Bill Johnson reminds us that the gospel was never meant to be demonstrated in word only, but it is the power of God for deliverance, healing, and forgiveness of sin. Jesus set the standard for us when He told the disciples to heal the sick, raise the dead, and cleanse the lepers. Miracles are for the purpose of confirming the Word of God, because the action always illustrates the Word.
beautiful
nice to see you
glad you’re here
how many of you have ever been in an
accident of any kind
and you still have lingering effects
from that accident
stand up
is there anyone here
that has cancer please stand if you’re
physically able to please stand
i believe the lord is healing blood
disease
blood disease
anyone who has any kind of blood
disease please stand
uh there’s someone here that
just struggles with ongoing tormenting
headaches
and i i believe that that is to end
tonight
that’s you stand up
yeah
um
there’s there’s somebody here who maybe
you’re already standing
uh but there was some sort of an
accident or something and you just
you’ve just suffered with headaches ever
since that accident to that injury
uh who is that because i i want to make
sure
that down over here okay all right
all right
cool
um
jesus christ
is the same today in this room
as he was when he walked the earth
his heart his commitment his love for
people is the same he hasn’t changed at
all
his power is the same his purpose his
will is the same
he never turned anyone away
he never gave an explanation
when the disciples tried to figure out
why a man was blind was it his sins or
his father’s sins jesus just healed him
religion looks for
explanations kingdom brings solutions
so we’ve got an opportunity here to
serve some people that jesus
is mad about
mad that’s probably not the best word
he’s not mad at you
but he sure does love you
and i’ll say here’s what we’re going to
do
um all of you that are standing put a
hand up if you would
i want you to keep it there until
somebody comes to you church family you
know what to do if you’re a guest with
us you’re welcome to join if you are a
believer in jesus
go to somebody who has their hand up
find out what the condition is
find out what the condition is
and pray if no one is is praying for you
wave a hand at me and i’ll get somebody
there
i need i need somebody over here
excellent thank you that was fast
if you’re watching online just do this
at home
if you have any of the conditions
mentioned just join uh just join with us
we will pray for a spirit of
breakthrough upon households
eric shared a series of testimonies
again today
on autism
asperger’s
a number of those
kinds of problems that jesus has been
healing
dyspraxia i think is the name of one of
them so we just declare that as the
testimony of the lord he heals the same
today as he did then
now those of you that are praying for
anyone with head trauma
i want you to literally rebuke the
spirit of trauma
[Applause]
just
literally just break off that that
in infirmity
we just declare it ends tonight in jesus
name
[Music]
cancer no more
we speak to you in the name of jesus be
gone
from people’s bodies now
go to restore what was stolen
restore what was stolen lord
some injuries were very very simple and
they’ve just kind of been tolerated but
we don’t tolerate
simple injuries any longer we just say
this ends tonight in jesus name
a rebuked pain and torment at the root
the cause
of of this uh disorder this pain in
jesus name
in jesus mighty name
all right go ahead and end your prayer
but stay with the person don’t leave
them
go ahead end your prayer but stay with
the person everyone who just received
prayer
as best you know how right now
i want you to examine your own body try
to move in a way you couldn’t move
if there was an issue with the head with
sudden movements do something
don’t injure yourself but please examine
yourself
by kind of pushing the envelope so to
speak
just check yourself out don’t wait to
feel anything
now anyone who is at least 80 percent
better already i want you to wave both
hands over your head like this
yeah we bless the lord for that
come on all around the room here it’s
beautiful
yeah thank you lord
all right turn to pray again
turn and pray again unless you’re 100
then you might mess them up so leave
them alone
also just turn and pray again
use your authority to command this
to be gone
[Applause]
use the authority that jesus gave you
thank you lord
okay don’t let your faith sit down
thank you lord let there be increase of
a spirit of breakthrough
in this room right now for the glory of
the name jesus
the glory of the name jesus
now every one of you that are praying
for an accident victim
i want you just to rebuke affliction
command it gone from their body
we rebuke the spirit of affliction in
jesus name
thank you lord
we ask as well for creative miracles
that you would restore damaged destroyed
parts of the body the vertebra the nerve
damage uh down that right side there’s
somebody with nerve damage down the
right uh shoulder and uh down the right
uh
back part of the hip here the lord is
bringing healing to that right now
jesus name the nerve damage
is being healed he’s restoring what’s
been stolen
