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and
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in revival in the anointing for healing
i just want to encourage you to
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ready for just an upgrade and
just how you do life how you do ministry
uh you know seeing breakthrough with
people
man i am i just am so all right
open your bibles to the book of malachi
and we will we’ll try to move on from
where we were a week ago
malachi now i can’t say it right
malachi i think it’s probably 30 35
years ago i first
heard somebody introduce malachi as
malachi the italian prophet so i
that gem has stayed with me all these
years so
i wanted to uh
create somewhat of a context uh if
every one of you were here last week i
would still create this context
just as a reminder so that we can build
on it for today
but also knowing that there are many
just so transitional
that uh some of you were here somewhere
not the book of
malachi is a book of correction and
a book of promise
what’s important for us in studying the
old testament
is we need to learn prophetic language
so to speak we need to we need to learn
uh how meaningful old testament
scripture is
to the new testament church i remind you
that the early church the old testament
is all they had
until letters and epistles were written
to them but what they had was the old
testament
romans 15 says that these things
referring to the old testament
these things were written for our
instruction
it’s actually new testament material but
you have to
know how to translate or interpret
what’s being said
because of so much prophetic language
which we’ll we’ll take a stab at some of
it this morning
one of the things that um becomes clear
in the book of malachi is he’s he’s
addressing sacrifices
now let me let me uh let me clarify
something
we have parts of the old testament that
ended at the cross
we have some parts of the new of the old
testament that made it through the cross
but made it through changed and then we
have parts of the old testament
that make it through the cross
completely unchanged
and it’s wisdom to recognize the
difference and i’ll illustrate it
what ended at the cross animal
sacrifices
once jesus came the lamb of god
once he was sacrificed for our sin there
is no longer
any need for sacrifice so that ended at
the cross
what was changed by the cross well one
of the things changed
is the year of jubilee in the old
testament the year of jubilee was every
50 years
slaves were released people were
released from debt
when jesus came he announced that this
is the favorable year of the lord
he was announcing that this is the year
of jubilee
which means the cross changed every
50-year period of time to an everyday
period of time for the new testament
believer
so it was it was supercharged through
the cross
what made it through the cross unchanged
um davidic worship for one the worship
that david experienced i personally
believe
the lord gave him a glimpse into new
testament experience
and let him model in an old testament
context
it was where people had direct access to
priests had direct access to the
presence of the lord
they would minister to him in song with
thanksgiving praise
they would offer themselves in worship
amos chapter 9 prophesied that that
reality old testament worship called the
tabernacle of david
would become a new testament reality
acts 15
quoted that passage saying this is it so
the point i’m trying to make is
that kind of worship the coming before
the presence of the lord
to minister to him was an old testament
experience
that is unchanged in the new wisdom
is looking at these old testament
scriptures i love the old testament i
i whenever i’m reading through the minor
prophets and i get to malachi
just to be honest my heart leaps because
it speaks to me so much
i i mentioned to you last week i like i
like some of the scriptures that are
kind of in your face kind of scriptures
you know i i like my mexican food
extremely hot i want it to growl at me
when i bring the
fork up to my mouth i like my coffee
extremely strong
to where you can walk on it without
faith it’s so strong
that’s how i like it and i like the
scripture to growl at me
as i open the book i want it to confront
stuff in me that needs to change
honestly i don’t shy from those but to
read it in a new testament context
when the lord brings judgment on the
people of god
it’s not a judgment of condemnation if
you don’t understand that
you’ll misread the entire old testament
the judgment
of god on the people of god is always
discipline
let’s take one concept here
in peter he says i think it’s peter i
didn’t look it up
he says that the judgment of god must
begin
with the household of faith
why because if god’s judgment
starts with the world with the
unbeliever it requires damnation
if it starts with the church it brings
us into purity
where jesus is more accurately
represented which becomes the invitation
for the nations to come to christ
there’s cause and effect when his
discipline on my life
helps me to represent jesus more
accurately
then there’s a domino effect on the
impact of nations
the word of correction that is brought
to
the malachians
that was sudden inspiration wasn’t very
good we’ll try again next service if we
can do better
the the message that came to the priests
and to israel in uh in the book of
malachi
was to correct them for their um
correct them for their
complacency in their offerings
they were let’s say you have 100 sheep
and this is old testament times you have
100 sheep
and you’ve got one that’s hobbled and
crippled up blind in one eye
and could die any moment and they would
give that as an offering to the lord
and god says try giving that to a
political leader you’re trying to
impress
see what happens and sometimes what
happens in the church
is we we give enough to ease our
conscience
but not enough to transform our life
sacrifice is to position us for personal
transformation
and it’s supposed to be the ongoing
standard for how we do life
so they gave out of complacency they
gave out of routine
they had lost the reason for what they
were doing
and they were giving to god substandard
offerings
now this isn’t about i mean money’s a
part of it because
because we give to the lord this is
about your life
it’s it’s the entirety of who i am it’s
my time it’s my gifts
it’s my callings it’s my it’s everything
i have it’s the money in my
bank it’s it’s anything it’s all of me
is a continuous ongoing offering that he
would be glorified
that’s the whole point and if this were
put into a new testament context
there no doubt would be the ephesia or
excuse me the the revelation two passage
you’ve left your first love and the way
they got back to their first love was to
repeat the works they used to do
there’s something about reactivating
acts of devotion
that rekindles the fire in the soul
last week i brought up a passage out of
proverbs 18 verse 9.
