How to Become a Water Walker: Week 1, Day 1

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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY

THAT FOCUSES ON

GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

>> AND GRACE.

> I LOVE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS

AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT…

> THAT HE USES TO TEACH.

> HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE

> FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.

> IF IT HADN’T BEEN

FOR THIS MINISTRY,

> I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

TODAY I’M GOING TO BEGIN

A BRAND-NEW SERIES

AND I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT

HOW TO BECOME A WATER WALKER.

I’VE GOT A BOOK ON THIS

IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.

I’VE GOT CDs AND DVDs,

AND WE ALSO HAVE A STUDY GUIDE

THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED

FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO

STUDY YOURSELF,

BUT YES, TREE…

TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE.

AND I TELL YOU

THIS TEACHING IS REALLY SPECIAL.

I REMEMBER THAT ONE DAY,

THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN,

I’M…I’M JUST GUESSING,

BUT 20 YEARS AGO

I WAS JUST SITTING AT HOME

AND I WAS STUDYING THE WORD,

AND MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14,

WHERE JESUS CAME WALKING

TO THE DISCIPLES ON THE WATER

AND THEN PETER WALKED TO JESUS.

I JUST READ THAT, AND I MEAN,

IT JUST CAME ALIVE TO ME

AND IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING

THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE

A MIRACLE FROM GOD

OR TO DO SOMETHING
SUPERNATURAL

BEYOND YOURSELF,

IT’S ALL ENCAPSULATED

RIGHT IN THIS STORY.

AND I GOT SO BLESSED

THAT I SAT DOWN

AND I TAUGHT THIS SERIES ON

HOW TO BECOME A WATER WALKER

I JUST SAT DOWN AT MY HOUSE…

AND THIS IS BACK WHEN WE WERE

USING CASSETTES

AND I MADE THREE-PART SERIES

THAT ONE DAY

AND JUST TAUGHT ON THIS,

AND IT IS REALLY POWERFUL.

I’M ALSO USING THIS BOOK

WHICH IS OUR

LIFE FOR TODAY STUDY BIBLE,

AND THIS IS THE GOSPELS EDITION,

AND THE REASON I’M USING THIS

IS BECAUSE I…IT TOOK ME

PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS

GOING THROUGH
THE NEW TESTAMENT

AND HARMONIZING THE GOSPELS.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT

IS INSTEAD OF STUDYING

THROUGH MATTHEW

AND THEN GOING

BACK THROUGH MARK

AND THEN LUKE AND JOHN,

I TOOK EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED

IN THE FOUR GOSPELS

AND PUT THEM RIGHT HERE

SIDE BY SIDE.

HERE’S MATTHEW, MARK,

LUKE, AND JOHN.

AND THE REASON

THAT THIS IS A BLESSING…

I USE THIS ALL OF THE TIME

BECAUSE MANY OF THE STORIES

IN THE GOSPELS ARE REPEATED

BY A DIFFERENT GOSPEL WRITER

AND THEY NEVER

CONTRADICT EACH OTHER,

BUT THEY COMPLEMENT
EACH OTHER

AND YOU LEARN SOMETHING

BY COMBINING ALL OF THEM

TOGETHER.

I’M GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL

ON THIS, BUT LET ME JUST

REAL QUICKLY SHOW YOU

WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT,

THAT IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14,

IS THE ONLY PLACE

THAT RECORDS PETER

WALKING ON THE WATER TO JESUS.

NOW IN MARK AND LUKE,

IT SHOWS JESUS

WALKING ON THE WATER

TO THE DISCIPLES,

BUT IT DOESN’T SHOW PETER

WALKING ON THE WATER.

SO IF ALL YOU DO

IS READ MARK’S ACCOUNT

OR LUKE’S ACCOUNT OF THIS,

YOU MISS ALL OF THE DETAIL

ABOUT PETER ASKING THE LORD

IF HE COULD COME WALK TO HIM

ON THE WATER.

TO ME, THAT IS

REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

AND I…I MEAN, IT WOULD…

WE WOULD MISS A LOT

IF WE DIDN’T HAVE

MATTHEW’S ACCOUNT OF THIS.

BUT THEN IN MARK’S ACCOUNT,

IT SHOWS SOME

INDIVIDUAL THINGS, TOO,

BECAUSE JESUS WOULD HAVE

PASSED BY THEM.

IT SHOWED THAT HE DIDN’T

JUST COME OUT THERE

TO HELP THEM.

HE WAS JUST LIKE ON A STROLL

OUT ON THE WATER

AND HE WAS GOING TO

WALK PAST THEM

IF THEY HADN’T OF STOPPED HIM.

AND THEN MARK IS THE ONLY ONE

THAT SHOWS THAT IT WAS

BECAUSE THEY HAD

A HARDENED HEART

THAT THEY WERE SORE AMAZED

IN THEMSELVES BEYOND MEASURE,

AND WONDERED.

