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family while we’re standing let’s just
go into the word and I’ll be reading
from mark chapter 8 verse 22 to 25 and
it says that he Jesus came to beit’s a
DA and they brother blind men to him and
begged him to touch him so he took the
blind man by the hand and led him out of
the town and when he had spit on his
eyes and put his hands on him he asked
him if he saw anything and he looked up
and said I see men my trees walking then
he put his hands on his eyes again and
made him look up and he was restored and
so everyone clearly father God we thank
you for the word that is gonna come
forth Lord Jesus we thank you for this
moment Laurie god of an exchange lorca
that our hearts are already prepared
Lord for that which you have purposed to
do in our hearts lorca that anything
that stands in between our intimacy with
you Lord we release it to you in this
atmosphere we release it to you in this
space we release it to you here and now
Lord God have your way in this message
Holy Spirit move in a way like only you
can touch each and every one of us
uniquely and individually and speak to
us in the ways Lord God that speaks to
everything that we are going to Lord
elevate us may this word transform us
and we thank you for that which you have
purpose to do I speak healing over this
house in the name of Jesus Lord we thank
you you know everyone you know the
prayer of everyone’s heart Carl Orica
you know what they’re seeking you for
but lord I just released healing over
this house anything that would be a
destruction we cancel it now in Jesus
have your way amen family you may be
seated my message for those that may be
taking notes is rejected for a purpose
you know one of the most remarkable
things that I have experienced in my
walk with God and I believe that for
many of us this is quite remarkable is
the moment that we begin to realize that
truly everything really works for our
good the moment begin to understand that
Wild Lord there was a moment where I
thought that this very thing identified
to be bad for me and this very thing
that maybe I even had resentment because
it happened all of a sudden there is a
moment in time that I recognize how that
had been working for my good all along
and then there are doors that we felt
like God you should have opened that
door but then you shut it and I feel
like I had a resentment against that
because Lord I felt like you withheld
something good for me and then we look
back and we realize God if that door was
opened
that would have been destructive to me
there is something powerful about a
moment in God that we recognize that
really and truly things are working out
for our good it’s not just a scripture
that we you know we say but it’s it’s
something that we have lived but you see
sometimes even though we have recognized
it in certain parts of our lives then
something else comes up again and we
have to we have to allow that experience
to shape how we respond you see one of
the fascinating things about like the
scripture even tells us that God’s ways
are not our ways and his thoughts are
not our thoughts and I always wondered
where this separation between how we
think and where God things happened and
I wonder if they happen in the Garden of
Eden
you see when Adam and Eve had eaten the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil
it was almost as if that allowed that
shaped their perception of what good and
evil became because ever before that
tree they were naked and honest
they weren’t even in their nakedness God
looked at it and he said it was good and
when they eat from that tree all of a
sudden they feel shame over something
that God said was good so there was a
difference in how we viewed life and how
God views it but the beautiful thing is
that in our relationship with Jesus we
can close that gap we can close the gap
of how we view life and how God views it
and this happens in our walk with God
that all of a sudden we start to realize
that maybe what I’m calling good might
not actually be good for me and maybe
what I’m calling bad or evil may not be
evil towards my destiny and so there is
something so powerful about when we have
a moment when we recognize God it’s
actually been working for my good it’s
really not against me you see what is
fascinating family is that they’re
studying things that happen in life
there’s certain things that we cannot
avoid in life one of those things is
rejection and our perception of it would
determine how we respond to it and the
impact it has on us for some reason
rejection carries a negative connotation
and I don’t believe that should be the
case because rejection is not really a
bad word rejection isn’t really a
negative word rejection is just what it
is it reveals a truth
rejection reveals the truth that perhaps
someone could not receive you or receive
your idea because they did not have the
capacity for it
we look at it and we think that wow
somebody rejected me and we think it has
to do with our Worth and our value but
it actually has to do with their
capacity and when I speak about capacity
capacity can come in many forms capacity
can come in knowledge capacity can come
in faith and belief it can come in
wisdom it can come in character it can
come in to our destinies actually have a
meeting point and so we look at it and
we we think it is negative but really
it’s just the truth that I don’t have
the capacity for you and would you want
yourself or your idea or your vision in
the hands of somebody that was not
ordained to see it would you want it in
the hands of someone that does not
recognize the value
would you want it in the hands of
someone that God never orchestrated for
that to be the means and so for some
reason when we think of rejection we
think it’s a bad word but no it’s just
what it is that you you came to a door
that did not have the capacity for you
you came to a door that did not have the
capacity for what you carry it’s not bad
it’s wisdom it tells you that okay you
know what this is not the place that