very sobering verse for me it has been
for a number of years
in this verse he says the slothful
in his work is brother to him who
destroys
the slothful is related to the destroyer
of the work
the slothful in work is related to the
one who destroys the actual work
so let’s create three groups of people
here the passionate faithful worker
the lazy or slothful worker and the
opponent to the work
the two people and of those three the
two groups
that are most like each other are the
slothful
the complacent and the opponent
let’s translate it
we have the passionate first love
believer
maintaining first love devotion to jesus
regardless of seasons
seasons don’t determine how my heart
burns for him
circumstances do not have the authority
to temper the fire in my soul for him
in fact i’d probably say more people
have lost the fire
for god in blessing than they ever did
in trial
so here we have the passionate believer
first love we have the complacent
believer
and then we have the opponent to the
gospel
the two that are most alike the
complacent and the opponent
it’s my personal conviction the
complacent believer
legitimizes the opponent to the gospel
the complacent believer legitimizes can
i say
fuels the work
of the person who’s opposed to the
gospel
routine is not a negative or a bad thing
disciplines are important in our life
but i don’t
like losing the reason why i do
something
sometimes my obedience there’s no
emotion to it it’s literally just
raw i offer myself to you i’m going to
do what you said to do
both faith and obedience are measured by
activity
both faith and obedience are measured
or uh measured
by activity by by what we do
it’s the reason jesus said to the church
at ephesus to return to your first love
do the works you did at first there’s
something about
demonstrations of obedience but we never
have to lose the reason why
we keep in front of us that the offering
is
whether it’s a money gift or it’s you
helping uh somebody in the front of the
grocery store that has no food
the point is is that whatever you’re
doing we never lose the reason why we’re
not trying to ease our conscience we’re
positioning ourself
in in a in a place to cause the offering
to release power to transform the world
fire always falls on sacrifice you can’t
give him something that he won’t bless
so here’s what i want you to see we’re
going to do
we’ll skip about five or six verses
we’ll read a randomly
and i want you just to follow along in
your bibles how many of you have your
bibles
let me see them say this with me i love
my bible
oh man i do all right malachi chapter
one
let’s just go right to verse five and
what you’re going to see over these five
or six verses
is you’ll see a theme all right verse 5
your eyes shall see and you shall say
the lord is magnified beyond the border
of israel
the lord is magnified beyond the border
of israel go to verse 11
for from the rising of the sun even to
its going down my name shall be great
among the gentiles
that’s unbelievers in every place
incense shall be offered to my name
and a pure offering for my name shall be
great
among the nations so his name is great
among the unbeliever
is great among the nations go down to
verse 14.