AND ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT TEACHINGS

THAT THE LORD EVER SHOWED ME

ABOUT HAVING A HARDENED HEART

COMES FROM MARK’S ACCOUNT

OF THIS SAME THING.

BUT THEN IF YOU READ

JOHN’S ACCOUNT OF

THE SAME THING,

IN JOHN, HE’S THE ONLY ONE

THAT TELLS YOU

THAT WHEN JESUS AND PETER

WALKED BACK TO THE BOAT

AND ENTERED INTO THE BOAT,

IMMEDIATELY THE BOAT

AND THE DISCIPLES

WERE JUST TRANSLATED

TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.

THAT’S AN AMAZING THING.

AND SO, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT

ALL THREE OF THESE

GOSPEL WRITERS.

LUKE DIDN’T RECORD

THIS INSTANCE,

BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT

ALL OF THEM.

SO ANYWAY, THE REASON

I SAID THAT IS TO SAY

THAT THERE IS BENEFIT

IN SEEING THE SAME INSTANCE

IN EACH OF THE GOSPELS

AND READING THEM,

AND AS YOU READ

ALL THREE ACCOUNTS,

YOU GET A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING

OF WHAT’S HAPPENING.

BUT I’M GOING TO BE FOCUSING

PRIMARILY ON MATTHEW’S ACCOUNT

OF PETER WALKING ON THE WATER.

AND AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING,

THIS JUST REALLY STRUCK ME

THAT NEARLY EVERY SINGLE THING

THAT YOU NEED

IN ORDER TO DO
THE SUPERNATURAL

IN YOUR LIFE, TO RISE ABOVE

JUST YOUR OWN ABILITY,

YOUR OWN POWER,

IT’S ENCAPSULATED IN THIS.

I MEAN, THERE ARE GREAT,

GREAT PRINCIPLES,

AND SO I’M GOING TO SPEND

PROBABLY TWO WEEKS

TEACHING ON THIS.

I ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT

THREE WEEKS’ WORTH OF

TEACHING ON THIS,

THREE DIFFERENT TEACHINGS

IN THIS BOOK,

BUT I’M GOING TO JUST

CONDENSE THEM INTO TWO WEEKS,

AND I ENCOURAGE YOU

TO GET THOSE PRODUCTS.

AND SO, THIS…

TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT,

WHEN THE DISCIPLES

WENT INTO THIS SHIP

AND THEN JESUS CAME WALKING

ON THEM…ON THE WATER TO THEM,

IT WAS RIGHT AFTER

THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000.

AND IF YOU STUDY MARK’S ACCOUNT,

THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL

TO UNDERSTANDING.

ACTUALLY, IT’S CRITICAL

TO UNDERSTANDING

THIS WHOLE THING

BECAUSE LET ME JUST

READ SOME OF THIS.

AND RIGHT AFTER

THE FEEDING OF THE 5,000,

IT SAYS, IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 14,

AND VERSE 22, AND STRAIGHTWAY

JESUS CONSTRAINED HIS DISCIPLES

TO GET INTO THE SHIP,

AND TO GO BEFORE HIM

UNTO THE OTHER SIDE,

WHILE HE SENT

THE MULTITUDE AWAY.

NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT

THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HE HAD TO

CONSTRAIN HIS DISCIPLES.

YOU KNOW,

IF YOU LOOK IN THE NIV

I THINK IT SAYS,

HE HAD TO COMPEL.

THIS IMPLIES THAT THERE WAS

SOME RESISTANCE

ON THEIR PART.

NOW THEY WERE HIS DISCIPLES,

THEY WERE SERVING HIM

AND YET WHEN HE TOLD THEM

TO GET INTO THIS SHIP

AND TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE,

HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN THEM,

COMPEL THEM.

THERE WAS SOME OBJECTION

OR SOME RESISTANCE.

NOW TO THEIR CRE…CREDIT,

THEY WENT AHEAD

AND OBEYED JESUS

EVEN OVER THEIR OWN

PERSONAL OBJECTIONS,

AND THE SCRIPTURE HERE

DOESN’T SAY EXACTLY WHY

HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN

OR COMPEL HIS DISCIPLES,

BUT I BELIEVE

IT’S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT,

YOU KNOW, IF…THESE MEN,

A LOT OF THEM WERE FISHERS

ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.

THEY KNEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

THEY COULD TELL

THAT A STORM WAS BREWING.

AND IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO

THE SEA OF GALILEE,

THERE’S MOUNTAINS OVER THERE

AND THE WIND WILL

COME OVER THOSE MOUNTAINS

AND THEN SWEEP DOWN

THOSE MOUNTAINS ONTO THIS SEA.

AND THEY COULD

RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS.

AND ACCORDING TO

THEIR KNOWLEDGE,

THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD

BEEN TAUGHT,

THEY KNEW THAT IT WASN’T GOOD

TO BE GETTING OUT INTO A BOAT

AND HEADING OUT

ON THE SEA OF GALILEE

IN THESE SITUATIONS.

