Be The Church - It's Supernatural - Pastor Angel Anderson (Ellsworth Campus)

[00:00:00] Welcome to the C3 Church Sermon Podcast. We pray that this content uplifts you, encourages you, and challenges you to walking in a life full of belonging and becoming. Belonging to the family of God and becoming all that He has created you to be. Now let's dive into today's message together.

[00:00:21] Today is the second week in our series about being the church. And a reminder that the church is not the physical building. What is it? It's us. It's us. And so it's the second week of us learning of what it's like for us to function as the church of Jesus Christ. And this week we're going to be talking about the fact that the church is supernatural.

[00:00:48] So I want to direct your attention to a couple of texts and we're going to read a few verses all in Acts starting out. And so I want to help you. If you have your Bibles, I would love it if you would turn there with me. Acts is in the New Testament. So you're going about, you know, two thirds of the way through there. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Then you're going to find Acts after that.

[00:01:12] But one other thing that I like to tell you, if you are a beginning Bible scholar or even sometimes like me, my fingers get in the way and I can't find the pages. You do have an index in the front of your Bible. That'll help you find the books. And then the other thing I want you to know, and just in case you don't know this, when you find the book, the larger number up here is the chapter number.

[00:01:35] And then the smaller numbers down in between the words are the verse numbers. Now you might think, oh, Pastor Andrew, who doesn't know that? Well, someone might not. And we don't want anyone to feel left out. We want to catch everybody up and know how to use your sword, your Bible. All right. So first we're going to turn to Acts chapter one. We're talking about the church or us as the body of Christ being supernatural. In Acts chapter one, verse eight, it says,

[00:02:04] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in Judea and in Samaria and to all the ends of the earth. What I want you to see there is that you, you and I are going to receive power and we are going to be his witnesses. Turn now to Acts the second chapter and verse 43. And that says,

[00:02:38] Sounds like a supernatural work. And then we're going to go to Acts 4, chapter 4, verse 30. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant, Jesus.

[00:02:59] And after they prayed and prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. And then finally, Acts 5, the next chapter, verse 12 says, The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people and all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's colonnade.

[00:03:27] The apostles performed many signs and wonders. We want to talk about how that portion of Scripture was not just for the book of Acts. It is for today. So being the church is what we've been talking about. And the church describes the people who belong to Jesus. So I want to count myself in on that. And I want to count you in on that as well.

[00:03:53] The church is God's family, the body of Christ, a dwelling place for his spirit. And we are called to make Jesus known to our world. So we have a job that we need to do. We have a mandate. We want to make Jesus known to the world. So how in the world do I find the strength and ability to do this? Because as we know, it's easier said than done.

[00:04:19] What we have to be reminded of is what we just read in Acts about the power that fills us, is that the church was never intended to operate alone on our human strength or ability, but we were intended to operate in the supernatural. And that is the power of God that is at work beyond our human ability. It's heaven impacting earth through the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit.

[00:04:45] So today, we're not gathering together here to just do church. This isn't doing church. This is being the church. We are the church today. And wherever we go, he goes because we are empowered by his spirit. Now, that can be daunting if you let it be, but it also can be a little convicting that wherever

[00:05:11] you are, you are a representation of the church, of Jesus, the body of Christ. So coming in contact with the church, that's you and me, it should offer something to those around us that they cannot get anywhere else. That's our responsibility is being the church that God has called us to be, is that we provide something that you can't find anywhere else.

[00:05:39] You provide something for the people that you come in contact with that cannot be found anywhere else. And that is the supernatural presence and the power of God. Think about it like this for a moment. Jesus was crucified. He rose from the dead and was preparing to return to the Father. And before he left, he gave his disciples this assignment. They were going to carry his message to the world.

[00:06:07] They were going to be a part of building the church. But this is what stands out to me in what he said. He didn't tell them to get busy building a building. They didn't need that to physically gather. What he said is that he was going to equip them. He was going to commission them for what he was calling them to do. And so you would think, okay, well, what's the action plan? What are we doing next? And this is what he told them.