cursed be the deceiver who has in his
flock
a male and takes a vow but sacrifi
sacrifices to the lord what is blemished
for i am a great king
says the lord of hosts and my name is to
be feared
among the nations if you’re not getting
it by now
how we give ourselves to the lord with
absolute reckless abandon
affects what nations see of the reality
of jesus
when i when i made a statement that the
complacent
legitimized the opponent that’s it
complete any half-hearted attempt to
walk with jesus
actually does more to undermine the
concept of his nature
the revelation of his nature than
supported
why because he’s a great king and a
great king like this
all good gifts come from him all of life
flows from him he sustains everything
through the word of his power he is the
source
of everything that is right and good in
the world
to walk down a grocery store and to see
vegetables
fruit fill the bins and to not think
of blessing coming from his hand is an
injustice
it’s an injustice to get a promotion at
work to be able to breathe without
fighting for air to be able to walk down
a street where it’s safe
all these things are just simple
blessings of the lord
and to live in a world that is so filled
and abundant with his blessing
and for him to go unnoticed is a great
severe injustice and the offering of
lame offerings is a
confrontation to that that is crept into
the hearts of god’s people
that they could try to just do routine
and not truly put themselves on the
altar
as a continuous offering
the outcome of this well let me read a
couple more verses then i’ll give you
the outcome
all right so verse 14 says my name is to
be feared among the nations
go to verse 12 of chapter 3
verse 12 of chapter 3 he says all
nations will call you blessed
you will be a delightful land says the
lord of hosts so here’s the journey
it concludes with all the nations will
call you blessed what is this a part of
it
the lord is describing what it is for us
to go through the discipline of the lord
now the discipline of the lord
it’s his refinement process that goes on
in your life and mind all the time
the word of god do you read your bibles
it’s a sword it cuts off wrong things
it’s discipline it may you may have
felt wonderful while it was happening it
doesn’t mean you stand in a corner with
your nose
you know on the wall or something it’s
not it’s not it’s not a punishment
oriented
activity it’s a refining process which
is what we’ve asked for
to represent jesus well and the end game
of the journey of becoming more and more
like jesus
is that that is the thing that touches
nations
it affects the destiny of nations so
when he says
in peter judgment begins with the
household of faith
it’s because in that process we more
accurately represent jesus
in purity in power and in passion
it’s by accident there’s three p’s but
it works for the message purity power
and passion
so we more accurately represent who he
is what does that mean
his grace is irresistible to anybody who
sees it
so we are actually invited into this
journey
of becoming more like christ that
awakens in the nations
their appetite for god and they look at
you
and they say man you’re blessed of the
lord
they recognize the hand of god the favor
of god the blessing of the lord on your
life
all right let’s go to the end of chapter
3 and let’s uh
study a couple verses here together
verse 16 of chapter 3
very very interesting verse says those
who feared the lord
spoke to one another and the lord
listened and heard them
so a book of remembrance was written
before him
for those who fear the lord who meditate
on his name
look at it again those who feared the
lord spoke to one another
and the lord listened and heard so a
book of remembrance was written
before him for those who fear the lord
who meditate on his name
again biblical prophetic language
the lord often speaks in a language that
helps us to connect
with a part of his nature when he talks
about a book of remembrance
it does not mean god forgets stuff
it doesn’t mean a book is written
because he’s just uh just got a bad
memory and he needs help
he’s he’s taught he’s talking to us in a
way that we understand
and he says listen what you’re doing
matters so much to me
that i have engraved something in the
heavenlies that speaks to me about your
faithfulness
and what is it that the lord has
acknowledged here
it’s interesting because right previous
to this
the lord talks to the priests and the
people he says
you come to me with offerings tears in
your eyes
giving these sacrifices to me and yet
you
treat your wife badly so your sacrifice
means nothing to me
i can kneel before him bow shout dance
sing cry if i treat my wife badly
none of us means anything the point is