AND YET, BECAUSE THE LORD

CONSTRAINED THEM,

COMPELLED THEM TO DO IT,

THEY WENT AHEAD AND OBEYED HIM.

SO WE’RE GOING TO BE

TALKING ABOUT PETER

WALKING ON THE WATER

AND THIS GREAT MIRACLE

AND THE THING THAT HAPPENED,

BUT YOU KNOW,

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS

THAT YOU CAN SEE

IN THIS FIRST VERSE IS

THAT YOU NEED TO OBEY GOD

AND FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIONS

AND NOT LEAN UNTO

YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

PROVERBS, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 5,

IS A CLASSIC VERSE ON THIS.

IT SAYS, TRUST IN THE LORD

WITH ALL THINE HEART;

AND LEAN NOT UNTO

YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

IN OTHER WORDS,

IF YOU WANT TO BE

A WATER WALKER,

IF YOU WANT TO SEE A MIRACLE,

IF YOU WANT TO DO THINGS

THAT ARE BEYOND

YOUR OWN ABILITY,

YOU’VE GOT TO FOLLOW GOD

AND NOT FOLLOW

JUST YOUR OWN REASON.

THERE ARE PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM

THAT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

YOU WANT GOD TO

COME THROUGH FOR YOU,

BUT ARE YOU DOING THINGS

YOUR WAY OR ARE YOU

FOLLOWING GOD’S LEADING?

IN OTHER WORDS,

YOU HAVE TO POSITION YOURSELF

FOR A MIRACLE.

YOU CAN BE OUT OF POSITION.

YOU KNOW, IF THESE DISCIPLES

HAD JUST SAID,

LOOK, I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAY,

I CAN TELL

THAT THERE’S A STORM BREWING,

THAT THIS COULD BE

A POTENTIAL PROBLEM.

WE AREN’T GOING TO

FOLLOW YOUR LEADING.

WE ARE GOING TO LEAN UNTO

OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING

AND WE ARE STAYING HERE

ON THIS SHORE.

YOU WOULDN’T HAVE HAD

THIS STORY.

YET…THEY WOULDN’T HAVE SEEN

JESUS COME WALKING ON

THE WATER.

PETER WOULDN’T HAVE

GOTTEN OUT OF THE BOAT

AND WALKED ON THE WATER

TO GO TO JESUS.

SO ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS

IS IF YOU WANT TO SEE

THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF GOD

IN YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO

START FOLLOWING

WHAT GOD HAS TOLD YOU TO DO.

AND YOU KNOW, I TRAVEL

AND MINISTER AND I…

I’VE TALKED TO THOUSANDS,

PROBABLY TENS OF THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE,

AND THEY COME UP

AND TELL ME THEIR PROBLEMS

AND ASK ME TO PRAY.

AND GOD LOVES THEM,

AND GOD WILL HELP US

EVEN WHEN OUR PROBLEMS ARE…

ARE OF ON…OUR OWN MAKING.

BUT I TELL YOU,

MOST OF THE PEOPLE

THAT I TALK TO,

THE REASON THEY’VE
GOT PROBLEMS

IS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T BEEN

SEEKING THE LORD.

PEOPLE COME TO ME

WITH MARRIAGE PROBLEMS

AND THEY ARE…

THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS.

AND AS YOU BEGIN TO DIG

AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS,

THEY DIDN’T FOLLOW ANY OF

THE LEADING OF GOD

ON HOW TO SELECT THEIR MATE.

THEY AREN’T

SUBMITTING THEMSELVES

AND LOVING THEIR MATE

MORE THAN THEY LOVE THEMSELF.

HUSBANDS AREN’T LOVING

THEIR WIVES AS CHRIST

LOVED THE CHURCH.

WOMEN AREN’T REVERENCING

AND SUBMITTING TO THEIR HUSBAND

THE WAY THE CHURCH

IS SUPPOSED TO REVERENCE

AND SUBMIT TO CHRIST.

ALL OF THESE THINGS

ARE SAID IN

EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 5.

AND SO, BECAUSE THEY’RE

DOING IT THEIR OWN WAY,

THEY’RE FOLLOWING THE TEMPLATE

THAT THE WORLD HAS PUT DOWN,

THEY’VE GOT ALL OF

THESE PROBLEMS

AND THEN THEY
COME AND WANT GOD

TO JUST PERFORM A MIRACLE.

WELL AGAIN, GOD LOVES US

AND PRAISE GOD,

HE WILL PULL US OUT OF

THE MESSES THAT WE MAKE,

BUT I’M TELLING YOU,

YOU COULD AVOID

A LOT OF PROBLEMS IF YOU WOULD

JUST DO THINGS GOD’S WAY.

YOU KNOW, I PRAISE GOD

THAT JAIME AND I,

WE BOTH GOT BORN AGAIN

WHEN WE WERE 8 YEARS OLD.

WE WERE BOTH SPIRIT-FILLED.

