The Story of a King, Part 1: "Born to Reign" | Dr. Mike Woods | Radah Church | 1 Dec 2024

Overcome by your presence, Lord. Holy Spirit, you are welcome here. Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere. Your glory will become more aware of your presence. Let us experience the glory of your goodness. Let us become more aware of your presence. Let us experience the glory of your goodness. Hallelujah! More aware of your presence. Let us experience the glory of your goodness. Hallelujah! More aware of your presence, let us experience the glory of your goodness. Glory! Hallelujah to your name! Holy Spirit, you are welcome here. Come —this place and feel the atmosphere. Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for, to be overcome by your presence, Lord. Your presence, Lord. Your presence, Lord. Your presence, Lord.

Hallelujah to your name, Jesus. Hallelujah.

Come on, open your mouth and let's just worship him for a few moments. Father, we love you, we give you glory. Come on, worship Worship the King, worship the King. Come on, we bless him. Let's become more aware of his presence. Let's become more aware of his presence. Come on, lift those hands. He is welcome here. Holy Spirit, you are welcome here. Come on, give him the fruit of your lips. Those of you that are joining us live right now, glory to the name of God. Just lift your hands right where you are and give Jesus the fruit of your lips. God, we give you the glory, we give you the honor. Come on, the worshipers are worshiping. Come on, the worshipers are worshiping. Hallelujah! We bless you in this place this morning. We give you the glory. If it had not been for the Lord that was on my side, the psalmist said, where would I be? And God, we worship you, God, because you've kept us. You've been better to us, Father, than we could be to ourselves. God, you rule and you super rule. And so, Father, we've gathered here today just to worship your name, God. Not to be seen of men, but God, we gather and we assemble that we may encounter you, God. We want nothing less than you, God. God, we crucify our flesh, cast the devil out of our mind. We break down every will that's not of you, God. And God, we say yes, Lord. Yes to your will, Father. Yes to your way. Yes to your plan. We give you glory. Come on, worshiper. Hallelujah. We come to lift him up. We come to extol him. He's our King. He's our God. He's our Lord. And he's our Savior. And we bless his name. Oh, taste and see. Oh, taste and see. Oh, taste and see that the Lord, he is good. If you want to taste him, you gotta worship him, because he lives in your worship. God is desiring us to taste him this morning. Let him— oh my God— inebriate your spiritual palate. If you're scrolling past this, stop and worship. God wants to touch you right where you are. Come on, give him glory with the fruit of your lips. Taste and see. It happens in that order. When you taste him, he'll show you his face. He'll show you his power. He'll show you his glory. He'll show you his favor. Taste and see. Taste and see. Oh, that the Lord is good. I'm telling you, we're going to see the goodness of God in the land of the living. God, we give you the glory. I don't know about anybody else, Father, but I want to see your goodness. I want to see that glory. I want to see that power. I want to see your favor. I want to see your grace and mercy. I want to see your wealth and prosperity. I want We want to see your love fill the earth, God. God, we taste you through our worship. Come on, the worshipers are worshiping. Come on, the worshipers are worshiping. Come on. We give you glory. Come on, worship. Come on, worship her. We love you more than it is. Come on, worship her. Oh God, we worship you, God, cuz we want to see, we want to see, we want to see. We want to see your glory. We want to see your power. We love you more than anything, more than anything, more than anything, more than anything, more. Come on, Zion, worship Jesus. Come on, Zion, worship Jesus. Come on, worship Jesus. Oh Lord, we love you more. Oh Lord, we love you more, more than anything, more than anything. We cry out more. We cry out more. We want to taste you, God. We want to taste you, Jesus. We want to taste your essence, your very person, God. Saturate us with you. Give me you, give me you, give me you. Oh yeah, it's more, it's more than anything, God. Thank you for your anointing, God. We want you more than anything. We want you more. We want you more. We want you more. We want you more. We want you more. Come on, worship. Give him the fruit of your lips. Give him the fruit of your lips. Give him the fruit of your lips. Because of who he is, we give him glory. We extol him. Come on, worship.

Lord, I worship you, Lord, I worship you because, because of who you are.

Yes, God.

Lord, I worship you, Lord, I worship you because, because of who you are.

Come on, sing it again. Because of who you are, because of who you are, I give you glory. Come on, everybody. Because of who you are, because of who you are, I give you praise. Give you praise. Not because of what you do, but because of who you are. Because of who you are, I will lift my hands and say, I will lift my hands and say, Lord, I worship.

I worship you, God, because of who you are. Lord, I worship Lord, I worship you because, because of who you are. Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Jireh, my provider, my provider. Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Nissi, Lord, you reign in victory. Lord, you reign in victory.

Jehovah Shalom, Jehovah Shalom. You're the Prince of Peace, my Prince of Peace, and I worship you, and I worship because of who you are, because of who you are. I give you glory, give you glory. I wish you'd sing it to Jesus because of who you are.

Because of who you are, I give you praise.

Because of who you are, because of who you are, I will lift my hands and voice and say, say, Lord, I worship you. I worship you because, because of who you are. Lord, I worship you because of who you are. Come on, Jehovah Jireh, he's my provider. Come on, make that thing personal. Jehovah Nissi, Lord, you reign in victory. Oh, you reign in victory, Jehovah. You're my Prince of Peace, my Prince of Peace, and I worship you, and I worship you because of who you are. Hallelujah! My provider, Jehovah Nissi.

Jehovah Nissi.

Lord, you reign.

Lord, you reign in victory. Jehovah Shalom, my Prince of Peace. And I worship you.

And I worship you because of who you are. Come on, Jehovah Jireh.

My provider, my provider. Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Nissi.

And I worship you because you are— Hallelujah, hallelujah to your name. Take music all the way out. Yes, God, we give you glory. Come on, worship him in this building. Come on, just open your mouth and give him the fruit of your lips. We give him glory. Come on, we give him glory, we give him glory. Come on, come on, we bless you, Father. We honor your name. Come on, open your mouth and bless him. We bless you, God. Fill this room with your voice. Those of you watching us live, come on, open your mouth right where you are. God is here with us. Come on, come on, bless him. Come on, bless him. Come on, bless him. Come on, bless him, Zion. Come on, bless him. Come on, give him glory. Give him honor. Give him honor. We bless you, God. You're wonderful, Jesus. We bless you, God. We honor you, God. You're so good. We honor your name. We honor your name. We honor your name. Come on, worshiper. We honor your name. The presence of the Lord is here with us. We honor your name. We honor your name. We bless you. Kamamba. We lift up Jesus. We glorify him. We bless him. He's a great God. He's a great God. He's a great God. Come on, he's been good and we give him glory. We honor the— This is your moment with the King. He's here, and he longs to be worshiped. He longs to be extolled. He longs to be glorified. Father, we macrograph you. We sublimate you now. We give you glory. We magnify your great name. You're great and greatly to be praised. To him that sits upon the throne and unto the Lamb be blessings and glory and honor and power forever. Oh God. And we bless your name, God. And I say unto you, my little ones, today that this shall be an hour and a time that I have ushered you into where I shall irrigate you and even inebriate you with my peace, with the presence of my assistance. For in many days you have sensed that I may have been absent, but I say unto you this morning, my little ones, that I have never left you and never have I forsaken you. I've always been with you. And I say to you today, continue to pursue my heart, continue to sue my mind. For if you consume my heart and my mind, there will be no need to come after my hand, for my hand will be available to you by default. For because you choose to seek me— for in this time, said the Lord, I have come looking for those that will seek my face, looking for those that will pursue hard after me, that will look for me in times of good and bad. For I say unto you today, this is the hour of the seeker. This is the hour of the worshiper. This is the hour of those that will pursue me. And even as I've already said to you today, taste of me, partake of me, align with me, become one with me, and there shall not be one thing that you will miss. For the Lord your God will provide. For I will surround you with my very essence, and your eyes shall see what I have promised. And the world will know because of your seeking, because of your praying, because of your worshiping, that I am I am God, and I declare unto you today, my name will be glorified because you choose to seek, says the Lord. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Father. Leba santo tabaya. Oh God, we thank you. God. Yes, God, we'll seek your heart and not your hand. God, we'll seek your mind and not your hand. And thank you that when we do this, your hand becomes available, God, by default. We hear it, we receive it. God, come on, worshiper, worship him and thank God for that word. I keep hearing Matthew 6:33. For if you seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, these things would be added unto you. Oh God, we pursue you. We come after, hard after you, God. We come hard after you. Libaman, we say, give us you, give us you, give us you. Everything else can wait. Give us you. Everything else can wait. Give us you, give us you, give us you, give us you, give us you, God. Come on, worship. You, you just give me God. Just give me God. Come on, just give me God. I hope I'm not too late. Lord, give me you, my God. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. So give me you. Everything else can wait.