in jesus name
in jesus name
there’s somebody who had a blow to the
head it’s affected your eyesight
we just speak a wholeness to vision to
your sight
jesus name
it’s affected hearing us someone
specifically the right ear we just
command that to be open to be healed now
in the name of the lord jesus
yes
there’s a number of people that the lord
is healing the sciatica put your hand on
on it and your own body
if that’s you make sure you’re standing
stand put your hand right on the
that sciatica that part of your
your lower back there we just declare
absolute relief now in jesus name
absolute relief now in jesus name
yes lord
yes lord all right
you did wonderful now stay with the
person though again
everyone that received prayer do
something
do something please do not wait to feel
something only half the people we see
healed actually feel it
so move in a way even if it seems silly
to move just do it anyway
and in some way examine yourself to see
what the lord has done
everyone who’s at least 80 percent
better wave your hands over your head
like this
and look around the room everyone just
give thanks to the lord
yeah we give you thanks lord
thank you lord god we bless you for that
yeah now just i want you just to confess
blessing over them
the lord has given you authority to
release blessing
so just tell them i bless you in the
name of the lord
i declare over you that he will complete
what he started
he will finish what he started in you
in jesus wonderful name
amen amen
why don’t you hug him real good and be
seated
bless the lord
how many of you just got healed just
stand up i just want to see who you are
just stand up
is that amazing
wow
come on
keep keep standing
just keep standing what did you get
healed from where did you get healed
from
what’s that
sprained ankle thank you jesus
the sciatica thing yep yep
the headache thing the mic yeah migraine
stuff yeah
back pain excellent
torn muscle in the shoulder yeah yep
a headache due to accidents yeah yeah
[Applause]
knee pain yep thank you lord
so head injury from an accident and your
ear just opened up yeah thank you lord
so beautiful
yeah
back injury how long ago
seven years ago wow
seven years and three pregnancies
yeah that’s all yeah
bless you
wow
[Applause]
thank you lord jesus yep
foot pain
beautiful thank you lord
knee pain
trauma
gone come on
from how long
lifetime
depression and trauma a lifetime
come on
thank you lord yeah
chronic migraines for three years gone
bless the lord
yep yeah
yeah
yeah
neck trauma from car accident and your
knees thank you lord jesus beautiful
right here
neck
how many of you were healed from an
accident of some sort
an old injury
come on let’s give a shout of thanks and
please
bless the lord
that’s all god be seated
that’s
amazing that’s amazing amen
amen
you know um
i we stopped ca i stopped counting about
uh
accident injuries that were healed
probably
at least 12 years ago and maybe
maybe 15 and at that time it was like 2
800
people that we had seen healed from
accidents
and one of the things that i learned in
that in that process and we see them
heal just like almost every week
sometimes just piles them
um one of the things that i learned
is that sometimes when you have an
injury
your body was designed to heal itself i
mean god created us that way
and sometimes you just learn to live
with pain
and learn to live with restriction
restraint various things
and sometimes unintentionally we
actually give place to a spirit of
infirmity
that sustains the effects of that
accident past its normal course of
healing
and when you realize
sometimes not always but sometimes
that’s at the root then it kind of
makes you angry and says no wait a
minute i’ve been i’ve been stolen from
for three years and this you know was
too
it’s not necessary
and uh somebody came three years ago and
gave us this phrase what you tolerate
will dominate
and uh and so we just we’re just saying
together we will not tolerate
we will not tolerate any longer
and uh so i look forward to hearing some
more
stories of god’s healing healing grace
amen
every time i say no my kid’s here ask
again she didn’t quite understand the
question
i was in south africa and somebody left
me a gift
and they wrote a little note on it
all i can figure is this phrase must
mean something different there than it
does here
it says bill
small appreciation
for breaking the wind in the spirit for
us
[Applause]
[Laughter]
i didn’t do it
if you ever hear me order decaf coffee
i’ve been kidnapped and i’m trying to
signal you
i just burned 2 000 calories
that’s the last time i leave brownies in
the oven while i take a nap
[Laughter]
people are more violently opposed to fur
than leather because it’s easier to
harass which rich women than motorcycle
gang members
[Applause]
i just saw some idiot at the gym put a
water bottle in the pringles holder on
the treadmill
[Laughter]
[Applause]
one more
going to bed early
not leaving my house
not going to a party
my childhood punishments have become my
adult goals
[Applause]
all right you guys have your bibles get
your bibles out i’m going to have you
look at a number of scriptures with me
and let’s see we’ll start in matthew
chapter 10.