WE WERE SEEKING GOD

WITH ALL OF OUR HEART.

BOTH OF US HAD MADE A DECISION

THAT IF GOD WANTED US TO

BE SINGLE THE REST OF OUR LIFE,

WE WOULD BE.

THAT WE WEREN’T GOING TO GO OUT

AND JUST SHOP

AND LOOK FOR A PERSON.

WE WERE LOOKING TO GOD.

AND GOD BROUGHT EVE TO ADAM

AND RUTH TO BOAZ

AND REBEKAH TO ISAAC.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL

PUT PEOPLE TOGETHER.

AND SO JAMIE AND I HAD BOTH

JUST BEEN SEEKING GOD

AND BECAUSE OF IT,

IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW,

I’VE USED THIS EXAMPLE BEFORE

THAT IF YOU COULD IMAGINE

AN ISOSCELES TRIANGLE

WHERE GOD IS UP HERE

AT THE TOP AND THE MAN

AND THE WOMAN
ARE AT THE BOTTOM,

MOST PEOPLE SEEK EACH OTHER

LIKE THIS, AND THEN AFTER

THEY CONNECT,

IF THEY’RE CHRISTIANS,

THEY START TRYING TO SEEK GOD.

BUT YOU KNOW,

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TRIANGLE,

AND HERE’S THE MAN DOWN HERE

AND THE WOMAN HERE,

AND IF YOU SEEK GOD,

AS YOU SEEK GOD,

YOU WILL JUST RUN INTO

YOUR PERFECT MATE.

GOD WILL PUT YOU TOGETHER

AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED

TO JAMIE AND ME.

WE WERE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED

BEFORE WE EVER HELD HANDS.

GOD PUT US TOGETHER

SUPERNATURALLY.

AND YOU KNOW,

WE’VE BEEN MARRIED NOW

FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.

IT’LL BE 50 YEARS NEXT YEAR,

AND MAN, WE’VE HAD

AN AWESOME RELATIONSHIP,

AND YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT PERFECT.

ANYTIME YOU PUT

TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER

THERE’S AN ADJUSTMENT,

BUT WE KNOW THAT GOD

PUT US TOGETHER

AND BECAUSE OF IT,

WE ARE IN A POSITION TO SEE GOD

COME THROUGH AND DO THINGS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DO THINGS

THEIR OWN WAY,

MAKE A TOTAL MESS OF THEIR LIFE,

OF THEIR FINANCES,

OF THEIR HEALTH,

AND THEN AFTER THEY’VE

BLOWN ALL OF THESE THINGS,

THEY JUST WANT GOD

TO COME THROUGH WITH A MIRACLE.

THESE DISCIPLES
WOULD NEVER HAVE

EXPERIENCED THIS MIRACLE OF

JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER

TO THEM AND THEN PETER

WALKING ON THE WATER TO JESUS

IF THEY HAD JUST LEANED UNTO

THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

AGAINST THEIR OWN WISDOM,

THEY ALLOWED JESUS

TO COMPEL THEM,

TO CONSTRAIN THEM

TO GET INTO THE SHIP

AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD

SOME OBJECTIONS,
SOME RESISTANCE

TO IT.

I’M TELLING YOU,

THE WAY TO FOLLOW GOD,

THE WAY TO SEE GOD’S MIRACLES

IN YOUR LIFE IS TO FOLLOW GOD,

AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT

THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ARE,

WHEN YOU ARE FOLLOWING GOD

YOU ARE IN…YOU ARE

A PRIME CANDIDATE

FOR A MIRACLE FROM GOD.

SO BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT

ANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS

THAT THE LORD HAS SHOWN ME

OUT OF THIS PASSAGE, I JUST

WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY

THAT YOU NEED TO

DO AN INVENTORY.

YOU KNOW,

IN PROVERBS, CHAPTER 4,

THERE IT SAYS, PONDER THE PATH

OF YOUR FEET,

AND LET ALL OF YOUR WAYS

BE ESTABLISHED.

AND I WAS JUST

MEDITATING ON THAT

A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

AND THAT MEANS

THAT YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN

AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

JUST DO AN INVENTORY.

GOD, AM I WHERE YOU

WANT ME TO BE?

IS MY LIFE GOING THE DIRECTION

THAT YOU WANT IT TO GO?

AND YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN

AND FACE THIS.

MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE

ON A TREADMILL AND THEY JUST,

YOU KNOW, LIFE KIND OF

POINTS THEM IN A DIRECTION

AND THEY JUST…THEY’RE…

THEY’RE LIKE A PINBALL

THAT THEY’RE JUST

BOUNCING OFF THINGS

AND WHATEVER IS THE PATH

OF LEAST RESISTANCE,

THAT’S THE DIRECTION

THAT THEY GO.

AND THEY WIND UP LIVING A LIFE

THAT THEY DON’T KNOW FOR SURE

THAT THIS IS WHAT

GOD HAS PLANNED FOR THEM.