Give me you. So give me you.

I hope I'm not too late.

I hope I'm not too late. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Everything else can wait. Everything else, everything else can wait. So give me you. I hope I'm not too late. Lord, Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you. Lord, give me you.

Hallelujah!

It's you we want, God. Everything else, everything else, it can wait. Give me you, Lord, give me you. I hope I'm not too late, Lord. I want you, Lord. I want you, Lord. I need you, Lord, I need you. Oh, so give me you, give me you.

Hallelujah!

Give me you. Everything else can wait, so give me you. I hope I'm not too late, I hope I'm not too late. Lord give me you! Lord give me you! Lord give me— Oh God bless her too. Lord give me you! Lord give me you!

Come on, just clap your hands everybody and say 'give me you,' 'give me you.' Come on, if you're watching us live right now, give me you, give me you, give me you. Come on, say it to God, give me you, give me you. God, we clap our hands and say, give us you. Yes, God. Hallelujah. God is so good. He is so wonderful. He is so kind. I want to— he— I feel the presence of God. I want to welcome those of you that are watching us live this morning. Turn that other light up for me, guys. Glory to the name of God. I want to welcome you guys that are watching us. Praise God. Please do me the kind favor and share this experience. Glory to God! I feel Jesus in this place, and I believe that there is a word from God on today. Uh, we're going to take a moment really quickly just in this presence to give. Glory to the name of God! Those of you that are joining us live, praise the name of Jesus. It's more blessed to give than it is to receive. Glory to God! And I want to challenge you this morning to be a blessing to ministry. Uh, this is the first of the month. We need to make sure today that we meet our entire budget. Glory to the name of God for the month of December. So we can only do that with your help. I was in a church one time and I heard the preacher say to the people, he said, I don't need your money. And that is not my testimony. Glory to God. We indeed need your money. Glory to God, we need your help. We need it by virtue of the fact that giving positions you— glory to God— giving positions you to receive. The Bible says give and it shall be given unto you good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall— glory to the name of God, hallelujah— men give to your bosom. So we want you to get your seed in the ground this again, we got to meet our budget today. Up and above your tithe, I want every person tithing, glory to God. But up and above your tithe, we want you to make a sacrifice, sow a one-of-a-kind seed. The ways to give, can you put those up for the people online? Glory to God. Put those ways to give up. Glory to God. There are 5 ways you can give here at Rudder Church. They should be up on the screen. Screen now. Glory to the name of God. Glory to God. And we want you to get your seed in the ground. Praise God. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. I believe God is going to bless the giver. Glory to God. I believe it's going to come back. You know, giving is an act of worship as well. So glory to God. As we give, we sacrifice unto God. So get your seed in ground. Praise God, we praise him, we honor him, we give him praise. Those of you that are watching, make sure people can see— glory to God— in the chat also how to give. And let's pray. Father, we thank you for every gift and every giver. We thank you that every need here at Rhoda Church is already met. And God, that we have the desires of our heart. And Father, we give you praise and glory now that as your people give, this seed is going back to them 1,000 times more. Father, you said in your word that Isaac sowed in famine and he reaped— glory to the name of God— a hundredfold the same year. A hundredfold is 10,000%, Lord, or 1,000 times more. So I thank you, God, that as your people move in obedience, we're standing on that word, God, that we're going to reap 100 hundredfold this same year. So we got like 30 days to get our thousand times more. And Father, we receive it according to your word because of our obedience. We thank you, we give you glory, we give you honor. And Father, even those that desire to give that couldn't, God, we release the blessing of increase, the blessing of money into their lives so that they can be blessed, and we praise you for it now in Jesus' name. Amen. And thanks be to God. Come on, give God praise for giving. Glory to God. Hallelujah. All right, family, we going to get started with this word. Uh, Mario, play that video to open this message this morning. We're going to start this series entitled The Story of the King.

It could have been a night just like this one. The air filled with anticipation, and that light so bright in the night sky that it beckoned for shepherds and wise men to follow. But to their surprise, when they arrive and find a tiny baby laying in a manger surrounded with nothing more than farm animals— King! How could the Savior of the world be here in this place? And yet they were compelled. They bowed down right there and worshiped him. You see, they knew that something beyond comprehension had just transpired. The hope of all mankind has just shown up before them, that Jesus, although for you and for me, he came to give us a hope and a future. He came so that we might have joy and life. He came so that no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, all we have to do is call on his name and we would— this is the story of Christmas. This is the story of the greatest gift ever given. The story of a king, the savior of the world. Born in a manger for you and for me.