we are going to look probably at a half
a dozen verses i suppose
so just be ready to kind of
move through the bible with me
my wife
is in spain
and i head off to australia tomorrow so
we’re going to be in the opposite sides
of the globe
and we will meet up in a couple weeks
she’s uh having some
treatments there but she posted this
verse
out of romans
15
that is just so good she posted on her
instagram page
out of the passion translation so let me
just read it for you and then
we’ll end up in romans 15 in a few
minutes
now may god the inspiration and fountain
of hope
fill you to overflowing with
uncontainable joy
and perfect peace
as you trust in him
and may the power of the holy spirit
continually surround your life with his
super abundance until you radiate with
hope
that was better this verse is better
than your response so let me read it
again
because i think some of you are
daydreaming and trying to wipe the smoke
out of your eyes and
just trying to help you here
now may god the inspiration and fountain
of hope fill you with overflowing to
overflowing with uncontainable joy and
perfect peace as you trust in him
and may the power of the holy spirit
continually surround your life with his
super abundance until you radiate with
hope
thank you for that spontaneous response
matthew chapter 10 did i tell you where
to start in matthew 10
okay
matthew chapter 10.
verse 1
when he had called his twelve disciples
to him
he gave them power over unclean spirits
to cast them out to heal all kinds of
sickness
all kinds of disease
in the sister passage to this one in
luke chapter 9
it says he gave them power and authority
it’s the combination of the two
sometimes you have to move in power
power is where we discern what god is
doing and move with him authority is
when we act out of who he’s made us to
be
none it’s never independent of him but
sometimes it’s initiated by our courage
out of our identity
so here’s the verse again verse 1 of
chapter 10
when he called his twelve disciples to
him he gave them power over unclean
spirits to cast them out and to heal all
kinds of sickness and all kinds of
disease
jump to verse 7.
now as you go preach
saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand
heal the sick
cleanse the lepers
raise the dead
cast out demons
freely you have received
freely give
go to matthew 28.
verse 18.
and jesus came and he spoke to them
saying
all authority has been given to me
in heaven
and on earth
so if jesus has all authority
there’s someone out there who talks a
lot who has no authority
all authority has been given to me in
heaven and on earth
go therefore the implication is i now
have the authority to commission you to
do what i would do
go therefore make disciples of all the
nations
baptizing them in the name of the father
of the son
of the holy spirit
teaching them to observe the things i
have commanded you
lo i am with you always even to the end
of the age
one preacher was afraid of flying
this is the verse he’d quote
lo i am with you always
verse 20 says jesus commissions
the 11 remaining disciples
make disciples of nations listen
carefully
teach them what i taught you what did he
teach them
in chapter 10
to heal the sick
raise the dead cleanse lepers
there are some who have come to believe
that healing ended with the last apostle
but jesus told these 11
to train their disciples to do it and in
turn have their disciples do the same
and in turn have their disciples do the
same
the standard was never to be changed
i’ve shared an example
an illustration with you a number of
times through the years but i’ll do it
again just to give a context
years ago i hold heard a story from a
pastor
not a close friend but an acquaintance a
man that i admired greatly
he was uh
a great pastor an amazing bible teacher
and he they were building a new
sanctuary
and he they hired all the contractors
and did everything but he knew the
contractors he wanted to help he didn’t
have any building skills he wanted to do
something just to be involved as he was
excited with this new building that uh
that they were building and so he came
to the contractor over and over and over