[00:06:36] He said, wait, go and wait. Why? Because everything that they had seen up until this point, everything that they had learned, all the time that they had spent with Jesus, they still needed something that they didn't have. They needed his power. They needed to be filled with his power. So if the disciples who saw Jesus and walked with Jesus and ate dinner with Jesus needed

[00:07:04] that power, I need the power. I need that power. And so it's beyond what we can do. We need the power because operating in the supernatural is beyond what we can do in our own human ability and strength. But what we do have is the ability to connect ourselves to the power source and be filled with the supernatural power of God.

[00:07:31] So it was a promise, but how can this promise become a reality in our life? Well, it all comes down to how we respond and what our posture is and then followed by the action. And so here is what the church was told that would happen. You're going to receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. That's Acts 1-8 that we just read. And then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.

[00:07:56] And in Luke 24, it says, I'm going to send you what my father has promised, but stay in the city until you've been clothed with power from on high. Why? That you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians chapter 3 says, I want to read that together.

[00:08:17] So going back to your paper Bible, Ephesians is more towards the Middle-ish of the New Testament. See, even I get confused. So you've got Acts, Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians. Who's there? Ephesians chapter 3.

[00:08:47] We there? Okay. I'm going to start reading at the end of verse 19. That you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. To him be glory in the church.

[00:09:13] So now to him, Jesus is going to give us the ability to do more than we could ever ask or imagine by our own power. No, according to the power that is at work within us. It's by him. So those who were receiving these instructions, I want to point out as well, they were not educated religious leaders or scholars. They were fishermen. They were tax collectors. They were ordinary people.

[00:09:42] They were like you and they were like me. But when the Holy Spirit came upon them, that is when the ordinary or what we would describe as sometimes normal or common becomes extraordinary beyond what is normal or expected or what is typically possible. Because the same Holy Spirit who empowered them to do those works that Jesus said they would do is the same Holy Spirit that is available for us today.

[00:10:15] So this is what I want you to remember from that. The church or us, the body of Christ was born supernaturally. We have to have a supernatural birth. The church was born supernaturally. God performs the miracle, but he always invites us to participate. God performs.

[00:10:45] We participate. There's always a part that you and I can play. So today I want to show you a couple different scripture accounts. And I want to read this to you. And then I want to talk about a couple ways where Jesus invited his disciples to participate in the work of a supernatural ministry or supernatural happening. Okay. We're going to go to the Old Testament.

[00:11:16] More towards the beginning. In 2 Kings. So you've got the first five books of the Bible. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. And then right after that, you're going to find some Samuel and Kings. We're going to go to 2 Kings. And we're going to go to the fourth chapter. And we're going to read verses 1 through 7.

[00:12:11] Elisha replied to her. Elisha said,

[00:12:54] And as each is filled, put it to the side. Put it to one side. She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. And they brought her the jars. And she kept pouring. And when all the jars were full, she said to her son, Bring me another one. But he replied, There is not a jar left.

[00:13:23] Then the oil stopped flowing. She went and told the man of God and said, Go sell the oil and pay your debts. And you and your sons can live on what is left. Okay. The widow's desperate. They're going to come and take her sons. And all she has is a jar of oil. So she, the prophet told her to go and get all the jars she could find.

[00:13:52] Now, I had a whole bunch of jars I was going to bring today. But you get the point. Imagine that this is full of jars. But it wasn't going and getting all the extra jars that it was significant. In my mind, it's what did she have in her hand? She had one flask of oil and that was it. But she took what she had in her hand and she started to pour out. And she started to fill all the jars.

[00:14:22] And it wasn't just one jar. Now, if you read in the scripture, it was a small jar that she had. This is a little larger probably than a small jar. But you get the point. She kept pouring. Where was that coming from? Something supernatural was happening within the jar. Why? Because she took what she had in her hand or in her house. And she obeyed what the prophet had told her.

[00:14:50] Can you imagine yourself in that moment? I don't know. I would want to try to figure out, okay, like how is this going to equal this? I don't even, I'm not going to start pouring. I mean, give me a break. I've got this much oil and I've got all these jars. But that was not what the prophet had asked her to do. He asked her to take what was in her hand. She could not multiply the oil. That was God's part to do.

[00:15:17] But what she had to do is she had to take what was in her hand. She had to gather the vessels. She had to shut the door and she had to begin pouring. She had to take it in her hand and begin pouring. What if she had decided to look at the jar and say, I don't know if this is worth me even trying. Here's the miracle.