IT’S JUST LIKE,

IT’S JUST CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT’S JUST THINGS

THAT COMPEL THEM

THIS DIRECTION.

YOU KNOW, MY LIFE

WAS GOING THAT WAY.

WHEN I FIRST GOT

REALLY TURNED ON TO THE LORD,

I WAS IN MY FIRST YEAR OF

COLLEGE AND I HAD
GONE THROUGH,

YOU KNOW, ALL OF

THE GRADE SCHOOL,

THE HIGH SCHOOL,

AND THEN I WAS IN COLLEGE JUST

TAKING THE NECESSARY COURSES

TO GET SOME BASIC THINGS

OUT OF THE WAY.

I DIDN’T KNOW

WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.

AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN MY FAMILY

WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER

AND SO I JUST ASSUMED THAT

THAT’S KIND OF WHAT I WAS

GOING TO DO.

AND I WAS JUST LETTING,

YOU KNOW, THE CIRCUMSTANCES

PUSH ME ALONG

IN THIS DIRECTION.

BUT PRAISE GOD

THAT GOD INTERVENED.

GOD SHOWED ME A PURPOSE

FOR MY LIFE, AND I MEAN,

I MADE 180-DEGREE TURN.

AND WHEN I DID, I MEAN,

THERE…IT LOOKED LIKE

POTENTIAL DAMAGE

BECAUSE THE FIRST THING

GOD TOLD ME TO DO

WAS TO QUIT SCHOOL,

THAT I WASN’T GOING TO BE

A SCHOOLTEACHER.

I DIDN’T NEED TO PUT THE TIME

IN TO THAT DEGREE.

AND WHEN I QUIT SCHOOL,

I IMMEDIATELY LOST

MY STUDENT DEFERMENT.

I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE DRAFTED

AND SENT TO VIETNAM.

I COULD BE KILLED.

I MEAN, THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF

POTENTIAL DAMAGING THINGS

THAT COULD COME FROM

THAT DECISION,

AND YET I KNEW

THAT’S WHAT GOD TOLD ME TO DO.

AND IN THE NATURAL,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

THERE WAS RESISTANCE.

I WAS LOSING MONEY

FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

I WAS BEING PAID AS LONG AS

I STAYED IN SCHOOL.

I HAD A DEFERMENT

FROM THE DRAFT,

PLUS I WAS ACCEPTED

BY EVERYBODY.

WHEN I MADE THIS DECISION

AND STARTED FOLLOWING GOD,

MAN, I GOT CRITICISM LIKE I HAD

NEVER HAD IN MY LIFE.

I EVEN HAD ONE OF THE LEADERS

OF MY CHURCH TELL ME

THAT I COULDN’T BE A CHRISTIAN

AND SAY THAT GOD WAS LEADING ME

TO DO THIS.

AND I MEAN, I HAD

A LOT OF THINGS COME AGAINST ME.

BUT SEE, EVEN THOUGH

THERE WERE OBJECTIONS…

AND IN THE NATURAL,

IF YOU JUST FOLLOWED

NATURAL REASONING,

THERE WERE REASONS NOT TO DO

WHAT I WAS DOING,

I KNEW IT WAS GOD.

AND SO IN A SENSE,

IT’S JUST LIKE THIS VERSE

RIGHT HERE, THAT JESUS

CONSTRAINED HIS DISCIPLES.

JESUS CONSTRAINED ME

OVER MY NATURAL REASONING,

OVER THE COUNSEL

THAT OTHER PEOPLE

WERE GIVING ME.

HE CONSTRAINED ME TO BEGIN TO

START FOLLOWING HIM.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, MAN,

MY LIFE HAS JUST BEEN

FULL OF MIRACLES.

I’VE SEEN GOD DO GREAT THINGS,

BUT I REALLY BELIEVE

THAT IF I HAD JUST KEPT,

YOU KNOW, LETTING THE…

THE NATURAL FLOW OF THINGS

PUSH ME ALONG AND HAVE DONE

WHAT WAS CONVENIENT

AND NOT HAVE BEEN SEEKING GOD,

I WOULDN’T HAVE SEEN ANY OF

THE MIRACLES THAT WE’VE SEEN.

YOU KNOW, I’M…

I’M TALKING ABOUT MIRACLES

IN THE MINISTRY.

GOD HAS PROVIDED
SUPERNATURALLY

FOR US.

MIRACLES IN OUR

PHYSICAL BODIES.

MIRACLES OF SEEING

OTHER PEOPLE HEALED,

PEOPLE BORN AGAIN, DELIVERED,

AND ON AND ON;

ALL OF THESE THINGS

CAME AS A RESULT OF

JUST OBEYING GOD

AND HEADING HIS DIRECTION.

AND SO I REALLY BELIEVE

THAT I’M SPEAKING TO SOME PEOPLE

RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WANT

THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD

IN YOUR LIFE.