again finally the contractor said all
right i’ll tell you what you do
when we leave tonight i need to have and
i forget the numbers now so forgive me i
don’t have the exact here but he said
something to the effect i need a hundred
two by fours cut to eight foot in length
will you do that for me and so he was
excited and finally had something to do
so he took a tape measure on the first
two by four measured eight feet and he
cut that board
but instead of using the tape measure
for the next board he used the board he
just cut
and he put it on top of the second board
and he drew a line with his pencil and
then he cut that second board
instead of using the first board as the
standard he used the second board that
he cut as the as the measurement for the
third one and he measured and then he
cut and then he in turn used the third
board for the fourth and the fourth for
the fifth
as you can imagine every time you use
that preceding board
you your line is actually about an
eighth of an inch longer
than the previous
board
is which isn’t a problem if you’re
cutting three or four boards but when
you’re cutting a hundred you actually
end up with some boards at the end of
the cut that are nine feet long or
longer instead of the eight foot
standard
and for two thousand years we’ve been
measuring ourselves to the previous
generation instead of to the original
standard that was given to us
[Applause]
the standard is very exact very precise
no excuses seek god until there’s
breakthrough where we display what jesus
said we are supposed to dismiss
[Applause]
mark chapter 16.
keep keep reading we’re just going to
keep on reading so don’t get tired
mark 16.
verse 20.
and they went out and preached
everywhere
the lord working with them
confirming the word
through the accompanying signs
confirming the word
through the accompanying signs
miracles through your hands are not to
con
are not to affirm your identity
they are to confirm the gospel
the gospel
must be preached
romans chapter 1 says the gospel the
good news of the kingdom of god is the
power of god unto salvation
salvation
back in the reformation days we give
great honor to what took place in the
reformation
but one of the mistakes that was made
is that the gospel of the kingdom was
reduced to the gospel of salvation
specifically to the gospel of
forgiveness of sin
the word salvation includes in its
meaning
deliverance and healing as well as
forgiveness so the gospel
of the kingdom the gospel of salvation
is the power of god the gospel of the
kingdom is the power of god for
deliverance for healing and for
forgiveness of sin it was never meant to
be separated
in the gospel of matthew
jesus said pray this prayer deliver us
from evil
the word evil of course refers to
sinful activities but it comes from a
word
that is the comes from a word that is
the word poor which comes from a word
that means pain
so it’s interesting there’s three levels
of this one word evil evil
sin
pain
sickness
poor poverty
the redemptive brushstroke of jesus was
to wipe out the power of all three
realms all through all three areas
the kingdom of god is not meat or drink
but it is what
righteousness
peace and joy
righteousness deals with the sin issue
peace deals with what the torment issue
joy there’s laughter is good medicine
deals with the healing issue
the kingdom of god is about these triune
this triune gospel to impact the whole
person
spirit soul and body
it was never intended that we just got
forgiven so we could go to heaven
it was supposed to be that we become
transformed people that can model
illustrate and demonstrate the same
gospel that jesus walked the earth with
and preached
so here in math in mark 16 he says they
went out they preached everywhere the
lord working with them confirming the
word through the accompanying signs
the bolder the sermon
the stronger the signs
a cowardly message
brings timid breakthroughs
it is the power of god unto salvation
it’s all right you’re making me work but
i don’t mind i i had the morning off so
i just listened to eric today and it was
wonderful
acts chapter 4
acts chapter 4.