relationships are the context that make
our offerings significant an offering
whether it’s a financial gift to the
rising build or the
guy down at the grocery store that has
no food regardless what it is
the financial gift becomes
supernaturally empowered
when it’s in the context of i am doing
everything i know to do to make sure my
relationships are healthy and they are
right
they are the context in which i give
myself to god
so here’s this passage he says a book of
remembrance is being written about you
you would think he would be writing down
great noble acts
and moses extended his rod over the sea
and it parted it’s not that
you’d think it would be the noble acts
of
of where peter says silver and gold have
i none
but such as i have i give to you rise
stand up and walk
but it’s none of those the book of
remembrance was written
about conversations talk
fellowship remember
to remember not always looking for the
noble things
he’s looking for the simple things that
illustrate transformed life
illustrate these are my values anybody
can psych themselves up
to give a big gift anyone can psych
themselves up to have a conversation
with somebody about jesus
but it’s the ongoing daily life that
leaks jesus
is what moves him it’s the ongoing daily
life
that says people who feared god got
together and they spoke to each other
so i wrote a book to remind me about
this
it reminds me of hebrews 13. in hebrews
13
there are three sacrifices mentioned
that are new testament sacrifices
we know there’s no animal sacrifices but
in hebrews 13 there are three sacrifices
mentioned
that are in a new testament context the
first one
it’s praise it’s the fruit of the lips
that gives praise to his name the first
one
the second one is fellowship and the
third one is good works
good works the maybe you have a neighbor
their home burns down and you
gather clothing and maybe kitchenware
and things of that nature
to help them to rebuild their lives
that’s good works those are valuable
applauded by heaven and they are
considered a sacrifice
and we’re to push into those areas of
good works until it costs us something
but the thing that maybe has escaped our
notice the most
is the middle one the second in that
list of three and it’s fellowship
fellowship is at its purest when it
costs me something
it means not running out when the
meeting’s over
so i can be the first to get lunch at
the restaurant
it may honestly it may mean staying
after for five minutes
just to connect with a friend have a
conversation
it may mean that busiest day you’ve got
and yet somebody’s on your mind
and you just work to make it work to
have lunch with that friend
it’s the point that there’s conversation
doesn’t say what they talked about
it doesn’t describe it as bold noble
things accomplished in this conversation
god was moved
because he saw fellowship that cost
people
and he wrote about it in a book you want
to move god
there are several things that move him
faith move him
faith moves him bold faith
bold decrees move god but another thing
that moves him
is to value another person enough simply
to have conversation fellowship is at
its finest when it enters the realm of
sacrifice that means it costs me
something
and that’s a hebrews 13 uh concept
that’s important for us now move on down
to
chapter four verse one you guys all
right
you guys still all right
i figure if i keep asking there’ll be
more of you responding
just to get me to be quiet verse 1
chapter 4
bold the day is coming burning like an
oven
all the proud yes those who do wickedly
will be stubble
the day which is coming shall burn them
up says the lord of hosts
that will leave them neither root nor
branch
this is a word of incredible judgment
talking about the day of the lord a
specific day
historians theologians
often refer to this particular day
as the judgment that came upon israel in
jerusalem
in the year 70 a.d whether that’s true
or not i don’t i don’t know
and it doesn’t even matter to me what i
do know
is that the lord often refers in
scripture to a day
approaching that that terminology a day
approaching
usually is a day of great severity
but don’t just see it negatively
severity that brings with it the
greatest opportunities for breakthrough
let me describe it this way in the
intensity
of a shift in seasons which we are in
right now in the intensity of the shift
of seasons
the rewards are greater and the costs
for ignoring are greater
it’s got the best of both worlds
the reward of being there
in that day of great difficulty standing
in faithfulness and faith
doing what we’re supposed to do is
actually
brings the greatest reward it reminds me
there’s a theme throughout scripture
and this uh it reappears in hebrews 10.