[00:15:45] The miracle was God's part, but the obedience was her part. And I wonder how often we hesitate. All right. We'll just use Pastor Angel's exhibit A. How many times do I hesitate? Because like I just said, I don't know how it's going to work. And I like a plan. I like a plan. I like to know it. You know, it's a great jar. But how is this going to translate to many? How is that going to work?

[00:16:11] But when we operate in the supernatural and we come into a circumstance that we don't understand, or maybe you have a circumstance, a life situation that you're dealing with with a friend, and it looks impossible. God isn't asking for us to know what that answer is. He's asking us to take what we have in our hands and start pouring. That's when the miracle happens.

[00:16:38] When we take what's in our hand and we start pouring. Faith does not require that I have it figured out, but it requires that I act on it. Hebrews 11, 6. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. But he who comes to God and believes that he is, he's going to be rewarded. Because we are exercising our faith, even though we don't understand.

[00:17:06] The question wasn't if she could make the miracle happen. It was if she was willing to take the step. Now, I don't want any of us to look at this as a rebuke. This is not, this is an opportunity. God is giving us an opportunity to join in as the body, the church, the called out ones in the world to participate in the miracle

[00:17:32] if we'll take what's in our hand and keep pouring out. We're invited to participate. He wants you to be a part of the family of God, the church that is the testimony to the world. Believe me, there's things in our lives. I know a few things, even in the room. There's things in our lives that are going to take way more than a good plan.

[00:18:02] I can't even come up with a plan and I'm a pretty good plan. There's no, there's no plan for what we need. It's going to take a miracle. And so God is looking for someone who says, I see you, brother. I see you, sister. I don't know. I'm not even going to pretend to know how we should go about it. But I know one who can. And so I'm going to, I'm going to come with you into the room. I'm going to get behind the door. I'm going to close the door.

[00:18:29] Or I'm going to get all the jars that we have, figuratively speaking. Now, I'm going to put everything out that I have. And I'm just going to take what I have in my hand. What do I have in my hand? In Acts 1-8, it says that we were filled with power. After that, the Holy Spirit has come upon us to be his witnesses. You have what you need. We have what we need to participate. And so I'm asking you, where's your oil? Where's your jar?

[00:18:59] What do you have in your hand that you can offer up to God, that you can participate in the miracle that he wants to do? There's another story in the Bible that I always find so fascinating. And it's along the same lines. And I want to share this with you as well. John 6, verses 5-13. So back to the New Testament now. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.

[00:19:29] It's a story about Jesus feeding the 5,000. Who's there? John 6, 5-13. When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, where shall we buy bread for these people to eat? He asked this only to test him. For he already had in mind what he was going to do.

[00:19:58] So Jesus had a plan. And Philip answered him, it would take more than a half year's wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite. Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up. Well, there's a little boy. And he's got five small barley loaves and two fishes. But how far is that going to go among so many?

[00:20:28] Jesus said, had the people sit down. There was plenty of grass in that place. And they sat down. About 5,000 men were there. That wasn't the only number because in those days, they didn't count the women and children. So there were more than 5,000. But that's what was recorded there. Jesus said, just have everybody sit down. I'm picturing myself in this moment.

[00:20:55] And I'm like, Jesus, you got to be kidding me. Like, really? Like, how are we going to do that? I mean, let's just tell these people that we can't feed them today. Like, we don't have any food. We don't have the money. And Jesus was chilling because he had a plan. Have the people sit down. There's plenty of grass in that place. And they sat down, about 5,000 men.

[00:21:22] And Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. And he did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, gather the pieces that were left over. Let nothing be wasted. So they gathered them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves

[00:21:50] left over by those who had eaten. So again, Jesus has one but ends up with 12. How does that happen? How can we wrap our heads around that? How can I go with the plan? How can I be okay with Jesus saying, just tell him to sit down and we're going to feed them?

[00:22:20] Jesus already knew what he was going to do. And honestly, he could have done it without his disciples' help. They could not multiply the bread and the fish, but they could distribute what Jesus had provided. Don't let what you don't have keep you from offering what you do have.