it’s gonna work out so I’m gonna go to
the next door and so today this passage
we read it may not seem like that but
it’s actually a story that teaches us a
great deal about rejection you see the
the first verse of the passage says that
Jesus came to a town called Bethsaida
what is fascinating is actually what
took place before he got on the boat and
came to this town you see right before
he had an encounter with the Pharisees
with some Pharisees and in that
encounter they came to him and they were
demanding a scientist they asked him for
a sign from heaven a sign from heaven
that would ultimately in their mind
validate his identity but Jesus
understood that these people have come
to me to test me because really they
were not looking for a sign they were
not looking for you know what I just
need to see something so I don’t fall
into deception they were not looking for
that they were actually coming to test
the Lord because they had seen too much
they had heard so much to not believe in
him you see the Pharisees these were you
know in their eyes they were influential
and in some degree they were influential
religious leaders and they were
unwilling to submit their authority to
Jesus they were comfortable in the
authority that they perceived that they
had and in who they believed them
themselves to be and so they’re coming
to him to test him it reminded me of
when Satan tested the Lord in the
wilderness and tells him if you are the
son of God command these stones to
become bread Satan was not asking him
that because he needed confirmation
about his identity because Satan had no
plans to surrender or submit to him but
rather he was asking him that question
to see can I manipulate your emotions to
move you out
of your submission and so in that moment
Jesus is looking at the Pharisees and he
he recognizes what they’re doing and so
ultimately they have a few exchange of
words but then he walks away from them
because he recognizes that these are
people that their hearts are not even
with me that they may come to me say
they are looking for a sign Lord I just
need a sign to know that this is of you
but really you’re trying to test me you
see this is speaking to us and our
individual lives because sometimes the
Lord would give us a tax to do and then
we’re just like god I just need a sign
but you have to be real with yourself in
your heart do you need a sign because
really you don’t want to be deceived or
do you need a sign there’s one more
thing as an excuse to push it further
then are you using the idea of a sign as
your excuse of really because you’re
seeking truth the Pharisee said they
were demanding a sign from heaven I
wondered what that meant did they want
God to did they want Jesus to have it
rain maybe in slow motion or they wanted
the clouds to dance I was I was confused
by what they’re asking for about a sign
from heaven and so family we have to
also be intentional and we have to be
truthful with ourselves even about the
things that we’re asking God signs for
have we seen enough to know what he has
actually called us to do have we heard
enough had we’d been exposed to too much
to know that god I don’t need another
word from you I need to just go and so
this happens he leaves the Pharisees and
he gets on a boat and he comes to this
certain town what is fascinating about
this town is that in the scripture Jesus
has actually spoken against this town
about the people he’s said concerning
them that these are people that have
seen many great and mighty works done by
him and yet they do not repent he
actually compared them to pagan cities
and pagan cities were just cities that
worshipped false gods and he said
concerning them that if those pagan
cities had seen the same mighty works
that Jesus did in this particular town
that they would repent but that these
people that yes they want to see mighty
works of God but they are very willing
there
willing to change their ways it was
interesting to me because Jesus leaves
the Pharisees to come to people that
were like the Pharisees but he was not
coming to them because of the town he
was coming to them for a particular man
and even in that story family it really
spoke to me because sometimes we become
we we think we have this you know idea
that we are familiar with God we have
this idea that we’re familiar with the
things of God and that can be a very
dangerous place because the moment we
think we know we stop growth the moment
we think we know this is how God moves
this is how church happens this is what
happens when I do this then we shut off
the Holy Spirit to expand our knowledge
about that area and so in life we have
to be careful because these people they
knew the Lord but they did not make room
in their hearts to recognize that he
could come on the earth the way Jesus
did they knew of the father but they
could not recognize the son because they
had put a cap on how God could move and
the way the things that he could do on
the earth they could not recognize the
son who was right in front of them
because they believed that they were
familiar with God you see we have to be
very careful about the things and the
people that we think we know and that we
conclude about our knowledge of them
based on our experience with them
because the moment you conclude on
something because of how you have
experienced that you limit how God can
use it you see this earlier today I was
so fascinated I was thinking about Moses
and I thought about Moses when he had
left you know when he ran away from
Egypt and he was in the wilderness and
he was there for 40 years for those 40
years I believe that he was very aware
with the areas in every location and the
wilderness but on a particular day God
encountered him in a new way he did not
allow a familiar place to not make room
for the supernatural you see we have to
make room sometimes the very people
you’re looking for to add to your team
are right in front of you but you have
become too familiar with them to see
them as God sees them sometimes the very
place you’re in is actually the answer