where he says don’t neglect
the assembling of yourselves together as
is the habit of some
and do so all the more as you see the
day approaching so what’s the point
the day the challenging day the shift in
seasons
the intensity of the hour is supposed to
drive us to community
not supposed to drive us to independence
to drive us into fellowship
not to drive us to do our own thing and
make sure
you know we survive it’s the intensity
the intensity of the hour is supposed to
strengthen the resolve
of the people of god being together and
honestly sometimes it’s two or three
over coffee
it’s not just corporate gatherings
although i believe in that so much
it’s not just corporate gatherings it’s
it’s the fact that we
do life together with people and
i prioritize that the more intense the
day seems to be
the more i make sure that that becomes a
priority of my life why
there’s safety in numbers and there’s
wisdom in the council of many
it’s just an environment where health
remains
health remains simply because we’re
together so here is
verse 1 is this day of of great dealings
of god
verse 2 but to you who fear my name
the son of righteousness shall arise
with healing in his wings and you shall
go
out and grow fat
like stall fed calves that should just
don’t ever say that to your spouse by
the way don’t
don’t ever say honey you just stall fed
calf is what comes to mind
don’t don’t do that
yeah just don’t do it trust me
to you who fear my name the son of
righteousness shall arise
with healing in his wings you will go
out and grow
fat like stall fed calves honestly old
testament language
what is he talking about here you will
grow fat fat is the sign of abundance
it’s the mark of blessing so what do we
have in verse one we have a very
challenging day
great difficulty what do we have verse
two jesus shows up with healing in his
wings
there’s a redemptive purpose in the
difficult season
and the end result is you grow fat
let me make it more appealing to you
your anointing increases
the abundance of god the presence the
anointing the wisdom the inside
all the things that we pursue and long
for in our in our walk with jesus
is wrapped up in that and you will grow
fat like stall fed calves
look at the result of being a fat calf
i know you want to see it it’s verse 3
you will trample the wicked
there will be ashes underneath the soles
of your feet
on the day that i do this says the lord
again old testament to new old testament
wars were fought against people against
nations
paul switched the focus in ephesians 6
when he said
we don’t fight against flesh and blood
our fight is not against people
so every war analogy of the old
testament
is now transferred into a new testament
concept
context that our fight is not against
people
it’s not the boss that treated you wrong
it’s not the neighbor that has a barking
dog
it’s it’s the reality of of the demonic
realm
that has sought to kill steal and
destroy in our lives
and our life gets together we come into
a place of safety
we then have the responsibility to
extend the boundaries of our own life of
safety
to encompass the life of another person
and another
in another where people begin to live
under that blessing
and the favor of god it comes out of
verse 2 that says the son of
righteousness
rises with healing in his wings i don’t
know if you know this but
when it says the son of righteousness
will arise
with healing in his wings wings can
actually be translated
hem of a garment
and jesus came son son of righteousness
introduced himself as the light of the
world
remember this is figurative language and
so it’s the same way that the sun rises
and casts its healing rays all over the
planet in the same way the people of god
would rise in this hour because of what
christ
has done to represent him well
there’s actually we on on his behalf if
you will
trample on powers of darkness this
passage here in uh
in malachi 3 verse 3 trampling the
wicked is uh
one is spoken of by jesus in different
language
in luke 10 verse 19. he says i give you
the authority to trample on
serpents scorpions over all the power of
the enemy
and nothing will by any means hurt you
that is the new testament translation
of what was stated in malachi chapter 4.
here’s the deal all the dealings of god
in our life
they all are unto something they’re
always with purpose
make me more like jesus why because
there’s nations
they’re waiting to be brought into the
kingdom it’s about the nations
it’s about the nations he works on me to
see what measure of blessing
i can survive under without it
fracturing
or ruining my my own walk with the lord
some people can’t handle that you know
it’s i’ve asked you the question before
how much money is too much money for a
person and it’s
there’s not an amount because it’s
whatever amount
replaces trust that’s that’s how much is
too much
for one person they don’t they know they
no longer pray if they have a thousand
dollars in the bank
their prayer life ended because they
don’t they’re not in crisis anymore
for another person it may be 100 million
dollars the point is it’s not an amount
the issue is always the heart
and it’s always an issue of trust and
abandonment to the lordship of jesus
that’s the focus
of this entire journey the end result is
nations being brought into the kingdom
the last verse we’ll read is verse five
and six
behold i will send you elijah the
prophet
before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the lord
and he will turn the hearts of fathers
to the children the hearts of children
to their fathers
lest i come and strike the earth with a
curse
i will send you elijah the prophet
jesus pointed to john the baptist
and said he is the elijah to come
these things that are described have
happened
the son of righteousness came
the elijah to come has come
but the impact of their coming has not
been fully realized
yet number one
grow fat like stall fed calves trampling
powers of darkness
the momentum of that word continues to
this day
this other part is the prophetic with
john the baptist
the end result of the prophetic ministry
of verse 5