[00:22:53] You have a basket. You have a few loaves and two fish. You have it. But it looks impossible to feed the 5,000 in your life. It looks impossible to do what you need to do in your situation or maybe in your family situation or maybe in a friend's situation. But Jesus doesn't ask you to figure out. He just asks you to participate in it.

[00:23:20] And then when he's done, you're not out. You have left over and you gather it in your basket. This is the testimony of the miracle. What is in your hand? Do not let what you don't have keep you from offering God what you do have. What if I would have been in that crowd that day? Would I?

[00:23:49] Well, Jesus was going to do what he wanted to do. Thank God that he can take over and supersede my thoughts and my ideas and my agendas. But have you ever thought about God calling out to us to have what we have in our hand, to be able to give, to offer it, and we can't see the plan. And so we forget that he's not the God of right now and the tangible. He's the God of the supernatural.

[00:24:19] And he's inviting us to be a part of that. But we get in our own way sometimes. Why do we do that? Because we're worried about what if nothing happens? What if I take this faith? What if I say, all right, here's the loaves and fishes. I'm going to share it with all the people right here. We wouldn't even have enough for all of us right here today.

[00:24:48] What if I look foolish? What if I don't know what to say? Well, I want to remind you, the widow, she started pouring. And the disciples, they started passing out the food. So I don't need enough money. I don't need enough experience that I don't even have to have the right words or ability. But what I do have to have is obedience.

[00:25:14] Because my obedience creates opportunities for his supernatural power to be displayed. My obedience is connected to the supernatural display of God's power. This is what the supernatural is like in action. And so God is capable of doing this through us. How?

[00:25:42] If you make yourself available to him. So what I want you to remember about that is God does have the supernatural power. But he invites you and he invites me to participate. This is something that I want you to take with you today.

[00:26:10] The supernatural is not just part of the church's history. It's not the past. It's not what has been. It's what God intends to be a part of our life today. Because we are his representation on this earth. We are the ones that are filled with his power. We've been talking the last few weeks about the Holy Spirit, the wind, the water, the oil.

[00:26:40] Help me. Fire. Thank you. We are the ones who see and are a part of the demonstration of the power of God to the earth. And so he intends for that to be a part of our lives today. And so it's not just a part because we have something that we can give, that we can share, that we can be a part of God's demonstration to those who are around us.

[00:27:09] God, the same God who works through the ordinary people in the book of Acts, is the one who is looking for us to be his church today. I want to draw your attention. We're not going to turn there in a scripture in the Old Testament in Zechariah that says, it's not by my might. It's not by my power, but it's by my spirit, says the Lord. Paul understood this in 1 Corinthians as well.

[00:27:36] And he said, my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but I come to you in the power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit that your faith should not be in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God. So when we are operating in the supernatural by the power of God,

[00:28:02] it isn't so that people can be astonished at our wisdom or the demonstration, something that we can do. These things are not to show off, but these things are to offer up what we have in our hand so that we can be a part of the power of God working in the world and working in the lives of those around us. He wanted their faith to rest in the power of God.

[00:28:34] Listen to the warning that Paul gave to Timothy in 2 Timothy 3, 5, having a form of godliness, but denying its power. In that passage, Paul describes that people whose lives are marked by religion, they resist the power, but claim to follow God. So the power of God transforms our character. It gives us boldness to share and it works through us. We don't get to tell God how it's done.

[00:29:04] We just have to show up with what we have and offer what we have in our hand and say, here I am, Lord, use me. I want to be a part. I want to participate in the supernatural and be a part of your church. I don't want to deny the power that can work through me, not by a form of godliness. He's looking for someone who's going to believe for things beyond our imagination.

[00:29:32] That is why our lives have been changed by his power. Any good that I have done is certainly not of me. It's by the power of God that is in me. What do you do when someone comes to you and says, I have this dilemma. I have this situation. I have this problem, this weight in my heart that is so heavy. I don't know what to do with it. Well, we can all try to come up with a plan

[00:30:02] and I'm the first one who wants to try to do that. But sometimes there's really no, there is no plan. There is no answer. But we serve a God who is the answer to every single question that we will ever have. And sometimes it's not about whether he always wants to be our answer, but it's the obedience of, are we trying to be the answer

[00:30:30] or are we going to just follow in what he's asking us to do? Are we going to go behind the door with our two sons figuratively? Are we going to hide ourselves away? Are we going to ask God to do the impossible? Are we going to believe in the power that only he has? But we're going to tap into that and we are going to be a part of that. And we are signing up for that.