still have your bibles open yes
how many of your bibles let me see your
bibles
all right how many of you have
electronic yeah i can see them the
screens are shining at me it’s all right
i i have many in here
all right acts chapter four
look at verse uh 29
i like it best in the new american
standard
acts chapter 4 verse 29
and now lord take note of the threats
and grant that your bond servants can
speak your word with all boldness
while you extend your hand to heal
and signs and wonders take place through
the name of your holy servant jesus
think through this verse now
god take note of their threats
they were just in prison they just got
released and so they are now praying
they were threatened and told to never
preach this gospel again to never pray
for the sick again to never do any of
that stuff so they go right from jail to
a prayer meeting and they pray
god take note of their threats and grant
that your bond servants can speak your
word with all boldness they were already
credited last chapter with preaching
with boldness but they’re saying god you
know that boldness that got us into
trouble give us all boldness take us
above the snake line take us up above
where there’s no snakes give us all
boldness because the enemy runs out of
energy and strength but the kingdom of
god never runs out of out of energy or
strength the devil has limitation jesus
has no limitation
give us all boldness to proclaim your
word listen while he extends his hand to
heal and signs and wonders take place
through the name of your holy servant
jesus so again in this passage we have
god confirming the bold word that was
preached that was confessed that was
proclaimed
go with me to hebrews chapter 2.
yes amen
hebrews chapter 2
verse
four
god
oh it’s on page 1873.
no okay
verse four of hebrews chapter two god
also bearing witness
both with signs and wonders with various
miracles and gifts of the holy spirit
according to his will
what do we have here again all i’m doing
is hitting line upon line layer after
layer after layer of god saying he
confirms his word he confirms the
preaching of the gospel with miracles
with signs with wonders with
demonstrations of the spirit and of
power
amen romans chapter 15.
i’m giving you a chance to learn where
the books of the bible are you’re
welcome
at different times in my life i’ve tried
to memorize
the books of the bible
i found it’s just a lot easier to become
so familiar with it
that you know what follows what
romans 15 verse 13
now may the god of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing
that you may abound in hope by the power
of the holy spirit verse 18.
for i will not dare to speak
of any of those things which christ has
not accomplished through me
in word
and indeed please notice word and deed
we don’t have time to establish it here
but uh action is always supposed to
illustrate word
the gospel was never meant to be in word
only
jesus would teach either to explain what
he just do did or to set up what he was
about to
do acts chapter 1
verse 1 says i’ll just quote it to you
this is an account of theophilus luke
writes this he says this is an account
of theophilus of all that jesus began to
do and teach
when jesus exhorted
nicodemus about being born again
nicodemus had just come to him and said
we know that you jesus our teacher that
came from god because no one can do
these signs that you do unless god is
with him
we know that you are a teacher word
because no one can do
the teaching gift from god’s perspective
was always supposed to be
a word gift that set up
for works for actions for miracles
it was never meant to be reduced to what
it’s reduced to in western culture
western culture the teacher is a source
of information
no one’s faulted for that it’s just the
culture we we grew up in
but the lord’s restoring us to the
original eight foot two by four
the original standard the teacher taught
and followed with demonstration
or would demonstrate and would follow
with teaching but they always went
together this is an account of
theophilus of all that jesus began to do
and teach
so paul says i will not speak of any of
those things which christ has not
accomplished through me in word and deed
so what is he talking about
to make the gentiles obedient
stop right there for a minute
you you won’t discover the strength of
the lord until you minister where you
are weak
we tend to think ministry is defined by
our gifts
and it’s just simply
only part of the story
if you and i were to sit down and plan
this thing
and we’ve got 11 remaining disciples
and we have a saul of tarsus about to be
saved
who was a genius
among geniuses
he was the most highly skilled and
highly trained
priest if you will
a disciple of gamaliel
the intellect of the day
training in
in
the jewish religion
if we were to write out a script of how
this thing should be played out
i doubt there’s a person in the room
that would give peter the assignment to
minister to the educated jews
and send paul to the gentiles
right i mean i i don’t know about you
i’m sending paul to the jews because he
can debate his way into anything he can
he can absolutely lay it on the line and
let these guys know from the scripture
where they’re coming from and he would
minister to jews but he was sent to the
gentile and peter this rough fisherman
was sent to the jew
what is that what does that tell us it
it just
it just tells us there are times where
the resurrection power of jesus can only
be seen when you minister out of your
weakness
where you minister not where you have
great strength but out of raw obedience
you’ve done what he’s called you to do
anyone can do what they do well and call
it ministry
it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t
it just it just means learn how to obey
well i’m not good at that then you’re
qualified
then when it works nobody will give you
the praise
that was really a good point i was
excellent
i just i just want to encourage you that
is good
look at verse 18 again
for i will not dare to speak of any of
those things which christ has not
accomplished through me in word and deed
to make the gentiles obedient how
in mighty signs and wonders
by the power of the spirit of god
so that from jerusalem and round about
to eliquium i have fully preached the
gospel of christ
in mighty signs and wonders
i have fully preached the gospel of
christ
in mighty signs and wonders
by the power of the spirit of god
i have fully preached the gospel
[Applause]
let me read one more verse and i’ll talk
for a few minutes we’ll wrap it up
acts 10 38.