to your prayer but you’ve been there for
too long to see the power how the power
of God could move through that very
thing that you see as obscure and so
sometimes we have to take inventory of
the things and the people that we are
connected to and have we concluded about
our knowledge about what they bring to
the table and who they are because when
you conclude and someone you stop that
list you you it’s almost like you shut
your heart from listening to what the
Holy Spirit has to say concerning that
place that person that thing and so this
was the case with these people and so
it’s fascinating that Jesus comes into
the town and the Scriptures tells us
that these were the people they bring a
blind man to him and they beg him to
touch this blind man and what happens
really reveals that perhaps it’s not
what it looked like because the
Scriptures tells us that when that Jesus
takes the blind man by the hand and
leads him out of the town why is it that
Jesus if this people had really if their
intentions were pure Jesus would have
stayed in that environment you see a lot
of times in scriptures when Jesus
removes people from an environment
before healing no he removes someone
from an environment he speaks to the
toxicity in that environment so although
these were people that came and brought
this blind man and were begging Jesus to
say Lord touch him something about their
intentions were not pure and this is
crazy because perhaps who knows maybe
they were doing it for their
entertainment perhaps they were mocking
this blind man to say finally maybe you
need to just stop talking about this
Jesus and watch him he cannot heal you
we don’t know what the story is but what
we know is that something about their
intentions were not pure and so Jesus
takes the man out of the town and so all
of this him coming to this town was for
this blind man and then he leads him out
of this town to heal him but what
fascinated me family about this blind
man was the fact that when the people
led him to
Jesus and when Jesus took him by the
hand and led him out of the town he
never said a word he never spoke I would
think that when the people were begging
him we’re begging the Lord please touch
him I would assume that Jesus that would
be a moment where the man actually says
Lord touch me I would think that maybe
if he didn’t speak then then maybe when
the Lord took him by the hand that he
would say something to the Lord and say
I’ve been waiting on you he never spoke
a word but the very fact that Jesus came
to heal this man says that there was
actually a prayer of his heart that he
desired his healing because every time
heaven responds to you there was
something that was released and so it
made me wonder had this man become numb
to his own very prayer had he become
numb to the very requests that he had of
the Lord you see something fascinating
as we continue to read in the scriptures
there was a moment that Jesus when Jesus
laid hands on him and he asked him what
do you see and he says I see men as
trees walking and there are two parts of
that message the first part that really
spoke to me was that this man is
familiar with what men look like and
what trees look like so he was not born
blind and so I began to wonder one of
one of the things I loved about the
scriptures is when the story is is
almost open-ended because it’s almost
like the Lord is saying filling the gaps
use your imagination to wonder what
actually took place in this story
you see the very fact that this man was
not born blind then there was something
that happened along the way of his life
that led to his blindness and I wondered
if when that when that moment started
when maybe the blindness was progressive
I wondered if he prayed I wondered if
you release the prayer to God and say
God heal me I don’t want this I don’t
want to lose my sight and the more he
prayed the more things got worse the
more he prayed actually then he actually
became fully blind I wondered if that
prayer was buried under the dirt of
disappointment and hurt and frustration
and rejection and feeling as though God
did not
hear him you see have you ever been in a
position when you’re praying for
something you are praying for the
healing of a loved one and the more you
prayed they actually got worse and the
more you pray they actually passed on
and you start questioning God I believed
you for the life of this loved one what
happened you’re seeking God about
something that you believe that a desire
he put in you and the more you prayed
about it it feels like it just got worse
and worse but you see something I’m also
learning about prayers that prayer is
not us demanding things from heaven
prayer is us speaking what heaven
demands and so sometimes I remember
there was a particular situation there
was a was a friend of mine and the
mother was sick and they had been
praying for the mother to get better and
he and when he reached out to me and
said that hey can you pray for my mother
that she’s sick so we got on the we got
on the prayer call and immediately I
wanted to speak the Lord is healing her
right now
it was just like you know natural but
the moment I wanted to release it the
Holy Spirit stopped me and said I did
not tell you that and I paused for a
moment and I began to cry on the phone
because I’m like what do you mean you
did not tell me that and so when I when
I sucked with it I actually you know you
know just got off the phone rather
quickly and when I sat with the Lord and
he said know it I’m calling her home
it’s her time but you see we all desired
that God we don’t we we want her to just
add more years to her life I’d you know
do it like Hezekiah at 15 more years but
the Lord said there is a divine plan and
I’m calling her home and whether you
know it or not she’s actually at peace
with coming home and although she may
say she wants to stay she’s saying it
for the children but she’s at peace with
coming home why am i sharing this family
that sometimes when it looks like things
are getting worse as you’re praying it’s