Hallelujah! Give God praise for our King! Glory to God! Thank you, Jesus! We bless him, he's wonderful. So this series, glory to God, of course it's about Jesus. He's our King, right? And I don't know home when the last time, honestly, I spoke about Christmas. And the Lord began to deal with me. He said, you need to talk about Jesus. So, cuz I had something else in mind. Glory to God. And so we going to talk about Jesus this month. All right, hallelujah. It's a good month to do it because a lot of people have taken this season out of context and they don't understand that this season is all about him. And so we're going to tell this story of the King this morning. Is that all right? Hallelujah. So let's first go to Zechariah 6:12. We're going to start here. Praise God. Wonderful Jesus. He's a good God. Hallelujah. Zachariah. That's one of them books you gotta fast and pray to find if you don't read it. Read the Bible often. Glory to God. Zachariah is one of the minor prophets. Glory to God. And just minor because that's how he's categorized in the canon, but all prophets are major. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Zechariah 6:12 says this: And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, behold the man— somebody say behold the man— whose name is the branch. And that word in Hebrew, the branch— let me stop right there— that word means means the source of growth. Say that with me. Say, Jesus is my source of growth. I want you to grab that. Jesus is the source of growth. Glory to God. He says, whose name is the branch, and he shall grow up out of his place, which means now his original place is heaven, and God will release him. And this is Zechariah prophesying way before Jesus came and says he's going to come to earth and he's going to grow up in this place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord. So this morning I want to talk this is part 1 of this message. I want to talk about being born to reign. Not only is Jesus born to reign, but can I submit to you that you're born to reign too? Glory to God! Touch yourself, say, 'I was born to reign.' Matter of fact, in Revelation, the Bible said he has made us kings and priests, so we are in the kingdom of God to have authority in a certain area, to have influence in a certain area of purpose and destiny and God's plan. Rub your belly, say, I'm born to rule. But Jesus is the King of Kings, so he's the king of all of us that move in authority. So the first thing I want to do before we get into this, I think it's important in this first message, and this will carry throughout the continuity of this series. I want to give you the characteristics of the king, and I want you to write them down because you need to know the character of a king. Glory to God. Write it down. Number 1, a king A king is never voted into power. His power is inherent from birth. So a king is born a king. He's never voted in. So can I submit to you this morning, our new elected president is not a king. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. He was voted in the power. The president now is not a king. He was voted into power. Now watch this. That means those of us in the kingdom of God, we're not under the rule of the president. We're under the rule of King Jesus. Glory to the name of God. Our systems function from another place. All right, number 2, write it down. A king is a king by birthright. So that means because he's born into power, nobody can take away from him that he is the king. From a baby, he's a king. The moment he passes through the womb, he's a king. Okay, and watch this. His kingship kingship is not conferred upon him. In other words, people don't get to decide whether or not he's going to be king or not. The only way— and we'll talk about this later in the series— you can get rid of a king is to try to kill him. Are y'all hearing this? The reality is he's king whether we like it or not. Whether the world likes the fact that Jesus is the king cannot heed a king. Glory to God. Number 3, write it down. I'm not going to tarry there because we got a lot to cover this morning. Number 3, just like you can't vote the king in, the king cannot be voted out of power. Listen, he was king before the world started, and Jesus is going to be king when the world passes away. I don't care how many people reject him. Matter of fact, the Bible said that he was despised and rejected of men. He came to his own and his own received him not. Glory to God. So no matter who rejects him, they can't put him out, they can't cast him away. Glory to God. Number 4, write it down: a king's authority is absolute. That means when a king speaks— my God, hallelujah— he speaks with absolute authority, and whatever the king decrees, it becomes law. So the king says it, that's it. So we, we want to remember these things as we flow through this series now, because when the King opens his mouth or he decrees a word towards us, it's settled, it's absolute. Ain't nothing you could do to change what God said. And that's why we got to make sure that he said it. Amen. Before we go running behind something we heard just because somebody said God said it. Because the king— hear me— he speaks with absolute authority. Number 5, write it down, and I just hit this: a king's word is law. Glory to Jesus. So no one can countermand his order. Verse. Again, no, if he says it, no one can change what he says. If God says you're blessed, guess what? You're blessed. That's law. If God says you're the head and not the tail, guess what? That's true. If he says with his stripes you're healed, don't freak out when you get sick. You're healed because nothing can undo what he said. Number 6, a king— listen to this— personally owns everything in his domain. So the king owns everything. Hoo-wee! Glory to the name of God. And in a kingdom, that's the only form of government where the king actually actually owns everything. So in a democracy, the president doesn't own everything, but in the kingdom, the king owns the land, he owns the houses, he owns everything. That's in the natural as well. That's why in some countries you have to wait till the king declares you're citizen before you actually become a citizen, because the king checks your status to make sure you're worthy to be a citizen, because he's responsible for you because he owns everything. Say that with me. Say, the king own everything. And then, and if I'm his child, and if I'm a part of the king's family, family. What does that say for me? But I ain't gonna deal with that. Let me, let me keep moving. Glory to God. Number 6: a king's decree is unchanging. Is that 7? I'm sorry. King's decree is unchanging. The word says, I am the Lord your God and I change means not. I love that about God. He ain't wishy-washy. He ain't like people. People here today, then they here down here with you tomorrow. But God is consistent. Say that with me. Say, God is consistent. Our King can't lie. He came back by He can't do none of that. He can't— he ain't gonna ever, uh, downplay you. He's gonna always be a champion for who you are. King is unchanging. Number 8, y'all write it down. I got to get through these. A king chooses— and I already hit this— who will be citizen. And the reason he does has to do that again, because he has to take care of you. Watch this. The Bible says, you have not chosen me, I have chosen you. So everybody, people that were running around here talking about they found Jesus— no, you didn't. You didn't find— he never— first of all, he never was lost. So you, you can't find something that ain't lost or hiding. He wasn't hiding from you, and he ain't lost. But if you saved, you saved because he chose you. Matter of fact, the Bible said he chose you before the foundation of the world. So every one of us that's born again, we were chosen to be born again before we got here. Just touch yourself, say, I'm chosen. Glory to God. Here's the next one, write it down. The king embodies the government of his kingdom. So watch this, that means you can't have a kingdom without a king. And that means also that the kingdom of heaven is here on earth because the king lives inside of the So because the King lives inside of you and I, heaven is on earth through you and I. We have an opportunity to present heaven to the world because the King has moved into our life. Matter of fact, when the King showed up in your life, he moved in with his kingdom and all of his resources. Rub your belly, say, the King is in me. Glory to God. Write this one down. Next one: a king's presence— I love this— is the presence of his authority. So if we worship and the presence comes in, that also means his authority came in too. If the presence of God is in your life, that means his authority is also in your life. So it's not enough to say I'm saved, I go to church, I go through religious motions. But if the presence is in my life, that simply means he's there. His authority is there, his ability is there, his resources is there, because his kingdom is a part of him. Are y'all with me? Let's move. A king's wealth— watch this— is measured by his property. So kings in different countries, their wealth and what they have is measured by what they own. So we know our King is the richest King of them all. Because the Bible said the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, them and they that dwell therein. So our King owns everything. There's nothing our King doesn't own. Say that with me. Say, he owns everything. Say, including me. You ought to be all right. That you're not your own, that you belong to the King of Kings. Hallelujah! You belong to the Lord of Lords. I know, I'm all right with that. Some people, you know, they want to belong to him on Sunday. I want to belong to him every day. I want to obey him every day. I want to please him and bring pleasure to him every single day. I'm glad He owns me. I don't mind calling him master. I'm a slave to him. Are y'all hearing this? I'm a prisoner of Christ. Say, he owns me. Glory to God. Watch this. So if his wealth is measured by his property, so— oh boy, so every, everything everything God owns in the natural and the supernatural, because there's, there's a such thing as supernatural property. So God owns supernatural property. He owns the heavens. He owns— oh my God— he owns gifts, he owns anointings, he owns territories and regions. So when we work with him, we could take ownership to what belongs to us. Oh, y'all quiet this morning. Y'all must still sleep here. Okay, all right. I know, I know we get up early to come now. It's okay. Glory to God. Hallelujah. But watch this, write this one down: a king's prosperity is measured by the status of the citizens. So watch this. The world— now we know God owns everything, but when the world looks at us, because they don't know God, they're measuring the authority and prosperity of our King that we talk about so much based on our personal spiritual spiritual and natural prosperity. Because how you got a king that don't take care of you? How you got a king that don't have a healthcare system to heal you when you get sick? Are y'all here? They are measuring by what's coming through our life, by the testimony that the king displays through us. Wow. Watch this. The citizens in the kingdom of heaven should automatically prosper naturally and spiritually because our King is prosperous. Wow, that's— but we got— we have to tap into that way of thinking. See what has happened, I think it has been programmed to believe that we are required to provide everything we have. When honestly, if I'm in a kingdom, the king is required to take care of me. The king is required to make sure my needs are met. I know because we've been taught, I gotta punch this clock. I gotta work to the sweat of my brow, but that's under the curse. Oh, y'all ain't got to talk. Work was implemented after sin. Adam and Eve didn't have to work. They were operating in the supernatural, fellowshipping with God all day. They didn't have to go to no job. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. But when you're in the kingdom, the king says, I got you, just pursue me. Just trust what I can do for you. Good God Almighty. Listen, I'm telling you right now, there's more than we've experienced. There's so much more than we've experienced. And God says, I want to enter into a realm where the heavens are consistently open and the kingdom is consistently superimposing itself upon your life and all of your needs are always met. That's not a big ask. He said, he said that, right, that I'll supply your need according to his riches. Not what you got in the bank, not what you punch the clock and make. He said, I'm gonna supply it according to my riches in glory. I gotta get those riches. And that word glory, doxa, deals with glory that comes from a throne or the glory of a king. So I gotta tap into his wealth. I gotta tap into what he has so the supply is always there. You know what supply means? It means if you don't have it, he'll create it. Or if it's not in the earth and you need it, he will create it to make sure you got it. Oh God, I'm telling you right now, we serve a king that wants to take care of you. Touch yourself, say, he wants to take care of me. I'm talking this the king that came and was born Oh God, let's, let's go. Write this one down: a king's name is the essence of his authority. So Jesus the King has delegated his authority to us, his citizens, and all we got to do is use his name. It's almost It's like, you know, I don't know if you ever had to have— but there are times in my life I needed a cosigner, but nobody wouldn't do it, so it really didn't matter. So, but Jesus is like a cosigner. Long as you in his will and in his word, he's saying, look, I got what you need, I'm gonna handle this. Is. You just got to do it in my name. Don't put it in your name. Y'all ain't got to talk to me here. You walk in his will and put it in his name. Put the house you want in his name. Put the business you want in his name. Put the car you want in his name. That's the problem, we're trying to put it in our name and something things your name can't handle. Y'all got to talk to me here. And I don't mind that. I want the stuff that my name ain't qualified for. Hallelujah! Because I'm gonna put it on his name. That's why, folk, when it go to healing and deliverance and miracles, you don't see a lot of miracles in the church because people trying to do it in their name. Oh, y'all ain't got to talk. They're doing it for show. They're doing it to seen. They're doing it for likes and clicks and to be popular, but we do this to glorify his name. We want to see cancer healed because we want to glorify his name. So we do it in his name. We, we prophesy in his name. We preach in his name. We sing in his name. We live in his name. Oh, that's the king's authority is on his His name. You want to see the King authority show up in your life, just go to calling his name. Hallelujah. The Bible said there is no other name given among men whereby we can be saved. The word save is soteria in Greek. It means to rescue, to pull above turmoil. So what God does when he saves you, he reached down, rescues you, pull you above turbmoil, and turmoil can't touch your life. But you got to do it in his name. Instead of trying to face the challenge with your strength, call on his name. Jesus, that's his saving name. I'm— you know what, we, we don't call his saving name enough. You know what, even the rank sinner knows when they about to run off the road asleep, they'll wake up and say Jesus! They ain't said Jesus in a year, but just in that moment they know what name has authority. Are y'all hearing this? You got to call that name. That's our King. It's the last one, the last characteristic of a king I want to give you. A king's citizens represent his glory. Now watch this, guys. You and I, as citizens of the kingdom, we have to represent the glory of our King. How do we do that? First, we represent his character. So we have to wake up and choose to act like our King. I went kind of hard Thanksgiving, so I ain't gonna jump back in there, right? I got some inboxes and some DMs about me. I went hard. I don't care though. I told the truth about homosexuals, lesbians, and whoremongers and liars and sin. You got to bring your body to God. You got to bring your life to God and operate in godly character. Let me say this to gifted people: your gift will get you where your character won't keep you. Your gift will open doors that your character will kick you out of. And that's why you got to choose to be a person of character so you're representing the King well. Sin shouldn't be associated with our name and and we're calling the name of Christ, we should have this public exposure of sin connected to us? Come on, man. Even the Bible said if you got to do something wrong, he said take it away from the people. Take that contaminated meat over there so you don't cause another to stumble. Y'all ain't got to say nothing. The Bible said don't let your good be evil spoken of. Your character has to align with the King's glory. He's righteous. Watch this, he's just. You can't say you a child of the King and you mean as a rattlesnake. Oh my God, I mean, you always going off on people. A waitress don't stand a chance because you came in the restaurant mad, ready to fuss at her. You ain't even met the lady yet. I mean, you ain't even met her yet. You coming in the door, I wish they would mess up my order. The devil is a liar. You can't be saved acting like that. That's not a reflection of the character of God. Oh my God. And we run around talking about we serve the King and won't pay our bills on time. That's character. Paying your bills is a character trait because you owe them people and you got to take care of that. Oh, y'all ain't got— okay, all right. When you operate in the character of God, you not only live right, you're just, you're merciful and compassionate, you're also full of glory yourself. So you operate in a glory that when people encounter you, they can feel the presence of God because you walk in this. Glory to God. I was at the Hawks game the other— when did I go to Hawks game? Friday? Yeah, Friday. I was at the game Friday, sitting in my seat. It was a guy sitting next to me, but it was a Caucasian lady and her daughter sitting on the other side, on the other side of him. So I'm watching the game, minding my business, and then all of a sudden this woman just kept hitting me. Said, did you see that? Did you see that? You said— and then she said, the reason I keep hitting you is something about you. She said, the first time I touched you, something went through my body. I said, ma'am, you might not want to keep touching because the next step you're gonna be on the floor. Glory to God. You'll be in this arena on the floor. She said, what do you mean you're gonna knock me down? I said, no, you— what's coming out of my body gonna knock you down. But I'm just telling you, when there's a glory on you, people see it, people can feel it. And when we operate in the King's character, his glory is with us. And I don't know what that moment did for her, but I believe it did something for her. You know, you can think that you're somewhere hiding, slipping and dipping. Now there's always somebody that see you. Hallelujah. Especially in this day, you better be careful because they might see you and have a phone with a camera on it. That's why you can't go to everybody. Paul party. Y'all ain't got to talk. You can't go to everybody's party because there's cameras on phones. You had to party Crip walking. I know a preacher in North Carolina, he decided he needed a break. He went to Florida and said, I'm going to Florida and just get away because I need a break. He got down into Florida, in Miami, said, I'm gonna just party. He went to South Beach party. But then he decided one night to go to a strip club. First of all, you, you, you got quite a few followers. People know who you are. Why would you go to a strip club knowing that you got over 10,000 people that follow you online? Something about one of them people might be in Miami. And just as sure as the world, he was in the strip club tipping the answer. And somebody got their phone out that knew who he was and got a snapshot of the preacher putting the dollar in the lady thing. Hallelujah! And they posted it. You need to make sure you're operating in a level of character and glory at all times, cuz somebody might be He filming you. Y'all ain't got to say okay. All right, so let's get in this. So go to Luke chapter 1. Mario, put that scripture on the screen for me. Oh man, you on it. Glory to God. Luke chapter 1, verse 26. Glory to God. And we're going to read through verse number 38. The Bible says, in the 6th month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, See, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee. Remember, we're talking about Born to Reign. We're talking about, glory to God, the story of a king this month. So watch this. The reality is— go to the next verse. Go to verse— we're going to just read through the verses. Glory to God. To a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. Glory to God. So let's, let's start right there. The first thing we see is divine communication. Say that with me. Say divine Communication. I need you to understand that whenever God needs to talk to you, he can talk to you. I'm gonna say that again. Whenever God needs to talk to you, he can talk to you. Communication is twofold. All communication has a sender and a receiver, and during effective communication, the role of sender and receiver changes. So if I'm really receiving communication from God. Hear me, that means at some point I become a receiver and not just a sender, which means at some point you're not doing all the talking. Y'all hearing this? Praying is not you talking the whole time. It also prayer is communication with God. So it also involves you receiving what God has to say. So you got to pray through to glory so that you tap in where he can speak. So all communication, again, two parts: sender, receiver. So when you communicate with God, when divine communication happens, it means that you have spoken and He's spoken. He's heard you, you've heard him. Are y'all here? Glory to God. Divine communication— watch this— it's always going to be poignant. So like this angel came to Mary, it was for her. So when God talks to you He's talking to you. Y'all hearing this now? Except you are a prophet, except you're someone who has the gift of prophecy, word of wisdom, word of knowledge, God will speak and tell you what to say. Are y'all hearing this? But when you're with God, the message he's giving you is for you. The worst thing— and, and this, even with prophecy, remember I told you your prophetic profile goes with your assets, your abilities, and your— is who God already said you are. So you're already spoken to by God even before you hear him, because Jeremiah 1:5 says, before I formed you, I knew you. So there was yada communication happening with you and God before you even got in your mother's belly. So there's a determination over your life, a word over your life before you even get to this planet. And then God says, any other word has to align with what I say. The worst thing you could do is say God said something about somebody that he didn't say to them. Y'all hearing this? Cuz mature people with relationship, they know what God said to them. So when you say something, you, you, you need to make sure it's God, because if it's not, that person may tell you, no, me and God tight, and he ain't said that to you by me. Y'all may not believe this. Before I married Felicia— before I married Felicia, we used to have— and she'll tell you— every week, just church full of women, single women. And some of them thought they had heard from God that I was their husband. Husband. And I would get up and say, hey, I am not a part of the membership package of this church, and if you're coming for that, you are here for the wrong reason. You don't need to come no more. They didn't hear that. I mean, but I would be getting DMs after church. Oh, Apostle, I couldn't hardly hear you preach because you just so attractive, da da da, and then God is saying, you my man. First of all, you ain't gonna start that DM off like that. If God told you