for the last
10 or 15 years
anytime i see
10 38 on the clock
i stop and acknowledge this verse
if i’m in the middle of a conversation
with somebody
i just have a reflective pause in my
heart
if i’m driving down the street
if benny and i are driving together or
i’m driving by myself i will begin to
quote the passage and declare
this verse
acts 10 38
god anointed jesus of nazareth with the
holy spirit and with power
went about doing good healing all who
were oppressed by the devil for god was
with him
let’s read it backwards
because god was with him
he healed all
when god is with you
certain things are expected to happen
when god is with you
a cooperation is necessary
so that he does
what is in his nature to do
he healed all who were oppressed of the
devil
for god was with him you say what jesus
was god that’s absolutely right
eternally god
but this passage emphasizes his humanity
as dependent upon
the holy spirit
given to him by the father
and this picture
is the model for the normal christian
life
the temptation of the day
is to let the culture around us redefine
the gospel
the gospel is to redefine the culture
the temptation of the day
is to allow personal disappointment or
personal experiences to change the
gospel
the gospel is to change our experience
the gospel must be maintained for what
it is it is the power of god unto
salvation
i do not need an explanation
i just need the courage to obey
eric talked this morning
there’s a great message
and he had one part he said
there’s always the what about people
yeah but what about it’s the sabbath
or
what about the pigs that was somebody’s
economy that was their employment
or what about
the people around the pool that weren’t
healed
don’t be a what about
don’t be a yeah but
just don’t be a butt
you can take that any way you want
jesus walks up to a man at a pool
history tells us
there could be as many as a thousand
people around that pool
the pool of bethesda
john chapter 5
the place that rocks me most when i’m in
israel
is the pool of bethesda
not very many people go there it’s just
a little
pool at the bottom of the hill
there’s a nice little cathedral there
it’s not a famous tourist site by any
means
but when i go there i just i’m rocked
i’m rocked
i make sure the one place that i’ve got
to go to when i go to israel is i’ve got
to go there
not because i need to see the stirring
of the water he’s already stirred the
spirit of god is stirring the water of
my soul
and that’s enough but i need
i need the exposure to the historic site
where as many as a thousand people could
be gathered around
solomon’s porch this area
and they would wait for the angel to
stir the water
the first person in would be healed
jesus walks
past
900 and some people up to a man
and starts dialogue with him
guy says i’ve been here 38 years i have
nobody to put me in
jesus heals him
i know we’ve reviewed this so many times
but it gives me a context
for an exhorting word
if that miracle were to happen today
pastors theologians newspaper writers tv
interviewers
would be talking to the 900 plus people
that jesus walked past
and asked them the question how did it
feel to have jesus walk past you
theologians would come to the conclusion
this only goes to prove it’s not always
god’s will to heal
the bible talks about what jesus did
not about what he didn’t do
he did what he what he did
he healed all
that the father sent him to
and all
who came to him
he did not heal all
on the planet
what he did
is the standard
what he didn’t do
you have no business trying to figure
out
if you care about the 900 people left
around the pool then get anointed by god
and go find them
[Applause]
because he set a standard
he set a standard
boldly proclaim
boldly confess this gospel of salvation
is for the healing of torment
is for the deliverance of torment it’s
for the healing of disease
it is for the saving of the soul it is
for the forgiveness of sin with the
absolute new nature
it’s not just a cute prayer that i pray
to ease my conscience it is the entrance
into eternal life now
god anointed jesus of nazareth
with the holy spirit
and with power
those aren’t two separate things
he’s adding emphasis
to one of the expressions of the holy
spirit
do you remember in a scripture where he
says seek first the kingdom of god and
his righteousness
he didn’t add righteousness
to the subject of the kingdom he was
emphasizing
because the kingdom of god is