I’VE OFTEN TOLD PEOPLE

IF YOUR LIFE ISN’T SUPERNATURAL,

IT’S SUPERFICIAL.

IF YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR LIFE

AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING AWAY

AS I DID THIS,

THIS IS MY ABILITY,

IF YOU CAN POINT TO

ALL OF YOUR ASSETS

AND ALL OF YOUR AWARDS

AND EVERYTHING

AND SAY THAT I DID THIS,

THEN I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

YOU HAVE MISSED THE WILL OF GOD.

GOD WANTS US TO LIVE IN

A SUPERNATURAL REALM.

HE WILL CALL YOU

TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS

BEYOND YOUR ABILITY.

AND IF EVERYTHING

THAT YOU’VE ACCOMPLISHED

IN YOUR LIFE IS…

CAN BE CREDITED TO JUST

YOUR OWN EFFORT,

THEN I CAN GUARANTEE YOU,

YOU’VE MISSED
GOD’S PERFECT WILL

FOR YOUR LIFE.

GOD IS GOING TO CALL YOU

TO DO SOMETHING

THAT’S BEYOND YOURSELF.

AND SO, IF YOU’RE WATCHING THIS

TODAY AND YOU FEEL LIKE

GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU

THROUGH ME AND YOU REALIZE

THAT MAN, THERE’S THINGS

THAT HE WANTS YOU TO DO

THAT YOU…YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT

BECAUSE IT DOESN’T

APPEAR WISDOM…IT’S…IT’S NOT

WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTED,

THERE WILL BE CRITICISM,

THERE MIGHT BE HARDSHIP,

BUT IN YOUR HEART,

YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE

GOD HAS SOMETHING MORE

FOR YOU, I’M TELLING YOU,

BEFORE YOU START SEEING JESUS

WALK TO YOU ON THE WATER

AND BEFORE YOU CAN

BECOME A WATER WALKER,

YOU GOT TO START OBEYING GOD

AND HEAD IN THE DIRECTION

THAT GOD IS WANTING YOUR LIFE

TO GO.

THAT’S A MAJOR, MAJOR STATEMENT

RIGHT THERE, AND I KNOW

THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM

THAT YOU CAN’T, WITH CONFIDENCE,

SAY THAT YOU ARE IN THE PLACE

THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE.

SOME OF YOU GET UP

ON MONDAY MORNINGS

AND YOU DREAD GOING TO WORK.

YOU HATE YOUR JOB.

YOU HATE WHAT YOU’RE DOING.

I’M TELLING YOU,

THAT IS NOT GOD.

EITHER YOUR ATTITUDE

IS TOTALLY WRONG

AND YOU NEED TO CHANGE IT,

OR IN MANY CASES

IT’S THE FACT THAT YOU ARE

IN THE WRONG PLACE

AND THERE IS

A HOLY DISSATISFACTION IN YOU

AND THAT’S THE REASON

THAT THINGS AREN’T WORKING OUT.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT.

THIS ISN’T A DRESS REHEARSAL.

THIS IS THE REAL DEAL

AND EVERY DAY

THAT YOU SPEND DOING THINGS

THAT AREN’T SATISFYING YOU

AND AREN’T BLESSING YOU

AND YOU…YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE

IT’S WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU,

IT’S A WASTED DAY.

THERE ARE SOME OF YOU WATCHING

RIGHT NOW THAT YOU NEED TO

MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.

YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN

AND PONDER THE PATH

OF YOUR FEET AND THINK ABOUT IT

AND MAKE SURE

THAT YOU’RE HEADING IN

THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE

THE SUPERNATURAL

POWER OF GOD,

MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE ON

THE PATH THAT GOD WANTS YOU

TO BE ON.

YOU KNOW, I OFTEN MINISTER

ON A SUBJECT THAT I’VE ENTITLED,

HOW TO FIND, FOLLOW,

AND FULFILL GOD’S WILL,

AND I PUT ALL OF THESE TEACHINGS

INTO A BOOK.

AND I WILL TEACH ON THAT

IN A SERVICE AND I…

IT’S NOT UNUSUAL

WHEN I GIVE AN INVITATION

TO HAVE 80% OF CHURCH MEMBERS,

SPIRIT-FILLED,

TONGUE-TALKING
CHURCH MEMBERS,

PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP

WITH GOD, 80% OF THEM

WILL TYPICALLY STAND

TO SAY THAT THEY DON’T KNOW

WHAT GOD’S WILL

FOR THEIR LIFE IS.

THEY’RE JUST

GOING WITH THE FLOW.

THEY’RE LETTING CIRCUMSTANCES

DIRECT THEIR LIFE,

BUT THEY DON’T HAVE

ANY ASSURANCE

THAT THEY ARE IN THE CENTER

OF GOD’S WILL.

I TELL YOU, THAT’S TRAGIC.

AND I’M JUST SAYING

THAT EVERYTHING

THAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

ON HOW TO BE A WATER WALKER,

HOW TO DO THE MIRACULOUS

IS DEPENDENT UPON YOU

GETTING IN THE BOAT

AND HEADING IN THE DIRECTION

THAT GOD TOLD YOU TO GO.