[00:30:57] To be a part of the supernatural work of God in the earth today, the church is called to live in the supernatural. Brothers and sisters, if you are a believer and you are here and you have given your life to Christ, he wants to fill you with the power of the Holy Spirit. And he is calling you to live your life in the supernatural. Here's the challenge for all of us.

[00:31:25] Are we expecting it? Are we expecting God to move in the supernatural? Because it's one thing to believe that God can do miracles. And it's another thing to live with the expectation that he is still working in supernatural ways today. I want to say that again. I think we all believe in miracles. We just read a couple.

[00:31:53] So, I mean, if we believe the Bible, we believe in those miracles. But do you believe that it can happen today? Do you believe that it can happen today? And are you willing to be a part of it today? The supernatural power of the Holy Spirit was never meant to just be experienced and kept here.

[00:32:23] You know, one of the most powerful things I think and my favorite things about Sunday mornings is coming together. And when there is a body of believers that responds corporately, the Bible says where two or three are gathered, there I am. Well, there's more than two or three here. And so we know that God is here. And this morning, we felt the power of his presence. We felt peace. We felt his love. We felt joy.

[00:32:55] We felt freedom. We felt healing. Maybe physically. Maybe emotionally. Maybe mentally. We felt the power of his presence. And more often than not, people will say to me, oh, Pastor Angel, I just had goosebumps. Yeah. Or I just had this warm sensation that just came all over me. And I just like felt it in my stomach, felt it in my heart.

[00:33:24] I just felt this, felt this presence. And that is, that is awesome. But that is, that power of God, that supernatural power of God is not meant to be kept in a box like a treasure behind glass only here.

[00:33:52] If you know anything about the Old Testament, before Jesus died on the cross, the presence of God was contained in a box. It was. The Ark of the Covenant, in the middle of that was the mercy seat. That's where you went to feel the presence of God once a year, mind you. But when Jesus died on the cross, that was all taken care of. And what, what he, one of the things that was accomplished was that there was no more separation. We didn't only get to feel his presence,

[00:34:23] his power, be filled with his power once a year. Now it was an everyday occurrence. If we tapped into it. And so what we feel here this morning, although it is wonderful, and I don't want to live without it, and I can't wait to be here with you so that we can experience this together. It's not meant to stay in a box.

[00:34:50] The power of the Holy Spirit, the supernatural that we felt this morning, because let's be clear, if you don't feel loved and you feel love, that's supernatural. If you don't have hope and you felt hope this morning, that's supernatural. If you felt in bondage and like you couldn't make a decision for yourself and all of a sudden, now you feel confident that you have freedom

[00:35:19] from whatever was holding you bound, that's supernatural. And so what has happened cannot stay here. Because if it does, we're missing the whole purpose of why we even came together. We have to make ourselves available

[00:35:46] for that power to work through us. In Hebrews 10, 19 through 22, it says that we get to carry his presence and his supernatural power wherever we go. I'm thankful that we don't have to wait for Sunday morning to experience the power, the supernatural power of God.

[00:36:13] And in Acts 1a, Jesus tells his followers that they're going to receive this power and that they are going to be his witnesses. Not just the signs and wonders, but the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit working in their lives. The same spirit that moves us on Sunday morning is going to leave with us when we walk out the doors today and is going to empower us to be the witnesses for Jesus wherever we go.

[00:36:41] He wants us to be the vessels of the supernatural whenever we have the opportunity. Do you realize that someone's waiting for you to exercise the power of the supernatural that you have? And you don't have to be afraid because you're full of the power. Acts 1a says that the Holy Spirit

[00:37:08] is going to come upon us to be his witnesses. He's going to fill us with power. And so this is the one thing I want you to think about today as we leave this morning. You know, brothers and sisters, the most important thing that happens on Sunday morning is not only this. This is just the beginning. The most important thing that happens is when those doors are open and you walk outside those doors.

