in my bible i circled

the word testimony

and then i underlined that you may

believe and i drew an arrow

because testimony is always that you may

believe

it is always to lead to a greater faith

to encounter god for yourself

chapter 20 verse 1 on the first day of

the week mary magdalene

went to the tomb early while it was

still dark and she saw that the stone

had been taken from the tomb

and she ran and came to simon peter to

the other disciple

whom jesus loved and said to them

they’ve taken away the lord out of the

tomb

we do not know where they have laid him

peter therefore went out

and the other disciple and were going to

the tomb

so they both ran together the other

disciple outran peter

and came to the tomb first i i love this

part of the story

let me tell you why john is the one

writing this and in verse 2 he writes

and the other disciple whom jesus loved

john either has some

issues or he lacks

self-awareness or he is facing

the greatest challenge to his humility

not copied since moses was required to

write

moses is the meekest man on earth

either he’s an egotist or he actually

chose

to walk in humility to the point where

he obeyed writing what he was supposed

to write

at the expense of appearing to be

self-serving

simon peter verse 6 are you alive

how alive are you okay

all right all right all right he’s risen

let’s that’s

he’s risen all right all right that

works verse 6

simon peter came following him went into

the tomb and he saw the linen cloth

lying there and the handkerchief that

had been around his head

not lying with a linen cloth but folded

together in a place by itself

this is interesting they come into the

tomb

there’s a place where the body was and

he was wrapped in cloth

but the part that was wrapped around his

head was folded in a place by itself

separate from the other claw there’s a

jew i’m told of this jewish tradition

that if you went to somebody’s home to

eat a meal

and you hated the meal but you didn’t

want to

say anything there was a way you could

fold up the napkin

and put it on your plate and it

basically was telling the host or

hostess

i will never eat this meal again

and the bible says jesus tasted death

once

and for all

the napkin was folded saying this meal

will never be repeated

it’s been defeated once and for all

verse 11. mary stood outside the tomb

weeping

as she wept she stooped down looked into

the tomb she saw two angels in white

sitting one at the head the other at the

feet with the body of jesus head lane

stop right there for a minute

back to the old testament there was the

most sacred

a piece of furniture in jewish history

in their uh routine sounds uh negative

i don’t mean it that way in their

routine of worship was the ark of the

covenant we’ll just say this is the ark

it was a wooden box that was overlaid

with gold

in the four corners are rings so that

they could

put poles in to these corners because

when it was time for the presence of god

to move

it was to rest on the shoulders of

priests david made the mistake of

putting it on an ox cart

and somebody died the pre the presence

of the lord is always designed to rest

on the shoulders of priests those

who walk in that lifestyle of

authentically serving him and people

carry presents and that’s the design but

this golden box

inside the box is our three items there

is the

tablets of stone ten commandments there

is a jar of manna

and there is the almond rod that budded

so these three things they testify

of the law of god the word of god they

testify of god’s absolute

complete total provision in the manna

and then resurrection

power this dead almond branch has

sprouts buds blossoms and ripe almonds

so it’s the testimony of how he marks us

with resurrection life

so these things are these testimonies

are in this box

on this top of this uh box this

center area is called the mercy seat

on both ends of the mercy seat are two

angelic beings

that face each other in the middle that

is the ark of the covenant of the ark of

the testimony

every time you share a testimony you are

ushering

in the mercy seat of god into that

person’s experience where they can taste

for themselves

of god’s mercy because his mercy rests

upon

this ark of testimony these two angelic

beings face each other i’d like to

suggest

that when the disciples looked inside

the tomb and they saw where jesus was

laid

and they saw these angels there on both

ends

that it was the prophetic decree that

the old testament

natural ark of the covenant

has been rep replaced by the true

spiritual one

where the mercy of god is now released

into the earth through the resurrection

power of jesus

because he is alive there is a shift in

season

we see this shift in season even more so

in the rest of this story jump down to

verse

15. and verse 14

she saw it was jesus and didn’t know it

was him verse 15.