not because God did not hear you but
there
is actually something that he’s working
and it’s still working for your girl
this man I wonder what was the
situations that caused him to bury his
prayer and then when I was studying this
I was reminded by something our pastor
said Pastor Sarah there was a message
that she had and in that message I
believe the message was called to come
up if you have not heard that you need
to listen to that in that message she
said something so profound and she said
buried prayers still reach heavens ears
you see it’s crazy that yes your hurts
and your disappointment may have buried
your prayer but before you ever buried
it God heard it and one of the most
important things that we have to know
about prayer family is that God hears
you and in although he may not respond
the way you expect but there is an
appointed time and an appointed response
to the very thing that you’re asking him
for
but everything is working for your good
and working for the impact that your
life is supposed to produce and so
although this man did not say a word
Jesus responded to a prayer that he may
have given a long time ago now what is
fascinating is that in his healing the
scripture tells us that Jesus spat on
him you see there there are two other
accounts in the scriptures when saliva
is used in healing in one part this was
when Jesus was healing a man who was
deaf and mute and what happened was that
he put his hands in his ears and then it
is suggested that he spat on the ground
and then touched the man’s tongue and
then his ears and he said be open and
his ears was open and he had the ability
to speak in another situation this was a
man who was born blind and that the
scripture tells us that Jesus mixed the
mud and saliva and put it on the man’s
eyes and tells him to go wash in a
certain pool but never has Jesus
actually spat directly on the man’s eyes
you see in the culture and even till now
spitting was a sign of
objection spitting actually it was it
was an offensive act to spit at a person
and so it’s fascinating that in his
healing Jesus spits on him that what
represented rejection was part of his
very healing
you see family have you ever wondered
that the very thing that you thought was
negative about rejection was actually
for your healing that perhaps the
rejection that caused the heartbreak was
for God to heal your sense of value that
sometimes we give ourselves to chiefly
in relationships and God will cause it
to be ripped apart so for you to come
back to a sense of having standards for
yourself could it be that rejection that
the rejection of the industry concerning
your project are concerned the very
thing that you want to do is actually
for your good that the Lord knows that
if you start to live by their acceptance
you will box yourself in and all the
creativity and inspiration I’ve put in
you would not come out rejection
actually a part of your healing process
you see everything the Lord does it’s so
symbolic I said Lord why would you spit
at this man’s face and that was a part
of the process what are the areas that
you felt like God this rejection was
negative and the Lord is saying no it’s
actually part of your healing I’m
actually strengthening your foundation
that what if the rejection of loved ones
and people was actually forgot to be
able to put a mirror in front of your
face for you to see who you really are
that for too long in your life you have
lived by the opinions of people and you
have been shaped by what day by their
expectations of you that you lost a
sense of self and so sometimes God will
allow them not to see you properly and
so push your ideas away and to actually
make a mockery of the things that you
believe that you’re gonna do so that you
can find the place of strength within
yourself
and so it’s fascinating family that is
very healing actually involved
what symbolized rejection you see the
scripture said let me even read it that
place so it was verse 23 and he said so
he took the blind man by the hand and
led him out of the town and when he had
spit in his eyes and put his hands on
him he asked him if he saw anything and
verse 24 says and he looked up and said
I see men like trees walking there was
something about what he saw and I won’t
actually read this um and he says then
he put his hands on him again and made
him look up you see what it was
fascinating to me in this scripture is
that first of all the man the Lord
places his hands on him and says what do
you see I believe this was very
intentional because this was the this is
really the only account in scripture of
a healing that took place in two stages
a healing that was progressive he tells
the man what do you see it’s I mean this
is Jesus he could have just whistled and
the men would see clearly everything is
so symbolic so when he does that and the
man says I see men like trees walking
something about what this man saw seems
to have been traumatic because when the
Lord laid hands on him again the
scripture tells us that Jesus made him
look up the first time that his hands
the hands were laid on him he looked up
the second time Jesus makes him look up
almost as if based on whatever he saw he
would rather be blind and see that again
you see to see men as trees walking for
a long time I wondered what could this
mean Lord what does that mean that he
sees men like trees walking and when I
checked what what tree in particular
were they talking about and it is
suggested that he was referring to an
oak tree you see the average height of
that tree is about 82 feet so when he
says I see men as trees walking its
almost as though he’s saying I see men
like Giants I see men who seem
overpowering I see men that make me feel
like I am a victim I see men that make
me feel like I am prey there was
something about what he saw that we it’s
almost as though it reminded him of how
he had perceived people and his
surrounding you see as a blind man I
wonder if he was disadvantaged in his
community
there maybe people took advantage of him
because he could not see what was