I was your man, you ain't gonna come, come to me like that. I mean, just, I'm talking about craziness. First Lady, she'll tell you. And I used to tell them all the time, why would God put my man mail in your mailbox. He ain't going to give you my mail. The Bible said he that finds a wife finds a good thing. So why he going to tell you and not tell me that you my wife? Cuz God didn't say it. Cuz, cuz divine communication is pointed. Watch this. Divine communication— watch this— is always prophetic. It points to the future. It points to what's to come. Watch this. It speaks to God's desire, his optimal reality for your life. God is always trying to maximize your position. He's already always trying to speak betterment. Well, we're gonna see in a moment Mary didn't think that what God was saying was for her better man. What he was saying to her was a prophetic declaration that had already been declared by Zechariah and Isaiah. And watch this, that this Savior would come. Very pointed, very prophetic. Let's keep reading. Glory to God. Say that one. Say divine communication is pointed it's prophetic. And say what? Say this with me. Say it's purposed. So whenever communication happens with God, he don't talk just to be talking. God ain't gonna waste his time telling you to put on some blue pants. I mean, he, he leaves that up to your will. You know, I heard somebody say it one time. They said, I pray about everything. I pray about what color I wear. I pray about what I paint my house. I understand, but at the end of the day, you really have the mental capacity— are y'all hearing me— to figure that out without talking to God about that? Because I don't want to offend nobody with what I wear, so I'm asking God to show me my outfits. Yeah, you know, you don't need some things just come common sense, right? We need to be talking to God about the stuff that's purposed, the stuff that he's planned, and that's what we want to hear him talk to us about. I went to a lady's house one time. I was traveling on the road. Y'all know I've been traveling a long time, 35 years, and this was back early in my full-time ministry. I used to stay with the saints because they couldn't afford a hotel, so I stayed with a mother, and I got to house, she had a table set. It was only her, her husband, and a daughter that was still living there, but she had the table set for 5. And I said, well, Mother, tell me, who's that place setting for? She said, that place setting for Jesus, because he comes to dinner. Every night. And so we got a place set for him. I said, Lord, if you don't get me out of here— I said, this is the craziest stuff, you know. And maybe I just wasn't spiritual enough at that time, but I'm like, he here whether you set a place or not. As a matter of fact, he ain't about to partake of my natural food. Are y'all hearing me? He about ain't interested in sitting at the table with you. No, he, he, he trying to run the universe. He ain't got time to be sitting at the table eating dinner with you. All this old bad cooking you doing, you talking about you, you got this place set, but Jesus don't want to eat this stuff, Mom. Mama, take that place up. Have mercy, y'all. Stop laughing at that mother. Glory to God, y'all going to hell, all of you. Praise God. Glory to God. Let me keep reading. Glory to God. Verse 28, the Bible says, watch Watch this. And the angel came in unto her and said, 'Hail, thou art highly favored, and the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women.' See, I told you divine communication is prophetic. He said, 'Look, you got favor.' She didn't understand what was going on, but he had to let her know, 'You're favored.' Let me tell you something, whenever God speaks to you, whether it's through an whether it's through prophecy, whether it's through his word, whether it's in your personal time with him, it's a sign that you got favor with the king. Whoo! Because don't you know you just can't walk up in the palace at Buckingham and decide you're going to see the King of England? You got to have some favor to get in there. Oh my God. But watch this. Is the King of Kings. He wants to talk to us, and when he talks, he releases favor. Somebody say favor. Glory to God. Look at verse 29. The Bible says, and, and when he saw him— when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, my God, today. Hallelujah. And cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. So she troubled because she know her situation. First of all, she a virgin. And then secondly, why in the world is God visiting me? Why is he talking to me? Why does God— hear me— want to enter into my life in this manner and communicate with me? Are y'all hearing me? He said, what's going on? Let's read. The angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God. Once Once again, when God is communicating with you, when heaven is talking to you, you have favor with God. Are y'all with me? Hallelujah. Now watch what happens. Verse 31: And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. I love this. His second point is the second point. So you got divine— say divine communication. This is story of a king here. Secondly, you got divine insemination. He says, you shall conceive a son. This is powerful because she said you gonna get pregnant, inseminated, without a man. You're gonna conceive in your womb and bring forth a son. So divine insemination says that God supernaturally implanted a supernatural seed inside of Mary. Now, some theologians suggest that he took Joseph's seed. No, because Jesus was God incarnate, and the only father Jesus has is God the Father. So God— remember I told you God will supply what is needed? He created a supernatural seed. Are y'all hearing this? And he inseminated it inside of Mary, and that seed began to grow. Just think about this: in order for you to get pregnant, if you have children, or if you ain't had no children, you know what you got to do to get pregnant. This process was eliminated. Can I submit to you this morning that Mary was pregnant with Jesus and God was the daddy? Touch your belly and say, I'm pregnant. Some of y'all scared to say that because your words are powerful, but say it. Say, I'm pregnant and God's the daddy. God wants to divinely inseminate you with something. Matter of fact, can I submit to you, he's already divinely inseminated you, just like the son was growing in Mary. Good God, the statue of Jesus is growing in you. We read it in Zechariah 6:12 that the branch would spring up and grow in you and build the temple of God. Who is the temple of God? You are the temple of God. So Jesus is growing in you, building you up, making you a temple worthy to house the King. Say divine insemination. Good God, he is inseminating you with his person, just like— oh my God— he did with Mary. He, he, he, he put that seed supernaturally inside of her. I want to tell you, there's a supernatural seed in you so the King can grow in you. Watch this. Even before you came to Jesus, the seed was in you. Watch this. While you were yet a sinner, Christ died for you. Are y'all here? While you were yet a a sinner, he had already decided that you would be a branch of him, that you will be a temple that his kingdom would reside in. Oh, just rub your belly and say, the kingdom is in me. And then when he got here, he said, the kingdom of God is within you. Glory to the name of God. And you can't— I remember, you can't have a kingdom without a king. Say it again. Say, the kingdom is in me. Say, the king is in me. He's here. He's with us. He's alive. He's inseminated us. We are a branch. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Verse 32, the Bible says, he shall be great and he shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of his father David, and he shall reign— verse 33— over the house of Jacob forever. Of his kingdom there shall be no end. Verse 34, then Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? It's divine insemination. It's supernatural. That's how it be. Can I tell you, God's about to amaze you, because divine insemination always amazes. Woo! God's about to bless you in a way, and you going to say, how can this be? How can this be? How can this be in my family? How can this be in my finances? How can this be in my spirituality? How can I be soaring and living the way God wants me to live at this level? God says it's because it's divine. And the angel answered and said, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee. Here's the insemination, watch it. And the power of the highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born born shall be called the Son of God. Watch this. He says, and behold, your cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the 6th month with her who was called barren. Verse 37, for with God nothing shall be impossible. I need y'all to believe that. Come on, say divine in elimination. Say it eliminates impossibility. Say this with me, say there are no limits in my life, there are no impossibilities in my life because the King has no limits. And with God, all things are possible. So next time you step up against something that seems impossible, I want you to remember who lives in you. I want you to remember how much power you got, and that there's nothing that challenges you you can't defeat, because with God nothing shall be impossible. I want to welcome you this morning to your season of impossibility. Glory to God! Welcome! Glory to God! The day of limits and impossibilities have ended. With the King, all things are possible. Hallelujah! And Mary, her tone changes. Verse 38: And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. Watch this, here's the last point. So we had divine communication. Say it with me, say divine communication. Divine insemination is the last one. You ready? Divine confirmation. So the divine confirmation was the fact that Elizabeth, who was barren, was also pregnant. Watch this. Elizabeth was told, you ain't gonna never have no offspring, and her body suggested she couldn't. She was barren, but supernaturally— and Mary knew this, so Mary was able to believe that she could be pregnant because Elizabeth was. That was the confirmation. Divine confirmation confirms divine communication. So that means when you get a word or God speaks, it should be a second witness is. So if an angel comes and speaks to you, or if a prophet speaks to you, or if you hear a word from the Lord, it should confirm what God already said. It should be a second witness to his voice. That's why I always say, if I never get a prophecy— I appreciate it when I do. I appreciate the awesome word Prophet Shannon gave me a couple of weeks ago, a few, few weeks ago, because Prophecy confirms what God says. And people who spend time with God, that God has communication with them. And sometimes it may be hard to believe some things God is saying, but God will send confirmation. And I'm telling you right now, you have a right to look for that confirmation. When God speaks, you ought to be seeking out that confirmation. Confirmation. You ought to be expecting that thing that God said to be confirmed. That's why— listen to me, guys— it's so important to be in a prophetic ministry, because what a prophetic ministry will do, not just from the leader but from the prophetic people, it will confirm what God is saying. I wouldn't be in no other kind of church but a prophetic church. Y'all ain't got to say nothing because the prophetic church is going to talk to me about what God is saying about me. Prophecy bring— it should bring confirmation, not confusion. Oh boy, here we go, because you got a lot of people who are saying God said and God didn't say, and it's bringing confusion. Confusion. Good God from Zion. That's why you got to get your— you gotta lock in and get your own relationship with the King. The King is waiting. He's saying, I want to know you. Glory to God. This is the story of the King. He was born to reign. He was born to rule our life. He was born to rule the world. He was born to operate through us. Us. He's the King of Kings. He's the Lord of Lords. He's the head and not the tail. He is everything. Jesus came— hear this— that he might be able to