woman why are you weeping who are you

seeking

she’s supposing him to be the gardener

said to him sir if you have carried him

away

tell me where you’ve laid him and i will

take him away jesus said to her mary

she turned and said to him ravonite

which is to say teacher

i don’t know i just like the verse i

just like the fact she has dialogue with

him doesn’t know who he is but when he

mentions her name

all of a sudden everything gets put in

place

one of the things i pray for people

often

i pray for my grandkids i pray for my

kids that there would be that hearing of

the voice of god there’s something about

god

calling your name there’s something

about god

speaking to you where everything takes

on definition

because of that one thing and in this

moment she realizes who it is

he says mary in verse 16. she turned and

said rabbani which is to say teacher

then jesus said to her do not cling to

me for i have not yet ascended to my

father

stop right there do not cling to me

another translation says stop clinging

to me

i’ve not yet ascended to my father think

through this with me for a moment

jesus he raised from the dead

ascended to the right hand of the father

and was glorified

at this moment he has not yet ascended

all right so it’s three days after his

death

he says to her stop clinging to me okay

compare this

with his first birth his first birth was

a virgin birth

through mary the mother of jesus

the first person to touch him was the

virgin the first person to touch him

in his second birth if we can call it

that because the bible does say he’s the

firstborn from the dead

first person to touch him was mary

magdalene out of whom

seven demons had been cast out

it’s a shift in seasons he’s making this

announcement

old testament you touch the leper you’re

unclean new testament

jesus touches the leper the leper

becomes clean

old testament the severity of sin was

the focus it had to be

it had to set the context in which

people would realize the need of a

savior

there is no solution for sin you can’t

fix yourself

there’s no self-help help program that

will deal with the nature of sin and the

root of sin

inside a person there’s only one

possible answer people said there’s many

ways to god

if there are many ways to god then god

is cruel to require jesus to go through

what he went through

he went through what he went through

because it was the only possible

solution

that you and i everyone within the sound

of my voice would know what it is to be

born again and have eternal life because

of christ

so here is this here is this virgin mary

his first birth when he was born of the

dead

firstborn of the dead the first to touch

him

is the one who illustrated grace because

it’s a new season

new season

do not cling to me for i have not yet

ascended to my father

go to my brethren and say to them i am

ascending to my father your father

my god your god

when jesus died i’ve heard some people

say

before he went remembers three days

later he ascends to the father so

when he died some people i heard them

say jesus went into

hell and suffered in hell on our behalf

no no

if he did then the blood wasn’t enough

it’s about the blood so what happened

luke 16 gives us the best description

of this reality this place called shield

there’s two compartments there’s a place

of torment

great chasm between that and the next

compartment it’s called abraham’s bosom

abraham is called the father of faith

the righteous who died before the death

of christ

went into this place a paradise if you

will

a place of peace a place of comfort

those who didn’t

went into the place of torment read luke

16 end of 16

sobering sobering chapter

when jesus it says jesus when he

ascended before he

ascended he descended into the lower

parts of the earth listen to the phrase

to lead captive a host of captives

you want to be captive by jesus because

being captive by him is the most freedom

you’ll ever experience

it’s it’s this weird kingdom you rise by

going low

you’re received by giving you know it’s

that that whole thing you live by dying

it’s

it’s this confusing journey of just

saying yes to jesus every day

so here jesus it says he descended first

into the lower parts of the earth what

did he do

he went to the place where the

people who had died in faith

remember it’s a level playing field old

and new testament

the thing that you born again in the new

was the thing that got you preserved in

the old

that’s why it’s called abraham’s bosom

jesus goes in and he makes proclamation

the payment has been made because no one

could go to heaven

until jesus died because there was no

payment for sin

so god allowed to be a place of peace

until the death of christ came

so jesus having made the payment grabbed

the keys

of authority that man had given over to

the serpent

comes into the room makes the

announcement you know i want the

videotape on this one

makes the announcement the price has

been paid come on

and they all begin to ascend and jesus

glances over and sees mary magdalene

weeping at the tomb

don’t know how this went down this is my

imagination

he turns to the crowd he says i’ll be

right back

and then he goes over to mary magdalene

well

matthew 27 says and the graves