happening and so the moment he went when
his eyes are finally opened again and he
has to see what he has led people to
rather be blind that see that in the
reality you see what areas of our lives
do we see men as trees walking and I
wondered Lord why would you allow him to
see this very sight you see the
Scriptures there was a time when Jesus
told the disciples and he said to them
that I am sending you out as sheep
amongst wolves there was a recognition
that where I have assigned you that the
place of your destiny and the place of
your purpose you would be seen as prey
that I’m sending you as sheep amongst
wolves that is going to be that yet
sometimes they will seem challenging
because you would recognize that you’re
around people that are against you you
would recognize you’re around people
that actually don’t want your good it’s
just like the people that brought the
blind men to Jesus they bring him to
Jesus and they’re saying please touch
him but Jesus removes him from them
because something about their intentions
were now pure that even in the midst of
his healing he was sheep and they were
wolves you see I believe that Jesus
allowed this man to see men as trees
walking because it was him acknowledging
the fact I do know where I sent you I
recognize how things may appear you see
for many of us God is gonna it not even
for all of us honestly because any way
that God has signed you to your purpose
it’s gonna be a place that you’re gonna
feel challenged it’s gonna be a place
that you’re gonna feel like the underdog
it’s gonna be a place that you’re gonna
question Lord I don’t feel like I have
I’m the right person for
I don’t think I have the right education
for this job I don’t think I have the
right background I don’t think I’m the
right age for what you’re assigning me
to do I don’t know if I have the right
wisdom I don’t never have the right
connections the relationships I don’t
know if I have the right accent I mean
it’s a lot on the list
and the Lord they say none of that
really matters because what qualified
you in the first place was your heart
but I believe that when Jesus allowed
this man to see men as trees walking is
Jesus saying that I acknowledge the fact
that you are sheep amongst wolves I
acknowledge the fact that you look like
prey but you see as I study this what
the Lord put in my spirit is that even
when you recognize that you are sheep
when you recognize that you’re in a
position that makes you feel vulnerable
when you recognize then Lord this this
just looks way beyond me when you
recognize that don’t forget you have a
shepherd that yes you may be sheep and
yes you may be amongst wolves but you
have a shepherd and a shepherd who is
intentional about keeping you and
Shepherd who’s intentional but expanding
your territory
you see it’s fascinating that the more
that you think that you’re unqualified
for the job God begins to open up
another door to say that oh look at this
I’m actually showing you that what you
thought was a threat is not really
threatening to you and so what are the
things that look like you know men as
trees walking I feel like I’m a
grasshopper and the just in the room
filled with giants Jesus could have
allowed him to see men as ants man as a
cat so it could be anything but when he
saw that it spoke to something yes you
may be sheep and you may be amongst
wolves but you have a shepherd and yes
people may come against you and even
what may seem like rejection is actually
your shepherd still protecting you you
have a shepherd who keeps you David said
the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want
I don’t have the reality of luck because
I have a
bird that keeps me and so whatever seems
to be coming against you in the places
that God has called you you have to
remember I have a shepherd I have a Good
Shepherd who keeps me there yes I may be
vulnerable but I have a shepherd yes
this may look like I’m out of place but
I have a shepherd there are times that
God will open certain doors that will
make you to begin to question yourself
and God am i I do am I really you know I
do I am I really really really the
person that you’re calling for this and
he says if you focus on me we would do
everything and more so you have to focus
that Lord that’s why whatever might be
happening I have a shepherd and it’s so
beautiful the fact that when Jesus laid
hands on him again he made him look up
for me that speaks to the love of God
that God is so is so intentional about
you that he recognizes even when
something seems to overpower you he
would create a scenario for you to
recognize my son my daughter I have been
with you this whole time it is not as
difficult as you think it is
you see what is fascinating also about
this scripture is a is that it speaks to
what would happen right afterwards this
man receives his full healing but
afterwards this would begin Jesus’s
journey to Jerusalem and Jerusalem would
be the place that he would also be
rejected and then crucified you see it
would be in Jerusalem that the soldiers
and the people will spit on Jesus and
they will lay hands on him but violent
hands because this is when the scripture
tells us how they slapped him and they
hit him and and things that just and me
that makes us actually more grateful to
have a savior that would do that for us
but he will go into Jerusalem and he
would be spat on he would be rejected by
the people and he would be crucified
it would appear to the dis to his
disciples that is this really the
Messiah because it would appear that
these
and are like trees walking that Jesus is
now overpowered by people but it was all
part of a divine plan that Jesus could
have unleashed angels at any moment but
the rejection of the people was part of
a divine plan because it was on the
cross that he gained a name that is
above every other name and name that we
now have the ability to use in warfare
you see but if we look at the story as
ah they rejected Jesus and that was
negative Jesus even said Father forgive
them for they do not know what they do
he understood something about rejection