bring us to him. It is so he can rule— and I'm closing with this— the seen world from the unseen world. This is why he came. It's not about— even though we get into the fest— Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. I love the lights, I love all of that. I don't worship it, I just love the time of year. But we understand that this thing is about a king coming into the world and ruling. A king was born. I, I'm telling you, that's a big thing. A king was born, and we serve him so he can rule. Seen world from the unseen world. That's what he does. Say that with me. Say, a king was born. And say, he was born to rule the seen world from the unseen world. So this thing is about God's authority. It's about his power operating and working working through us. He's a ruler. So again, we have what? Divine communication. God talks to us, and that communication is pointed, it's prophetic, it's accurate to who we are. And then we have divine insemination. Watch this. The insemination is always going to around your purpose again. And then finally, we have divine confirmation. He confirms what he said. Glory to God. And the prophecy we read in Zechariah 6:12— and I'm done— was that he was born to be a branch that will grow out of heaven. Watch this. The root of heaven is rooted in us, and the more Jesus grows in us, he manifests himself again in the same world as King. So really, it becomes about you and I taking our place and operating in the uniqueness and the authenticity the authenticity of who we are. We are all different. There's no handprint in this room the same. That's why if you steal something, they ain't gonna arrest me, because your fingerprint's all over the stuff. Are y'all hearing this? Because we're unique. We're authentic. Those of you watching us online, you're unique. There's no one like you nowhere. And there's a unique branch of the King that's growing in you. Embrace it. Celebrate your uniqueness. You have no there's no reason to try to be somebody else. The King wants to reign through you. You know what? You're the best version of you. Glory to God, you can be you better than anybody else. So why would you settle for being a cheap copy, a cheap fake, a counterfeit of someone else You can uniquely be who God has communicated you are. I'm done, y'all. Everybody stand. Glory to God. Glory to God. Bring that music back up for me. We're gonna pray. Glory to God. I hope y'all learned something today. I hope those you're watching us online, I hope you learned something today. Glory to God. I want to pray. The first thing I want I want to pray for supernatural communication. Take it down some from it for me, Mario. That's good, son. I want to pray that your relationship with God would get tight. Again, remember, communication is a two-way message. It has a sender, has a receiver. You don't do all the talking when you really talk to God. I want to pray that God will press you into the supernatural in a way. That you'll hear his voice. Watch this, the Bible said, my sheep know my voice and a stranger they will not follow. So that gives us an important key on how to hear God, we got to become sheep. Sheep follow the shepherd. Sheep follow God. My sheep know my voice, and a stranger, they ain't gonna follow. So I'm praying for divine communication. Secondly, I'm praying for divine insemination. Watch this, the insemination has already happened. There's a gift in you. There's an anointing in you. There's favor in you. There's something that God has called you to do that no one else can do. Watch this. Most of all, there's a king in you. You got decrees you gotta declare. You got words you gotta speak. The king is in you, and you gotta open your mouth and begin to to declare who you are. So we're going to pray for insemination, and finally we're going to pray that you will receive confirmation for the things that God has spoken to you. In fact, those of you in this building, and if you're watching at home, grab the person by the hand. You're at home, grab— get somebody, touch and agree with somebody. Matter of fact, as we pray, I want you to get one person by both hands if you can. Glory to God, we give you praise. Let it be so. We give you glory, God. We give you glory. We give you glory. We give you glory. We give you honor. We give you praise, Jesus. I want you to look that person in the eye and say, we're getting ready to pray. And say, I believe God. He's reigning in your life. Say, as we pray, divine communication will increase. You will speak to God and he will speak to you. Say, as we pray, divine insemination will continue to grow. Say, the King of Kings is growing in you. And as we pray, you will feel him, you will fellowship with him, and you will follow him. And say, as we pray, you'll receive confirmation from the Lord. Come on, squeeze that hand, close your eyes. I want you to begin to pray right now as I pray. Father, we give you praise and we give you glory. We're praying for those here in the sanctuary. We're praying for those that's watching us. And Father, we thank you for this word. We thank you, God, that you were born to reign. And Father, we're living in a time, glory to God, where people have taken the time of this holiday called Christmas, Christ Mass, or the Mass of Christ, out of context. And so Father, in the name of Jesus, we thank you that as this month You have caused us to teach this word. We will bring the story of the King back into its real focus. This season is really about you. And Father, we thank you first of all that you were born in us and that there's a root of the King inside of us. And Father, I'm praying today that this branch would grow up in us. And Father, I'm decreeing and declaring, God, that as you grow in us and through us, God, that divine insemination, that the gift, the purpose, the plan that you have for our life, the assignment, our abilities, our assets— Father, we thank you for our personal assets and abilities and assignment. We thank you for what you've inseminated created in our life, the uniqueness, the authenticity. So I pray this morning as we're touching and agreeing and praying for one another that that authentic purpose, that it would be stirred, that that purpose would come alive. Hallelujah! I'm praying, God, that your plans would be ignited, that the fire of God would stir, and I declare declared that the fire will burn in their pellets and in our lives, God, that we can bring change and dominance to the world as you created us to dominate. And we give you praise. Come on, open your mouth, pray. Hallelujah. Father, I pray for divine communication. Your word declares we can bold boldly come before the throne of grace. I pray for every person under the sound of my voice in this room, live or by replay, and I decree and declare that they will have relationship with you in prayer, that they will have relationship with you in worship, that they will have relationship with you in your word, God. Hashikan to dabba. Aye, aye, aye. God, draw us into deeper communication. Draw us into a place we've never been, God, that we can hear your voice like never before. God, even give us communication with angels, for your word has declared you've given angels charge over us. To watch over us and to protect us, and that angels hearken to the voice of thy word. And so, Father, even as I'm praying, God, I release an anointing to utilize our angels, to deploy angels to work for us in communication. And we give you praise, God. I release angels today in this room. God, your word declares that healing and deliverance Deliverance is the children's bread. So Father, in Jesus' name, I decree and declare with your stripes we are healed. And even as we declare that, we thank you that angels are hearkening now to the voice of thy word, and angels are bringing that word to pass in the mighty name of Jesus. I declare it to be so. Your word declares you would that we prosper and be in health even as our soul doth prosper. And so, Father, we give you glory. Father, we give you honor that angels are bringing it to pass now that our soul is prospering. Ka-ah, sibanto rabba, letemamamando tabababa. And God, we're having prosperity in every area of our life. We thank you that wealth and riches are being released into our life. We thank you, God, that you're opening wide doors and ways are being made. And we bind the devil in the name of Jesus. Father, we thank you that our relationship is being strengthened and you're drawing us close to you. We give you the glory, God. And finally, God, we pray for confirmation, supernatural confirmations. Confirm your word in our life with signs, wonders, and miracles. Just like you did for Mary. What a miracle for Christ to be inseminated in her life. Confirm your word, the things you've spoken, the things you said. Confirm your word and may it come to pass in our life. Confirm your word with healing, miracles, and deliverance. Confirm your word, God, with wealth and prosperity. Confirm your word Your word would increase. And Father, even as we're— it's like we're planning again, moving in this new area, this new location. But God, we thank you that you'll confirm your word even in this church, and that you'll add to this church daily such as would be saved. And Father, even as Shariel was praying this morning, we decree and declare that you will set the members in the church. And we did, as you said in your word, we, we command the angels to go and bring those that are connected to this house in the name of Jesus. And we declare we have everything we need. We have every person we need to operate in every phase of ministry. And we thank you that this ministry, we're going to see a miracle. God, you're going to confirm your word. This ministry will grow in 5 years to 5 1,000 strong. That means in 2025 we got to reach 1,000 souls. We declare it in the name of Jesus. We thank you in advance for confirming your word, for every drug addict that'll be saved, every prostitute that'll be saved, every doctor, every athlete, every lawyer, every entrepreneur. We give you glory, God. Mantiya, for those you will add to this house. And we give you praise. We glorify you. We magnify your name. Thank you for the confirmation. Thank you for the confirmation. Thank you for the confirmation. Thank you for confirmation. Kataba sabako. Even for your people in in this room. Amen. For the people that's watching, we thank you now for confirmation. We receive it. We thank you. We'll see it with our own eyes. We declare it. We'll see it with our own— oh yeah, we'll see it with our own eyes in the name of Jesus. Come on, loose those hands and give God praise. I'm declaring it this morning. You will see it with your own eyes. What God has spoken over your life, you'll see it with your own— ah, sheba to so to to. I bind the devil in the name of Jesus. Cast the devil out of the mind. You'll see it with your own eyes. Come on, give God praise. You'll see it with your— come on, I need you to believe it. You're going to see the miracles. You're going to see the the growth. I'm telling you, in this church, we're going to witness a miracle. We're going to witness God accelerate this work. We're going to witness God do a miraculous thing in this church. Come on, give God glory! You'll see it with your own eyes. Keletamandi hosaya. You'll see it with your own eyes. Oh, you need to receive that with your own eyes, with your— and your testimony will be, I seen it with my own eyes. Yeah, I seen it with— oh, glory to God, with my own eyes. Oh, shabba mya. We bless you, God. We bless you, God. Oh, Shamanda! Come on, worship her! You can take it up, Sir Mario. Come on, come on, worship her! Come on, cry out! Go! We give you glory, God. We bless you, God. We bless you, God. We love you, Jesus. We love you, Jesus. We love you, Jesus. We love you, Jesus. We love you more than anything. Haya! Oh, we love you more. We love you more. Give you a good— come on, clap those hands and bless Bless him. Yes, we bless him. We bless him. We bless him. Father, thank you for what you've done, and we give you glory. We honor you, Lord. Kurata da basi. I give you glory. I give you praise because of who you are.