of the righteous opened and they were

seen walking around jerusalem

when did that happen i’d like to suggest

it’s right now

jesus says i’ll be right back he goes up

to mary

david looks at moses and said he’s going

to be a while

we might as well catch a few sights

and when he’s through

back on the bus

and he brings the prize of his suffering

before the father

the moravians have this great statement

said to win for the lamb the reward of

his suffering

and this that jesus suffered and died

was to purchase

people you me

this host that he led captive and he

presented the prize before the father

verse 19 we’ve got just a couple more

then we’ll wrap it up

it says then the same day and evening

being the first day of the week

when the doors were shut where the

disciples were assembled for fear of the

jews

jesus came and stood in the midst and

said to them peace

be with you when he said this he showed

them his hands and his side

then the disciples were glad when they

saw the lord

jesus said to them again peace to you as

the father sent me i send you

jesus walks into a room where

everybody’s there scared they’re next

they’re afraid they’re going to die

they saw the angry crowds they know that

they have been recognized peter

was picked out you know standing by fire

by a servant girl

so they’ve got this fear thing all over

them that they’re going to be crucified

next

and so they’re hiding and then jesus

walks through the wall which doesn’t

help

with the fear issues and somebody and

they don’t know who it is which makes

things worse he didn’t

you know he didn’t come appearing as he

did before because he likes to appear to

us

differently than the last time so that

we learn to recognize him by voice and

presence

and not by our formulas that we have

created

he’ll break out any box you create so

here he he

walks into the room and he says peace to

you

it’s like noah when he released the dove

out of the ark

and the dove flew around could find no

place to land flew back to the earth

jesus releases the presence of god over

this group of people

and there’s no one there receiving peace

because they are locked into fear

you say well i thought that peace would

be given to those who are fearful

you can’t have them both you have to let

go of one to embrace the other

there has to be a there’s a co i’m

telling you there’s a conscious decision

i’ve been living by fear i renounce

fear

you can’t hold it both you can’t hold on

both hoping one

beats the other you’ll let go of

something to embrace another

jesus says he showed him his hands his

side

and it says then they were glad when

they saw the lord

which tells me they weren’t happy the

first time that’s because they didn’t

know who it was

i’ve seen a lot of people that weren’t

happy with what god was doing

because they didn’t know it was him

jesus releases the presence of god again

this time they were glad when they saw

the lord and jesus concludes this

with this statement says he breathed on

them and he said receive the holy spirit

here’s the deal the resurrection power

of jesus

lives in you and he wants out

i personally think all of heaven

is looking to see what impossibility we

will conquer

in his name what will we do with what

we’ve been given

it’s a it’s a strange example but jesus

came to a fig tree

it’s it’s one of the funnier stories in

the bible

it came to a fig tree out of season for

it to bear fruit

and he came to it to get fruit and there

wasn’t any fruit because it wasn’t the

right season

and it says he cursed it and i’ve heard

great teachings on

the freak tree representing israel and

his name whatever

i don’t know what it means except jesus

is the only one who has the right to

expect fruit of the impossible from us

and we did he didn’t find any he had he

had to bring that confrontation

into a reality and you and i have been

given the spirit of the resurrected

christ it’s not a condemning word it’s

an invitation

it’s a word that says let him be who he

is

in his resurrection power flowing in and

through our lives

confronting those things that have been

deemed to be impossible

that’s what you were born for it’s what

i was born for

in our conversion is the dna of christ

it wasn’t earned it was given as a gift

his actual dna where he gravitated

towards

the funeral towards the hungry crowd

towards the leper that needed help the

blind who

wanted someone to guide them all these

situations he gravitated forward

towards them because he carried this

absolute solution to every broken

situation

and my prayer for you for me is that in

this next season

we would become even more convinced of

how

ready the resurrection power of jesus is

available in word in touch

and in action word the right thing needs

to be said

don’t don’t think a casual

statement accomplishes much it’s the

decree of god

say what he’s saying

say what he’s saying

cancer be gone say what he’s saying

don’t do this god if it’s your will show

mercy kindness

look don’t don’t be stupid confront the

thing

don’t ever don’t show any respect to a

problem

do not show respect kindness and respect

towards people love affectionately serve

people

but no respect for a problem don’t use

the word cancer

with reverence it deserves no reference

it’s a devil