is the turning of the hearts of parents
to their children
in the hearts of children to their
parents what’s the point
true new testament prophetic ministry is
about
reconciliation of relationships and
restoration of families
everybody in this room whether you
realize it or not carries a blueprint
that will impact a city
the blueprint for a transformed city
is in a healthy family
all the stuff that could be listed as
world-changing moments
in this book were pushed aside
to talk about a husband and the way he
deals with his wife
the believer who has conversation with
another believer
the parents who turn their hearts to
children and the children to their
parents
it’s all a relational context that says
here
we are burning ones and we have
determined to do life together
and we have determined that we’re going
to continue to press in
to the healthiest relationships we know
how to have because that will be the
context in which
jesus the king of glory shows up and
summons the nations to their destiny to
their purpose
the blueprint for a transformed city is
in a healthy household it’s in a healthy
[Applause]
family
so malachi did us good
why don’t you stand we’re going to pray
delayed answers
to prayer gain interest
but they also ensure that we
are in a moment of refinement and purity
so that the blessing doesn’t injure us
and instead establishes us
i believe this to be here of unusual
and i do mean unusual breakthrough
it’s not going to come always as we
think some of it will surprise us
completely we’ll pray for this and he’ll
answer it this way
but i do believe with all of my heart
that we are in one of those uh
first service chris uh talked about in
prayer time
as uh the difference between chronos and
cairo’s carl’s moment
divinely orchestrated moment in which
everything changes
and i can i can feel in the air i can
feel that what’s
happening in the church in recent weeks
is
is really quite quite extraordinary i
had
kind of a challenging time at first
service today just to find my bearings
because
there was such presence and power
functioning in the room
you know when you let’s just say the
power of god knocks me on the ground and
i’m
trembling under his power for two hours
that’s awesome
but the goal isn’t to get that to happen
in
starbucks or costco the goal
is to learn how to translate what
happened in that divine moment
so that i become the courageous person
in a public moment
that can serve well communicate well
unhindered by the opinions and pressures
of people
it’s unto something and the inability to
translate revival has caused revivals to
end
in the house instead of to transform the
city it was born in
i just pray for that i pray for that
wisdom of god
you know we we share this life together
as burning ones and i am moved
constantly by
your sacrifice your affection your love
for god your love for people i’m moved
continuously by that example
but i feel like there’s a reminder right
in front of my face today for me
and i’ve been wading through this in the
last several weeks and i can feel
i can feel to be honest with you there
are several things i thought
in just my personal life i thought would
happen by now they have not
and in the last week or so i’ve been
giving thanks that they haven’t
because i can tell he’s refining the
heart if he would have released that to
me earlier
it might have caused a greater fracture
i don’t know if that makes sense to
anybody it makes sense to me and i’m
actually
i’m actually doing what he said to do to
give thanks and all things
but it’s sincerely thank you god
that you did not answer that the day i
asked
because i i didn’t have the refined
focus
that i have in this moment this is the
moment we’re in
we were born for such a time as this and
god’s
created a momentum of faith in this
house
blueprints it’s the first time i’ve ever
said it but i
became convinced this morning that god
has put the blueprint for a
transformation of a city
in the heart of every believer but it
boils down to
healthy relationships value for people
so father we pray these things
over this house right now we pray this
over everybody in this room
all of our friends that watch on bethel
tv we pray that there would be such
an anointing for breakthrough that we
would understand how to prioritize
life that we would truly value the
person the stranger
we truly value the member of our own
household that just needs
extra attention that we truly would give
you occasion
to write a book of remembrance about us
a book of remembrance
based upon the fact that we’ve actually
chosen to sacrificially do life together
i pray for this in the wonderful name of
jesus
before we leave there’s always a chance
every time there’s this many people in
the room
there’s a chance that there could be
people here someone here that does not
have
a personal relationship with jesus you
don’t know what it is to
be born again to be forgiven of sin
and to become a follower of the lord
jesus christ and if there’s anyone here
that would just say bill
i don’t want to leave until i know i’m
at peace with god till i know what it is
to have god is my father
jesus the one that i follow explicitly
if that’s you
i want you just to acknowledge with an
upraised hand just saying bill that’s me
i don’t want to leave until i know what
it is to be forgiven of god
way over here yeah wonderful over here
anybody else put your hand upon
another one back over here wonderful
wonderful
wait wave it at me if i don’t see you
wave it at me if i don’t see you
that’s wonderful we’ve got at least two
people that responded
and jesus is about to raise up some
world changers
in this in this place and i i just pray
for the two of you i’m going to ask
this i want to ask ministry team come
quickly to the front
all of you please hold your places
except for ministry team
and the two people that raised your
hands please come over here
to my left we have some friends over
here that i want to talk with you
and to pray for you just come on down
over here to my left
people that we know and trust that will
talk with you church bless them as they
come
bless you