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Lord, I worship you because Because of who you are. Yes, Lord. Because of who you are. Because of who you are, I give you glory. Because of who you are, I give you praise. Come on, sing. Because of who you are, I will lift. Lord, I worship you because Lord, I worship you because— yes, Lord. Jehovah Jireh, my provider. Jehovah Nissi, Lord, your reign Jehovah Shalom, you're the Prince of Peace, and I worship you because of who you are. Jehovah Jireh, Because of who you are, I give you glory. Come on, because of who you are. Yeah, man, you pray. Because of who you are, I will Lift my voice and say, Lord, I worship you because of who you are. Lord, I worship you because of who you are. Hova Jireh. He's my provider. Jehovah Nissi. Lord, you reign in victory. Jehovah Shalom. You're the Prince of Peace. I worship you because Jireh, my provider. You're Jehovah Nissi. Lord, you reign. Jehovah Shalom. You're the Prince of Peace, and I worship you. Who you are, I worship I worship you because of who you are. Ota mandio saya, bababamandoria. And I worship you because— Come here, Shannon, real quick. Let me pray for you really quick. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Lift those hands up. Stand right there. Stand right there. Yes, God, I give you glory. I give you honor, God. Hallelujah. If you got a prayer language, pray in it. The Lord said to say to you, he said, tell my daughter that my ears have been open, and he says, now I shall respond. For God said the things you've been praying for, for 3 years, God said in 2025 you're gonna hear and receive, and you're gonna handle the things you ask God to do in your family, in your ministry. You're gonna see them. It's gonna be like it's gonna happen all of a sudden and all at once. He said, I'm gonna do it all of a sudden and all at once. And he says God says it's gonna literally cause the people that have been watching you— because there's some people that have been watching you, and the chatter and the naysayers and the gainsayers— God says he's gonna cause every person that spoke word curses against who you are, they're gonna see your emergence. They're gonna see the glory. On your life. They're gonna see God's plan unfold. And God says 2025 and beyond, you shall walk out a joy. You're gonna walk out a joy, bronsu tu drababatai, that you've never known. Matter of fact, the spirit of joy is going to be so heavy heavy on your life, that everywhere you go, that joy is going to be imparted. Just because you walk in the room, just because you start talking to people, there's going to be a transfer of the joy of the Lord. And the Lord said, through your ministry, you're going to see many saved, many born again. God said, this shall be a harvest decade for God. Oh, too soon. Because not only in the realm of the spirit will you bring forth new sons, new daughters for the kingdom, and there will be a great harvest for the kingdom. But God said in your personal life, he said, expect harvest. Look for it. Matter of fact, starting January 1st, 2020, 25. God says expect harvest from that day forward. But God says, I have not forgot your labor of love. But the Father says to tell you, he said, daughter, I love you and I've seen your heart and I've seen how you served me in love. No motives, no pretense. You serve me in love. You serve me out of the assignment. You serve me because of what I called you to do. And God said, because you have not desired anything more than that, he says, I'm going to reward you. Leba supansa. We bless you, God. In Jesus' name. Come on, worshiper. We give you praise, God. We give you glory. We— We bless you, God. We honor you, we extol you, we lift you up, God. We bless you, God. Come on, Tonya, let me lay my hands on you. Lift your hands up. The Lord said— take it down just a little for me. Mario, just a little something. Glory to God. The Lord said, for most of your life you have experienced these seasons of disappointment, and God said to tell you, I'm taking your disappointment and I'm turning it into destiny. He says the things he has promised— he said, yeah, these hands were created for multi-millions. He's saying business multi-millions are going to pass through these hands. He said whatever you put these hands to, he says, I'm going to prosper it in the year comes, I'm gonna bless it. Letamando, God says, I'm gonna open wide doors for you. And every disappointment, God says, I'm turning it into destiny. And God said, even in your worship and your singing, God said, you've been worshiping, you've been singing, and you are a pure worshiper. Worshiper. You worship from a pure place. But God said there's a dimension of glory I'm about to open up to you. As a matter of fact, God said there's a dimension of writing I'm going to open up to you. God says I'm gonna make— cause you to write prophetic songs. I'm gonna wake you in the midnight hour and you'll write prophetic songs of war. Ah, see, man, God, I give glory. And I even see you recording a worship album, and these songs will be so anointed when you record them. When people listen to the CD, when they listen to the Spotify or the Apple Music or the YouTube, God said they will be transformed because the anointing will come off of the music. Music into their car, into their house. For God says, I'm taking your brokenness and your pain. And God said, even years ago, I spared your life. He said, that accident should have killed you. He said, but I kept you alive for such a time as this. So he says, daughter, walk into your season and let me get the glory. We give you glory, we give you honor. Come on, worship her. Come on, worship him. Yes, God. Desperately waiting to be where you are. Yes, God. Travel near or far, travel near or far, for your glory, for your glory. I can do And I will do anything just to see you. Come on, lift those hands up, you mothers, and behold you. Behold you as my king, for your glory. I will do anything just to see to behold you as my king. Just to see you and behold you. My king. Oh, Shaddai. Pastor Jasper, all the way there in the DMV, I heard the Lord say, I know you're still on, I know you're watching. The Lord said to tell you, I'm about to give you sweatless victory. He said, think it not strange that by the month of March, you would have been relocated to Atlanta. God says, I'm gonna give you favor in the house that you desire. God says, I've already made the approval for the mortgage. And God says, I'm gonna prosper you so when you get on this ground that within 5 years, Pastor Jasper, he's gonna bless you to pay your house off. You'll have no debt, said the Lord. I release the angels now to bring it to pass in the name of Jesus. Glory to God. Sure is, son. Come here, man. I'm going to meet you halfway because I know you— Yeah, Jabbar, son, I want to pray for you. Glory to God. Hallelujah. We give you glory. We give you all Give you praise. Glory to God. Yes, sir. The Lord said to tell you, this injury, he said, it is not going to hinder your dreams. He said, even as I'm speaking, healing and deliverance is the children's bread. He said, you worked hard to get to this place. You believed him for this place, and he blessed you with this place. He said to tell you he will not allow an injury or the enemy to take you from this place. He said to tell you not only will you return, but God's going to give you favor. He's going to supernaturally bless you on the field, and you will be known. You will have much playing time. Your contract will be astronomical because God says, my favor is upon you. He says, son, my favor is upon you because you are my servant. He said from your mother's belly he anointed you. You have a message for NFL players. There's a glory that must proceed out of view for your teammates and even for people in administration. So God says there's no way I can remove you from that environment because your ministry will blossom in the NFL. So he says don't give up on your dream because God says eyes have not seen, neither have ears heard, and neither has it been revealed in the heart of men the awesome and marvelous things I have prepared for you. He says, even as you was coming, and your mom ain't told me this, but even as she was carrying you, I see where there were struggles inside of the pregnancy. The enemy did not want you to be born. She breaking out crying now because it's God. Lebasoto rabaya. Thank you, Jesus. He did not want you to be born because you are a threat to his kingdom. So much light and so much glory will come through your ministry. And this is why God says, I'm gonna make you wealthy, because I'm gonna draw people to that part and you gonna give them me. So be encouraged, walk in joy in this season, because your best days are still in front of you. Father, I praise you for your servant. What a privilege to pray for him. I see his greatness. I see who you've made him to be. Thank you for the influence he'll have in the NFL. Thank you for his NFL career. Even as I touch him, your word declares, with your stripes we are healed. And your word declares, if there be any sick among us, call for the elders of the church. Let them lay lay hands upon them, let them pray the prayer of faith, and the sick would recover. Your word also says lay hands upon them and they will be healed. So Father, I thank you now for his healing. I release angels at my charge. Baffle the doctors, God. When they take x-rays, when he goes back again, let them see supernatural intervention. Accelerate the healing process. And we thank you, God, that he will remove— be removed from injured reserve. You will put him in the roster. Thank you for playing time. Thank you that you will even favor him to start. I give you glory in the name of Jesus for what you're gonna do. I thank you, God, that he will be a light for you. In the kingdom of athletics, and that the kingdom of God will be glorified. And even in ministry, stir up that teacher, stir up that prophetic in him, stir those gifts as I pray, and let your glory be revealed in his life. And we bless you for it, in Jesus' name. Amen. Somebody Give God praise. Y'all give God glory. Come on, give him glory. Hallelujah! We bless his name. He's a good God. He's a mighty God. Hallelujah! Glory to God. They ain't gonna make you stand, but I'm gonna lay my hands on you. Father, I thank you. Glory to God. Your goodness, your mercy, your grace. Thank you for healing. I thank you for this back surgery. Thank you that she is whole even now. Thank you that every ounce of infection that tried to enter her body is gone. And I decree and declare, God, that my hand hands are as your hands, that when they take her labs again and when the results return, they will be clear. And I thank you that the doctor would clear her from any antibiotics, any medication. We call on Rapha, the God our healer, and we thank you, Lord, that every muscle and every joint in her hip, that she'll have full strength and that she'll be better than ever. And we give you praise for it now, in Jesus' name. Amen. Come on, give God praise. God, we love you. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Hallelujah, Jesus. We're going home, we're going home. Come on, Sherrell, let me lay my hands on you real quick. Glory to God. I'll be laying in this carpet praying. There's something about this carpet. Glory to God. When when nobody's here, I just come over here and just lay out. Matter of fact, there's fire burning in this carpet. Matter of fact, the interesting thing, there's fire, water, and wind just blowing in this carpet. The water can't consume the fire because it's the fire of God, and the water is God, and the wind is God. The reason the enemy keeps attacking you, because he understands that the moment you maximize your place in God, he is in trouble. So these little things have been Stone throwing is darts. They just little darts. And they are designed— and ever since you've been in this ministry, I've watched your faith grow. I've watched you mature. I've watched things change in your life. These darts you quench with the shield of faith. So God is training you in faith warfare. There. And that's what the enemy don't want. He don't want you to maximize that highest level of faith. God said to tell you, daughter, there ain't nothing he won't do for you. He said you want another house, he'll give you another house. You want to move to Hebron Bay, he'll move you in Hebron Bay. That way I can come park my golf cart at your house. Le tababa to to bo so to tababa ya. God said, I'll open the door. I'll make the way. Kutu rabba ya. Because God says, I'll do it for you supernaturally. He says, you are a woman of faith. And the things that God brought you out of, People sometimes can look at you and question it because they think— they look at that past person. But God says his glory is going to be seen in your life through houses, through cars, through money, through prosperity, because it's going to be your faith that gets you there. That's why when you left Publix, people didn't think you should have did it. But look what God's doing. God said that's only the beginning. Sho pan sa. He said, when you obeyed me and left, when you obeyed God and left Publix, he said, you stepped into an arena where your faith started to sprout. Your faith started to grow. So we rebuke fear. And I declare over your life, it's up from here. It's up from here. It's up from here. He says whatever you ask, he'll honor. Whatever you desire him to do, he'll do. He says, for you are his special daughter and he loves you. You're standing there, Mario, so you can catch her. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus. But she fine, cuz that angel that was behind behind the corner. She good. Glory to God. But next time, please put your hands out, son. Glory to Jesus. Hallelujah. Come on, give God praise. Let's worship. Let's worship. We're going home. Glory to God. Hallelujah. I thank God for our church. God is in this low place, man. Glory to God. And I give him praise. Glory to God. We're going to take an opportunity real quick. I feel led to do this for those you're still watching. On top of whatever you gave earlier, just get a special seed right here. Glory to God! Get a special sacrifice and let's give really quickly. I'm not going to tell you what to do, but you need to give into the anointing today. The ways to give, put them up on the screen, Mario. There's 5 ways to give at Rhoda Church. Church. Glory to God. They ain't got to see me online. I want them to see that they can hear me. Put the ways to give up so we can see them in here as well. Glory to God. Get your seed in the ground right now. Let's sow into this anointing. I don't want us to leave without doing that. Get that special seed in the ground. Father, I thank you for every gift and every giver now. I thank you for every seed that's being sold right now, God. Thank you for obedience. Thank you for obedience. And I thank you that our budget is being met, God, on this first day of December, this first day of the month. We don't lack a thing. We don't have a care. Our needs are met, and we give you glory for it now in Jesus' name. Get that seed in the ground, and I declare it'll come back to you 100-fold like Isaac. I Isaac sowed in famine and reaped a hundredfold the same year. Somebody say, the same year. I'm believing God that as you sow, you gonna get a hundredfold, which is 10,000% or 1,000 times more than your seed in 2024. Ain't but 30 days left. You might ought to get some seed in the ground. Glory to God. We give you praise, God. And we thank you for the givers, and we thank you for honoring your word. In Jesus' name, amen. Hallelujah! We praise God and we thank him. He's so good, he's so wonderful, he's so mighty. Come on, Shannon, I'm gonna let you have the last word, and we going home. You do whatever the Lord says.