that yes they are not accepting me but
it’s because of their lack of
information it has nothing to do with my
worth of my value of my density they
have a lack of information concerning
who I am and so Lord forgive them it was
on the cross that we became free from
every addictions that could try to hold
us bond it was on that very cross the
very cross that was that he was put on
by rejection that was the very place
that we gained our freedom and that is
why family this message today is very
simple but it’s something that I believe
that the Holy Spirit will write upon
your hearts that every reject every
every place you have ever felt rejected
you were rejected for a purpose if you
think right now think about the very
things that you felt at some point that
God I just if this happens I would just
praise you and God shut the door and
think about how much you are grateful
that he shut that door think about the
things that you thought was against you
and think about the the depth of wisdom
that it planted in you if you can put
those memories together and you can say
Lord I remember how you kept me I
remember how you kept me from my own
ignorance I remember yes I may have been
upset with you but God that rejection
served a purpose it is not a negative
words family it is not it doesn’t carry
it’s not it doesn’t speak against your
Worth or your value
it’s actually for you if the rejection
of Jesus led him to victory and power
then what about you what about you one
of the things that God is actually
leading you to and so we have to you see
anything anytime something happens that
that carries two different opinions the
enemy wants to use that to plant a seed
of dysfunction in you and a seed of
bitterness but God wants to use that
very thing to plant a seed of trust and
the seed of hope and a seed of faith for
you to know that God if you shut this
door greater is on the way thank you
Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus
family stand with me I want to pray
thank you lord
thank you lord family I want to speak to
those who have misinterpreted what
rejection represented in your life you
see because there are things like I said
earlier that you just cannot avoid it’s
just like for example offense offense is
something that but you don’t have to
take it people will do things that would
offend you not because people want to
offend you it’s just because of how you
interpret their actions because everyone
has a way they interpret people’s
actions and some things you interpret as
good somethings you interpret as bad and
so it would always come but you don’t
have to accept it
rejection would always come in life
because not everybody would always
understand what you’re called to do you
are not called to everyone you are not
called to please everybody not everyone
is assigned to your dream and so there
would be people that would by just by
life not agree with you there will be
people that you would think in your
understanding should be assigned to this
thing and heaven says I never call that
person to that project and so just by
life there are people that you would see
and you would say oh man this is this is
the one for me god I believe you have
given me my spouse know
and you will think their rejection is
speaking of your value no it’s not it
just means that that was never designed
to be and so we cannot pull weight I
heard someone say you will never be the
right one for the wrong person and so
whatever it is in our lives family you
cannot look at rejection and think that
rejection is speaking against your value
of your worth or the value of what God
placed in you no it’s just that where
you are taking it too does not have the
capacity or was not assigned to you and
by that it means that God is just gonna
lead you and that’s why I love the
saying that rejection is redirection
because by the very right is that God is
gonna lead you to what is for you
rejection will always serve a purpose
that works for you it would always serve
a purpose that speaks to you and so I
believe that why this message was was
such was so heavy on my heart is that if
we walk around with a sense of feeling
rejected and we will carry this this
weight on our lives and and it would
almost be we will start projecting it on
people and we’re not gonna trust people
and we’re not gonna speak up and we’re
not gonna be bold about the things that
God is telling us to do and you see the
crazy thing is that when you think that
rejection is against you you will stop
you will stop following the leading of
the Holy Spirit because you’re gonna
think oh here we go again
but when you recognize that no it’s
actually for me and Lord if I did not
hear you properly I want to try again
because sometimes we could get it wrong
sometimes maybe what I heard was the was
the voice of my own desire maybe I heard
the voice of my own ego maybe I heard
the voice of the expectations of society
maybe I called that voice the voice of
the Lord it’s okay to get it wrong
but don’t look at getting it wrong as a
way to shut up the Spirit of God because
how God speaks to us could come from
through the same channels where we hear
the voices of fear and hear the voices
of doubts and your the voices of society
and sometimes you may get it wrong but
it’s okay that even in those moments you
can come back to the presence of the
Lord and say Lord you know maybe I heard
I heard this wrong maybe I perceived
this wrongly one thing I’ve learned
family is that God will never be my
problem
God will never be the problem in any
situation and so if something about the
situation is not working now there’s not
because God is the problem sometimes we
have to humble ourselves to recognize
maybe I got it wrong maybe that was not
the company maybe that was not the
person maybe that was not the place
maybe that was not the position and yes
I know I prayed and I fasted but prayer
is not about my demands prayers about
heavens demands that prayer is about a
time when I come in agreement with what
heaven said it’s not for heaven to come