[00:37:38] Because the church of Jesus Christ is not the building. The church of Jesus Christ is you and me. And so we walk out those doors and then we walk out those doors to the parking lot and then we walk into a store and then we walk into our home and then we walk into a restaurant. And guess what? The church of Jesus Christ is there. Why? Because you're there. And so the most important thing that we do on a Sunday is when we walk out the doors

[00:38:06] and we become the church of Jesus Christ wherever we are. And how in the world can we pour out or gather or believe God for a miracle in our own strength? We can't. And it's depressing and it's hard to imagine how are all these things going to happen? I don't know. But I know one who does and he invites me to be a part of that. Jesus is calling us to be a part of his supernatural power,

[00:38:35] to walk in that supernatural power. And so this is what our posture has to be. I have to desire the supernatural. Maybe today you're like, well, I didn't even know there was a thing. Well, now you do. Now you do. You have to desire the supernatural. I have to expect the supernatural. I have to expect that when Jesus says, go get your oil and fill up all the jars that you can find in your house,

[00:39:05] that I expect the supernatural. And then third, I need to participate. I must participate in the supernatural. Back to Ephesians 3.20, now to him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works within us. And notice that the Holy Spirit isn't just working around us. He is at work within us. So do not limit your expectations

[00:39:34] to what you can accomplish in your own strength. Step in to the supernatural. Who's going to step into the supernatural with me this morning? Amen. I invite you to stand with me. Brothers and sisters, the church of Jesus Christ, his body, you and me.

[00:40:03] It should be a place where people experience something that you cannot find anywhere else. We are the conduit of that supernatural power. That power, that when we encounter it, there is salvation from our sins. It puts together what has been broken.

[00:40:33] It heals. And anything that would keep us bound, like shackles or prison, prison chains, handcuffs, it's broken. It's broken. We're strengthened. Acts 5.12 says, and by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought, done, performed, or brought about among the people. Have you ever thought

[00:41:02] that God is calling you? He's inviting you to be a part of a miracle, signs, wonders, by the hands of his apostles, by the hands of his church. God is calling us. Acts 2.43, and fear came upon them. This isn't fear of being afraid. It was a reverence. Came upon every soul and many signs and wonders were done by the apostles. People were witnessing

[00:41:31] the power of God at work. And Acts 1.8 that we've talked about several times today. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. So what I say today is, come Holy Spirit, I need you. Come and empower me.

[00:42:00] I want to participate with you. We were born in the supernatural. We're empowered by the supernatural. And today, the church, we are still called to live in the supernatural. And John 14.12, listen to this. Jesus said, whoever believes in him will do the works he has been doing. and even greater works.

[00:42:29] We get to participate with Jesus in doing great works. He has given us ordinary people, extraordinary power. And he invites us to participate in what only he can do when we do what we can do. So, my question is, will you invite,

[00:42:58] will you invite the Holy Spirit to lead you in the supernatural? Will you participate? Will you take what's in your hand and say, I'm signing up. I'm available. I'm here. Jesus, we thank you for being here today. thank you for revelation. Thank you for illumination of our minds. Thank you for

[00:43:28] new concepts that you've helped us to understand. Lord, thank you for reminding us that we are laborers together with God. We're working with you and greater things. You have greater things than what was recorded supported for us to do as long as we're participating with you. And so, God, I'm signing up. And I know that there are

[00:43:58] many here today who say, I don't need to know the plan. I don't need to know the process. I'm going to participate and I'm going to obey. I'm going to do what I can with what I have. And I'm going to watch God do what only he can. I want to be part of the extraordinary that he is doing. And so, Father, we pray that this word that is spoken today, Lord, not my words, but your words, Lord,

[00:44:28] would find a place, a fertile soil in our heart, Lord, that it would grow and it would do the work that it was sent to do. Lord Jesus, we are participating with you today. If that's your desire and if that is the conviction of your heart, if the Holy Spirit have been speaking to you, maybe you didn't even realize

[00:44:58] that God wants you to be a part of the supernatural. I'm asking you to just open up your heart and your hands and that you would open up your mouth and say, God, I'm signing up. Count me in. I'm participating. And so, Father, I thank you that you don't leave us, Lord, but that you fill us with your power. Thank you for joining us today. We pray you feel encouraged and equipped as you continue in your faith journey.

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