Praise God, praise God! Thank you, Lord, so much for this word. This was an on-time word, on-time word. Um, you know, one of the hardest things about being a prophet is when the Lord starts showing you stuff, sometimes it's so intense and, and big and it feels so close close, and then when it's not as close as you think it ought to be, you get a little frustrated. But being here today and then hearing that word, it just confirms that he is putting things into place. And so the turmoil that I've been feeling is God bringing forth the things he's promised, but he's also still putting things into its proper place so that when he brings what he need— what he promised, that all things could work together for our good and his glory. And before I go, the young man in the back, um— oh, sorry. Um, when I was back there praying with you The Lord was showing me, he said he doesn't know how powerful he is. He said he thinks he walks alone, but there's this angel that protects you, that walks with you, that covers you, that goes before you. And your injury, the Lord didn't cause it, but he's using it. He's using He's using this time to show you who you are. He's using this time to show you that he knows you, he hears you, and he loves you. He honors your word. He honors the gifts that he has given you and put into you. He also honors your heart. He said— He is going to give you this joy, and it's there, but it's got a little— it's been hit a little bit. But where he is placing you, there's going to be this joy in you because there's— you can already see Jesus in your eyes and when you smile, so it's in there. But he's adding a layer of joy, and this joy is going to help you as he sends you into places that probably don't even want to hear about him, but they will be so drawn to the love that you carry and so drawn to your kindness and so drawn to that joy, they can't help but to listen to you. And so don't be surprised when the unlikeliest of people start coming to you. And I just see big like hard people that are coming to you and they don't know why. And it's going to unnerve them a little bit, but they will be okay because they see that you are harmless. Harmless to them, but a threat to the enemy because you're not pretentious, you're not out to get anyone, you, you're not You're not an evil person. You carry joy, love, and power. And so, Father, I thank you right now that in this time, this little break that you have him in, I thank you, Father, that he will become even more aware of your presence. I thank you that he will become even more aware of the power that he has. I thank you that he will heal, that you will heal places in his heart, God, that he's tried to hide, places in his heart that made him feel vulnerable. Lord, I thank you that in this time that he will see a different side of you, God, that he will learn more about your character, that you are loving, gracious, merciful, faithful, and you just want to to be a part of his life. I thank you for giving him visions and dreams in his sleep, Lord, that he will see and know that through this time you'll begin to show him what you want him to do, what, what you put in his hands. I thank you, God, that he will walk arm in arm, side by side with you. And Father, thank you, Lord. I thank you for for drawing a circle around him, God. Now this circle is for your protection. He's showing me that he is protecting you from people who would try to take from you, that who will begin to see who you are and what you are and what you carry and will try to take from you. People who will try to take advantage of your kindness. And I thank you, Father, right now for that hedge of protection and wall of fire around him as as he goes through this intense time of getting to know you more and knowing who you have called him to be. I speak blessings upon his life, and we thank you for it in Jesus' name. And Father, I thank you for this house. I thank you for the word that has gone forth. I thank you for the word that has gone forth in purity, in power, in strength. And truth. I thank you for the leaders of this house, my Apostle Pops. I thank you for their hearts to serve you and your people. I thank you for their hearts to love unconditionally. I thank you for their hearts to love without pretense. I thank you for the people who will feel nothing but joy and love as soon as they walk in that door. I thank you that every need has been met already this month by supernatural means. I thank you for new partnerships. I thank you for the members who have been vacillating, Lord, that they will make this decision that this is their home, that they will obey the draw to come here, that they will make it up in their minds they will not Oh, they will not listen to the naysayers who have spoken ill against this house. And we just— we destroy every word curse spoken over this house by the fire of God in the name of Jesus. We thank you, Lord, that no weapon formed against this house, or Apostle Mike, or Miss Felicia. In the name of Jesus, I declare and decree that they shall live and not die and declare the works of the Lord. I thank you, Lord, that with long life you shall satisfy them. I thank you, Father, for bringing the ones who can stand and take the load off. Thank you for bringing the faithful ones, Lord. Thank you Thank you for bringing the faithful ones, Lord. Thank you for bringing the faithful ones. Thank you, Lord, that this is home. This is home for them. We thank you for the angels that serve this house. We thank you for their protection. We thank you, Lord, for the ones that walk with Apostle Mike and with Lady Felicia. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Miss Felicia, your, uh, your position in the spirit, it's, it's grown. This, this situation with your back was not caused by God, but he is using it to magnify your position in the spirit. And in the spirit, I see you standing like 8, 9 feet tall. Father, I thank you for the increased authority that she walks in. I thank you, Father, for the increased anointing, not just in her stature but in her voice as well. I thank you, Lord, as Radha grows— she's growing so that she can cover and pray. I thank you for the extra strength, Lord, that you are giving her. Thank you, Father, for your faithfulness towards Rodda Church, because they have been faithful towards you. I thank you, Father, that everything that has happened within the past 2 years, God, has only made this body stronger. Thank you, Father, for the week ahead. I thank you for supernatural wisdom. I thank you for your protection. I thank you for just doing amazing, crazy things, not just for them but for us, for everyone under the sound of my voice. Things that we look at and shake our heads and like, that was nobody but God. And God, we will forever and always give you all the honor, glory, and praises for everything that you have done, are doing, and will do. In Jesus' name, amen.