it’s a devil don’t speak to it kindly

don’t speak in hush terms did you hear

but so and so got back from the doctor

no harsh terms we must stop being

impressed with the size of our problem

it’s my personal conviction that most of

us our breakthrough would begin the day

we stop being impressed with the size of

our problem

i’m not trying to create a more magic

formula i’m just saying listen to what

he’s saying

declare it find someone to touch to love

to lay hands on

prophetically serve do acts of service

kindness for people

the spirit of god is released through

those means

over and over and over again and i just

believe that jesus wants to demonstrate

who he is

to our wonderful city in this easter

season and beyond

so here’s what i want to do i’m going to

pray over all of you

all y’all in a minute but i want it

first to give opportunity

for people who don’t know the lord to

come come to christ

so i’m going to ask bethel family hold

your places

lunch will wait

the most important thing that could

happen this morning

in spite of all the wonderful things

we’ve done together the worship and the

communion all those things

the most amazing thing that could happen

would be for

just one person even to say

i i want to surrender my life to jesus

i want to become born again i want to

find peace with god i want to be a

disciple

of this jesus he is alive

he’s prepared to lead every person in

this room into a place of triumph and

victory

so this is what i would do i just say if

if you would

uh in your heart of hearts would say

bill i don’t want to leave this place

until i know that i have peace with god

until i know what it is to be forgiven

brought into his family if that’s you

then i want you right where you are with

every head raised every eye open

i want you just simply to put a hand up

and by doing that you’re just

acknowledging that me

that’s me i want to get right with god

today i want to know what it is to have

peace with god

do that real quickly i’m just going to

wait a few seconds real quick

if there’s anybody in the room put your

hand up so i can see you

is it is there a hand over here i can’t

see or right there yes wonderful

wonderful beautiful yeah amen

anybody else wave it at me there’s

another one right over here wonderful

welcome welcome bless the lord

there’s one there’s one more and i’m i’m

certain there’s one more

i i want to i want to encourage you make

that bold step

jesus confesses us before the world

in his death and resurrection he looks

for us to make a very simple

confession of our faith in him so i’m

going to give just

just five more seconds if there’s anyone

else just quickly

right over here that’s you

all right here’s what i want

i’m going to ask everyone to stand stand

if you would

and hold your places please for a moment

i want to ask i saw

three if there’s more than that please

join us

but i would like to have the three

people if you’re here with friends i

would encourage your friends to walk

with you

up to the front right up here we have

people that we know and trust

it’s not about bethel it’s not about

church membership it’s about a

relationship with jesus

i want you to know what you just said

yes to

so i’m going to ask you to leave your

seat and to come right over here to my

left where this banner is

and these folks will come they will talk

with you they will pray with you

and again if you brought one of these

folks offer to walk with them down here

because i want them to uh to have a

wonderful wonderful encounter down here

why don’t you bless some church as they

come just come on down

wonderful bless you

right over here wonderful

wonderful wonderful god

yep that’s it right there

thank you jesus here i want to pray over

you because

i i feel like some of you are about to

be surprised

by opportunities that are in front of

you

the cool thing about a miracle

is that he does all the work

you and i are the ups driver that pulls

up to the house and delivers a package

that somebody else sent

that’s what we do we’ll lay our hands

under the shoulder we pray very simple

prayer

but jesus is the one who heals and

delivers put your hands in front of you

i just want to pray

that there would be such a great release

of anointing over everybody in this room

and that over the next seven days

specifically

there will be opportunities that are new

and fresh

to demonstrate the resurrection power of

jesus father you’ve heard our cry

that’s what i asked for demonstrate your

love and your power

now in and through this wonderful family

of believers

that there be an increased appetite

increased appetite in every person to

display your resurrection

through purity and power i ask all of

this for the honor of the name jesus

everybody said amen amen amen good hold

your places

ministry team if you could come on up

chris tell us what to do

oh that’s that’s good right there huh

that’ll do all right well bless you

happy easter if you continue

if sorry if you can need ministry

further our team is here to pray for you

other than that

have a blessed sunday enjoy that

incredible weather enjoy one another

happy easter but our team is going to be

up here to pray for you if you still

need prayer you didn’t get

any prayer durian

you