AND IF YOU DON’T COMPLY

WITH THAT AND IF YOU JUST

ARE STAYING ON THE SHORE,

YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO BE

A WATER WALKER.

YOU GOT TO, FIRST OF ALL…

HE HAD TO CONSTRAIN

HIS DISCIPLES TO GET INTO

THE SHIP AND HEAD TOWARDS

THE OTHER SIDE.

AND IF YOU WANT TO REALLY

SEE THE MIRACULOUS

POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE,

YOU NEED TO START

COOPERATING WITH GOD

AND FOLLOWING HIS LEADING.

I KNOW THAT

THAT’S REALLY SIMPLE,

BUT I…I WOULD IMAGINE

THAT PROBABLY OUT OF

THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS
PROGRAM RIGHT NOW,

THERE CERTAINLY COULD BE

A MILLION PEOPLE, PROBABLY

MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE,

THAT IF YOU HAVE LISTENED

AND IF YOU WOULD BE HONEST,

YOU WOULD SAY, I DON’T KNOW

FOR SURE THAT MY LIFE

IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION

THAT GOD WANTS IT TO.

THERE ARE SOME OF YOU

THAT YOU KNOW FOR SURE

THAT IT’S NOT GOING

IN THE DIRECTION,

AND YET YOU’RE AFRAID

TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

YOU’RE AFRAID TO TAKE ANY RISK.

YOU’RE JUST TAKING

THE EASIEST WAY OUT.

IF YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS

SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR YOU,

SOMETHING MORE FOR YOU

AND YOU AREN’T DOING IT,

YOU NEED TO

MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TODAY

IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROGRAM

RIGHT NOW.

I BELIEVE GOD IS SPEAKING

TO YOU.

IF YOU AREN’T SURE,

MAYBE YOUR LIFE IS GOING

RELATIVELY GOOD

AND THE FINANCES ARE THERE

AND THINGS ARE WORKING,

BUT YOU DON’T HAVE

ANY CONFIDENCE

THAT YOU HAVE REALLY FOUND

GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE.

WELL THEN, YOU NEED TO

MAKE A DECISION TODAY

AND YOU NEED TO DETERMINE THAT,

LIKE IT SAYS IN

EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 5,

DON’T BE IGNORANT

BUT UNDERSTANDING

WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS.

THAT’S A COMMAND.

IT’S A COMMAND NOT TO

BE IGNORANT.

GOD WANTS TO

REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU

AND HIS WILL TO YOU

MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW IT.

I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT,

AND WE ARE GIVEN A COMMAND.

IT IS NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND

GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE.

I’VE GOT AN ENTIRE SERIES

ON THIS, AS I SAID, ENTITLED:

HOW TO FIND, FOLLOW,

AND FULFILL GOD’S WILL.

YOU CAN CALL IN

TO OUR PHONE CENTER

AND THEY WILL POINT YOU TOWARDS

THAT TEACHING.

YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE

AND IT’S ON THERE.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT

ABSOLUTELY FREE.

BUT IT’S NOT HARD TO FIND

GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE.

HE WANTS TO REVEAL IT TO YOU

MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KNOW IT,

BUT YOU HAVE TO SEEK.

IF YOU SEEK, YOU FIND.

AND IN JEREMIAH,

CHAPTER 29, VERSE 11,

A VERSE THAT’S REAL POPULAR,

IT SAYS, I KNOW THE THOUGHTS

THAT I THINK TOWARDS YOU,

SAYS THE LORD,

THOUGHTS OF PEACE,

AND NOT OF EVIL,

TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END.

MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT,

JEREMIAH 29:11,

BUT IF YOU GO INTO

VERSES 13, IT SAYS,

THEN YOU SHALL SEEK ME,

AND YOU SHALL FIND ME,

WHEN YOU SHALL SEARCH FOR ME

WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART.

THIS CAN’T JUST BE

A APPENDAGE ONTO YOUR LIFE.

IT HAS TO BE A FOCUS

OF YOUR LIFE.

IF YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING

GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE,

THEN YOU WILL.

BUT WHEN YOU GET TO A PLACE

WHERE YOU SAY, GOD,

I KNOW YOU HAVE A PURPOSE

FOR MY LIFE.

I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO

MAKE MY LIFE SUPERNATURAL

INSTEAD OF SUPERFICIAL.

AND WHEN YOU GO TO SEEKING

WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART,

THAT’S WHEN YOU’LL FIND.

SO THE VERY FIRST POINT

I’M MAKING IS IF YOU WANT TO

BE A WATER WALKER,

IF YOU WANT TO DO

THE MIRACULOUS,

YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO GOD

AND HEED HIS INSTRUCTIONS

AND FOLLOW HIS GUIDANCE,

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER

IT MAKES SENSE,

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER

IT’S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE

ARE COUNSELING YOU TO DO.