righteousness peace and joy
so here he says
god anointed jesus of nazareth with the
holy spirit and with power
who went about doing good
healing all who were oppressed by the
devil
for god was with him
those are my happy verses
let’s stand
i haven’t talked about this for a while
and ever once while
i don’t know if you need it but i know i
need to talk about it every once in a
while
i just need to look at the scriptures
again i do it on my own
but i like to do it in front of you
and say here it is
here’s the plumb line here’s the
standard here’s the two by four
this is what all of us have been called
to do in some measure
all of us every every single one
we have the privilege
to be bold and courageous
and watch him back up our declared word
with miracles signs wonders
it’s the privilege privilege of the
believer
i want you to put a hand on the shoulder
of the person next to you
and i want you to pray for them
that god would give them
so much courage that it would scare them
more courage than they have ever ever
had before
let it surprise them
courage courage courage
boldness
boldness
boldness
now pray for open doors
open doors
open doors
open doors there’s to be a harvest of
souls in redding this week
this week a harvest of souls
people delivered from torment that
they’ve carried for years
run into the battle run into the fight
not from it
great courage great boldness
great favor open doors
open doors open doors
god i pray that you’d stir up the hung
of our city to ask questions of
believers all over this city
from various churches just to ask the
questions
put your hand on your own heart
just pray my favorite prayer
help me jesus
help me jesus help me jesus
help me jesus help me to represent you
well
help me to represent you well
probably the most terrifying thought to
me
is to not have represented him well
oh it just gives me the shivers
to not represent him well
and so what i exhort you in tonight is
not to bring
any kind of guilt or awareness of lack
it’s to create hunger for the more the
breakthrough he’s already predetermined
breakthrough to be in your future
breakthrough
i know there’s always a chance when
there’s this many people here that there
could be someone here who’s never been
what the bible calls born again
you’ve never surrendered
your own personal life
to jesus jesus the only one
who has the absolute right
to rule our life
he’s the merciful god a wonderful
everlasting father
and if there’s anybody in the room that
would just say bill i don’t want to
leave till i norma i’m at peace with god
till i know i’ve been forgiven
until i know that
i’ve been brought into his family
then i want you just put a hand up right
where you are and i want us to pray
for you just put it up real real quick
real courageously real fast wave your
hand at me if i if i oh right down here
yeah wonderful
beautiful
beautiful yep
good job
was was there another one in the back i
thought i saw
maybe it’s just somebody worshiping i
saw one here
all right is there any anyone else just
wave it at me
okay
all right where’s my uh
it’s my team you can help me here go
right just go right back
uh i want the
the gentleman to raise your hand put
your hand up again there you go right
there
yeah go right back there i want you to
pray with him minister to him watch come
out in the aisle
and uh just come in the aisle it’s a
blessing
yeah
just bring bring him on down
just bring him on down enzo just bring
him on down bless him
yeah go ahead pray with him yep
all right
i know i just took angelo’s job away but
he likes leading people to jesus anyway
so
he’d pay me for that chance
so come on let’s lead people to jesus
this week
let’s leave people to jesus
[Applause]
people are the most open to the gospel
when they have faced things for which
there’s no answer
our city has been shaken
shaken
you don’t need an explanation
you just need good news
i’m going to pray let’s pray into this
again
father we pray for a rich harvest of
souls this week out of our city
transform lives
transform families
in jesus wonderful name
thank you lord god
thank you lord thank you lord thank you
lord
thank you lord
all right
ministry team
ministry team why don’t you come on down
to the front here and hold on if you
would give some further instructions on
what to do but uh come on down ministry
team come quickly
help us out yeah if you would let’s give
bill a huge round of applause
[Applause]