in agreement with what I want and so it
is possible there are things that you
had prayed and you had fasted for and
and it felt like it actually that the
more you pray don’t worry dad died and
you wonder God did you ever hear me at
all
you see what I didn’t share with you and
I spoke about the person whose mother
when the Lord said that it’s the
mother’s time I didn’t tell them because
I felt like God others that’s just not
fair it sure that you should give them
more time and I said nothing and he says
to me that this would happen within less
than a week and I said nothing and I
allowed them to keep praying because I
wondered that God maybe you would change
your mind
and it happened within three days and
when it happened
he said to me if you would have told
them you would have given them time to
say goodbye but instead they used their
time to almost make it seem as though
God is withholding something good from
them and that taught me something family
it made me start to understand that
prayers are not about our demands and
maybe I need to humble myself to listen
to really what God is saying and submit
to understand that God maybe sometimes
I’m still discovering how you move and
how you work and I should never conclude
them because you did this this way for
another person you would do it this way
for the next person what is and so we
allow we carried this burden and we
think that God I laid it all down and it
did not work out and you killed it Lord
but what if we were praying our own
prayers and what if we were not tapping
into what happened was saying God will
never be the problem you see what was
crazy was that after the mother passed
and I shared with him and I said I’m
sorry I knew I was supposed to tell you
this that it was indeed her time and
when we spoke he told me that something
about in his heart felt it but he was
trying to push the limits to see that
maybe maybe something would change but
he had a piece about it
and for that I praise God but sometimes
it’s not always the case because I’ve
been there I’ve been in the position
when I’m praying and I’m fasting for
something that God never assigned to me
and I had to humble myself to say God
you know what the voice that was
directing that very prayer was not the
voice of the Holy Spirit was the voice
of my ego and sometimes God will answer
it in a different way when he purifies
the desire and the intention and that’s
what I love about worship because when
we worship God when we worship when we
worship and present our requests on to
the Lord worship purifies the intention
all of a sudden I’m like God I really
don’t want that and I began to see what
that desire came from it is never that
God will reject some would withhold
something good from you O God what God
would call something good to reject you
that would never be the case we serve
indeed a very good God and sometimes we
just have to trust them we just have to
be patient and we just have to know that
God I may not understand your ways coz
your ways are not my ways but the more I
walk with you I close that gap the more
I experience you the more I commune with
you the more I am intimate with you I
begin to close that gap I begin to
understand how you see life I begin to
have peace concerning the ways you move
because I recognize that it would always
be for me family if you’re in this house
and there were things that you felt that
you were holding against God because you
felt like God you should have done this
I prayed and I fasted and and nothing
came out of it I want you to come down
because the Lord is healing your heart
right now
thank you Jesus
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thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank
you Jesus
and there are two cases to this because
in some cases for some of you the law to
reveal that that was never my voice that
led you to make that prayer and in other
cases the Lord is speaking to you that I
do answer buried prayers then if I can
resurrect people I can resurrect your
prayers you see for some of you doors
are gonna open that would shock you
because you were not expecting it but
the Holy Spirit will remind you that
this was a prayer that you buried
thank you Jesus
thank you Jesus family if you’re in this
house and you misunderstood what
rejection is actually doing in your life
you soil as against you and the Holy
Spirit is touching your heart to
recognize that it’s always for you God
will always be for you if that is you I
want you to come down the Lord is
healing hearts tonight
thank you Jesus thank you
thank you Lord you see the reason I’m
calling you down to the altar is because
when you when you when you acknowledge
what was taking place the enemy cannot
function in light when you acknowledge
that God indeed I was hurt when you
acknowledge that God you know what I I
had this expectation of you when you
acknowledge what was happening in your
heart you give God permission to heal
you but if you hide it from God you
cannot you see what a misconception that
we have is that God wants us to pretend
we’re okay that you know let the weak
say I’m strong but you have to recognize
you’re weak it’s not a thing of hiding
your weakness to just say God you are my
strength no you have to recognize I am
weak to say that I am strong and so you
cannot hide your pain from God and think
that that’s what he wants y’all ready
knows it but he needs you to acknowledge
it so he can heal you because if you
hide it from him the enemy works in
darkness he builds in darkness and so if
you hide and you withhold it from him
you just give room for the enemy to
continue to build he builds where you
cannot see him the moment you see him is
exposed and he has no place to stay the
moment you recognize oh that is ego it
can no longer exist the moment you
recognize I did this out of pride you
will not continue to do it because who
is actually excited about being prideful
but if you hide it and you cover it up
and you want to keep this image you give
the enemy more ground in your life and