YOU NEED TO FOLLOW GOD

AND PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION

TO RECEIVE A MIRACLE.

SO I’M OUT OF TIME TODAY,

BUT TOMORROW WE’RE GOING TO

GET FURTHER INTO THIS

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU

THAT I’VE GOT THIS BOOK

ENTITLED: HOW TO BECOME

A WATER WALKER,

AND I HAVE IT IN ENGLISH

AND IN SPANISH.

WE HAVE CDs, DVDs.

WE HAVE A STUDY GUIDE.

OUR ANNOUNCER WILL GIVE YOU

INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THAT.

WE ALSO ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS

LIFE FOR TODAY GOSPELS EDITION

AVAILABLE TO YOU.

THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE.

I USE IT A LOT.

SO LISTEN TO OUR ANNOUNCER

AS HE GIVES YOU THIS INFORMATION

AND PLEASE CALL OR WRITE TODAY.

>> ANDREW’S COMPLETE TEACHING,

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IS AVAILABLE IN A BOOK

IN EITHER ENGLISH OR SPANISH,

A CD OR DVD ALBUM

MADE FROM OUR DAILY

TELEVISION BROADCAST,

OR IN A STUDY GUIDE.

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IS ALSO AVAILABLE

FOR AUDIO DOWNLOAD

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FROM OUR WEB SITE.

GO TO AWMI.NET

TO SEE ALL THE WAYS

YOU CAN GET THIS TEACHING.

ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY

IS ANDREW’S LIFE FOR TODAY

STUDY BIBLE,

THE GOSPELS EDITION,

WHICH IS A PARALLEL STUDY BIBLE

AND COMMENTARY

COMPARING EACH OF THE GOSPELS

IN THE BIBLE.

EACH OF THESE
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WHEN YOU CONTACT US.

OR YOU CAN GET THESE PRODUCTS

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THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES

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AS WELL AS THE HOW TO BECOME

A WATER WALKER BOOK,

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AND YOUR CHOICE OF EITHER

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THIS PACKAGE HAS
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WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GIVE

BECAUSE THERE IS A BLESSING

IN GIVING.

BUT IF YOU’RE SIMPLY

UNABLE TO AFFORD IT,

ANDREW AND HIS PARTNERS

WILL PROVIDE THIS BOOK TO YOU

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>> FROM YOU TODAY.

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GOD HAS PROVIDED HEALING

IN HIS ATTONEMENT

JUST AS MUCH AS HE PROVIDED

FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

>> THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT

PRESSING AGAINST SOMETHING

AND BELIEVING THAT IT’S POSSIBLE

BEFORE WE SEE IT

>> IN THE NATURAL.

>> GRACE ENABLES US

TO DO WHAT ONLY JESUS CAN DO.

IT’S THE ENABLING PRESENCE,

>> THE ENABLING POWER OF GOD.

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YOU KNOW,

THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME

A HUGE VISION

AND WE’VE BEEN BLESSED UP

TO THIS POINT,

BUT I’VE STILL GOT SO MUCH

THAT GOD’S LEADING ME TO DO.

I’M BELIEVING GOD

FOR 10,000 NEW PARTNERS.

WE’VE ALREADY GOT OVER

$120 MILLION WORTH OF BUILDINGS

IN JUST THE LAST NINE YEARS,

BUT I’VE GOT AT LEAST

A HUNDRED MILLION

DOLLARS’ WORTH,

MAYBE 200 MILLION

DOLLARS’ WORTH OF BUILDINGS

STILL IN MY HEART

FOR OUR STUDENTS,

FOR AN ACTIVITY CENTER,

WE’VE GOT A NEW
STUDENT HOUSING

THAT WE’VE GOT

A PRELIMINARY DRAWING OF

THAT IS SHOWING YOU A LITTLE

IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS ONE WOULD HOUSE ABOUT

120 PEOPLE.

OUR OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE

SMALLER WITH MAYBE

SOMEWHERE AROUND

40 PEOPLE PER DORM,

BUT WE NEED THIS

STUDENT HOUSING,

AND WE NEED PEOPLE

TO BECOME PARTNERS.

I’M BELIEVING FOR

10,000 NEW PARTNERS.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO PRAY ABOUT IT

AND IF THE LORD SAYS SO,

JOIN WITH US AND HELP US

CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES

THROUGH CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE.

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YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA

HAS BECOME A BIG THING

IN MOST PEOPLE’S LIVES,

BUT SAD TO SAY,

A LOT OF IT IS REALLY NEGATIVE.

WELL, WE’VE GOT SOME

POSITIVE SOCIAL MEDIA.

I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU

TO CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA,

ALL OF THESE

DIFFERENT PLATFORMS.

WE’VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD NEWS

TO SHARE, SO CHECK IT OUT,

OUR SOCIAL MEDIA

FOR ANDREW
WOMMACK MINISTRIES.

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