for that reason I’m calling you to come
down to the altar that every step you
take it’s actually about what is taking
place bits in between you and God it’s
not about people that the moment you say
you know what I don’t care about how
people are gonna perceive me that the
moment you walk out you say God I do
acknowledge something went wrong and I’m
walking now because I’m taking a step of
faith and saying that Lord I’m gonna
believe that every rejection was
actually working for my good and I’m
gonna believe that yes they may have
been things that I believed your and I
thought it was supposed to happen and it
didn’t but it could be so many different
things Lord maybe you’re revealing to me
that that was never you or maybe that
was if the response is for an appointed
time and I just have to trust you
either way it’s about just coming before
the Lord and saying lord if I’m wrong
you let me know one of the most powerful
things you can do is to never be too
attached to a prayer never be too
attached to me that you don’t hear what
if it’s from God or not never be too
attached to a studying request that you
don’t you don’t discern where it’s
coming from
you don’t discern your intention and so
when you can give it room for the Holy
Spirit you can say god I know there is a
desire in my heart for this thing but
you show me if you want me to let it go
girl I will let this thing go in a
heartbeat but if you tell me that this
is mine I would relentlessly pursue
after it and I will come every day
seeking you and covering it in prayer
but I never want a prayer request to
have hold of my hearts more than you do
I never wanna see that I’m asking for
I’m looking for to have a greater weight
on my hearts than you do Lord I don’t
want things to have me I want you to
have all of me we were singing in
worship God give me a heart abandoned
that everything that all I want is you
thank you Jesus
thank you Jesus
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thank you Jesus
some of you in this house you may be at
the altar I don’t know it was some
watching because of the circumstances
that have surrounded your life for some
of you didn’t even want to come to
church today but because of the
circumstances that surrounded your life
you have been rejecting the knock of the
Holy Spirit you have been pushing God
out you’ve been pushing away his leading
because you just feel like how can a
good God allow this to happen in my life
but family if you have an experience
this trust me the longer that you walk
with God it the longer that you live you
would recognize that everything really
works together for the good every single
thing you would learn that God is not a
waster God does not waste any experience
you’ve ever been through God has not
waste any heartbreak he does not waste
any pain he does not waste any tears
every single thing works together for
your good but because of the
circumstances that surrounded your life
you have rejected a lock of the Holy
Spirit and let this be an opportunity
family that you are willing and your
boat to say God step into my life step
into my heart I want to make you my lord
that you’re me I want you to be my Lord
and my Savior I no longer want to walk
with this weight of feeling like
everything is against me the world is
against me and you’re against me God
drew you to this house because he’s
calling you home he’s calling you home
he wants to make your heart his home and
so if you’re not at the altar I want you
to come down to this altar thank you
Jesus thank you Jesus God sees you thank
you Jesus
thank you Jesus hallelujah for those of
the watching I just want you to lift
your hands up father God we thank you
for that which you’re doing right now we
thank you that you’re healing hearts we
thank you lord
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thank you Jesus I’ve got it
your healing arts lorig on your healing
minds florica your rewriting history
you’re allowing your children to see
that no that was never again she oh that
was actually for me when this incident
happened oh it was actually not against
me it was actually for me while April
20th was not the worst day of my life it
was actually one of the best days Lord
you’re rewriting history thank you lord
have your way in the lives of your sons
and your daughters write this on your
hearts Lord God made this day may one is
taking place right now at the altar Lord
God may either be imprinted on their
hearts Lorca may they never depart from
it and I can’t so every attack of the
enemy that will cause them so that will
make them feel like that that that no
things are maybe against me but they
would recognize that when I feel like
sheep when I feel vulnerable when I feel
like I’m amongst men walking that
streets that I would remember that I
have a shepherd a shepherd that keeps me
we thank you Lord that every rejection
is actually working together for our
good and I thank you Lord for those that
took a step of faith and said Lord no
longer would I block out your spirit no
longer would I block out the leading of
your spirit but I recognize that you are
for me and I would resolve in my mind
that you will never be the problem so
that I will open my heart to know more
if you want to grow in you Lord God I
to Jesus there you will speak to your
children that every seed of bitterness
is being pulled out right now every rule
of business has been uprooted right now
in the name of Jesus Lord God that they
would not walk as though everything is
okay on the surface and dying on the
inside lord I thank you that joy would
spring up from within I thank you that
joy would spring up from within the joy
of the Lord is our strength the joy of
the Lord that is not attached to
anything or any place or any person but
a joy that it’s rooted in knowing you
Lord Jesus a joy that is ruling an
intimacy with you I thank you Lord that
a joy would spring up from within your
children and it would be their strength
have your way
have your wake-up in Jesus name Amen
amen
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